joe however and i'm come also in some area with the world news from al jazeera the search for a new leader in iraq begins now prime minister. formally step down off to just over a year in office also we're told the workers caught up in the violence in democratic republic of congo forcing health officials to scale back the treatment operation.

joe however when i'm come on this is the world news from al-jazeera iran has set free an american student in return for a scientists in a represented swap between the 2 countries. but. fighters loyal to libya's u.n. recognize government say they have shot down a fighter jet belonging to the warlord after. 6 saudi nationals held for questioning over the deadly show.

from joe however when i'm come on santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera at least 3 people are dead in kenya's capital after a 6 story residential building collapses. of the world's largest oil producers decide to cut production by half a 1000000 barrels a day.

publishing joe however one on come on santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera the crisis deepens for boeing is production of the 737 max is suspended after 2 fatal crashes also frustration in sudan people say the civilian government is failing to fulfill promises it made up to taking over from the military and colombians are angry of a tax reforms they say will only benefit the rich.

from joe however one i'm come out santa maria with the world news from al jazeera anger grows in an indian state over a controversial citizenship law that excludes muslims. today is a solemn and said day pushing the president to the brink of impeachment a vote by the u.s. house of representatives is now set for next week. and the syrians still struggling after barely escaping the last rebel held profits. and everyone sudan's former president has just stepped into a court in the capital khartoum where a judge will soon deliver a verdict in the 1st of several trials after his near 30 years of ruling but she has been facing charges of corruption and the illegal possession of foreign currency remember he was overthrown back in april after months of demonstrations this case against him centers on the suitcases found in his home which was filled with multiple currencies with more than $130000000.00 but she denies any wrongdoing and says much of the money was actually a gift from the saudi crown prince mohammed bin summon him organising a cartoon keeping an eye on things i have a take us through

really good position withjoe root weathering the storm and seeing of the south african bowlers, however with joeer withjoe root getting out after lunch that started the collapse. how we seen too many changes in the batting order? i'm not sure. jonny ba i rstow batting order? i'm not sure. jonny bairstow came in to fill the place of pope and whether that was right 01’ of pope and whether that was right or wrong, he had a point to prove but did not do that today. i think it just but did not do that today. i think itjust comes from good bowling as well. joe root has had the spotlight on him massively. he has not had a great 2019, some to prove but did not do that today. i think itjust comes from good bowling as well. joe root has had the spotlight on him massively. he has not had a great 2019, summed not would have told his bowlers, there is illness around the camp. he would have spoken to the coaching staff. it is notjust his decision but the group as a whole and unfortunately it is not paying off this time. the last thing the bowlers would have wanted was to be bowling again. how well do you thin

i think it's a bernie sanders joe biden race. howevernk because the iowa caucus is so, so particular and peculiar and because there still is a lot of time left, the iowa caucus is a little bit later this year than it normally is. it's not in january, it's february 3rd. there still is a lot of time left, and i wouldn't be surprise first-degree y ed if you saw someone from the middle of the pack come back, could that be amy klobuchar, could that be cory booker, there are a couple of people who could probably catch fire. >> i think bakari's right in that you have bernie sanders and joe biden both as what we'll call the establishment candidates in that voters know them, know who they are, and have formed opinions about them. so really the issue is whether iowa breaks out somebody new, whether they break out pete buttigieg, whether they break out amy klobuchar or elizabeth warren, and that platform of iowa is very significant going into new hampshire, south carolina, nevada, because as we know joe biden has a stronghold in south carolina and

however when joe biden doubled down and repeated that you could keep your doctor under his plan and basicallyhe same information if you will, -- >> kennedy: that malarkey? >> harris: i knew you would get me on that. >> leslie: when you look about the affordable care act that got watered down once it was passed and when he looked at what insurance companies did which was contrary to what was intentioned, you -- >> i can tell you that -- we've been down that road before. >> it was the intention. >> so if you put that in the attic, do you fact-check it? we got to move on. prince charles has reportedly stepped in ahead of bbc's big interview with a woman accusing his younger brother o prince andrew. ♪ great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took

