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Them, none are going to show up. it looks like there will be more stonewalling as the week goes on. the president and his top allies are demanding to hear also from the whistle-blower who triggered the impeachment inquiry. that flouts the law. they want his or her identity revealed. the whistle-blower's lawyer says his client is willing to answer written questions from republican lawmakers. and this comes as republicans have been teeing up what is their last-ditch argument ahead of public hearings that there was a quid pro quo, but it's not impeachable. let's get the breaking news, though, on ...

A better job than i'm doing as president. now, why would he say something that screams of such insecurity? i'll tell you why. a new cnn poll, special election in north carolina is a big deal because it will be a test of what we see in the numbers that show a slippage of support at the wrong time. what does the wizard of odds harry entin see here? >> okay, here is the perspective and i will give it to you. we see president trump's approval rating at 39%. back to april, 43, 43, 43, 49. he's dropped four points from april to september. now, you might say to yourself that's one poll. but take a lo...

In the special elections? we saw the average democrat outperform that 2016 margin by 12 points, and if that of course happens tonight, we're going to have a very, very tight race on our hands. >> harry, that was excellent and thank you. those are all the numbers. let's bring back dana and david here. the why becomes very important. my suggestion is looking at the cross tabs as available in some of these early polls, the president's mouth is getting in his way. the economy, depending on how you want to look at it, it hard to look at it and say it bad. it's pretty easy to look to say it's good, ...

>> chris, remember, north carolina, that's going to be a big battleground state in 2020. i know this is just one district. never mind to try to extrapolate fully for president trump, he needs north carolina. if we're starting to see some erosion tonight, that's going to be a big problem just in the map to 270. >> especially on the same day they're trying to convince themselves that the two separate polls that came out aren't true, you get a result that goes against you, it's a problem. let me take a quick break. stay with me. harry with spell out for us the wizard of odds about what's going on...

Large margins. joe biden the biggest, 54 to 38%, a 16 percentage point lead over the president in this poll. joining me now, harry entin, cnn senior political writer and analyst. so biden is the clear front runner based on these numbers. one, against trump, but also against his democratic rivals. >> look, trump's number is very consistent. 38, 40, 39, 40, 40. that's about where his approval rating has been. he's not getting above that. that's a very dangerous sign for him heading into 2020. but let's talk about that democratic primary race, shall we. this is something important. there was that...