here is speaker pelosi and the democratic leadership. speaker pelosi: good evening. a great day to the constitution of the united states. that the for america, president's reckless activities necessitated our having to introduce articles of impeachment. who forank our chairs, a long period of time, have been investigating and litigating. today that came to a culmination on the floor of the house, under the leadership of jerry nadler and new york and the intelligence committee under the leadership of adam schiff california, brought articles of impeachment to the floor to a conclusion, where they have passed. i thank them for their tremendous leadership. i thank chairwoman not seen waters of california -- maxine waters of california, the chair of the ways and means committee, the government oversight committee, and of course, adam schiff, the chair of the intelligence committee, for their great work over a period of time. i want to say before yielding that i could not be more inspired by the moral courage of the house democrats. we never asked one of them how they were

nancy pelosi isthe most aker powerful woman in america. in cajanuary, she speaker a second time after democrats flipped control of the house and set a record number of women to congress. in recent weeks, nancy pelosi has championed house democrats impeachment investigation of president trump and made a case to it to a skeptical public. a new book by her daughter christine, describes the political and negotiatinha skills i made speaker pelosi such a formidable leader. joining me now is author and chair of the california democratic party women's caucus christine pelosi. thank you so much for cong in. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> this book is aimed at giving young women the choice to become leaders. one chapter is entitled to claim your at at the table. you talk about what your mom arrived in washington in the late 80s that wabasically she asked to give a list of priorities to the male congressman and told to st aside. how does she react to that and what do you take from how she handled thatkind of thing? >> nancy pelosi was first elected to

i don't know what pelosi will do. i'm sure pelosi does and i'm going to be fascinated to find out. >> where do you think nancy pelosi turns her sights to next? >> you know, i think she's been really clear about immigration. i wouldn't be surprised if dream comes up again. i also think she's made very clear that voting rights is, you know, kind of the number one priority. i think they're going to do whatever they can ahead of the election tuesday make sure they're trying to do anything in the house. but what we're seeing from pelosi is she's really putting out a set of bills that are really clear democratic agenda ahead of the election. >> very important the voter registration. david, final question to you as well. where do you think she'll be turning her attentions to in 2020? >> health care. it'll be health care, immigration, taxes and education. but this impeachment issue is going to go on a bit longer because the two inflection points she will need before she can hand over the impeachment articles are either a retr

nancy pelosi has returned to her chairand nancy pelosi has returned to her chair and the nancy pelosi has returned to her chairand the time nancy pelosi has returned to her chair and the time is up on that. that was a speed round of voting. there are 215 votes at the moment in the yes column and we are waiting to see if that clicks up to 216. she waits to tally all the votes and i imagine some of those no votes, 216 there. some of those no votes now we re there. some of those no votes now were either miss counts or people who changed the vote of the last minute but usually it is to do with the tallying vote —— process. in a minute we will have, i imagine, nancy pelosi gambling this second round and then all of the focus will shift from the house of representatives into the senate for the impeachment process. that is in january. but tonight it will shift also to michigan where donald trump is in the middle of giving an election campaign rally, effectively, to his supporters in michigan as this process is taking place down here in washington. this is one of those extraordinary momen

the president complained that house speaker nancy pelosi is holding up the deal. it is clear that trade wars are not easy to win. and competing headlines will be the market drivers until something is decided. >> back to the usmca, what's the hold up in that deal? >> there's a couple of things. the democrats want more labor protections. they want enforcement of labor protections. they want to be able to see that factories in mexico have the same standards that u.s. factories have. >> not likely. >> the mexican government -- look. there's a lot there up for grabs. protections for u.s. workers seem to be at issues for the democrats. >> all right. >>> ahead, a terrifying rush hour scene. a deadly police gun battle in broad daylight. details, next. >>> a frightening fatal gun battle breaks out when armed robbers hijack a u.p.s. truck during rush hour and led police on a dramatic chase. it started when two men robbed a coral gables jewelry score. one woman at the store was hurt. minutes later, the police said they took a hostage at gunpoint. and they led police on a bre

nancy pelosi is holding cards. the committee chairs in the senate, his colleagues, they do not want a situation where a precedent is established of the executive not turning over any documents or witnesses. 13 months from now there could be president warren or president biden and these republican chairmen of these committees don't want to get stonewalled by that so they have institutional interests in seeing witnesses and documents. and then you have the vulnerable republican candidates who are up this year. and they are clearly going to want to see some witnesses because they don't to explain to their constituents, their independents that they need to win general elections. you know, why this was a fake trial. they need it to be a real trial. so i think by the time this is over, lawrence, there will be a genuine trial in the u.s. senate. >> how do you see the politics of this for republicans, especially some of those vulnerable senate republicans? >> well, first of all, i think that somebody cited the polls that s