however, she is not facing re-election yet. so she might have a bit more leeway. joe manchin has always been seen as a vote that could go either way because he is also from the red state of west virginia. so he is definitely someone to watch, as well. however, i think right now, ahead of these -- this potential trial, i will definitely be looking at doug jones because he is from such a red state. and he faces such a tough re-election battle. >> yeah. and you covered the campaign primarily. so let's talk about the overlap here. the overlap of the impeachment trial that's coming and the 2020 candidacy of joe biden. former vice president tells "des moines register" that he will not comply with a subpoena if called to testify. i just wonder what's the justification? we -- that the former president of the senate and his role as vice president, a long-term member of that body, would then flout a subpoena from the senate. >> right. so biden's argument in all of this is saying that trump wants to create a distraction during this trial. and he's saying he wants to create a dis

polls since she spiked in late june after a solid debate performance going after joe bidein a back-and-forth. after that, however, it seemed likehe was having probms defining her candidacy, that she was trying to be too many things to too many different members of the democratic party. on one hand trying to appeal to progressives, on the other hand trying to seem moderate. in thend, she did not end up appealing to either. i was her kickoff in a january of this year, where he 20,000 people came out to see her in oakland, and it felt like her campaign had something big. she was young, charismatic, it had organization and money. end, it never realized the potential it had. nada: there is still 15 other candidates. it is hard to keep track of all of them sometimes. who wins out from her dropping out? anthony: if you look at her poll numbers natially, she is only 3% or 4%, so in that regard maybe no one. she was the only elected officeholder from california in this race. that state has a lot of delegates, a lot of money, a lot of fundraisers. all of that is up for grabs. it will be interesting to see whiccandidate ca

because there won't be any justice because joe won't come back again a lot of level however in the future people like. people who share his values those who have been jailed for those values to contribute to efforts to release them and raising awareness about them is important to me personally. when she took on the. controversial artist collective here in germany has apologized for its latest campaign and set up a symbolic memorial to victims of the holocaust outside the german parliament and claimed the display included the human remains of people who were murdered in concentration camps during the nazi regime was done to caused outrage among survivors and their descendants the doubly reporter for the 1000000 a groomsman has more. this column allegedly contains ashes and bone fragments of murder total cost victims the artist's collective tent home for politicisation heights a center for political beauty claims to have collected them at $23.00 locations throughout germany and poland and in ukraine the group says the installation was supposed to be a monument to the murdered jews a few up

could change, but right now, she is polling in double-digits nationally, alongside joe biden and senator bernie sanders. however political momentum has taken a little bit of a hit. i want to bring in cnn political correspondent mj lee. this story you have filed is so interesting to me, it wasn't that long ago, i don't know, three years ago, in 2016, had you a woman, and even before that, who didn't put the femaleness forward. and now things have changed dramatically, tell us about that. >> that's right, dana, i don't know where the time has gone, but it's been almost a year since elizabeth warren announced her exploratory campaign for president, and so much has happened in the 2020 race since then. we've had a bunch of candidates jump into the race and drop out. including some female candidates like kirsten gillibrand or kamala harris. and where this leaves elizabeth warren in the race for now, is that she's the only female candidate who has consistently polled in the double-digits. she's the only woman candidate in that top tier of the democratic top 2020 candidate. what is so notable is how much more frequent

does have a long way to go in terms of catching up with mayor buttigieg, joe biden, elizabeth warren, or bernie sanders. however, she does need to just get a strong top four finish in iowa to go forward. >> julia, thank you. jonathan cape haidekacapehart, to you, as all. merry christmas and happy holidays to both of you. >>> the president's former national security adviser has a big warning about north korea. he says despite those beautiful letters with the leader of north korea, kim jong-un has been pulling one over on the united states. >>> first, though, president trump addressed a turning point usa student action summit over the weekend and the president took aim at one of his favorite targets. windmills. >> we'll have an economy based on wind. i never understood wind. you know, i know windmills very much. i've studied it better than everybody, i know. it's very expensive. they're made in china and germany, mostly. very few made here, almost none. but they're manufactured -- tremendous if you're into this -- tremendous fumes, gases are spewing into the atmosphere. so they make these things and then they put

