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Report very much. theyre talking about healthcare, about the economy, theyre talking about jobs. so i think politically its probably something that most of the country is not paying much attention to. theyre worried about their next paycheck. but certainly i think democrats would have egg on their face if nothing comes up in this report. i think given all weve seen from the president, everything hes said about the investigation being a witch hunt and all of the actions hes taken, allegedly intim...

Washington, editor-in-chief of politico magazine, blake hounshell. really quickly, do you think the democrats could genuinely compel bob mueller to "a" disclose the findings of his report if it is not made public? or at least compel him to testify and in doing so release some information of the report? or is this mostly political posturing by house democrats? >> theres always some element of political posturing, of course. it is washington. i think theyre working on william barr, the new attorne...

Conflicting facts, the fbi should immediately investigate whether secretary nielsens statements violate federal statutes that prohibit perjury and false statements to congress. a spokeswoman for the department of homeland security said the lead document only shows a, quote, menu of options that secretary nielsen had and that she specifically rejected the family separation choice. >> joining us editor and chief of prit co magazine blake hounshell. talk to us about what a possible purge i didnt in...

Nielsen was being disingenuous. i mean, they had to know that this, quote/unquote, zero tolerance policy that they put into place would mean that families were going to be separated at the border because you cant detain children as if they were criminals like you would the adult parents who came across illegally. so both sides i think are playing politics here, but -- and thats exactly why i think the bureau would be very, very hesitant to open a real investigation. >> blake, lets talk about the...

Workers. what is going on with this white house that they are not even able to express any sympathy or outrage for what is happening to these federal workers in these prime time public eechlts? >> its really unusual. usually in these situations the president is the one who is sounding the alarm about the impact on federal workers and their families. in this case the president, i think, you know, from what he said in the past he thinks they are all democrats. he thinks they are his political adve...

Victories if theyve lost their soul. >> sad a pa thend pathetic. you listen to what rand paul said about donald trump during the debates. you look at him now. it really is a real, real tragedy. blake hounshell, thank you so much. susan page, stay with us. still ahead, theres energy and momentum with the progressive movement these days, but theres also the question of whether the moderate wing of the democratic party can keep up and what that means if they cant.