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Chance of winning acquittal the senate. it does suggest there is likely to be a party line vote in the house in the near future. >> so annie karni, help us turn the corner. does anything at the white house change by dint of what we witnessed today. by more people added are we going to see a new response? a >> they've been talking about adding a few new communications aides for a little while. we may still see that. the one thing i heard today from republicans -- lawmakers who have been speaking to the president over the last two weeks is that his tone and mood on this sort of changed once he r...

Of those democrats who were from swing districts where trump won in 2016 and voting against it didn't work, for the most part the democrats stuck together. it was pretty unified caucus. i think a good day for the president in the sense that the republicans also stuck by him. in fact, not a single republican went along with this idea of an inquiry. and it's a lot easier to vote for an inquiry if you're a republican than to vote for an actual impeachment article if that's what it comes to in a couple weeks' time. he set the standard for which it's going to be harder for the republicans to switch...

Go about it. there is a line that leaders are continuing to walk. not saying impeachment, but they're working on their oversight duties. and that actually is going to extend into the 2020 race, how that is messaged, how senators are playing into this, and how, if they can have a cohesive message going into and out of these investigations. because you're right, if the preside -- the president is going to use the threat of impeachment whether or not it comes true. so how they go about it will be a big test for democrats across the board. >> we've seen previous administrations that have gone thro...

Of a strategy, such a high-profile strategy coming from his team. >> well, especially when he's trying to sell it to the anchors who he invited there for lunch. exactly right. he said, you know, he made very clear that he wasn't all that excited about giving this speech or making this trip to mcallen, texas, tomorrow. he said i don't think it will change anything, he says but these people think it will work and pointed to his communications aides who were there in the room at the time. and, you know, it's not really surprising, he's dubious about this, that does seem, you know, to fit what we ...

A friday night beginning now. good evening from new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 575 of the trump administration. and there is new reporting from "the washington post" that the president is demanding more security clearances be pulled as part of his war on the russia investigation. the "post" reporting quote the white house has drafted documents revoking the security clearances of current and former officials whom president trump has demanded be punished for criticizing him or playing a role in the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. according t...