THIS HOUR IS THE PUSH FOR
IMPEACHMENT AS OUR HEADLINE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PROMISING TO
RELEASE THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF
HIS PHONE CALL WITH THE
UKRAINIAN LEADER TODAY ALONG
WITH PROOF THAT THE
WHISTLEBLOWER HAD POLITICAL BIAS
IN FAVOR OF A RIVAL CANDIDATE TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
DEMOCRATS ARE UNWILLING TO WAIT
FOR ANY EVIDENCE.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYS
SHE'S MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
OFFICIAL I'M
OFFICIAL IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
INTO THE PRESIDENT.
WATCH.
>> I CAN SAY WITH AUTHORITY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS
UNDERMINE BOTH OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY AND OUR INTELLIGENCE.
THE ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY READIES
PRESIDENCY REVDIES
PRESIDENCY REVEAES
PRESIDENCY REVEALS
PRESIDENCY REVEAL A BETRAYAL OF
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND
BETRAYAL OF THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
ELECTIONS.
THEREFORE, TODAY, I'M ANNOUNCING
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OFFICIAL
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
MARIA: STOCKS HITTING SESSION
LOW AS THIS NEWS BECAME
APPARENT.
BOUNCING BACK ONLY SLIGHTLY
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE
WOULD RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPTS.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN, HOUSE FINANCIAL
SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBER, LANCE
GOODEN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
CONFIRM WHAT WE'VE BEEN
SPECULATING THIS MORNING, AND
THAT IS EVERYTHING'S OFF THE
TABLE IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE
PROGRESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO PURSUE AN
IMPEACHMENT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT
MEANS NO USMCA, THAT MEANS NO
IMMIGRATION, NO GUNS, NO
HEALTHCARE, NOTHING GETS DONE.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEY STARTED THIS CONGRESS
SAYING WE WANT TO WORK ACROSS
THE AISLE AND DELIVER FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING AND
THEY'VE CONFIRMED WITH THEIR
LATEST ACTIONS YESTERDAY THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THE
SAME THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
MARIA: AND YOU ARE INTRODUCING
A RESOLUTION TO REMOVE JERRY
NADLER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IN RESPONSE
TO THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
THAT HE'S OVERSEEING.
YOU SAY CHAIRMAN NADLER IS,
QUOTE, RIPPING THIS COUNTRY
APART.
TELL US MORE.
>> WHAT WE DID BACK IN JULY, WE
ACTUALLY VOTED ON AN IMPEACHMENT
RESOLUTION.
WE BROUGHT IT TO THE FLOOR.
IT FAILED.
DEMOCRATS DIDN'T GET A MAJORITY
OF THEIR CAUCUS TO SUPPORT IT.
WHAT CHAIRMAN NADLER HAS DONE IS
GONE FORWARD WITH AN IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED
BY THE HOUSE.
HOUSE RULES SAY WE HAVE TO VOTE
ON IT.
HE SAID MANY TIMES, WE'RE IN
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.
WHAT NANCY PELOSI SAID YESTERDAY
CHANGES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
ALL SHE DID WAS COME OUT AND
ENDORSE THE ILLEGAL ACT THAT
CHAIRMAN NADLER HAS BEEN PUTTING
FORWARD SINCE JULY, SINCE ALL
THIS STARTED.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS UP IN THE
FULL HOUSE FOR THIS TO BE A
LEGITIMATE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
NANCY PELOSI IS NOT GOING TO
MAKE THE 31 DEMOCRATS THAT SIT
IN DISTRICTS THAT TRUMP WON FOUR
YEARS AGO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT
TOUGH VOTE.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT
IMPEACHING.
ONCE THEY I'M P PEACH THEY KNOW
HE'S -- IMPEACH, THEY KNOW HE'S
ACQUITTING IN THE SENATE.
THEY WANT TO DRAG THIS OUT AND
SMEAR THE PRESIDENT UNTIL THE
ELECTION.
>> WHAT HAPPENS TODAY WHEN THE
TRANSCRIPT IS RELEASED, IF IN
FACT THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE
THAT INDICATES THAT THERE IS ANY
WRONG-DOING ON THAT PHONE CALL,
THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT.
YET
YESTERDAY IN HER COMMENTS PELOSI
CONDEMNED HIM AND CALLED HIM
GUILTY FOR BETRAYING US WITH HIS
ACTIONS.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH HER POSITION
TODAY IF THE TRANSCRIPT COMES
OUT AND SHOWS THERE'S NOTHING?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT NANCY
PELOSI WOULD HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING SHE DID YESTERDAY IF
SHE HAD A CRYSTAL BALL THAT SAID
THAT TRANSCRIPT'S COMING OUT
TOMORROW.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT
THEY JUMPED THE GUN ON THIS AND
R THEY'RE NOT JUST WAITING TO
SEE WHAT THE TRANSCRIPT AND THIS
WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT SAYS.
