chuck todd believes that as a matter of faith.s there a clearer inversion of the constitution of the united states? hard to think of one. diplomats don't control foreign policy. they carry it out! who controls foreign policy? voters do. they control their country, in fact, through their elected officials. so it doesn't matter if every single bureaucrat in the state department disagreed with the president's policy on ukraine, or or whatever. russia or fill in the blanks. it doesn't matter. in their job is not to make policy but to affect it, to carry it out. they work for the president, all presidents, jimmy carter, ronald reagan, obama, whoever is elected next, they take orders from the elected person. because that person was elected, and they weren't. the president is only person in power with the executive branch, that's how it works. in washington, no one supports democracy. i buck sexton is the host of "the buck sexton show," and he joins us tonight. how do you like my favorite tweet ever on the internet? the problem is that t

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. us. "mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now >>> welcome to wednesday. not just any wednesday. it's "meet the press daily" and good evening i'm chuck todd here in new york. well you've been watching history for just the fourth time in american history, a brz is facing formal impeachment proceedings in the united states house of representatives. today, the gravity of the allegations against the president, the evidence supporting them and the gop's fears, they were all on full display at this first public impeachment hearing. two career nonpartisan diplomats delivered testimony that largely seemed to corroborate the crux of the democratic allegations that president trump essentially used the power of his office to try to get ukraine to investigate his political rivals. and to help him personally in the 2020 re-election campaign. now, the democrats' star witness was bill taylor. the acting ambassador to ukraine who delivered compelling and highly-credible testimony, starting with a 41-minute o

chuck todd, thanks for your insight. we really appreciate t we hope you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." he will have an interview with chair of the house intelligence committee representative adam schiff of course of california. plus he has an exclusive interview with senator roger wicker. be sure to tune into "meet the press," stick right here, it's at 8:00 right after this newscast. if you watch us every week you know larry will be back in 40 minutes for our weekly political segment. we will continue to look into the impeachment hearings. >> yes. >> the never ending topic. >> the saga. >> larry has job security. >> that's right. >> we will see you soon. >>> we want to take you to other news now. it is a first in the united states, if you can believe it, we are talking about a health care center specifically serving vietnamese americans. look at that. yesterday was the ground breaking for the new service center in san jose, it's on center road near stone gate park. this is what it will look like. back in

i am chuck todd here in washington. got another busy day of developments in the impeachment investigation. new deposition transcripts from two administration officials who sounded the alarm inside the white house about the president's conduct with ukraine. going to dig into that in a moment. but we're going to begin tonight with the looming shakeup in the democratic presidential field as former new york city mayor michael bloomberg prepares to jump into this race. bloomberg is expected to file official paperwork to be a candidate in the democratic presidential primary in alabama first. the deadline is less than an hour from now, which means we could receive word he has officially filed at any moment. but with this, bloomberg seems to be sounding the alarm about a fractured democratic field. -- over joe biden flagging candidacy. elizabeth warren's steady climb and bernie sanders' resiliency. today, however, biden seemed to shrug off suggestions that bloomberg's entry is an indictment of his performance. >> i have no, no

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. with chuck todd starts now >>> welcome to friday. it's "meet the press daily." good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. we made it to friday. woo. there are so many questions about what happens now, though, considering not a single house republican is expected to support impeachment, despite 12 witnesses, 35 hours public testimony. a pile of e-mails, text messages, and public statements. all seemingly proving beyond dispute that the president pushed ukraine to investigate his political rivals ahead of the 2020 election. based on what we now know is discredited russian-backed conspiracy theories which leads us right now to the big news this afternoon. confirmed nbc news the substance of this new york times report that u.s. intelligence officials briefed senators warning them that russia had engaged in a years-long campaign to essentially frame ukraine for interfering in the 2016 election. the times reports that russia funneled this disinformation to american political figures. perhaps, the president may have been one of them.

