house of representatives which will be feasible a simple majority is needed here to be passed by the house of representatives that is controlled by the democratic party of growing number of democrats as we speak is uniting behind this idea but then in the 2nd step of this is where it's getting more complicated the senate will have to approve this and this is where the republicans have the upper hand and in addition to that 2 thirds in the senate are needed to approve the impeachment of president trump so this is at this point and unlikely scenario but the impeachment proceedings are triggered right now. she used very strong words and accusations against president trump that he violated the constitution of the trail of the oath of office and so on and so forth and as you say the proceedings they begin in the u.s. house of representatives when they come to trial it is the u.s. senate that trying to the president on the impeachment charges and as you say you need 2 thirds vote of the senate of the republican controlled senate to vote for articles of impeachment it's unlikely so how do w

more people around the country got to see the mike pence that we knew in the house of representatives, as a conservative battler for the prisoners also does principles we believe in, but he was a happy warrior, in a time when it was not easy to be a happy warrior. he helped show the country the contrast of what barack obama was doing, to where we are and what we believe in as conservatives. and he has continued to do that. he went on to be a great governor of the great state of indiana, for our friend here from indiana, you know how great of a job like did when he was governor. ,e created jobs in the midwest especially in an area of the country that was depressed. a lot of the rust belt where they were losing jobs, mike showed how to create really good jobs. to fight fornued those conservative principles that are so important to our country. and he did such a good job that he got the attention of a guy that we now know as the president of the united states. there are a lot of people that donald trump could have selected as vice president to be his running mate, but i thought it said a lot

legislation to provide tps to venezuelans living here in the united states. the house of representatives has already passed a version of this bill back in july with support from dozens of republican members. however, rather than providing tps with vulnerable venezuelans of the united states, the junior senator from florida brought up in amendment to speak to overall existing tps statute and make it easier for sthe trump administration to strip status from burnable migrants that are legally in the united states. respectfully, the suggestions that the courts have made it impossible to end any tps is just not based in fact. this debate is not about watering down our immigration laws, it is about using the laws that we have right now to provide protection to venezuelans so we can ensure they trump administration doesn't deport them back to the nightmare they fled. so it's unfortunate while i joined the senator in the same goal that the senator from florida would prefer to pass legislation that advances the administration's immigration agenda rather than help vevenezuelan people. something we all

united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 198. the nays are 219. the motion is not adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, i have the honor to transmit here with a scanned copy of a letter received from kaitlyn love, general counsel, north carolina state board of elections, indicating that, according to the preliminary results of the special election held september 10, 2019, the honorable dan bishop was elected representative to congress for the ninth congressional district, state of north carolina. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. i have the honor to transmit here with a scanned copy of a letter received from kaitlyn love, general counsel, north caro

impeachment inquiry in the house of representatives of based on the accusation coming from an unnamed whistleblower this is nancy pelosi opening up that investigation. the actions of the trump presidency. dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our election and now the way the u.s. constitution lays out impeachment procedures the house of representatives brings the charges and they begin the process of impeachment it will be up to the judiciary committee one of the 6 committees that is currently investigating donald trump they would then decide to bring charges the house would then vote to impeach however it would be the other house of the u.s. congress the senate that would ultimately convene an impeachment trial and vote on whether or not to remove the president now so far in u.s. history we've had 2 presidents that have gone through an impeachment proceeding andrew johnson and bill clinton both of them survived the process and were not removed from office the senate did not review a vote

announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry and directing our 6 committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry the president must be held accountable no one is above the law police he says 2 reasons convincer to launch the inquiry that president trump was allegedly asking the ukrainian president to investigate democratic rival joe biden and his some at the white house then prevented a whistle blower's complaint about the president's request to reach congress as required by law but putting aside her fear that an impeachment investigation would allow president trump to move his base with claims of another witch hunt he maintains he's done nothing wrong and authorized the release of a transcript of his phone call with the ukrainian president selenski shortly after police he spoke to trump tweeted this fund raising video ready to go containing carefully curated soundbites from democratic politicians suggesting they were attempt. to subvert the will of the people if we don't impeach this presi

