of president trump. let's listen to. >> i decided sharon not going to go to the ukraine. >> you're not going to go? >> i think i'm walking into a group of people who are enemies of the president. >> it appears to giuliani's statement influenced president trump of ukraine as well and an oval office meeting -- at an oval office meeting on may 23 u.s. officials learned of giuliani's influence. ambassador volker testified that president trump quote didn't believe the positive assessment government officials gave the new ukrainian president. instead president trump told them that giuliani quote knows all of these things and said that president zelensky had some bad people around him. at this point the scheme had stalled. mr. giuliani and the president knew that they were going to have trouble with president zelensky for filling his corrupt demands for an investigation that would benefit president trump's re-election campaign. that ranks us to the next phase of the scheme. although his corrupt scheme was in tr

that we can tell that all president trump cared about is that president trump is the president trump confirmed his desire for these investigations in his statements to his agents and when this game was discovered to the american people. the very day after he solicited foreign interference to help him cheat in the 2020 election, president trump spoke with gordon sondland who was in ukraine. president trump had only one question for ambassador sondla ambassador sondland. so he's going to do the investigation? here's david holmes recounted a call between president trump and ambassador sondland. >> i did hurt president trump asked, so he's going to do the investigation? ambassador replied that he is going to do it adding that president zelensky will do anything you ask him to do. >> this is july 26th. president zelensky doesn't want to be used as a pond. he doesn't want to be drawn into u.s. politics. but at this point, he feels that he has no choice. ambassador sondland tells holmes, he's going to do it. of course, that is the only thing president asked about. ambassador sondland said h

trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government ukraine in the 2020 united states presidential election he did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his re-election harm the election prospects of a political opponent and influence the 2020 united states presidential election to his advantage. president trump also sought to pressure the government of ukraine to take these steps by conditioning official united states government acts of significant value to ukraine on its public announcement of the investigations present trump and gauged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit in so doing president trump use the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromised the national security of the united states and undermined the integrity of the united states' democratic process he thus ignored and injured the interests of

i >> president trump: mark levin a little bit. >> laura: we are concerned. >> president trump: dobbs is concerned too. here is the problem. i am demanding that japan all these countries that have these massive, deficits like nobody has ever seen before. i said you have to open up, i call prime minister, you have to open up more plants in the united states. they tell me, we want to do it, we want to do it. they can't get labor. we need help, otherwise, we can say don't open. >> laura: if they couldn't get labor, wages would be going up but wages aren't going up here, not in the high-tech industry. we are taking a plateau. >> president trump: it went up 2.9%. the last year, the wages have gone up more than they have 25 years. >> laura: but for google, why haven't award google? they are working against you in the campaign. >> president trump: i'm not a fan. i'm not a fan of google. >> laura: you did not bring foreign workers in the united states. >> president trump: we have to allow smart people to stay in the country. your graduate number one in your class at harvard. >> laura: you ran

here's what president trump said. the other thing, there has a lot of talk about biden news son that biden stopped a prosecution in a lot of people want to find out about that. so whatever you can do with the attorney general, would be great. biden went around great biking they stop the prosecution so if you can look in to it, it sounds horrible to me. no trump administration who chose to participate in the impeachment inquiry unanimously testified that there was no factual support for the allegations that vice president biden did anything wrong. or misuse his authority. he requested further you removal of ukraine's corrupt former prosecutor general. so biden did nothing wrong. the witnesses testified that vice president biden was in fact carrying out the u.s. policy to clean up the prosecuted general news office in ukraine. this policy of course, in line with the perspectives of many in this very distinguished body, as well as our european allies throughout the world as well as the international monetary funds. vice

except donald john trump. it does not dissipate because the president believes house committee should invite different witnesses unfettered subpoena power or involve at the deposition phase of the process when it's never been done. and if a president can defy congress on such fragile ground grounds, then it is difficult to imagine why any future president whatever comply with the investigative subpoena. the supreme court has made clear it is wary of intruding on matters of impeachment. this leaves room for interbranch negotiations. but it does not allow the president to engage in blanket defiance. president trump's objections are not generally rooted in the law they are not legal arguments. we know that because president trump said early on he would fight all subpoenas. we know that because he declared the inquiry illegitimate before any procedures. we know that because every single effort to investigate him has been a witchhunt. and we know that because of executive privilege during the entire impeachment pro

of trump enterprises. and congress one question needs to be addressed by the investigative committee why did trump fire james komi. why do you believe you were fired. so i don't know for sure i believe the prick think the president at his word that i was fired because of the russian versification something about the way i was conducting it the president felt created pressure on him they wanted to relieve he was asking for something and i was refusing to give it. and fact early in his term trump asked to speak to count me in private. there was a meeting at the white house a one on one meeting between trump and call me call me must have had his antenna up because he felt like something was wrong because as soon as he was done that meeting he wrote up these memos. after meeting with trump call me sat in his car and wrote down what was discussed the meeting was about general fled the advisor who had lied about his contacts with russia trump said he hoped komi come let the matter go. i hope you can let this go