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. us. "mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now >>> welcome to wednesday. not just any wednesday. it's "meet the press daily" and good evening i'm chuck todd here in new yor

lester >> peter alexander, thanks now u to chuck todd. chuck clearly bloomberg has been sizing up the competition. where do you think he sees his opening? >> with joe biden. he was preparing to run. getting in he had put together a national campaign and when it became clear to him joe biden was de the voter that theye in march want to go and g so this is clearly an assessment by bloomberg that joe biden is weak enough that by the time super tuesday rolls around after the first four states, there may be an opening for a quote unquote stop warren candidate or left wing or liberal candidate is perceived to be that mind set. so that may be what he's looking at but this is not willy-nilly. he spent a lot of money in virginia this year he's got a lot of mayors that have been supportive of him. he walks boo into this race with a huge organization to use. >> thanks for the perspective on that tonight, new and potentially damaging testimony in the house impeachment investigation. a state department official in charge of ukraine policy describing wh

i am chuck todd here in washington. busy day of developments in the impeachment investigation. new deposition transcripts from two administration officials who sounded the alarm inside the white house about the president's conduct with

chuck todd is here on all of this. then some hopeful news out of chicago where a seven years old girl was shot while trick or treating on halloween night is recovering. we'll have the latest update on her condition. a sit-down with one of the biggest stars of all music, miranda lambert. it is inspiration from her recent marriage to a new york police officer and breaking into the business on her own terms. >> the plan was make me a pretty girl, i am not going to do that. that's not what i am about. i am going to sing. brittany -- although i love brittany. another life well-lived. let's begin with the latest on the impeachment inquiry. hans nichols is outside the street this morning. >> reporter: good morning, it is all ahead of a busy week of private testimonies in the impeachment inquiry that the president wants to make public. president tru president trump prepares for i am peevemea impeachme impeachment. >> reporter: trump's phone call with zelensky is at the center of his impeachment on whether he pressed him to inv

it's time for our weekly chat with chuck todd.political director at nbc news and moderator of "meet the press." it's chris and larry out in california. can you hear us, chuck? it sounds like he can want. let's talk about impeachment. can we talk about impeachment real quick? >> yeah. >> we were talking about this in the break. i have this idea that during the nixon impeachment that was all encompassing. but maybe not so much. how is it different now? >> if you go back to that book "all the president's men," they trace things step by step, but -- chuck is ready. >> can you hear us now? >> yes, i can hear you. >> you've had a busy week. what your takeaways. >> the democrats put on hearings that have been revealtory considering all of these witnesses had been deposed behind closed doors. we read the transcripts and yet the democrats have been right that the more information they put out there in the public, the more witnesses that want to come forward and we're getting more and more details about this story. the gordon sondland testi

. >>> thanks let's bring in andrea mitchell and chuck todd now chuck, i begin with you. it's day two of the historic public hearing, did the former ambassador's testimony move the needle >> it may have and frankly it shouldn't have i think the initial plan that the republicans had which is to remind folks she wasn't there for the most controversial parts of what if president may have done with the aid and with president zelenskiy and they had an opportunity to sort of minimize the impact of her, but the president's attack on her i think elevated the importance of her. i think she actually gave more credence to the issue of why we're here at an impeachment proceeding better than any other witness so far. >> yeah. andrea, yovanovitch said she felt personally targeted by the president. did she put a human face on this >> absolutely. here you had a career veteran diplomat who had served in conflict zones since the reagan years. yanked from her post in the middle of the night on a call, with no cause. an at the same time, being told that she is in her testimony today being at

thanks so much chuck todd is nbc's political director chuck, good morning. good to see you. so a deep breath here at the end of two long weeks of public testimony in the impeachment inquiry. a long list of witnesses told a very similar story about what happened in ukraine and the involvement of the trump administration in that deal. the witnesses we haven't heard from, john bolton, mike pompeo, mick mulvaney on the list as well what do you expect to happen from here, chuck, for the american people watching this, taking it in what are the next steps? >> well, it looks that democrats have decided they've done as much in the public hearing aspect as they can do within a reasonable period of time. i guess is the way to put it and you brought up all these witnesses that we haven't heard from and i think they would argue it's going to take too long to hear from them and timeliness here matters, too. so it means that we would likely after thanksgiving see about a week or two of hearings in the house judiciary committee, maybe one of them would be public. then you would see the indi