house of representatives moving forward. violating its international commitments after the u.s. . delegation to the un general assembly. rules the prime minister broke the law by suspending parliament. tomorrow. broadcasting live from our studios. and john thomas really glad to have you with us . let's go to our breaking news story 1st out of washington where democratic house speaker nancy pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry against president our u.s. correspondent. and simple o.c. the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives has come forward to announce the formation of a formal impeachment inquiry into donald trump nancy pelosi argues that donald trump has seriously violated the u.s. constitution this relates to a phone call and which donald trump was speaking to the ukrainian president and in the conversation he threatened to withhold over $400000000.00 of military aid from ukraine and he urged the ukrainian leader to launch an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter biden in their business dealings in the country this is nancy pelosi announcing the

today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry and directing our 6 committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry the president must be held accountable no one is above the law. or president trump is already taken to twitter to slam the inquiry saying such an important day at the united nations so much work and some much success and the democrats purposely have to ruin and demean it with more breaking news what chant garbage so bad for our country. our times he joins us live now from washington so reaction there from president trump has there been any other 'd reaction coming in. funny you mention it actually we're imminently expecting reaction from nancy pelosi as opposite number in the house of representatives we have a 2 minute warning about 2 minutes ago that the that the house minority speaker will be speaking very shortly in congress to give their reaction but as you can see from donald trump's tweet defiance and in fact the one from how to video ready to go he or she also tweeted

this. breaking news is speaker nancy pelosi and the u.s. house of representatives will begin a formal impeachment inquiry into whether donald trump broke the law in his communications with ukraine's president. today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry also accuses washington of violating its international commitments after the us fails to grant leases to several members of the russian delegation to the un general assembly. and highest court rules of the prime minister broke the law by suspending parliament the judges unanimous decision means m.p.'s will convene again tomorrow to take on the looming deadline and the embattled premier. broadcast a lot of direct our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. first to our continuing breaking story out of washington where democratic house speaker nancy pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry against president our u.s. correspondent has more. nancy pelosi the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives has come

after months of will she or won't she speculation nancy pelosi the speaker of the house of representatives has announced her congressional committees will form an umbrella encourage its goal gather the evidence necessary to impeach trump that's the 1st of a long and uncertain path to removing him from office pelosi grounded her decision in the us constitution. the actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the constitution especially when the president says article 2 says i can do whatever i want the actions of the trump presidency reveal dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections therefore today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry and directing our 6 committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry the president must be held accountable no one is about the law. the amounts that marks a sharp reversal for pelosi who for months had resisted calls from within her own party to impe

very bad day in the house of representatives for the president today with the speaker formalizing the impeachment process, but in the senate it was just as bad with mitch mcconnell agreeing to a unanimous consent request from chuck schumer to pass a senate resolution telling the president to release the whistleblower's report to the senate and house intelligence committee. mitch mcconnell voted for that. he allowed that to go through the senate. as did every other republican in the senate. it was unanimous. it was a chuck schumer resolution, and the vote was unanimous. we'll get reactions to today's events in the senate from two united states senators who are also presidential candidates. senator kamala harris will join us. she's a member of the senate intelligence committee who will be meeting with the acting director of national intelligence and the inspector general later this week. and senator cory booker will join us. he's a member of the senate foreign relations committee. he knows what's at stake for u.s. policy in ukraine. we'll also be joined by members of the house of re

safety measure, gun safety measures that had passed the house of representatives with some republican support. i said that we should come back for that vote back then on background checks, which, by the way, nine out of ten americans support, sensible background checks which the majority of hunters support sensible background checks, which the majority of voters who voted for president trump support sensible background checks. i know the history here. as the lead sponsor of the bill to prevent perpetrators of domestic violence, perpetrators, people who have been convicted of serious domestic violence and stalking from possessing a gun and a long time supporter of universal background checks as well as the assault weapon ban and limits on magazines, i was invited to the white house right after parkland, right after all those kids died in that school. and i thought, well this is a moment where we can act. i was seated across from the president of the united states. and i had a piece of paper that i saved, and i wrote down with hash mashes how many times he said that we should

tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the ninth president of savannah state utah, mr. cyrus g. wily. at the time called the georgia state industrial college for colored youths, mr. wily made tremendous strides forward for the oldest public historically black college in the state of georgia. he started his term in 1921 anti-first alumnus to become president of the school. in that same year he allowed women to attend for the first time. and h

