. >> and also in the quinnipiac poll that 65% said it is the right action and 45% said that they don't think it made the country safer. >> right. >> so that is the issue thaw the administration is having, and that is why we have heard a variety of the answers from the trump administration and officials about why they took this action and recent reports today, and seven months ago, trump had potentially authorized this, and if he did authorize it as a revenge strike, it could raise some legal questions as well. >> and the cross tabs break heavily in the part san favor, and 97% of the republicans support the strike in the q-poll, and so it is very hyperpartisan. >> that is true, and in fact, a majority of the public does not want a war with iran, and a majority of the democrats and independents do not, and a majority of the republicans do. they are willing to follow -- >> and also in the q-poll, there is a all-time high support for the president in 42%. >> 42% should be celebrated? >> and a couple of quick points, that the most interesting part of the poll is that the trend of trump's ov

something about it. 70% of the people want our government to do something about it, according to quinnipiac polls. this is the decade, starting now, that we need to get this right. nations, tying cysts -- scientists from all over the world are telling us that we need to get this ship turned around, cut our fossil fuel pollution by about a half by 2030, on the way to cutting it by 80%, cutting all of it or offsetting that with that remains by no later than 2050 if we are going to avoid the worked -- the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. host: we have seen those type of deadlines before, that if we do x by such and such a date -- what is different now? guest: we look around and the seas are rising, they are rising charleston, cape cod, virginia. nine of the worst 10 fires in california's history we have seen in this past decade. fasterosing species at a rate than any other time since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago. the great barrier reef is dying. we are seeing croplands turning china,rt, and parts of kenya, kansas. as people see this more and more, they understand that if

rob: there is a quinnipiac poll that says two thirds of the public wants to hear from john bolton.ople agree this is a week case by the democrats but they also say -- people also say they are hiding john bolton. >> they want to hear from john bolton and hunter biden. the polls show the american people want to get to the bottom, make sure this never happens again. call people to testify to get to the bottom of why the country was dragged through the mud. this is like a really bad movie, no sequel necessary but nancy pelosi last week on sunday said she is still reserving the opportunity to bring more impeachment articles so she will force us to go back to the theater and watch the sequel of a bad movie over and over and the american people are sick of it, they never want to go through this again and are willing to draw this out to get to the bottom of it to make sure that never happens to any other president moving forward. jillian: your response to the protests in iran. the president sent a tweet a couple days ago saying do not kill your protesters. here's what others are saying abo

if that doesn't work, they always have the quinnipiac poll. >> that's an intense caucus going on right now, they are all listening to each other. >> what is the chance they've seen the new 75 number from quinnipiac? >> pretty good. to deprive witnesses is utter insanity. from a political perspective, you've only got 51-54% who are behind his immediate removal but 75% for witnesses is political suicide. >> laura: 97% of the g.o.p. as opposed to removing donald trump from office. so those four moderated g.o.p. senators who arevi wringing ther hands tonight and navel-gazing, the hamlet routine, they should take note. this is how donald trump was received when a record crowd showed up when he took the stage at a rally in new jersey tonight.t. [chanting] who exactly do they think they are appealing to if they turn out to prolong the impeachment farce? the panel is there, chuck todd, jake tapper, et cetera -- they don't have the votes to remove trump. democrats don't have those votes, everyone on television was conceding that today. so what is the point of doing this to the country? as they

this is from a quinnipiac poll that shows strong support for bolton testifying. saying that 66% of all voters say they would like to see john bolton testify and remarkably 39%, four in ten republicans, would like to see bolton testify as well. is john bolton the pressure point when it comes to witnesses here? >> it certainly could be. that quinnipiac poll is pretty decisive given the fact that almost everything else in this country is 50/50 that you would have 60% of americans want to hear him testify. and obviously here is somebody who has firsthand information. here is somebody who can testify about his conversations with the president which, of course, republicans have been complaining hasn't been there. but again i'm something of a bolton skeptic because, number one, we don't know how aggressively as heidi mentions the president is going to exert executive privilege. and secondly it is an open question what he would actually say. it is not necessarily in john bolton's interest to become the john dean of the trump administration if he wants to have a future in

