we have joe johns with a closer look. >>president trump gave his state of the union address before a bitterly divided congress just hours before the senate is expected to acquit him. in those 78 minutes, not once did the president mention impeachment. but before he even started speaking a sign of tension between trump and house speaker nancy pelosi, president trump seemingly ignoring pelosi as she extended her hand to greet him before she turned and shrugged to her caucus, the house speaker addressing the apparent snub in a tweet writing democrats will never stop extending the hand of friendship to get the job done for the people we will work to find common ground where we can but will stand our ground where we cannot immediately after the president finished his address pelosi ripped up her copy of the speech in full view of the president trump used the address to make the case for his reelection highlighting the economy and sprinkling in a handful of made for tv moments, your husband is back from deployment. >>he is here

nancy pelosi, joe johns has the story. >>president trump gave his state of the union address before a bitterly divided congress just hours before the senate is expected to acquit him. in those 78 minutes, not once did the president mention impeachment. but before he even started speaking a sign of tension between trump and house speaker nancy pelosi, president trump seemingly ignoring pelosi as she extended her hand to greet him before she turned and shrugged to her caucus, the house speaker addressing the apparent snub in a tweet writing democrats will never stop extending the hand of friendship to get the job done for the people we will work to find common ground where we can but will stand our ground where we cannot immediately after the president finished his address pelosi ripped up her copy of the speech in full view of the cameras president trump used the address to make the case for his reelection highlighting the economy and sprinkling in a handful of made for tv moments, your husband is back from deployment. >>he

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cnn's joe johns is live at the white house with more. e some striking moments, joe. >> reporter: that's for sure. and alisyn, as you know, this speech is a prime time opportunity for the president to highlight his accomplishments. he didn't say that the state of the union was divided. but those two telling moments between the president and the speaker of the house overshadowed a lot of it. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: president trump gave his state of the union address before a bitterly divided congress just hours before the senate is expected to acquit him. in those 78 minutes, not once did the president mention impeachment. but before he even started speaking, a sign of tension between trump and house speaker nancy pelosi. president trump seemingly ignoring pelosi as she extended her hand to greet him before she turned and shrugged to her caucus. addressing the snub in a tweet. writing, democrats will never stop extanding the hand of friendship to get the job done for the people. we will work to fin

joe johns has the last from washington. >>president trump downplaying e threat of coronavirus in the united states because of all we've done the risk. to the amican people reins very low. despite experts from will only geworse before it gets better i don think it's inevitable probably will it possibly well that could be a very small level it could be honored t a larger level report. whatever happens 're totally prepared surrounded by top health officls president ump again softening the warnings from those experts d just the force of the last couple minutes u have disputed some of what th officials there working you must ration behindyou have said about the risk of spread of rs and it spreads. >>do you trust your alth officials to information restaurants things not only they said it could be worse and i said it could do is i also no i don't think 's inevitable earlier wednesday, health and human services secretary alex azar announced a 15th person tested positive for coronavirus in california white house briefing the cdc sai

the vice president to lead a team to respond to the virus with joe johns in washington dcnow with the very latest on that. >>president trmp downplaying the threat of coronavirus in the united states ecause of all we've done thrisk. to thameranpeople remains very w. despite experts from the cdc warning the threat will only get worse before it gets better i don't think it's inevitable probably will t possibly well that could be a very small lel it could be honored at a larger level report. whatever happens we're totall prepared surrounded by top health officials president trump again softening the warnings from those experts and just the force of the last couple mites you have disputed some of what the officials there are working here must ration behind you have said about the risk of spread of ours and it spreads. >>do you trust your health officials to information restaurants, thanks not only have they said it could be worse and i said it could do is i also didn't even know i don't think it inevitable rlier wednesday, health and human services secretary alex azar annoued a 15th person

