in 1999 senator schumer s position was no new witnesses, no new evidence. and now his position is we have to have new witnesses and we have to have new evidence. so there will be a lot of flipping positions from some democrats on this. bill: let me move to james comey quickly. you saw the interview with chris wallace on fox news sunday . roll this sound bite. runs 20 seconds. as a director sitting on top of an organization of 38,000 people, you can t run an investigation that is seven layers below you. if a director tries to run an investigation it will get mucked up in all different kinds of ways given his or her responsibilities and the impossible of reaching the work being done at the lower level. bill: you can t run an investigation at seven layers below you. i understand the f.b.i. has big matters. let me just get to the question whether it s terrorism investigations, really important stuff here. but what is more important?
impeachment, that doesn t bode well for their talking point. bill: let me come back to the james comey interview from yesterday. this comment sticks out to me. 13 minutes into it. as the director sitting on top of an organization of 38,000 people, he said, you can t run an investigation that s seven layers below you. think about the context which this investigation was being carried out. the fisa warrant on carter page came in the fall of that year. comey goes to trump tower in january of 2017 before the president was sworn in. i understand there is a lot of very important and significant investigations happening at the f.b.i. every day but what would be more top of mind when you are two weeks away from an inauguration and working off a hunch that the incoming president is working with vladimir putin, why wouldn t you find a way to dot every i and cross every t to make sure
stick with your team on capitol hill. it is intense pressure. remember, they need 216 votes to impeach the president. usually it s 218. there are vacancies. the number is 216. they got 232 votes to continue the investigation or continue the inquiry. at that point only two democrats peeled off and one of those has now become a republican jeff van drew. so a lot of people expect a few more, maybe three, four, five, six tops defections because democrats seem to be determined to do this. bill: we ll put you in single digits based on that answer. yeah. bill: fox poll from over the weekend impeach and remove. 50% favor that. 4% impeach not removed and 41% not impeach at all. i don t know how you interpret
evidence. we ll pass on any more information as it becomes available. sandra: laura engel, thank you. bill: washington reaching a partial trade deal with china. how will it impact the u.s. economy next year? larry kudlow is live coming up shortly here on america s newsroom. do not miss that. look, this isn t my first rodeo.
country is at stake there are some decisions in life that have to be made based on what you know in your bones is right and this is one of those times. she is a yes on both articles of impeachment. what good is power if you can t use it for good? she is from the national security background. before she ran for office. a tough district that trump won by much more than she did two years ago. i tell you what, she gets reelected. bill: you believe that? absolutely. no question. even if people disagree with your position they respect when you stand up for something you believe in more than anything else. bill: what if donald trump goes to michigan? i don t think he has the mojo in michigan. i will give them credit i looked at the schedule for this week having that rally on wednesday if the impeachment vote is on that day or bring the articles to the house floor very smart. he has problems in michigan. bill: nancy pelosi is calling them all in saying we ll get it over before chri