. >> trump or biden. >> definitely not biden and not trump. >> i hate trump. trump sucks. sorry. >> i don't like trump.p. >> what about biden impresses you? >> nothing. i don't like either one of them to be honest. >> i'm abstaining this time around. >> you're not going to vote? >> i don't think so. >> donald trump. >> why? >> he's making america great again. our country is just doing wonderful. the economy is great. the immigration crisis is under control. >> donald trump all the way. >> why? >> because he's what america needs here.tr he is what i felt for so many years and nobody said and he says it for me. >> raymond: what i referenced in the monologue. and i rode it before i went out on the street. there seems to be, scott, this movement among people. they want a proxy voice. how will that affect this 2020 election? >> the same way it affected the 2016 election. spoke for a lot of people that thought nobody in washington cared, nobody cared about them, nobody listened to them, cared about their issues or values. that's about 46% of the country. you have another 46% tha

of president trump. let's listen to. >> i decided sharon not going to go to the ukraine. >> you're not going to go? >> i think i'm walking into a group of people who are enemies of the president. >> it appears to giuliani's statement influenced president trump of ukraine as well and an oval office meeting -- at an oval office meeting on may 23 u.s. officials learned of giuliani's influence. ambassador volker testified that president trump quote didn't believe the positive assessment government officials gave the new ukrainian president. instead president trump told them that giuliani quote knows all of these things and said that president zelensky had some bad people around him. at this point the scheme had stalled. mr. giuliani and the president knew that they were going to have trouble with president zelensky for filling his corrupt demands for an investigation that would benefit president trump's re-election campaign. that ranks us to the next phase of the scheme. although his corrupt scheme was in tr

everything out here, they love trump. you should love trump. we are going to win the great state of iowa. it's going to be a historic landslide. , your farms are going to hell. i can tell you right now. sell, sell. we love the farmers and the ranchers. we love the manufacturers. plenty of that in the state. it's a great state. you have a great governor. [cheering] every day, we are achieving extraordinary victories for the citizens of the hawkeye state. the iowa unemployment rate has reached an all-time low in history. that's not bad. [cheering] pres. trump: that's not bad. oh, let's vote for pocahontas. let's vote for bernie. let's vote firstly be joe. -- four sleepy joe. [booing] pres. trump: he always gets the name wrong. how many times has he missed it? it's great to be in the great state of ohio. they say, joe, you are in iowa. you can't do that. no matter how great you speak come if you are winston churchill, if you make that mistake at the beginning of your speech, it's over. you might as well wrap it up. there's the fake news. [booing]

and then when trump won, i did the whole good-trump, bad-trump thing. i patted him on the head when i thought he did something good. ass i would kick him in the when i thought he did something bad. over the next weeks and months, it became clear to me that i don't like this guy and i don't like what he is doing. two things finally moved him -- moved me officially and publicly off him, and remember, this is important, at the time, i was a conservative talk radio guy. 95% of my audience are the red hat, maga-wearing folks. it was difficult to do what i did. over time i have realized pretty quickly that almost every time he opens his mouth, he tells a lie. i can't have that in the president. the final straw for me, when i publicly said i would never say another good word about him was in helsinki, 2018, when he stood in front of the world and said "i believe putin and not my own people." i went on the radio that night and said, he is a traitor. that is an act of disloyalty. my audience pretty much gave up on me. but that was the final straw for me. joe: ok

some did suggest that trump knew. how he would know what's in trump's hand is unclear. but it might be worth having him before congress to talk about it. >> it does square with a lot of things that we know that have been ascertained. president trump in the rough transcript says to the president of ukraine, talk to robyn gardner. talk to the attorney general. gordon sondland direct ed that the president told him to work with giuliani. sondland says there was a quid pro quo. it's not as though the broad contours of what he's saying are out of nowhere. it's just a specific reference to pence knew, trump knew, how would he know. >> there are text messages. those are in the documents. he handed those over. as well as the fact that parnas said stuff that corroborates from the testimony of people who testified before the house. when giuliani was on the phone with trump, he could overhear trump speaking on the phone. we heard that before from other witnesses. so again, to the point, one of the biggest arguments from republicans is there's no direct witness that has spoken to tr

