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Trend, james freeman. gop loses voters in the suburbs for the third election in a row. >> this has been the recent trend. more democratic votes in the suburbs. more republican votes in rural area. long-term it is a concern certainly for trump and more short-term but i think the issue is do the democrats nominate in 2020 a moderate like andy beshear? you watch the democratic debates and you would say probably not. so its a question of -- always the question with trump. what is the alternative? if...

Situations are happening that we dont know about? the justice department says there is an obligation to protect users and u.s. citizens from this kind of betrayal, if you will, the kind of intrusion. what can we do about it to actually crack down? let me give an example. if you have a friend that works twitter, facebook, google. you have an enemy and you want to get information about them. you may pay somebody to do it. what safeguard is there at these companies to make sure thats not happening?...

Suburban voters back to trump at the same time he turns up his rural working class base and gets over the top again? open question. >> sandra: let me follow up on that with the "wall street journal" says this. gop is wishing this away or ignoring it or turning a blind eye. three novembers it continues. republicans tried to explain it away they are fooling themselves. they cant w*irn by turning out the trump base. they need to regain support in the suburbs or theyll lose the house, the white hous...

Investigate a president during his term and with information secured during that search. determined to prosecute him after he leaves office. so the big picture today, blow for trump. and do you think hes not above being held accountable. >> thats the main take away. he went so far out on limb. with the argument he was making. i cant be indicted in office. which is an open question. he argued i cannot be subpoenaed. open question. i cannot even be investigated and thats the point he went too far ...

Secured during that search. determined to prosecute him after he leaves office. so the big picture today, blow for trump. and do you think hooets not above being held accountable. >> thats the maybe take away. he went so far out on limb. with the argument he was making. i cant be indicted in office. which is an open question. he argued i cannot be subpoenaed. open question. i cannot even be investigated and thats the point he went too far and no. even in office you can be investigated and anothe...

Screens perhaps in a few weeks? >> you know, i dont think anyone should be happy that were going down this process, but i am glad its going to an open hearing process where the public can watch the testimony, the republicans will have a chance to ask questions, the president will have a chance to defend himself, and thats what should happen. and then every member of congress can see the depositions, they can participate in this process. eric: were told that there will likely be 45 minute questio...

Whistle blower? >> look, i think they are going to defend the whistleblower and have to date saying, look, this is a person with a long history in the intelligence community, theyre not a partisan person, theres no evidence of that, so well see how that all plays out. at the end of the day though, eric, i think your point is probably it doesnt matter who the whistleblower is, it matters what happened on that phone call, and adam schiff has said we dont need the whistleblower, we have the phone c...

House hasnt gone through its traditional process, how that impacts the senate, thats a big, open question and what well see play out. eric: as joan crawford once said, fasten your seat belt, its going to be a bumpy ride. jamil jaffer, thank you. were now waiting for the president to bring you his remarks. jamil, thank you. arthel: tens of thousandses pounding the pavement new the streets of new york. more on the extraordinary work to protect the new york city marathon. we are live at the finish ...

As you say, do you think the republicans were trying to zero in op each of these steps? >> well, i think they will because theres been a lot of questions about how this impeachment inquiry came to be and whether its appropriate, whether the process has been followed to date and the process that will come from here on out is appropriate. it has defuated from the process -- deviated in terms of the authorities given to republicans on the committee. there is a deviation there. that raises concerns....

Champion and senior adviser can shed some light on this. the reports are saying the democrats may not have to rely on the whistleblower. after all, they have the phone call, they have the whistleblowers complaint. what do you think republicans are going to do? what are they going to want to know about from this person, and what do you expect they will zero in on? >> well, look, part of what theyre concerned about are these reports that the whistleblower has tied to the democratic party, was a pa...