the all-new 2020 ford explorer st. with intelligent 4wd and terrain management system. it s the greatest exploration vehicle of all time. new details about the impeachment inquiry ahead of a big week on capitol hill. congress set to hear from more key witnesses. that starts tomorrow. despite the white house s refusal to cooperate. let s bring in jonathan alter, columnist for daily beast and susan delpersia. glad to have you here. jonathan, you first. we ve had a number of democrats saying they have enough for articles of impeachment right now. so, if that s the case, why don t they move forward with a vote? i think so there s an argument they should move forward with a vote to inquiry. they haven t taken that full vote in the house. in terms of moving forward on actually voting to impeach, you want that to rypien. you want the peach to ripen, the
here? could acting in opposition to a majority republican congress and white house actually be effective? should they look for common ground? i think we should do both. on things that are in our value set like rebuilding the american infrastructure, we should cooperate, we should try to make it work. on health care, the president-elect says he doesn t think he is going to repeal obamacare but modify it. we agree. hillary clinton agreed it needed changes and modification. we should work on those problems. we can t let the problems of america wait for four years. we can t put everything on hold. that would be irresponsible. on things that go against our value set, on policies that are an thet cal to what we believe in as democrats, we should dig in our heels and fight. susan, donald trump is continuing his outcry against the vice-president-elect s reception at hamilton, tweeting another demand for an
political organization that supports his political initiatives. i want to bring in a former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell. he is an nbc political analyst and susan delpersia. thank you both for being with us today. governor, let me start with you. why do you think president obama is rethinking his plans to leave office and move on into politics after that? well, i don t think he is going to get involved in any personal criticism of the new president. but i think he is going to speak out on issues. if he thinks the plan to modify or change obamacare is not good for the american people, he is going to tell the american people why. i don t think he will get involved in personal or parti n partisansh partisanship. i think he will be heard on the issues. inndirectly, isn t that the same as criticizing trump on the issues? you can criticize someone on the issues, but not on their style of leadership, on their appointments and things like
that. i think he will talk about the issues. look, president obama, were he elected to a third term, would have realized that obamacare needed changes, some amendments, some modifications. he will try to work in a positive way to make sure that those changes are made but that they don t ee vis rate the heart of the affordable care act. susan, here is more from the article. it says, quote, dozens of liberal advocacy groups which have received a flood of donations and new members in the chaotic days since mr. trump s defeat of hillary clinton are gearing up for years of clashes with mr. trump. what affect could this have on trump ability to implement new policy? could bad optics force him to change course? it depends on what the groups decide to do. right now, you are looking at a republican president, republican congress and republican senate. or house and senate, i should say. that gives the president-elect a
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