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this is nancy pelosi pulling a trump style power move on donald trump. what she's doing, every day this sits the house being in recess, every day the president has to see these headlines and has to know there is an*on his presidency whether or not he gets reelected he will get angrier and look at this carefully laid out plan mitch mcconnell has gotten the senate that will most likely acquit him and start yelling about how he wants more, too boring, too narrow and once his, quote, total exoneration and the moment he starts demanding witnesses and documents is the moment nancy pelosi has won because that is what she wants in terms of new information in the senate. >> from the whole gop predict bipartisan acquittal at trump impeachment trial. the expectation democrats and conservative states like joe mansion of west virginia and i don't alabama will join with republicans? >> that is my expectation. i will be surprised if democrats unanimously voted in favor of removable is given the demographics of the state with those two senators, menchen, jones, senator

nancy pelosi doesn't take chances. she knew she would have the votes for the drafting of the articles of impeachment or the impeachment investigation, and then the impeachment vote. glou she is in an interesting place, because mitch mcconnell is going on tv and telling anyone who will listen that i'm going to do what i did with judges, with obama not getting his appointments through, i'm going to hold through, we're not going to hold a testimony, i'm not interested in witnesses, i'm not interested in testimony, donald trump is going to be exonerated by the senate. >> this is the issue, which is mitch mcconnell does this with every fight, just to be clear, he did this on the aca, he did this on taxes, he does it on judges. he declares finality. and i think the importance of what speaker pelosi is doing is, through this next few weeks, the number one concern the american people have is a fair trial. and she is putting pressure and she is making clear to the country that mitch mcconnell, who is, let me remind, much less p

so remarks from house speaker nancy pelosi on the usmca. speaker pelosi: good morning, everyone. this is day we have all been working to and working for on the path to yes. we were in range for a while, but until we could cross a certain threshold of enforcement, workers rights, environment, and for the prescription drug issue, as you know they were three of the areas that we had put out there. i want to thank our chairman, richard neal, chair of the ways and means committee. the eight members of the task force. i will acknowledge momentarily, but thanking them for their leadership in negotiating on different segments of the legislation. also want to thank richard, the president of the afl-cio. he was persistent, dissatisfied, knowledgeable, he really got us to a place which is far distant from where we started with the proposal that was given to us. there is no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than nafta. but in terms of our work here, it is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration. and i credit our chairman, rich neal

>> miss pelosi is an extraordinary judge of talent. she takes her time when she makes appointments, especially to select committees. she keeps those decisions close to the vest. she has, in my opinion, an embarrassment of riches. di think what you've seen during this investigation and impeachment process is a number of lawmakers qualified and skilled to do this. i don't think they have to be members of those two committees. i don't think they have to be experienced veterans. i think we saw some freshmen step up. whomever she chooses i think will do a good job. i think there's a lot of talent out there with the capability to move forward. >> what if you were offered the job? >> again, speaker pelosi was very kind and appointed me to the intelligence committee. i've been honored to serve on that about five years now. if chosen, i'd be thrilled to do the job because i think it's so important. i clearly understand she has a lot of people to choose from. there's a lot of factors making those decisions so i would understand completely whatev

speaker pelosi said the u.s. is committed to climate change efforts even after president trump's decision to withdraw from the climate agreement. she was also asked about the upcoming impeachment inquiry hearing. speaker pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. on behalf of the u.s. house of representatives and the congress of the united states, i think the spanish government for its leadership in combating the climate crisis. now primejust minister president sanchez for hosting the framework convention on climate change here in spain. as prime minister president, sanchez has said we must build a global economy that is prosperous, fair, and ecological , and socially just, and we completely agree. i also want to commend the and their of chile, leadership in putting together this conference of parties. exciting for us to be here. the firstit is meeting. for me, my first one was called the earth summit in 1992 in brazil. then, certain goals clearly we have not met them. goals of thishe meeting. i was honored to represent t

