thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "out front" starts right now. out front next, breaking news. democrats' first impeachment hearing descending into chaos. and clashing with democrats that weren't better. what does the judiciary committee accomplish? trump's controversial pitch to hispanics, preparing for a new battle with a good afternoonor who has been a thorn in his side. let's go out front. >> good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight the breaking news. the democrats first official impeachment hearings in the books after descending into disarray. corey lewandowski telling people on twit tore tune in and he brought it doing everything in

his power to stop democrats from laying a hand on president trump. >> is it correct as was reported in the mueller report on june 19, 2017, you met alone in the oval office with the president? >> i said -- >> is there a book and page number you can reference me to, please? i don't have a copy of the report in front of me. >> volume 2, page 90. is it correct that as reported in the mueller report on june 19, 2017, you met alone in the oval office with the president. >> can you read the exact language of the report? i don't have it available to me. >> i don't have to do that. did you meet alone with the president on that date. >> want you to refresh my memory. >> you don't have a copy with you? >> i don't have a copy of the report, congressman. >> you don't have a recollection on whether you met with the president on that date? >> i'm just trying to find in the mueller report where it states that. >> you have it in front of you, i gave you the page number.

>> where on page 90 is it, sir? >> mr. chairman. you have to start the clock. >> no, i don't to stop the clock. he's filibustering. >> that was just the tip of the iceberg. >> no rise to the occasion of what should have been a serious congressional hearing. lewandowski made a farce of it all and instead of fact finding it turned into both sides trading insults and accusations and he's considering holding lewandowski in contempt and his behavior in the hearing room was unacceptable. the thing is when you hear how the hearing played out neither side looked good. >> you should be here to be telling the truth -- >> gentle lady -- >> the truth will set you tree and the american people. i yield back. >> the time of the gentle lady has expired and the witness will answer the question. >> i beliedon't believe there w question. >> y there was. >> i'll put a slide up and it's the words that president trump

dictated to you on july 19. can you read what you wrote down? >> i'm happy to have you read it, congressman. >> why don't you want to read it, mr. lewandowski? >> i think you should afford me the same privilege you afforded mr. mueller. >> you're welcome to read it. >> are you ashamed of the words you wrote down? >> i am very proud of what i've written and you are welcome to read it. >> are you ashamed at all? >> i am not ashamed. are you? >> they are invoking the executive privilege on your behalf today? >> i don't believe it's executive privilege, sir, and we submitted the letter for your clarification of what the white house has said. >> let me ask you -- >> it is not my privilege to waive. >> i don't think it's anyone's privilege to waive because i don't think it exists mr. lewandowski. i think the whole thing is imaginary. it's like the tooth fairy. you didn't -- >> my children are watching, thank you, congressmen. >> my children are watching,

thank you for that. >> i hope the president's not on, then. >> it went on for five hours. from the start lewandowski's performance was for an audience of one and that audience was watching from air force one. pamela brown is live outside the white house. pamela, the president seemed elated. >> oh, absolutely, erin. president trump watched corey lewandowski on air force one on his way to california today and expressed his approval almost immediately over twitter saying it was such a beautiful opening statement and he went on to thank corey for it and he tweeted a link to the testimony on c-span. press secretary stephanie grisham praising the statement and several aides have praised his combative performance and right out of the gate lewandowski was catering to the president and no doubt the president liked what he heard when lewandowski talked about the privilege it was to work for his campaign and lewandowski took a swipe at president obama and joe biden saying they had the responsibility to the american people to ensure the integrity of the 2016 election

and that trump had been harassed since the day he took office. you see, they're repeating many of the same talking points president trump himself has made. there was an interesting point today when lewandowski said the reason he didn't relay president trump's message to him to jeff sessions was because he went on vacation. so again, corey lewandowski did seem to be playing to an audience of one today. the president arrived in california and he had several meetings, back-to-back meetings there, and it is unclear how much he was able to catch of this hearing, but he certainly liked when he saw from the very beginning. erin? >> pamela, thank you very much. i want to go out front now to a member of the house judiciary committee who questioned lewandowski, democratic congressman swalwell. >> thank you for having me. >> this is in the rear-view mirror. what do you think it accomplished? >> i think it could have gone faster, but here's what he did. the president told him in a one-on-one meeting to write something down, something that

