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6 in 10 think there's not enough to begin impeachment hearings. you had 3% who felt that that should be the top priority for congress right now. what should democrats take from that come january? >> look, i think talking about impeachment now is not a good idea for democrats. we have to wait for the mueller report and see. you know, there's a high threshold for impeachment. high crimes, and we don't know whether mueller will say that indeed president trump obstructed justice or indeed he colluded with the russians or his campaign colluded with the russians. so we have to wait. but trust me, th...

Bring your phone. switch your carrier. save hundreds a year with xfinity mobile. call, click or visit a store today. all right, there battle on capitol hill to protect special counsel robert mueller's russia probe is growing. retiring arizona senator and a consistent thorn in the president's side, yef flake, has made this threat on the senate floor. >> i have informed the majority leader i will not vote to advance any of the 21 judicial nominees pending in the jew disary committee or vote to confirm the 32 judges awaiting confirmation on the senate floor until s-2644 is brought to the full s...

Newly elected members of congress, who pledged they would not support nancy pelosi for leadership. and if i were advising any of those new members, i don't think that going back on your campaign pledge is a way to start your new job. so she's got a problem with those members, for sure. and for a long time, republicans have made nancy pelosi the boogiewoman, much like they have made hillary clinton the boogiewoman. it's unfair, not right, it's not substantiated by any real facts in terms of her doing her job. she's more moderate than she is liberal, actually. but it is an issue for her. ultimat...

Having -- getting so much in there. we got a lot of improvements in there. we didn't get everything, but we will come back next year. but breaking the logjam is important. >> do you think you'll have the support from the administration next year on more or are you concerned they could point to this and the president say look, i already did x, y, and z. why go further? you have a number of conservatives in congress who will say, no way to more. >> listen, there are still things that conservatives want in this bill that they didn't get. there's stuff we want as liberals and progressives we didn'...

Secondly, there's just a plethora of ethics violations in that administration right now. but also, there's legislation to be done. there's an infrastructure bill, a voter rights bill. there's work to be done. i think talking about impeachment is just not smart for democrats and it's very premature. >> interesting. >> doug, let me bring up this crazy idea of bipartisan legislative cooperation. funny thing is, though, both sides, even the president, had a democratic lawmaker on, eric swalwell, on in the last hour talking about that and bringing up specific ideas. we had a prison reform deal, tal...