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Committee where impeachment proceedings would start, jerry nadler, he has avoided coming out publicly in any sort of unqualified the support of starting an impeachment inquiry. privately, its apparently a different matter. politico reporting in leadership meetings for the second time nadler this week has pushed pelosi to allow him to open impeachment proceedings. hes now arguing that doing so would give him more leverage to attain witness testimony and documents hes otherwise unable to get right...

>> i feel like we have a moral obligation now to investigate this president. impeachment proceedings will give us more legal leverage. >> we need to begin impeachment proceedings and we need a new commander in chief. >> now, as you and i and everyone have been watching all of the democratic candidates talk like that about the necessity of opening an impeachment inquiry and now, i have said a few different times on the show here that the democratic presidential candidates are approaching unanimit...

Want to allow him to have the leverage, but the people who are making a lot of noise about this are ted cruz who said theres not a yes vote for this idea in the republican senate, john cornyn, whos going to be up for re-election because he understands the potential consequences, not just for the party but for him in texas and dan crenshaw, the very popular congressman from houston -- >> right. >> -- whos been way out front on border issues. so those three very significant republicans in texas ar...

Making a lot of noise about this are ted cruz who said theres not a yes vote for this idea in the republican senate, john cornyn, whos going to be up for re-election because he understands the potential consequences, not just for the party but for him in texas and dan crenshaw, the very popular congressman from houston -- >> right. >> -- whos been way out front on border issues. so those three very significant republicans in texas are screaming about this and they think its a really bad idea. >>...

Testifies that theres trouble out in for trump and republicans and have to pay attention to it. democrats should not get distracted and go spend a bunch of money on texas. >> right off when you said its a troubling trend for trump, i knew where you were going with that. this poll was taken before trumps announcement on mexico tariffs, mark, which could cost texas alone more than 17,000 jobs. thats according to a new report. could it make it more troubling, texas trend toward trump, move texans a...

Using every tool in his toolbox to get the issue of immigration and unfair trade practices, primarily with the chinese negotiations but the mexico and canada negotiations impact the chinese negotiations significantly, so at the end of the day, this is going to be a tool in the toolbox deployed so you -- so you support this, you support a tariff threat as a tool when it comes immigration? >> well, i think -- when you talk immigration, you talk about unfair trade practices it, youve got to deploy ...

Think that i give the administration credit for challenging the chinese. and being tough on those issues and hanging tough, i think, makes a lot of sense. the united states has not, for 30 years, for all practical purposes, used economic leverage for geopolitical or geo-strategic reasons. my view is, well, for openers, i think its strategically unwise to antagonize every country in the world simultaneously. i think we ought to establish some priorities. we ought to understand the critical nature...

China for other countries including the united states in order to avoid paying the tariffs. note of the increase or u.s. is taking in billions. a recent survey of american companies with operations in china about these tariffs, a quarter says they are planning to move investments away from china. citing trade tensions, the international monetary fund lowered its economic forecast for china, projecting 6.2% growth this year instead of 6.3%. the imf forecast chinas economy to go 6% next year and 5...

To its border with guatemala. >> this is part of a security program and according to our constitution and laws, the national guard can help and service support in migration issues. >> at the same time, the president will be holding a unity rally to protect his countrys dignity amid threats of possible tariff. president trump has pushed tariffs as economic and political leverage to stem the flow of central american migrants crossing the u.s. border. the immediate political crisis the labor crisis...

Were hearing relative to mexican tariffs. i hope we will get that resolved. >> dana: good news because mexico is acting to send the national guard troops to the border. >> mexico started and i still think really is the primary driver for the president is the national security issue. >> dana: is the secondary driver than what the president was tweeting about. >> i dont want to get ahead of the president. i havent spoken to him about it. >> dana: so president trump making decisions that are politi...