'BradCast' 10/31/2019 (Historic House Vote on Impeachment and Impeachment 101)

On today's 'BradCast':  On this historic day, when the U.S. House officially voted on rules to govern the next phase of the impeachment inquiry of Donald J. Trump, we offer an 'Impeachment 101' to explain how it works, and background on the process from the three previous impeachment proceedings in U.S. history. A sharply divided House set out rules for how the inquiry would proceed by a 232-196 vote, with two Democrats joining Republicans. The resolution targets a timeline that could see a vote on Articles of Impeachment by the Judiciary Committee and then the full House as early as Christmas. We cover the historic floor arguments today in favor of the resolution offered by Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff, along with arguments against the resolution from members like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise. Both Democratic and Republican impeachment investigators continued taking depositions behind closed doors about Trump's quid pro quo pressure campaign against Ukraine that is at the center of the current impeachment inquiry. In testimony today, Trump White House National Security Council Russia expert Tim Morrison reportedly corroborated accounts by other senior Administration officials that Trump did, in fact, personally direct the withholding of security assistance to Ukraine in exchange for a public commitment from the Ukrainian President to open an investigation into Joe Biden, and a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine (not Russia) attempted to manipulate the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report' with another coal company filing bankruptcy, the ominous warning for the nation in California's power blackouts, and why some major carmakers are siding with Trump in his battle against California over mileage and emissions standards...