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That was like a culture war. this is literally about national security. now, likely to change. this is the most impressive one to me about why we are where we are. >> very likely that the senate trial changes your mind on removing trump from office. among those who support removing him, only 11% say they're likely to change their minds, among those who oppose it, only 5% say that anything will likely change it. these numbers suggest that perhaps the support for impeachment may drop a little bit but overall very, very static. >> this is why mitch mcconnell is saying let's rush through and get p...

Acting in. >> it's possible to decide an impeachment process shouldn't be conducted but that doesn't seem consistent with the constitutional process at all. the house makes a determination of whether the president is fit to retain office and i'm come back to that in a minute and the senate is obligated to try the charges. but impeachment raises the constitutional stakes. this is often falsely believed to be a punitive act by the house. in fact, it's a prophylactic measure. the whole notion behind impeachment is that the president has disqualified himself or herself from holding office and some...

Pronounced point in the house judiciary committee report on impeachment that if the president has not stopped here, could do it again. >> well, he's said as much. >> i get you on the continuing threat point. i don't get you on the senate point. mitch mcconnell said he's going to do what the white house wants and he has a beautiful way of saying things that are completely radical but saying them with a straight face and somehow making them acceptable. i've never heard of this before. we actually went back to the democrats to see what daschle would say about this and of course they weren't in po...

We'll talk process. obstruction of congress. the president's defense is, listen, administrations always push back against congress. they don't like a lot of the requests and it should be settled in the courts. if they don't want to take the time, that's on congress, not on the executive. >> that's somewhat of a significant misstatement of the position that the administration actually took. it wasn't going about quarrelling with particular subpoenas or agreeing to cooperate but then sort of picking its battles, if you will, over particular testimonies or documents. it launched a broadside attac...

Among those who support impeachment, 72% is because trump's done a bad job running the country. this is very much in line with their partisanship. among those who pose impeachment, 78% trump's done a good job running the country. people are choosing impeachment positions based upon how they already feel. >> that's always true with presidents. obama had that, too. it's only about in the 30s for most people. >> apples for apples, clinton getting impeached. >> you were saying how historic it is. clinton at his high water mark in december of '98, only 40% said yes, 59% said no in an abc news/"wash...