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Answer. >> it's the democrats' argument that they got caught. the president has a chance to counter that. he won't let any of these people testify, so if he has fact witnesses who could say that's not how it played out, they haven't testified, which suggests they can't say that. >> the idea that a transcript from a career omb official is something that's really fascinating to everybody is probably a bit of a twist and turn in normal washington. why it was so important is we haven't gotten any insight or window into what was happening at omb because of the top officials refusing to come in and ...

Numbers, there's a lot of chatter in washington and among democratic strategists does joe biden have what it takes. the numbers keep saying that voters around the country, they're fine. >> that has been the prevailing theme which is that a lot of democrats within the party feel as if they're holding their breath waiting for him to collapse and it hasn't materialized in any of the polling. when you're on the ground, there are a lot of local people whether it's georgia to nevada to iowa who say they think his support is soft. if there's a 2008 situation where someone else wins iowa or new hampsh...

Currently approve of him a little bit and maybe they're republicans, but they don't think either side is doing a good job and his numbers could go even lower. >> when nancy pelosi tells democrats stick with the plan. we'd all like the government open, but stick with the plan. is she in a safe position or is there a worry for the democrats? >> i think the challenge is looking at the percentage of folks who feel personally affected and feel that this is a serious problem. those numbers seem to be getting worse. you have more people who feel that they're affected. it depends on how different poll...

He enounsd he's launched an exploratory committee. the 37-year-old is a vet tral and is openly gay. several other democratic hope flds are hitting the road with an interesting message for voters. i'm sorry. jeff zeleny is live in washington. jeff, you know the great rock band chicago said it's hard for me to say i'm sorry. apparently not for democratic hopefuls. >> reporter: it's not. at least they're trying this out. but some of the democratic hopefuls are starting with the biggest apologize. they're eager to show their evolution on some of their previous positions on immigration and criminal...

Capitol hill. a test from the speaker. >> the house and senate will have to pass a joint resolution to allow the president to speak on january 29th as the president is demanding. so him just saying that he will come does not necessarily mean that the actual state of the union will take place. in fact, john, i am told that in a closed-door meeting this morning nancy pelosi told her members and advised them not to bring their family members to washington next week. that was viewed by people in the room as an implication that the state of the union will not take place since members often bring th...