President and removing him from office hits 50 . Only 6 of republicans, for example, back impeachment. And the backlash, instant. Africanamerican Lawmakers Said the president s use of the word lynching is deeply offensive, yet not surprising given the source. I think it was just an egregious statement. Its beneath the dignity of the office of the president of the United States. The president should not compare a constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry to such a dangerous and dark chapter of american history. Its irresponsible for him to do so, and i hope that he will apologize. Back to that a bit later. But we begin the hour with a very big day in the trump impeachment inquiry. A diplomat complained that the president was putting his personal politics ahead of smart ukraine policy. This testing on a day when support for impeaching the president and removing him from office is on the rise. Now at 50 for the first time. It is trademark trump to turn up the volume when he wants to d
The deadline was rapidly approaching. Bloomberg is seen as a possible alternative for moderates, currently supporting former vice part o president joe biden. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. We were out with candidates when they began performing in the democratic primary in january. But now, 11 months later, the former independent mayor of new york, who recently reregistered as a democrat has announced that he is preparing to announce that he plans to run as a democrat in the president ial primary. That is according to a New York Times report this evening. At the end of last month, we asked democratic primary voters about bloomberg and just 6 of them said in a fox news poll that they would definitely vote for him if he ran. He is reportedly encouraged enough by numbers like that to send staffers down to alabama to start selecting signatures to qualify as a democrat. Alabamas primary is not until super tuesday, but youve got to get on the ballot by friday, so that is where