mr. lewandowski had said had never occurred their longstanding relationship and he wanted mr. lewandowski to tell mr. sessions to pare down the russia investigation and if he wouldn't take that meeting he'd be fired and that was an obstructive act and it took me 30 seconds to explain that and it took him hours to cop to that and it goes to the obstructive behavior that we've seen from this white house. >> when you talk about it taking a long time, it did. in a lot of ways i have to say there were humorous moments and as an american citizen it was pretty depressing. you knew he was going to be like this, and he said as much on twitter and it didn't go anywhere. here's one of your exchange wes lewandowski and i'll play it. >> mr. lewandowski i'll put a slide up and it's the words that president bu president trump dictated to you on july 19, can you read what

you wrote down. >> >> i'm happy to have you read it. >> why don't you want to read it, mr. lewandowski. >> you should afford me the same privilege that you afforded mr. mueller. >> are you a shamed to read it. >> you can read it if you like. >> are queashamed of what you wrote? >> i'm not ashamed of anything. are you? >> what did you accomplish with that, congressman? >> we asked him to read what he deliver to sessions which was to end the are yrussia investigatid the fact that he wasn't even ready to read it out loud that he was hesitant to do that and he knew it was wrong and he wasn't proud of what his role was there and to me that goes to a consciousness of gltd that it was a corrupt act and we're trying trying to show the american

people and it was exhibit a. >> it was in the report and he won't read it. are you worried that maybe you looked bad, too. we knew what it was. it was in the report. >> again, you're trying to bring the report to life because the report is a lengthy document and most americans just, you know, understandably don't have time to read it and then i look at it,ier in, what's the opposite of what i did, doing nothing and not having these hearings and the future presidents have a lower standard of conduct and there are no good solutions and the president, credit to him, he is winning the short game and he is beisuccessfully with the american people and there is a cascade of opinion against him, telling witnesses not to testify is unlawful and that's going to come soon and there will be a reckonings and american people are not going to be too happy when he continues to defy those court orders. >> so y it, congressman.

>> have you ever put any words that the president asked you to write down before in a safe sor was this the first time you'd done that? >> i believe it's my standard operating procedure when taking note, congressman. >> every note that you take of the president you put in a safe? >> it's a big safe, congressman. there are a lot of guns in there. >> what did you make of that? just his, you know, blatant -- i don't use certain words on television, but his attitude? >> yeah, cool. great. i don't know why any of us care if you have guns in your safe, and i think it just showed a lack of seriousness for the proceedings. >> so there was plenty of clear and damning stuff in the mueller report, as you lay out. it very clearly lays out what the president asked lewandowski to do which he refused to do. so it is very clear. i understand the point that you make as democrats and you say people haven't read it and you want to bring it to life, but things got muddled today and it

didn't come to life and let me play this exchange between one of your colleagues and lewandowski. >> president trump was hounding you about when are you going to deliver that message, correct? >> completely inaccurate, congressman. >> well, he asked you about it a few times, didn't he? >> no, he did not. >> he never asked you whether or not you had delivered that message? >> not on multiple occasions, no? >> one occasion, okay? he did mention it on one occasion to you? >> i don't know if that's in the report, sir, or not. >> of course and he does know it's in the report and as you know, the president followed up with lewandowski in a separate one-on-one meeting a month after he first dictated that message for sessions. >> it's frustrating. it's very frustrating. >> my question is congressman says multiple times and gets corrected because it's one time. people get confused and it didn't happen. people aren't watching that carefully when things like that happen. could exchanges like that have hurt your cause? >> again, it's an imperfect

