>> 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