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One is it only really serves to help joe biden, who is the most likely person to beat trump. i cant imagine that they want to set up a scenario where elizabeth warren is the one disadvantaged and joe biden is better off. second i dont think the president will enjoy a two-month process where he is raging in the white house watching this unfold. >> eli, what are you hearing from republican senators who will be running in tough races in 2020. joe biden will be able to talk championsh kitchen table ...

Ruhle. house the house prepares for more public hearings, the senate is plotting their path forward in this impeachment battle. senate republicans could push for a long trial that could begin in january and last for weeks. it could keep six senators off of the campaign and working in dc in the crucial weeks leading up to the first contest in iowa and new hampshire. robert acost is joining me, brandon buck, and eli stokles. a white house reporter for the "l.a. times." what did your sources tell y...

>> thank you so much to both of you. lets dig in, he served under president obama and president trump. and the assistant director for the office of congressional affairs. eli stokles from yesterday, and amy stoddard. nancy pelosi again wants to move quickly. evan schiff laid out a broad road map. you talk to the whistle-blower, you shore up the evidence. you explore the roles that giuliani and barr played. what does that look like? >> that is a lot there.

Great idea. >> i can recall back in 2016 when the president would be in the rally stage and he would almost break the fourth wall and talk to the crowd about that line. drain the swamp and say gave it to me, but, boy, it sure got a lot of definitional in some ways, the presidents message, but there has been no swa over two and a half years now that the presidents supporters are certainly not going to hold had im to account for any failure to follow through on that promise and, you know, people w...

>> thats right down the street from -- not far from where i live, its in florida, i think its a great idea. >> does it cause any concern? >> yeah, a lot of concern, traffic, its right around the super bowl potentially. >> any concerns, though, about the president pitching his own, that he would make a profit theoretically? >> i dont know. my sense is that those events probably end up costing more than they make you. youre not talking about a tourist event. its a lot of security costs locally and...

"los angeles times" white house reporter eli stokles. jonathan, really fascinating report on the bar story and the first thing that comes to mind when you see the headline is, theres a lot of hotels and a lot of ball rooms and a lot of places to hold parties in washington, d.c. that might not raise questions of ethics. so what can you tell us about why this hotel now? >> sure. well, this is a party that barr holds every year, its sort of a mix of a holiday party and, you know, sort of irish musi...

Crowd? >> im not sure what donald trump believes in. believes in what at moment makes him feel good. what fills up the deep hole he has inside of him that needs to be filled every single day. if he can get the admiration of his base, hell say anything. >> if you stoke racism, youre a racist. i hate this question about if its in his heart. >> its the politics of -- >> i made a mistake. >> its the politics of fear. its the fear of the other and its something you point out. its you fleunique to hav...

Wont be supported by the evidence. but politics? no, not in the work of the office of the inspector general. >> back to michael cohen and whether or not he might flip on the president. eli stokles. "mr. cohen could even agree to wear a wire and try to record conversations with mr. trump." "you have to be alert, mr. goldberg said he told mr. cohen. thats somebody whos long used michael cohen from everything to, we presume legal advice to having him as his right-hand man, his fixer, his clean-up t...

Havent seen their wages increase since the beginning of the 2000s and who actually think donald trump cares about trade issues and making it more equitable. >> there are 130,000 americans working in the steel industry. that matters. but these tariffs are going to hurt companies that employ more than 6 million people. these are true statements. to eli stokles, do they matter, because those 140,000 americans are die-hard trump supporters. and they are hurt. and he does speak to them. president tru...