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his unwanted place in history. >> resolved, that donald john trump, president of the united states, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. >> the president violated the constitution. >> now a strategy aimed at republican loyalty and 2020. >> we did nothing wrong, nothing whatsoever. you are the ones subverting america's democracy. you are the ones obstructing justice. >> plus just six weeks to iowa, the 2020 democrats mix it up. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the united states. >> this is the problem with
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issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass. >> "inside politics," the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. the president of the united states was impeached this past week. charged with violating his oath of office by abusing his powers and obstructing congress. there is no reason to believe he will be convicted and removed from office once the senate does its part and holds an impeachment trial. that trial will come early next year, a presidential election year, but we don't know exactly when or when the house will officially deliver the two articles of impeachment across the capitol to the senate. that uncertainty is because of a dispute about trial rules and because of a fascinating impeachment politics sub plot, a test of wills between two of washington's most powerful and disciplined players, nancy
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pelosi and mitch mcconnell. >> our founders, when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i don't think they suspected that we could have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. >> some house democrats imply they're withholding the articles for some kind of leverage so they can dictate the senate process to senators. i admit, i'm not sure what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we do not want. >> yes, big questions about what comes next, enormous election year calculations and unending distractions like trump rally speeches and tweets suggesting you should be swayed somehow by what vladimir putin thinks of the impeachment case. but when historians clear the
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weeds, what will remain is that the 45th president of the united states is now just the third in american history to be impeached, declared unfit to serve by the house of representatives. and he knows that. >> i don't feel like i'm being impeached because it's a hoax, it's a setup, it's a horrible thing they did. it doesn't feel like impeachment. and you know what? it's a phony deal and they cheapened the word impeachment. it's an ugly word, but they cheapnd the word impeachment. that should never again happen to another president. >> with us this sunday to share their reporting and their insights, axios, washington post, and washington takes a holiday break knowing there's an impeachment trial just around the corner. is biggest question is when do pelosi and mcconnell and their stand juf? >> i think it's a matter of time before the democrats deliver the
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articles of impeachment over in the senate. there's a standoff going on, but i think that we're hearing increasingly that it's unclear what leverage democrats really have right now over mitch mcconnell. they had this big vote, sort of had this momentum in terms of unifying their own party and impeaching the president, but it seems like they've almost tripped themselves up and opened themselves up to these a allegations that republicans are making, that they're playing politics with impeachment and trying to keep him from being acquitted in the senate. and there's a process in the senate that they have to go through. obviously democrats want to see key witnesses who the trump administration would not allow testify, come in and speak about what they know about the ukraine controversy. but this is now out of pelosi's hands. she doesn't control the upper chamber, and so how much leverage she actually has right now and the longer she holds this, it could cause a bigger problem i think for democrats. >> so you see the president saying they're afraid, they have a weak case, they went send it
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over. mcconnell is saying the same thing. that's the politics the democrats have to deal with. she wants something, she's too disciplined and too smart, she wants something. we just don't know what it is. and she's willing to run the clock out a little bit. but on the one hand, the democrats are waiting and on the other hand this is what she said in an interview with the associated press. the president will be impeached forever, no matter what the senate does, he's impeached forever because he violated our constitution. if i did nothing else, he saw the power of the gavel there. we talked about the pelosi/mcconnell standoff at the movement. this is bigger than that t it's a pelosi/trump standoff. >> and she really sort of came into her own power during that week and has shown herself to be a very effective player against him. at the same time, he's doing a good job of framing this standoff to his benefit. but i do really think that we're going to have to wait to see over the next couple of weeks what these purple state senators
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are hearing at home. the extent to which there is a desire, an appetite among the american people to actually have a real trial and to hear from some of the witnesses that we didn't hear from on the house side, people like cory gardner and susan collins, and i think until we know what people are saying in those states, it's hard to -- mitt romney as well, it's hard to know what will happen next. >> that's an interesting point. i just want to show that some of the republican senators up in 2020 -- some democrats have tough calls, too, but some of the republicans up in 2020. you mentioned cory gardner, susan collins, david purdue in georgia. the question is, do they get any blow back? there is zero expectation and no one should try to set the idea that it's possible the president will be convicted and removed. even if all 47 democrats voted to do that, but even if all 47, you need 20.