welcome chuck todd, nbc news director and moderator of "meet the press."for joining us. >> good morning. >> good morning, chuck. the impeachment inquiry enters its public phrase this week with the first open hearing wednesday. what do you think we should expect? >> here is what the democrats are hoping the hearing is, they're hoping this is an opportunity to tell this story in a public forum, bring the transcripts to light. they're leading off with the current acting am was for to ukraine, bill taylor, because they believe he is a very compelling witness, that he comes across very unimpeachable, veteran of the military, been a long time foreign service officer, certainly had plenty of praise on the republican side of the aisle over the years, so i think they believe he's a very compelling witness. i think the question i have in my mind is, do the republicans attempt to essentially try to blow up the process of the whole hearing or do they try to protect president trump individually, and start saying well, you know, this was mick mulvaney that may have been

a setback for the president over night in louisiana with chuck todd and halie jackson. sunday spotlight, a visit to "sesame street." then a sunday sit down with actor sterling k. brown on the hit nbc show "this is us." and those shaky early years in show business had his mother wondering about his career choice. >> i said mom, i appreciate you watching the by lot, if you don't want to watch anymore, i understand. my mother touched my knees and she said thank you. >> a sunday sit down with sterling k. brown and our sunday's closer as the family taking home school to a new level by studying american history firsthand in an rv. another life well-lived coming up later this morning. >>> let's begin with another day closed door impeachment inquiry. a new transcript given by white house's aid who were concerned of the july call with the president of ukraine. kelly o'donell is at the white house with more. >> reporter: hundreds of pages of depositions of transcripts are now public from two officials who were on the president's phone call with the investigation with the bidens.

with us to follow it is moderator more "meet the press" chuck todd and legal analyst -- let's begin with jeff bennett on capitol hill. what is sondland set to testify to? >> good morning. ambassador sondland is a key player. with a direct line to president trump. he's prepared to tell house investigators, in his view, mike pompeo and john bolton, the national security adviser were fully aware of what he, former ambassador kurt volker and rick perry, the so-called three amigos were doing as they worked alongside rudy giuliani, president trump's outside attorney to help run the trap in ukraine and democrats say to pressure officials that would be beneficial to president trump. sondland says this. he says they were working at the express direction, i'm reading from his opening statement. working at the express direction of the president of the united states. we did not want to work with mr. giuliani. we played the hand that we were dealt. beyond that, lester and savannah. sondland will tell this committee according to his opening statement that giuliani's demands of the ukrainians, this is

i'm chuck todd. we're hours away from the start of impeachment public hearings.ially if he did it, so what? republicans aren't disputing that president asked ukraine to help him investigate biden nor

chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press. let's do a viewers' guide for everybody. what to look for now that there's an open impeachment inquiry. the public gets a first look at some of the witnesses, yovanovitch and kent and taylor among them, whose private depositions, closed testimony have been damning to the president. what do you expect this week >> reporter: well, i expect the first day to be sort of almost laying the narrative, telling the story and the reason bill taylor is kicking things off is because i think the democrats believe he's not just one of the moecht credible witnesses they have, but he tells the story succinctly, he's very matter of fact he doesn't beat around the bush. there isn't a lot of ambiguity about it he lays it out there plus throw in his long service to the government in various ways, including the military career, as well as a foreign service career so i think the first day will be laying out that narrative for what it is, wednesday. on friday i think ambassador yovanovitch is someone who may be a more em anesthetic vifigure of bein

coming up, we go live to washington for a preview of "meet the press" with chuck todd and if you're using an older iphone, it may stop working today. we'll let you know what you can do to make sure that doesn't happen. my parents never taught me anything about managing money. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we didn't want debt any longer. ♪ i didn't realize how easy investing could be. i'm picking companies that i believe in. ♪ i think sofi money is amazing. ♪ thank you sofi. sofi thank you, we love you. ♪ >>> welcome back. political analyst larry gerston is heres awe also welcome chuck todd live in d.c., the nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." hi, chuck. thanks as always for joining us this morning. >> hi, kira. happy sunday. >> happy sunday to you. we know that you just announced new number this is morning from our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing 49% of people surveyed are for impeachment and removal of president trump, but very closely 46% against. chuck, what do you think it says about the pres

