integrity of the 2020 elections which are so close. this is why they re not waiting. you know, leader mcconnell said this is rushed. people like raskin will continue to move quickly because this is a crime that is happening in realtime. again, i think the republicans are going to really lean on this argument that this is rushed, that the democrats haven t done their homework and it s flimsy, with both collins and mcconnell said yesterday. danny cevallos here on set, thank you so much to you. sam brody in d.c. appreciate it. still ahead, the president claims joe biden has lost a step. we re going to tell you what the former vice president s doctor is saying. your first look and morning joe is back in a moment.
credibility at the ballot box next november. i do think there is sort of the raw politics here. certainly, a lot of democratic and republican organizations are in the field here trying to figure out how voters in these battleground districts feel about impeachment. but a couple weeks ago, the trump campaign released a poll of the battleground district in oklahoma, democrat kendra horns. but 45% supported impeachment which is a pretty high number. sam, give us a quick preview of the arguments we ll expect to hear from both sides leading up to the senate trial. sure. well, i think the clips from congressman raskin and collins wind up pretty well. you ll see democrats coalesce over this is an ongoing crime. it s not something that is over. to ensure that it stops happening and protect the
think they re entitled to. but we can expect the same opposition from republicans in the house. also from washington, congressional report from daily beast sam brody, sam, what do you make of the letter s letter to speaker pelosi in which he says more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials? i mean, it s classic, right. and there s an element of this to speaker nancy pelosi and the president and speaker probably have the most relationship than anybody in washington. but, look, i think this is interesting in the lines of senate republicans are about to take up this impeachment process. and determine the parameters for the trial. and we know that a lot of them are uncomfortable with the president s rhetoric. and a few of them have even said that, you know, the president s conduct, with respect to ukraine was, you know, wrong but not impeachable. so, this is an interesting message to go out on in the house, when, you know,
responsible for deciding trump s fate if he is impeached by the house. joining us on the set, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and with us from washington, d.c., congressional reporter for the daily beast, sam brody, danny, great to have you with us, and yesterday, some people were saying on social media, gordon sondland pretty much threw everyone under the bus and everyone was in the loop, president trump, the vice president one meeting, secretary of state mike pompeo. he had the receipts, he has the emails to back up his claim, at least on that exchange. how significant is it now that he has implicated all of these individuals in what he has described, a quid pro quo scheme, run by rudy giuliani? on behalf of the president? it likely changes the trump position from there was no quid pro quo, to there was a quid pro quo but so what? so what if we were investigating corruption generally, and that big morasse included burisma, and it may have included the bidens, but why not? the
i m pretty sure he knows what they re talking about. while president trump claimed not to have watched yesterday s hearings, trump actually tweeted and retweeted complaints about the inquiry more than 30 times by late afternoon and could not resist taking a swipe at intel committee chair adam schiff. according to nbc news, multiple sources in and around the white house are reacting to yesterday s hearing, with a sigh of relief. the consensus so far, was that ambassador bill taylor was credible but the testimony probably did not move the needle for most republicans. one person close to the white house said quote this, not one senate vote was changed. back us with, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and congressional reporter from washington for the daily beast sam brodey. sam, i will start with you, danny, i will start with you since you re in the chair sitting next to me. i want to get your overall take and whether there was any needle moved despite the white house says they don t th