donald trump can win the electoral college again. no question. but a much harder time winning the popular vote and the national house race is more closely tied to the popular vote in effect than the electoral colleges. the fact so many senior republicans are stepping down and mr. meadows seemed headed for something in the trump campaign or trump white house i think is a clear indication they realize they are facing long odds given the way trump red redefined the party. strengthening in rural areas and an annihilation in metro areas, big suburban areas around cities around the country. not only in traditionally democratic areas but previously republican areas. atlanta, houston be, dallas, and nor subu more suburban losses in 2020. >> ron good to see you. for everyone watching check out ron's piece. cnn.com/opinion. ron brownstein, happy holidays. >> and to you. >>> and with hours before the last democratic debate right here on cnn, chris sliz zcilliz joins me to break it all down. there are changes in the top five. balances skin's microbiome. so s

is there anywhere, any occasion he won't brag about his electoral college win? what do his condolence cards look like? "i'm so sorry for your loss. almost as bad as hillary's loss to me, 306-227." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) that's so sweet. that's really-- that's really-- >> jon: kind of heartfelt-ish >> stephen: so sweet, jon. thank you. he continued: "so you have spent three straight years attempting to overturn the will of the american people and nullify their votes. you view democracy as your enemy!" ( as trump ) "whereas, i view democracy as a friend... with benefits. because, under me, democracy is so screwed ( cheers and applause ) do you have a copy? here's an actual copy of the damn thing. this is-- i don't know-- it is six pages long. it is six pages long, single spaced like this. the middle pages are basically just a cut and paste from his campaign website. i'm not joking. he has space force in there. judges. his non-building of the wall. unemployment: why don't black people love me? and the usual puff and whine throughout the entire thing.

what do they count for in the electoral college? zero. there are no comparable red states to offset that. host: kevin from north carolina, good morning. caller: good morning. i have appreciated all of your predictions about donald trump. i am a republican, but i am a never trumper. i have a couple things i want your opinion on. adam schiff has done such a good job with this investigation, i am thinking he is going to be the next speaker of the house. two, my next prediction is if trump is reelected, he will be impeached again and maybe a third time. i think his legacy is going to be, he is going to be the most impeached president of the history of this country. [laughter] guest: i will comment on those. number one, i think you are right. i think there is a very good chance adam schiff could be the next speaker of the house, maybe a senator from california if he chooses to go in that direction, and maybe someday a presidential candidate. absolutely if democrats keep the house, which is quite likely and trump gets reelected, some of these c

if we abolish the electoral college, candidates would campaign more in new york and california and the candidate who lost the popular vote might have won the popular vote. we play by the rules and the rules are the rules of the electoral college, so president trump won a legitimate election. i voted against them, i am a liberal democrat, but i don't challenge the legitimacy of his election. >> president trump tweeted out, read the transcripts, the impeachment hoax is the greatest con job in american history. should the president play a role in his defense in the senate? >> absolutely not. i have defended people for 55 years and i never, allow my clients to play a role. they want to assert their innocence, but the burden is on the others to prove guilt and generally i have advised my clients to play a passive role in their own trials. there have been rare occasions where i had a client take the witness stand and testify but the fear of a perjury trap is far too great. you can fall into a perjury trap by telling the truth. if you tell the complete, honest truth but the other side has a w

george washington swept the electoral college. only president to ever do so. >> good thing nobody highlights these polls and talks about them. you're right. they're so silly. harry, thank you. >> thank you. >>> will swing district democrats support these two articles of impeachment against president trump? well, we're going to talk to a democrat from a district that donald trump won in 2016. that's next. [ "turn around, look at me" -the vogues ] ♪ there is someone ♪ walking behind you ♪ turn around ♪ look at me ♪ there is someone ♪ look at me want to brain better? say hello to neuriva, a new brain supplement with clinically proven ingredients that fuel five indicators of brain performance: focus, accuracy, memory, learning, and concentration. neuriva. finduring the kayat friends and family event. come in and get 25-50% off everything. like this diamond necklace, now under six-hundred dollars. every best. gift. ever. begins with kay. >>> sources tell cnn that democrats settled on two articles of impeachment among other