nancy pelosi does. people are focussed on why the senate is covering up donald trump's crimes. >> wait a minute. just one second. aoc doesn't represent the democratic party. >> of course not. >> she is the brain trust of the democratic party. >> only on fox news. >> mark, nancy pelosi moved the articles of impeachment because of pressure from aoc. >> that's ridiculous. >> oh, no? >> the moderate democrats said the corruption from donald trump solitting a foreign power to rig our elections in his favor were too much for them to ignore. all of trump's people that testified under oath. >> not one fact based witness, mark -- >> [overlapping talking]. >> why are they covering this up? >> i have to be quiet. do me a christmas favor and be quiet. aoc is not important and nancy pelosi is the head of the party? >> aoc has tens of millions of followers on twitter and most are not fox news watchers. they see aoc as the future of the party. nancy pelosi has cotowed to her. nancy pelosi would like to think she is th

you say grandma pelosi. that was a mom look if i've ever seen one. >>> the impeachment of president trump is sure to be a topic in the debate in los angeles. we're there with a preview, next. >>> 47 minutes past the hour. boeing will halt production on the 737 max next month. that's bad news for the american economy. that plane has been grounded since two fatal accidents in five months. boeing is one of america's biggest manufacturers and its biggest exporter, the decision could weigh on gdp next year. it could knock half a percentage point off of first quarter gdp. bank of america expects 0.2% growth next quarter. the sector has contracted four months in a row. it's a recession in manufacturing in this country. the production cut is also bad news for g.e. g.e. makes the max 737 engines. >>> all eyes were on impeachment proceedings, mitch mcconnell approved judges in the senate. bringing wednesday's total to 13 votes. mcconnell and trump have changed the landscape across the u.s. with 50 circuit court judges

speaker pelosi has one major problem. she's completely outmatched by her counterpart in the united states senate. take a look. >> speaker pelosi suggested that house democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the senate. mr. president, looks like the prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether or not they want to go to trial. they said impeachment was so urgent that it could not even wait for due process, but now they are content to sit on their hands. >> jason: clearly, the democrats' impeachment charade is not backfiring. the republican party just set a fund-raising record, hauling in over $20 million in the month of november. president trump is gaining in almost every poll, and speaker pelosi has been coined "the swamp mistress" on the cover of "the new york post" which is calling last night's impeachment vote her funeral today, president trump on offense fighting against the democrats' discussing political scampi at writing on twitter, aft

a photo of speaker pelosi. the book opens with the story of that photo which is now thist infamous 2018 g where the speaker pushed back to presidrat trump on ca just yesterday we saw some of that personality on display again in washington where the speaker was asked by a reporter if she quote hits president trump. let's take a look at how she >> do you hate the president, speaker? >> i don't hate anybody. i resent u using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. i don't hate anyone. i was raised in a way that is a heart full of love and always pray for the president and i still pray for the president. i pray for the president all the time. so don't mess with me when it comes words like that. >> said nancy pelosi saying i pray for dothe president,t mess with me. what was your reaction and what does that tell you about, as he daughter, as somekne who s well the way she reacted to that? >> i would not mess with nancy pelosi. i learned the hard way that is not a smart thing to do. t so, nancy pelosi was raise

we await nancy pelosi any moment. to you first, mike. >> that first hearing in house judiciary was a marathon session making the case for why president trump could be impeached. there was professor jonathan turley from george washington university law school saying he didn't vote for president trump but said this impeachment should not be rushed and warned it would not cure political anger in this country. late in the day a key republican asked the witnesses how much they know about the president's actions. >> to all of the witnesses, if you have personal knowledge of a single material fact in the schiff report please raise your hand. let the record reflect no personal knowledge of a single fact. >> noah feldman from harvard urged going forward. >> if this committee and house fail to act you're sending a message to this president and future presidents that it's no longer a problem if they abuse their power. >> once it was done republicans were left asking what comes next? >> right now there is a mist coming out from t

