House debate on Donald Trump's impeachment BEGINS

Donald Trump launched a furious all-caps assault on House Democrats Wednesday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened debate on the articles of impeachment, accusing them of 'atrocious lies.' Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday Donald Trump gave them no choice but to impeach him Republican Rep. Doug Collins led Trump's defense on the House floor House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff accused Trump of trying to cheat in the 2020 election and getting caught House Republican Whip Steve Scalise delivered a fiery speech of President Trump on the House floor The president, who is spent most of the day at the White House, watched the proceedings until he left for a campaign rally in Michigan. House Republican Leader delivered closing remarks for his party Republican Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia rallied his party with his final remarks Democratic lawmakers, like House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, kept their remarks focused on the vote ahead of them Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin ended his remarks with a slam of the 'Schiff show' - a knock on House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff - but it sounded like he said an obscenity Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia compared Trump to Jesus Christ Pelosi, in her remarks, charged Trump with election interference when he asked the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden, his political rivals. Time Table of Day 9:00 am: House gavels into session 11 am - 11:30 am: Vote is expected on rule governing debate of two articles of impeachment 11:30 am - 12 pm: Debate will begin on the two articles of impeachment 7 pm - 8 pm: Two votes - one on each article of impeachment - will take place 7 pm: Trump addresses a campaign rally in Michigan Wednesday's vote comes less than five months after Trump got on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and pushed him to announce an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden - a top contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination. House Rules Committee chairman Rep. Jim McGovern reviews documents with a staff member before the House Rules Committee voted on the rules for full House debate on impeachment Rep. Tom Cole, top Republican on the House Rules Committee, shakes hands with Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who presented Democrats' case on impeachment on Tuesday Rep. Ed Perlmutter listens during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday's vote will mark the end of an eleven and a half month journey for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who was resistant to go down the impeachment path when she got the gavel back on January 3, 2019.