i believe that advantage will maintain if joe biden becomes the democratic nominee. florida, however very different. the last republican to win the presidency without winning the state of florida was calvin coolidge in 1924. and so that makes it clear that donald trump has to win florida in order to win the presidency. it's the third most populus state and it's arguably the most critical of the battleground states. so if i was the trump campaign, i would be extremely worried and concerned because he only won florida by a very, very slim margin and i think some of the issues that plagued the clinton campaign, i think joe biden does not have. so i think he arguably at this point has a clear but slight advantage over the president. >> we've got to factor in also the news he was making when he was campaigning in new hampshire yesterday. he said, the headline, he would be open to a republican running mate. i want your take on that, because is that something that's a good idea as far as bridging the divide here, reaching out to maybe those who are kind of pushing trump away for 2020? or is

listen up because here's what's happening, joe biden leading the pack not breaking news, however a newuggests his rivals are not actually looking to win. why are they in a? why are they not targeting his biggest vulnerability? i think it's called hunter biden. power panel next. >> harris: this is coming in as breaking news, allegations of controversial remarks have surfaced against a presidential candidate michael bloomberg. abc news is reporting he directed some of his comments to one particular female employee in 1990. after announcing her pregnancy, reportedly told that woman to "kill it. the former new york city mayor has denied that specific allegation and others. however, court records reportedly show 17 women have taken legal action against the company over the past three decades, three of them specifically named bloomberg. his campaign has released a statement acknowledging these allegations writing this, mike has come to see that some of what he said is disrespectful and wrong. his words have not always align with his values and the way he has led his life. no doubt more on th

however, we do have joe 0wen. i will talk tojoe injust vicki young? however, we do have joe 0wen.o clear before it becomes law, isn't that right? this is the second reading, this is mps voting on the principle of the bill, so that is what the second reading is, and then when parliament comes back after christmas they move on to the other stages and it has to go through a detailed look at what is in there and there can be amendments and changes put down, and some might be accepted changes put down, and some might be a cce pted by changes put down, and some might be accepted by the government but they are not likely to put any any —— any in against their will. the house of lords is very much an anti brexit chamber but we have just had a general election and there has been a resounding victory for the government and the idea of the house of lords would go against the wishes of lords would go against the wishes of the elected chamber that soon after a general election, thatjust won't happen. it is whether there are any changes in the detail, it is are any changes in the detail, it is

former vice president joe biden has actually not come yet. however have had events at capacity for mayor pete buttigieg, sanders, klobuchar and other presidential candidates at capacity of over 700 people. >> for most of your friends on campus, as i understand it this is going to be the first time you have ever gotten to vote in a presidential race. in terms of enthusiasm, last year nearly triple the amount of college students voted as in 2014. >> i'm existing in a bubble of just political nerds, but like the university of new hampshire we have every single candidate coming every other week. aside from that we've had our state government attempt to take away voting rights from the student body. so i would say every election and of course the presidential election is very important on this campus. >> thank you so much. good luck to you by the way as you look for that job. >> thank you. >>> president obama raising eyebrows with some new comments on leadership. why he thinks the world would be a better place with women in charge. >>> in our next hour, a