joe biden a distant fourth. you can see amy klobuchar rounds out the top five. at this hour, john, 71% of the precincts are counted. it's not clear when the rest of the results will be leased. the race has moved to new hampshire where the top candidates try to recover from the iowa chaos and caucus, both, and build momentum toward that primary next tuesday. >> meanwhile, exactly what just happened in washington overnight? it was this bitter partisan sandwich with a speech tucked in the middle. it started with the president refusing to shake the hand of house speaker nancy pelosi. yikes. it ended with a speaker tearing up her copy of the speech, yikes. in between, republicans chaboted "four more -- dhachanted "four e years." the president touted economy and trade, some true, others less true or not true. he was speaking in the chamber where he was impeached just seven weeks ago. that was one word, impeachment, that the president did not utter last night. the senate is expected to vote to acquit the president later today. more that in a moment. let's begin with actual results from t

. >> joe johns is live at the white house with more for us. >> reporter: good morning. clearly it's a mixed messaging going on here. the president of the united states continuing to play down the potential risk of coronavirus to the united states at the same time trying to show his administration is on top of the situation. president trump down playing the threat of coronavirus in the united states. >> because of all we've done, the risk to the american people remains very low. >> reporter: despite experts from the cdc warning the threat will only get worse before it gets better. >> i don't think it's inevitable. probably will, possibly will. it could be at a small level or at a larger level. whatever happens, we're totally prepared. >> reporter: surrounded by top health officials, president trump again softening the warnings from those experts. >> in just the course of the last couple minutes, you have disputed some of what the officials that are working in your administration behind you have said about the risk of coronavirus and its spread. do you trust your health o

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process that rudy could give information and they would see if it's verified. >> joining me now, john avalon and joe avalon, the attorney general of the united states is telling lindsey graham that the justice department has set up a mechanism to get information from rudy giuliani, the guy who helped the president get impeached? >> yep. you heard that. he did say that out loud. >> can you also confirm that a number of republican senators who voted against convicting the president said he's going to learn his lesson. the administration surely, surely they're not going to -- >> hold on a second. how is this not learning a lesson? isn't this what the lesson is from impeachment? which is they now are going to see if rudy's information is verified. >> the justice department is going to create a channel to try to make sure it's not kremlin propaganda. that also means they're taking gi dirt and funneling it against his political enemies. just like he tried to do the first time. zblims. how is creating a crazy box at the justice department learning a lesson? >> maybe what they've learned from impeachment is

joining us cnn's senior political analyst john avalon and commentator joe lockhart. is is not what democrats were hoping for this morning, and you can imagine that president trump's team is relishing this chaos that seems to have broken out in iowa, and the reason i say that is if don junewer's twitter feed is any indication for don senior's message -- here's what don junior says, if the democrats can't run a caucus that they had four years to prepare for how the hell does anyone think they can actually run the country? the answer. >> reporter: i'm not sure don juneser the person to gauge the seriousness of this moment, but, look, this is problem for the democrats. the wheels seem to have come off, but it's an effort to make sure they get it right rather than jump the gun and get it wrong, which is what happened in 2012 where mitt romney was declared the winner but it turns out rick santorum had actually gotten the most votes. they're trying to do it right. it's also a reminder how serious we need to take the election process at a time our election is trying to be man

joe terranova, john najarian, carrie we begin today those new records for stocks all three major averages extending their gains. joe, dow, believe it or not, only 500 or so points away from dow 30,000 they recommend buying on weakness that's what investors continue to do. they reiterate their year-end price target of 3600 nothing can stop this stock market. >> did they mention the federal reserve at all they should be we sat here yesterday and listened to chairman powell and the testimony and nontraditional questions and i think those nontraditional questions were being asked because there weren't relevant questions to be asked because the environment for the federal reserve continues to be a nonfactor. and that's a good condition. it's about continuing to give the liquidity to the markets. >> yesterday, to your point, he was answering questions about what parties he was going to and who he was talking to at those parties, literally. >> yep. >> today he said the fed is ready to use its tools, quote, aggressively if they're needed so when i say, carrie, why is the market appearing to be so

