>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LONGEST
TIME WHEN YOU POLL THE QUESTION
OF IMPEACHMENT IT REALLY WASN’T
MOVING, IT WASN’T BUDGING.
A LOT OF THIS WAS BACK DURING
THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION, THE
RUSSIA PROBE.
RUSSIA PROBE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE
30s, YOU MIGHT HAVE ON A GOOD
DAY FOR DEMOCRATS GET TO LOW 40s
IN TERMS OF FINDING SUPPORT IN
TERMS OF IMPEACHING THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. IT HAS STARTED TO CHANGE THOUGH
SINCE THE UKRAINE SITUATION CAME
TO LIGHT AND SINCE HOUSE
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE
GOING FORWARD WITH AN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, AND TODAY
WE HAVE THREE NEW POLLS THAT
CAME OUT.
CAME OUT. THE QUINNIPIAC, "THE WASHINGTON
POST" AND OUR VERY OWN NBC NEWS
WALL STREET GERM POLL, THREE NEW
POLLS THAT COME OUT AND TODAY
SHOW JUST HOW MUCH THE GROUND
HAS SHIFTED WHEN IT COMES TO
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN.
REMEMBER TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS
THAT ARE BEING ASKED IN THESE
POLLS.
POLLS. THE FIRST QUESTION IS NOT
FULL-FLEDGED IMPEACHMENT.
FULL-FLEDGED IMPEACHMENT. THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. DEMOCRATS SAY CONGRESS IS NOW,
THE HOUSE IS NOW LAUNCHING AN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. THE THREE NEW POLLS TODAY 53 IN
THE QUINNIPIAC, 55 IN THE"THE WA
STREET JOURNAL" POLL AND 58 THE
HIGHEST NUMBER WE’VE SEEN YET
SUPPORTING THE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY.
INQUIRY. LOW 40s, HIGH 30s IN TERMS OF
OPPOSITION.
OPPOSITION. THIS IS PRETTY SOLID SUPPORT FOR
THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND PUT
THIS IN BIGGER CONTEXT, OVER THE
LAST TWO WEEKS HERE’S ALL THE
POLLS THAT HAVE COME OUT ABOUT
AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
COUNT THEM UP, ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX OF THOSE 8 ARE
OUTRIGHT MAJORITY SUPPORT, AND
OVER 50% AND THE OTHER TWO STILL
PLURALITY SUPPORT, 49%, 43%, AND
IN ALL EIGHT POLLS THERE’S MORE
SUPPORT THAN OPPOSITION FOR THE
INQUIRY AND IN 6 OF THE 8
THERE’S OUTRIGHT MAJORITY
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. SO DEMOCRATS IN TERMS OF TAKING
THAT STEP, THEY HAVE TO LIKE
WHAT THEY’RE SEEING IN TERM OF
THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLING.
TAKE A STEP FURTHER?
WHAT ABOUT OUTRIGHT IMPEACHMENT,
AND THEN THE SENATE CONVICTS AND
TRUMP IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE?
AND THE THREE NEW POLLS THAT
CAME OUT TODAY, IT IS A
DIFFERENT STORY.
DIFFERENT STORY. YOU SEE IN QUINNIPIAC, REMEMBER
OUTRIGHT SUPPORT FOR THE
INQUIRY, OPPOSITION BY A 49%,
45% MARGIN TO IMPEACHIC AND
REMOVING TRUMP.
REMOVING TRUMP. IN OUR OWN POLL OPPOSITION BY A
49%, 43% MARGIN AND 49%, 44% AND
CERTAINLY LESS THAN THERE WAS IN
TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THE
INQUIRY.
INQUIRY. SO MUCH MORE SUPPORT FOR
ININQUIRY.
ININQUIRY. THE QUESTION OF ACTUALLY
IMPEACHING AND REMOVING, THAT
GETS TO BE A LOT MORE CONTESTED
IN TERMS OF PUBLIC OPINION.
PARTISAN DIVIDE, HERE DEMOCRATIC
STRONG SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD,
THIS IS THE NUMBER, THOUGH,
WE’RE LOOKING AT IN EVERY ONE OF
THESE POLLS THAT COMES OUT
THERE, AND ONLY 46% OF
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT IMPEACHABLE
AND REMOVING TRUMP.
THAT’S THE NUMBER TRUMP AND HIS
ALLIES WANT TO KEEP SEEING.
THEY THINK THAT KEEPS REPUBLICAN
NUMBERS IN LINE.
ON THE OTHER END, "THE
WASHINGTON POST" POLL, THAT
NUMBER WAS 18%.
RIGHT NOW THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OUT
LIAR.
LIAR. IF THAT BECOMES THE NORM, IF
THAT NUMBER OR HIGHER BECOMES
THE NORM IN SUBSEQUENT POLLING,
THAT MIGHT START TO MAKE THE
WHITE HOUSE NERVOUS, THEY DON’T
WANT TO SEE ANY DISSENSION WHEN
IT COMES TO REPUBLICANS ON THIS,