him unfairly insisting that republican leaders in the senate should run a trial however they see fit. joining us now, joe lockhart. he was president clinton's former press secretary, of course. and abby phillip. great to have you both. abby, let's begin with you as you look at murkowski. there's a lot of centrist independent republicans who have made noise about voting against president trump in the past who don't actually follow through when the hard votes are taken. does that seem like this to you? or might this be the beginning of a break? >> i do think that murkowski has a track record of following through on her complaints. brett kavanaugh being one example against some significant republican, you know, opposition to trying to stop his -- she also has stood up in other areas. voting against betsy devos. one of the few republicans to do that too. she does have a track record of standing by her word. the question is based on the totality of what she said, does it seem like she actually will say to mitch mcconnell, i want the trial to look this way. i want it to have these characteristics. i'm not sure

we got ourselves into a good position withjoe danley and joe route, weathering the storm, and really seeing out the south african bowlers. however that batting order? i'm not sure. you think they came in to put the spot of pulp, and put it on another slot in the batting order, whether or not that was right order, whether or not that was right or wrong, they still had a point to prove with the back, but u nfortu nately prove with the back, but unfortunately they didn't do that today. i think itjust comes from bowling as well. joe root, of course, has had the spotlight on him massively, he has not had a great 2019. some are questioning his tactics as well, is that fair? yeah, i think with the captains, it comes to scrutiny. it was a brave decision to scrutiny. it was a brave decision to bowl forest, but joe to scrutiny. it was a brave decision to bowl forest, butjoe root wouldn't have decided to both first himself and not consulted anyone. he would've gone to his bowlers and said there's been a bit of illness around the camp, so best if the bowlers are happy to bowl first, and spoke to the coaching staff, it's not just his spoke t

thanks very much texas law allows citizens to carry guns in places of worship, however when that law was passed this september, joeed it and called it "irrational." take a look. >> it is irrational with all due respect to the governor of texas, irrational in the very day we see a mass shooting, members on a plane come up to five killed. and we are talking about losing access to have guns in place of worship. it is absolutely irrational. totally irrational. the idea that we don't have the elimination of assault type weapons, magazines that you can have, multiple -- it is absolutely mindless. >> gregg: president trump responding to the shooting on twitter writing "our prayers are with the families of the victims and the congregation of yesterday's church attack." it was over in six seconds thanks to the brave parishioners who acted to protect 242 fellow worshipers. lives were saved by these heroes and texas law allowing them to carry arms. 20 me now with reaction, nationally syndicated salem radio host larry elder and fox news contributor rachel campos, good to see you both. larry, it happens i think more often than

however right now they are prioritizing who can beat donald trump. i think donald trump would eat all of these people convincingly. we love the joe biden comedy segment. i will end my comments there but i could be the minority opinion here, however i think their debates, they're so nice to each other. they're so friendly. for example, bernie sanders said billionaires should not exist in 10 feet away from him is an actual billionaire. he said they should not metaphysically exist. he's exploited people. somebody on that stage is going to go through to the general election, but the point is, he rails against all the billionaire. he hates them. you know the democrats have twice as many billionaires running for president been republicans, twice as many red. >> they are definitely the party of the rich. that's a really big change. >> if biden is the bestie has to offer but he's trying to save his campaign in iowa which is a disaster. pete buttigieg is uniquely uninspiring. >> the problem is if she were to make it through to the generals, she can't get the backing of the donor she's going to need, the billionaires, the facebook, whateve

so we will have a trial, however it all shakes out, whatever the subpoenas may be, i think joe bind made a mistake by saying of course i'm going to show up because subpoenas aren't optional and put it back on the trump officials. mitch mcconnell, he plays the cards well. >> i want to talk about joe biden for a second. he did have to clarify a comment he made to the des moines register that he wouldn't comply with a senate subpoena during the impeachment trial. but today and a few minutes ago this is what he said. take a listen. >> anyone subpoenaed relating to this investigation of a president has to be able to have some knowledge to shed on whether or not he committed the offenses he is accused of committing. i have no firsthand knowledge. there's no basis for that. so my point was there would be no basis upon which to call me as a witness. >> he went on to say that he will do whatever is legally asked of him, but his whole point that he was trying to get to there is he doesn't think it's going to get to that. ron, what is your reaction? >> i think as a reasonable argument he's making.

