the question of the inquiry, i think there are people that tolerate an inquiry in the end may not support his removal as it gets closer to the election. i think it s undeniable that there s support for getting to the bottom of his efforts to basically extort a foreign leader. that s no question. it s also the kind of thing that i think everyone in this country is automatically just interested in. yeah. it s easy to understand the narrative is pretty simple. i think we all want to know as much as possible about this story. going back to the issue with the whistle-blower, one thing i can tell you is that there are serious concerns within the intelligence community that the way the whistle-blower is being described by republicans and the way it s being covered is going to significantly impact the president s trust in the i.c. ever since he was elected going back, even to before, he bought into conspiracy theories about the intelligence community, but this particular moment has gener
this has all happened literally on the north lawn of the white house. although i will say, i m skeptical about this poll for a few reasons. i m skeptical about being for democrats being too excited about this poll. the reason is trump s approval rating has been out of step with impeachment for a while. and now we re seeing it come together. and i don t know how much is chicken and egg, pelosi back in mueller hasn t come out for impeachment. i don t know how much the whole democratic party is saying we are for impeachment. how much that has a sway on democratic votes. this poll says almost one-fifth of republicans support his removal from office. support the inquiry. no, no, almost one-fifth support his removal it says in this story of this poll. give me a break. i mean, last month you had 85%-95% of republicans job approval who stuck with him through helsinki, charlottesville, stormy daniels, access hollywood, mueller,
downturn. makes sense to get it in order, you fix the roof before the rainstorm comes. we re doing the opposite and will pay the price in terms of economic strength and affects all areas of our country s strength. maya, got to go. good talking to you always. maya macguineas. thank you for watching. deadline: white house begins right now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c., where donald trump has declared war on the house impeachment inquiry. the perils for the president in doing so are immense and could include adding a separate article of impeachment for obstructing the inquiry that, of course, was one of the nixon articles of impeachment. donald trump turning to stonewalling as the impeachment inquiry is soaring in terms of support from the american public. adopting the defiant posture of obstructing a probe that 58% of the american public supports including nearly a third of republicans, so potentially
donald trump s flailing out loud today as new signs emerge that the place he ran to escape political ruin during the mueller inquiry, lies about his conduct, attacks on the investigators, and obstruction of the investigation, itself, don t appear to be working when it comes to the impeach chlment inquiry. several new polls out today showing growing support for the inquiry, itself, the most dramatic a new washington post poll shows 58% of americans, 58% of americans don t agree on much anymore, 58% of americans support the inquiry. that s up 21 points since july. and a full 49% of americans go so far as to say they support impeachment and donald trump s removal from office. that s not just among trump s hardened opponents. almost a third of republicans support an impeachment inquiry into trump s conduct with
ukraine. a staggering 57% of independents are supportive of the inquiry. joining us at this table, politics reporter for the daily beast, betsy woodrufp swan. and karine jean-pierre. move moveon.org members. i think it was surprising when the report came out with 150 contacts between donald trump s orbit, ten acts of criminal obstruction of justice, they didn t really move. after the mueller report came out, 39% supported on impeachment inquiry and may have been some of what led to nancy pelosi s sort of stubborn refusal to head down that path. 58%. yeah. support this one. it s astonishing. i don t think we ve in trump s time, his era, we ve never seen numbers move this quickly. there s a trend line we re seeing from i think this is the fourth poll now we re seeing on impeachment and so it s, like i said, it s astonishing.