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Of congress plus one and the independent who are calling for some form of impeachment action. 222 plus one. if there was a vote on impeachment, 218 would be needed. >> reporter: you're right about that. and house leaders know that time is not on their side. they're only, what, less than 30 days left in the legislative calendar before the end of the year. so the thing that house leaders, the point that they make is that this entire process has to be fast and it has to be focused. and right now the house speaker nancy pelosi is signaling that this ukraine controversy will really play center stag...

Cop-out. >> reporter: yeah. ultimately -- well, and some may say that. if and when the house does choose to vote on articles of impeachment, that's exactly what the senate becomes. you will have essentially 100 jurors. there will be a trial before the senate with the chief justice presiding. some people might call that a cop-out, but at least a technical solution for republicans who don't want to get bogged down on this. now that this is labeled an impeachment-related issue here, it doesn't -- you can almost make that argument, right, that it's not an intelligence issue, it's not a foreign pol...

We have been seeing and talking as the impeachment issue has been out there for months about polling on this subject. the polling has been in the context of the mueller investigation, of the russia probe. we have seen more opposition than support. this is from reuters. this is a pole conducted yesterday and today. in other words, this poll was conducted after the ukraine story came to light. these numbers are fairly consistent with what we have been seeing on the broader question of impeachment. we should note they did ask in this poll, had folks heard about the trump biden ukraine story. 44% ...

This form new york mayor and personal attorney have so much influence, but influence he does have. >> i want to put this up too. we've been seeing and talking as this impeachment issue has been out there for months about polling on this subject, that polling has generally been in the context of the mueller investigation, of the russia probe. we've seen more opposition than support. there's this tonight. this is a poll that was conducted yesterday and today. in other words, this poll was conducted after this ukraine story came to light. you can see here these numbers are fairly consistent with ...

Whether it's the russia probe or dealing with ukraine on foreign policy. it has alarmed national security officials who wonder why does this former new york mayor and personal attorney have so much influence, but influence he does have. >> i want to put this up, too. we have been seeing and talking as the impeachment issue has been out there for months about polling on this subject. the polling has been in the context of the mueller investigation, of the russia probe. we have seen more opposition than support. this is from reuters. this is a pole conducted yesterday and today. in other words, ...