the result of the campaign was that benjamin harrison won the electoral college but lost the popular vote. it is a fairly narrow margin. it is interesting as you look at the 1888 campaign and the 1892 campaign, how much of voter suppression may have come into play. charles calhoun references this in a number of articles. time, the majority of that vote would have gone to benjamin harrison and the republican party. harrison, it clearly would've played into his thoughts with that campaign and the awareness of how important it was to protect african-american voting rights. not just because of the calculation of the larger percentage of that vote perhaps coming to his party but certainly going back into the 1850's, harrison was firmly and outspokenly in favor of african-american rights. he was fiercely anti-slavery, even pre-civil war. he was outspoken and many public speeches to protect african-american voting rights during his campaign he actually spoke to 300 men who called themselves the harrison club. they came to harrison's front door to congratulate him on receiving the nomination

college. when you look at the larger poll, the number of people in the united states and support impeachment has stayed relatively static over the last month. it's really just entrenched the current interests and so i think we're going to see over the next three months really a result of this and how it plays out. >> i think the national polls have been pretty static. there's been sort of a writer and 50% support for impeaching or removing the president but i know a lot of democrats saw i think last week there was marquette university law school poll in wisconsin that showed some pretty sobering opinions in every key battleground state where voters seem not to be completely on board with this process. the voters democrats need to get back if the critic wisconsin back next year and there are a lot of eyes on that poll, put it that way. >> the president won it by 70,000 votes. >> right. that's the sort of stuff to give strategist chills in the night but i think it also is why we're seeing this w

if we had abolished the electoral college, with those candidates campaign more new york and california inc. canada lost the popular mowbray will could have won the popular vote. so we planned by the rules of the rules are the rules of the electoral college and the president trump wanted a completely legitimate election. i voted against him i am a democrat and i do not challenge the legitimacy of his election.: >> president trump voted out before nine read the transcript folks, it's the greatest con job, the fake news and democratic party are working overtime making the replicant parties difficult as possible.se this should the president play a role in his defense? >> absolutely not. i have defended people for 55 years and i never ever allow my clients to play a role. they all want to, they all want to assert their innocence. butce the burden is always on the other side to prove guilt and generally i have advised mys clients to play a passive role in their own trials. there been rare occasions where i had a client take the witness stand and testify, but the fear of a perjury trap is far

college with. so that might be a point there. what do you think? >> the lead up to be elected, it's not just the president who is campaigning heavily in those states, it's the vice president. the vice president's team sees those three states as three of the most critical to the selection so the vice president actually spent the day in pennsylvania and he's on a tour and he has been in michigan several times but did a tour of michigan last week as well and what they are having him do is meet with people and diners and shake their hands and meet them face-to-face and talk about the trump agenda. that is one way that they are supplementing with the president is doing particularly in those days and if you look at that polling, it seems that it might be having an effect. >> do you think, whatever your views on impeachment, that in general people just have impeachment fatigue? like all right already. we are told now that there might be a houseboat the weekend before christmas. enough. >> i think you are

because we have an electoral college. are reasons to pursue what chairman schiff has called a wrenching process for the nation. democrats rejected that process empathetically in three specific votes. 2017, democrats overwhelmingly voted against pursuing articles of impeachment. including the speaker and myself. 2018, withgain in over 60% of the democrats rejecting pursuing articles of impeachment. and again just months ago in the of 2019, 60% of democrats said, no to pursuing articles of impeachment. days before the infamous july 25th telephone call. we did the same with 60% of democrats voting not to proceed. credible witnesses. were appointed to office by president trump have corroborated the details and timeline of his abuse of presidential power, which forms the basis of the first article of impeachment in this resolution. -0-ead, - all of therecount witnesses or abuses that have occurred. i congratulate my colleagues and mr. nadler and his committee and mr. schiff in his committee for setting forth a compelling case.