president trump engaged in the. scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit. in so doing president trump used the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromised the national security of the united states and undermined the integrity of the united states democratic process. he thus ignored and injured the interests of the nation. president trump engaged in the scheme or course of conduct through the following means: number one, president trump acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the united states government corruptly solicited the government of ukraine -uk to publicly announce investigations into a a political opponent, former vice president joseph r biden junior and b,sc a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine, rather than russia, interfered in the 2016 united states presidential election. number two, with the same corrupt motives president trump acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the uni

they had hats on of trump and pins for trump. trump, trump, trump. [cheering and applause] they have the bands on like a ms. universe that says trump pens and they have buttons all over and shirts same trump and trump pens and i never saw anything like it. if every state is like tennessee sir, i hate to tell you but you will have one hell of a victory and that's what happened. [cheering and applause] you did it. you did it and i think we will have your numbers, even bigger numbers because i will tell you what, we are a long way from the election but i think the crowds today are bigger than they were the day before the election. last time. [cheering and applause] you know, elizabeth warren, sadly referred to, she of great indian heritage, remember i use to say i have more indian blood in me that she has and i have a song. i turned out to be right. but you look at what she is doing and what she is saying the lives -- lies and deceit and fraud. we are going to do so great and it will be something that will be special. it will be for the record books, th

so trump can collude, trump can obstruct, and it's all good. hell, he can even lock all the democratic candidates in the room with eric. just be li,e "at some point, one of you will eating.eat the of you will eat the other. either way i win." ( laughter ) this whole idea just seems like manufacture a-- it seems-- i'm sorry, hold on. i'm getting a note. oh, it's a question. for alan dershowitz. it says, "get the ( bleep ) out of here." we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) gatorade zero. all the electrolytes. zero sugar. ♪ ready for more? bring it on! gatorade zero. get more out of zero. you're having one more bite! no! one more bite! ♪ kraft. for the win win. dad! not cool.o, son. you know what's not uncool? old spice after hours... and jazz. dad, i prefer ultra smooth, it handles sweat without all that...jazz. you're right son. the famous meat lover's pizza from pizza hut. over a pound of meat and cheese for just 10 bucks. it's more pepperoni for your penny, more beef for your buck, more... you get the idea. get yours delivered now

trump delivered. peter that -- peter navarro and the guys in the white thousands, they should be commended. donald trump has the chinese communist party on notice. i have given you the benefit of the doubt. you are going to be monitored. if they get out of line, the tariffs will be back. he proved tariffs work. i think you will see the country returned toss it former greatness because of trump policies. trish: are 2020 dems running on a platform that killing iranian terrorists and getting out of the iran deal that funded terrorism. are they running on a platform that doesn't like that? that is against that in favor of the iran regime? >> gutting the iran nuclear deal -- >> we have got to undo what trump did. >> i was part of that deal. it was working. trish: retired special forces jim hanson is going to react next after this. retirement income is complicated. as your broker, i've solved it. that's great, carl. but we need something better. that's easily adjustable has no penalties or advisory fee. and

they also say that trump tried to cover it up. republicans and trump's legal team say his actions were appropriate, that they were neither illegal nor impeachable. the senate will spend hours today debating rules for the trial. the leaders of the two political parties in the senate chamber, mitch mcconnell and democratic minority leader chuck schumer presented their cases for and against the resolution that sets the rules for the trial. mcconnell calls affair and says it is based on the bill clinton impeachment trial from 1999. schumer says it is anything but fair. here is part of what they had to say. >> finally, some fairness. our straightforward resolution will bring the clarity and fairness that everyone deserves. >> this resolution will go down as one of the darker moments in senate history. perhaps even the darkest. >> pick up and carry on the inadequate investigation to set a new president that could lead to hasty impeachments in the future. >> we are mcconnell claimed that the house led the most rush impeachment great in h