why in the world would they need witnesses i mean it would be obvious and i'll predict this joe manchin and john democrat senators from west virginia and alabama they vote against at least one of these articles so what you'll have in the senate just like you did in the house a bipartisan vote but the bipartisanship is against this sham trial this political lynch and the democrats have perpetuated on the president of the united states and they all should be ashamed of themselves i know jack that the washington post quotes used to say that you want to the reservations of a president trump would be have become an ardent myra. what do you make of what you just democrats should be ashamed of themselves. i am a democrat i respectfully disagree i'm not ashamed at all i think the republicans who just joined in lockstep behind this what i perceive as an outlaw a president who knows no bounds to what he wants to do and what he feels he can do this is very disturbing very disturbing i think he now can consort with foreign officials and in a sense blackmail them into supporting his candidacy for presidency

john roberts has much of a choice but to speak out. if this attack on article 3 powers continues. >> yeah. joed, especially about john roberts, who you just mentioned. and we must remember he sat there during the impeachment proceedings in the united states senate and he heard a couple of president's lawyers working for the president of the united states lie, actually lie. he heard that. and danny, on this case, with the judges, the federal judge's meeting, it should be pointed out that first of all the author of the atlantic piece was the former deputy attorney general of the united states under george h.w. bush, he's not some partisan. but the idea that the president of the united states reaching down into the justice department to inflict his opinion on active cases, unheard of? >> it's not necessarily unheard of and you could make the argument that if the president has the pardon power, the power to commute a sentence to nothing, then theoretically he has the power but not the right to reach down to the doj and ask them to give leniency to a defendant facing sentencing. so it's probably no

john kerry is supposed to be in iowa supporting joe biden and he's dumb enough to be blabbing into hisith journalists all around him talking about what he'll have to do, what boards he'll have to speech money he'll have to give up, to enter the race. >> capri: on one hand, they see him the most electable. >> kennedy: he's a surrogate, he should be the person with the most confidence in joe biden and for joe biden, his best friend. >> sean: this money, he is upwards of $200 million already, this is the x factor, how much does that affect super tuesday in these other states? we don't know yet buddies taking that center lane away joe biden. >> harris: you think he'll take delegates? >> capri: i understand as a new yorker, the tax plan that came out, the gun stuff, i get it. >> kennedy: stop and frisk. >> capri: stop and frisk will hurt him but there's people who are really desperate to find someone who has leadership that isn't a socialist like bernie sanders. >> melissa: he is a problem, it goes back to his authenticity. if you look at the tax plan he just put out, it's punitive, very ba

and i think we always wondered who would replace, terry brad show, joe montana, john elway and this kid guy if he pull this is thing off might be the face of the nfl. we'll see a lot of kids out there emulate him in pop warner football. sidearm throws. mike: no look throws. left-handed throws. let me pick that up with you tb. >> tp? mike: we're -- >> that was awkward. mike: hey, stop laughing. anyway, i think mahomes is the most dynamic, most exciting player in the game. as somebody who knows even more about quarterbacking than i do, what do you think? >> well he is, there is a kid, lamar jackson in baltimore. mike: yeah. >> who is equally exciting only in a different way. mike: right. >> not only can throw the football, he is electrifying as a runner also. he is, i would put him 1-a, 1-b, whichever way you want to go. mahomes, i have great respect and admiration for him, we had a horse born the other day, my wife named him homes because he is from kansas city. >> you know how to bring a horse or cow story. that is amazing. mike: michael, you have this turbocharged kansas city offense a

john, there's no question. michael bloomberg is always seen as the insurance policy for joe biden if things didn't go well in iowa or new hampshire. now some democrats are wondering if it's time to cash in on that policy. you can see the crowd behind me gathering here in the raleigh train station. a few hundred people or so. and they are eagerly anticipating the former new york city mayor. this is his third stop of the day here in north carolina. he doesn't just happen to be in the neighborhood, john. he's here today because early voting is starting in north carolina. of course, north carolina one of those 14 critical super tuesday states. but there's already considerable back and forth between joe biden and michael bloomberg. just this morning on "the view" a short time ago, joe biden was essentially saying that, look, he's been vetted and it's time for others to be vetted, as well. talking about some of those old comments about stop and frisk, about red lining, so we are