so i would say what should fall back is the electoral college. >> well, the electoral college itself and that talking point could fall back. and your second point not as important as your first the constitution provides for this remedy, so to say that the remedy itself overturns the will of the voters is really just to say we don't have a rule of law, but in fact the whole point of rule of law is that you have these rules that govern the people in power. and if the president is lawfully removed, the vice president who ran on that same ticket takes the place. so it's not like you lose the administration. >> and the whole reason we accede to the legitimacy of this administration is we are willing to recognize constitutional provisions over the popular will. you know, and then as an aside at every point in this process at least since the revelation of this quid pro quo plot, impeachment has had more popular support than the donald trump presidency ever has. >> stephen miller was on my fall back list and his e-mail chain. again, the sense that the white house could come out publicly and

but my question is, do you think the electoral college in this 21st under serves a purpose? i think we wouldn't have russian bots and gerrymandering and all of that if we had one person, one vote, no electoral college. [applause] >> here's the problem. i don't favor that and i'm going to tell you why. because i don't want california and new york to decide who is president. okay? look, he's raises a legitimate point. we have to -- i respect. the guy has taught government and history for 40 years, are we going say he doesn't know what he's talking but no he does. i think what the founders decided is the tiny little states need to matter as much as the big state is, and so you get texas, you get california, new york, and the handful -- emand then we don't quite matter. i can't prove it to you here but if we did it that way, candidates would never be in nyeover country and wouldn't go to the small states. but i think he raises another good point, and that is i think one of the biggest problems -- a couple of big problems. one is the problem of gerrymandering. what does that is m

. >> what is your position on the electoral college? fmr. vp biden: it not going to change. we need a constitutional amendment to be able to change it. and there is early rationale for. the early rationale is the reason we got the connecticut comp rise was because states like new hampshire and delaware who have very small populations would have no impact on the outcome of an election if no one would show up. so i still think there is value to it. but i do think it is worth us going back and considering. i have taught constitutional law for over 21 years and i think it is worthy to be considered relook out again in a serious way by scholars to see whether or not there should be any change or any alteration of it. but the fact of the matter is, it is what it is. was nomple, if there electoral college, you all would not get a chance to do anything in this process. you would get to vote. and i think wet, requires, the whole purpose was, remember, it is not only to get a constitution passed. it was to bring disparate parts of the country together, so that we have, you have very d

college. we have this impression of the united states of america elects our present. is not true. we have delegated the election of our president took country called swing state america. swing state america, the 14 or so states like pennsylvania which is close enough to go either way is the place that selects our president. in 2016, 99% of campaign spending within 14 state, 99%, which means it these are the only states the president cares about and there are all sorts of data to show spending and regulatory policy bends to make swing states happy. you may not feel happy, but you are happier than a lot of people because you really matter. the new jersey people don't matter at all so like look at this latest administration when trump came to office, he immediately ended the offshore drilling ban almost overnights florida got an exemption from that. new jersey can't even get a hearing because who cares about new jersey. new jersey is a solidly blue state and will never matter to a presidential el

college in thepped the scales electoral college to the president. vote: voters showed up to for the u.s. senate or house, their local elections, but they do not vote for president. i do not like either one of them. who madelked to voters that dramatic choice of either voting for obama twice to voting for trump or being a republican, not liking trump's compartment, and being say a george bush guy -- a jeb bush guy or a marco rubio guy and finding themselves eventually voting for trump, they are insulted when you say that russia had something to do with their vote. independentery about how they get to their decision. that russian -- that russia influenced them, they find insulting. host: our next colors from illinois, independent line. caller is from illinois, independent line. caller: democrats do nothing but taxes, closeraise factories. they have not done anything by way of legislation to help anyone like the handicapped. patact passed by democrats -- changed life for the handicapped around the world. when the republicans are in, they do not care ab

but my question is do you think the electoral college in this 21st-century serves a purpose? i think we wouldn't have russian bots and gerrymandering and all of that if we had one person, one vote and not an electoral college. >> here's the problem. and i don't favor that and i'm going to tell you why because i don't want california and new york to decide whose president. now look, he raises a legitimate point. we have, i respect him. the guys taught government history for 40 years, are we going to sayhe doesn't know what he's talking about , he does but what the founders decided is the tiny little states need to matter as much as the big states so you texas, california and a handful, illinois and we don't quite matter and i can, i can't prove it here but if we get it that way, candidates would never be in flyover country and they wouldn't go to the small states. but i think he raises another good point . and that is i think one of the biggest problems, one is the problem of gerrymandering. what does that mean you study that the only things we can remember from the ninth grad