national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] tom: on this vote the yeas are 228. the nays are 195. the previous question is ordered the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 228. the nays are 195. the previous question is ordered. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is adopte the gentlewoman from arizona. mrs. lesko: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays, a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor say aye. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. members, this is a five-minute vote. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings

is a quid pro quo or not. and now the house of representatives has already launched an impeachment inquiry they launched it before this transcript was released so that inquiry is underway and what exactly is going to come next to this release the transcript is going to impact the impeachment inquiry spawn that supposedly clearly perhaps it didn't contain the transcript what they expected it to. well the way the impeachment proceedings are laid out under the us constitution it's the house of representatives they're the ones that bring impeachment charges we've got 6 committees they're investigating tromp at the moment it would be the house judiciary committee that would draw up articles of impeachment and it would then be the u.s. house of representatives that would have to vote to proceed with the impeachment however it would then be the u.s. senate that would carry out the impeachment trial and then ultimately vote on whether or not to remove u.s. president donald trump from office now at this point the republicans control the u.s. senate and it's very likely that if the house of

cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal father, thank you for giving us another day. the house is eptering a two week recess, many members will be returning to their districts to meet with constituents. we know that work will be getting done behind the overt political scene. while important and significant issues are being addressed, may all members be imbued with the wisdom of solomon, the patience of job, and proceed like nathaniel who was a man without guile. in all, let there be more light than heat. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. men. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. for what purpose does t

>>> i'm announcing the house of representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> speaker pelosi takes a historic first step toward impeachment. a powe arized country will be put to the test. welcome to the united states and around the world. i am dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. only three have faced impeachment proceedings. donald trump is the fourth. nancy pelosi officially launching an impeachment inquiry against the president for possibly investigating joe biden at the time ukrainian military aid was being withheld. the president has fought oversight at every turn. pelosi resisted impeachment calls for months but she now seems to believe necessity outweighs possible political fallout in the 2020 election. >> the white house plans to issue two key documents to slow the democratic momentum. it will release the whistle-blower complaint that set off the scandal. the white house will put out the transcript of mr. trump's call with the ukraine president. joseph maguire appears befo

clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 25, 2019, at 9:28 a.m. that the senate passed with an amendment, h.r. 1158. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1590. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 577 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 43, house resolution 3577. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 2203, to increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement within the department of homeland security, provide independent oversight of border security activities, improve training for agents

breaking news this hour. we'll begin. with ukraine's president today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with impeachment inquiry. the prime minister broke the law. tomorrow to take. studio. have you with us and we start with breaking news. right out of washington where democrats. speaker nancy pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry against the president our u.s. correspondent. ansible o.c. the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives has come forward to announce the formation of a formal impeachment inquiry into donald trump and simple o.c. argues that donald trump has seriously violated the u.s. constitution this relates to a phone call and which donald trump was speaking to the ukrainian president and in the conversation he threatened to withhold over $400000000.00 of military aid from ukraine and he urged the ukrainian leader to launch an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter biden in their business dealings in the country this is nancy pelosi announcing the launching of a formal inquiry of impeachment into donald trump this week the president has adm

the subject of an article of impeachment. the president is going to be impeached by the house of representatives. donald trump might never give another state of union address because in january, donald trump is now tonight more likely by that time to be in the middle of a trial in the united states senate. and the speaker of the house is not going to invite an impeached president to deliver a state of the union address in the house of representatives in the middle of his impeachment trial in the senate. donald trump is going to be impeached by the house of representatives on at least one article of impeachment because, as of tonight, everything in the whistle-blower's report has so far proved to be true and more is proving to be true each day, including the most damning aspects of that whistle-blower's report. but the smoking gun evidence that will force the impeachment of donald trump are the words that donald trump spoke in the white house record of his conversation with the president of ukraine and nothing is going to change those words, nothing is going to make those words any better. and so for the

member collins and members of the u.s. house of representatives committee on the judiciary. i bring greetings on behalf of the executive board and members of the national organization of black law enforcement executives noble. my name is gina hawkins and i'm the national treasurer of noble.and the chief of police for the fayetteville police

