max rose of new york, anthony brindisi of new york, kendra horn, matt cartwright, joe cunningham, ben mcadams, abigail spanberger of virginia. thomas from ohio, next, democrats line. caller: hi. democratink the think they were ahead of themselves. instead of impeachment, they should have explored the 25th amendment, the president's mental capacity. host: why go that route versus impeachment? what makes you think there is enough support to go that route? caller: i know there is no support within the republican party. that is why i am a democrat.

. >> dickerson: tell me against joe cunningham?she a brand-new congressman from this district that trump won easily. >> dickerson: he is a democrat. >> sea democrat. if you are a republican right now, your hope is it is putting people like joe cunningham who came in in this big wave in 2018 pledging to be something different, pledging to be bipartisan, a lot of what 0 senator cory booker was talking about, we are going to focus on the issues and break sort of this he said, she said in washington and a find solutions. now, the knock on folks like joe cunningham and others the fresh plan is, you said you were coming here to fix things and now you just turned into a partisan democrat just like nancy pelosi or who else else in leadership and hoping that is going to work out in the election in 2020. my guess is, by the time we are even in the spring or summer of 2020, we are not going to be talking about impeachment at all. this is the most remarkable thing about this impeachment process is, this will be the third time in history a pres

locally aimed at peeling away as critical moderate republican support. >> telling congressman joe cunningham to stop impeachment now. >> reporter: did that register with you? >> no. >> reporter: donna and andrew both oppose impeachment. but that hasn't impacted their support for cunningham >> no. because he's real. we need real. we have to get away from all of this there's influences from everywhere else that are guiding our politicians in making decisions. >> reporter: for now mod rats and independents we talked to are sticking with cunningham, especially as long as he keeps his focus and his message close to home. >> i don't think he's hammered, especially not at this point. >> reporter: do you think he will be re-elected? >> yes. . i think he will. >> all right. cnn reached out to democratic congressman joe cunningham. he says he hasn't decided yet how he will vote on impeaching the president. >>> all right. next here, supporters of italy's sardines movement says there is a whiff of fascism in the air. they are appealing for tolerance. >> also ahead, lebanon's economy in big trouble. prot

critical moderate republican support in 2020. >> we have seen the commercials. >> tell congressman joe cunninghamchment now. >> does that affect you or register with you? >> donald and andrea both oppose impeachment but it doesn't change their support for cunningham. >> he is real, there is influences from everywhere else that are guiding our politicians in making decisions. >> for now, not rates and independents are sticking with cunningham especially if he keeps his focus and message close to home. >> yes. i think he will. >> we reached out to congressman joe cunningham who said he has not decided yet on how he would vote on articles of impeachment against the president. still ahead, the college student murdered in manhattan, the shocking crime and why the investigation is a long way from being done. plus, a creepy voice in a child's bedroom posing as santa and harassing a little girl through a surveillance camera. how it happens and how you can prevent it. i can't believe it. that sophie opened up a wormhole through time? (speaking japanese) where am i? (woman speaking french) are you crazy/nu

reporter: they're peeling away as intermediate republican support happens in 20. >> tell congressman joe cunninghamdoes that in fact register with you in. >> no. >> donna and dan ann drew would be favor people but that doesn't impact cunningham. >> he's real. we have to get away from influences from everywhere else that are guiding our politicians in making decisions. >> reporter: for now, moderates and independent wes talked to are sticking with cunningham, especially as long as he keeps his focus and his message close to home. >> i don't think he's harmed, especially not at this point. >> do you think he'll be re-elected? >> yes. >> you say that with -- >> i think he will. >> he's supported the ongoing impeachment process, telling his constituents that just because he supports the process doesn't mean he supports removing the president from office. that kind of measured response seems to be working for him. at least for now. john and alisyn? >> thanks to martin for that. so a big day in washington and on the world stage. "new day" continues right now. >>> house judiciary committee will hear from