this is a quinnipiac university. 38%. now 43%.appen with president clinton. what is that? what is that that americans approve of the president when more information comes out about what they've done wrong? >> listen, i think that if you look at trump's numbers, they've been trading in a very narrow band between 38% and 43%. he's the first president in the history of the gallop poll that does this every week since the '60s who has never gotten to 50%. never gotten to the point where half the country. so i don't read too much into that. there is a sense, and it happened with bill clinton. he got to 73% the day he was impeached. by the time the trial was over, his numbers were slipping. a little artificially high. there's a rally around your guy, you know, among your base, but i don't think that this significantly changes his position as he goes to face the voters. he has his base. he has done nothing to expand his base in three years, and that's a problem for him. he's got eight or nine months to figure that out. >> also the questio

in the latest quinnipiac university poll 51% of registered voters say they approve of the vote to impeach trump. 48% said the senate should not vote to removeou the president from t office. 46% said they should vote to remove trump from office and 48% of americans say they disapprove of house speaker nancy pelosi's decision to hold the articles of impeachment. 44% of americans approve of pelosi's adecision. >>> let's get into it, joining us onset, msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and managing editor at the "washington magazine" jay caruso. as we heard from debbie dingell wednesday or thursday, walk us through what to expect this week in regards to transmitting these articles of impeachment to the senate. >> well, i thinkac the big thin that people are going to be looking atgo is who are going t be the house managers, that's going to be the big decision, who they're going to decide on. nancy pelosi, i think, made a wise decision insi allowing the judiciary committee to conduct the hearings early on as opposed to the intelligence committee. i think that she'snt going to he to choose peo

quinnipiac polling seems to reinforce the idea that people know what a real trial looks like and want to see one. voters say witnesses should be allowed to testify. witnesses like national security adviser john bolton,s who upcoming memoir reportedly says that the president tied military aid to ukraine to investigating the bidens. a few days ago the president's legal team was arguing that the president should be acquitted because -- >> not a single witness testified that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigations and security assistance, a presidential meeting or anything else. >> that was saturday. on sunday, the bolton news hit and, just like that, the firsthand recollection that the ambassador's testimony could provide began transforming into this today. >> you cannot impeach upon a president on an unsource d allegation. >> unsourced, he said. while arguing against calling the source himself to talk about the arrangement he reportedly referred to at one point as a drug deal. same day jay sekulow was saying that, pat philbin was saying this.

this week, the quinnipiac poll had 66%-- around 66%, two-thirds of the majority, wanted to see john bolton testify. and even a plurality of republicans wanted to see- want to see john bolton testify. >> sreenivasan: and that coulde influew many senators vote for having witnesses. >> that's right. if we were to focus on one thing, it would be, are there going to be three or four republican senators-- kind of think of who they might be--wh would break in favor of having witnesses? and a few of them have alreadyto begupeak out in vor of having witnesses at a certain point. >> sreenivasan: okay, and in what is presented here, is it on what has come up in testy in the house? because we still see new pieces of information being released, that shod influence mebody's decisi. >> appartly, that's what's happened with giuliani associate gave his documents basically at the 11th hour, and the court finally allowed him to send them to the house. and the hoe was able to include some othat in the package that they then brought over to the senate. and then there was a new release yeerday from the house ju

now, heading into what should be a lively debate tonight, a new quinnipiac poll shows health care is a key issue for democrats and the same national poll shows joe biden leading democrats followed by sanders and warren. kimberly. >> thank you. >>> the ukrainian gas company that once employed joe biden's son hunter has reportedly been hacked by the russians. a security firm says russian government hackers launched a cyberphishing scheme against burisma holdings just as the company was thrust into the impeachment investigations. experts believe it was an effort to gain control of the company's systems and possibly look for dirt on the bidens. in response the biden campaign said, quote, now we know that vladimir putin also sees joe biden as a threat. >>> speaker nancy pelosi could send the articles of impeachment today. she's meeting with house democrats to discuss which lawmakers will prosecute the case. susan collins and mitt romney now pushing to hear from witnesses from the trial. >>> we turn now to the cheating scandal rocking major league baseball. the houston astros have fired th

a quinnipiac poll has come out today say 75% of americans say you have to have witnesses or documents, this is an impeachment trial of the president of the united states. and i think what they decided to do is not make an argument on tv in front of the american public that's going to be laughed out of the room, but try to make the argument behind closed doors. when we finally get to this question which will be probably on friday. i just think it's so hard to say that this trial should be conducted at a lesser standard than in the traffic court in the city of richmond. >> do you not find the most compelling argument that the president's team makes is that it's an election year, the election is close, the voters can have this decision? i think for the public that's a compelling argument, perhaps. do you find it compelling? >> i think that is an argument that's a powerful one. they make that argument, and they make the argument, hey, it should be bipartisan. now, in a way it's bipartisan because all of the witnesses who have come forward, who were so outraged by the president's behavior

