and we have to build proactive strategies to address it now. jonathan, thank you for breaking it down by the numbers. thanks, martin. coming up at the top of the hour while on holiday break, president trump ponders his impeachment trial strategy and attacks the whistle-blower. mom, why do we always come here for the holidays? how did you find great-grandma s recipe? we re related to them? we re portuguese? i thought we were hungarian? grandpa, can you tell me the story again? behind every question is a story waiting to be discovered.
that they say discriminates against muslims. that s three national leaders united by a love of brash tactics and strong man strategies. for modi and trump, this style of campaigning worked. it s less clear with netanyahu who faces a third straight election within 12 months having failed to form a government twice. focusing on today s race, netanyahu s challenger is a hard-lined right wing former minister of education. netanyahu is expected to win but he wants to win big which would signal he s still in charge of his likud party and right wing. if this is a close race, it could signal the base is beginning to move in a different direction. and alisyn, if the unlikely and improbable happens. if netanyahu loses this race, it s the end of netanyahu s time as prime minister. really interesting piece. thank you very much for bringing it to us. so a republican senator is rebuking mcconnell s impeachment
did not vote with republicans on brett kavanaugh s supreme court position, you might recall. now coordinating and be in lock step with the white house when it comes to impeachment trial strategy. in fairness when i heard that i was disturbed. to me it means we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. and so i i heard what leader mcconnell had said. i happen to think that that has further confused the process. for me to prejudge and say, there s nothing there, or on the other hand, he should be impeached yesterday, that s wrong. in my view, that s wrong. joining me now, samantha vin
impeachment hoax, i understand why so many dems are voting republican. again, it s no surprise that president trump is taking to twitter. expect this to be a large part of his offensive over the next couple of weeks. he believes this is the best way to get his message across to his supporters. and i want to talk a little bit about that trial that you mentioned. we know president trump has expressed interest in a longer trial of having some of those bigger names, adam schiff, the whistle-blower there, but senate republicans are the ones who are actually going to decide what this trial actually looks like. and they are warning the president that that might not be a good thing. a lengthier trial with good witnesses might mean more witnesses that come from the democratic side, which could be a problem for president trump. so it will be interesting to see how these two sides come together here. we know of course that the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, is working with white house c