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Getting the answers and getting your own barometer on what is going to happen, and if you do it, do it on my show. >> deal. >> and thank you, hans. and joining me now is charlie savage, and legal writer for "new york times," and liz goodwin deputy chief for the "boston globe" and natasha bertrand a writer for politico and consultant to msnbc. and so is there any doubt that the democrats will secure the impeachment vote, and hans describes him as a whip count, but something substantive that we ar...

December 15th. something could happen. were not discussing that. >> the president doesnt in that sound byte, but he often says, well see what happens. thats where we are. i think investors have baked in theres not going to be destruction between china and trade. that could be the wrong gamble. >> it could be. theres been a mindset in the market that its sort of this battle between tariff man and dow man. president trump sees the stock market as his barometer of his success. if there were to be a...

Connected. he took that as offensive. for other panelists to say that. but is that the right barometer for the democrats? a color-coded approach to the stage rather than the issues and whether they are working with the voters? >> well, the democratic party, the only chance for african-americans to take office, the republicans will never in our lifetime ever nominate a black. the key is here?-- i want to be clear on that. >> that is so crazy. >> [overlapping talking]. >> i can continue? they will...

Connected. he took that as offensive. is that the right barometer for the democrats? a color-coded approach to the stage rather than the issues and whether they are working with the voters? >> well, the democratic party, the only chance for african-americans to take office, the republicans will never in our lifetime ever nominate a black. the key is here -- i want to be clear on that. >> that is so crazy. >> [overlapping talking]. >> i can continue? they will never nominate a black for president...

This morning china is lashing out saying it will ban all u.s. air shifts and aircraft stocks in hong kong. the new measure signed by president trump last week. over the weekend protesters and demonstrators clearly thankful for the support and racarrying e american flags. lets go to ivan watson. whats the reaction on the ground there? there was a lot of speculation from the president whether hes going to find this? a big barometer where beijing and washington whether or not beijing will allow u.s...

Say we. ip i may be too partisan who says theres no red america or blue america or a guy who says this is not about ideology. but in the four books ive written, im writing about the surrender of a party to almost authoritarianism turn by turn. i can tell that story if youre interested. the fact is were at a point now which basically the things that would get a republican -- there was something called a john birch society. >> im afraid were old enough to remember that. >> in the early 60s you had...

Bipartisanship. we nominate a guy who says there is no red america, there is no blue america. our guy in 1988 who says this election is not about ideology. but in these four books ive written, im writing about the surrender of a party to almost au authoritarianism. the fact is were at a point now, which basically the things that would get a republican -- there was something called the john burke society. you guys will all remember that. and they said eisenhower is a communist conspiracy. back in...

...ask your doctor about piqray. >> "americas news hq", and washington richard spencer is out as navy secretary, pentagon chief mark esper has asked for his resignation over the handling of the case involving navy seal eddie gallagher who was acquitted of war crime. president trump restored gallaghers rank but he is allowing the navy to press forward with an internal review, as for him he has lost confidence in spencer due to his lack of tender in private conversation with the white house. vote ...

Play that clip later on. appreciate it. enjoy your holiday. coming up, michael bloomberg may being his first campaign stop as a presidential candidate in just a few hours. were talking about somebody who is by his side about how she thinks he could impact the 2020 race. take a look at the celebrations here. pro-democracy activists scoring huge victories in hong kong right here after months of protests. their candidates boosted by record turnouts, sweeping local elections seen as a barometer ...

And a good turnout. >> reporter: absolutely, natalie. a record turnout. 52% of those eligible to vote had voted by 4:30. thats an hour and a half ago. in the first six hours of voting, the amount of people that had voted was more than for the entire day back in 2015, the last time these local district council elections took place. certainly the very fact that so many people are coming out to vote shows hong kong understands just how important these votes are this time around. behind me you can s...