joe cunningham in south carolina, he's in a trump district, he could lose his seat over that. but they've made the decision that what they're seeing and hearing from this president is more important than their job. and a lot of people aren't making that choice. >> it's about service, not re-election. and you hear that over and over again, especially when i was hearing about congresswoman sclslot skin. she has a national security bio. she served abroad. she was a cia analyst, an official for the department of defense. i mean, this is very serious for them. they are looking at their constitutional doughty a constitutional duty and reacting in that way in the is about voting on your conscience. that's what nancy pelosi has asked everybody. nadler one of the last times when he gaveled out said vote with your conscience. this goes back to what jon meacham was saying. this is about donald trump in the is about our democracy and constitution in the is about is the president above the law? and he is not. and this is about rule of law. so when you think about those people who showed up

little less safe for somebody like kendra horn in oklahoma city or joe cunningham in south carolina.s true with or without impeachment. i think it's important to remember that president trump campaigned before the midterm elections in 2018 telling voters that if they voted for a democratic member of congress in those districts that they might be, in fact, voting for impeachment and still democrats were elected there. so this is not a surprise to the electorate in a lot of the districts that impeachment was a result. it may or may not be the governing factor as amanned was reporting from new hampshire. it probably isn't the biggest impact on a lot of voters in this coming election. so we'll see. i think some districts will probably flip back into republican hands. a lot will probably stay in democratic hands. >> republican leaders say they are in lock step with the white house on this. a number of republicans in the house and senate who are either retiring or not seeking re-election. is this any indication they could split with their party? >> there has been no indication from any rep

host: joe cunningham, an add against him and his district.he wall street journal reports there are 31 districts that trump won in 2016 that flipped to a democrat representing them in 2018 and they say 17 of them are on the record saying tomorrow when the house votes, they plan to vote for impeaching the president. 2 have already said they will not vote to impeach him and that is collin peterson and congress men van drew saying he will become a republican. if you are a democrat and you also -- oppose impeaching the president, 202-748-8000. over in the senate, the senators as chris murphy was talking about that folks are watching see if they could vote to impeach the president, susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, lamar alexander, cory gardner, lamar alexander is retiring. and gardner, mike in c, pack robert -- pat roberts. they could vote to impeach the president. -- in woodstock connecticut woodstock, connecticut, you are unsure and tell us why. caller: because you haven't the witnesses? host: what witnesses do you want to hear f

joe cunningham, and ben mcadams in utah, those are republican districts. they're taking a political risk out here to say they'll vote to impeach. they're hoping they cannot only emphasize they're a check by voting to impeach him, also that they can work with him. see a major trade deal passed later this week by the house, the walk and chew gum message democrats bring forward. >> stick around, more to talk about. are republicans okay with the president asking foreign leaders to investigate. >>> a stunning admission from rudy giuliani. the kremlin touting his efforts in ukraine. stay with us. us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"? the y fills the gaps. and bridges our divides. donate to your local y today. because where there's a y, there's an us. if your glasses aren't so will we. no we won't. don't forget to use your vision benefits before they're gone. now in-network with vsp. visionworks. see the difference. with retirement planning and advice for what you need today and tomorrow. because wh

. >> neil: you can add congressman joe cunningham to that list of democrats from district donald trumpfor impeachment. he says this on the heels of the democrat of michigan also representing a district that went for donald trump and saying that she too would vote on impeachment against the president of the united states. i point this out because they are among the 31 congressmen and women from district won by donald trump back in 2016 who are putting it on the line right now either ea or nay when it to impeachment. we watch these numbers closely because they get to bed in the balance of a party line vote against the president and for impeachment. it seems to be early in the process. we are watching those prominent names. there are others that are moving in this direction or inclined right now to go ahead and risk the wrath of voters within the district by going ahead in voting for the impeachment. they read on all of this from scott martin and susan lay, i mentioned the market. the markets have ignored all of this. we have the latest drama we're starting the the eyes and crossing the t