. >>> heading into tonight a new quinnipiac poll shows that joe biden leads democrats nationwide followed by sanders and then warren. >>> a popular san francisco attraction that had to close down about a decade ago could be one step closer to coming back. today the board of supervisors will discuss a 50-year lease at broadway and the embarcadero. there were performances for more than ten years on pier 27 and 29. it was forced out to make way for america's cup and a cruiseship terminal. >>> what went down at that royal summit with queen elizabeth, prince harry, prince charles and prince william. apparently duchess meghan markle was supposed to be on the phone call. the royal family decided it was not necessary. the queen issued a statement after yesterday's summit expressing her full support of their decision to step back from being senior members of the royal family. >> it's historic for the queen to send a message like this. you really feel it's coming from her as the grandmother of a family recognizing in this modern world that individuals have their own paths to follow. >> harry and me

. >> if you look at the polling from quinnipiac university hypothetical general election matchup betweenither biden, sanders, warren comeau buddha judge or closure with president trump hovering in the low to mid 40s basically between 42 to 43 percent in the survey which has a margin of error, plus or -2.5 we go to gary and young would pennsylvania. >> good morning. >> gary, you are on the air. >> i consider myself to be a libertarian, i've been a registered democrat for about 15 years, i really dislike both parties but as a third-generation democrat my grandfathers were owned by the company store and i'm presently inside the territories that means i'm surrounded by white catholic democrats and what of the progressives say they hold onto their guns and their religion. it's gonna be interesting to w see which way the catholics upcoming and that's about all i have to say. i believe there is changes come into this country. i think you very much. have a nice day. >> and no young would pennsylvania very well. 34 percent of self-professed trump voters in the great lakes midwest we focus on that

the pressure reflected in new polling out tonight from quinnipiac showing 75% of registered voters wanting among that number 49% of republicans. the resistance, though, is being led by senate majority leader mcconnell, and as that unfolds the trial itself is about to enter the next phase. cnn's manu raja will be there for all of it. >> they don't have the votes to move forward on witnesses and mitch mcconnell doesn't have the votes yet to block witnesses from going forward. that's because a number of key republicans are still holding back how they'll vote. they're not committing one way or the other. they're saying they still want to deal with the questions that will occur tomorrow and ultimately we'll get a decision in the days ahead. i can tell you anderson coming out of a closed door conference meeting tonight republicans are telling me they're confident they will defeat that motion on friday to move forward on witnesses. they believe they'll eventually get there. in large part because of the arguments they're making behind the scenes. mitch mcconnell is warning that having one witness

they're all listening to each other. >> what's the chances they've seen the new 75 number from quinnipiac? >> pretty good. >> leer's the other piece of this, they're so exposed on the trump question, and the whole thing, book ended by access hollywood on one end. the bolton book on the other. that's what they're dealing with, right? the trump white house doesn't believe this thing issic. the trump white house is prepared for almost like a prepared for a ride down rocky whitewater rafting. so the idea they will take a second vote to deprive witnesses is utter insanity. and we're talking about the facts and the legal standpoint but the pure politics on this are insanity. you only have 51% to 54% behind his immediate removal but 75% around witnesses is political suicide. >> angus king standing by to talk to us having heard from claire mccaskill. senator, thank you for joining us again. it is yesterday when you made your bold prediction of up to ten going with you. can't you flash your independent card at the door and get into the republican caucus or a blockbuster video car or something. >>

the pressure reflected a new poll out with quinnipiac, showing 75% of registered voters wanting to hearial, among that number 49% of republicans, the resistance is being ledpy senate majority leader mcconnell and as that unfolds the trial itself is about to enter the next phase. manu raju will be there for all of it. he joins us now. where do the republican votes stand now with witnesses? >> they don't have the republican votes and mitch mcconnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses from going forward. a number of key republicans are still holding back how they'll vote, not committing one way or the other, saying they still want to deal with the questions that will occur tomorrow and