the comments about nancy pelosi's teeth. they're afraid of what's going on between now and the end. >> bret: i talked to a number of republicans who were cringing about the dingell stuff. he has the wind at his back politically and why? >> he should save his insult comedy team for the living and we won't have to deal with these questions. what i think nancy pelosi is afraid of and leadership among the democrats is that the president is going to be acquit in a bipartisan fashion but he'll point to that as vindication and he will get even more wind at his back. >> bret: thanks. when we come back, bringing holiday spirit to a work place. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ spread a little love my-y way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ philadelphia cream cheese. made with fresh milk a

i thought nancy pelosi would be smarter than this. you are in a leadership position but again, what am i missing? she is usually tactically smarter than this. >> well, you know, she used to be in control of that caucus. now with this new socialist democratic party, aoc as you were indicating, aoc is driving the train now. it's her party. if you go back to the impeachment inquiry, she was not going to do an impeachment and when we can aoc tweeted that the real crime is the democrat majority not impeaching president trump. literally, two days later, nancy pelosi said she would impeach the president. aoc is driving this party. why so many moderates have no place left. there are no blue dogs left in the democratic party virtually here and she's run them off because they are tired of the socialist style. that's all she's got and they are controlling things right now. >> i forgot about that. >> dan: congressman bigs, nothing they told us about this impeachment was strewn no quid pro quo, first-hand witnesses told us the exact opposite. gord

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i'm ready to follow nancy pelosi's lead. so far she's come out on top. >> although she has opposed the president on so many issues. and certainly she is going up against him on impeachment, she's still getting things done, by passing various legislation the president wanted, like the usmca renegotiation and ulgters. >> but in this year of new media, you'd never know it. they all seem to blame each other for its passage, rather than celebrate the moment coming together. and house democrats would make the case that they've send over hundreds of bills as they die. and republicans controlled both chimebers as well. the senate doesn't act as fast as the house. what the house democrats under nancy pelosi's leadership has done is help in 2020. get gun violence off the streets, reunite families of immigrant whose come here, perhaps without documentation too, be the party of dreamers. frr and it will stand in contrags to the agenda donald trump saw rejected in the midterms. and that's the greatest affirmation is her leadership over t

this as nancy pelosi and president trump are sparring over who gets to claim victory. i think the american people can claim victory. mexico, our biggest trading partner, that's a big deal. >> katie: i find it funny that nancy pelosi wants to take credit when it's been languishing. she has to prove she can do things the same time if she's impeaching the president. she's trying to take credit for it. they've change some things in the house. >> sean: she just made them walk the plank on impeachment. >> harris: only two of them walked. >> sean: she now needs to say, you can work with president trump. this is the attempt to do this. the president was the one who came up with the idea, the one who forced both mexico and canada to the table multiple times. the one who went and said, this is. he pressured the house into doing it and we went around the country selling these things. president trump deserves the credit. >> harris: i want to ask you this, why wouldn't mitch mcconnell go ahead and do what he needs to do here? look at all the gamesmanship that's being played right n

and later in the show, nancy pelosi verses donald trump. the year is ending taz began, with another face off between the two and this time over impeachment. and the speaker of the house says she is never afraid and rarely surprised. we'll discuss her impeachment strategy and look at the biggest moments from the speaker this year. >>> at the end of the show is there will be a surprise appearance by rachel. that's all i'm going to tell you. >>> for words that have gotten under his skin "he should be removed." in a rare and scathing editorial calling for his removal from office, just one day after he was the third fooz be # impeached. "that he should be removed, we believe, is loyalty 92 ten commandments. 80% of white evangelicals voted for donald trump. in 2016. to this day a similar percentage support him. so today, donald trump attacked the magazine that was founded nigh late reverend billy graham, falsely claiming quote, a far left magazine know-nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a radi