joe biden. that's the central question. when it goes over to the judiciary, however, i think there are broader issues.the standard of conduct of a president of the united states? has he obstructed justice? has he tampered with witnesses? has he vai lighted the emoluments clause? >> don't the democrats have to figure out how broad they want to make these articles of impeachment? you talk about emoluments, well, that's broad, or do they stick to ukraine which is what these intelligence hearings were all about? do they go back to the mueller report? >> i think they should do all of the above, because there is a standard of conduct for the president, whoever he or she is going forward. >> that's the debate. >> we're going to learn in this debate about hearing a lot of the same stuff we've heard about, so i think the challenge to democrats is how are they going to write this in a way that will break through to the public. i can tell you that talking to white house officials, their hope is that it's not going to break through. it will be more of the same, it won't be something that people on the beltway rea

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has led to trump's impeachment but has not hurt joe biden's approval rating, at least with democrats. biden is leading the field heading into iowa. howeverbecause there is going to be an impeachment trial in the senate for a number of weeks, that is going to sideline five of biden's contenders, all senators, who are going to have to spend their time on capitol hill while joe biden can be in iowa trying to close the deal. carol: what about some of the other non-senators? pete buttigieg. does he benefit from this? josh: i think it does. the caucus is on february 3. there are four front runners, biden buttigieg, warren, and , bernie sanders. we know that the two liberals are stuck in an impeachment trial on capitol hill. that leaves iowa wide-open for joe biden and pete buttigieg. certainly buttigieg would rather , be a non-senator than a senator. he is going to have free run with that of iowa along with widen and other candidates. he is going to try to close this deal in the weeks leading up to caucuses. jason: i want to take you back to what you said at the top, this notion that this thing has not stuck to joe biden in any meaningful way,

agreed to investigate his opponent his presidential candidate opponent joe biden and that was where she saw it as she had no choice however she has been remarkably on sure ill about this she kept a very even hand and she has worked with the members of her party and you see the results of it here in terms of the coherence the cohesiveness of the debate today and also of the way they voted so i think this is a real a testament testament to her political skills but despite that you know we have the republicans saying that this is a political vendetta and of the democrats have wanted to remove the president from office and the president himself will say that they've wanted to remove him from office before he was even there. yeah and that's why the behavior of nancy pelosi is so incredibly important she pushed back continually she didn't want to impeach the matter who pushed her no matter what they said and she pushed back for you know well over a year and that is what makes it so it sort of undermines what the republican line is which is that it was just a vendetta and i mean the unwillingness to engage the behavior the is is

up his base or other pundits however say that trump's behavior during this impeachment crisis has been self destructive so what did the candidates have to say while biden joe biden the former vice president who is leading in the nationwide poll says my job is to make the case as to why trump should not be reelected as president if bernie sanders the senator from vermont who is running 2nd in nationwide polls as we cannot have a president of trump's temperament dishonoring his office elizabeth warren the senator from massachusetts who is running roughly 3rd in the pack said this is the key question for democrats in 2020 who is best positioned to defeat the most what she called the most corrupt president in living memory of course implying that she was the person for the job and the youngest candidate indiana mayor pete booted judge said that no matter what happens in the senate. the american people have a chance now to turn away from cynicism and large this debate has been without any fears of verbal jousting but there was just now well we're way. in the coming year of a very prolonged exchange between bernie sanders and joe biden over at universal health c

however the stock is down 4.5% billings.because analysts or looking at 754 million. up tously it had seen $610 million. joeming up, trump's trade aid. more on why his bailout for soybean farmers major largely end up in the hands -- this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ report. breaking on the financial stability oversight council will open a formal investigation and collected and scrutinized to find out happened. a lot of pressure on the treasury and the treasury secretary steven mnuchin to do more investigating as to what happened there. f soccer announcing they will do that investigation. scarlet: let's get a look at what stories are trending across the bloomberg universe. schroders is cutting hundreds of jobs around the world as it grapples with a downturn in the industry. firm has reportedly been eliminating positions for several weeks. the cuts will affect about 5% of its workforce. on bloomberg.com there is a not asn a macro fund popular as the billionaire himself. even though his 600 page book for successful principles has sold 2.2 million copies, is macro fund has lagged behind the past eight years in