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that's not going to happen. the question is are there enough to side with democrats to get some witnesses, some other procedural or rules, just some poke at the president and the republicans? >> there aren't those votes right now, even though the public sentiment does seem to be in favor of allowing those witnesses to testify. in our washington post abc news polling that came out earlier, show that 71% of americans do want these administration officials who did defy calls for testimony at the house to appear before the senate. now in the next couple of weeks we're in the holidays and there's not going to be a lot of public pressure on the senators when people are enjoying time at home with their families. perhaps sometime throughout the trial, once we get through the hours and hours of opening arguments from the president's side and the house impeachment managers, maybe public pressure builds on those key votes. but i would guess that absent schumer and mcconnell being able to reach an agreement on how to start the trial, which doesn't look likely right now, mcconnell will likely round up at least 51
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of his members to say, hey, let's start the trial, let's give ample time for opening arguments and then make the witness decision down the line. that's what happened in 1999 and i think that's a palatable argument right now and maybe two or three weeks in the trial we'll see if it's good for the romneys. >> mitch mcconnell knows exactly what leverage nancy pelosi has, and the president is the unknown quantity here, like the rest of the country dials back during the holidays. maybe people aren't as attuned to the news, but you know who is? the most powerful person in the world who is sitting at mar-a-lago trying to figure this out and trying to figure out what's his next play. and like it is the absence of control over this process that is the potential like move factor for the president, which is that this is a power struggle between nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell, but not president
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trump. and being unable to influence this process directly is potentially very frustrating for him. >> that's a great point. he's not getting what he wants from the senate either. he's mad at the house for impeaching him, he's happy with the republicans who all voted no. but his tweet over the weekend where he attacks the democrats for no due process, it's not correct. his lawyers had a chance to be part of the proceedings at the end and chose not to. they will never show up, they want out. i want an immediate trial. if the president had his way, because he has the stain of impeachment now and he cannot shed it, he wanted as quickly as possible the senate vote to not convict and remove so that he could at least say i've been found innocent or not guilty. it's the republicans making him wait. >> but if there's any republican who can say calm down, give me a minute, i've got this, it's mitch mcconnell. this is a guy who has confirmed how many judges at this point to the bench on president trump's behalf? so i mean, look, i think that
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clearly pelosi is trying to get at the witness thing and they want to see these key witnesses. but right now the story is not about the pressure on the purple state republicans. republicans are lashing out and sort of using this to go after the democrats to say they're playing politics. which message breaks through? who blinks first? >> some new emails released under a freedom of information. this is from michael duffey. the house democrats wanted him to testify. the president blocked him. the email comes out the other night, july 25th was the call with the president of ukraine. that very day based on guidance i have received in light of the administration's plan to view assistance to ukraine, please hold off on any additional dod obligations to these funds. given the sensitive nature of the request, i appreciate you keeping that information closely held for those who need to know to execute. so you have an official saying
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don't give ukraine the money and please stay hush. some people would say the democrats should have gone more closely in the house until they could get evidence like this and then push for witnesses. chuck schumer would say no, this is why we need these witnesses in the senate. does it matter? >> yes, it certainly helps the democrats build their public case for why they need michael duffey, who is one of the four witnesses that they have called to testify before the senate. and also these documents, that conversation gets kind of lost in the chatter over witnesses. but senate democrats are demanding a bunch of documents that are just as relevant as these witnesses. i'm not sure how this changing the calculus in the senate because it is the struggle between pelosi and mcconnell and trump and how he exerts that frustration on senate republicans. because you do see the little bit of irritation coming out with president trump. last night he said it's so unfair that nancy pelosi is holding back these articles of impeachment when lindsay graham talked to him late in the week at the white house, he told reporters that trump is, quote,
