Impeachment Inquiry Coming Up In Major Labor Summits In Los Angeles
CABRERA: Political passions ran very high this week at a town hall in rural Michigan.</s>CABRERA: That is Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin. She invited voters to join her in a conversation about why she supports the formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump's conduct. Some people there really let her have it. Listen.</s>REP. ELISSA SLOTKIN (D-MI): The issue that got to me was this idea that the president, the most powerful man in the world, reached out to a foreigner, a foreign leader, and asked him to dig up dirt on an American --</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not true!</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Fake news. Don't buy into it.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We can't hear her.</s>SLOTKIN: So this is something the president himself acknowledged. This is something that the president's lawyer acknowledged. This is something -- this is not -- he's not disputing that fact. What he is disputing, and I acknowledge it completely, is whether there was a quid pro quo, a trade for our military assistance in exchange for information and dirt.</s>SLOTKIN: And that is to be determined. That is to be determined. But I'm telling you, from my perspective, that that idea, that we would reach out to a foreigner, which again the president acknowledged, and we would ask for dirt in an American political election, was too much for me.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Nope, looking into corruption. Corruption.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Words matter. Words matter.</s>CABRERA: The impeachment issue, the inquiry, the accusations, should the president stay or go, it's coming up a lot at a major labor summit in Los Angeles this weekend. I want to bring in CNN's Leyla Santiago who is at that summit. Leyla, several of the Democratic candidates for president have been there yesterday and this weekend. I want you to hear this from Senator Amy Klobuchar just a short time ago.</s>SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN): I think that all of us believe the evidence is there. So I just think it's nuance of how you answer this. But for me and my colleagues, we've got to look at all the evidence. You may decide on five counts it's impeachable and one it isn't. You have to look at everything. But the point is that, as a former prosecutor, when I look at this, I consider these documents smoking guns. I've said that many times. And it just keeps getting worse.</s>CABRERA: Leyla, do people you've talked to agree with her?</s>LEYLA SANTIAGO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, listen, let's go to the candidates first. They've been bringing this up, whether they are being asked about it or not. Senator Warren actually took it one step further, saying that she believes that impeachment -- there's enough evidence to convict right now in the Senate. Congressman Beto O'Rourke just said, I've been calling for impeachment for quite a while. Then you have Vice President Biden, who took the opportunity and got pretty worked up when he called Trump unhinged and said it's not a conflict of interest for his son, Hunter Biden, to serve on the board in Ukraine. So those are a few of the highlights from candidates. Let's talk voters. I've been talking throughout the week with voters about the impeachment issues. We're right now at the SEIU summit. So know your audience, a bunch of labor unions and workers here that applaud any time the impeachment push is brought up. But I want you to hear when I've asked voters about actual decision making for 2020 and how the impeachment issue will play out. Listen to what they said.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some people say it will affect the 2020 congressional elections. I don't know, but even if it does, I think it's come to the time where it's a moral issue now. I think we have to do it no matter what the consequences are.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The impeachment push is a made-up thing. He has proven that time and again. The Democrats, I'm sorry to say, are poor losers, and they just cannot give it up.</s>SANTIAGO: So interesting to see how this plays out among Republicans and Democrats. We spoke to Trump supporters who are attending some of these events to protest the candidates and really focusing in on saying, don't impeach, whereas Democrats, many of them, are saying, it's about time -- Ana?</s>CABRERA: OK. Leyla Santiago on the campaign trail for us. Thank you. Get ready for what could be a make-or-break moment in the race for 2020. The fourth Democratic presidential debate is coming to CNN live from the battleground state of Ohio. Will one candidate break away from the pack? Find out at the CNN and "New York Times" Democratic presidential debate. It's Tuesday, October 15th, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Get it here on CNN. We'll be right back.