in 2016, i come along with 63 american voters representing 304 electoral college votes went to the polls and wheat raised collective political middle finger to d.c. and voted for donald trump. folks like my father who watched this destroy his profession of community blanket. my friends and family and the textual industry who saw destroyed following that. americans in rule areas whose opportunity on life and voice have been drowned out by the screams of socialist democrats. our friends and neighbors who live in poverty and crime broken down, public housing for generations has been told by this place this is the best that you can do here. god bless you. now move along. those voters. and now you want to remove our voice from office. our voice will be heard, and i stand here determined to make sure that it will be because we will fight back against this corrupt and unfair impeachment process. how dare you, the liberal elites, the condescending bureaucrats, and every other kind of swamp critter in this godforsaken place tell the american public who the president should be. that is the job of

my question is do you think the electoral college in this 21st century, there's a purpose? i think they wouldn't have russian bots and gerrymandering and all of that if we had one person, one vote for an electoral college. [applause] >> that here's the problem. and i don't favor that and i will tell you why. i don't want california and new york to decide the presidency. he raises a legitimate point. i respect him. the guy taught government in history for 40 years. are we going to say he doesn't know what his talk about x. he does. i think the s founders decided this tiny little dates need to matter as much is the big states so you get texas to get california get new york and illinois. i can't prove it to you here but if we did it that way candidates would never go to the small states. i think he raises another good point and that is i think one of the biggest problems in a couple of big problems. one is the problem of gerrymandering. remember you studied that and the only thing you remember from the ninth grade. pager this really weird looking district. we are changing that

college. >> wait, doesn't that go against what the founding fathers wanted? >> plus husband and father spending christmas deployed overseas. his wife made sure he's still in part of the celebration, photo shopping him into their christmas card, the mother and twin boys and outpouring of support coming up. ed: quick headlines, amazon having trouble keeping up with christmas shopping season, blaming delay deliveries on bad weather. i thought that's what they were suppose today deal with, nfl players wearing special cleats this week, ben watson show casing one more foundation, he told us about it exclusively a little earlier. >> just bringing kind tons people because we live and in a country where people aren't kind and a kind word can go a long way and that kind deed can be multiplied. ed: great message, you see it right there and that is pretty awesome, lisa. >> thanks, ed, that is awesome, the electoral college has long been in the democrats cross hairs ever since president trump won the 2016

college he can win reelection without being popular but people who like the president are with him no matter what people who don't like him are really not with him so. you know that doesn't guarantee anything i think i'd suggest is probably an election that looks a lot like 2016 a very close election that the president could win but he might not so i'm not sure it's necessarily great news for the president but it's it's also not great news for people to want to see him lose it it suggests to me that probably will see something similar to 2016 chris adelson thank you so much for your time and your patience with us i'm sure we'll talk to you again a little bit later on the 15 minutes are up recess is over and we do start to see some of the committee members returning to the chamber whilst we wait for proceedings to restart we'll go back to heidi to castro on capitol hill heidi who's coming up next. i'm also actually we're going to be hearing again from the republican counsel steve castor in this next bit of the hearing what he'll say differently now from what he has already said of the

in 2016, i, along with 63 million american voters representing 304 electoral college votes, went to the polls and we raised our collective political middle finger to dc and voted for donald trump. this whole flipping code rodeo is a sham and a shame and it will not be forgotten. article 2 is at the it. the passing of two articles of impeachment, the charges, means that president trump will now face a trial in the senate where the republicans are in the majority. mr trump is almost certain to be acquitted but more high drama is guaranteed. you can read a lot more detail about the impeachment, what it means, what happens next, that is all on our website. take a look at bbc online. but discuss what lawmakers are up to in poland. judges will be looking at sweeping changes to the judicial system in poland, including plans to punish judges if they question the proposals have led to angry demonstrations across several cities. thousands gathered in some 200 towns and cities across the country. here in warsaw, huge crowds outside parliament. the governing law and justice party wants to introduce