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mad as hell that they are holding back this trial and not getting him the senate trial that he believes he deserves. so we'll see how much of that pressure builds up over the next couple of days. >> and we know from history she gets under his skin. so we will see how this place up. up next, the president praises republican loyalty and trashs the democrats who voted to impeach him. the president snows this stain is permanent. >> do you think obama seriously wants to be impeached and go through what bill clinton did? he would be a mess. he would be thinking about nothing but. it would be a horror show for him. it would be an absolutely embarrassment. it would go down to his record permanently. >> announcer: "inside politics" is brought to you by salonpas. try it for your pain. i apply topical pain relievers first. salonpas lidocaine patch blocks pain receptors
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the president's anger is obvious. >> by proceeding with your invalid impeachment, you're violating your oath of office, you're breaking your allegiance to the constitution. you are the ones interfering in america's elections. you are the ones subverting america's democracy. we did nothing wrong. nothing whatsoever. they don't even have any crime. this is the first impeachment where there's no crime. >> no president welcomes the
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stain of impeachment and the timing here is unique. andrew johnson and bill clinton were impeached in their second terms. president trump's senate trial will be early in his re-election year. so not what you want in the battle grounds. michigan, wisconsin, florida and arizona front pages, boldfaced front pages, marking the president's unwanted place in history. but discount his 2020 re-election chances at your peril. more than three-quarters of americans in our new cnn poll voice optimism about the economy. you have to go back 18 years to find a better mood. >> our economy is booming. wages are rising. crime is falling. poverty is plummeting. and our nation is stronger and more powerful right now than it has ever been before. >> welcome to the trump paradox in the sense that if you look at the economic statistics and you are the incumbent president, you would be doing hand stands. you look at the other factors, his approval rating is still
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under water. he was just impeached. a lot of the behavior that we see is similar to the behavior that democrats say is the reason they took back the house in a wave in 2018. the president's character and his impeachment, or wow, we've got a great economy, i'll block out the noise and keep him? >> well, as long as the economy holds, then the economy is the wind in his back and may very well be the sentiment. but economies are cycles, the r word is going to come sometime. is it going to come in 2020 or 2021? the president has some levers in which he can help to chshape it and control it, but no president can completely control the economy. if presidents could control the economy, there would never be recessions. so the president has got to figure out what is his plan b if the economy dips next year. >> i'm not sure he gets a plan b
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if the economy dips at a pivotal time. >> the other thing is that it really does depend on who the democrats nominate, so the president and his team are trying to prepare for a few different scenarios. the economy is almost everything but it's not completely everything. and how people feel, whether they are motivated to go to the polls, this has proved -- by the way, like demonizing the impeachment effort has also proved powerful for the president in terms of galvanizing. >> so here's where we end the year. this is from our new poll. these are battleground states. these are the 15 states that you look at early in a presidential year. and if you look at this, this is why next year is going to be wow. trump versus biden in the battle grounds, 47/47. 48 for trump and 46 for warren. 48 for president trump and 43 for mayor buttigieg. so joe biden could look at that and say i'm a little stronger or the president could say he's at
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47, 48, 49, 48. if you go back to 2016 where he lost the popular vote and just barely eeked out wisconsin, pennsylvania. i guess you could do half empty or full, but the president is very much in play. >> i think going to the battleground states and talking to random voters, it always is such a good reality check that what is most important to them is the fact that they feel like, you know, their 401(k) is growing and things are doing well in the stock market. that they have more cash to spend. and voter after voter will tell you that this is more important to them than what they really feel, which is the sort of impeachment fatigue and investigation fatigue about trump. at the same time, when you then talk to them about the contrasts, the head-to-head, there are some people in those states who are terrified of what the economy would look like under elizabeth warren or there would be dramatic changes with medicare for all, other things. and i think that we have to keep remembering that, that that is always going to be the bolster
