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Going hear from the voters there. and i think that could really play a different role here if public sentiment has changed. clearly, public sentiment changed enough for democrats in a lot of these swing districts to get firmly behind some sort of impeachment effort. all but 12 house democrats now backing that. i think republicans are going to be hearing some of the same things from their voters in their home states, and i think that could make a difference here. >> and nancy, let me return to wh...

Public sentiment has changed. clearly, public sentiment changed enough for democrats in a lot of these swing districts to get firmly behind some sort of impeachment effort. all but 12 house democrats now backing that. i think republicans are going to be hearing some of the same things from their voters in their home states, and i think that could make a difference here. >> and nancy, let me return to what was your last point, and that was just the sheer forward speed of just today how fast nancy...

So the igs cant do it, according to the department of justice. the fbi cant do it because it doesnt meet their threshold that makes it worthy of investigation. so at this point, this committee and this congress is in a position to investigate. and i want to ask you, going to the whistleblower complaint, whether you believe these allegations are worthy investigation. the whistleblower says, i have received information from multiple u.s. government officials that the president of the united states...

I dont care if you reach 217 people in the house. what you have to reach is a threshold of the american people. 60 or 65 or 70% of them. look at them like they did with richard nixon and bill clinton and say he should be impeach for this. i think were a long, long way from that kind of threshold. >> neil: congressman, thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> neil: its a controversy over ukraine proving to be a bigger pain not for the president but the guy that wants to be president. joe biden....

>> shepard: the president is back in washington after meeting with foreign leaders including the ukrainian president on the sidelines of the general assembly in new york city. catherine herridge reporting live on capitol hill. hi, catherine. >> thanks, shep. justice maguire testified for the matter to be an urgent concern, he testified that it had to be classified, an abuse or violation of law and had to involve intelligence activities. at the conclusion of the justice department is that it did ...

According to the department of justice. the fbi cant do it, because it doesnt meet their threshold that makes it worthy of investigation. so at this point only this committee and this congress is in the position to investigate. i want to ask you, going to the whistle-blower complaint, whether you believe these allegations are worthy of investigation. the whistle-blower says, "i have received information from multiple u.s. government officials that the president of the united states is using the ...

With a left perspective and sometimes a mid-left perspective. >> jeanne: nice to be a newbie! >> harris: welcome! we also have ed henry. we often lean toward watching these things together, and walking back and saying, "what were the headlines," i will come to first on that. >> ed: i think joseph maguire was a very strong witness for the president. he pushed back on the democratic narrative, which was basically t committed some kind of a crime, is what they are saying. and now with the complaint...

This. so the igs cant do it, according to the department of justice, the fbi cant do it because it doesnt meet their threshold that makes it worthy of investigation. so at this point only this committee and this congress is in the position to investigate. and i want to ask you, going to the whistle-blower complaint, whether you believe these allegations are worthy of investigation. the whistle-blower says i have received information from multiple u.s. government officials that the president of t...

Just so the audience knows, if you google congressman spanberger, youll see she was a case agent for the cia. shes not coming at this blindly. what would be your threshold? to be fair, unless im wrong, you dont know what happened on the phone call yet. >> thats right. >> you dont know what the sum and substance of the complaint is yet. thats why i said lets be clear youre not ready to impeach, youre ready to look. what would be the threshold? what would you have to see in the call and in the c...

We deemed that these allegations, stand-alone allegations, demonstrate a grievous presence of potential corruption, a violation of the oath of office and what is really troubling here is the notion that we have a president who potentially pressured a foreign country to provide information about a political foe and his family and allegedly sought to use military assistance and security assistance dollars, taxpayer dollars as leverage in that quest. >> allegedly is the key word. just so the audien...