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standard. don t misuse information. that s matt schlapp, chairman of the american conservative union. chairman steele, can you please explain, what s up with your party? oh, i need the couch for that one. well, you ve got 30 seconds. no, you know, what s up with them is that they re in defense mode. they do not the facts do not support the arguments that they re making. you have republicans now in the senate who are looking at this saying, well, yeah, the president may have had this conversation, but again, to matt schlapp s point, it wasn t a crime. well, this isn t about committing a crime. this is not like violating some statute or some regulation. this is about how the president of the united states used his power and authority under the constitution to leverage against, you know, for his own personal interest. so that takes it to a different
this. and now this today. this, as the whip has said, this entire sham process. democrats are trying to impeach the president because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box. this is soviet-style rules. maybe in the soviet union you do things like this, where only you make the rules, where you reject the ability for the person you re accusing to even be in the room, to question what s going on. congressman steve scalise on the house floor broke out that prompt there because donald trump s presidency needs more russia in it. he may have taken that extra step, but every single house republican stood by their man this week, voting against the resolution to endorse an impeachment inquiry. so, now we know that republicans in the house are lockstep with donald trump, but the forecast isn t as clear in the senate, not when you have consistent critics like senator mitt romney telling cnbc this week that he s keeping a, quote, completely
because right now they re just taking the view is going to be that they are taking away from candidates who are likely the top contenders. right, right. and in fact, to your point about the polls, i mean, beto o rourke isn t even in the new york times sienna college poll, as you see there on the screen up there. you have warren elizabeth warren at 22%, bernie sanders at 19%, mayor pete at 18%. and actually, i misspoke. o rourke is on there, but he s at 1% in a poll with a margin of error of 4.7%. so, clearly, he probably got one of those calls, and clearly there he probably got a lot of those calls. john, i m looking at this poll, and it is of 439 likely democratic caucusgoers in iowa. i mean, we talk a lot about polls, and this poll is, you know, it s significant in that it s talking to iowa voters, but
these situations where there s some uncertainty but try to help them make the best decision because you can have a great forecast but that forecast isn t effectively communicated. it has no value essentially. jason with the washington post, the weather editor. jason, thank you, folks. we continue to follow the breaking news in italy where once again a verdict is expected any minute now in what is the third trial against amanda knox who was convicted then acquitted in the murder of her former roommate, meredith kircher. we re going live to italy when that verdict comes down. also back here, some new signs house republicans may finally be ready to move on immigration reform. i think it s time to deal with it. we re going to talk to our members today about the principles the leadership team has put together. that was house speaker john boehner in maryland where they re meeting for their annual retreat. we ll talk to adam schiff who s calling on house republicans to