joe cunningham of south carolina, glen mcadams, lee slotkin. and the list goes on and on and on. what do you see as happening here. why? >> you know, i think it's a tough political decision, and at the end of the day, they looked at and watched the hearings and read the depositions and just said, i'm just going to do what's right. i don't think it's more complicated than that. >> we have a little moment of slotkin, just what they've had to face in their own districts. it's interesting. in some ways they can't win because you see these town halls and people worked up in a lather who don't want to see her vote for impeachment and some who do. here's a little moment. >> what was fundamentally different for me is that the president decided to do this for his own political gain and not for the national security interests of the united states. >> just a general dim of discontent. >> and you know, good for her for speaking to her constituents publicly. there are some who may disagree with her. we saw some boos as well, but it also speaks to the larger point of her coming out saying, loo

impeachment will be especially freshman democrat from swing districts, we talked to two today, joe cunninghamreshman democrat from south carolina and gil from soutcalifornia. >> do everything and impeach the president and to protect him either. >> were hearing from both sides, there are people that wanted to move forwarding it through another people pressing to go forward with impeachment. we are taking all that into consideration. >> there are 31 democrats who represent districts that president trump carried in 2016 and they will look very carefully at what those articles of impeachment are because this is going to be the biggest vote that these members take in this congress. liz: thank you. james clayborn says some democrats are peeling off. we will get to that in the second, the democrats credibility unnerved by simple questions, nancy pelosi says she cannot be believed that she is praying for him while seeking to destroy him. she does the town hall after announcing impeachment about a half-hour after shut down any questions about impeachment, joe biden talks about her with what cnn says,

south carolina won again but joe cunningham is going to vote for impeachment because he thinks it's theht thing to do. it's harder to vote yes. it's easier to tell nancy pelosi, you can lose 18 people. i can't be with you. and have her say i get t i can't whip you on this. come next november, she will lose if she loses, but i don't think it will not look the same october 16th as it does december 16th about impeachment. >> connor lam gets a lot of attention. what president trump did was wrong. i hoped he would take responsibility and put this incident behind us, but he hasn't. instead, he insists the call was perfect, which means he would do it again. the evidence is clear the standard is the standard to impeach. this is a piece that was a very interesting message about cheating in the future. these most vulnerable democrats in the national security caucus have grabbed on to protect the next election. they don't seem eager to rehash '16. do you think that's going to work? >> it is. that's part of the argument. this is part of a broader re-election argument. what are the next four years g

seeing a lot of adds that were in south carolina where there' freshman member of congress named joe cunninghammocrat, lot of advertising from republican groups encouraging thifreshman democrat to voe againsthm impet. so i look at the districts where you do have fresh phendrat phendemocrats -- fresh men democrats, republicans spending between 300 and $500,000 urging the democrats to vote impeachment. innd tei don't think they will sway democrats. but even when i ked to republicans today, the take on this is, look, are we stale still going to be talking about impeachment by the time we hit the november 2020 elethion? i don'k so. i'm under the same impression. i believe this is quite remarkable that the is going to be an impeachment for the president for only the third time in history, it is both remarkable and predictable inr this very san era we're in, and by the time we hit next summer, blwe prowill have moved on to something else. >> tala little bit about the democrats' time line here, amy saying this might not be something we're talking about when the 2020 election rollsnd ar >> look, the fa

of the top five democrats who would vote against it, i would have said mcadams from utah and joe cunninghamrom south carolina, and both of them came out in support of it last night. i wonder why you think that might be, and i just want to point to one other number here in our poll, which is that you break down the numbers by battleground states, the 15 battleground states in the country, and it's pretty much dead even. >> which surprised me, john, i've got to say. i was expecting to see a difference between those 15 most competitive states in the country versus the overall national picture. you're right, it is a still split country when you look at those battleground states. i think that explains why those moderate democrats. i think everybody in their camp on this showed a lot of those moderate democrats that there wasn't huge political danger in voting against the president here and voting for his impeachment and removal from office, and i'll also just offer one other thought about the dedlid decli decline, and i don't want to overdo the decline of democrats. that 13 point decline is not

