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Options. i think, you know, going down the impeachment road might be one of them. i think right now, i think a lot of my colleagues, by the way, during that hearing last week, republicans were unusually engaged on this particular issue, in part because this guy, the inspector general has no reason to lie. in fact, telling the truth probably might cost him his career. >> well, i think we know already the heart of the conversation the president was seeking dirt against the political opponent, and using the goodwill of the american presidency to get it. let me ask you that central question, congr...

One of the meeting hess was on's i don't think they're that worried about it. proceeding with business as usual on that end and otherwise. certainly based on what the president has said i think that's reflective what others in the white house are thinking. he's turning it into another sort of, his sense of it, another partisan witch-hunt in the making. >> ask you about where democrats stand on impeachment. has this moved the needle at all on the impeachment inquire you and what more do they expect from this whistle-blower report? >> the question, whether it's moved the needle for nancy pelosi....

Onboard? >> i don't know. i think members of congress and i have obviously a lot of respect for congressman lewis but he's been slow with this because he recognizes 56% of country does not agree with impeachment. i fear if we go down this impeachment road we are not only going to risk losing in 2020 but we could also risk losing the house and senate. seems that the way we should go about beating donald trump is at the ballot box. if he is re-elected, at least if democrats had control of the senate, then they would have that senate support. the senate we have now is not going to vote to impeach...

Campaign gets into full swing, there are going to be other things that democrats may have to do, and this may serve as a distraction. and also with so many independents -- 39% of them in the last monmouth poll -- said they didn't want to go down the impeachment road. that means that the you could lose some of those potential voters in november, and she doesn't want that to happen either, so i think she's slow rolling it, doing what she can. eric: i just want to make a note you're in the hamptons, east hampton, fancy play ground for the rich of new york city. [laughter] but it's represented by ...

Up the troops and they didn't stop to consider the manageability of a hearing like this or the fact that he had no interest whatsoever in putting himself in the middle of a political fray and was definitely careful not to do so. >> tucker: wouldn't, i'm not a lawyer, but at least in the movies, rule one of cross-examination is knowing what the answers are going to be. so wouldn't they have gamed this out? they just completely destroyed their case for impeachment. they humiliated themselves. they made it crystal clear that the whole thing is a hoax, no? >> oh, yes. i i think the only person in ...