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that is holding up president trump. >> and warren or sanders would argue they'll bring out new voters and progressive voters. one advantage the president has is the democrats are still fighting it out. he has a boot load of times in his campaign account. it's preaching to the choir as we head into the election year. >> the holidays are a time for america to come together, but democrats are tearing our country apart, attacking president trump like never before. it's an outrage. show the president you're on his side. text trump to 88022 to show your support. >> nancy pelosi and adam schiff and jerry nadler are the grinch who stole christmas. >> they are building this database of names and numbers and emails and then sending you messages to see which ones you respond to to try to figure out what will motivate you to turn out. they have the luxury of that. >> and we have to remember that
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they're in such a stronger place, the trump campaign, than they were last cycle when it was disorganized. they have the full organizational power of the rnc behind them. they've been doing work in all of these different states and you can't overlook that. >> merry christmas. up next, the democratic debate gets testy. iowa votes in just six weeks. and snl stand-ins say the darndest things. >> the only cave i ever go to is a man cave. i call it the senate. [ laughter ] >> for more of these classic zingers, please stand out my standup special. what are you doing back there, junior?
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he knows exactly where we're going. my whole body is a compass. oh boy... the my account app makes today's xfinity customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. iowa votes six weeks from tomorrow and we should remember that history tells us iowa can suddenly change the trajectory of the race for president. so take the national polls for what they are, a snapshot of what all of america thinks as we close in on the less predictable
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state by state selection process. joe biden ends the year as he began it, the leader or the front-runner among democrats, 26% for the former vice president. 20% for bernie sanders in our latest pole, elizabeth warren at 16%. if you look at how it's played out going back to last october, some ups and downs for joe biden, but he has stayed consistently on top. that's interesting. senator sanders, senator warren, mayor buttigieg, which is the cluster at the top of the democratic pack. this is nationally. now we're moving into iowa. a little bit of history here. number one, democrats are wide open in it comes to what they're thinking about. only four in ten back in may and only four in ten democrats now say they've definitely made up their mind. that means six in ten, if you add up no first choice, 60% of democrats still open minded six weeks from the votes starting. now the history. hillary clinton was the national front-runner at this point in 2016, she went on to be the democratic nominee it was a
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rough campaign with senator sanders, but she led at the end. but in 2008, she led now and obama beat her. so national front-runner does not translate into iowa winner and democratic nominee always. little more history, back in 2004, this one is interesting if you're mayor buttigieg or amy klobuchar, john kerry was at just 7% in the national polls at this point back in 2004. howard dean was your national front-runner. general clark was second. john kerry won iowa, went on to be the nominee. so the national polls can get disrupted and up-ended once we get to iowa. if you're joe biden, you don't want to be howard dean. he's making the case i'm the national front-runner because i can beat trump and i can get things done. >> i refuse to accept the notion as some on this stage do, that we can never, never get to a place where we have cooperation again. if that's the case, we're dead as a country. they need to be able to reach a
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consensus. and if anyone has reason to be angry with the republicans and not want to cooperate, it's me, the way they've attacked me, my son, my family, i have no love. >> you always want to be first so you want to end the year on top of the polls, but you've got to be a little bit nervous as the democratic candidate for president if you're the leader in the national polls that you know that thing called iowa is just six weeks away. >> and it's never been -- iowa has never been a great place for joe biden and it could matter. iowa is the kind of place that could disrupt all of this, create momentum, give someone else wind beneath their wings going into new hampshire or south carolina or nevada or it could not and you could end the first contest with a three, four, five-way race and that's probably better for joe biden than the alternative. it's also good for someone like bloomberg. >> bloomberg is counting on a mixed verdict in the early states, for all the moderates to
