His impeachment trial. We went through hell unfairly. With a client senate, a Strong Economy and rising approval numbers, can nothing get in his way . Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering if the second time is the charm. Voters in New Hampshire will get the chance to shape the democratic primary race after a disastrous first contest in iowa where the winner has yet to be officially determined. The two Democratic Candidates that have claimed victory in the iowa caucuses, senator Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg are joining me. They seem to be riding some iowa momentum into the state of New Hampshire. A new cnn university of New Hampshire poll out this morning shows sanders and then buttigeg ahead of the rest of the democratic field in a state where one of the top two finishers has always gone on to become the democratic nominee. Joining me now 2020 president ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders. Senator, thanks so much for joining us. Lets start
45 republicans in the senate including one pickup. 17 seats right now remain outstanding in the u. S. Senate. Were watching those 17 seats. Democrats must pick up three republican seats and not lose any more of their own. Three republican seats in order to get closer and closer to the majority. Its looking tough for the democrats right there. Lets go over to john king and take a closer look because these Senate Contests are very significant. The house races very significant. Two different pictures emerging right now. Two very different pictures. I was just peeking at florida as you were coming over. 99 now in the senate race. Lets look at the governors race. 99 . The republicans on top in both of them. So your question is when you get to this, lets go back and use the senate race because this is key to the battle for control of the senate. The democrats need to hold this seat. The republican rick scott ahead. The question is at 99 , is there any possibility for bill nelson to catch up
Trump campaign wanted in their pursuit of dirt on democrats in ukraine. Yovanovitch testified that she was removed from her post after she pushed back on the president s shadow Foreign Policy efforts. Lets begin with the latest on impeachment. Manu raju joins us now from capitol hill. So in the next couple of hours, well see the beginning of the rules committee debate. What do we expect during that back and forth, and what rules will they set today . Well, they are going to set the parameters for what the floor debate will look like when it happens tomorrow. Well see the representative for the democrats, jamie raskin, present on their side and the republican side, the Top Republican on the house judiciary committee, doug collins, present on his side. It will be contentious. Members will ask questions back and forth. Expect some fireworks. Ultimately theyll approve the procedures, the hours, how that floor debate tomorrow will work out before that historic vote to impeach the president
Record Number of GOP Women in Congress Didn t Come to Compromise
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In early February, just one day after the House banished Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from congressional committees for incendiary behavior and two days after GOP lawmakers decided by secret ballot to allow Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney to retain her leadership position despite her vote to impeach Donald Trump, a third drama involving Republican women was unfolding in upstate New York. In a case over disputed ballots in the state s 22nd congressional district, a judge ruled in favor of Republican Claudia Tenney, handing her victory over Democrat Anthony Brandisi by a mere 109 votes thereby settling the last undecided race of the 2020 election. That decis
obstruction of congress and abuse of power. now also behind the scenes, democrats are meeting. right now they re convening the members. nancy pelosi for a weekly caucus meeting to discuss exactly what the next steps are on this and other legislative matters and what the democrats right now are confident they have enough votes, more than enough to impeach the president because, if you look at the last couple of days over the number of freshmen democrats from swing districts the president carried, they are coming out in support of impeachment. and the sign today, one democrat who had been holding back, anthony brandisi of new york, a freshman from a district district that leans republican came out and said he d vote on both counts of impeachment. that s been the trend so far. we ve not seen anyone other than two democrats break ranks. and one of those democrats, jeff van drew, suggested he s going to switch to the republican party amid the backlash he s facing. the ground rules to be set