. >> the ruby demo the next donald trump that wants to think donald trump is the smart one. >> a cnn panel of gop strategist rick wilson, new york times columnist and host don lemon dissented into a prolonged trashing of trump voters on live tv. >> that was good, sorry. >> on msnbc's morning joe, mortician tissues while insulting trump's impeachment defense team. >> can i get some help appear? >> this and clip went viral they.5 million views and climbing, the backlash was severe, the president tweeting don lemon, the dumbest man in television, trump campaign manager saw potential political advantage reminding voters of 2016 when hillary clinton called trump voters deplorables. >> it is bad for journalism. tough to have a person who hates your guts but that's your job, to deliver the news even if it is being made by somebody you don't like. >> not just democratic media accused of the leaders in, supporters of bernie sanders have been dismissed in a documentary, hillary clinton says of bernie sanders, quote, nobody likes him. i feel so bad that people got sucked into. strongly irish sa

giuliani was and is president trump's personal lawyer. president trump has said this. mr. giuliani said this. we all know it's true.e. second, president trump at all times directed and knew about mr. giuliani's actions. how do we know this? let's start with the letter signed by giuliani to president here is that and letter. on may 10, 2019, mr. giuliani wrote to a foreign leader, president president-elect zelenski. the letter reads, quote, in my capacity as a personal counsel tot- president trump and with hs knowledge and p consent, rudy giuliani, not a government speak aboutuld president trump specific request. request. and he makes it clear it was in his role as the president's counsel. now, mr. giuliani didn't just tell the foreign leader that. he also told the press. the day before mr. giuliani's letter to zelenski, the "new york times" published an article about mr. giuliani's upcoming trip to ukraine. and here's the slide about that article. it said, quote, rudy giuliani plans ukraine trip to push for inquiries that could help trump. mr. giuliani said his trip was to

sondland and presidenten trump. as mr. holmes relayed during his sworn testimony under oath, ambassador sondland pulled out his unsecured cell phone and said that he was going to call president trump to give him an update. what happened next was shocking. >> ambassador sondland phone was not on speakerphone. i get to the president's voice to the ear piece of the phone. the president's voice was loud and recognizable. ambassador sondland held the phone away from his ear for credit time presumably because of the loud volume. i heard ambassador sondland greet the president and explained he was calling from kiev.ai i heard resident clump clarify ambassador sondland was in ukraine. he replied yes, , in ukraine and went on to state president zelensky quote loves your ass. i then heard president trump asked, , so is going to do the investigation? ambassador sondland replied that he's going to do it, adding that president zelensky will do anything you ask him to do. >> he's going to do it. he willl do anything you ask him to do. i

trump. while ambassador sondland zone was not on p speakerphone, , i d hear the president's voice to the earpiece of the phone. the president's voice was loud and recognizable and ambassador sondland held the phone away from his ear for for a period f time presumably because of thebl loud volume. i heard ambassador sondland greets the president and explain he was calling from tf. i had president trump and clarify ambassador sondland was in ukraine. he replied yes, he was in ukraine and what on to state the president zelensky quote loved your ass. i then heard president trump ask so is going to do the investigation? ambassador sondland replied that he's going to do it. adding president zelensky will do anything youou ask him to do. >> after the call ambassador sondland confirmed that the investigations with the president's so interest with ukraine, because, and this is very important, they benefit the president. after the call ended ambassador sondland remarked the president was in a bad mood

you've got to love trump, you've got to love trump. applause]d great wemp: and your packersers -- green bay are playing san francisco this weekend. fans we have any packer here tonight? cheering] pres. trump: that's right. you have a great quarterback that is a good guy. year, then the economy is booming, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, and america is the envy of the entire world. applause]d and then our opponents say, we will not win, let's impeach president trump. [booing] pres. trump: the greatest economy in our history, our military has been totally rebuilt, let's impeach him. but we have created 7 million jobs since the election, including more than one million manufacturing and construction jobs. nobody thought that was possible. replacingl soon be the nafta catastrophe, one of the worst trade deals in the history of the world, frankly, with the incredible usmca, canada, mexico. a giant victory for wisconsin workers, farmers, and dairy producers. a tremendous victory. takingmake it that all care of this week or next week

so trump can collude, trump can obstruct, and it's all good. hell, he can even lock all the democratic candidates in the room with eric. just be li,e "at some point, one of you will eating.eat the of you will eat the other. either way i win." ( laughter ) this whole idea just seems like manufacture a-- it seems-- i'm sorry, hold on. i'm getting a note. oh, it's a question. for alan dershowitz. it says, "get the ( bleep ) out of here." we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) when it comes to using data, everyone is different. which is why xfinity mobile is a different kind of wireless network that lets you design your own data. choose unlimited, shared data, or mix lines of each and switch any line, anytime. giving you more choice and control compared to top wireless carriers. save up to $400 a year when you switch. plus, save even more with $150 off galaxy a70. click, call or visit a store today. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is the cofounder and editor of vox, host of the podcast ezr

