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So we may be living in this sort of age of fixed opinion thats nothing like what the situation was in previous impeachment scenarios. >> thats a great point. if hes right, philip, i mean the idea that people have this entrenched tribalism when you need public opinion going forward in an impeachment inquiry, what are they to do now? is that the reason were going to have these hearings on next wednesday to essentially illuminate and define what impeachment is about and how you define a high crime ...

For martha maccallum. this is "the story." democrats appeared to be celebrating their efforts, announcing they will hold their first public hearing next week. the other hand, democratic leaders are getting nervous about cracks in our solidarity. democratic congresswoman who said this weekend, she does not see the value of taking him out of office has now reversed course under pressure. to claire and she does support impeachment. the mixed signals give any president in opening to poke some fun at...

Thats what the democrats thought they were getting for christmas this year. unfortunately for them, santa got delayed. theyre not getting a pony this year. theyre getting a bag of hair. instead of destroying trump, impeachment appears to have made him even stronger like godzilla, parading bureaucrats before the cameras demand that you send money to ukraine, shut up, no questions allowed, isnt very effective as a campaign strategy. as a result, support for impeachment has fallen even among core d...

Unfortunately for them, santa got delayed. theyre not getting a pony this year. theyre getting a bag of hair. instead of destroying trump, impeachment appears to have made him even stronger, like godzilla. it turns out that parading bureaucrats before the cameras to demand that you send money to ukraine -- shut up, no questions allowed -- isnt very effective as a campaign strategy. as a result, support for impeachment has fallen even among core democratic voters. heres the latest example. an eme...

Our constitution, we will not allow it. >> well, today congresswoman lawrence issued this statement about the public impeachment hearings saying, "the information revealed confirmed that this president has abused the power of his office, therefore i continue supported impeachment, however i am very concerned about senate republicans abtsds the fact they would find this behavior by the president acceptable." with me now, hillary roeary ros democratic strategy. and nice to see you, hilary. who do ...

The polls say they have not budged or people are less likely to support impeachment. you had two full weeks of totally rigged hearings and you could not move the needle at all. it went the other way. does that tell you it failed? >> if you were a defense lawyer, your honor, he is leading the witness. >> [laughing]. >> but i will say this: didnt you tell me the polls had gone down? i said thats not true. thats from the trump people. >> i have polls that say i am right. >> the poll i say today the...

The increase in public support of impeachment they hoped for. a new cnn poll taken after last weeks impeachment hearing and found 50% support impeachment and removal from office. that number is unchanged from october. in the battleground state of wisconsin, support for impeachment appears to be waning. a marquette law school poll found 40% favor impeachment and removal. thats down 4% since october. let me bring in the co-chair of the caucus. always good to have you. thanks for your time. >> good...

They oversample republicans versus democrats. there are weird anomalies in the poll, like corey booker was the only democrat beating donald trump. i think the national polling were seeing including the stuff that just came out still showing 50% support impeachment and removal from office. even more important, craig, is the gap among women is really growing, like 61% of women. since 1980 more women have voted than men, thats going to be big in wisconsin and a lot of other swing states. >> as you ...

>> well, we know that he didnt do it, look at the transcript, where -- where is there -- rob: thats fine, a lot of perspectives that day different things, take that off the table for a second, lets just talk -- i need you to investigate biden because i want to win the election, is that an impeachable offense? >> theres nothing impeachable about this, for democrats to go after an impeachable offense that is simply fabricated just because they dont agree with his policy and because they simply hat...

Issues around ukraine as well as the blanket obstruction of congress vis-a-vis the ukraine investigation. theres been more obstruction of congress that goes beyond ukraine. theres also the obstruction of justice that mueller wrote about so extensively. and there are other violations of the constitution that we will need to consider. im not at this point, jake, prepared to say what i would recommend. >> and ultimately, if only democrats vote to impeach the president -- president trump, and republ...