IF IT COMES OUT TODAY AS I
SUSPECT IT WILL, AS THE
PRESIDENT HAS SAID IT WILL AND
IT SAYS NOTHING OF MATERIAL
SUBSTANCE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE A LOT OF HEAD SCRATCHING,
AT LEAST PRIVATELY, COMPLAINING
IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND I
DON'T KNOW YOU HOW THEY'LL SPIN
IT BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL FIND A
WAY.
>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU HAD A GOOD
POINT ABOUT DO THEY HAVE THE
VOTES.
IF NANCY PELOSI DOESN'T THINK
SHE HAS THE VOTES TO BRING THE
IDEA, AN INQUIRY FOR IMPEACHMENT
TO THE FLOOR, WILL THEY HAVE THE
VOTES FOR IMPEACHMENT?
WOULD THEY HAVE THE VOTES TO DO
THE STUFF WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT, THE TRADE AGREEMENT, GUN
CONTROL, GUN ISSUES?
IS IT JUST THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR THESE PEOPLE, DEMOCRATS AND
REFRESHES,
REPUESHES,
REPUBLHES,
REPUBLICS,
REPUBLICANS TO WORK WITH EACH
OTHER BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
INTENT ON NEVER GIVING PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS A WIN?
>> FIRST OF ALL, YES.
BUT A FEW PREDICTIONS.
I SUSPECT THEY'LL END UP GETTING
THERE BY DECEMBER WITH THEIR
VOTE COUNT ON IMPEACHMENT.
GUNS, THEY NEVER COULD COME TO
AN AGREEMENT.
USMCA, THAT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE
IT'S THE ONE ISSUE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE AGREED ON.
NANCY PELOSI KNOWS THERE'S
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
THEY REFUSE TO DELIVER A VICTORY
TO THE PRESIDENT.
THEY DON'T WANT HIM CLAIMING
VICTORY IN ANY WAY.
THAT'S ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING,
ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE SWING
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS WHO NEEDED TO
GO BACK TO THEIR DISTRICT AND
DELIVER A WIN.
THE USMCA WAS ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES.
MARIA: THE QUESTION IS WILL
VOTERS RESPOND TO THAT.
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE EXPECTED
TO MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS THE
PRESIDENT'S TRADE DEAL WITH
CANADA AND MEXICO.
DO YOU THINK IF IT GOES AWAY AND
WE DON'T SEE IT EVER COME TO THE
FLOOR, WILL THE NAFTA REVISION
BE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER AND DO
VOTERS REACT, KELLY, ON THIS?
AND VOTE THEM OUT, BASICALLY?
>> THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION.
TRADE IS ONE OF THE THINGS
REALLY GETTING A NEW AGREEMENT
IS ONE THING PRESIDENT TRUMP RAN
ON AND THIS IS SOMETHING A THAT
PEOPLE IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS
THAT ARE SWING DISTRICTS WERE
WANTING A WIN ON.
THEY SAW MANUFACTURING LEAVING,
THEY FELT THE DEAL WAS UNFAIR TO
AMERICANS.
IT WAS SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP
PROMISED TO DO.
IF IT DOESN'T PASS BEFORE THE
END OF OCTOBER, THERE'S AN
ELECTION GOING ON IN CANADA
RIGHT NOW.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS HAVING A
LITTLE PROBLEM THERE, THERE'S
BROWN FACE, BLACK FACE PHOTOS
THAT SURFACED.
WHAT HAPPENS IF HE IS OUT?
WILL THE CONSERVATIVES WIN AND
PERHAPS THEY DON'T LIKE SOME OF
THE COMPROMISES THAT TRUDEAU
MADE TO GET THE DEAL WITH TRUMP
AND THE MEXICANS.
MARIA: KEVIN MCCARTHY HAS BEEN
ON THIS PROGRAM.
HE WAS STRESSING THAT HE WANTED
TO SEE USMCA TO THE FLOOR BEFORE
THE CANADA ELECTIONS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO USMCA ONCE --
LIKE IF JUSTIN TRUDEAU LOSES,
FOR EXAMPLE?
>> I THINK IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.
THE QUESTION ABOUT WILL THE
VOTERS PUNISH THE CONGRESS, I
THINK YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, IF
YOU LOOK AFTER BARACK OBAMA'S
BAD MIDTERM, 2010 REPUBLICANS
WIN THE HOUSE, I THINK
REPUBLICANS MISMANAGED THAT
BECAUSE REPUBLICANS SAID WE'RE
NOT GOING TO DELIVER BARACK
OBAMA ANY WINS WHATSOEVER.
VOTERS DIDN'T PUNISH BARACK
OBAMA.
THEY REELECTED HIM.
DEMOCRATS ARE DOING THE SAME