here with the trump organization donald trump skwrao*up. i think keeping good politics is it. >> it's hard to believe it's not the norm, sean. they talk about how horrible these things are. i will give chuck schumer the benefit of the doubt and say he knows nothing about trade. that's being generous. sitting in the senate for decades doing nothing to improve american jobs, doing nothing to stop ip thaet. trump is going through the process, it's a it's a phaeusz n american and a father of five. to see the promises kept. you see the nonsense from nancy pelosi today. she has to say about seven times, this is permanent. it's permanent. that's all it is. it's just optics, sean. it's the only thing they have been able to do to trump while fighting for americans. putting up unprecedented numbers, unpresprecedented succs year after year. it's truly awesome to watch. it will make, especially when i look at the clowns on the debate stage last night it will make the next ten months a lot of fun. >> we keep this list up. it's really important. nobody e

trump: ok? we are fighting for products made in america and grown right here in this great state of iowa. [cheering] pres. trump: to keep america safe, we have fully rebuilt the united states military. it is now stronger, more powerful, more lethal than ever before. we have brand-new equipment. it was all built here in the usa. [cheering] pres. trump: thanks to the courage of american heroes, the isis caliphate has been totally destroyed, and its founder and leader, the animal known as al-baghdadi, is dead. [cheering] pres. trump: crazy nancy pelosi said, do not call him an animal, he is a human being. no, he is an animal. he is an animal. [cheering] pres. trump: two weeks ago, the -- ago, at my direction, the united states military delivered another historic win for american justice. our brave warriors launched a flawless precision strike that killed the world's number one terrorist. some soleimani -- qasem soleimani. [cheering] pres. trump: he was the mastermind of the roadside bomb. he loved

trump sought. ambassador sondland told curt volker that he gave the ukrainian leader a full briefing. he's got it. that's what sondland told volker. in response volker texted most important is for zelensky to say that he will help with the investigations. that same day ambassador sondland e-mailed top administration officials, including acting chief of staff mulvaney, secretary pompeo and secretary perry to summarize his conversation with zelensky. in that email ambassador sondland said, zelensky is, quote, prepared to receive potus's call. will assure him, meaning potus, that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will turn over every stone. both acting chief of staff mulvaney and secretary perry responded to the email noting that the head of state call would be scheduled. secretary perry wrote, mick just confirmed the call being set up for tomorrow by nsc, the national security council. and mulvaney responded, i asked nsc to set it up for tomorrow. neither mulvaney nor secretary

president trump took the offramp he was looking for. at least temporarily and made clear to iran's leaders and citizens he does not want to use military force. notably, he asked for more engagement from nato allies in the middle east. espite his long similarering criticisms of nato. hristina marcos of "the hill" back on capitol hill. we will hear more about this. after the iranian strikes on bases, house democrats digs in on their calls for to restrict president trump's war powers without input from congress. the house coming in at noon eastern today. we'll go there live. let's hear a couple more calls. evin is in michigan and on our democrats' line. go ahead. caller: hi. i'm calling because supporting trump right now. hey -- i believe that iran missed on purpose. i don't think they really want to go to war with us either as want to go to t war with them. host: ok. devin, appreciate that. of your comments and calls. tomorrow morning and every morning 7:00 a.m. eastern on "washington journal." coming in noon today. legislative work gets

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president trump abused the power of his high office to the following me. number one, directing the white house to defy by withholding the production of documents sought therein by the committees. number two for directing other executive branch agencies and offices to defy and withhold a e production of documents and records from the committees in response to which the department of state, the office of panagement and budget, department of energy and departmentns of defense refusedo produce a single document or record directing current and former executive branch officials not to cooperate with the committees in response to which nine administration officialofficials to find the sa for the testimony. namely john michael mc mulvaney, robert blair, john eisenberg, michael ellis, wells griffis, russell, michael duffy, ryan mccormick, and. these actions were consistent with the previous efforts to undermine the united states government investigations into the foreign interference in the united states elections. through these actions, president trump sought to h

trump crawled out of that g.o.p. mathematical hole in the all but forgotten communities, thousands of them. >> yeah, absolutely, and i think that that sort of illustrates the divide in this country, where the cultural decisionmakers, whether it's a news organizations or in government or in politics or in culture or entertainment, they live in those highly-concentrated super zip codes, if you will. and it is not only just impacting our politics, but it's also impacting our culture. think about this, when hoover was making vacuum cleaners, 100 years ago, he lived within four blocks of his factory. he was connected to not only the people who worked for him, but he was also connected to the people who purchased his products. and we don't have that same sort of connection with our larger institutions. think about where the nfl is located. it's park avenue new york. that's a far cry from people here in pittsburgh today that are painted in black and gold who save all year to buy their tickets and are very connected to and r