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look weak, and then he comes in and can spend a boat load of money. biden had a good debate. not great, but a good debate. he's going to end the year as the leader with senator sanders right behind him. the question is what will iowa do? that's interesting, if you look at mayor buttigieg. everybody wanted to go after him. he's the fresh face and he's a moderate. let's look at some of the attacks. amy klobuchar saying i'm the midwestern candidate. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president. >> you know, according to forbes magazine, i'm literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire. >> we should have someone heading up this ticket that has actually won. i have done it three times. >> try putting together a coalition to bring you back to office with 80% of the vote as a gay dude in mike pence's
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indiana. >> again, mayor, if you had won in indiana, that would be one thing. you tried and you lost by 20 points. >> it's an interesting night for the mayor. >> it was. he was totally ready for it. at the same time, i think that being in iowa was such a good reminder of the fact that while he is the leader in the polls, that he has some real structural problems. every person who i talked to who was for pete buttigieg was an older voter. not a single one of the younger voters that i talked to was for him. and i think that the fact that he has been -- is facing these problems among younger activists who are trying to knock him down and now you have warren and sanders jumping on that train and trying to paint him as the candidate of the elite, how he sheds those labels over the next month or so i think is the most fascinating story line of the campaign. >> which brings us to -- i
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should jump in. which brings us to the wine cave. we're going to show you the wine cave. and so he has a fundraiser here, elizabeth warren says how dare you. he said, oh, by the way, you've had some high-end fundraisers too in your prior life and then you became a presidential candidate and said that was bad. she says she learned a lesson, the system was bad. but a lot of democrats, including the people at the fundraiser are saying, really, aren't we supposed to beat trump here? why are we having this debate? fundraisers? >> campaign finance is something that resonates with the progressive base right now. but it shows how desperate in some ways a lot of the other candidates are to go after pete buttigieg. his rise has been steady. he does have structural problems and still has issues with black voters. but he's ascending at a perfect time right now, right before iowa. >> but there is a legitimate debate, a real debate inside the
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democratic party about whether the whole fundraising structure should be small donor, the small donor system works. and i think this debate is sort of ridiculous as it is. we would like to be drinking some of the wine right now, but it shows -- >> 8:33 a.m.? >> this is a real debate, and what's interesting is someone like the winery, you think rich, billionaire, but hall is a former u.s. ambassador, has been involved in texas politics as well as california politics, is involved in affirmative action and legal aid programs. sometimes these donors aren't just big-money donors who want to buy access, but they're connected to networks of policy issues in key states, crucial states. so the idea that none of these people have any validity is not right either. but the fundraising question is
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a real question. >> it is an interesting and legitimate debate within the party. is question is should you have it now or focus on beating trump and you can't tell. people are energized about issues, this is what happens. some democrats are nervous that had circular firing squad thing is going to impact their chances. after the debate, we were out talking to voters in iowa. joe biden had a good joibdebatey klobuchar. who else? >> who do you think did best in this debate? >> amy klobuchar. >> klobuchar. >> klobuchar and biden. >> klobuchar and warren. >> klobuchar. >> klobuchar and warren. >> klobuchar. >> sanders. >> klobuchar. >> you heard the reviews there when gary asked them who they're going to vote for. none of them said biden. >> and klobuchar has been an interesting character to watch. she has consistently had good debate performances, but that
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hasn't translated to her skyrocketing to the top tier. she's in the middle of a four-day 27-county tour in iowa where she's trying to ride the momentum from the debate. she raised a lot of money after her successful debate performance. but how she sustains that momentum, particularly when she's going to be stuck back in d.c. for a large chunk of january for the impeachment trial remains to be seen. >> we're laughing, but nor senator warren and sanders, and senator bennett and klobuchar, it's an interesting dynamic. our sunday trail mix is next. some people say michael bloomberg is trying to buy the democratic nomination. mike bloomberg's never been afraid of tough fights,
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the ones that make a true difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, helping pass laws to save the next generation from addiction. all against big odds you can beat him. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.