. >> host: as you look at the polling from quinnipiac university, hypothetical general election matchup between either biden, sanders, ward, bloomberg, who judge or amy klobuchar with trump covering in the low to mid \40{l1}s{l0}\'40{l1}s{l0} basically between 42-43% in the survey which has the margin of error of plus or minus 2.5% oro will go to carry in pennsylvania. good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> host: go ahead. on the air. >> caller: i consider myself to be a libertarian, registered democrat for about 15 years. i really dislike both the parties, but as a third-generation democrat my grandfathers were -- [inaudible] that means him to write a by democratsth and they hold onto e guns and their religion. it's going too be interesting to see which way the catholics about this upcoming. and that's about all i have to say. i believe there is some changes coming to this country. but thank you very much. have a nice day. >> guest: i know that area very well. i think your earlier point that you discussed, steve, about the polling, one of the other narratives sort of interesting thi

the quinnipiac poll show 77% of americans think immigration is a good thing. happy about it in texas. we have been asking for this for a long time. the president is getting it done. i applaud him for that. i think texas would applaud him for that. liz: does the wall work? does a border wall work? >> it works in el paso, and it worked in other countries. liz: in what way. >> in the late 90s george bush put a fence similar to a wall along 100 miles of land in el paso and their crime rate went from one of the worst in the country to one of the best. liz: you see it in california, too, the crime rate dropping in those counties around the wall in. >> it makes sense. it's harder to operate if there is a barrier. liz: border officials and yourself, you say it works. ken paxton, thank you for joining us. thank you so much for having us in your homes and thank you so much for watching. lou dobbs is next right here on the fox business network. have a good evening. [♪] [♪] lou: good evening, everybody. tonight from washington, d.c. president trump is holding a trademark

also of note from that quinnipiac poll the 35% of the people who responded said that they have made up their minds. the rest are still undecided about who they will vote for. while there is a lot of focus on warren and sanders, remember, the total six candidates on the stage here tonight at drake university. george, get the popcorn ready. >> the candidates have to be careful. iowa voters have a history of punishing those who get into fights before the caucus. >> keep all that in mind. >>> now to the fallout grow interesting that world series cheating scandal enveloping the houston astros and could affect the red sox. astros facing unprecedented punishment for sign stealing and t.j. holmes has all the details. >> the 2017 houston astros had more wins than any team in baseball. also that season they won the world series. also in 2017 they cheated -- the entire season. this is no longer an allegation or speculation. it's a result of an investigation, also an admission by some members of the team. so what do they do? stealing signs? that's a problem as old as baseball. the problem is they

. >> martha: just for what it's worth, the quinnipiac poll, 66% of respondents would like to hear fromn bolton, there is a huge curiosity factor if nothing else around his potential testimony but i do want to ask you about the new evidence that is coming in tonight, the lev parnas evidence was involved with rudy giuliani and had some business interest in ukraine that he appears to have been trying to move forward with some of his machinations that involve the ambassador and all of that. i want to put up on the screen one of the pieces of evidence that has come out which is a note that is handwritten and it says get zelensky -- sorry, here we go. to announce that biden will be investigated and that is a note i believe that is in rudy giuliani's hand, we also have lev parnas saying there was another letter which is getting a ton of attention, what do you make of it? >> it sounds very much like evidence that we've already heard which is that trump wanted an investigation undertaken of the bidens in connection with the burisma matter. and i think it tends to back up you've already learned

the pressure reflected a new poll out with quinnipiac, showing 75% of registered voters wanting to hear testimony at the trial, among that number 49% of republicans, the resistance is being ledpy senate majority leader mcconnell and as that unfolds the trial itself is about to enter the next phase. manu raju will be there for all of it. he joins us now. where do the republican votes stand now with witnesses? >> they don't have the republican votes and mitch mcconnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses from going forward. a number of key republicans are still holding back how they'll vote, not committing one way or the other, saying they still want to deal with the questions that will occur tomorrow and ultimately the decision in the days ahead. i can tell you, anderson, coming out of a closed door conference meeting republicans are confident they will defeat that motion on friday to move forward on witnesses. they believe they'll event cruelly get there in large part because of the arguments they're making behind the scenes, mitch mcconnell is saying it could lead to a flood of w