has described the whistleblower‘s complaint as "credible". the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has been speaking to the talk show morning joe about what happens next. i think we should move with purpose and expeditiously, not hastily though. and the matter is in the hands of the intelligence committee the leadership of adam of whom we are very proud and we are members of the committee and i know you had patrick on earlier, we are very proud of him. so, they will take the time that they need. and we won't have the calendar being the arbiter, but we do... it doesn't have to drag on and again, we are in court on many of these cases, whether it is the president's taxes, his bank accounts, his accounting, a host of other things. i think that this probably will be done before the courts... who knows the timing of the courts? but again, it's no use to just say by such and such a date but looking at the... shall we say the material that the administration has given us, they are actually speeding up the process. so, what are the accusations against president trump? the whistlebl

terms of regular order in the house of representatives and that's the chair of the house administration committee where all of this was pulled together and we were able to get it over the finish line in the house of representatives. >> thank you, john. you know, i, in addition to the elements outline is he well by mr. sarbanes, there was a provision in hr-1 to secure our voting systems. all 50 states were targeted in the attacks, the cyber attacks in 2016 and we know that the attackers will be back. just yesterday the acting director of national intel against said this, quote, i think the greatest challenge we have is to major sure we maintain the integrity of our election system. we know right now there are foreign powers that are trying to get us to question the validity of whether or not our elections are valid. he went on to say, protecting the sanctity of our elections within the united states, whether it be national, state, local, is perhaps the most important job we have with the intelligence community. so for the past 200 days we have been pressing the senate to t

democracy now! club i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. proceeding with investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. amy: house speaker nancy pelosi announces the housee of representatives will launch a formal impeachment inquiry against president donald trump over allegations from an intelligence whistleblower that trump sought help from the ukrainian president to investigate his presidential rival joe biden and his son. we will get response from democratic congas member al green, who was the first to call for trump's impeachment, and -- president trump addressed the united nations general assembly . pres. trump: all nations have a duty to act. no responsible government should subsidize iran's bloodlust. menacings iran's behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. they will be tightened. amy: we will get response from political analyst vijay prashad. his latest article " u.n. world leaders gather at the u.n. in the face of war, climate catastroph

trial. he announced he will not seek reelection in the house of representatives. without jim sensenbrenner running, the republicans will have more of a struggle in holding on to that suburban house seat. one year serving in the minority in the house of representatives is about enough for texas republican representative bill flores who became the fifth, fifth texas republican member of the house of representatives to announce he will not seek reelection to what polling indicates is now and will likely continue to be a house of representatives controlled by the democratic party. why are so many texas republicans giving up on a career in the house of representatives? we're joined now by someone who knows a thing or two about texas politics. cecile richards' mother, ann richards, was the governor of texas. she is the co-founder of super majority, a national group helping women get involved in civic action. let's start with texas. what's happening? >> well, the interesting thing, i think texas is kind of a microcosm of some trends we're seeing around the country. we have four cong

breaking news this hour speaker nancy pelosi announces the u.s. house of representatives will begin a formal impeachment inquiry into whether broke the law in his communications. with impeachment in. international commitments fails several members of the russian delegation to the u.n. general assembly. britain's highest court rules that the prime minister broken the law by suspending parliament the judge. tomorrow to take on the looming deadline. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us already continuing breaking news out of washington where democratic house speaker nancy pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry against president. has. nancy pelosi the representative from california and long time speaker of the u.s. house of representatives stepped forward and announced a formal impeachment inquiry from the u.s. house of representatives that's one of the bodies of the u.s. congress now in her declaration she alleged that donald trump had quote seriously violated the u.s. constitution an

she's with thein cherokee nation and serves as a delegate to the u.s. house of representatives and he is the principal chief, combined to .oth of you could you talk about the history of the cherokee nation and particularly how we get a delegate from the cherokee nation to congress? >> guest: i will start with that are 1835 treaty is our removal treaty and that treaty contained a specific provision that expressly states that we shall have a delegate in the u.s. house of representatives whenever congress takes provisions for the same and it was earlier in 1785 speaks about the deputy but 1835 treaty is the most clear. our 1866 treaty which is the last treaty that we had with the united states reaffirmed our prior treaties. both of those treaties ratified by the senate and were signed by president andrew jackson. and so, that is the background and basis for the treaty rights. fast-forward to the cherokee nation tribal constitution which has a provision that requires the principal chief to appoint a delegate to serve in the u.s. house of representatives and for the council to confirm that