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low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. ♪the beat goes on yeah! let's turn to sunday trail mix for a taste of the 2020 campaign. mike bloomberg says his campaign is built to last deep into the democratic primaries. in addition to sfengd nearly $100 so far on tv ads, he announced this week he's hired more than 200 staffers in states all across the country. bloomberg is promising those staffers will keep working for democrats next year, no matter who the party dominates. and he has this answer to people who say he's trying to buy the election. >> some people have said, oh, you're spending all this money and i said, yeah, i'm spending all this money to try to replace donald trump. you want me to spend more or less? and then all of a sudden that changes the conversation. >> mayor pete buttigieg in central iowa this weekend
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looking to make a splash by rolling out a new endorsement. >> is this heaven? >> it's iowa. >> kevin costner who starred in "field of dreams" is backing the south bend mayor. this weekend marks the 20th trip to the iowa state this year. the tea party is now the trump party, and a giant no on impeachment.
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the president during this impeachment. >> he will do his job and he will put the american people first. >> this is really about the president has been driving these guys crazy because he's getting things done, he's doing what he said he was going to do. he's having results, taxes have been cut, regulations reduced. >> it's not just the impeachment loyalty that proves the president's grip on the gop. there was only muted conservative protest this past week as congress and the president signed off on new spending plans that add another $500 billion to the nation's debt, create a new federal entitlement, paid family leave for federal workers and commit $25 million to new gun violence research. the republican party that stood for free trade, smaller budget is no more. today it's the party of trump. >> what kind of great support did they have from those incredible congressmen and women this week? they got up and they spoke and they were fantastic. the level of excitement in the republican party today is
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greater in my opinion than it's ever been in the history of the republican party. i really believe that. >> it is stunning. i'm dating myself, but i came to washington at the end of the reagan administration and stood up to the communist, the berlin wall fell through the bush administration, there were debates about george h.w. bush was a squishy moderate. the republican party, makes barack obama look like a fiscal hawk. a lot of people like it, but it's not a tea party message to create a new federal entitlement, paid daycare. what's happening to the -- a lot of these maeembers came in in t tea party wave and that's not what they ran on. >> they're listening to constituents back home and trump is extremely popular with the base, so a lot of people see it as advantageous to tie themselves to trump. i think the interesting thing is they don't acknowledge that
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trump did anything wrong with ukraine and they've sort of embraced conspiracy theories along the way in terms of defending him that national security advisers say are dangerous to the country and play right into russia's hands. a lot of these folks that i've covered were oversight hawks. these were people that would subpoena and ask for documents from the obama administration. they would get a lot of things and some of them they wouldn't. and now they're supporting -- they have throughout this process supported trump's refusal to in any way answer these subpoenas or give over documents. >> a year and a half ago, jim jordan tried to impeach the republican deputy attorney general rod rosenstein for withholding documents and refusing to answer a subpoena. now the president can do it and it's fine. there were 241 republicans in the house when the president took office. there are 197 now. and yet what happens is a lot of the people that got blown out were less trump-y, from more swing districts. so this is patrick mchenry from north carolina, he has a
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complete connection with the average republican voter and that's given him political power here. trump has touched the nerve of my conservative base like no person in my lifetime. there is a loyalty to the president. former senator jeff flag is now trying to poke his colleagues on the other side. the danger of an untruthful president is compounded when an equal branch follows the president off of the cliff. if there was ever a time to put country over party, it is now and you might just save the grand old party before it's too late. we talked earlier about the debate among democrats, who are we. it's much more muted because the people who are challenging president trump has been shoved to the sidelines. >> and you're talking about having to examine the loyalty that their voters have for the president, but also loyalty to the classic republican principles that trump has up-ended, the principles of free trade and republican senators
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struggling to deal with the president. you have views on foreign policy where you have a president who has cozied up to a lot of the authoritarian leaders, where just four years ago they were saying russia was our greatest political challenge. and also a spending issue that is a complete reversal from what plans preached. it's a conundrum for the republican party in the future. >> the reporters will share from their notebooks next, including elizabeth warren's plans to ring in the new year. l we. non't. don't forget to use your vision benefits before they're gone. now in-network with vsp. visionworks. see the difference. up here at the dewar's distillery, all our whiskies are aged, blended and aged again. it's the reason our whisky is so extraordinarily smooth. dewar's. double aged for extra smoothness.