in the biggest one of all, why does every allegation get endlessly investigated while joe biden's corruption, john carries corruption, ed markey's corruption, jean shaheen's corruption, richard blumenthal's corruption all of that outrageous and obvious democrat corruption in the cash for gas and will is completely ignored. you know why because the swamp looks after its own. all right, let's all push for these investigations. we will post this on social media. please follow us now at steve hilton next and next rev fnc and help us spread the word. joining me now is tammy bruce and munication instructor. all right, i just really want to focus on this investigation. what do we have to do, and who needs to do it to get joe biden investigated? >> the president of course is doing what he can. he's keeping it in the news. this all started because corruption mattered to him. it was an issue of the nature of the impact on how corruption in the united states is had enough when you're dealing with the parties but what was exactly happening when it comes to the international theme. how is it that all of these

when you're in the moment, understand and appreciate what you're covering and when joe montana hit johnemember that advice. looking around understanding the moment i was reporting and being involved in so when you go to the super bowl tonight, enjoy the moment. report the moment, but understand the moment. >> yes. we're living in the moment. you know who else is doing that? michelle griego. >> we'll send it over to you michelle. >> reporter: vern and dennis, you guys halfway too much fun. you're at the beach. i'm in a restaurant. the sports tvs are on and they are getting breakfast and they plan to watch the game later tonight. yes, a lot of 49ers fans came from the west coast and they want today see what miami was all about. we got to see what it was about, too. >> show me what i need to do. >> ♪ yeah! my youngest song. >>> i don't like to drink act loan but i guess i'll try it. ♪ >> so these are some of our most popular dishes. cuban sandwich which is iconic to the city of mime. >> and it is warm and gooey. yum. >> we have coffee all day long. miami has that 305 which is our zip code.

romney essentially laying down a gauntlet of sorts in a john mccain-like movement of opposition against president trump within the party. democrats, joe mansion and -- joe manchin in west virginia and doug jones and alabama, also voting to convict. tomorrow is less next debate before tuesday nights primary in new hampshire. still coming out of iowa, it is

president trump abused his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden, 52-48. >> donald john trump, president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the first article of impeachment. >> reporter: that vote almost along straight party lines, with one exception. >> my faith is at the heart of who i am. >> reporter: mitt romney of utah was the lone republican to defy mitch mcconnell. no senator in history has ever voted to convict a president of his own party. >> corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that i can imagine. >> he sounded like a voice from the past. the past of the republican party. he was their standard bearer it's years ago. it's not that party anymore. >> reporter: as romney told fox news' chris wallace, that experience is what gave him courage today. >> the worst thing that ever happened to me politically was losing the presidency in 2012. i've got, i've got broad enough shoulders to be able to weather personal changes in my, in my career, political or otherwise. bu

i want to play for you some comments earlier today from not joe biden but from john kerry, who is campaigninge biden, comparing the attacks on biden to ones that he faced when he was the democratic nominee. take a listen. >> and so why now suddenly do you start to hear this stuff? well, why suddenly after all my years did you hear my military record being attacked? because that's the republican strategy. they're swift boating him. they're going after him. and i'm asking iowa to make certain that never again will we allow a candidate for president to be slimed and smeared by people who don't even know what the truth is. >> reporter: now, lawrence, you talk about that iowa poll we expect in the next couple hours. joe biden has actually been sort of managing the expectations, saying he hopes and expects to win iowa, but he sees these four early contests as a package and that ultimately the democratic nominee needs to be somebody who can demonstrate they appeal to the broad coalition of the democratic party. he argues he's the only one who can do that. >> vaughn hillyard, did pete buttigieg take