proceeding. you have humans doing it and there will be mistakes and i think that was an honest mistake and the questions before that mr. lewandowski said i don't recall and you'll have to point me to the mueller report and i've sat in hearings that were not public and he did have a good memory and he didn't do what he did for the cameras and if the opposite is not having the hearings and letting the lawlessness continue, i don't want that. >> do you still intend to put everyone on camera? >> his personality is such that he would have wanted to beerm a doberman as well? >> i don't want to be standing here answering to you, as to why we shouldn't people on camera. yes, the public should see it. >> out front next, it was corey lewandowski's cover at the the

contentious hearing -- >> i can't discuss private conversations. >> but he never worked in the white house. so how would executive privilege have any possibility of flying in this case? that's next, and the president tries to win over hispanic voters. did he cross the line with comments that a 2020 candidate called racist or not and a crucial election under way tonight. president trump is he about to lose one of his biggest allies? at fidelity, we believe your money should always be working harder. that's why your cash automatically goes into a money market fund when you open a new account. and fidelity's rate is higher than e*trade's, td ameritrade's, even 9 times more than schwab's. plus only fidelity has zero account fees and retirement accounts. just another reminder of the value you'll only find at fidelity.

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branch privilege of confidentiality at the request of the white house. i can't discuss private conversations that may or may not occur with the president. >> okay. that's called sticking with the script. out front now former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, dana bash, our chief political correspondent and robert lit, former general counsel for the director of intelligence under the obama administration. corey lewandowski never worked at the white house and worked with trump a long time and knew him pretty well and a person i always referred to him as mr. trump. does it hold up? >> no. it doesn't apply in this context. to claim executive privilege, first of all, you have to be in the executive branch, in the white house, having communications with the president. >> even a conversation with the sitting president if you are not working in the white house at all would not be covered? >> that's right. in fact, we saw jim comey testify about his conversations. there's no bar to this. the white house can't block it and it's a decision mr.

lewandowski is making want not answer the des. the executive privilege that does exist can't be used to block testimony or evidence of a crime and that's what they were talking about today in this hearing. >> this seems to not add up at all. dana, not only did corey do that, he belittled the entire process and those who were in the hearing, and they knew he was going to do it, right? he tweeted about angry democrats trying to take down trump and told people to tune in ahead of it. we all know corey lewandowski. shouldn't they have predicted they would get the spectacle and he died for that tweet today from the president. >> he sure did. absolutely, erin. anybody who watched him when he was a campaign manager, when he was a tv analyst both paid and now non-paid and now that he is somebody who is seriously considering running for senate in new hampshire should know

that this is his m.o. he doesn't care. it is an audience of one. we maybe overuse that term in the trump years, but corey lewandowski didn't need to be given the script because he could write the script and it flows through his veins how to talk in the trump language and how to speak trumpese and he went in there fully intending to do just that and not just pleasing the boss, but also about pleasing the boss' base in the state of new hampshire where he is seriously considering a run for the senate. >> yeah. >> and has to win a primary first. that say huge part of it, but even if he weren't considering it for his future it's what he would have done because it is who he is. >> that could be a crucial part to this. robert, there were moments today and the mueller report, for example, says president trump told lewandowski to order jeff session, right, to you know, say the whole thing is a hoax and it

is unfair. that is at the core and it's documented and that's what happened. now, lewandowski said he didn't think the message was illegal and he did not deliver it, but we all knew that from the report. the reason he didn't deliver it and it was supposedly completely innocent and i want to play a part of the exchange for you, robert? i never delivered the message. >> you chickened out. >> i went on vacation. >> how long was your vacation, mr. lewandowski. >> it was lengthy. at least two weeks. >> but you were summoned again to the white house on july 19th, 30 days after the original june 19th meet, true? >> i believe that's accurate, true? >> i believe that's accurate, yes. >> he was called out here. he never did trump's bidding while on vacation, and that was a joke and he did not do it for weeks after that weeks after the