i'm chuck todd. we're hours away from the start of impeachment public hearings. the defense of the president is essentially if he did it, so what? republicans aren't disputing that president asked ukraine to help him investigate biden nor that they needed to open an investigation into the political rivals if they wanted the adrian leased. the crux of the republican argument is that this stuff isn't that big of a deal. they claim that the president didn't anxiety with intent because, quote, he had a deep-seed deep-seeded what isn't debatable is how the president's state of mind consistently coincides with russian interests. how other pentagon officials were worried that the president's decision to withhold the aid could further russian aggression. was aid explicitly designed to combat russian aggression. state department official katherine crawford reveals how acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney was actually worried that russia might act negative actively if we gave certain military aid to ukraine, which is exceedingly bizarre. the expressed purpose o

let's bring on andrea mitchell and chuck todd, the political director and moderator of "meet the press. let me begin with you. does this move the needle acknowledging there are more public hearings to come? >> they did today because they got an additional piece of new information that frankly makes you want to see the next episode, which is gordon sondland, the ambassador to the e.u. and the second phone call, here is an eyewitness account or ear witness account of overhearing the president on the phone with gordon sondland. it makes his testimony crucial, lester, to the point of it could be make or break type of crucial i think for the longer portion of this but look, the other part of this is what do the democrats want out of this if you're looking at today through the lens of did they make the case to remove the president from office? it's way too soon to tell on that but they did have a decent enough day one to make you want to see day two. >> andrea, we can't forget about the 2020 race for president. these two are colliding. >> they are colliding because that is why the democrats

i'm chuck todd here in washington. hope you are enjoying the holiday.ankful you've decided to spend a little time with us today. look, we're not going to bombard you with angry debate. we've got an exciting hour for you ahead. a fun one. one that's going to make you think. focusing on what matters most to the people who matter most. you, the voters. amid this historic impeachment inquiry, the upcoming presidential primaries, at the end of the day, it's about you guys. this hour, we're going to talk

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts right now. >>> welcome to tuesday. it is "meet the press daily."nt to change? i'm chuck todd here in washington where a key witness just changed his testimony in the house impeachment inquiry, now describing both a quid pro quo and his part in it. neither of which he acknowledged the first time he was questioned about it. that person is gordon sondland. he's the u.s. ambassador to the european union and one of the president's so-called three amigos who was unofficially overseeing ukraine policy for the president. he now remembers telling a top aide to ukraine's president that military aid would not be

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. >>> welcome to friday. it's "meet the press daily" and good evening i'm chuck todd here in washington where president trump is clearly rattled. by both the credible and compelling testimony in today's impeachment hearing and the criminal conviction of his long time associate roger stone who was found guilty on all seven counts today. accusations of witness intimidation were a major headline in today's impeachment hearing after the president decided to attack the witness, his former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, while she was testifying about his conduct. >> now, the president real time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses' willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, it's very intimidating. >> designed to intimidate, is it not? >> i -- i mean, i can't speak to what the president is trying to do. but i think the effect is to be intimidating. >> well, i want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very serio

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"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. ts now >>> welcome to wednesday. it's "meet the press daily" and wow. what a day after an election day. good evening. i am chuck todd in washington where republicans just suffered a series of bruising defeats at the ballot box. and democrats just scheduled public impeachment hearings. welcome to a whirlwind of news today. we are following both of those big stories tonight. and neither of them look very good for the president and possibly for his party, as well. last night was bad for both of them. they lost the governor's race in deep red kentucky to democrat andy beshear. not just that, though, republicans lost control of the legislature in virginia for the first time in a generation. in some ways, you might have been able to predict both a few weeks ago, but the actual event itself happening is still a big deal. republicans also lost ground with suburban voters all over the country in local and statewide contest. it was an area stretching from richmond to washington, philadelphia to cincinnati, indianapolis, and ev

i'm chuck todd here in washington where it's been another busy day in the impeachment front. deposition transcripts and some new testimony. today, house investigators released the transcript of the deposition with one of the state department's top diplomats george kent. kent testified about president trump's desire for a commitment from ukraine to investigate his political opponents and that rudy giu