were 66 members of the house of representatives and 22 of the senate, and all their flock of lobbyists that came with them, and so they built a white framed or two story capital there, which became the meeting house and the library and everything else for this community bulls it didn't have anything. so, that was the first building. it was number of years later before the capital that we see today was built. the first middle easting of the legislature in their new capital building was in january of 1848. and that was in their order of business was plank roads, developing charters, which are given out to private groups within the city. there was no department of transportation in those days so if you town wanted a road you head to figure out a way to get it. so, they were issuing charters to build plank roads and after a while, the city of lansing received a charter and james turner balm -- became the organizer 0 the plank road and the plank roads were amazing. you could never build one now because it took so much wood to build it. it was all logs lined up. they had everybody

patriotism. on tuesday the house of representatives launched a full minute pietschmann inquiry into double trump it came after a whistleblower claimed wrongdoing during a phone call between the president and his ukrainian counterpart. it's the latest in a slew of impeachment attempts mr trump's faced since he took office in january 27th . but the walls feel like they're closing in on the truth of ministration right now and i'm not sure they could hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. column the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast and back then as you'll remember the democrats was mostly dominated by russian collusion probe senior correspondent takes a closer look at the moves against president trump now. if you're a democrat the hardcore liberal type you knew in your heart the trump would be brought down the only question was how lon

to walk a mile from the capital down. there were 66 members of the house of representatives and 22 in the senate and all their flock of lobbyists that came with them so they built a white frame two-story capital there. it became the meetinghouseand the library and everything else . it didn't have anything so that was the first building . it was a number of years later before the capital that we see today was built . the first meeting of the legislature in their new capital building was in january 1848. and that was their order of business was playing roads, developing charters which were given out to private groups within the city. there was no department of transportation in those days it you wanted a road you have to figure out a way to get it. so they're issuing charters to build plank roads and after a while the city owes lansing and james turner became the organizer of that plank road and client roads were amazing. you could never go down now because it took so much wood to build . >> they had everybody working on it, farmers who had landed close to the road. business people c

after robert mueller testified to the house of representatives. donald trump says, "i would like to have the attorney general call you or your people and i would like you to get to the bottom of it." as you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named robert mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with ukraine. whatever you can do, it's very important that you do it if that's possible." president zelenskiy then eagerly says, "i guarantee as the president of ukraine that all of the investigations will be done

announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. >>house speaker nancy pelosi of san francisco says the house of representatives is formally launching an impeachment inquiry into president trump. the president today, swift to react calling the inquiry. presidential harassment thanks for joining us. everybody, i'm grant lotus. >>and i think you will kiss call as for impeachment have intensified following reports the president. they have sought a foreign government help in his reelection bid. the president insists he's done nothing wrong. bree jackson joins us now live tonight from washington bree boy it has been a whirlwind day in the nation's capital kick can you give us a read. well good evening grandin vacates absolutely been a busy day since. >>a speaker pelosi made that announcement about moving forward with that formal impeachment inquiry. now this is this is a change we've seen in the past before speaker pelosi had hesitated to make this move but today she had made it official now. she says that that actions of the president i have be

carolina jim hodges. former majority leader of the us house of representatives, eric cantor and formally finally form your senior advisor and chief of staff under george w. bush, the amazing karl rove. doesn't it seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic and dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics? we know looking back through history it's really not. we want to talk today and have you explore what it is at the federal level and the state level that has made government so dysfunctional and problematic and what are the was looking for that all of you and all of you can help get past that. i covered the virginia state legislature and talk about the first recover meant republican governor elected since reconstruction with democratic lieut. gov. and atty. gen. who wanted to be the democratic governor, and the phone ring when i was down in the capital. they were asking if i would come up in 1974 after four years in virginia i'm sent into the white house weeks after pres. richard nixon has left on the south lawn. talk about constitutional crises. talk

hodges. [applause] ♪ >> former majority leader of the u.s. house of representatives eric canter. [cheers and applause] >> and finally a former senior adviser and deputy chief ofch staff in the white house for george w. bush, the amazing karl rove. [applause] .. .. i want to have you alllo exploe what it is at the federal level, what is at the state level that has made government so dysfunctional and problematic. how, looking forward, are there ways that all of you can help get past that. i graduated from college in virginia. i went right into my first job and worked for the virginia stateoa legislature. talk about dysfunctional, first republican governor had just been elected as a democratic and wanted to be the democratic dominant. capital square was a war zone just to walk between the attorney general's office and the governor's mansion. the phone rang while i was at the state capital in the press room and i would be interviewed to be a network correspondent. in 201,974 after four years in virginia, i go up and abc news sends me into the white house up north one, just after pr

