probably for the you know, for the deepest red republicans, it may not. but that is, in fact, the case. this is not, in fact, a trial. it is being conducted under rules that were basically written by republicans, you know, when they had the majority in the house. and there is no set playbook for how to do this impeachment. democrats make the argument that they re bending over backwards to try to be fair to the president. let s hold it right there, and we ll ask both of our guests to stay with us. coming up, the nikki haley of 2016 sure sounds a lot different from today s nikki haley. we ll talk about her. we ll talk about that when we come back. (danny) let me get this straight.
file charges against president trump, the defendant in this case. now, does that cut through the argument that republicans are making? probably for the you know, for the deepest red republicans, it may not. but that is, in fact, the case. this is not, in fact, a trial. it is being conducted under rules that were basically written by republicans and, you know, when they had the majority in the house. and there is no set play book for how to do this impeachment. democrats make the argument that they re bending over backwards to try to be fair to the president. let s hold it right there and we ll ask both of our guests to stay with us. coming up, the nikki haley of 2016 sure sounds a lot different from today s nikki haley. we ll talk about her. we ll talk about that when we come back.
reports that he spoke to a white see premsupremacist group back in 2002. reporter: fred republicans may be saturdaytarting out the year in a weaker position than they had hoped, but they are still prepared to fight the president tooth and nail over the keystone xl pipeline. republicans in congress celebrated two months ago with sweeping victories in the midterm elections, but they ll be kicking off the new year weaker than they planned after a pair of embarrassments from two gop house members. i m not familiar with who that group was. reporter: the number three house republican, steve scalise after news this week he accepted an invitation a decade ago to speak to a white supremacist group. and michael grimm resigning after pleading guilt counterto tax evasion. but the new headaches come as republicans plot their first moves now that they ll control both houses of congress next week. just to give you some examples it won t surprise you,
tonight we ll be able to pinpoint which part of the president s speech make the strongest impression on voters both good and bad. we put together a focus group in iowa, the state that put barack obama on the map back in 2008. it s one of the key presidential battle ground states. it s also a key for fighting control of the u.s. senate this fall. our focus group members will listen to the president. they ll use a dial to record their reaction. here s the readout from our focus group during last year s state-of-the-union address. you can seat lines go up and down for positive and negative responses. blue represents democrats, red republicans, yellow independents. in 2013, the president got his best response from independent voters at 9:55 when he talked about bringing the troops home from afghanistan. he spiked with the republicans in 9:48 when he talked about immigration reform. and in last year s address the president s highest point of the