summer when she went after former vice president joe biden for his stances on desegregation and busing, that was a high point for her campaign, however this has to do with the fact that this is already a very crowded field and there's so many different factors really playing into it. she's going up against a former vice president, there's, you know, obviously bernie sanders, a former democratic presidential candidate with high name recognition, elizabeth warren has been able to climb through the polls and rile up the progressive wing of the party and you're also seeing pete buttigieg who is positioning himself as a centrist against biden. so i think a lot of this has to do with the fact that kamala harris doesn't necessarily have her own lane at this point. so the staffing issues, the fact that she is a woman of color and there are many struggles that go along with that and the fact that this is already a very big campaign field, this is just the perfect storm for her campaign and the fact that it just isn't doing as well as it used to. >> julia manchester, scott wong, thanks, guys. >>> coming up at the top of the hour "up" with davi

large format markets such as trader joe's and whole foods are establishing in the larger area, the loss of the corner market is impactful on the local population. however t project sponsor is a member of the family which has owned and operated the market for decades and indicated to staff that this is a change that was envisioned as an evolution of the business and response to a changing retail environment. i will defer to the applicant to elaborate on that further. copies are available for staff for review and part of the request for discretionary review, the department does not find an exceptional or extraordinary circumstance with the proposed scope of the permit. the presence of black market cannabis sales necessitate support for a regulated market and in a dense, mixed use neighborhood such as the tenderloin. while the department is concerned as a market, it is not clear that the market would continue to exist if the application is denied. we recommend you not take d.r. and approve the permit as proposed. thank you. >> thank you. do we have project sponsor? presentation? >> this is a d.r., commissioner melgar, so we should hear from the d.r. reque

joe at least on offense. >> he needs an answer. >> when he says people does not blo believe him, he does not have one. >> however, he's still leading number if we have them. the pulling out of the texas, this is an argument that biden can make it to the party. it is tight, we are talking 38 electoral vote, i don't know much but that seems like a lot of them. biden, it seems to me at top of this stack can continue to make this on i am the best hope argument. he's going to make that argument and continuing to lead the polls and all the leading the democrats potentially being president trump, there is always a biggest gap with biden. the problem is, biden is doing very well. you go to the markets where there is a lot of stuff on the supe super markets, iowa and new hampshire, he's in the hunt. the three of us haves a all interviewed voter in iowa and new hampshire. one individual life, they can talk about candidates. >> exactly. >> it is true. >> the eiowa caucus voters. he henderson, i only met him three times. >> gentlemen, i can't thank you enough. it was a great conversation. >> coming up for us, a live update from capitol hill wh

interesting however check it may be does not justify his killing and the perpetrator must be brought to justice but perhaps to give a fuller picture it's worth highlighting that this guy was not joe bloggs you know he was not your average everyday guy he was a man with connections to some very questionable individuals with some very extreme ideological tendencies. leaders of nato member states have been meeting for a 2nd day in london to mark the 70th anniversary of the world's most powerful military alliance despite attempts to put on a show of unity divisions within the crisis stricken coalition a bit laid bare the past couple of days he's been following the gathering in london . this summit is going to be defined not by the unity shown on the surface not least by all the leaders but by all of them very very big and the power cracks between many of those coming into this summit perhaps one thing old leaders regularly seem to be agreed on is that russia is always the bad guy however the nato generally general secretary himself saying that what was needed was a more confrontation but dialogue with the major eastern neighbor nato essentially road all over the shop because russia i

