where do you think that stands today as opposed to yesterday? just about where we were. i certainly don t think, as i think a number of us have said, that the ball, for those that favor impeachment and dog gone it, made their plot fails. because one of the things that adam schiff said that is so relevant is we re 80 days from the first votes in a presidential election year. so allow this process to work. it s one of the reasons that the politics of impeachment just are not working out, even with the president s unfavorables being higher than he would like going to a re-elect year, the sentiment in favor of impeaching him for his ethics and that s what we heard today, was that this afternoon, the ethics, the morality, the greed, the other considerations didn t justify even launch an impeachment
betsy, on capital? sure thing. and that republican aide for a member of the house judiciary committee told me yid, republicans on that committee as well as the house intelligence committee very much see this moment as a crucial one. they believe that if tomorrow is if it s a bombshell, if it changes public opinion on the president s relationship with the russian government, that it could dramatically rachet up pressure on speaker nancy pelosi to talk talking about impeachment more seriously and it could result in more democratic members of congress coming out in favor impeachment. so for republicans they re thinking not just about the short game, all thof course the short game is always important. but also more importantly about what this means for what could be a defining moment of trump s presidency. whether or not be this results in a dramatically heightened push for impeachment among their democratic colleagues. you talk about this appreciate you re on pa laelosi
judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler, and adam schiff that it may now be time to subpoena robert mueller to come before congress and testify publicly? i do. i do. i think, you know, we are grinding through this process, not just with robert mueller, who doesn t want to come to congress because i think he doesn t want to sort of get caught up in the political whirlwind, but we re in that situation with any number of other witnesses and any number of other people who have been subpoenaed. i give nancy pelosi a lot of credit. she s shown a lot of patience. she s won in court over and over again. i imagine that we will continue to win in court. but yes, look, at some point, these processes have to come to an end. and if bob mueller won t come voluntarily, i do think it s important we subpoena him. because as you know, the public polls nationwide show the american public not ready to go ahead with impeachment right now, don t favor impeachment right now. do you think a public heari
a new cnn poll found 41% favor impeachment. that is an increase of about four percentage points from last month. among democrats, those who support impeachment has now increased by seven percentage points. the house majority whip says it s not a matter of if, rather when, the house starts an impeachment inquiry. we believe that if we do it efficiently and effectively, it will be one that the public will understand and will support. if the public ever feels that we re being political with this, we will have done a tremendous harm to the country. and top republicans are suggesting exactly what congressman james clyburn is trying to avoid. this is purely politics. their own base is angry because they lost an election. that s the only reason they want to impeach. there s no facts or reason why. my advice to my democratic friends is if you want to do it, go hard or go home.
talking about the democrats did well in the midterms. yet they are not talking about it because they are on the road to impeachment. bad idea for democrats? yes. very bad idea for democrats. which is one of the reasons that house speaker is like let s take our time. let s take a breath. let s have a thorough investigation because speaker of the house, asked constitutional whether i oversight of the executive branch. they have to do it. they have to do their job. democrats, even though 72% favor impeachment, when you pick up 40 plus seats in the house democrats sit i like to call that a tsunami, but when the democrats did that in the midterm, people, you know, yes, people were hoping for an impeachment, but those swings voters, the people that aren t happy with the president right now and some republicans that say what s happened to my party? ed: they want to get something done. they want healthcare addressed and immigration addressed. some people want crime addressed. some people