we had a quinnipiac poll the other day that said 75% of americans want to hear from witnesses, or thinkhe senate should hear from witnesses to make that a fair trial. if we are done in 24 hours and there has not been -- there have not been witnesses called in this trial, there will be many americans who will think this was a sham. >> actually, i think most people will be thinking that they know their president, president of the united states, committed various -- whether they call them crimes or illegalities or abuses or whatever. everybody knows, and he has admitted, that he tried to get the president of another country to dig up dirt on one of his potential opponents, and he was going to take out his opponent with the dirt that the other president was going to give him. and he was -- and he used american military aid to do that. so everybody knows that. everybody but maybe -- maybe there's 10 or 20% of the people who don't want to believe, but even they -- i think like we saw tonight, they believe it and they don't care or they think it's okay, or they think the commander in chief is

also, a quinnipiac poll yesterday, when asked about whether john bolton should testify, 66 americanshould. hopefully three other senators on the republican side join senator romney in calling for john bolton to come forward. he's a relevant witness who could aid the investigation. >> congressman, thank you very much. >> of course. my pleasure. >>> coming up, slash and bern, fireworks expected tonight as bernie sanders and elizabeth warren face off over her charge that he told her back in 2018 a woman couldn't win the presidency. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us for his response. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me. >> tech: hi, i'm adrian. >> man: thanks for coming. ...with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ fine, no one leaves the tablefine, we'll sleep here. ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. >>> and just hours ahead of the last democratic debate before the iowa c

there's this quinnipiac poll asking americans do you think john bolton should testify?the answer was 66% yes. but i think that that question is just not specific enough. in my experience, if you ask people, do you think there should be more information? almost everybody will say yes. >> right. i'm sure if you asked the question, do you think congress should be spending time impeaching and harassing the president versus passing the usmca trade deal to create more jobs, i think the answer would be even higher than that 66% saying yes, stop the personal harassment and this political vendetta that pelosi admitted over the weekend. it's trying to stain the legacy of the president. it's pelosi's legacy that will be impeachment, not president trump. >> dana: so you just got back from your holiday or the holiday. and focusing on impeachment. have the state of the union february 4. beyond that, the acrimony being so tough right now with the democrats and republicans, what could possibly do you think can get done before the end of the year? >> well, there are real things and obvi

a new quinnipiac poll finds 66% of respondents say they want to hear from bolton. then there's iran, an issue still very much on the president's plate even with his impeachment trial rapidly approaching. and this detail tonight. nbc news reporting that trump signed off on the killing of the iranian general soleimani seven months ago. the directive apparently came with the condition that trump would have a final say on an operation and only if iran's action resulted with the death of an american. and this white house continues to face mounting questions about the intelligence used to justify the lethal drone strike that killed soleimani. among his many unusual and full-on undignified defenses on social media, the president's re-tweet of a doctored picture from an unverified source of the speaker and the senate democratic leader schumer in front of an iranian flag, the two leaders are portrayed for good measure in traditional muslim dress with the caption "democrats 2020." this afternoon the president responded to the growing criticism over his shifting explanations

. >> and data, new quinnipiac poll released today showed that 66% think that president trump's are from advisor john bolton should testify. marco rubio says it will discuss allowing for witnesses tweeting "those claiming senate g.o.p. going to trial without witnesses is supplying and using the same rules used in the clinton trial during the initial arguments will only contact, consider testimony after the phase comments and i can hear additional witnesses if needed." to get started, some procedural steps later this week at that include swearing and chief justice and senators and the jurors freedom when expected trial will get going in terms of substance with presentations most likely next tuesday and putting other senate businesses on hold. >> senators have to be in their desk and they can be on the phone and they cannot talk to one of the other and they stay in their desks with included impeachment, and lasted five we. >> selecting impeachment managers, that's a handful of lawmakers will make the case. >> went live on the hill, mark, thank you. of but even, brit hume, your thoughts on

