>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LONGEST

YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LONGEST TIME WHEN YOU POLL THE QUESTION

TIME WHEN YOU POLL THE QUESTION OF IMPEACHMENT IT REALLY WASN’T

OF IMPEACHMENT IT REALLY WASN’T MOVING, IT WASN’T BUDGING.

MOVING, IT WASN’T BUDGING. A LOT OF THIS WAS BACK DURING

A LOT OF THIS WAS BACK DURING THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION, THE

THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION, THE RUSSIA PROBE.

RUSSIA PROBE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE

YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE 30s, YOU MIGHT HAVE ON A GOOD

30s, YOU MIGHT HAVE ON A GOOD DAY FOR DEMOCRATS GET TO LOW 40s

DAY FOR DEMOCRATS GET TO LOW 40s IN TERMS OF FINDING SUPPORT IN

IN TERMS OF FINDING SUPPORT IN TERMS OF IMPEACHING THE

TERMS OF IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT. IT HAS STARTED TO CHANGE THOUGH

IT HAS STARTED TO CHANGE THOUGH SINCE THE UKRAINE SITUATION CAME

SINCE THE UKRAINE SITUATION CAME TO LIGHT AND SINCE HOUSE

TO LIGHT AND SINCE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE

DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GOING FORWARD WITH AN

GOING FORWARD WITH AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, AND TODAY

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, AND TODAY WE HAVE THREE NEW POLLS THAT

WE HAVE THREE NEW POLLS THAT CAME OUT.

CAME OUT. THE QUINNIPIAC, "THE WASHINGTON

THE QUINNIPIAC, "THE WASHINGTON POST" AND OUR VERY OWN NBC NEWS

POST" AND OUR VERY OWN NBC NEWS WALL STREET GERM POLL, THREE NEW

WALL STREET GERM POLL, THREE NEW POLLS THAT COME OUT AND TODAY

POLLS THAT COME OUT AND TODAY SHOW JUST HOW MUCH THE GROUND

SHOW JUST HOW MUCH THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED WHEN IT COMES TO

HAS SHIFTED WHEN IT COMES TO IMPEACHMENT.

IMPEACHMENT. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN.

LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN. REMEMBER TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS

REMEMBER TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED IN THESE

THAT ARE BEING ASKED IN THESE POLLS.

POLLS. THE FIRST QUESTION IS NOT

THE FIRST QUESTION IS NOT FULL-FLEDGED IMPEACHMENT.

FULL-FLEDGED IMPEACHMENT. THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST THE

THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. DEMOCRATS SAY CONGRESS IS NOW,

DEMOCRATS SAY CONGRESS IS NOW, THE HOUSE IS NOW LAUNCHING AN

THE HOUSE IS NOW LAUNCHING AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. THE THREE NEW POLLS TODAY 53 IN

THE THREE NEW POLLS TODAY 53 IN THE QUINNIPIAC, 55 IN THE"THE WA

THE QUINNIPIAC, 55 IN THE"THE WA STREET JOURNAL" POLL AND 58 THE

STREET JOURNAL" POLL AND 58 THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE’VE SEEN YET

HIGHEST NUMBER WE’VE SEEN YET SUPPORTING THE IMPEACHMENT

SUPPORTING THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

INQUIRY. LOW 40s, HIGH 30s IN TERMS OF

LOW 40s, HIGH 30s IN TERMS OF OPPOSITION.

OPPOSITION. THIS IS PRETTY SOLID SUPPORT FOR

THIS IS PRETTY SOLID SUPPORT FOR THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND PUT

THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND PUT THIS IN BIGGER CONTEXT, OVER THE

THIS IN BIGGER CONTEXT, OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS HERE’S ALL THE

LAST TWO WEEKS HERE’S ALL THE POLLS THAT HAVE COME OUT ABOUT

POLLS THAT HAVE COME OUT ABOUT AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. COUNT THEM UP, ONE, TWO, THREE,

COUNT THEM UP, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX OF THOSE 8 ARE

FOUR, FIVE, SIX OF THOSE 8 ARE OUTRIGHT MAJORITY SUPPORT, AND

OUTRIGHT MAJORITY SUPPORT, AND OVER 50% AND THE OTHER TWO STILL

OVER 50% AND THE OTHER TWO STILL PLURALITY SUPPORT, 49%, 43%, AND

PLURALITY SUPPORT, 49%, 43%, AND IN ALL EIGHT POLLS THERE’S MORE

IN ALL EIGHT POLLS THERE’S MORE SUPPORT THAN OPPOSITION FOR THE

SUPPORT THAN OPPOSITION FOR THE INQUIRY AND IN 6 OF THE 8

INQUIRY AND IN 6 OF THE 8 THERE’S OUTRIGHT MAJORITY

THERE’S OUTRIGHT MAJORITY SUPPORT.