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the notebooks to get you ahead of the political news around the corner. >> so the affordable care act, president obama's health care system is being tested, a federal appeals judge saying no go for the mandate but perhaps you could save the rest. this is last week. it is now up to a judge. but what happens? who is the most at risk of being hurt if the entire thing is thrown out? you hear president trump talk about wanting to end the affordable care act. get a better health care system. if that is tossed, michigan, pennsylvania, ohio, and new hampshire, can you think anything in common with those states, are in great jeopardy and the rates could go up by 100% or month and the states hardest hit are red states not just swing stakes, talking about arkansas, louisiana, kentucky, west virginia, montana could all be in trouble. so there could be a cost if the republicans get their way. >> i would look at the 2018 election results and be careful what you wish for.
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that falls under that category. richelle. >> president trump just a couple of days ago went after john dengel who died this year and his widow debbie calling herra beauty and saying mr. dingell saying he was looking up from hell. we saw something striking happen the next morning on the house floor. my colleague paul kaine did a story about how a bunch of republicans who knew john dingell and were friended with debbie and were very apologetic and including louie gohmert apologizing for the president and i think it is reminder even though this rancor has hit a fever pitch in washington amid the impeachment, there is decency in the halls of congress with lawmakers reaching out to deb yu a-- to debbie and trying make amends.
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>> a little more courageous if they would do it so publicly and tell the price to dial it back. >> i'm looking ahead to elizabeth warren's speech and she's hoping to redefine the race at that moment. painting herself as the anti-corruption crusader against trump and trying to get a lift from that third place she's in right now in the polls. >> timing is everything. we've see. >> so for the last couple of weeks we've seen the u.s./mexico/canada trade deal has stirred riff among the republicans but among the senate democrats and particularly those running for the 2020 nomination and we saw that on thursday when you saw bernie sanders saying he would not support the agreement and it is improvement from nafta but still concerned about outsourcing jobs to mexico and amy klobuchar said she will
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support it and sherrod brown who has not been a fan of trade deals is supporting this one. and it is going to be an interesting political position for democrats. do you get on board with this trump administration accomplishment or go against something that is supported by a wide array of democrats and very powerful unions like the afl/cio. >> interesting math. we'll see that vote. i'll close with reminder, the 2020 political calendar is pack with consequence. a senate impeachment trial in january. the state of the union address in february and so are the first four presidential nominating contests, iowa, new hampshire and nevada and south carolina are critical for momentum with this crowded democratic field. yet, combine they award less than 5% of the convention delegates. march will then very much roar in like a lion. 15 states vote march 3rd including california and texas, then march 10th michigan and then four more, and florida,
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illinois, and ohio and by the end of the night, shy of 70% of the convention delegates will be settled and as doug sos nick reported we'll know if democrats are on the path of setting a nominee or heading to an open convention for the first time since 1952. enjoy your holiday break if you get one. next year is going to be a blur. catch us week days. up next "state of the union" and guests amy klobuchar and roy blunt and senator dick durbin. have a great day.
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signed, sealed, undelivered. the house voted to impeach donald trump setting up an angry presidential response. >> you're declaring open war on american democracy. >> and now critical of the senate process, house democrats throw the president's trial into limbo. >> frankly, i don't care what the republicans say. >> a member of each party leadership, republican roy blunt and democratic senator dick durbin coming up. and ticket to ride. angling for a top finish in iowa, the 2020 democrats make their case by drawing contrasts. >> i have the experience of actually getting the things done that
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