vacation. was that callout effective. >> you have to recognize what's going on here and lewandowski is boxing to a certain extent by what's in the mueller report and he wasn't going to vary from that and he would take every opportunity he could to try to soften it. i think people can judge for themselves whether it's a persuasive explanation that he didn't obey a request from the president of the united states because he was going on vacation and it served the purpose of trying to undermine the mueller report's conclusions. >> i mean, yeah. it is -- it is laughable except for it isn't because it was muddying the water. harry, this was the first official hearing of the house impeachment proceedings and they got what they expected, but you do think they needed to hold this hearing even though this was such a circus and sad reflection on anything and how does this affect other potential witnesses. >> other potential witnesses will watch this and i guess they may come to two conclusions. most of the hearing was conducted by the members of the committee and i think they did their best to ask tough

questions and tried to get answers and the witness tried to make it really into a show and into a spectacle and i think you might see other witness fess they're able to do it, too. at the end of the hearing the judiciary hearing had barry burke who is a prominent questioner of witnesses and he made significant headway and if i were on the committee i might see about expanding his time. >> right. to get more. by then, the big show was over and people didn't city it. >> danny, lewandowski was clearly playing to the audience of one and that was a tweet and pam said it, such a beautiful onlyi opening statement and he tweeted a link to his potential senate run to raise money out of all this. was this basically a win for him? >> politically? absolutely. there was -- there are

discussions in hush terms about whether or not he hurt himself legally, whether he said anything today under oath that contradicts what he said before under oath. unfortunately, we don't have those transcripts the last time he office capitol hill so it's hard to really know, but what he really cares about is the president of the united states. he would walk through fire for him and today he actually did that. i don't -- first of all, even if there is another witness that would be compelled to testify i can't imagine it being the same. don mcgahn, which is a big if -- >> it's not his personality. it's not his thing. the reason why corey lewandowski said yes, yes, yes, i will come whereas everybody else said no is so he could do exactly this today and i was surprised that the democrats were surprised and seemed caught off guard. really surprised. >> robert, to the context here as they're working on these impeachment hearings is a

whistle-blower case could reach into the oval office about something vital to national security. so there is a deadline tonight and the dni is the deadline and they have to turn over a whistle-blower complaint and this to the house intelligence committee and chairman schiff told cnn about who the whistle-blower could be and i want to play it because it's pretty important. >> someone above the dni. there aren't that many above that category and they also suggested that there may be privilege issues here which means it would have to involve communications with the president or people around him. >> so, robert, does that signal that this whistle-blower, which is something vital to national security. some vital compromise to national security could involve president trump? >> well, that's an obvious implication when the white house directs the director of national intelligence not to produce a whistle blower complaint that he's obligated by law to produce and the white house says it's on the grounds of privilege.

it's really the same thing we were just talking about with corey lewandowski. this administration has the broadest assertion of executive privilege that we've ever seen that seems to cover any communication that the president has with anybody or that anybody has with any person in the white house. in this case, as i said, there's a statute that requires this to be turned over to congress and i suspect that the dni is going to continue to refuse and he's been subpoenaed to testify on thursday. so we'll see what happens then. >> it will be crucial and obviously crucial with a lot of questions and what sort of vital national security issue it could be. thank you all so very much. next president trump under fire after this pitch to win over latino voters. >> he happens to be hispanic, but i've never quite figured it out because he looks more like a wasp than i do. >> plus trump escalating his war with his biggest critic. governor of california. >> well, checkmate. we actually did something he

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trump under fire tonight for comments about hispanics. democratic presidential candidate julian castro tweeting we won't be uttered by donald trump and and his racist rhetoric. we will defeat him. >> cnn contributor steve cortes and he made the comments in new mexico. here's the president. >> he happens to be hispanic, but i've never quite figured it out because he looks more like a

was upon th wasp than i do, so i haven't figured that one out, but there is nobody who loves this country more or hispanic more than steve cortes. steve? who do you like more? the country or the hispanics? he says the country. i don't know. i may have to go for the hispanics, to be honest with you. we have a lot of hispanics. we love our hispanics. get out and vote. >> out front now, maria cardona, former communications director. maria he loves his hispanics? do you feel loved? cortes took trump's comments as awkward phrasing or julian castro right it masks racism. >> of course it masks racism and he doesn't do a good job of masking it. these comments were racist, ignorant and downright stupid.

