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Now, the house is casting its impeachment actions basically along the same lines, saying they're moving with speed, they're moving because they need to defend the country, they need congress to move to act to defend the country from what the president is trying to do next in this context, too. >> the president's misconduct goes to the heart of whether we can conduct a free and fair election in 2020. it is bad enough for a candidate to invite foreign interference in our political process, but it is far more corrosive for a president to do so and abuse his power to make it so. >> as the house ge...

Democratic senator tim kaine. now, the house is casting its impeachment actions basically along the same lines, saying they're moving with speed, they're moving because they need to defend it country, they need congress to move to act to defend the country from what the president is trying to do next in this context, too. >> the president's misconduct goes to the heart of whether we can conduct a free and fair election in 2020. it is bad enough for a candidate to invite foreign interference in our political process, but it is far more corrosive for a president to do so and abuse his power to m...

You really saw the numbers spike. >> that's exactly right. and we've already seen some movement among republicans. so on the inquiry question, look at that. that's jumped from 8% before the inquiry to 16% who now support the impeachment inquiry among republicans. on the impeach to remove, a little less movement but even there some movement. 7% before the inquiry. to 11% now. there has been some movement. republicans saying that maybe we do support these impeachment actions. >> i don't know if 1974, if there's anything applicable from then to now. >> bell bottoms. >> maybe this jacket. this jac...

Whistle-blower complaint to the white house and then over to the justice department for advice. . >> i'm just trying to understand the chronology. you first went to the office of legal counsel, and then you went to the white house counsel? >> no, no, no, sir. no, sir, no. we went to the white house first to determine -- to ask the question. >> that's all i want to know is the chronology. so you went to the white house first? >> everything here in this matter is totally unprecedented. it just seemed prudent to be able to check and ensure as a member of the executive branch before i sent it forw...

The complaint from lawmakers at first and instead first take the whistle-blower complaint to the white house and then over to the justice department for advice. >> i'm just trying to understand the chronology. you first went to the office of legal counsel, and then you went to the white house counsel? >> no, no, no, sir. no, sir, no. we went to the white house first to determine -- to ask the question. >> that's all i want to know is the chronology. so you went to the white house first? >> everything here in this matter is totally unprecedented. it just seemed prudent to be able to check and e...