college ultimate margin and therefore the victor one of the things i think is. ason ating here is when you talk about national polls they're very interesting motors of overall national view and opinion they couldn't be less relevant from a presidential 2020 perspective and when you do start to look at places like wisconsin where just a few months ago the president was underwater against everybody running was underwater on impeachment now those numbers are reversed in the president beating all comers at the end of the day we the president can be 0 in places like california and if he is above 50 percent plus one in places like wisconsin he's going to get handily reelected the mere fact that there is this purported debate going on where the president wants a longer more dramatic trial in the senate tells you that someone believes that the way this is ultimately played works to his electoral advantage why i don't think any president ever starts their their presidency wanting to be impeached at this point in the process i actually think there are many and maybe the p

because we have an electoral college, but none of these are reasons to pursue what chairman schiff has called a wrenching process for the nation. in fact, democrats rejected that process emphatically in three specific votes. in december of 2017, democrats overwhelmingly voted against pursuing articles of impeachment, including the speaker and myself. we did so again in 2018, with over 60% of the democrats rejecting pursuing articles of impeachment. and again, just months ago, injuly of impeachment. and again, just months ago, in july of 2019, impeachment. and again, just months ago, injuly of 2019, 60% of impeachment. and again, just months ago, in july of 2019, 60% of the democrats said no to pursuing articles of impeachment. just days before the infamous 25july telephone call, we did the same with 60% of democrats voting. to proceed. credible witnesses, many of whom we re credible witnesses, many of whom were appointed to office by president trump, have corroborated the details and timeline of his abuse of presidential power, which forms the basis of the first article of impeachment

will it come down to this key electoral college states? absolutely. i've been in about eight states in recent days, mainly in the south where the bible belt as we call it is very much trump country. i detected really no softening of support of the president in those states. the economy is strong and even in who are hurting, the farmers believe trump still will be their saviour, so to speak, and they're willing to take some temporary hurt for some what they believe to be long—term gain. getting into midwestern states like ohio, here, there is more of a split and you do have people who don't want to see president trump re—elected, but you get outside of urban areas such as cincinnati and they're very much in the trump camp and we're not seeing too much change. it's going to be places like wisconsin next door and pennsylvania perhaps, and just north of us, up in michigan, that could really determine the outcome in the 2020 election. all right. it's going to be upon us very soon, i'm sure. the 16—year—old campaigner greta thunberg has said she wan

because we have an electoral college but none of these are reasons to pursue what chairman shifts has called and wrenching process for the nation in fact democrats rejected that process in fact only in 3 specific votes in december of 2017 democrats overwhelmingly voted against pursuing articles of impeachment including the speaker and myself. we did so again in 2018 with over 60 percent of the democrats rejecting pursuing articles of impeachment and again just months ago in july of 201960 percent of the democrats said no to pursuing articles of impeachment just days before the infamous july 25th telephone call we did the same with 60 percent of democrats voting not to proceed credible witnesses many of whom were appointed to office by president trump have corroborated the details and timeline of his abuse of presidential power which forms the basis of the 1st article of impeachment in this resolution instead i will not recount all of the witnesses or abuses that have occurred i congratulate my colleagues and mr nat learned his committee and mr shift and his committee for setting forth

electoral college took the vote from the american people. today was a great and terrible day. great because every man is held accountable, and terrible because he put himself before the constitution and his people. if he does 1000 good things, it does not absolve him from the wrongs he has done that are impeachable. trump is a vessel. you should show the blindness and wickedness of the people to judge rightly. host: thank you for your comment. we have been hearing from both sides. the partisan rancor in this town of democrats, republicans from, from the callers. do you think this country can get beyond this in 2020? caller: yes, if they don't vote for trump and they get back on the right path. host: do you have a candidate? caller: not particularly. i am trying to make a well-informed decision. people are tricky. they pretend like trump. he pretends to be a christian but he knows no scriptures, never attended church. the church he is a member of he went to for five years. the pastor never saw him. he knows no bible but he uses that to deceive the people. he believes in -- he j

