eric boehlert, you re up next. trying to get people out of afghanistan and then the bombing happened. have you seen a change the last two days? yeah, after the bombing, there was less need for the press to inject drama. i think the press got kind of married to the storyline. v doomsday, biden teetering on collapse. the media consensus was we probably will evacuate 20,000 to 30,000 people. we re up to 110,000. biden s approval rate is down 2.5 points in the last two weeks. this is to a drumbeat of relentless 24/7 kabul coverage. before the bombing, the story kind of pivoted but the press didn t pivot. i think with that horrendous attack, we saw more straightforward news coverage
tucker: right. i mean, of course, the irony is that he was not the first choice. jerry nadler really should be running this out of judiciary he was consider nod inept and unappealing he couldn t do it. i wonder if this line of argument that he unveiled tonight that if you are smart, like a lawyer would understand. this a lawyer would be impressed by the arguments i m making. if you don t understand mr. and mrs. america, maybe you should consult your attorney answered will convince that you donald trump must be removed by impeachment. is that a winning message? it s almost sad. i think he gave that message in part because he knew how poorly things had gone with this entire proceeding. but, you know, republicans had a big challenge here. they had an entire sort of media consensus agreeing with democrats that there was an impeachable offense. and they managed to make the case that this proceeding was not done in a fair manner. that there were legitimate concerns about ukrainian corrup
tucker: right. i mean, of m course, the irony is that he was not the first choice. jerry nadler really should be running this out of judiciary he was consider inept and unappealing he couldn t do it. i wonder if this line of argument that he unveiled tonight that if you are smart, like a lawyer would understand. a lawyer would be impressed by the arguments i m making. if you don t understand mr. and mrs. america, maybe you should consult your attorney answered will convince that you donald trump must be removed by impeachment. is that a winning message? it ssa almost sad. i think he gave that message in part because he knew how poorly things had gone with this entire proceeding. but, you know, republicans had a big challenge here. they had an entire sort of media consensus agreeing with democrats that there was an impeachable offense. and they managed to make the case that this proceeding was not done in a fair manner. that there were legitimate concerns about ukrainian corruption.
tilt that military action is the strong thing to do, u.s. must stand tall and using restraint is weak and he disagrees? you know it s interesting because at this point different between establishment media, i agree differently, favor hawkishness. i think what we are seeing play out that the establishment media is dominant force. jessica, the media consensus is that trump is conflicted, likes to talk tough on foreign policy but he hesitates to pull the trigger? yeah, we do have the most beautiful military of all time and, you know, how much invested and we could win any war at any second which i have full faith in the men and women who serve this country in that capacity but the president doesn t want to go to war, that s what happened here and the incident with the american drone, we would be going to war for saudi arabia and that s very different, i understand john bolton and a number of hawks objection to what happened and there wasn t retaliation earlier, but this is very diff
strong thing to do, u.s. must stand tall and using restraint is weak and he disagrees? you know it s interesting because at this point different between establishment media, i agree differently, favor hawkishness. i think what we are seeing play out that the establishment media is dominant force. jessica, the media consensus is that trump is conflicted, likes to talk tough on foreign policy but he hesitates to pull the trigger? yeah, we do have the most beautiful military of all time and, you know, how much invested and we could win any war at any second which i have full faith in the men and women who serve this country in that capacity but the president doesn t want to go to war, that s what happened here and the incident with the american drone, we would be going to war for saudi arabia and that s very different, i understand john bolton and a number of hawks objection to what happened and there wasn t retaliation earlier, but this is very different and we are also taking word