Very shortly. Just looking at these pictures right now. Theyre horrifying. Well begin with the impeachment inquiry. Maggie haberman is the White House Correspondent for the new york times. And cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. Maggie, republicans have been calling on democrats to release the transcripts of the testimony of the impeachment inquiry. Well, they got some now. And what story do these transcripts tell so far . I am having trouble finding information that bolsters republicans cases that this is unfair, that information was being cherry picked, that theres a fuller picture. At least from these two. Its possible when the volker and sondland transcripts of released, and those are the ones i heard republicans talking about that they had concerns about information getting cherry picked and creating a certain narrative from. But so far the two we saw yesterday, to your point, they create a picture of an ambassador who was concerned about being threatened on some level by the
Last night was bad for both of them. They lost the governors race in deep red kentucky to Democrat Andy beshear. Not just that, though, republicans lost control of the legislature in virginia for the first time in a generation. In some ways, you might have been able to predict both a few weeks ago, but the actual event itself happening is still a big deal. Republicans also lost ground with suburban voters all over the country in local and statewide contest. It was an area stretching from richmond to washington, philadelphia to cincinnati, indianapolis, and even when republicans won in places like mississippi, they still lost ground with suburban voters outside of memphis. The president s scorched earth rally in kentucky didnt succeed. Neither did the Vice President s trip to virginia beach. Nor did kentucky governors matt bevins attempt to use impeachment as a rallying cry. One of the biggest questions last night is what it means for the future of this presidency but not to be overlook
Grass state. Overnight the president tweeting in part quote one five out of six elections in kentucky. Including five great candidates that i spoke for and introduced last night, meaning monday. Matt bevin picked up at least 15 points in last days, but perhaps not enough, in parentheses, fake news will blame trump. Staying in kentucky, one candidate there making history. Republican daniel cammeron becoming the first africanamerican attorney general in state history. And in mississippi, republican Lieutenant Governor tate reeves defeating attorney general jimhood. President trump congratulating reeves who he campaigned forte rally last week. In virginia, democrats taking control of the state legislature there for the first time in nearly 25 years. Meantime, President Trump hitting the campaign trail today to stump for republican gubernatorial candidate eddie are a sony he h. Steve thank you very much. Andy beshear has declared he won and matt bevins the current incumbent says its too cl
Came out of fayette county, indicating a strong straightparty ticket voting. But importantly i think what has propelled attorney general beshear to be governorelect beshear that will be sworn in come the end of this year is what happened in Jefferson County. The lead coming out of louisville, the most urban area in our state, much too large for Governor Bevin to overcome in the western part of the commonwealth. All right. Well see if the prediction holds. An interesting night because you had republican candidates replacing in the a. G. In other positions, they did very well. But according to you and well see you may have a new governor in your state. Thank you so much. Its such an important moment delivering us such big news. Secretary of state alison lunnder began grimes, thank you very much. Thank you, chris. Take care. All right. Be well. All right. This is big night coverage. Kentucky, you just heard that. We are not calling it at cnn, but the secretary of state of kentucky is. Oth
Dependentp he has a gun to his head. The partisan clashes come to a head as a new poll Shows Americans remain split on impeaching. The same poll shows 71 of americans are set in it their opinion on the inquiry regardless of new information that comes to light. As moderate and undecided democrats mull their votes, here was Nancy Pelosis comments . Theyve seen the facts presented at the Intelligence Committee thats seen the constitution, they take an oath to protect and defend it, but they see the constitutional experts speak about it. Theyll make their own decisions. We already know at least two democrats planning to vote against. Jeff van drew of new jersey and minnesota congressman. Both represent districts trump won in 2016. Meanwhile Kevin Mccarthy expects total unity. A vote we will see house members cast this wednesday. Cnn reporter lauren fox is live in washington. Republicans seem confident there will be no defections. We know about these two democrats who plan to vote no. Repor