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Care where these senators are coming down on the issue of impeachment? >> well, as the recent washington post abpoll showed, democrats, overwhelming majority, support impeaching donald trump. so it is important for i think these candidates to be firm on that matter. as we saw at this past debate, candidates are approaching this in very different ways. you have elizabeth warren focusing on the corruption aspect of this. then you have people like andrew yang who are more focusing on the facts ther...

>> it also brings it back too. what i see in that quote is really from chuck schumer. i want to remind everybody what articles of impeachment are about and they dont involve the conduct of hunter biden. >> lets remember. one of the main republican defenses here is no first hand witness. well, chuck shooemer is saying heres people who did. i agree with bianna. i dont think the republicans writ large want hunter biden. as a group, that is a dangerous path. then youre opening the door to these real...

Grow, we have to figure out a way to win back voters in the suburbs. >> ask the democrats -- >> were not -- >> -- who won republican house seats how theyre doing with impeachment. how do those democrat members who took the majority from us, how do they go back in a trump winning seat and say the best thing for america is to impeach donald trump? that dog doesnt hunt as turley said yesterday. i think the majority for democrats is in jeopardy because america hasnt bought into this. >> come on. >> ...

Impeachment inquiry into president trump today. today the process entered a new phase. the house judiciary committee held its first hearing as the committee decides whether president trumps actions rise to the threshold outlined in the constitution of high crimes and misdemeanors. four witnesses gave their views. three of the scholars support impeaching president trump, one does not, all of them offering their expertise during todays hearing. noah feldman was one of the individuals. i just want ...

Its 48% support impeaching and removing, 46% oppose. and the 2016 popular vote was 48% hillary clinton, 46% donald trump. and so it really feels like the difference between now and bill clinton, the difference between now and richard nixon is that very basic, very deep polarized divide in this country that defined the 2016 campaign really has endured for three years and its rearing its head now in this impeachment polling. >> well, susan page, you talk about damning with faint praise, trumpists ...

Particular who seems to be the key figure here, how much would it really change opinions? i mean, opinions seem so locked in on this issue. >> literally locked in. >> the new cnn poll, which well talk about in a little bit shows that support for impeachment has not moved in a month. now, that undermines an argument the president is making. hes been walking around spreading this lie that the support for impeachment is plummeting. theres no evidence of that. its exactly the same as it was a month ...

Now, the justice department says it will appeal that decision. second, the u.s. supreme court temporarily blocking the immediate release of mr. trumps taxes and financial records. resolving these two cases could take weeks if not months, but house democrats indicate they are moving forward with impeachment. they do not plan to wait for the courts. and breaking right now, i mean, right now. a brand new cnn poll on what america thinks about the impeachment inquiry and it undermines an argument t...

Mulvaney, pompeo if they were compelled to testify, could have a significant impact on the public. i think you can see that number move from 50 to 60 to 65. and i still think republicans in the senate would do nothing. they are -- they have been hijacked by this -- by trump voters. they represent about 30% of national voters but represent more than 50% of republican voters and they dont have the courage to defy the president. even if all these people testified. >> were going to talk more about t...

50% of those polled support impeaching and removing the president from office. 43% oppose. thats exactly where it was last month. so no drop at all. no gain either. well dig into those numbers in just a moment. first, though, this major court decision that has implications on impeachment. joining us, jeffrey tioobin and kaitlan collins and joe lockhart. let me read you a piece of this ruling from judge jackson. with respect to senior level presidential aides, absolute immunity from compelled con...

The public stage of this. when we watch vindman sit at that table, some of these individuals tell their side of the story, maybe vindman fills in some of those blanks, and maybe thats a moment that resonates with the american people. i think the public stage is extremely important if youre going to give this a bipartisan feel that starts to peel off any of these republican members and make any difference in the story. chris: kristin, i want to go back to some of those fox news polls that we show...