trump. when it comes to how we move forward, you had chuck schumer this morning saying that there's a glaring need for evidence which really is an indictment of the house's case and not providing enough. then you have adam schiff saying he wants the opportunity to present his case. you can argue mitch mcconnell has allowed him to do that by entering the house record in this resolution passed last night. we will see where we go from there, but i think there will be more people than not remembering what is happening in the next couple hours. >> bret: let's bring it andy mccarthy, former assistant u.s. attorney, former federal prosecutor and fox news contributor. what we are going to see essentially is going back to square one. we went through this story line and they are going to lay it out, the house managers, as if no one's ever seen it before. >> that's correct and that's really what they have to do. i don't know that they need 24 hours to do it. i would push back on kris' point little bit.

in trump like that. he retained going, and the first thing that he did was call the press conference. and he said this was a terrible mess character of justice of the justice department used storm trooper tactics that it was a witchhunt. in a phrase that cohen had borrowed from mccarthy would others accused mccarthy and cohen of engaging in a witchhunt. and so there was his paranoia about the case. in the second thing, was that he counterclaimed against the government $400 million. now counterclaim, gets back to this question u.s. what is this have to do with law. the counterclaim is supposed to be a good-faith device on the defendant can assert a claim here's because against the plaintiff. cohen used the counterclaim and the counterattack, is like the art of war. they would set the up on the back is on her heels, to make them feel vulnerable, to what they both made statements like in particularly, the rich are the bureaucrats of the politicians, they don't like the idea of a counterclaim. they don't lik

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trump. nancy pelosi is just to send the articles t themselves in capitol. it is a pivotastep in what is this the third impeachment of a u.s. pre in history. this is going to be quite a dramatic moment as the articles themselves go through the capitol rotunda from the house decided to the senate side. fo' more on the day's events i'm joined by elizabeth wydra, a legal expert who is president of the constitutional accountability center, a ron christie, former advisor to george w. bush, who joins us from capitol hill where it is all happening tonight. ron, h pivotal a moment is this in the turbulent trump idprcy? ron: well, good evening to y, laura. this is a very historic moment. whether you agree with what nancy pelosi and the h democrats have done to impeach the president of the united states from this is only the third president in our history, if you go back tw o andhnson in 1868, bill clinton in 1998, and nowonald trump in 2020, it is a very momentous event in his presidency. for me, i am

worship donald trump publicly. there was no one like that in the united states senate during the clinton trial. no one. >> in either party. >> no. in either party. absolutely not. so this is -- this is a poison element on the republican side that has been poisoned by trump terror. the thing that guides every public moment of their lives. but there is a -- and claire could tell you, when the chamber changes into a function like this, something changes inside you. you feel something very, very different to be in that chamber in a situation like this. >> it is fascinating, as you say, we have a chance again to go quickly to another u.s. senator who is in this jury, chris murphy, democrat of connecticut. thanks for joining me on your dinner break, sir. >> thanks for having me for a few minutes. >> a couple of minutes. when you have to go you'll tell us. but what do you think of the democrats' arguments today, the house managers making the case now in earnest, all day, and they have two more days to do it to use the tim

trump. good morning, welcome to"washington journal," the senators wrapped up their questioning yesterday. moving on to the final phase today at 1:00 p.m. eastern when they come in. would like to talk to you about what to expect ahead. four democrats. republicans use (202) 748-8001. democrat -- all others use (202) 748-8002. sims a text if you would like, please leave us your name and where you are texting from. (202) 748-8003. you could post your comments on our facebook page. over the years on washington journal we have relied on major newspapers. much of the content goes online and many more online news sources come up. it is interesting to see how the major daily papers to start their day. a look at three of them who have similar thoughts on the major stories they are covering. with theington post" coronavirus story on the left and senate impeachment on the right. same for the "new york times." journal" haseet the coronavirus is the main headline. the headline on impeachment, key gop sena

and vote for trump this year. he is not a perfect president. i compare him to abe lincoln. anyone who is a student of history will know that abe lincoln was treated by the establishment the way trump has been treated by the establishment. i think trouble go down in history as one of the best presidents that we have had. where isthe way, boyertown, pennsylvania? caller: i am not in pencil yltucky--i'mnns close. madeleine dean is my new representative. i got gerrymandered in with a bunch of democrats, so unfortunately my representative in the house is a democrat who just voted to impeach the president on the judiciary committee. host: we will get a response to your comments. thank you for phoning in. guest: bill is a perfect example of those voters who went hidden in plain sight. voter -- pollsters did not understand this vote for obama and then this vote for trump because they seemed so polar opposite. i always see them as the other side of the coin of each other in that both of them ran on hope and change. it's ju