a quinnipiac poll out this week says the u.s.soleimani, right action, wrong action, 45% right action. asked if it makes americans safer, you see that breakdown. more safe, less safe, no impact. for somebody sitting at home, are they buying this immanence argument? the terrorist attacks that were coming and whether that matters in that calculation? >> i thought i detected in the welcome that president trump seeped last night at the game, there was a kind of exuberance to that that i think reflected on the part of his supporters, real pride in how he handled this. this is another poll that reflexive very divided country and your opinion of president trump colors your opinion of this but i think it has been a very, very successful episode for him. >> bret: this does cross lines when it comes to the issue of war, notifying congress, why to go forward with something. >> sure, it crosses lines, but the extra opinion has consistently been wrong throughout this episode. >> bret: a lot of episodes, actually. >> we heard removing ourselves

brendan, jim mentioned the 75% of americans in the new quinnipiac poll want to hear witnesses.hat's up from our polling two weeks ago. but notably, it's 75% of independents, right? and so you have people like senator markey who we just had on saying if you don't call witnesses, it's a cover-up. so how tough of a vote or do you not think it's a tough vote for most republicans in the senate just to not say, okay, more facts are helpful? >> yeah, i think if we have witnesses, i agree that i think we will probably end up with three votes, not four, for witnesses. but if we end up with witnesses, i don't think it will be because of political pressure on vulnerable senators. it will be because it will be the type of people who care about the institution and the senate and what it represents. they don't want john bolton to make a fool of the institution later on when he releases the book and says things they probably should have heard now. it's not going to be the susan collins -- she may vote for it -- or the cory gardners. i think it will be the mitt romneys and lamar alexanders who

but the number in a new quinnipiac poll today was devastating. 75% of registered voter respondents say they support hearing from witnesses. that includes 49% of republicans surveyed. amid all this, the president held his first rally since the start of the impeachment trial. he was down in wildwood, new jersey, tonight along the southern shore of that great state, and a big show of support for jeff van drew. mr. van drew was a democratic congressman who voted against impeachment, later switched, became a republican, now has an enormous target on his back. there were the familiar attacks on democrats and on the investigations that have clouded the trump presidency. >> while we are creating jobs and killing terrorists, the congressional democrats are obsessed with demented hoaxes, crazy witch hunts, and deranged partisan crusades. the american people are disgusted by the washington democrat witch -- and you see it. you see it. which is worse? the impeachment hoax or the witch hunts from russia? >> on that note and here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, kimberly atkins, senior

this report comes as a new quinnipiac poll shows the american public is divided about everything has overwhelming support hearing from witnesses. two-thirds of americans, 66%, would like to see john bolton testify in the impeachment trial. including 39% of republicans. then there is the other source of new information that's still flowing in the house intelligence committee and it's worth remembering why it is so important. remember these two guys? lev parnas and igor fruman, intimately involved in trump's plot to abuse the power of his office against ukraine against his political rival. they said they were part of the president's legal team a few months ago. they were setting up meetings for rudy giuliani in ukraine. part of what they are currently facing indictment for, the reason they've been indicted is furthering the president's scheme by working to get the formatter u.s. ambassador to ukraine removed through illegal campaign donations. they were funneling thousands of dollars of russian money into american campaigns. one of them, lev, was working for a ukrainian oligarch fighti

they want witnesses. 75% of americans in a new quinnipiac poll say they want to hear from witnesses. joining me now, rick santorum, former republican senator from pennsylvania and senior political commentator, paul begala. let me put more of that polling up on the screen so people can just see how overwhelming it is. when i tell you 75% of americans want to see it, a plurality of republicans, 49% to 43%. an overwhelming number of democrats, 95% to 3%. and independents, 7 5% to 18% say they want to hear witnesses. so, paul, for months republicans have been saying, oh, democrats are taking a giant political risk with impeachment. what political risk, paul, do republicans face if they vote against witnesses when 75% of americans, including 75% of independents say they want them? >> right. so far, there has not been a backlash against the democrats since they began impeachment. they actually won the kentucky governors race. they won the louisiana governors race. the house and senate in virginia. the elections since impeachment began have almost all gone for the democrats. but the republi