however, the rudy giuliani president trump version of events is that these prosecutors were doing their job, joeo it's pretty comforted, but rudy giuliani nonetheless, is making a documentary series for conservative media. a couple of episodes have already aired, and i should say, the president is very keen on this network, america one news. he's even sometimes sniped at fox and said that this is a better network. so, the result of rudy giuliani's documentary, his interviews with these prosecutors will be seen on that network. people will be hearing an awful more about rudy giuliani as well. thank you very much for that, laura. i was also looking at some of these phone records. he was also in touch with the office of the budget office, the office for management and budget, which is the office that was controlling the $400 million of aid that ukraine was supposed to get. i mean, it's one thing a child to be talking to the white house, it's quite another to be talking to the budget office when you are not evenin the budget office when you are not even in the administration. now, all of this came o

in a very real sense that puts joe biden and his family in harm's way potentially when the president does that. however are issued a lawful subpoena, particularly by congress, you need to comply, or you need to take appropriate legal steps, like there's a motion that gets filed every day in courts around the country. when there's a question about the legality of the, of a subpoena. it's called a motion to quash. not squash, but quash. if there is a genuine issue with respect to the legality of any subpoena that anybody issues, the person who receives the subpoena can file a motion to quash and let a court sort it out. now, that kind of a challenge to a subpoena would stand in stark comparison to what president trump did, which was order administration officials to ignore subpoenas. to just flat out not comply. so we understand -- you know, i understand why joe biden might have concerns about any subpoena that's issued by congress at this point, but, you know, you can't take a fight fire with fire approach to subpoenas, because if you do, you end up burning everything down. >> okay. talk about the possi

joe. when he says that people will believe him, he doesn't have one. that's the problem. >> this is when i make my regular disclaimer that however, he's still leading the field. >> and i have numbers for you. put up the texas numbers if we have them. the polling out of texas, this is an argument that biden can make to the party. now, it's tight but we're also talking, eugene 38 electoral votes: i don't know much, but that seems like a lot of them, and biden it seems to me at top of this stack can continue to make the i'm the best hope argument. >> well, and he's going to make that argument. i mean, you know, polls continue to show even the polls that show all the leaning democrats potentially beating president trump, there's always the biggest gap with biden. >> but the problem is biden is doing very well, the cw around his campaign is propelled by national polls where there's not as much competition. you go to the markets where there's a lot of stuff on the super market, iowa and new hampshire where other people are competing. he's in the hunt but he's not dominating at all. >> and the three of us have all interviewed voters in iowa and new hampshire

on the call, rudy giuliani, he, however, he was more than happy to continue to be involved in trying to get ukraine to investigate president trump's political rival joe biden, correct? >> mr. giuliani was very active and involved in pushing for these investigations for several months before the july 25th call and then for several months after, including, apparently, three days ago. >> and sir, mr. castor, you would agree you wrote in your report that the ukranians themselves knew that rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, was a conduit to convince president trump tan president zelensky, correct? >> rudy had the president's ear. >> and he was a conduit. let me put up slide 14, if i may. we actually have your report here. it says the ukranians knew that he, meaning rudy giuliani, was a con git to convince president trump that president zelensky was serious about reform. >> yeah. >> and during the call, president trump asked president zelensky to speak directly to his personal lawyer about ukranian matters that president trump was interested in, correct? >> he referred him to rudy, yeah. >> yes. and, in fact, president zelensky said, oh, we al

joe biden trying to bejoe biden, unplugged, just be his authentic self in order to attract more voters ? self in order to attract more voters? well, this is very much in line with the authenticjoe biden. howevert from his campaign but those who advised other campaigns, they always want to see more discipline in what their candidates are saying. of course we can just go back to 2016, where it was the unconventional, the candidate who ignored all advise, who had no political experience, who mowed down that line up of republican candidates and won the nomination and presidency, donald trump. that's look ahead to 2020. it's nearly new year's eve. the presidential election will happen. what is happening around the country? you've been travelling and visiting different states. is it still a very polarised america, will it still come down to the ski electoral couege come down to the ski electoral college states? absolutely. i've beenin college states? absolutely. i've been in about eight dates in recent days, mainly in the south where the bible belt as we call it is very much trump country. i detected no softening of support of the president in those states. the economy was strong and even in those

