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Million. she is my candidate of the week. but not for that big moment she had with joe biden. its for her positions on medicare for all. thats positions. plural. when asked on thursday who would eliminate private insurance for government insurance, harris raised her hand. later she walked it back saying she misunderstood the question thinking she would give up her own private insurance for a government plan. her spokeswoman tried to clear that up with my colleague kate baldwin. >> shes been very...

Doctors accept medicare does not mean they will forever, especially if the entire health care system is overhauled, i hear that from doctors all the time, but additionally, on the most basic level and not like a disconnect with voters, lilly, but like a third go around of her having to clarify and facing questions about kind of where, what is your position on medicare for all, where is the line and where do you stand? the fact that shes explaining it once again, is that not a problem? >> no, i d...

Obviously. we should give him credit where credit is due. no. he should not have said that or many of the other things. i was lucky enough to join the president. president obama a trip to iraq and afghanistan and there were two purposes to each trip. the first and foremost was to meet with the troops, to boost the morale and to bring a message of appreciation from the american people. the second was to confer with our allies and partners and that was a very important part of it. that clearly was...

A very important part of it. and that clearly wasnt on the agenda here. and it does give you the sense that this was sort of a box checking exercise in many ways for ot president. it was a serendipitous timing because it clearly was planned before everything thats happened. and you know, yesterday was kind of an or ji of self-pity and rage on twitter from are the white house. so it changed the subject. it put him in a much better position and coming with all the turmoil and defense in the defens...

These charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. >>chris: marie, what are republicans supposed to do when the fbi does this background check and fails to come up with a single piece of evidence to corroborate doctor fords story? what are they supposed to do? >> what i think youll hear from democrats that it became clear over the past week, particularly since the hearing. the everything, who they were allowed to speak to. the fact they didnt reinterview brett kavanaugh ...

Therefore, i do not believe these charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. >>chris: marie, what are republicans supposed to do when the fbi does this background check and fails to come up with a single piece of evidence to corroborate doctor fords story? what are they supposed to do? >> what i think youll hear from democrats that it became clear over the past week, particularly since the hearing. the everything, who they were allowed to speak to. the fact they didnt ...

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