SUPPORT. SO DEMOCRATS IN TERMS OF TAKING

SO DEMOCRATS IN TERMS OF TAKING THAT STEP, THEY HAVE TO LIKE

THAT STEP, THEY HAVE TO LIKE WHAT THEY’RE SEEING IN TERM OF

WHAT THEY’RE SEEING IN TERM OF THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLING.

THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLING. TAKE A STEP FURTHER?

TAKE A STEP FURTHER? WHAT ABOUT OUTRIGHT IMPEACHMENT,

WHAT ABOUT OUTRIGHT IMPEACHMENT, AND THEN THE SENATE CONVICTS AND

AND THEN THE SENATE CONVICTS AND TRUMP IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE?

TRUMP IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE? AND THE THREE NEW POLLS THAT

AND THE THREE NEW POLLS THAT CAME OUT TODAY, IT IS A

CAME OUT TODAY, IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.

DIFFERENT STORY. YOU SEE IN QUINNIPIAC, REMEMBER

YOU SEE IN QUINNIPIAC, REMEMBER OUTRIGHT SUPPORT FOR THE

OUTRIGHT SUPPORT FOR THE INQUIRY, OPPOSITION BY A 49%,

INQUIRY, OPPOSITION BY A 49%, 45% MARGIN TO IMPEACHIC AND

45% MARGIN TO IMPEACHIC AND REMOVING TRUMP.

REMOVING TRUMP. IN OUR OWN POLL OPPOSITION BY A

IN OUR OWN POLL OPPOSITION BY A 49%, 43% MARGIN AND 49%, 44% AND

49%, 43% MARGIN AND 49%, 44% AND CERTAINLY LESS THAN THERE WAS IN

CERTAINLY LESS THAN THERE WAS IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THE

TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THE INQUIRY.

INQUIRY. SO MUCH MORE SUPPORT FOR

SO MUCH MORE SUPPORT FOR ININQUIRY.

ININQUIRY. THE QUESTION OF ACTUALLY

THE QUESTION OF ACTUALLY IMPEACHING AND REMOVING, THAT

IMPEACHING AND REMOVING, THAT GETS TO BE A LOT MORE CONTESTED

GETS TO BE A LOT MORE CONTESTED IN TERMS OF PUBLIC OPINION.

IN TERMS OF PUBLIC OPINION. PARTISAN DIVIDE, HERE DEMOCRATIC

PARTISAN DIVIDE, HERE DEMOCRATIC STRONG SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD,

STRONG SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD, THIS IS THE NUMBER, THOUGH,

THIS IS THE NUMBER, THOUGH, WE’RE LOOKING AT IN EVERY ONE OF

WE’RE LOOKING AT IN EVERY ONE OF THESE POLLS THAT COMES OUT

THESE POLLS THAT COMES OUT THERE, AND ONLY 46% OF

THERE, AND ONLY 46% OF REPUBLICANS SUPPORT IMPEACHABLE

REPUBLICANS SUPPORT IMPEACHABLE AND REMOVING TRUMP.

AND REMOVING TRUMP. THAT’S THE NUMBER TRUMP AND HIS

THAT’S THE NUMBER TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES WANT TO KEEP SEEING.

ALLIES WANT TO KEEP SEEING. THEY THINK THAT KEEPS REPUBLICAN

THEY THINK THAT KEEPS REPUBLICAN NUMBERS IN LINE.

NUMBERS IN LINE. ON THE OTHER END, "THE

ON THE OTHER END, "THE WASHINGTON POST" POLL, THAT

WASHINGTON POST" POLL, THAT NUMBER WAS 18%.

NUMBER WAS 18%. RIGHT NOW THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OUT

RIGHT NOW THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OUT LIAR.

LIAR. IF THAT BECOMES THE NORM, IF

IF THAT BECOMES THE NORM, IF THAT NUMBER OR HIGHER BECOMES

THAT NUMBER OR HIGHER BECOMES THE NORM IN SUBSEQUENT POLLING,

THE NORM IN SUBSEQUENT POLLING, THAT MIGHT START TO MAKE THE

THAT MIGHT START TO MAKE THE WHITE HOUSE NERVOUS, THEY DON’T

WHITE HOUSE NERVOUS, THEY DON’T WANT TO SEE ANY DISSENSION WHEN

WANT TO SEE ANY DISSENSION WHEN IT COMES TO REPUBLICANS ON THIS,