joe mansion. >> he just won reelection. he has a lot of run way. and i'm not sure he's running again in 2024. so he has the freedom to vote however he wants. but he really enjoys this position as the democrat that trump likes to call. and if he votes to convict trump, that kind of disappears. doug jones from alabama is also in a tough position. >> that's true. >> i don't know how he wins that race. >> again, right. >> without a roy moore as the nominee. i'm not sure what he'll do. >> look at a gang of six or a gang of eight, maybe four republicans and four democrats in the middle, those folks, they might get together and say we're going to force a vote on something that is short of impeachment. that's very possible. >> trying to identify that gang, put that coalition together. thanks so much for joining me tonight. >>> next up on to the presidential race where the democrats are struggling with important issues like wine headaches. i'll speak to one of those candidates. so we built a snow globe. i'll get that later. dylan! but the one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance. what? switching and savin

data by nbc news, joe biden, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, they have appeared to have already qualified for the january 14th debate in iowa. howeverng criteria, but because he is not asking for donations, bloomberg is unlikely to reach the donor threshold. the move comes as nine candidates led by senator corec booker have called on the dnc to ease the qualification threshold in order to keep the debate stage diverse. >> a very important question of the diversity of the candidates as they get whittled. >> quite remarkable. >> yes. >>> let's switch in gears and check the weather a lot of holiday travel this week. impacted by the weather? >> it depends on location. northeast, midwest, to the ohio valley, a ton of sunshine. but we are dealing with this moisture that is coming out of the gulf, we're seeing right now, fort myers, to miami, and flood warnings, they are in place, but this system will continue to push offshore. and so if you're hitting the roadways traveling, over seven million people flying on airways this season from atlanta, to charleston, to charlotte, as well. and you are going to be dealing with delays, this morning,

joe biden can deliver the obama coalition as basically his electability argument contends. he's handled the biden issue tentatively. hunter biden comes out and says i'm sorry for what i did. howevere's nothing to substantiate the claim, and it is basically insinuation from the trump campaign that anything beyond sordid nepotism occurred here. if that comes out it's a whole new ball game. what the trump administration is saying is these candidates are tainted, and that's basically giving away the game. the fact it hasn't registered suggests that joe biden is not going to be susceptible to the crooked narrative he wanted to impose on him like he managed to successfully leverage against hillary clinton. >> and we know certainly democratic voters have been watching how that plays closely, because it is one thing we see in the national polls that question of electability. democratic voters say they are asking themselves which one of these can beat president trump. >>> my colleague trumaine lee talks to voters and party officials in the key swing state of pennsylvania. they're worried that some of the state's new electronic voting machines may not be quite ready for prime time, and the

however, because there is going to be an impeachment trial, he is going to sideline five of biden's contenders, all senators, who are going to have to spend their time on capitol hill while joe biden can be in iowa. carol: what about the other non- senators? pete buttigieg. does he benefit from this? josh: i think he does. iowa matters here. the caucus is on february 3. there are four front runners, biden, buttigieg, warren, and bernie sanders. we know that the two liberals are stuck in an impeachment trial on capitol hill. that leaves iowa wide-open for joe biden and pete buttigieg. buttigieg would rather be a non-senator than a senator. he is going to try to close this deal in the weeks leading up to caucuses. jason: i want to take you back to something you said at the top, this notion that this thing has not stuck to joe biden in any meaningful way. does that surprise you? josh: it does a bit. when i say that, i mean among democratic voters. the has been popular throughout with key demographic roots in the demographic electorate. while trump and conservatives and conservative media hammered him over ukraine, that's almost made democrats defensive about not falling for tha