♪♪♪ >>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
"INSIDE THE BELTWAY" WHERE WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING UP IN
WASHINGTON. I'M DENISE CRAW.
JOINING ME AS ALWAYS ARE WALTER DALE FROM THE FORT WORTH STAR.
FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CONNIE BRA SHEARS.
AND THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AT
RICE UNIVERSITY, QUINCY MADDOX. WOW, IT'S BEEN A HISTORIC WEEK
AS THE HOUSE LAUNCHED AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO THE
PRESIDENT. IT'S REALLY SHAKING UP
WASHINGTON. HASN'T IT, WALTER?
>> IT SURE HAS. I'VE GOT TO SAY, THIS FEELS LIKE
A REAL TURNING POINT IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S GRATIFYING TO SEE OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND
BALANCES FINALLY WORKING THE WAY IT INTENDED.
>> AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HAPPEN. >> HEY.
>> QUINCY, COME ON. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS UKRAINE STORY.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF IT RIGHT AWAY.
>> YEAH. I SEE THAT.
BUT AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HAPPEN. >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
IT ACTUALLY SEEMS THE PRESIDENT IS IN REAL TROUBLE HERE.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, UKRAINE IS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF MANY REASONS
CITED IN THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST OFFENSE.
OKAY? I MEAN, REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED
FIVE MONTHS AGO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
♪♪♪ >> WE BELIEVE THAT NO ONE IS
ABOVE THE LAW, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS ENGAGED IN A COVER-UP. >> AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE FULL MUELLER REPORT IS OUT, AND IT CITES TEN INSTANCES OF
OBSTRUCTION. IT'S REALLY SHAKEN WASHINGTON
UP, HASN'T IT, WALTER? >> IT HAS.
YOU KNOW, THIS FEELS LIKE A REAL TURNING POINT IN THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY. >> AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HAPPEN.
♪♪♪ >> OKAY.
WOW. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT LAST PART.
BUT WE ALL MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE MUELLER REPORT IS BUT ONE
STAIN ON AN ALREADY TARNISHED PRESIDENCY.
>> UH-HUH. >> I MEAN, THERE'S ALSO THE
GENUFLECTING TO MURDEROUS DICTATORS.
>> WORD. >> CALLING WHITE SUPREMACISTS
VERY FINE PEOPLE. >> COME ON.
>> AND LYING ABOUT HUSH MONEY TO COVER UP AN AFFAIR.
>> FOR REAL? >> WITH AN ADULT FILM STAR.
>> OH, DAMN! >> AND THIS NEW STORY ABOUT
TRUMP TELLING THE RUSSIANS HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ELECTION
INTERFERENCE. >> OH, SNAP.
WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE -- AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HAPPEN.
>> QUINCY, PLEASE. THIS UKRAINE EPISODE IS A CLEAR
A VIOLATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE, AND THERE ARE
TRANSCRIPTS. >> UH-OH.
HERE COME THE TRANSCRIPTS. BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING
AMERICANS LOVE, IT'S READING. >> AND KEEP IN MIND, IMPEACHMENT
GIVES CONGRESS MORE POWERS THAN THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD.
ADAM SCHIFF SAYS, AND I QUOTE, "THE BIG CLUB HAS BEEN BROUGHT
OUT." >> OH, SNAP.
ADAM "THE HAMMER" SCHIFF? WELL, THAT'S ALL YOU HAD TO SAY.
>> QUINCY, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
IT HAPPENED IN WATERGATE. IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.
FIRST THEY SEND OUT THE SUBPOENAS.
THEN THERE'S HEARINGS. QUINCY.
QUINCY. QUINCY, STOP.
>> NO, NO, NO. TELL ME WHAT'S NEXT.
>> PLEASE PUT DOWN THE POPCORN. OKAY.
NOW, AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THIS WHISTLE-BLOWER WHO HAS AGREED TO
TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS. >> A WHISTLE-BLOWER?
OH, HE GOING TO GO MISSING. >> WHAT?
>> NOTHING. >> WELL, UNLIKE YOU, I HAVE
FAITH IN THE PROCESS. THE SYSTEM MIGHT TAKE A WHILE,
BUT IT IS WORKING. >> OH, IT'S WORKING.
FOR TRUMP. 'CAUSE AIN'T NOTHING GONNA
HAPPEN. >> WELL, MR. MADDOX, IN LIFE
SOMETIMES PEOPLE SURPRISE US. OKAY?
AND I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME REPUBLICANS ARE ABOUT TO
HAVE A MOMENT OF MORAL CLARITY. >> OH, YOU DO, DO YOU?
NOW LET'S ROLL THAT CLIP FROM 2016.
>> OKAY. I'M THE HOST.
♪♪♪ >> THEY'RE BRINGING DRUGS.
THEY'RE BRINGING CRIME. THEY'RE RAPISTS.
>> HE'S A WAR HERO 'CAUSE HE WAS CAPTURED.
I LIKE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T CAPTURED.
OKAY? I HATE TO SAY.
>> YOU OUGHT TO SEE THIS GUY. "OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
AH." >> GRAB THEM BY THE [ BLEEP ].
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. ♪♪♪
>> WOW. JUST APPALLING.
>> I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD ANY MAN TALK LIKE THAT.
>> IT'S REVOLTING. IT FEELS LIKE A REAL TURNING
POINT IN THE TRUMP CANDIDACY. >> MM-HMM.
HE GONNA WIN. ♪♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> MR. MADDOX.
I'LL ADMIT THAT YOU WERE ON TO SOMETHING BACK THEN.
BUT I BELIEVE -- I BELIEVE THAT THE ARC -- I BELIEVE THAT THE
ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG BUT IT BENDS TOWARDS
JUSTICE. >> HEAR HEAR.
>> WELL SAID, DENISE. >> WELL SAID.
INDEED. HE GONNA WIN AGAIN.
>> GO TO COMMERCIAL. GO TO COMMERCIAL.
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