campaign had, trump. on the france -- the phone with the ukrainian president and asked them to interfere in 2020. that is what nancy pelosi says that was the straw that broke the camels back. they couldn't ignore this anymore. the effort to kind of slow walk and impeachment process without calling it impeachment never took off, and once this happened, that is when all of the momentum and steam was gained in the democratic caucus are moving forward because they couldn't justify not doing it anymore. and having the process with back-to-back hearings, you had the private depositions and then out in the open, it seemed to move quickly, this question of of the time, it was urgency. this guy posted a national security threat. coming up on the 2020 election, how would he be held accountable? what will this set for the future? side pelosi gave the other ammunition by holding onto the articles for as long as she has because it undermines the argument this is urgent which is what they had been messaging for it -- f

the first year of a trump administration and it appeared the trump administration understood as well. we understood it in 2018 and the trump administration understood that as well. we understood that in 2019 and the trump administration appeared to as well. at least it did until it didn't. it did untilng something of greater importance and significance came along in that event of greater significance to the oval office wasff the emergence of joe biden as a candidate for presidency. that military support, which had increased during the trump administration was suddenly put on hold. for inexplicable reasons. ukraine gupta message. it wasn't inexplicable to ukraine. once more, russia got the message. it wasn't very inexplicable to russia. it pushed out the propagandasa theorypr that it was ukraine tht interfered in our election and not russia. so that consensus among the congress of the administration among the right and the left and the center that's ambassador taylor explained, this is not only vital to ukraine security in the post-world war ii order, it's kept the peace in europece fo

trump: thank you, kellyanne. so i just want to thank republicans, because what they have been doing is incredible. republican leadership in this country, we are winning winning winning like never before. we are winning again, and we have a party that is a very different party, a much stronger party, much more inclusive party, we have a party that we love. we have a party that has the votes, we have a party like they have never had before. the republican party is respected again. [cheering] pres. trump: and i have to say this, america is winning again, and america is thriving again like never before. so since the election, we have created 7 million new jobs. the average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any previous administration, listen to this one, in united states history. [cheering] pres. trump: that's a good fact. the lowest in history. [cheering] chanting "four more years."] pres. trump: we are doing good for the veterans. i have them up here saying "we love you, we love you." african-

looking at this from the standpoint of president trump and the trump administration, he seems to prefer shaking up the situation to see how the chips fall and then try to make things go his way on the back end. i think certainly with the killing of qasem soleimani, and also the killing of the chief iranian lieutenant, abu mahdi al—muhandis, inside iraq, he has certainly shuffled the deck and made things a little bit more interesting on the back end. shuffle the deck, you say — it's a metaphor that implies gambling. do you regard this move as a high—risk gamble? i don't know if this is a high—risk gamble, because there's certainly a lot of reason why an american administration would want to take out qasem soleimani. especially since the us invasion of iraq in 2003, soleimani has driven the iranian expansion into iraq, into syria, into yemen, afghanistan and pakistan to some extent and has consolidated the control of the revolutionary guards inside iran and planted sleeper cells and trained rebels in saudi arabia, bahrain and other places in the region. he has been one of the most

many of them tell me that trump's a lawyer. a few said trump's a racist. they're all afraid of him. they're afraid he'll campaign against them in their state. they're afraid he'll attach a nasty nickname to them. it's like the iraq war. fear does the business. republicans are afraid of what donald trump will do. the fundamental question is -- >> so, you're saying republicans you know that believe directly that the president of the united states is a liar and racist are going to vote for his acquittal and not for witnesses? >> i don't know. i hope not. i hear them say things like that. but the fundamental question really ultimately, erin, is that if we vote not guilty, if the senate doesn't convict and remove from office, what are republicans going to do, those that voted for acquittal, what are they going to do to stop the president from doing even more of this lawlessness. they know in their hearts he broke the law. he'll be unleashed. he'll be vengeful. he will have gotten away with it. what are they going to do -- what are we going to do -- i know what the media will do. you'll c

that reality mattered not to president trump. to him the value in promoting a negative tale about former vice president biden, true or false. a smear tactic against the political opponent that president trump apparently feared. remarkably, but predictably, russia, to, has sought to support this effort to smear mr. hacking into the ukrainian energy company . this campaign only last week. russia almost certainly was looking for information related to the former vice president son so that the kremlin could also weapon eyes it against mr. biden just like it did against hillary clinton in 2016 when russia hacked and released emails from her presidential campaign. president trump has made it abundantly clear that he would like nothing more than to make use of such dirt against mr. biden just as he made use of secretary clinton's hacked and released emails in his previous presidential campaign. which brings us to the other sham investigation. president trump demanded that the ukrainian leader announce. this investigation was related to

