VICE PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY.
>> Dana: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR MORE ON THE IMPEACHMENT,
MIKE EMANUEL IS LIVE ON CAPITOL
HILL.
WHAT IS THE LATEST?
THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT THAT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, ESPECIALLY
OVERNIGHT, BY SOME HOUSE
DEMOCRATS.
>> Reporter: DANA, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
SENIOR HOUSE DEMOCRATIC SOURCES
SAY THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT
SETTING UP A SELECT COMMITTEE TO
CONDUCT AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT
SEVERAL SOURCES SAY THIS IS ALL
VERY FLUID.
THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM
NANCY PELOSI.
WHEN SHE SPEAKS AT 4 P.M.
EASTERN TIME AND THEN MAKE HERS
PUBLIC STATEMENT AT 5 P.M.
SHE SEEMS TO BE HEADING IN THAT
DIRECTION, OF AT LEAST AN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
HOUSE DEMOCRAT JOHN LEWIS OF
GEORGIA SAID THE DEMOCRACY IS AT
STAKE AND THE TIME TO ACT IS
NOW.
>> I BELIEVE, I TRULY BELIEVE
THE TIME TO BEGIN IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THIS
PRESIDENT HAS COME.
TO DELAY OR TO OTHERWISE WOULD
BETRAY THE FOUNDATION OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
>> Reporter: LAST NIGHT SEVEN
FRESHMEN DEMOCRATS WROTE IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST" THEY ARE
JOINING AS A UNIFIED GROUP AS
LAWMAKERS FACE UNPRECEDENTED
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP, IN THEIR WORDS.
THEY WROTE, QUOTE, THESE NEW
ALLEGATIONS ARE A THREAT TO ALL
WE HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT.
WE MUST PRESERVE THE CHECKS AND
BALANCES ENVISIONED BY THE
FOUNDERS AND RESTORE THE TRUST
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN OUR
GOVERNMENT.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE INTEND TO
DO.
THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS NOW
COMING FORWARD SAYING THEY FAVOR
AT LEAST AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY,
SETS THE STAGE FOR THIS 4 P.M.
EASTERN HOUSE CAUCUS MEETING AND
THEN, KOUFRS OF COURSE,
STATEMENT AFTER THAT WRAPS.
>> Dana: TELL ME HOW INTENSE THE
PRESSURE IS ON THE SPEAKER.
I FEEL LIKE AT 5 P.M. SHE IS
JUST GOING TO NOD FOR REALITY
AND BE FOR WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: WE'VE SEEN SOME
OFFER THIS TOP LIEUTENANTS COME
FORWARD SAYING THEY DEFINITELY
FAVOR AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, IF
NOT FULL BLOWN IMPEACHMENT.
YOU HAD CONGRESS WOMAN
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
TWEETING SATURDAY NIGHT LATE
NIGHT BASICALLY BLASTING HER OWN
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP WRITING,
QUOTE, AT THIS POINT THE BIGGER
NATIONAL SCANDAL ISN'T THE
PRESIDENT'S LAW BREAKING
BEHAVIOR, IT IS THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY'S REFUSAL TO IMPEACH HIM
FOR IT.
NOW, PROMINENT REPUBLICANS ARE
CAUTIONING AGAINST A RUSH TO
JUDGMENT.
>> BOTTOM LINE IS, I DON'T THINK
HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT BUT
THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM WHAT SOME
ARE CLAIMING TO KNOW IS FACT
WHEN WE DON'T KNOW FACT.
>> Reporter: SOME REPUBLICANS
ARE QUESTIONING THE PUSH FOR
IMPEACHMENT ON A WHISTLE BLOWER
REPORT THAT NONE OF THESE
LAWMAKERS HAVE READ.
DANA?
>> Dana: ONE OTHER QUESTION.
TELL US ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
THERE'S AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
WHERE DOES THAT GO?
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT CAN BE
STRETCHED OUT FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME.
YOU REMEMBER THE BEN GHAZI
SELECT COMMITTEE.
THAT COULD GIVE ALL KINDS OF
INVESTIGATIVE STAFFING AND
RESOURCES TO THAT EFFORT.
IT WOULD TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEADED
BY JERRY NADLER, SO HE MAY NOT
BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
SOME OF THE SOURCES I HAVE
SPOKEN WITH SAID LET'S SEE HOW
THIS PLAYS OUT AT 4 P.M. THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE WE SAY
CONCLUSIVELY 100% WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN.
A SELECT COMMITTEE PROCESS COULD
TAKE MONTHS, COULD LEAD TO A
MASSIVE REPORT, AS YOU'VE SEEN
MANY TIMES HERE IN WASHINGTON.
THEN BASED ON WHAT THEY FIND,
COULD EVENTUALLY HEAD TO AN
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR.
IT ALSO COULD BUY SOME TIME FOR
LEADERSHIP, WHO WANT TO HAVE
THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW.
>> Dana: INTERESTING TO THINK
ABOUT THE TIMING OF THAT.
IT'S LIKE A WORD PROBLEM.
I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT THESE.
IF THE TRAIN IS LEAVING AT THIS
TIME AND IT TAKES THEM THIS LONG
TO DO THE INQUIRY.
THEY COULD END UP NEXT APRIL OR
MAY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRY TO DO
THIS?
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU'RE TALKING AB
INTERVIEWING DOZENS OF WITNESSES
AND TRANSCRIPTS, YOU KNOW HERE
IN WASHINGTON, THAT TAKES A