nancy pelosi was kind of made for this in a funny way. and she has the gravity and she is a hidden hand in a way that allows people to come to a decision when they're together with her, when the moderates in the house that nia was talking about, wrote an op-ed and said this ukraine thing crosses the line, nancy pelosi announced, i believe it was within a day or so. >> yes. >> that they had to pursue this. and so i think she leads by listening and following. i'm not going to say women do that, but following her caucus. >> wait. what are you saying, gloria! >> and i think you hear that in the way she has risen to the gravity of the moment. >> i think, mark, she's saying, i don't need directions, i know where i'm going. >> she certainly does. what's interesting about nancy pelosi, to pick up on what gloria is saying, if you go back to day one, she was never pushing for impeachment. >> not at all. >> she was the governor, slowing it down a little bit, let's be methodical about it. >> she thought the best way to do it initially was to vote him

when nancy pelosi is doing here is exactly the same thing. the parallel with the first article impeachment is that they are using the powers of their office to try to investigate the head of the opposing political party who happens to be done in 1600 pennsylvania avenue, what they are doing is the impeachment itself much less the holding out for the articles of impeachment and not sending for the senates. it's the utmost abuse of office. he really is a travesty and it shows you how blindly -- how much blind hate. they have for the president that they are willing to throw off every norm in order to find some dirt on the president to get him out of office. >> jason: what's interesting for me, going back to the pesky constitutional question, i think i saw donald trump jr. puts this out, when then simply pelosi is actually wanting as a quid pro quo. i will send you over if you do this, it's kind of ironic and the whole thing. the constitution says it has a soul power. it is the house has the sole power to move forward articles of impeachment and

nancy pelosi and the democrats have been sitting on that agreement for 370 days. we have got millions of americans jobs riding on that. 176,000 new jobs. no state will benefit any more than the great state of texas. this is the thing that needs to be done. liz: thank you for having us in your homes. lou dobbs is next. [♪] lou: good evening, everybody, the radical dimms are gasping in what i see as mortal pain as they behold president trump's rising levels of popularity, this achievement of more success and clear and unassailable case for reelection in 11 months. the economy under president trump is a runaway record breaker and so too are the markets. the trump economy creating 666,000 new jobs in the month of november, including 354,000 manufacturing jobs. the unemployment rate

as nancy pelosi always says we and show yourwife. book, no you have to know your call to service, your purpose. why are you there, what are you doing, how are you there to help people? power only matters if you are using it to help other ople. a lot of people have tremendous problems in politics by the hazing, the bullying, very active in fighting sexual harassment in politics. people think that the trappings of power are such that they allow u to lordit over other people. nancy pelosi would tell you that the way to have power isn't to have the trappings of power but to constantly give it away by empowering other people and ing your power to make progress in the lives of other people. >> we will have to leave it there. much. na pelosi, thank >> my pleasure, thank you. >>> we are well into holiday season. a time year whwe gather with friends and family to enjoy good fo and goodtimes. but we are not all alike. family members come in all stripes. how do we stay connecosd with we love despite political and religious differences? here to

he's accusing pelosi of moving too quickly. mcconnell tweeting, quote, this morning speaker pelosi had a rushed and partisan impeachment process. rushed even though the president of the united states says he wants it fast. so it's pelosi and trump versus mcconnell? all right. why do republicans think that speaker pelosi is doing this and moving ahead? here's house minority leader kevin mccarthy today. >> this is the day the nation is weaker because they surely cannot put their animosity or their fear of losing an election in the future in front of all of the other things that the american people want. >> animosity. a charge pelosi took on head-on today when asked. >> do you hate the president, madam speaker? >> i don't hate anybody. i don't -- i don't hate anybody, not anybody in the world. so don't -- i did not accuse you. >> you did. >> i asked a question. >> representative collins yesterday suggested that the democrats are doing it because they don't like the guy. >> let me make the point. >> think the president is a coward

susan, what do you make of this pelosi method, this pelosi strategy that's been called impeach and hold, which every day it's under way keeps the president from that acquittal he so badly wants. >> it was a little bit of surprise on wednesday night right after the impeachment vote when speaker pelosi raised the possibility that she might do this. but it does keep for democrats maybe their only big piece of leverage when it comes to the senate majority leader, to try to force him to make a deal on what the rules are going to be for the senate trial. i think that democrats in general and pelosi in particular were alarmed when mitch mcconnell said that he did not see his role as that of an imparab impartial juror but one who would see that the president was acquitted. this lent uncertainty to the process that's ahead. we know that the president wants this trial to happen, he wants to get acquitted, he thinks that's important. actually i think that speaker pelosi also would like to have this off the plate, that if he's going to get this acquittal which we think he will, probably, from the r