. >> no question, john. joe biden let's start with him is not operating out of oa position of strength. i was with him yesterday. i was so struck by the fact he clearly knows he needs to "a," reset his campaign, shake up his campaign. do a variety of things different. you have this fight, you have it in you. so he was showing a new side of him. but it's risky going after mayor pete buttigieg. but there's no question that buttigieg is the person everyone is trying to stop. he is on the rise after iowa. he didn't get a clean win out of iowa. he and bernie sanders split the difference as iowa still tries and figures out exactly the delegates there. but the reality here is that joe biden is trying to slow pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar is trying to get into the mix there. the dynamic, if bernie sanders wins new hampshire as he should, he won it four years ago by 21 points, certainly not likely to do that this year, but that's the story. but if pete buttigieg can surpass bernie sanders or even get right with him th

. >> the structural challenge, and this is something i asked joe biden about, john, and i wonder your thoughts on this, so give biden the victory in south carolina. that is expected that the polls still reflect. because i agree with you, if bernie wins in south carolina, i'm not sure the case when you have four alternatives. so give biden -- say he wins on saturday, what happens next? it would seem that that isn't really a road block for the sanders candidacy because they have super tuesday three days later. >> well you're right. that is why i said it may be too late already. but, look, there is a bunch of problems with joe biden even if he wins here. even if he wins decisively here. ear not on the air in a single super tuesday state and he's on the air in none of them. he's basically broke. and so what is going to happen on super tuesday to your point about the question you asked, it is the prisoner's dilemma question where everybody stayed in the race because, well, why not me and i had as good of a claim as anyone else and why would i get out if thoeb else is getting out. but witho

john sobel, thank you very much. the person who isn't waiting for the votes to be counted is joe biden. waiting for the votes to be counted already left dodge and is in south carolina. and rather bizarrely he has been giving something that sounds rather like a victory speech, even though he is the person who was doing the most badly. let us listen to what he has been saying. so, mr president, instead of talking about impeaching barack 0bama, you should be saying, thank you, president 0bama. thank you, thank you, thank. but, folks, look, we have so much more to do. they promise you as your president you will be partners and shaping the policy and making sure every single american has an opportunity. the thing they have never liked ni was chairman of the judiciary committee for many years, i don't know what you need best, i listen. you will, the leaders of the black community, know what you need best. we don't listen enough. we take for granted. you know what you need. you know what your families need. and i've never not listened to you. first we need to defend and build on 0bamacare. donald trump wants to get rid of it. ev

john: absolutely joe biden.gn -- nail for his campaign if he is not able to win in new hampshire. if he comes in fourth in new hampshire and things are not foring good in nevada, primariesin -- four in for a candidate to have success, it is difficult for biden spin that with him as the winner. francine: come november, what will people vote on? can the virus change anything? john: i don't think the virus will change much, barring some dramatic change worldwide there will be two types of voters. there will be ones focused on the economy, and a lot of them will be voting for the president. inequality inists the success of this economy, and not everyone is looking at their check book and cheering on the stock market. a group of people voting on the economy will vote against the president. health-care costs are soaring, despite the president's rhetoric in the speech, and that is affecting american families. people want change and if the president is not able to deliver that, voters will be looking for an alternative.

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but my candidate, joe biden needs to do well in south carolina and reset on super tuesday. >> john mccain won new hampshire in 2008 that's what made the difference for him. >> he did win new hampshire, but he still -- he continued to struggle in other states. and ledid need to go back and kind of consolidate his campaign, his money gbegan to dy up, had to put it in a different dynamic and he went on to win. >> when you look at the latest nbc news poll, you have bernie sanders with a double digit lead as moderates are splitting this vote. are they creating a lane for bernie to run away with it? >> i think it's the same thing on the republican side in 2016 in the fact that trump had a solid 25% every time while everyone else was splitting it eight ways, five ways or whatever it was, created a momentum that became unstoppable. i said in early january that bernie sanders was likely to be not only the nominee, but that he has a good shot of winning the presidency and i still believe that. >> in that same msnbc news wall street journal poll, the top three characteristics voters say they do not

