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Step back to last nights lead story. this is cooling-off period. senate and house are going to get out of town. theyre not coming back until january 6th. the big question i have for you, these vulnerable republican senators, are they going to go home during the break, do some reflection. are they going to go home during the break and hear from constituents who say you know what, you should hear from some witnesses? lets make sure before we have this, lets have the closest thing we can get to a r...

How this does anything but speed up that process. >> well, i mean, from your mouth to gods ears as they say. i hope youre right. the problem is that historically we know that demagoguery as a political strategy often works, appeals to the most base instincts in an electorate often work. racial polarization often works. i say this, you know, with -- i mean, its a horrible thing to say and its especially horrible given the traditions of the united states or the best traditions of the united states...

Sucker punched someone. hes looking at possible assault charges. you can hear a woman in the video ask over and over whats happening? whats happening? its a good question. we talk about decency in washington. whats happening there is just a reflection of who we are. be honest. we need to demand better of ourselves. studies show being kind makes you happier. being kind is contiguous. it adds to longevity, success in relationships, and yet too often, too many are too mean. online for damn sure but...

We need genuine folk who are interested in addressing kitchen table moments p thats the ground level. the base beginning of standing out. >> i was one of those operatives -- not that i didnt want people to listen to me. what youre saying to is right. when they turn the camera on donald trump, they see his base instincts grab them in the bleep, we dont want anyone from those bleep hole countries. what they see in the moment doesnt have to be pretty but it has to be real. what do you like thats be...

To repent their own lives, they have to be alive to do that. shannon: were not talking about due process but sham trials in places where people dont have human rights, this is a jury of their peers and in 2016 it was put to a referendum in the public so not only do they want to keep the death penalty but they wanted to expedite it. what do you tell those voters? it doesnt matter? >> not that it doesnt matter but we need to be better. we dont need to give into our tribal base instincts. to say th...

To be alive to do that. >> shannon: a number of countries youre talking about, were not talking about due process, well talk about sham trials in places where people dont have human rights. this is a jury of their peers and back in 2016 it was put to a referendum on the public said not only do they want to keep the death penalty in california, they want to expedite it. what do you tell those voters, it doesnt matter? >> its not that it doesnt matter, its that we need to be better, we dont need t...

Theyre going to make a decision on who they believe is the best leader, based on who is speaking truth, who is doing it with public dignity as opposed to bringing us to the lowest common denominator and base instincts. that is how america will vote and that will be the basis on who will win. >> tara, is she and other female candidates going to be constantly barraged with questions like that? >> i think you meant patti. patti, go ahead, you can answer that. >> okay. go ahead, patti. >> there is s...

Would you please respond to this so that this man has a response ready the next time a man tries to man-splain why a man would make a better nominee. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, my first response, robert, is this, which is that the person who presented that point really is not giving the american voters enough credit. theyre smarter than that. the people who vote, the people who live in this country are smarter than that. theyre going to make decisions based on who they believe is the best ...

Level of interest and concern in people other than oneself. and so right there we will see a great contrast. and it is about also having some concern for the future of our country. you know, it really -- we are at an inflection point in the world and in our country. and the people of our country, the families of our country, deserve to have leaders who are focused on their needs, their immediate needs, their long-term needs, the hopes and aspirations they have for their children and grandchildre...

Watches these individuals. it was not a typical sort of political protest. it was quiet. there was singing. apparently some people are observing their own religious traditions and theres a sense that something bigger than politics is going on. we have to tap into our collective humanity. its not just about rejecting republican policies over the last two years or what they want to do to us over the next two years. now we have to rebuke the way theyre conducting themselves over the last seven days...