chances. we re getting indications from senate leadership offices that they do want to move this quickly. of course they have to wait for the nominee to be named. and once that happens, they want to waste no time. we were told that the senate judiciary committee members, the democrats anyway, are holding a zoom conference call later today to start strategizing their plan. the head of that committee, senator dick durbin also said in a statement yesterday he wants to move quickly. moving forward they know it s going to be a good thing for democrats that could unite the party but ultimately the way the process is going to work out, as much as leadership wants to move quickly, will determine on the members. if the members have more question, if the members want more time to examine the nominee s record, that could slow things down. but all indications at this point right now is the democratic party wants to move quickly and get their party united and give the democrats a big win heading in
donald trump needs justin trudeau to pass that usmca, to show nancy pelosi that thing is passed, now nancy get to work. that s what the president is looking towards as justin trudeau continues to serve here as prime minister. for sure. he wants that legislative win heading into 2020. paula newton, thank you. we appreciate it. on capitol hill, top u.s. diplomat bill taylor. of course, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine is behind closed doors. he s testifying. this may be the most significant testimony so far in the impeachment inquiry. we re stay on it. limu emu & doug
much more than he thinks mitch mcconnell is a good, capable negotiator. because the president would look at his business record and say i ve made millions of dollars and mitch mcconnell is just the leader of the senate. so that comparison, i think, would give the president a little bit of pause when he s listening to mitch mcconnell s advice. however, i think to sam s comment that the president is thirsty, he is thirsty because it s essential that he reach a deal that there not be nuclear capabilities on the korean peninsula. and he has a political imperative to bring home a win heading into 2020. with the summit in singapore, and the president lowering expectations, but they exemerge and say we re going to establish diplomatic relations. the north koreans will have something in washington, the united states will have
25 points. so whatever was propelling that, whatever voter pool he was drawing from, perhaps he will get spectacular coverage out of this if he wins this primary. spectacular. and romney, there ll be a lot of soul searching, people saying what s wrong with mitt romney? he had all of these advantages. florida is a good state for gingrich, he ll have resources, he ll have earned media. there s a debate nbc s doing on monday night in florida. so he ll be fresh out of a victory if he does win heading into another debate, the pressure will be on romney. again, long-term, romney is the clear favorite to win this nomination because of the advantages he d have over the long-term, but in the short-term, if mitt romney loses iowa, south carolina, and potentially florida, he s going to have to fight harder for this nomination than we thought willie, you know yesterday i told you newt gingrich speaks grievance was the word, the grievance that republicans, especially conservative republican