are the democrats that won in districts where trump won in 2018, so essentially 43, people like joe cunninghamsouth carolina won. so those are the folks that want to keep it their row. those are the folks that didn't want to impeach. listen, nancy pelosi was one of those people. adam schiff was one of those people. they were basically holding back the flood gates of people who were in the democratic caucus who thought that the mueller report was enough. so today you had nancy pelosi saying she's confident in this moment but also sad and full of humility and, you know, it is a moment. in hearing her talk about it, i have to say -- i mean my stomach kind of drops every time i hear her say it because it is such a big moment for the country. >> she has resisted for quite sometime. we have a lot of questions for nancy pelosi. tune in tonight for a special cnn town hall, house speaker pelosi is going to join me live right here in d.c. to talk about what is next for the impeachment inquiry, taking questions from voters. that's at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight only on cnn. first, another example of timing

from upstate new york, kendra horn from oklahoma city and i would also look at joe cunningham, the freshmanocrat from south carolina and you could have a scenario where some of the democrats who were from those vulnerable districts vote yes on one article of impeachment and vote no on the other. that cuts two ways because republicans can say you voted to impeach the president of united states for than they to town hall and say i thought that particular article went too far, that's why i voted no but the other one was right in the wheelhouse so i voted yes on that particular one. they have to sell that and what will they be doing over the christmas holiday? selling that to their voters and come january and february, we will be into the iowa caucuses in the new hampshire primary and people won't be paying us close attention to impeachment. >> dana: thank you so much, here is congressman buck from colorado. >> this president is holding his campaign promises, moving the embassy to jerusalem, cutting taxes, cutting regulations. sustaining an amazing economy with low unemployment, job creation, b

we talked to two of those swing distant democrats, joe cunningham from south carolina. >> he wants too the right thing and if. >> we are hearing from both sides. there are some people that want us to move forward and get through this. as other people that are pressing us to go forward with impeachment. we are taking all that into consideration. >> all the focus is on 5:00 this afternoon, that's when the administration has to respond to say whether or not they would participate in the impeachment process. if that is the case there could be a separate hearing sometime next week where they would come and present their evidence but we have no indication that the administration is going to play ball and that is why the other bit of focus right now is on monday morning 9:00. that's where the judiciary committee will hear from the intelligence committee. they will present their report and we will hear again from the two councils who handle the impeachment hearings a couple of weeks ago. dan goldman, the democratic council, and also the republican counsel. that's the next up and then they go

joe cunningham from south carolina, ben mcadd damams of u both coming out for. daifrd's going to tell us what the polls say in just a moment. why are more and more of these democrats voting with their feet right now? >> i think they're voting their conscience honestly. i'm not that surprised by it. remember this whole process basically started when moderate democrats came out and said this is a bridge too far. they just felt it was such a cut and dry clear violation, and it's something if you don't -- if we don't address this now, then in the future presidents can basically do whatever they want. so i think that -- you know, and i think elissa slotkin said if i lose my seat, i lose my seat. sometimes people actually believe it or not in washington do things because they think it's the right thing, not just for political reasons, and it's not without risk. that said, i think that we could also overstate how much impeachment's going to play a role in their races. it could be a couple points or something like that, but i don't think it's dispositive. i don't think

she may -- it was interesting to hear jim clyburn talk about some members, including joe cunningham maybehis. and it may be that she has allowed for that in order to help them maximize their chances in their districts, if they feel threatened by this. but she clearly has the votes. she also knows how to count across the rotunda and knows that the republicans probably have the votes, too. and one of the reasons i think that she wants to dispose of this quickly is because she knows that having -- being mired in impeachment throughout 2020 is not adant ageous to democrats. and she wants to move on to other things. so her emphasis has been get this done, move it over to the senate and let's go from there. >> she also emphasized, and abby you pointed this out, but speaker pelosi also emphasized this wasn't just something that happened recently. this has been two years in the making. she was taking this long view of things and this is how we got to this point. nancy pelosi for a long time said i'm not ready to go down the road of impeachment until just a couple of months ago, abby. >> yeah. wha

