AND OBSTRUCTING CONGRESS. PETER ALEXANDER BRINGS
US THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
LAUNCHING THEIR CASE
AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP ARGUING HE
ABUSED HIS POWER BY
PRESSURING UKRAINE TO
INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN.
>> HE DIRECTED THE
ACTIONS OF HIS TEAM.
HE PERSONALLY ASKED
THE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
TO INVESTIGATE HIS
OPPONENT.
THESE FACTS ARE NOT IN
DISPUTE.
>> Reporter: AND THAT
THE PRESIDENT
OBSTRUCTED CONGRESS BY
REFUSING TO TURNOVER
EVIDENCE TO HOUSE
DEMOCRATS.
>> SUCH A
CONGRESSIONAL INPEECHTMPEACH
IMPEACHMENT HAS NEVER
OCCURRED IN OUR
DEMOCRACY.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT
TEMPERS STARTING TO
FLAIR.
THIS BITTER BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN JERRY
NADLER AND PAT.
NADLER REBUKING
REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
>> YOU SEE A LOT OF
SENATORS VOTING FOR A
COVERUP, VOTING TO
DENY WITNESSES AND
ABSOLUTELY
INDEFENSIBLE VOTE.
OBVIOUSLY A
TREACHEROUS VOTE.
>> HE ACCUSED YOU OF A
COVERUP.
HE’S BEEN MAKING FALSE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT.
THE ONLY ONE WHO
SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED,
MR. NADLER, IS YOU.
>> Reporter: THE CHIEF
JUSTICE SILENCING THE
ROOM.
>> I THINK IT IS
APPROPRIATE AT THIS
POINT FOR ME TO
ADMONISH BOTH THE
HOUSE MANAGERS AND THE
PRESIDENT’S COUNSEL IN
EQUAL TERMS TO
REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE
ADDRESSING THE WORLD’S
GREATEST DELL LIB RA ESTEST BOD
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT
TRUMP DEFENDING.
>> GERALD NADLER.
HE’S A SLEAZE BAG.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
PAT IS A HIGH QUALITY
HUMAN BEING.
I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT
EMOTION AND THAT’S
REAL EMOTION.
THAT’S BECAUSE HE
KNOWS THIS IS A HOAX,
AND I WAS VERY PROUD
OF THE JOB HE DID.
>> Reporter: AND ON
THE DEMOCRATS’ DEMAND
FOR NEW WITNESSES LIKE
FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR JOHN
BOLTON, PRESIDENT
TRUMP RAISING
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL RIGHT
TO CONFIDENTIAL
COMMUNICATIONS WITH
ADVISORS.
>> I WOULD RATHER
INTERVIEW BOLTON.
I WOULD RATHER
INTERVIEW A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
THE PROBLEM WITH JOHN
IS THAT IT’S A
NATIONAL SECURITY
PROBLEM.
HE KNOWS SOME OF MY
THOUGHTS.
HE KNOWS WHAT I THINK
ABOUT LEADERS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF HE
REVEALS WHAT I THINK
ABOUT A CERTAIN LEADER
AND IT’S NOT VERY
POSITIVE?
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
INSISTING THEY MUST BE
HEARD.
>> YOU WILL HEAR THEIR
TESTIMONY AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THAT IS IF YOU ALLOW
IT.
IF WE HAVE A FAIR
TRIAL.
>> THEY ARE ON A
CRUSADE TO DESTROY
THIS MAN, AND THEY
DON’T CARE WHAT THEY
DESTROY NOT PROCESS OF
TRYING TO DESTROY
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Reporter: THE
PRESIDENT’S ALLIES AND
ATTORNEYS ARGUE THE
CHARGES ARE NOT
IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES.
TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP
APPEARED TO WAIVER ON
THAT WITH NBC’S
KRISTEN WELKER.
>> THE PRESIDENT’S
ABUSE OF POWER AND
IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
>> IT DEPENDS.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS AND FROM WHAT
EVERYBODY TELLS ME,
I’M HONEST.
>> Reporter: LATE
TODAY UKRAINE’S
PRESIDENT ON THE OTHER
END OF THAT CALL IN
QUESTION WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
GIVING HIS ASSESSMENT
TO NBC’S KEIR SIMMONS.
>> DO YOU THINK
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD
BE IMPEACHED, MR.
PRESIDENT?
>> I WILL NOT SAY,
WHAT CAN I THINK ABOUT
IT?
IT’S YOUR PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT
TRUMP SUGGESTING HE’D
LIKE TO FACE-OFF WITH
THE DEMOCRATS IN
PERSON.
>> I’D LOVE TO GO.
WOULDN’T THAT BE
GREAT?
WOULDN’T THAT BE
BEAUTIFUL?
I’D SIT RIGHT IN THE
FRONT ROW AND STARE IN
THEIR CORRUPT FACES.
>> Reporter: FOCUSSING
ON THE 100 JURORS
BEFORE THEN.
>> IF THIS CONDUCT IS
NOT IMPEACHABLE, THEN
NOTHING IS.
>> Reporter: STILL
TONIGHT, HOUSE
DEMOCRATS FACE AN
UPHILL BATTLE TRYING
TO CONVINCE THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD
BE REMOVED FROM
OFFICE.
I WAS JUST IN THE
CHAMBER.
IT’S ONLY THE FIRST
DAY OF OPENING
ARGUMENTS.
ALREADY MANY