josh kraushaar from "national journal." it is up to us as members of congress to make sure we remain strong in the face of adversity. that is what we have to can do, to continue to encourage other countries. that is what we will continue to do. >> i beg your pardon, but all of our allies? he is making fun of them on twitter. we end up with, oh, we love people from north korea, or we love russia, but where -- it is a nonanswer answer. i get what you are saying. >> i can't speak for him. >> i know you can't speak for him, but you can speak for yourself. >> i have said this time and time again. north korea, not our friend. russia, not our friend. the president knows where i stand on those issues. >> what about whistleblowers? >> whistleblowers should be protected. i stand with chuck grassley on this. laws need to be enforced. >> i understand, but we are not hearing it from -- >> that is because the media is not covering those issues. >> you have to say it for the media to cover it. >> whistleblowers should be protected, please

host: josh kraushaar is " politicalournal's editor. here to discuss the politics of impeachment. the politics of impeachment now favors democrats. why do you think that? at national polls. even during the heart of the mueller investigation and his testimony you had a bipartisan majority that opposed impeachment. it only received 35 percent, 40% support. we learned more about the president's relationship with the ukraine as we saw with these texts. you see in most polls a majority americans supporting at least the impeachment inquiry, supporting the democrats' position. and even when you ask, do you support actual removal of the president, that's about 45%, 48% support at the rally. it is growing. so, that is an opinion that is affecting democratic support of impeachment. how about when republicans are polled? what is the trend their? you are right. the democratic base is consolidating around impeachment . that's responsible for some of the jump. but independent voters, the one consistent theme is they were overwhelmingly against impeac

josh kraushaar, politics editor for national journal. >> it's a sign of political desperation. in the polls. she's trying to come up with a way to attack trump to get her some attention in the press. i think it's also important to kind of underscore how tone-deaf a proposal this is. the president has many ways to get his message out. he can give an interview. he has made many, many statements criticizing the whistle-blower, attacking him very, very aggressively. the notion that taking him off twitter is going to prevent him from having a platform to speak is pretty silly, but it seems like that is taken as a serious policy proposal these days by the harris campaign. >> harris: we are about to see one of those platforms. we were covering it live. the president said words about the whistle-blower. and if there whistle-blower is legitimate. you're right about that. he's got several platforms. he is the president of the united states. there have been called to do this. do you quash free speech when you say you're going to take the president off twitter? >> she's a former prosecutor

journal's"national josh kraushaar it discusses the politics running the impeachment inquiry. 7:00. eastern, livep.m. coverage of hillary and her daughter, chelsea, talking about ofir new book "the book gutsy women." today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on tv on c-span 2. representativec alexandria ocasio-cortez holding a town hall meeting with constituents in her new york district where she took russians -- questionscare, about health care,

. >> harris: josh kraushaar, political editor for the national journal. great to have you. thank you very much. i am harris. here is dana. >> dana: president trump said to speak any moment as the fight over impeachment hits a new level. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." president trump is about to hold a joint news conference with the president of finland but the big focus right now obviously, impeachment. the president attacking what he's calling the do-nothing democrats, accusing them of wasting time and not focusing on other issues. president trump also going after the whistle-blower who reported on his july call with the ukrainian president. >> they come up with this impeachment nonsense and everyone knows. all based on one phone call that i had. there was no quid pro quo. the whistle-blower was so dishonest. the whistle-blower said terrible things about the call, but i then found out he was secondhand and thirdhand. these are bad people. these are dishonest people. when the american people find out what happened, it's going to be a grea

journal's"national josh kraushaar it discusses the politics running the impeachment inquiry. join us live at 7:00. eastern, livep.m. coverage of hillary and her daughter, chelsea, talking about ofir new book "the book gutsy women." today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on tv on c-span 2. representativec alexandria ocasio-cortez holding a town hall meeting with constituents in her new york district where she took russians -- questionscare, about health care, climate change, in the impeachment inquiry. this is our monthly town hall so we are really excited and we are rep. ocasio-cortez: hi, everyone. how's it going? hey. lots of beautiful, familiar faces. lots of beautiful, new faces. this is our monthly town hall. we have kept with our promise of the beginning of our term commuy events. before we start, i want to acknowledge everyone here. our staff that has worked so hard putting this together. michelle, mabel, ariel, daniel, noreen. and marcus. he is live streaming. i am forgetting everything. we have translation services here today so we have our american sign language interpreter her

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josh kraushaar from "national journal." thanks for being with us here on "washington journal." does a pretty program. back tomorrow at 7 a.m. eastern. the houses back for what we expect will be a brief pro forma. the speaker pro tempore: the will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, ashington, d.c., october 4, 2019. i hereby appoint the honorable jennifer we canston to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our conroy., father pray.in conroy: let us god, our father, we give you thanks forgiving us another day. during these days of constituent isits, send your spirit of wisdom, patience and clarity and members and th their voters back in their home districts. forever grateful that our nation was founded by founders whocians, gave the world a great gift of epresentative government, having rights guaranteed by a inspired.on truly may the issues dominating our days be attention these considere