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

Today, in the weeks since the Mueller report, nearly 80 House Democrats have called for

impeaching the president. But with the 2020 campaign now underway, that likelihood appears

to be fading. Why that may be exactly what some Democratic leaders want. It's Tuesday,

June 25th. Peter Baker, you've been covering Washington for decades. I wonder how you're

thinking about the Democratic Party debate in this moment, about whether to impeach

President Trump. Well, no topic has consumed Democrats lately more than the idea of impeaching

President Trump. No topic has probably divided them any more either. I've been curious

lately about that. What's going on with Democrats and why are they not moving forward? It

seems like with impeachment. How did you decide to approach it?

I decided to call Congresswoman Zolofgren. Hello. Hi, Congresswoman, Peter Baker from

the New York Times. How are you? I'm okay. I'm a little. She's a Democrat and represents

San Jose area in Northern California, basically Silicon Valley. We're just going to have a

conversation you and me about about the I word to use a phrase and you mean a tight

major integrity. Right. Integrity. Yeah, it's a good words. Iran. And I want to talk to

her because the Democrats do seem to be all over the place. And she's one of the key

members on the House Judiciary Committee, the number two ranking Democrat on there. So

the decision about whether to impeach the President is one she will very much influence.

She will very much influence it. She's one of the most veteran and strongest voices on

that committee. And she brings to bear a history that very few other people in this Congress

have, which is that she has been there, basically through all of these impeachment debates

of the last four decades. She was in Congress as a staffer back in 1974 when President

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