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. ts now >>> welcome to wednesday.eet the press daily" and wow. what a day after an election day. good evening. i am chuck todd in washington where republicans just suffered a series of bruising defeats at the ballot box. and democrats just scheduled public impeachment hearings. welcome to a whirlwind of news today. we are following both of those big stories tonight. and neither of them look very good for the president and possibly for his

i am chuck todd here in washington home of the world series champions, of course.now when i'm going to get tired of saying that. but after another big week of testimony in the

thanks chuck todd is here put sondland's testimony in perspective for us >> well, it's an insider flipping on the president. this is somebody who worked with the president on this issue and says, yes, the democrats are right, this was a quid pro quo. hard stop. there's your headline. that's a big deal. now, i think democrats wish that sondland had more receipts, had more evidence, had more stuff to come with it to, to reinforce how is it that he presumed it was a quid pro quo but that's a big deal. i think now the democrats have to decide, is this enough or do they need to pursue -- do they need one more star witness? that one more star witness, i think, gordon sondland signalled today could very well be john bolton the former national security advisor. the reason for the star witness he would be the one that maybe could penetrate the republican bubble on capitol hill that might say, whoa, maybe we shouldn't stand by the president on all of this. >> all right chuck, thank you and we will be back with special coverage of the impeachment hearings tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. >>> an unpreced

helping us follow it all this morning we have chuck todd our "meet the press" moderator in washington. andrea mitchell is here. richard engel and former justice department prosecutor andrew weisman now an nbc news legal analyst. let's start on the hill. nbc's jeff bennett at his post with what to expect this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. marie yovanovitch has been a foreign service officer for some 33 years serving in six presidential administrations, three times as an ambassador in hot spots all around the world, two times appointed by a republican president including president trump, himself. house democrats say her testimony is key because she really, they say, put a personal face, a human face on the entire ukraine controversy since her testimony is that she was steam rolled, smeared, and ultimately sidelined once president trump's allies realized she would be an obstacle to his desired pressure campaign, yovanovitch saying she feared for her safety as a result. >> thank you very much. >> now to our nbc legal analyst and former doj prosecutor. help us un

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. >>> welcome to friday.s daily" and good evening i'm chuck todd here in washington where president trump is clearly rattled. by both the cre

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. >>> welcome to thursday. it's "meet the press daily." good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington where it's been another busy day in the impeachment front. new deposition transcripts and some new testimony. today, house investigators released the transcript of the deposition with one of the state department's top diplomats george kent. kent testified about president trump's desire for a commitment from ukraine to investigate his political opponents and that rudy giuliani conducted a quote, campaign of lies, about the u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. yovanovitch and kent will be publicly testifying next week after bill taylor. going to have more thon that in moment. but we're going to begin with perhaps the most important development. down on through the rank and file have now, whatever you think of their decision, they have contorted themselves so many different ways in an attempt to defend the president that i think we have an idea where this is headed. we've seen republicans call the investigation a sham because the s

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. >>> welcome to thursday. it is "meet the press daily" and good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington where after yesterday's opening day of public impeachment hearings we can say with relative certainty that the politics of impeachment are going to scramble the presidential race. it's not a matter of if it's going to but how? "the washington post" reports that republicans in the senate are considering a lengthier impeachment trial in the senate with the intention of sowing chaos in the democratic presidential primary. the theory, a lengthy trial could potentially sideline six of the democratic candidates who are also sitting senators. yes, there are still six sitting senators running. i know you probably only think it's warren and sanders and who else? well, it's elizabeth warren, it's bernie sanders, it's michael bennet, it's kamala harris, it's amy klobuchar and i'm drawing a blank. cory booker, of course, during the most important part of the primary calendar. it's a strategy that has potential to bac