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-- he called me joe because he didn't want to confuse me with vice president john c. calhoun. ay, 'joe, these are some tasty fries, and you'd make a tasty president. like me, joe biden's friend barack obama.'" ( laughter ) biden's poor performance is pure gold for one of his rivals, former new york city mayor and iguana refusing to do the trick during the animal show, mike bloomberg. bloomberg has been running an unconventional campaign by skipping the early states, and hoping for the collapse of other leading campaigns, most crucially, joe biden's. really makes bloomberg seem like a nice guy. ( as evil bloomberg ) "oh, yeeees, joe! yes! oh, do tire yourself shaking the hands of the paupers as i watch from my glittering tower high above the city. soon, i shall be the one kissing those penniless babies in arms and supping upon the apple'd pies! me: relatable everyman michael "mike" bloomberg-- wentworth, to the velocicopter!" ( applause ) he has. he can fly helicopters. >> jon: he flies that. that's interesting. >> stephen: bloomberg's going all in on his plan, because he just t

$180000000000.00 to african countries including senegal some of the money's being spent on building john you know joe a new city on the outskirts of the capital where chinese manufacturing companies are setting up operations in general u.s. secretary of state might pump warned against chinese investment in africa. it's tempting to accept easy money from places like try there's a better alternative we all know it and we can all achieve it together western firms american firms operate according to values proven to produce good deals and quality work bumppo is trying to change the perception that the world's leading superpower has no clear strategy for a continent that's home to over a 1000000000 people namby is health system isn't donald trump has shown little interest in africa so far is the 1st president since ronald reagan not to have visited the continent despite strong historic and economic ties compare this with his predecessor barack obama has visited senegal twice and in fact on this road where tens of thousands of people lined up chanting the name of the united states president now for mike po

if that is the case, is it over for joe biden, finishing fourth because that is his whole plat form? john is not over for joe biden by a longshot. this is still anyone's race among the top four contenders. we have not yet seen a state vote that has a large african-american population. that goes for both iowa and new hampshire, predominantly white, which is not what the democratic party or the general election electorate looks like in the u.s. biden forow that joe instance has a lot of strengths in that community, too. it is still a very wide-open race. whether it will be about ideology, there's a lot of reasons for these candidates to throw some elbows. i'm just hoping they don't forget to throw some at donald trump. nastasya: talk us through the different styles of campaigning. sanders and warren have been focused on the biggest cities but pete buttigieg has been going everywhere shaking hands. is that why he's ahead? he has camped out in iowa. he made a decision early on that that was going to be where he would make his move and his mark and it worked out beautifully for him, coming in

general, or any other administration official asked the fbi to open an investigation into joe biden, hunter biden, johnor any member of congress. >> no one has asked me to open an investigation based on anything other than the facts of the law and proper predication. >> laura: to jerry nadler seemed disappointed when he heard that answer? >> it kicked incompletely and it was just evident today he was digging desperately into things. as the president looking into people? we had a rerun today, repeat and history, he wanted to go back and talk about the brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings. >> laura: jerry nadler dead? >> yes, he said, was the fbi, and when they went and redid that weeklong investigation, whether any impediments put in, anything that was not done -- did the white house to anything request make the next impeachment, the white house impeded the brett kavanaugh investigation. these are how desperate these folks are. an oversight hearing when we have fisa abuse, everything we can do to restore trust and the fbi and we went back to brett kavanaugh. that is how bad we are at right now. >> laur

president, the attorney general, has anyone asked the fbi to open up an investigation into joe biden, hunter biden, johnf congress? >> the fbi will only open investigations based on the facts in the law and predication. >> he was equally firm and his condemnation of agents involved in the alleged fisa abuses. saying, they don't reflect who the fbi is and those mistakes cannot be repeated. >> shannon: news today about the german investigation thank you. with a 2020 democratic field and chaos following the iowa caucus, adam schiff's name gets floated. our panel tackles that idea next. ♪ ♪you make everything... groovy...♪ done yet? yeah, yeah, sorry, sorry. you sure? hmm.mmm. ♪come on, come on, wild thing. if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [sneeare you ok?fles] yah, it's just a cold. it's not just a cold if you have high blood pressure. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. coricidin hbp is the... ...#1 brand that gives... powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. dimitri's on it. eating right and getting those steps i

