Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 637 on the Trump Administration, President Trump just wrapping up a rally in missoula, montana where he, among other things, retold the story of his victory in 2016, went after Hillary Clinton, called democrats an angry mob, and urged republicans to get out the vote. The choice could not be more clear. Democrats produce mobs. Republicans produce jobs. There you have it, the new talking point. The president also said the upcoming election will come down to a few key issues. This will be an election of kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order, and common sense. Thats what its going to be. Its going to be an election of those things. There are those that say that caravan didnt just happen, it didnt just happen. A lot of reasons that caravan, 4,000 people. But i just want to thank the Mexican Government because theyre stopping it hopefully before it every gets to mexico. [ cheers and applause ] as you know, im
Administration, President Trump just wrapping up a rally in missoula, montana where he, among other things, retold the story of his victory in 2016, went after Hillary Clinton, called democrats an angry mob, and urged republicans to get out the vote. The choice could not be more clear. Democrats produce mobs. Republicans produce jobs. There you have it, the new talking point. The president also said the upcoming election will come down to a few key issues. This will be an election of kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order, and common sense. Thats what its going to be. Its going to be an election of those things. There are those that say that caravan didnt just happen, it didnt just happen. A lot of reasons that caravan, 4,000 people. But i just want to thank the Mexican Government because theyre stopping it hopefully before it every gets to mexico. [ cheers and applause ] as you know, im willing to send the military to defend our southern border if necessary. [ cheers and applause ] all
But the holiday spirit is not ending the stalemate in washington over impeachment. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is demanding documents and witnesses that he says are necessary to carry out a fair trial, while Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says theyre at an impasse until nancy pelosi sends impeachment articles to the senate. Meanwhile, the top lawyer in the house is raising the prospect of impeaching President Trump again if new evidence emerges. Then there are the ramblings of mr. Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, unloeldiading in new interview after his recent trip to ukraine. Giuliani claims without any proof, former ambassador of ukraine was controlled by george soros. Giuliani says hes more of a jew than soros who is a holocaust survivor. Lets discuss now with cnn political commentator joe lockhart, cnn Senior Global Affairs analyst, bianna gold riga, and dana bash, a wealth of wisdom on this Christmas Eve morning. Joe, ive got to start with you. Youre uniquely posi
President s twitter account, you just look at the very dramatic i would say radical shift in Public Opinion toward impeachment just over the past five or six days, it is stunning. And that matters to the president. The majority of americans say they approve of Congressional Democrats push to impeach President Trump. 55 said theyd back House Democrats impeachment inquiry into trump according to a new cbs news poll. 45 said they do not approve of the poll. This follows the poll last week that showed 15 point swing in favor of impeachment while npr favored impeachment inquiry than opposed it. This matters in a lot of ways, because he watches Public Opinion in some ways seemingly first before anything else, but it could move the meter. Thats actually all the president did. Remember early in the campaign the entire justification of his campaign was joe bidens justification, i can win, im in first place in the polls. Jonathan, you just look at the shifts, and we can go back even to the begin