saying they will support impeachment, whether it's virginia, former cia official coming out, joe cunningham in south carolina, all saying they will in fact vote in favor of impeachment. democrats have to be feeling pretty good about this. as of now, the only two no votes are the same two democrats who voted no on opening this investigation in the first place, including jeff van drew, who by the end of this week is widely expected to not be a democrat anymore. so if the rest of the caucus stays in line it will send a powerful statement. remember, when they voted to open the koiinquiry, there were some who said they merely wanted to see where the investigation went. it's not like the first vote was for impeachment itself, it was for looking into this. so the fact that all of these democrats in highly competitive districts have looked at the evidence, searched their consciences and asked their constituents and are making this jump now is significant. >> also over at the white house, hans nichols, you have not just what garrett is talking about, the sort of open mic day, the rules committee and

congressman joe cunningham of south carolina who took former governor mark sanford's seat announced his support for impeachment as well. it's notable that the voices of people who are no longer involved in politics, who don't have to worry about being primary or political loyalty red lifelong republicans that this group of people have said, yes, this is bad what the president ask. tom ridge, extremely prom meant republican in the bush years. >> first secretary of the department of homeland security said he will not be backing the president in 2020. carly fiorina, who ran against trump in 2016, said it's vital trump be impeached but said she may vote for him. go figure. and william webster, lifelong republican, said he is disturbed by trump's recent comments. it's notable republicans who longer have to worry about a primary and election are clear how out of bounds the president's behavior is. the polling shows the country is split on impeachment. fox news poll released yesterday showed 54% of the country thinks he should be impeached. 4% think he should be impeached but not removed. a qu

joe cunningham promised to be different, but he is not. stead of working to secure our border and pass a trade deal with our neighbors, he supported the partisan impeachment investigation. tell congressman cunningham let the voters decide impeachment. vote no on impeachment and get to work. host: what would you tell your member of congress on impeachment? .epublicans, 202-748-8001 democrats, 202-748-8000. independents and all others, 202-748-8002. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. wondering. some of the comments i have heard from independents and democrats, they all think putin is telling trump what to do and i was wondering where they are getting their information from of exactly what trump is doing for russia? as far as i understand, trump has put more sanctions on russia than previous presidents and has also given military aid to the ukraine. i would like to see how effective that military aid was don'tt russia and i just understand all these comments. it sounds like people who hate trump are coming up with all this stuff

max rose of new york, anthony brindisi of new york, kendra horn, matt cartwright, joe cunningham, ben mcadams, abigail spanberger of virginia. thomas from ohio, next, democrats line. caller: hi. democratink the think they were ahead of themselves. instead of impeachment, they should have explored the 25th amendment, the president's mental capacity. host: why go that route versus impeachment? what makes you think there is enough support to go that route? caller: i know there is no support within the republican party. that is why i am a democrat. he obviously has mental issues and they should have explored that first, that is all i have to say. host: what is wrong with the articles of impeachment? caller: it is kind of a week -- weak case. it is kind of amorphous. i think they should have explored that first. host: when you describe them as weak and amorphous, what do you base that on? caller: i am talking about his mental capacity. host: the articles of impeachment, you describe them as weak -- weak and amorphous. why is that? caller: obstruction of justice, how do you prove that? that

at the hearing we covered on pollution, there is a congressman from south carolina, joe cunningham andere is what he had to tell other members and witnesses in that hearing about the pollution in his state. [video clip] fromday, i came up here charleston with some of the plastic treasures recently found on our shoreline over the weekend from the goose creek reservoir, which is the source of the goose creek water supply. let's see what we have got here today and this was found this weekend. we have a used piece of bottle,m, plastic water , single usetraw plastic bag. this looks like it has been shredded or nibbled on, more than likely ingested by some type of marine life, so this is what is left of it right now. another straw. we have all seen the pictures of sea turtles ingesting these and the damage that causes. and it looks like a potato chip bag, plastic. abnormal. this has become the norm of what washed up on our shorelines and enters our waterways every weekend and a lot of people are aware of it. host: if you missed the hearing and want to learn more, watch what lawmakers discuss