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The first debate. you see a leap thats not within the margin of error. she has had a slumbering strength. she is the candidate folks wanted to know more about and she is uniquely positioned to help bridge a lot of democratic divides as she perceived today. objectively very very strong. for the folks in the back half of the field, theyre nowheresfield and joe bidens folks shouldnt feel good about this. they can come up with rationalizations. >> you have a great point. kamala h kamala harris is st...

Basically before you can take the real step of an impeachment. >> so i think you would agree with the back half of his statement. i think theres justification. you have to develop the awareness which you have spent a lot doing. the beginning you cannot impeach till the people support it and you dont want to divide the country. whats your response? >> look, ali, were a grassroots organization. weve got over 8 million people who have signed our petition saying the president should be impeached and...

Country and the agreement basically before you can take the real step of an impeachment. >> so i think you would agree with the back half of his statement. i think theres justification. you have to develop the awareness which you have spent a lot doing. the beginning you cannot impeach till the people support it and you dont want to divide the country. whats your response? >> look, ali, were a grassroots organization. weve got over 8 million people who have signed our petition saying the preside...

Everyone who relies on the u.s. leadership for their safety, this is a worrying time. in the uk theyll be looking at this closely because trump is coming in early june and the uk is about to have a new prime minister, so theres a question about how much that relationship will be rattled by this continual dictator envy trump seems to have. >> lets talk about the back he certainly expects the half of the presidents tweet -- >> theres a lot to talk about. people responsible and part of >> -- we s...

At all? >> i think the other question, and im going to defer on this, but i think the question is, does this then give democrats who have said they would only move forward if there were bipartisan support for impeachment, is one going to say this is bipartisan in amash has been a critic of the president for a long time, for many, many months but he is make a point that few have made to put it that starkly that these are impeachable offenses and that very few people have read this report. i think...

A and bill barr says im fine with that. >> are you comfortable using those words? witch-hunt, hoax. >> i use what words i use and it was an investigation. i think if i was falsely accused, i would be comfortable saying it was a witch-hunt. >> very smart lawyer. very accomplished loy eed lawy. he knows if you read the back half of the mueller report, bill barr made the determination, but a lot of information about the president in there. embracing witch-hunt is he sending a signal what the presid...

>> were just trying to err on the side of caution this year. its better to get our stuff out now than be in the water and try to get it out. >> reporter: and david, weve already gotten up to ten inches of rain here in the houston area, and look, thats been enough for this river to overflow, flooding these roadways, and now were gearing up for another six to ten inches of rain here. and david, thats making flash floods a major concern. david? >> maggie, were thinking about everyone there in houst...

Shouldnt run for president and i want this to marinate a little while while we discuss this. long enough. you wrote this. a month now of consistently topping the polls and new candidates coming in, you still think he is wrong for democrats in 2010? >> i think there are risks with it. i think he has run before and when he has run, hes had a lot of problems generating the kind of support that he needs and he is not there yet. now he faces a very different democratic party that is eager for new voi...

Them for their silence. this thing heated up this afternoon and it looked like it was going back and forth for awhile. >> he talked about michael cohen, but he didnt mention that he, michael cohen, asked for a pardon. listen to what the president said in front of the cameras and then well come back and talk on the back half. >> he lied about the pardon, stone cold liar. he lied ant a lobout a lot of t. he knew all about pardons. his lawyer said they went to my lawyers to ask for pardons. >> so t...

State. ive never seen anything like this. >> no. i mean, well, i remember covering -- i was just mentioning a minute ago, i remember covering the bob mcdonnell scandal, the ethics and corruption scandal, bribery scandal involving bob mcdonnell. the line out of virginia as we covered that for months and months was like, this isnt virginia. we dont have ethics rules in virginia because we never need them. weve never had a scandal-ridden governor ever in the history of virginia. now its like, okay,...