liberals in 1975 would have laughed pelosi off the stage. democracy means deciding things in elections. the left lost interest in democracy and gave up on it. when obama arrived they were beyond winning over voters with promises. going forward demographics would win elections for them. out of nowhere donald trump proved them wrong. he beat them in a presidential election. they have didn't see that coming. the shock was so profound it shattered them. they never recovered. the left turned against the country and the system that made it possible. open the border and erase the past. whatever it takes to regain power that's what they resolved. like a reform drum, the democratic party got religion. nancy pelosi started talking a lot about prayer. >> today, i am asking our chairman to receive the articles of impeachment. i commend our committee chairs with her somber approach for which the president had not made necessary. in signing the declaration of independence, our founders invoked a firm reliance on divine providence. democrats too are prayer

president trump during nancy pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to the senate, after pelosi said she wanted to see a fair trial set up. mitch mcconnell singh democrats are entering dangerous new territory. >> this particular house of representatives has led its partisan rage at this particular president

i've seen speaker pelosi not rush to judgment on this. in fact, she's been reluctant and recognized that we have a constitutional duty to act. i thought it was important when she pointed out on issues of climate change, gun violence, those are for the election. she pointed to her bracelet. she was wearing a spent shell casings, a mother who lost a son to remember gun violence. >> you've seen that side of her behind closed coo ed doors. >> that reporter was out of line. it's out of line for doug collins to say that we hate the president. but her point was those are election issues. this is an issue of urgency on impeachment and if we're going to honor our oath to the constitution, we have to act now. >> let's talk about what nancy pelosi announced today in an historic moment this morning when she said the house of representatives has no choice but to proceed with articles of impeachment. do you already know what those will contain? >> well, we know what the president's exposure is. we saw powerful uncontradicted evidence during the intelli

and that's what speaker pelosi is sort of relying on and trying to use as leverage. but the constitution actually just provides for the power of the house to impeach, that power has now been fully discharged by the house. the constitution also provides that the senate is in control of the trial and the supreme court has ratified that. the senate sets the trial rules. so as joe noted, this really does come down to the senate setting its rules for trial. this is now up to senator mcconnell and a majority of the senate. >> but according to the senate rules as they exist now, they need to have those articles delivered by nancy pelosi. again, the constitution says nothing about this. as far as the constitution is concerned, once you're impeached in the house, you're on trial in the senate. if the senate rules, add this half step where the house has to walk over and deliver the articles of impeachment. that's what we're waiting on this morning. it's a glitch. who knows where this will go and if it's just leverage. sorry i cut you off. >> i was just going to say the senate

speaker pelosi: let me tell you what i don't consider a fair trial. this is what i don't consider a fair trial. that leader mcconnell has stated that he is not an impartial take, that he is going to the accused from the white house from the white house and he is working in total coordination with the white house counsel office. >> let me just say that obviously, senator mcconnell has he is working with the defense of the council, that is not fair. we will have to see what else because that is certainly an indication of intention to have an unfair trial. speaker pelosi: look, it is up to the senators to make their own decisions working together. hopefully, in recognition of their witnesses that the president would help from us, the documents that the president withheld from us, and we would hope that that information would be available in a trial to go to the next step because that is another level in terms of conviction, in terms of this. but right now, the president is impeached. is it possible that you never turn the articles over? speaker pelosi: w

