manchin would break on this is highly unlikely. he s voted for every nominee so far. stopping that record now seems extraordinarily unlikely. i think it s more likely you might see him get frustrated be part of the backlash here to the way this has been handled. whatever else you think about manchin and his policies he s big on bipartisanship and trying to treat people with respect. if he feels like this judge is getting piled on in this hearing i think that could push him further into her corner rather than away from her. senator leahy said today he s been distressed by the tone of the hearing. is that something you ve heard reflected from others, garrett? absolutely, on the democratic side. i ve not heard publicly that from republicans, although i have to say as is often the case these senators have other day jobs. those who are not on this committee aren t necessarily watching in real time. give us some time to smoke those feelings out, hallie. give us the timeline before we
impeachment. the impeachment mark hasn t moved through the five weeks, so that s what the house judiciary hopes to do some way on wednesday. republicans, though on that committee aren t going to make that easy for democrats. the cue dacujudiciary committee bigger, more partisan and rowdier. because the president won t have counsel representing there he ll lean on folks, lewis gohmert, ma ma matt gaetz. ian, what would white house counsel in the position of trump s white house counsel in, what would their defense of a president like trump look like if they were to participate? i think what you re seeing right now they don t really have
speech that would reach all americans. later conway this morning said theme attically the president on the fourth is going to discuss our great democracy, troops in the military and she said the success of the administration on job creation and veterans issues. by the way, there is, as you know well, going to be a section in the front on thursday for vips, including the president s family, friends, military members. the republican and national committee tells nbc news it has received and distributed tickets for preferred seating, those extra areas. we have reached out to the d in, c to see if they received an allotment of tickets of their own. so far we haven t heard back. that happened for the garden tour, the christmas at the white house as well. maybe we will see you on nightly news tonight. betsy and laura, there are demonstrations planned here return colluding the about tie donald trump baby balloon or blimp as it s called. they told me overnight that that permit has been approv
the president said the plan is designed to prevent that, but we ll see how it goes. and also just the similarities. even the pentagon officials have said that that kind of display of military might could create with countries, authoritarian nations like north korea and china. so that s been a concern from military officials themselves. side note, forecast in washington thursday as we were discuss opening a commercial break, not going to be good. so rain might dampen the turnout, but it s lightning that could be the real problem for some of this. i m not sure it s clear what the backup plan, if there is one. we ll keep you post. let s get a quick check on what our sources saying. betsy, what are you working on. e woo looking at the senate foreign relations committee which has jurisdiction over some of the administration s foreign policy. we re hearing criticism of the way that the republican who controls that committee is handling oversight of president trump s iran policy. and
they should be getting and of the classified nature that this like to hear regarding the iran threat. there s been a huge change from when senator corker was the chairman of that committee and frequently used it to criticize the trump administration even though was a republican. now to risch who largely has been quiet about this administration s often controversial foreign policy decisions. laura, what are you working on? i ve been talking to a lot of democratic strategists, operatives about the generational split within the party and how that will play into the 2020 primary. so what they ve been saying is they think there could be a pathway for candidates like kamala harris, elizabeth warren, to pull from younger voters. we ve seen in polls that biden does well among older african-american voters but it s the younger minority voters where candidates like harris or warren could find a pathway to overtake bide pent how those generational splits play out as we head closer to the firs