. >> joining us, john avlon and joe lockhart. laura jarrett, cnn correspondent and "early start" anchor. this was going to end the way it was always going to end, but what has emerged over the last 24 hours are the justifications for the republicans for why they have decided not to hear witnesses. >> and what i heard was radical honesty. i think that they have been very honest. at the end of the day finally now that the smoke has sort of settled, i hear honesty in what they're saying. >> i agree it's radical but it might be radical obfuscation. >> that as well. >> first ron portman who says basically what lamar alexander said. i believe some of the president's actions in this case, including asking a foreign country to investigate a potential political opponent were wrong and inappropriate. so portman saying what alexander saying, the case has been proven. the president did it. it's inappropriate. i don't think he should be removed. marco rubio said something more nuanced, by that i mean strange. he said, just because actions mee

joe, good morning. caller: it is john, not joe. host: go ahead, john. voted for bernie in our primary election because we had to vote early. is only popular among younger people. i am 40. most of the people my age and younger do not have retirements and do not have pensions. , youu make too much money are not offered insurance through your employer. your deductible is really big. i don't know. the election will be entertaining because we will see two real visions of what we want for america. do we want a society that has an often ohmic -- an economic floor? we should have an economic ceiling -- we shouldn't have an economic ceiling. but, we need a floor. we need to retire. there is -- reach higher. there will be a whole generation that will have nothing when they get there. of generationlast x because i was born in 1979. it will be interesting. that is my comment. host: let's go to charlotte, who is calling from wilmington, north carolina, on the republican line. charlotte, good morning. caller: good morning. i voted early in north carolina and i cannot

general or any other administration official asked the fbi to open an investigation into joe biden, hunter biden, johned the congress and i can assure the congress today that the fbi will only open investigations based on the facts and the law and proper predication. no one has asked me to open an investigation based on anything other than the facts, the law and proper predication. >> thank you. >> we have this news just into cnn. a very watched vote in the impeachment trial, the vote by the senate just this afternoon, senator doug jones, a democrat from alabama but in a very tough race in a red state, he has just announced that he will vote to remove the president. i'm going to quote here now. after many sleepless nights ivoi have reluctantly concluded the evidence is sufficient to convict the president for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. doug jones voting to remove the president on both articles of impeachment. that's news. thanks for joining us. i'm jim sciutto. at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me once again. two

that's where instead of getting the joe bidens and the john mccains of the world to shake hands and congress and get the job done, they would rather have them yelling at each other and that's a win for the kremlin. >> that's a pro-profound point and you said that earlier, russian disinformation is not about positioning left versus right, but using the left and right against the center. julia, is that something you're seeing as well in this new information about, you know, disinformation efforts, again, designed to boost both campaigns of currently the frontrunner and the incumbent president of the united states? >> yes. i think marco makes a really good point. i mean, this is just part of an effort to discredit democracy everywhere, including domestically for russians who would like to see democracy take root in russia. for example, one of the most potent images that the kremlin used was actual fistfights in the ukrainian parliament saying is this what you want because this is what democracy looks like. to kind of mimic that or reproduce that in the u.s., really helps them. >> that's right.

john f. kennedy. not this time around. joe biden isrs 77 y old. bernie sanders, 78. but that's whemi the rities end.ls suggest the fire brand, bernie sanders, is the other front-runner. he's way to the leftf anyone who has ever been the democratic standard bearer. >> iiv is imper for the future of this country that we president in the modern history of this country. >> but he has momentum and passionate young supporters. >> he wants to take ce of our planet. if we don't do that, there's not going to be a planet left for us to live on when i'm older. >> he's passionate about the issues that we're passionate about. he's the one that's really going to fight for this stuff. >> the traditional democrats believe he's unelectable in a country where the center of politiavity is much further that the right. >> do you think america would vote for someone as left wing as bernie sanders? >> no. >> no way. >> he's not talking about things he's accomplished. he's got lotsf great fans that i don't know are realistic. >> i don't think he's going to have the appeal to be able to bring -- to expand the base, to bring