up next, "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> this sunday, impeachment showdown. >> the meeting will come to order. >> hearings begin with new revelations tying president trump closer to events in ukraine. >> mr. sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigation of biden which guiliani was pressing for. >>> and evidence of intimidation by president trump of a career diplomat even during her testimony. >> i mean i can't speak to what the president is trying to do, but i think the effect is to be intimidated. >> democrats say their case is clear. >> if this is not impeachable conduct, what is? >> republicans defend the president. >> where is the impeachable offense in that call in? >> despite his denials, the president seems consumed by the hearings tweeting well over 100 times last week alone about impeachment. my guests this morning, two senators who traveled together to ukraine while military aid was withheld. democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican ron johnson of wisconsin. plus, deval patrick gets in the race. >> i'm not trying to climb up by p

and that's exactly what nbc's chuck todd will be discussing tomorrow morning on "meet the press." you can watch it right here at 8:00 right after "today in the bay." >> in san francisco, an unusual protest against prop c. dozens of dog owners and their dogs came out for an event aimed aware o dangerous of e-cigarette waste to pets. they get hold of vaping products can suffer from liquidn aims to the rule suspending the sale of e-cigarettes and replace it about regulations by e-cigarette giant juul. juul sponsored the measure but pulled support after several deaths were connected to vaping. >> sad moments at the 2019 breeders cup today and more concerns over the track at santa anita. track officials say the horse hurt its left hind leg, was taken to the hospital for evaluations. unfortunately that injury was too serious and mongolian groom had to be put down. since last december, 37 horses have died at santa anita race track. >> a strike team from the bay area got a much needed break gn proud, folks. the 22-person team from gilroy, wood side, menlo park, santa clara and palo alto w

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts right now. >>> welcome to tuesday. it is "meet the press daily." do you have a transcript you want to change? i'm chuck todd here in washington where a key witness just changed his testimony in the house impeachment inquiry, now describing both a quid pro quo and his part in it. neither of which he acknowledged the first time he was questioned about it. that person is gordon sondland. he's the u.s. ambassador to the european union and one of the president's so-called three amigos who was unofficially overseeing ukraine policy for the president. he now remembers telling a top aide to ukraine's president that military aid would not be delivered to ukraine without a commitment to investigate the 2016 election and the bidens. in other words, there was a quid pro quo and ukraine knew it. sondland made those changes to his testimony yesterday, on the same day that house democrats began releasing closed door testimony to the public. in a three-page declaration, sondland says by the beginning of september 19 and in the absence of any credible explanation f

"mtp daily with chuck todd" starts now. >> welcome to thursday. "meet the press" daily, and good evening, i'm chuck todd in washington where there's been another day in dramatic testimony in the house impeachment inquiry and it capped off a dizzying week of public hearings. the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff closed today's hearings with what sounded like the democrats' closing argument. leaving a lot of us here in washington with the impression democrats are finished with this phase of the inquiry. here he is speaking in personal terms about why he's

i am chuck todd here in washington home of the world series champions, of course. i don't know when i'm going to get tired of saying that. but after another big week of testimony in the house's impeachment inquiry, the evidence may be tilting in the democrats' favor but the calendar is arguably not. it's already november. 2020 is fast approaching. we've had a parade of private depositions but we are seemingly still weeks away from public hearings. speaker pelosi told bloom berg news today she assumes public hearings will begin this month but we are likely at least a month away from a key court ruling which could determine if other high profile witnesses, say like john bolton, will be compelled to testify or not. and after the public hearings are done, a senate trial could take weeks. meaning democrats are going to have to start convincing the public that somehow congress is in a better positions are and te going to have that make that case in an election year. and that could be a tall task. perhaps even taller by the fact that some democrats like pete buttigieg are

up next, "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> this sunday, mounting pressure on pt.. on impeachment. more evidence military aid to ukraine was held up. >> no doubt there was a quid pro quo here. >> pending investigations that president trump demanded and now the public will get to hear testimony directly. >> we will begin our opening hearings in the impeachment inquiry next week. >> but the republicans insist mr. trump did nothing wrong. >> show me where there was a quid pro quo. the whole thing is manufactured. >> it's actually getting easier to defend the president. >> my guest this morning senator rand paul of kentucky, and democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut, who sits on the intelligence committee. >> plus, another rough election night for president trump. republican losses in suburb yeah and in kentucky. >> if you lose, it sends a really bad message. >> you can't let that happen to me. >> suggests last year's blue wave is not going away. >> and the bloomberg bombshell, as democrats worry about the strength of their top contenders. >> a lot of people a