, what changes for all of us is the fact that nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives, has now formalized an impeachment inquiry which means that we will continue to do the investigations that we've done. we will probably have more resources dedicated to the investigations. we will probably speed up the work that is being done, perhaps this will send a message to the court where we have issued subpoenas and they have been resisted by the trump lawyers. maybe now the court will see the importance of what we're doing

of the millions of americans who lend it to their representative. consider the last time the house looked at impeachment of a sitting president. it first passed a resolution that recognized the importance of a full house vote. i want to read to you what the house read said. because the issue of impeachment of such overwhelming importance, the committee decided that it must receive authorization from the full house before proceeding on any further course of action and went on to say because impeachment is delegated solely to the house of representatives by the constitution, the full house of representatives should be involved in critical decision making regarding various stages of impeachment. the s why we saw the tion resolution brought forth. as we depart for a two-week recess, every memos it to their constituents. the constituents led their voice to the members for two years and they should be very clear on where they stand. and if speaker pelosi refuses to seek the whole approval, which has been a long standing practice of this body taking the importance of what we are looking a

nation and serves as a delegate to the house of representatives and -- is the principal chief here good morning. >> can you talk about the history of the nation. how we get a delegate to congress? >> >> the treaty contains a specific provision, it states we should have a delegate in the house of representatives. treaty two speaks about a deputy. the treaty was the last treaty that we had with the united states. we affirmed prior treaties. both were ratified by the senate. >> the background and basis for the right. >> fast-forward to the tribal constitution. it has a provision that requires the principal chief to appoint a delegate. it is to confirm a delegate. recently the chief appointed me in the tribal council. and working with leadership in the delegation. and a member of congress to figure out the framework. we are working on the framework on how that will take place. >> wanting to work with congress to make sure they fulfilled the end of the bargain. >> why did it take so long? >> is the right takes back, to 1835. >> there are large spans of time in which we were not allowed

security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections, therefore, today, i'm as nowing the house of representatives is moving forward with impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> the straw that broke the camel's back was the complaint by the whistle-blower as well as the substance of the allegation, the president himself talking on the phone with ukrainian's president. she said that's one reason why -- the major reason why we need to move forward. at the same time what does that actually mean. she's saying six committees have already investigated on capitol hill. they'll decide whether to move forward with the article fs of impeachment. if so they'll move forward and the full house would vote but only to remove him from office you ontario need two-thirds of the majority of the united states senate, which is unlikely to proceed. so this process could take a few months. speaker pelosi says she wants this to be done expeditiously. it's a historic move since the president himself would be only the third president in american history to be impeached by the h

integrity of our elections. therefore, today, i am announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. it's hard to overstate the significance of this move by the democrats and one that the leadership have been very wary about. a ball has been set rolling, with uncertain consequences. democrats will hope this brings about the end of the trump presidency. what they fear is that it will galvanise support for him and lead to his victory in 2020. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. and we will have much more on this injusta and we will have much more on this injust a few and we will have much more on this in just a few moments. let's browned up in just a few moments. let's browned up some of the news for you —— round—up. officials in pakistani—administered kashmir say at least 22 people have been killed and hundreds injured in an earthquake. security forces have reached the areas worst—affected, in and around mirpur, to help with rescue and relief efforts. people in cities as far away as islamabad and delhi felt tremors. the european union's top c

questioning whether any vote can be done in the house of representatives. we are also talking about any other gun issues the president would like to see background checks. >> the president a great optimist and a decent person to even persist in thinking that the democratic party is anything other than a party of hate and obstruction against his agenda. it's an extraordinary moment in our history. >> he seemed disheartened in the news conference toward the end there. lou: he has every reason to be hurt. it's -- this is a terrible, terrible nonsense to have to deal with after all he does for this country and has done. and he gets to play with the likes of pelosi and schumer. not a fitting reward, i think. ed, thanks so much. up next. our exclusive interview with the very much mike pence. why he says the democrats moved forward with the impeachment inquiry and why he says president trump and vice president pence will be re-elected. we'll have that and much more as we continue, including reaction from attorneys victoria toensing and joe digenova. stay with us. all money managers might seem