>> nancy pelosi doesn't want a fair trial. she is scared a fair trial would show what a complete sham this is. there is nothing whatsoever to compare this impeachment and this whole process with bill clinton in the 90s. he was actually charged with a crime. there was bipartisan support for impeachment. and the senate agreed unanimously on the rules for procedure. nancy pelosi is forgetting the constitution. the separation of powers fully we can see that the house then when they put forward an impeachment that is so rankly unconstitutional. then the senate can in its discretion and with looking at the baseless accusations dismiss it outright and say this has been a political impeachment, this is something the founders never intended. is there not evidence to support this. so mitch mcconnell would be within his constitutional prerogative for the members of the senate to say we are done here. gregg: americans are pretty smart. they know what's going on here. this thing is a sham and a farce. even the virulently trump-hating micha

pelosi: where the founders began in 1776. in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds that connected one to another, with those words are founders began our declaration of independence from an oppressive monarch for among .ther grievances in the course of today's events it becomes necessary for us to address among other grievances the president's failure to safely execute the laws. in crafting the constitution the founders feared the return of a monarchy in america. having just fought a war of independence they specifically feared the prospects of a king president corrupted by foreign influence. during the constitutional convention, james madison, the architect of the constitution, warned a president -- president -- of president may be bribed by greater interests to betray his trust. this was not that a king. the people are the king. they therefore created a constitutional remedy to protest against that protect against a dangerous or corrupt leader, impeachment. unless the

pelosi released edited video clips of schiff's witnesses. the videotape ignoring the fact that all of those witnesses failed to offer any such direct evidence. while the left plays their partisan games. president trump is celebrating another banner year in the oval office boosted in large part by the booming economy. the dow and s & p reaching new highs today and wages for the typical worker in america rising faster than a decade. consumer confidence is high and unemployment stands at its lowest level in half a century. the president enjoying the strong support of his republican party who see impeachment as a way to take the house from the radical left. let's turn to orsent rich edson in west palm beach, florida. reporter: nancy pelosi says the facts are clear and every witness told the same story. despite the president's attempts to cover it up, the president abused his power for his own personal gain. house speaker pelosi still has not said she'll send to the senate the articles of impeachment. she is leaving in limbo when or if a senate t

nancy pelosi can hang onto this article in perpetuity. she's even said she'd like to see rudy giuliani come. he would invite him to come so even some republicans are saying they would want witnesses at that point. >> i think the notion of witnesses should really apply to two articles of impeachment. i would not want to bring in hunter biden, joe biden, all the others republicans dream of asking questions to because i've never seen that work before. we've got a great witness that all make our case, slam-dunk, america will believe us, it never works that way. it's always a clouded, confused mess. i would have a narrow trial focused on the charges brought against the president, walk through them and then take a vote. the present is not going to get anywhere close to convicted, that's why this is such an obvious waste of time. go ahead, harris. >> harris: i was just going to ask, we know everybody's getting ready to take their holiday break and just thinking about how quickly this has gone, nancy pelosi getting us this impeachment through the

nancy pelosi clearly holds the power in house. take us behind the scenes for this historic moment. >> you saw pelosi say tonight that on the president's accusation that she is interfering with election, subverting the american democracy. he response is it's really sick. ironically that kind of attack from the president elevates her even more inside her party and she helped navigate them through impeachment. >> reporter: these days house speaker nancy pelosi is a cult-like figure among democrats for going head to head with president trump. sun glass clad coming out of an oval office meeting after democrats won back the house where she said there. >> please don't characterize the strength that i bring to this meeting as the leader of the house democrats. >> reporter: taking an image trump tweeted as an unhinged meltdown making it her own social media profile picture. a show of strength against a president who doesn't like to be challenged. >> if you think a woman can't beat donald trump, nancy pelosi does it every day. >> reporter:

he was going after nancy pelosi. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, also attacking hillary and bill clinton. but perhaps the most appalling comments made by president trump tonight, aimed at debbie dingell of michigan, at the death of her husband, former congressman, john dingell, the longest serving congress member until his death. listen to what president trump said. >> they have this dingell. dingell, from michigan. you ever hear from michigan. debbie dingell. that's a beauty. she calls me up eight months ago. her husband was there a long time. but i didn't give him the "b" treatment. i didn't give him the "c" or the "d." i gave him the a-plus treatment. take down the flags. why are you taking them down? for excongressman dingell. oh. okay. do this. do this. do that. rotunda, everything. i don't want anything for it. i don't need anything for anything. she calls me up. it's the nicest thing that's ever happened. john would be thrilled. he's looking down. thank you so much, sir. i said, that's okay. don't w

