offer questions to counsel to t to sell a story. they don t have to have the terms of the debate set like ordinary congressionale hearin and i think that s what democrats need to do. if the american people don t hear it inif that way, and i describe it as the difference between reading a book, and i read the book, and seeing the movie.g the movie kind of sticks with you because that s the world we re in, people are busy, and democrats in order to move public opinion have to begin to tell the story. otherwise they don t have the narrative at all. where are we though in that process? i talked to a former national security official who thought the moment wascu slipping away from democrats. i think it s close. i think the danger here is that the president pretends in his language thatpr he wants to bri impeachment on.he i don t believe it for a minute. me neither. read his tweets, look at his demeanor in a press cluster, this is somebody fearing impeachment like, you know, you fear
hallie. something that is still shrouded m in mystery. thank you for hopping on the phone and i know you ll continue to sift through all of that. news in the 2020 world and 100-year storm. one elections expert at the university of florida is predicting for 2020. why? the estimate voter turn out could be as high as 67%, according to axios. that would be the highest it would be in more than 100 years since at least 1960. that is pretty good news if you re one of the 20 democrats running for president who, by the way, are scrambling to nail down their spots on the debate stage. three more weeks to qualify for that first debate set for next month on nbc news and here on msnbc. one of those democrats joins me now. former colorado governor and 2020 candidate john hickenlooper. thanks for being back on the show. thanks, hallie. thanks for having me back. you have rolled out an ambitious new policy related to guns and notably you are
couple weeks with people saying based on his behavior with monica lewinsky, should he have resigned. this is touching a lot of people across both sides of the aisle. we may pop this up as it happens. i should say, we will if it happens this hour. verbal debate set to begin shortly on that bill on capitol hill put forth by representative barbara comstock. yesterday she was on the program. she s going to try to at tack the situation that s going on with sexual harassment and allegations of sexual misconduct on capitol hill to make it easier for him to report. lot of steps she s trying to take with a bipartisan bill. as they begin the debate, we ll bring it to you. i m thinking, katie, should there be a debate? there should not be a debate. the new training mechanisms are trying to implement with this bill. this new reporting system, more protections for people who want to come forward. that s all well and good. but it seems to me like a whole bunch more bureaucracy because the problem
we are live in las vegas. if you didn t know. what have you been doing all hour? it s all right here. home to some of history the greatest showdowns. donny versus marie, fermin versus baldwin. it s crazy. final debate set to kick off hours from now. here with us, cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley, manu raju and cnn executive eder mark preston. doug brinkley to you. into this debate. over here. i m here. a hair flip. the polls show donald trump down by nine points. that s a lot. put it in historical perspective
trump used a graphic term to describe her loss in 2008. i don t know that he has any boundaries at all. his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. trump fought back by tweeting the word he used that rhymes with long. he says it s a word on which used in world of politics. joe johns is in washington with more. and the next republican debate set for january, will this new poll, the cnn orc poll matter? well, yeah, it certainly will matter and i ll talk about the debate in just a minute. ity want to possibility out a couple other things on the poll. favorability ratings, this is kind of important and we re always tracking this. so ted cruz is actually on top of the favorability ratings with 74%. he s seen a big increase in the last few months, cruz followed by rubio, trump in third place even though he leads overall.