Rules. the rules were the way senators comported themselves and then they voted on individual witnesses, which took 51 votes. what we see with murkowski and there are a number of other at-risk republican senators, mean reelection at risk, they re going to look at this very different. it s not acquittal. that s changing the rules so there can be witnesses and documents. and we re going to get to that. we ll be watching to see. before i let you go, we have about 30 seconds, do you think they will vote in favor of witnesses? yes. i do. all right. we ll be watching for it. great to have you with us, guy smith, we ll talk to you again soon. thanks for joining us tonight here on ac 360. let s hand it over to chris cuomo for cuomo prime time. may we all be touched by the reason for this season. i am chris cuomo, welcome to
Bakari to lead me in to the next part of the statement where i want to touch on you were quoted in an article in the new york times titled but the i would vote for joe biden republicans . there is talk in the article about not just independents, but moderate republicans that would in fact go for joe biden. how big do you think that voting bloc of republicans really could be? well, first of all, it was an interesting article. i did not indicate that i would vote for joe biden. we have to see how it all plays out. i don t mean to mislead there. but you were quoted in the piece. no, no, no. i m going to have to figure out if i m ever going to tell anybody. it s a secret ballot in america. we ll have toe side, you don t want to tell anybody. erica, there are a significant number of republicans who run happy with donald trump. how big? i don t know.
Clinton and donald trump, not worrying about the small sliver who may or may not hold their nose and vote for donald trump. governor kasich, bakari seller, great to have you both with us. thank you. thank you. up next, the holiday buzz in washington. new reporting the president is searching for his next secretary of state. that, of course, would be number three. why there could soon be a vacancy, and who is on the list of contenders when 360 continues. (children laugh and scream) (dog barking) music it s the final days of the wish list sales event. hurry in to your lincoln dealer today to get this exceptional offer. i climate is the number 1ove priority.sage.
Some movement and some shifting there. what do you take away from those changes? well, what it shows is what governor kasich said is absolutely correct, that joe biden is more resilient than anybody thought he would be, including myself. and you ve had individuals who popped up to that second place number. you ve had kamala harris over the summer. you had elizabeth warren, you ve had pete buttigieg, you ve had all of these people kind of rise to this second level and not be able to overtake him. and what you see is that the two individuals who have the highest name id, the two individuals who were the most known quantity coming into the race, bernie sanders and joe biden are still up top. and one of the things that democrats are looking for is number one, who can beat donald trump, who is build that coalition necessary to beat donald trump. and what we see is joe biden is looming large and winning in this race in most of the national polls and overwhelming number of votes that vote a