pelosi seems to know this. she didn't get to be speaker because she is bad politics but but you can't acknowledge it out loud, so like the british army during their retreat, she puts a brave face on a doomed mission and fights on. he was her explanation this morning. >> we begin where our founders began were in the course of events, it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another. with those words, our founders courageously began our declaration of independence from an oppressive monarch for among other grievances refusal to follow rightfully passed laws. in the course of today's events, it becomes necessary for us to address among other grievances the president's failure to faithfully execute the law. >> tucker: it is just mesmerizing on many levels. what did it mean, exactly? it was a metaphor. trump is a slightly more orange version of king george the third. democrats of the patriots plotting to overthrow him with violence. that strikes you as alarming,

author of "the nancy pelosi way." christine, welcome back. a lot of people dieing to know, have you hopped on the phone be with your mom in the last couple of hours, and how is she doing? >> she's doing great. she's so proud of her caucus and busy passing the trade bill today, and doing the -- the for the people press conference talking about the first year with this amazing freshmen class invigorating the nation. >> okay. they also impeached the president. >> women, they did that last night and very quick to note. >> did she say anything about that? >> just -- we're proud of her. we're always proud of her but especially proud of her last night the way that she ruled them all with an iron grip down to that looking that her children know so well. >> let me skip to that. let me play that in case people haven't seen it. guys, roll the tape. >> article one is adopted. the -- the question is on adoption of article two. the question -- >> so it was -- it was the look when she was chiding her own party. doan cheer, don't cla

here is nancy pelosi on with her whole king analogy again. watch. >> having just fought a war of independence, they specifically feared the prospects of a king president corrupted by foreign influence. trish: just to be clear, we know who has fallen victim to foreign influence. the democrats themselves. vladmir putin had one goal. divide and conquer undermine the integrity of the great american election system and that he sure did. >> i brought a hat too, a russian hat. i mean, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. >> tried to hack into an affect a lech. >> chris, chris -- >> do you deny that. >> russia hacked our election. >> donald trump would not be president today if it not for the assist he received from the kremlin. >> the russians were successful. >> they accomplished what think set out to do. trish: who needs russian influence when vladmir putin has hillary clinton, adam schiff, obama's intel team and cnn doing the whole job for them, right? yes, we are a victim of foreign influence. putin stirred the pot and the democrats and mainstream m

we just heard from speaker pelosi. it sounds like things are going to move forward towards a vote on some articles of impeachment. what are your thoughts? guest: this is something the speaker has been talking about for months, she wanted the president impeached by christmas. she has moved the time i up more so after one in the judiciary committee. it is almost -- it is sad for america that we don't listen to the information we have. we have constitutional lawyers coming in from elite law schools. after 12 of the committee hearings and the constitutional attorneys, nobody has firsthand knowledge of anything, unlike the other two impeachments we have gone throughout our lifetime. i will go back to the district. americans in my district want us to move forward and get on with doing america's work of creating jobs and having the opportunity still don't have a funding bill to get the government open through christmas. host: what are the concerns about getting a budget finally passed? there is a deadline coming up in a coupl

pelosi preys for the president. very cleaver. i was on twitter and saw a photo of shannon bream on an amtrak train maybe 10 minutes ago. >> shannon: it was. i made it. this is crazy. they have electrical outlets can you do the hair on your train and thanks to our amazing makeup artist. i made it. i am in the share. >> laura: people were freaking out here. go shannon bream. >> shannon: thank you very much.

faux. >> you think nancy pelosi is more toxic than donald trump? >> you know what, the honest answer is in some areas of the country, yes, she is. >> in some areas, interesting. congressman tim ryan joins me right now as part of our special coverage. good evening, sir. >> gee, thanks, ari. i appreciate that. >> go on, your words. nothing unfair about that, right? >> yeah. all true, all true. >> and what i'm curious, given everything that's happening here in this monumental level is how do you think speaker pelosi is handling leading your party and dealing with president trump in this impeachment today? >> absolutely phenomenally. i think she has been so skillful over the last few weeks and months. she is at the absolute top of her game. i think her skillfulness level is that of lyndon johnson or franklin roosevelt in their prime. to be able to navigate impeachment as she did, a lot of people were trying to push her into it. she literally waited until the exact right moment when certain things came out about trump and president trump and everything