looks like he's making a play for the electoral college vote. he's going to states with important electoral college numbers. let's see what kayleigh mcenany has to say about that, trump 2020 national press secretary, she's on the show shortly. >>> we are awaiting the inspector general's report on the russia investigation. we have the perfect guest. robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel is on the show, too. >>> check the big board. we slipped just a little. news last hour that a deal on usmca is close. i think that's the way we should put it. we have heard that before. sources tell edward lawrence passage in the house won't be a problem. no reaction on the market. in fact, we have slipped a little bit south. >>> third hour of "varney & company" just warming up. ♪ most people think of verizon as a reliable phone company. but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business. (second man) virtualize their operations. (woman) and build ai customer experiences.

hoyer: because we have an electoral college. but none of these are reasons to pursue what chairman schiff has called a wrenching process for the nation. thatct, democrats rejected process emphatically in three specific votes. in december of 2017 democrats overwhelmingly voted against pursuing articles of impeachment. including the speaker and myself. we did so again in 2018 with over 60% of the democrats rejecting pursuing articles of impeachment. and again just months ago in july of 2019, 60% of the democrats said no to pursuing articles of impeachment. just days before the infamous july 25 telephone call. we did the same with 60% of democrats voting not to proceed. credible witnesses, many of whom were appointed to office by president trump, have corroborated the details. and timeline of his abuse of presidential power. which forms the basis of the first article of impeachment in this resolution. -- i will not recount all of the witnesses or abuses that have occurred. i congratulate my colleagues and mr. nadler and his committ

if we abolish the electoral college, candidates would campaign more in new york and california and the candidate who lost the popular vote might have won the popular vote. we play by the rules and the rules are the rules of the electoral college, so president trump won illegitimate election. i voted against them, i am a liberal democrat, but i don't challenge the legitimacy of his election. host: president trump tweeted out, read the transcripts, the impeachment hoped is the greatest con job in american history. should the president play a role in his defense in the senate? guest: absolutely not. i have defended people for 55 years and i never, a lover allow my clients to play a role. they want to assert their innocence, but the burden is on the others to prove guilt and generally i have advised my rolets to play a passive in their own trials. there have been rare occasions where i had a client take the witness stand and testify but the fear of a perjury trap is far too great. you can fall into a perjury trap by telling the truth. if you tell the complete, honest truth but the other si

college victory over clinton was in the specially in those 3 states and given how utterly all full the trump presidency has been kids in cages the muslim by the wall the white nationalism on full display surely you must now regret that decision not to back in your eyes the lesser of 2 evils hillary clinton in 2016 well i don't think that my vote would have been the one vote to push hillary killed clinton across the line one we've got to recognize bernie sanders was treated unfairly by the democratic party establishment if they had been fair there was a good chance he would have won and yet i'm clearly conveniently ran against i know because we disagreed and we disagree at all and that is my non-value added i'd rather forget but only for a moment just looking up i don't want to tell them about my us them i'm a disagreement ok but look just looking back at what trump has done over 3 years do you think not just you plus you obviously you're one vote wouldn't change the election but do you believe now absolutely voting it would have been better to focus on defeating trump rather than sugge

that message broke down blue wall and redrew the electoral college met. this terrifies democrats. it's a mortal threat to the national democrat party. it walked democrats out of the heartland in a coast only minority. now they are trying to take trump out because he stole their states. and their photos. he would do it again. it's about power with the democrats. you have it into they wanted to. that's what this is about. republican congressman mark meadows of north carolina. what you think about all of this? >> you are spot on. there's nothing serious about what nancy pelosi has done. other than the fact series about trying to get political advantage. you are pointing it out. they are not coming after donald trump. they are coming after every single person who voted for trump. as is all about making sure 233 democrats -- excuse me, 232 democrats will give the will of the people. there's also one other thing you need to point act. nancy pelosi wants to control what happens in the senate. she wants to bring the witness witnesses. i thought the whole case was unbelievably ironclad and