he voted to prevent trump going to war with iran. i'm going to talk about that, but first i want to talk about the news from bolton today. you would be a juror if and when an impeachment trial happens in the senate. your reaction to his statement today. >> well, chris, i tried a lot of cases to juries back in the day before i was in state politics. and you don't have a trial without witnesses and documents. so as soon as john bolton says, i want to come if you subpoena me, then the republicans really cannot say, we don't want to hear from you, and square that with the oath that we're all going to have to take at the beginning of this trial. the oath says that we will do impartial justice in all matters pertaining to the trial of donald j. trump according to the constitution and laws, so help me god. there is no way to live up to that oath and refuse to hear from a witness who has said i have new information bearing directly on the questions of this trial. and so it's going to be a very difficult thing for republicans now to block joh

what's in it for donald trump? this is why he needs to be removed. >>> now, you may be asking, how much damage can he really do in the next several months until the election? a lot. a lot of damage. now, we just saw last week report that russia tried to hack or maybe did hack burisma, okay. i don't know if they got in. i'm trying to find out. my colleagues on the intel committee, house and senate, we're trying to find out. did the russians get in? what are the russian's plans and intentions? well, let's say they got in and let's say they start dumping documents to interfere in the next election. let's say they start dumping some real things they have from burisma. let's say they start dumping some fake things they didn't hack from burisma, but they want you to believe they did. let's say they start blatantly interfering in our election again to help donald trump. can you have the least bit of confidence that donald trump will stand up to them and protect our national interest over his own personal interest? you kno

in all of this, president trump has abused the powers of the presidency. injured national security and other vital national interests, to obtain an improper personal political benefit. it is also betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in correcting democratic elections. wherefore, president trump by such product has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the constitution if allowed to remain in office. and expected in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. president trump thus wants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, for-profit under the united states. article two. obstruction of congress. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. it is product of the office of president of the united states, and i

[ laughter ] trump yelled so loud everyone could hear him honestly it would have been easier if trump had just held a conference call and let everyone dial in. >> president trump has joined the conference call. >> hello, everybody, thank you very much for being here ukraine should investigate the bidens and i'm guilty >> this conference call has ended. [ laughter ] >> so a witness literally overheard trump yelling about his crime on a phone call with one of his key henchmen. and just in case it wasn't already incredibly clear what had happened on that call, we found out on friday from that witness what happened next the witness, a state department olme testified that after sondland hung up with trump he basically admitted everything on the spot. >> following the call with president trump the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what president trump thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden which guiliani was pressing for >> i want to a read a section his opening statement. in particular i asked ambass

trump. simply put, in doing her job well, ambassador yovanovitch drew mr. lutsenko's ire. and as mr. kent observed, you can promote anticorruption efforts without taking off corrupt people. as it turned out, this statement applied to mr. lutsenko and mr. giuliani who feared that the ambassador would stand in the way of his corrupt efforts to course ukraine into conducting investigations that would benefit the interest of his client, president trump. mr. giuliani's courting smear campaign against ambassador yovanovitch became public in the united states in late march, 2019. with the publication of a series of opinion pieces in the hill based on interviews with mr. lutsenko. on march 20th 2019, and want peace in "the hill," mr. lutsenko falsely accused ambassador yovanovitch of giving him o a do not prosecute list. not only was the allegation false, originating the claim, mr. lutsenko would later go on to retract it. the same piece also stated that ambassador yovanovitch at "made disparaging s

parnas mentioned trump's personal lawyers who represented trump during the mueller probe and jay sekulow as well as white house house pet. >> he got rudy on the phone and basically they came up with the situation that said that because i worked for rudy and because i worked for victoria, and because rudy worked for the president we have three-way privilege and that basically pat was going to be writing a letter to congress saying nobody is cooperating and that would protect us under the same order and he would follow up with that. again, this was the president of the united states so i thought, okay. >> of course it all comes back to trump. >> when you say that the president knew about your movements and knew what you were doing, are you saying specifically, i want to sort of drill down on that, that the president was aware that you and mr. giuliani were working on this effort in ukraine to basically try to hurt joe biden's political career? >> yeah, it was all about joe biden, hunter biden and also rudy had a personal thing with the manafort stuff. the black ledger and that was another