i don t know if you were up late. she was tweeting that congress, in a sense, is reneging on a duty by not launching impeachment proceedings. i think it could this situation really could put nancy pelosi in the hot seat a lot more in terms of pressure between some of the left wing members of the caucus and some of the more moderate democrats and some of the more experienced ones worried of the impact of impeachment in democrats chances in dividing voters. they know that the senate is controlled by republicans at the end of the day. even if they impeach trump, it s unlikely he d be removed from office. emily, what do you think about senator warren s influence, especially that do you think it changes the influence in terms of recommending impeachment proceedings? absolutely. i think pelosi has been willing to take a step for impeachment. a lot might step up and heed the call. while we re speaking about
congress, it s important to keep an eye on the republican caucus, both the house and the senate have to say about the ordeal with the whistleblower and with ukraine. really, they haven t been ready criticizing the president or even questioning what he s been saying in the past couple days. want today go back to warren for a second. we took a look at the polls. she came in first among likely iowa caucus-goers. they caucus for sanders in 2016. what does that say to you, emily, is that more of an indictment on bernie sanders or is that up for warren? it could be a number of factors. warren from the start of his candidacy has focused her message on herself. not necessarily on trump all the time and definitely not on bernie sanders as some of her opponents. they have expectations, pointing to south carolina and the other states in the south where the black vote makes up bigger part
bus tour. that s four days in close quarters with reporters, all on the record. we re covering all this for you. first, let s dig deeper on the escalation of words between president trump and joe biden. joining me now emily noe and john good morning to you both. first of all, i want your takes on the trump versus biden thing. what do you make of this? this new tone from biden? how significant is this? there was a ramping up of his tone. he was initially tentative. he picked it up and broadened the attack. this could cut two ways for vice president biden. it escalates them and creates the one-on-one dynamic that his campaign really wants out of this democratic primary. makes him be a focal point of trump. they really think that that makes him seem like the nominee and puts the other democrats into the background. but it also really scrutinizes
whether it is speaker pelosi or a republican or whether it is lock her up chants at trump campaign rallies or reports that the speaker saying she wants to see him in jail. all of that, you know, i think it illustrates the current political climate. where does the current political climate lead us, emily? you have 60 democrats pushing for impeachment. one republican as well. it is a bipartisan effort to some degree. what happens next? it means so much it is part of the conversation now so much more than a couple of weeks ago. as i said earlier, speaker pelosi and others of the house democratic leadership are starting to gather evidence and have grounds to move forward to some degree. the more they see him and a.g. barr resist subpoenas and more return to citations and contempt of coee where it leads.
that with a purpose? she must have known this would leak. it is hard to look at the speaker s office and not think this is a strategic leak. it was a great story by politico. i think this is indicative of how speaker pelosi is having to walk that narrow, narrow political tightrope to navigate cries from her base to begin impeachment proceedings. other democrats who are more concerned about the longevity of the argument. as you play this forward, however, i spoke with the congress member from new york. he is a member of the democratic leadership. what he told me this week is that they are trying to walk down a path here and to go through a process. now where precisely that process will take them is still unknown. the pressure is very loud. especially from the 2020 presidential candidates who are all calling for impeachment with the exception of biden. emily, with regard to the