we shouldn't be surprised from what we've seen this president spew from the moment he came down the escalator when he announced his campaign when he called mexicans rapists and murderrors and what else can we expect from this man? he actually believes that he's doing well with hispanics? he actually believes that the hispanics love him? look, he is at a record low with latinos in terms of republican presidents. his approval rating among latinos has hovered in the high teens and low 20s. in the latest univision latino decisions poll, you have 71% of latinos who said they will vote for the democratic candidate. 15% maybe will vote for trump. he's in dire straits for latinos. >> scott, i'll give you a chance to respond. is there a way for it not to be racist when the president asks who do you like more hispanics or america to someone who is hispanic? >> is steve cortes is not

outraged by his interaction with the president and it doesn't sound like he is then there's no reason for us to be outraged. is it awkward what steve said, well, sure. >> the quote, unquote, my african-american. >> are -- he called my african-american he wasn't offended and now he realizes, and i have no idea what steve cortes will say in a year. ? he's on cnn later tonight so maybe somebody can ask him. maria and julian castro and all of the democrats are perpetually outraged at trump and this is how the guy talks and i don't know how he's doing with hispanics. >> i just told you. >> it's a record low and more people in the minority community according to the polls are getting job in this country and that's good when hispanics and african-americans and minorities can all share in a good economy. we can be outraged about the phrasing, but the result of the economy are pretty good for

hispanics and other minority groups. >> scott's making it about the economy. trump's not even making it about the economy and he's going to the heart of the whole thing and he says it's his stance on immigration that is his popularity among latinos is on the rise and here's what he said. >> the hispanic-americans, they understand they don't want criminals coming across the border. they don't want people taking their jobs. they want to have that security, and they want the wall. >> maria, the latest poll we have is cnn which found president trump's popularity among hispanics is at 29%. there is a 7%, un, plus you knor minus is a wide one, which is up from 2017. look at it, ten points up from 2017. so is it possible the president's right? >> no. it's not, and what i'll say about mainstream polls is that they don't do the in-depth polling bilingually and on cell

phones and with a larger group of latinos that latino decisions and univision does. that's just a fact. so it is not true because what we have seen throughout his presidency is when you have an administration and a president who talk about policies and implement policies that rip babies from the arms of their mothers, when they put kids in cages and when they have more than seven immigrant hispanics die in the custody of i.c.e., when they are refusing to let immigrants mostly latinos who are sick stay here for their treatment take that protection away, you're going have latinos look at this president and say this is not a president who supports me, and that is what -- >> it is just -- i simply pointed out that all of those headlines came when the poll's gone up in that time. can i just ask you one other poll that came out today. scott, let me ask you. this is a new nbc poll and it is of the democratic race, it shows

warren and biden both soaring and both jumping significantly since the last time the poll came out in july. warren and sanders combined and that is a solid 39% and it trounces biden. who would trump rather run against scott? biden or warren? >> i don't know if he has a preference because i think, erin, he'll wind up running against whoever the nominee is, and they all come out for the same program and they've raised their hands for the same liberal, socialist policies and they've all come out for things that i think are far outside of mainstream american politics. so i don't think there is a preference. i think he's going get the democratic nominee and treat them all the exact same way because they all want to do the same stuff to the country which is open borders, abortion on demand and higher taxes and i think the president's got a good argument for re-election. >> all top five candidates are beating donald trump right now. >> that's another way of looking at it. thank you both so very much. >> thank you. >> president trump behind enemy lines as he brings his campaign to california.

