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Impeachment proceedings. >> her southern california seat had been in gop hands since 1983. congresswoman porter is only the second freshman democrat from republicannd leaning district t do so. the first was from new jersey. according to washington post, democrats are widely concerned that the discussion is overshadowing the agenda. the post reports in recent weeks, congresswoman, the chairwoman of the committee has briefed fellow house leaders in private meetings about focus groups in three po...

Add one more to the number of lawmakers on capitol hill calling for impeachment. katie porter now on that list. the california freshman becomes the 67th member who backs that move. they seem to be running up against more private concerns. the "washington post" reporting today top democrats in a quiet state of enth. the "post" says theyre worried that all constant fighting with the president are overshadowing the partys legislative agenda. party leaders going so far as to commission focus groups ...

Very modest construction of the wall. repeal and replace obamacare? no. the president has, keeping his promise, cut taxes, withdrawn from the iran nuclear deal. theres been job creation and lower unemployment. theres a u.s./mexico trade deal on the table. impose tariffs on china and mexico. yes, he has imposed tariffs on china and mexico. has he gotten what he wanted? >> definitely not on china yet. yet, because hes going to be meeting with the chinese president on the sidelines at the group of ...

Tune today? >> no. no one is shocked and no one believes the walk back. this is the political equivalent of saying he would kill someone on fifth avenue and get away with it. >> maybe no one at this table but to the millions of people that watched him on fox news today, are they believing him? will they have this of course moment? >> i dont know that theyll necessarily believe him because as you pointed out its on brand and i heard from so many trump supporters and focus groups that they dont ca...

Remarks yesterday as, i would never okay such a cia operation to use kim jong-uns half-brother to spy? thats what it seemed like he was saying. >> i think thats what he was saying and i hope its not true and i hope our enemies done believe it, and i hope we go ahead with whatever we have going. i would say this, though, politically, you mentioned, sabrina, the attacks on the med media. i saw -- i wasnt there, but i saw the transcripts of focus groups with weak trump supporters, voted for him rel...

And on north korea, own of the most interesting things in this focus group, hes doing fine on north korea. the moderator said, really? hasnt he been rebuffed? and they say, youve got to pretend to like people sometimes if you want to make a deal with them. the degree to which hes got at least some of his base, i assume this seems ridiculous, but theyre willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. >> but the question is what kind of news are they getting? what are they consuming? if theyre consu...

The fine shades that were parsing now, of the different health care plans, what theyre proposing, that all of that will wash away, and that the sole criteria in the end, when most democrats tune in to this race, will be whether or not you can beat trump. thats whats illuminating about the polls we see in the focus groups we see. democrats who are paying attention to this race, who know about the democratic candidates, who can distinguish among them, it is a small part of the election. it is blue...

Willing to vote for president trump again. tara biddle, 37-year-old kindergarten teacher said in part, i would be willing to vote for someone other than trump who would continue the initiatives he started. matt g., the best looking food on the buffet right now. how surprised were you by the responses you got in this focus group, alexi? >> to be hon oeft, a little surprised by the results given the previous focus groups id done in places like ohio, iowa and wisconsin, where some of these obama tr...

Very much. and you look at a lot of the trump supporters that you hear from on the road and in focus groups, and theyre concerned about affordability, even if theyre middle class, upper middle class. tupper middle class trump voters are still talking about the cost of education, the cost of housing. so that fundamental instability is something that trump has to be very cognizant of going into 2020. >> all right, we have to leave this conversation there, but trust me, im going to cover a lot more...

Has come on and said, you know, when hes conducting focus groups, yes, people are employed, but theyre holding two jobs just to make sure that theyre able to pay for that which they need, and theyre still concerned about how theyre going to be able to afford health insurance. i get your point. i want to remind everybody, answer the survey question at smerconish.com, do it now, okay. will americas gun problem, my words, ever change? . still to come, in deciding not to charge the president with ob...