. >>> moments ago quinnipiac released the latest poll saying that most want to see john bolton testifysenate's impeachment trial. 66% in fact including 39% of republicans and 71% of independents. the house is set to meet tomorrow to discuss next steps in the impending trial of donald trump kicking off a historic week in washington. for more i'm joined by correspondent garret haake and legal analyst danny cevallos. talk to me about the process from here to the beginning of a trial. >> reporter: tomorrow morning nancy pelosi will meet with the democratic caucus, hash out the next steps on impeachment managers and that's the vote that will see on the house side sometime later this week. the vote for managers and naming of the prosecutors in the trial is the formal vehicle which kicks things over to the senate side. the senate side we'll see probably the swearing-in of senators and the swearing-in of the chief justice this week and not clear to start opening arguments or anything that looks like a trial until next week. the managers and the president's defense team have to have time to get

a quinnipiac poll today, 71% -- 66% of americans saying they want to hear from john bolton.hink many senators will list tone one thing, what do my constituents want. if you're in colorado, alaska, call your senator and say we demand a nair trial. even the president deserves a fair trial. >> congressman hold on. we're going to let you vote right now. please come back in a moment. i'm going to heidi przybyla on this. romney, i've said the other day, rather wistfullyl, he flirts with greatness. every once in a while you think this guy is going to break with the party and be the independent candidate, independent republican. >> he probably will. he said right now he's going to commit most likely to voting for bolton. but you need flee more. here's the this can. even though the congressman is right, these members face really tough general election fights, anybody can primary them at this point that this trial is going to be going on. that primary window is still open. and actually, i've looked at some of the statements that the top four most vulnerable republican senators have ma

in a quinnipiac poll this week, 75% of those polled sayse witnesses should testify in mr.mp'smpeachment trial. that includes 49% of republicans, 95% of mocrats, and 75% of independents.th insidcapitol, more pressure, but in more appetizing form-- a local bakery deliverinl cakes ttors with messages like "this is histo in the baking," and "don't dessert democracy... let bolton testify." before that is decided, senators will continue their question and answer period tomorrow. for the pbs nehour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: and our lisa w desjardins and yache alcindor are at the capitol today, and so, yamiche, to you, first.o as we know, this is the first day of questions. whatinare we leafrom the kinds of questions that these is it adding up to something that we have a better understanding of this cas? >> after watching several hours of senators' questio what, we know is that senators are really sending questions to their party's side.s so if you're a democrat, most of your questions werto the house managers. if you're a republican, house o the questions were house's team.s

the american people overwhelmingly want to hear from witnesses. 75% support it in a quinnipiac poll. that includes a plurality of republicans. >> a vote on witnesses will take place on friday. president trump appears concerned. he is attacking bolton via twitter and a growing number of republican senators now acknowledging that president trump may in fact have held the u.s. military aid to ukraine in exchange for investigations of his political rivals, but they now claim it doesn't warrant removal from office or even hearing new evidence. let's begin our coverage with lauren fox, live on capitol hill where things seem to be changing by the hour. >> reporter: that's right, and the question about witnesses is looming but first, 16 hours of questions that lawmakers are going to be able to ask to both the house managers and the president's defense counsel. last night, the president's defense team resting their case and making their closing arguments. >> and with that, that ends our presentation. >> reporter: with the conclusion of president trump's defense team opening argument, senate r

. >>> in a new quinnipiac poll released today, 75% of registered voters say there should be witnesses in the senate impeachment trial of donald trump. 75% of independent voters say they want witnesses in the trial. and a full 49% of republicans want to hear from witnesses in the trial. and that last number, 49, that number might actually match the number of republican senators who are now opposed to witnesses in the trial. it might just be that only 49 republican senators are opposed to witnesses at this point because "the new york times," the "the wall street journal," "the washington post" are all reporting tonight that mitch mcconnell has told republican senators that he does not have enough votes to block witnesses in the senate impeachment trial. that means mitch mcconnell has 49 votes or less. it means that at least four republicans have told mitch mcconnell that they are going to vote for witnesses, and that's all it takes to force witnesses in the senate trial. but why would mitch mcconnell turn over his cards like this? why would mitch mcconnell reveal now that he does not ha