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>> yeah. checkmate. we actually did something he didn't see coming. we negotiated with private industry and they agree to voluntary standards that went beyond what the trump administration was demanding and for trump it was a realization and a rationalization he doesn't get everything he wants. >> this fight is familiar territory. under newsom's administration california is involved in learly 60 lawsuits against the trump white house jamming the proverbial crowbar in trump's agenda. >> governor, are you able to succeed in wielding your power in a way that democrats in washington are unable to do? >> in some ways that's true outperforming the federal government running record surpluses as the trump administration is running historic record deficits. all of that as we're reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and protectioning, preserving and promoting our values. that makes us a formidable, ford imable challenge to trump and

trumpism. >> reporter: tlheir battle, par policy and part theater. >> if you look at some of the barbs you both have shared on twitter. >> there's a few. >> there's a few. there's a good bit and it's offline, too. >> how about this clown in california. >> newsom responded by tweet saying trump is literally locking up kids like pennywise. the scary clown from the movie "it". >> do you relish that fight? >> no, but he calls me a clown and i called him pennywise, forgive me. that's a little bit of a sideshow. interestingly, we have a relationship. interestingly, we communicate. not in public, on the phone, in person, and he's very dwrashsgr in those calls and i hope in turn i am, as well. they've shared gracious public moments and they walked through a fire-ravaged california town praising each other's leadership and remain unafraid to spar to

the litany of disagreements and look, stay out of our way, let california continue not to survive, but thrive despite the headwinds and despite everything you're doing to try to put sand in the gears of our success. >> you heard the governor there say that they have a relationship. it is a complex one both publicly and privately, erin the governor earlier this summer was preparing to sign a bill and this is a bill that would require any candidate who wants to run for president if you want to show up on the ballot here in california, you have to release your taxes. that is something trump has resisted. well, before the governor signed this bill, he wanted to deliver the news personally to trump, he called him and then he signed the bill. erin? >> all right. thank you very much, kyung lau. next, breaking news, the president holding his breath tonight as the vovotes are coun an election that could have major implications on the white house. >> plus jeanne moos on the journalists literally tripping

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breaking tonight, one of president trump's closest allies in jeopardy of being ousted. israeli prime minister ben yen innetanyahu fighting for his political life. no one has tied themselves more closely to netanyahu who actually mentioned trump as he voted in the voting booth. the elections are too close to call and we are well into the wee hours in the morning in israel. how are they feeling? a lot of people still milling around behind you waiting. >> well, this rheauoom is somew between a third and a half full. benjamin netanyahu is expected to speak here some time in the course of the next few minutes and he is on his way to his party's likud headquarters where they've been waiting for him to speak for the last few hours. his rival benny gantz spoke a

short time ago and it was an it appears, they say, they have accomplished their mission. that being said, exit polls have suggested this is an incredibly tight race and that neither gantz nor netanyahu have a clear path towards putting together a functioning government, and that is key here, as well. we will certainly look to hear what netanyahu says. it can't actually be possible that both of these men give victory speeches, even though that's exactly what happened in april and both men were proven wrong. we'll wait to see what he says and we'll wait to see what israel's future is politically. of course, netanyahu's personal life hangs in the balance as well with corruption investigations hanging over him and a preliminary hearing in just two weeks, erin. >> oren, thank you very much. this is a big moment here. it would be roord fifecord fift for netanyahu and a defeat, a major blow. "outfront" now, our chief international correspondent, clarissa ward. >> president trump is watching this incredibly closely. why is this so important to him km >> this is, as you said, the

most important relationship that he has overseas. president trump and prime minister netanyahu have been incredibly tight, from the beginning. and you look at how far president trump has gone to try to help netanyahu get re-elected back in april, he sent secretary of state pompeo to the wailing wall. he designated the irgc, the iranian revolutionary guard a terrorist organization. he recognized the golan heights. just the other day, tweeting before this election about this defense pact between the u.s. and israel. so trump is definitely staked a lot of political capital on trying to keep prime minister netanyahu in power. and he is obviously going to be watching this election closely. at the same time, even if netanyahu loses, there's no reason to believe, given president trump's popularity across a broad spectrum in israel, he's more popular in israel than he is in the u.s. there's no reason to believe that he wouldn't have a good relationship with benny gantz -- >> which is very interesting. it is interesting, though, that trump really -- and netanyahu,