college. when you look at the larger pols the number of people in the united s states to support impeachment has stayed relatively ecstatic over the last month so it's entrenched the current interests and i think we will see over the next three months a result of this and how it plays out. >> i think the national pollsre sove been pretty static and there's been right around 50% supports for impeaching and moving the president but i know democrats saw that last week there was university law school poll in wisconsin that showed pretty sobering opinions in that very key battleground states atwhere they seem not to be completely on board with this process and the voters, democrats need to get back and take wisconsin back next year and i feel there were a lot of eyes on the poll and so -- >> host: the president wanted by 70000 votes. >> right. the serious stuff that gives or sends chills in the night and i think it also is why we are seeing this week not only impeachment on the floor but usmca and

because he prevailed in the electoral college. it's a standard analysis to say he got the vote of disaffected americans, people felt left behind by the economy. is that right? who is his map of making the most for the puns. look where donald trump won on the red which matches perfectly, fully 1/3 of u.s. g.d.p. is produced in 31 counties in the united states. counties and the u.s. economy is concentrated along the coast and next to big cities now. los angeles county is the largest between 2001-2018 it added almost $400 billion to the u.s. economy followed closely by new york. what does this mean going forward? there are significant implications. first of all, continued hollowing out of middle america, that red area you saw, what happens to those areas when people keep moving away and industry follows and they don't have the economic wherewithal going forward? second, we see a concentration in the industries of tomorrow. new york of course with finance and los angeles entertainment and technology in the san francisco area. the indu

college system i do think it is dangerous if republican stay with him because as you point out the message voters will get is this is just ordinary partisan back and forth it's not it's very dangerous this is a threat to the rule of law to our system the president is saying he can do whatever he wants he can ask a foreign country to help him win reelection it's essential for republicans to speak out and some fortunately are not republicans in congress but some prominent republicans in the party in the national security establishment have been speaking out. one of president trump's former campaign advisors is going to jail for conspiracy against the united states and lying to the f.b.i. a judge sentenced rick gates to $45.00 days in prison and 3 years probation gates cooperated with the motor investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election he was charged for hiding lucrative consulting work you did for ukraine's former president. italy's foreign minister has but rival leaders in libya to try to prevent or this collation of the conflict there the u.n. says m

i think he is playing the electoral college. i think usmca speaks directly to the electoral college because usmca is particularly good for states like pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, they are battle ground states and usmca does them a power of good that's a big trump win. ainsley: why is it most important for those states. >> it's a farm state. usmca is very good for farmers. it will increasin increasing a u recalincrease increasinga gri ig a can yoincreasinga gri cultura. >> favorable treatment to northern american car makers. brian: the president stole the democratic talking points in that they were saying they didn't like these international trade deals and wanted to reorganize and make them more balanced. wait a second that's what we were saying. the president doesn't hate unions. he doesn't hate workers. >> no. brian: typical workers are -- as point wall republicans are antiunion. trump can a drives some republicans mad but still. >> 10:00 eastern yesterday one hour after declaring the articles of impeachment. speaker pe

we have electoral college that doesn't make it easy. it doesn't mean we should give up on diversity in the election. >> i have to run. >>> the final presidential debate of the year is coming to cnn. it's critical night for the candidates trying breakthrough. live from l.a. watch it on cnn. coverage starts 8:00 p.m. thursday night. hand gestures flashed on tv before the army navy game. >> now the military is launching an investigation. the latest next. >>> u.s. military and navy investigates after cadets were caught on camera during the army navy football game saturday. making a hand gesture that some call a white nationalist symbol. others say it's innocent. forming an okay sign with fingers and thumb. joining me now with more on the what this all means. this is an interesting story. it really blew up on the internet. thank you for joining us. west point superintendent issuing a statement. it says the united states military academy is committed to developing leaders of character who embody the army values. i have appointed an officer to

this party says let's get rid of the electoral college. let's have one person, one vote. yet they are not having a national primary to nominate their nominee. they are still going state by state. judge jeanine: thanks so much for being with us. last week i introduced you to john solomon reporting on ukraine. now john has retracted it on twitter but because he says it here we wanted to address it as well. that. the deals keep coming at petsmart for black friday weekend! save 40% on all holiday toys and apparel. select top paw beds are only $9.99... plus, milk bone marosnacks are only $7.99! this black friday weekend... at petsmart! is your business still settling for slow internet? well time is money. switch to comcast business now and get a great deal when you get fast, reliable internet. with a 30-day money-back guarantee, installation when it works for you, and 24/7 customer support. so what are you waiting for? get this great deal when you sign up for fast, reliable internet. call 1-800-501-6000 today. comcast business. beyond fast. judge jeanine: my next guest believe