. >> bill: back here in studio looking at the quinnipiac poll that came out 40 minutes ago about public opinion. they are overwhelmingly in favor of hearing from some witnesses. >> the poll came out about an hour ago and basically says 75% of people saying that they should have witnesses. that has grown since this process started and i think it probably might be because we are all talking about should there be witnesses and most americans would say yes, that makes perfectly good sense. to your question, would this have a lasting effect if they don't get witnesses, with the american people say that wasn't fair, possibly in for a while and both sides can go to the election with that debate because speaker pelosi already said the president is impeached, they are already going to go to the election saying this is an impeached president. in the president's people then turn out and say he doesn't really matter that there weren't witnesses? i think the republicans could get through that and but it be hard. it's a big number. >> you get a sense that what democrats really want is for republicans

quinnipiac university is out with a new poll.tions and impeachment and found that those surveyed, 51% said they approved of the houseboat to impeach, while 46% disapproved. 48% do not want the senate to to convict. 46% said they should. saidf those surveyed former national security adviser john bolton should testify. 48% said they disapproved of the speaker holding the articles of impeachment. former secretary of state john bolton said he would be willing to testify. saidpeaker also republicans should later consider whether or not to call witnesses. here is what he said. >> let us consider what leader mcconnell is suggesting when he claims to be open to witnesses at a later date. what does he mean when he says that? trial, the clinton senate waited three weeks into the trial to confront the issue of witnesses. once they decided on three witnesses, with the support of several senate republicans here today, including leader mcconnell, it took time for the witnesses to be deposed, and for the senate to consider what they had submitt

we've had a tightening of the race biden leading latest national poll for quinnipiac sanders within 5t reshape the national race based on the results. here is what's driving tightening nationally and variability is age. from quinnipiac, take a look at youngest group of voters, democratic leaning voters 18 to 34, bernie sanders a majority of support in this gigantic field. 53%. basically under 35 years old. by the way, the former vice president joe biden 3%. under 35 years old. this is the youngest group of democratic voters. let's go to the other end of the age spectrum a completely different story when you go 65 plus. joe biden 3% with young voters, suddenly 12 times as popular, 36% support. and sanders from 53% crashes all the way down to 7%. when i say this is the biggest variable for mop night, it's the cliche of cliche in elections, it's all about turnout, all about turnout but it is about turnout. are you getting more of this or more of that? you can see from those numbers pretty starkly that's probably going to turn the winner. >> striking generational breakdown. older folks my

. >> in a new quinnipiac poll mik.y. >> yeah. >> what do you think that says? >> i think it has to do with all the money he is spending. tom steyer spent a lot of money too but it paels in comparison to michael bloomberg. running that many ads in that many places will get you a bounce. the question is mike bloomberg if he wants to be president has to be a real candidate. you can't run an entire campaign on television i don't think. >> was there anything that surprised you as you went around the country? >> what surprised me was how passionate people are about a whole bunch of issues. >> they are not apathetic. >> they are not. everyone says health care is on the minds of voters. you hear these people tell stories about bunce ride because afraid of a couple thousand dollars bill. not taking their prescription drugs. and all they want is someone w fast. >> i've seen people who are not apathetic but not passionate about candidates yet in a broad sense. >> no they're not. what they want is, you know, trump has exhausted th

some of the round up saying when it comes to the quinnipiac polls , cnn 69 percent, associated pressnd the norc at 68%. washington post at 71%. when you average those up, 73% of americans polled say they want to see witnesses. host: washington is the kind of town where people do love to see a good spreadsheet. thank you, lots of data there. thank for that. we will show you the president's rally last night from des moines. part of this is from the "washington times. give supporters preview. they write president trump and former vice president biden offered voters a potential preview of the general election. trading political jabs while sketching out dramatically different views on the state of the nation. the prospect of a showdown between mr. trump and mr. bryden -- biden has hung over the impeachment trial in capitol hill where white house attorneys and republican lawmakers are trying to focus the hearings on allegations of corruption leveled against mr. biden and his son, hunter. to theaction on twitter race, this one from gary who says the immigration, border security, usmca, and

something about it. 70% of the people want our government to do something about it, according to quinnipiac polls. this is the decade, starting now, that we need to get this right. nations, tying cysts -- scientists from all over the world are telling us that we need to get this ship turned around, cut our fossil fuel pollution by about a half by 2030, on the way to cutting it by 80%, cutting all of it or offsetting that with that remains by no later than 2050 if we are going to avoid the worked -- the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. host: we have seen those type of deadlines before, that if we do x by such and such a date -- what is different now? guest: we look around and the seas are rising, they are rising charleston, cape cod, virginia. nine of the worst 10 fires in california's history we have seen in this past decade. fasterosing species at a rate than any other time since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago. the great barrier reef is dying. we are seeing croplands turning china,rt, and parts of kenya, kansas. as people see this more and more, they understand that if