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Specifically -- who is she speaking -- >> cory booker went farther than he had today. kamala harris, gillibrand was out there. one by one, these 2020 candidates after mueller spoke today were getting much more aggressively on the impeachment train. nancy pelosi, thats not who shes going to take her cues from. that creates a lot of noise. those people have very big microphones. and it does create an environment where nancy pelosi is going to have to spend the rest of her days now constantly tryin...

Believing that he engaged in some sort of cover-up. >> trace: im curious. i was talking to chad pergram earlier. i was talking about this impeachment train, how big it is. he said depending who you talk to, thats the answer youll get. the numbers that were hearing is they dont have nearly enough to impeach but the snow ball is rolling down the hill. >> yeah, the pressure for impeachment is growing, a really good question is how long speaker pelosi can stave off those people in her party that are...

>> this is where the president is in his element and he loves it and i think its a good sign usually when politicians are enjoying campaigning as much as president trump enjoys campaigning. its easier to get onto a winning train like that and i think its on full display tonight. >> martha: you take a look at some of the headwinds at the president has coming at him. the russian investigation seems to never go away. tonight jerry nadler saying if don mcgann doesnt come tomorrow, he said that would...

Anticipated and it did not say that the president or anyone in his senior staff had kind of colluded with the russians, so here we are. i mean, i think that until we get to the bottom, both of the investigation into russian spying, and the origins of that investigation, this issue is going to remain partisan and weve got to have a report that satisfies everybody in terms of facts, jon. im not sure were going to get there but i think thats what bill barr is trying to do. >> jon: very quickly one ...

That the president or anyone in his senior staff had kind of colluded with the russians, so here we are. i mean, i think that until we get to the bottom, both of the investigation into russian spying, and the origins of that investigation, this issue is going to remain partisan and weve got to have a report that satisfies everybody in terms of facts, jon. im not sure were going to get there but i think thats what bill barr is trying to do. >> jon: very quickly one republican has jumped on on boa...

And until that happens, the countrys at risk. people are going to be suffering and well not be doing the right thing. so i think its the crisis and, therefore, we should deal with it directly. >> all right. so when you say its the crisis, look, youre being very clear where you stand. so youre holding this event in the district of congressman jerry nadler. now, jerry nadler is very important, right? hes the chairman of the committee that would initiate the impeachment proceedings and hes been ext...

On that train need to be careful on that. >> joni, do you think youre being too quick to jump on the impeachment train as kinzinger says? >> it doesnt mean to has to be a criminal act. there is remarkable consensus among constitutional scholars, and goes back to the convention in 1789 and followed forward through time. an impeachable offense is one in which the president betrays the public trust and undermines his office. its a broad -- deliberately broad term of legal art thats adopted from bri...

I dont think that we have to do oversight or push policy points. i think you do both. >> mm-hmm. >> i, for one, dont think that we should get on an impeachment train. i know thats what people talk about. you need to do your oversight, wait on mueller. you need to do those things that are necessary to provide and do your duties. but i think that democrats have to have big and bold ideas. i mean college affordability, criminal justice reform. im saying all of this knowing that it may -- >> gun con...

I think they ought to be wary of creating opportunities for the president to accuse them of overreach or accuse them of just being frivolous with their power. and beyond that, on the legislating, they have to figure out, okay, so what do you do about trump and trade? trade has typically been a democratic priority. people in the rust belt like sherrod brown talking about how they can make that argument to their voters. what if democrats and donald trump are on the same page? how do you navigate t...

Their worry, look our guy is at risk. >> theres also this that devin nunes said as it relates to rod rosenstein and for example impeachment. listen. >> the senate would have to drop everything they are doing and start with impeachment on rosenstein. then you take the risk of not getting kavanaugh confirmed. so its a -- its not a matter -- its a matter of timing. >> so not a new idea, matt, right, but what does it say to you about the possibility if or when kavanaugh gets confirmed, the supreme c...