college he'll leave quietly and go happily and accept the result worse spite of. him saying that what you believe when he did he say he wouldn't leave office he had tapped mike huckabee according to him to look at oh my god you say to me you can't hurt me and we may be ok i try to get them out in the night in realizing i could be out of time but i'm not you know that troubling people that's so sad without at least sad i'm sorry i'm going to have to live with that if it is so sad paul and john thank you all for taking part in this debate we appreciate it and that's our show up from will be back next week. the poet is renowned for creating to the world. one i want to use goes back to school to find out the secret to this. one out of the. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the misinformation i've used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique a lovin is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a nail fascist moment international filmmakers and world class journalists bringing pr

this party says let's get rid of the electoral college. let's have one person, one vote. yet they are not having a national primary to nominate their nominee. they are still going state by state. judge jeanine: thanks so much for being with us. last week i introduced you to john solomon reporting on ukraine. now john has retracted it on twitter but because he says it here we wanted to address it as well. that. judge jeanine: my next guest believes most americans don't want to be governed by the deep state and they don't want to be spied on by them. devin nunes uncovered the biggest political scandal in u.s. history. lee smith on why this is such a critical time in our country. judge jeanine: i read your book. i think it's phenomenal. what i would like my viewers to understand, when you talk about devin anyone's, and we have him on the show often. and how he uncovered the big jest scandal in u.s. history. i remember right in the beginning when they started gunning for him and started bringing all kind of complaints against him. i remember saying what is going on. can you t

he wants 15 supreme court justices, wants to abolish the electoral college. he has a moderate tone and he looks like somebody would want to have over for dinner like he could be your friend but i don't know if his policies are really that moderate. >> voting for the midwestern sensibility being from indiana but data makes a good point that if you dig a little bit deeper, maybe he is not as moderate as people see and this kind of thing is something where a lot more progressives are saying we should just decriminalize, throw the dealers in jail but not necessarily. >> katie: democrats are trying to find their own version of criminal justice because i do something the president has done successfully, mayor pete is struggling with black voters in south carolina, they care about criminal justice reform and that is something he is trying to put on the table as the version of this is decriminalizing all drugs, shouldn't be using the judicial system to put people in prison either short-term or long-term for possession of these types of things and that's what he is tr

they called for electoral college to be abolished. they want to stack the courts i a scheme to manipulate the u.s. supreme court so they can legislate from their. now they're using the very serious tool of impeachment because they want to alter the outcome of an upcoming election. meanwhile the president accomplishment after accomplishment after accomplishment. we can go on. the washington examiner put a couple hundred up there if you want to read them. president trump has been busy despite the most difficult circumstances out there keeping his promises. he's working to improve the lives of americans make us more prosperous, try to make us more safe and more secure and keepin his word. tax-cut ending. energy independent, next exporter of energy for the firs time in 75 years. he promised fair trade deals parade we got it. prison reform, done. the right to try, and that's done by the president. if you want to try something, you have the right to do it. building the wall on the southern border, he's getting that done to. taking off the r

but because of the electoral college, they face the same vulnerable, losing socially conservative working class voters in a number of crucial states and they're doing little to address this vulnerability. democrats keep arguing over economic policy leveraging left. but the public is largely supportive of the party's existing positions. allow people to buy into medicare, fix america's infrastructure, tax the rich more, increase the minimum wage. the party's akilly's heel is immigration. half the democratic candidates want to decriminalize illegal border crossings and give free health care. large majority of the country disagrees and you can expect trump to turn this into a wedge issue. the irony is the republican party like the tories has become a bigger tent party while the democrats historically described by a large coalition are narrow on the issues that might well define the 2020 election. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week. let's get started. >>> february 24th, 1868, andrew johnson. december 16th, 199 8, bill clinton. december 18th, 2019,, donal