it became so close. i mean, some would call netanyahu a mini trump in terms of the bombast that we started seeing more and more of. here is just a little bit of what trump has touted about netanyahu. >> yeah, i was with bibi netanyahu, a man i have a lot of respect for. a man who has been extremely nice to me. >> bibi and i have known each other for a long time. he's been a great ally and he's a friend. it looked like a total win for netanyahu. he's a great guy. he's a great guy. >> so every chance he gets. yet if netanyahu, the greatest hawk on iran that there is, loses, what does that do for trump's big decision now, as to whether the united states should strike, something surely netanyahu would be pushing, but maybe slight lip different -- >> it's interesting, because president trump already seems to have gone out from netanyahu's orbit on the iran issue, anyway. when he got rid of bolton or when bolton left, we don't know exactly why yet, but that was a big blow for netanyahu. when trump announced that he was ready to meet president rouhani,

the iranian president, without any preconditions, that was also a blow for netanyahu. so there is, you know, room for, you know, president trump to take a more unilateral, let's say, idea towards iran without necessarily taking israel into consideration. at the same time, when you look at this iranian policy, it's still not clear what it is yet. we talk about being locked and loaded. then we talk about having meetings without preconditions. which is it? >> then he said he never would do it without preconditions when he's on tape saying it. clarissa, thanks so much. and the fight for 2020 is a real trip for some reporters. "i am here." aim to say that more with aimovig. a preventive treatment for migraine in adults that reduces the number of monthly migraine days. for some, that number can be cut in half or more. don't take aimovig if you're allergic to it. allergic reactions like rash or swelling

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now, our understanding is, by the way, that he's okay. so that's good. but that happens a lot more often than you might think. here's jeanne. >> reporter: you see all those feet coming towards you? except for a couple of pairs facing the wrong way. that is known in the tv news business as backpedaling. it's what a camera person does when a candidate is on the move and the faster they move, the more likely this is to happen. >> the guy it happened to, cnn's dj judd, shrugged it off. he was unhurt, and his camera -- >> my gear is fine. my dignity, not so much. >> here's what it looked like from dj's point of view. >> there goes your streak. >> reporter: that's candidate pete buttigieg, noting the end of dj's no-fall streak. watch this guy tear by buttigieg to get in front of him and then

wipe out. here's the replay of him zipping by from another angle. instantly back on his feet. backpedalling isn't confined to news. there was a time the alabama crimson tide flooded the field and a sports photog bit the dust. of course, a camera person doesn't have to be going backwards to fall. >> but rather, it is some black ice. which at times can be a very slippery thing, let me tell you. >> reporter: at least his reporter joined him on the ground. president trump, not so much. tv crews were furiously backpedalling when man down. >> how does it make you feel when -- >> you okay? >> the president barely broke his stride. but on the slippery floor of the u.s. capitol, a reporter got some tlc from canadian prime minister justin trudeau. there is a trick cameramen use to fall correctly. >> it's to tuck and tumble. and first and foremost, to protect your gear.

>> reporter: and to heck with the human roadkill. jeanne moos, cnn -- >> how does it make you feel -- >> -- you okay? >> new york! >> it's amazing they get back up. it's like a 1-year-old. it's incredible, guys. a lot of padding. thanks for joining us and "a.c. 360" starts now. >> good evening. a big night, including breaking news in the democratic presidential race. new polling that could really shake things up. we'll have that. also, new word on what, if anything, republicans, especially the president plan to do on gun laws. what the state of play now is and what a leading lawmaker has to say about it. we begin, though, with this. the first within of the first hearings on impeaching president trump is done testifying before the house judiciary committee. corey lewandowski, the president's former campaign chairman, spent a lot of time saying very little today, except for claiming again and again what is a hotly