From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is The Daily.

Today, the speaker of the House has begun a formal impeachment inquiry into the president,

saying he must be held accountable. My colleague, Nick Fando's, was there. And a conversation

with one of the lawmakers who helped convince Pelosi it was time.

It's Wednesday, September 25th.

Nick, give us the scene at the Capitol yesterday.

So it's Tuesday afternoon, 5 p.m. And speaker Nancy Pelosi, we've all been waiting to hear from

all day, walks out of her office in front of a set of microphones and waiting television cameras

to address the American people and a big group of reporters. Good afternoon.

Last Tuesday, we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution on September 17th.

Sadly, on that day, the intelligent community inspector general formally notified the Congress

that the administration was forbidding him from turning over a whistleblower complaint

on Constitution Day. This is a violation of law.

And proceed in a relatively short but waiting speech to lay out a growing set of concerns that she has

about behavior alleged who've taken place by President Trump, his attempts to hide that behavior.

Shortly thereafter, press reports began to break a phone call by the president of the United States,

calling upon a foreign power to intervene in his election. This is a breach of his constitutional

responsibilities. She talks about the work that six of her house committees have been doing

for months now, investigating various aspects of the president and his misbehavior.

For the past several months, we have been investigating in our committees and litigating in the courts.

And after a long wind up as we're all sitting there waiting for her to say these words,

she finally announces that after months of resisting, of questioning whether Democrats' case was

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