"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. >>> welcome to thursday.eet the press daily" and good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington where after yesterday's opening day of public impeachment hearings we can say with relative certainty that the politics of impeachment are going to scramble the presidential race. it's not a matter of if it's going to but how? "the washington post" reports that republicans in the senate are considering a lengthier impeachment trial in the

i'm chuck todd here in washington. hope you are enjoying the holiday. and we're thankful you've decided to spend a little time with us today. look, we're not going to bombard you with angry debate. we've got an exciting hour for you ahead. a fun one. one that's going to make you think. focusing on what matters most to the people who matter most. you, the voters. amid this historic impeachment inquiry, the upcoming presidential primaries, at the end of the day, it's about you guys. this hour, we're going to talk about some kitchen table issues that are very likely coming up at your kitchen table as you celebrate the holiday with relatives and friends. we're going to give you a special look at an ambitious project we're rolling out in counties that are likely to decide and tell the story of the 2020 election. and we're going to examine one of the most important trends right now in electoral politics. the suburban voter revolt against this president. we've got all that and a lot more this hour. >>> but we're going to kick things off tonight with the issue

"mtp daily with chuck todd" starts now. >> welcome to thursday. "meet the press" daily, and good evening, i'm chuck todd in washington where there's been another day in dramatic testimony in the house impeachment inquiry and it capped off a dizzying week of public hearings. the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff closed today's hearings with what sounded like the democrats' closing argument. leaving a lot of us here in washington with the impression democrats are finished with this phase of the inquiry. here he is speaking in personal terms about why he's supporting impeachment. >> i will tell you why i could resist no more. and it came down to this. it came down to actually it came down to timing. it came down to the fact that the day after bob mueller testified, the day after bob mueller testified that donald trump invited russian interference, the day after that, donald trump is back on the phone asking another nation to involve itself in another u.s. election. that says to me this president believes he is above the law. beyond ac

this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. believe it or not, it is exactly one year until election day. that happened fast, didn't it. on a week when house democrats voted nearly unanimously to endorse a impeachment inquiry, we have new evidence that the country is just as divided outside of the beltway as it is inside. in our brand-new poll, 49% of adults surveyed would like to see president trump impeached and removed from office. while 46% oppose. 49% plurality is a significant change from a few weeks ago. a nine-point net swing in favor of impeachment. the increase comes from independents and especially from democrats, while republican support for impeachment has dropped into the single digits. now, a lot hasn't changed, though. in head-to-head matchups, joe biden leads president trump 50 to 41. while elizabeth warren leads 50 to 42. and president trump's approval rating remains where it has been for 18 months, somewhere between 43 and 46 with this poll having it at 45% approving of his job, 53% disapproving. but then the

them to stop being too pro bernie sanders in the democrat primaries last time around and call up chuck todd on meet the press and i mean what is the power of the media power of debbie wasserman schultz when it comes to the democratic primaries let alone anything else in your democracy when well i'd hesitate to even call it a democracy at this point and i'm a patriotic american and i'm very troubled by what we see there are 6 giant media conglomerates that now control 90 percent of the broadcast t.v. radio and. current media in this country so a corporate dominated media like that it's not surprising they would be supportive of wasserman schultz and while she has all of this media power i still believe she cannot cannot win an honest election on the ground people in her district are very tired of her and they want change we've got good reason to believe we defeated her once and maybe a 2nd time in 2018 it's just such a very rigged system and yes. it's a ters folks like me from jumping in and running again so right now i'm chairing a group called progress for all will be holding a major. hear