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Committee told cnn ta letter was inappropriate. I think its incredibly arrogant of the department to try to instruct him as to what to say. Its part of the ongoing coverup by the administration to keep information away from the American People. But i think that its not going to have a real impact. Cnns manu raju has the latest as always from capitol hill. But i want to start with justice correspondent. Jess, what is the doj saying about the need that they felt to send this letter to mueller . Th...

Is a sort of marker that we are not the racist party that some have -- >> i dont think its a dilemma. i think its an advantage because in this party he brings the credibility as a nonwhite person telling mostly white audiences racism, yeah, that was a thing but its over and we shouldnt be teaching the white kids to hate themselves and black kids to be victims and he has a special place as a messenger on that and also true of nikki haley and something that that audience wants to hear and somethin...

I think they have some decisions to make about the strategy of getting him to testify. because i think theyre willing to give up the testimony of bannon to make an example of him but with meadows, it looks like he has a lot of important information that theyre going to want to get. >> peter, this information is hugely important in terms of the preservation of our democracy. but its going to be pushed into 2022. the year of the midterms. what does that do politically for biden? >> well, obviously...

Man dates. so what is it about whats happening in schools and those mandates that you dont like? >> i feel like i know whats best for my family better than a politician does. >> odonnell: independent robert clarke also voted for president biden but calls this decision a tossup. so you support president biden. >> i do. >> odonnell: but you may vote for a republican. >> i may. >> odonnell: if a republican wins the governors race, what message will that send. >> that there is tepidness around the p...

With you. short answer is, in this campaign, i can. im governor. i have a majority in the house. we can start going on offense. as a campaign topic, sadly, that wont win by independent votes that i have to get. >> he said he will take a hard line on abortion but he cant take it out loud because he has to get independent votes. that sounds like hes saying i got to lie in order to get independents. >> yes. he was very clear about i cannot win this campaign by being up front about my views on abort...

Of defense spending and the limits that they have in terms of policy riders they can put in the bills. the effort is to find the group in the middle and get 218 in the house. leadership believes they will get there but theres no question about it. theyve got more work to do before the vows votes on it. >> and it is for everybody in the leadership, from the president to democratic leaders, to get this off the table as a campaign topic before the next election, which is obviously why this compromi...

Heather: the president recognized we holocaust survivors said they suffered evil beyond description. what was supposed to be a bipartisan effort on prison reform is turning into a 2020 platform. democrats potentially pulling support of the legislation that hit close to home for our next guest, jerry caldwell says these are not just statistics to me, they are my family members, friends, and people i grope with in chicago. the political analyst is lobbying in washington to pass the first step act ...

>> reporter: thats right. the president is sticking to his immigration rhetoric, talking about the caravan of central american migrants heading to the border, continuing to talk about ending birthright citizenship and some contend -- contentious issues as he campaigns in florida, montana, georgia, working to help republicans running in statewide races where theyre on defense like in georgia or trying to pick off a vulnerable democratic incumbent. yesterday the president got some good economic ne...

Will it continue to be a big campaign topic? ann coulter will debate. "hannity" starts here. it was the most watched cable news program ever. last nights first republican presidential debate in cleveland did not disappoint. here are some of the major highlights. >> if it werent for me you wouldnt be talking about illegal immigration, chris. you wouldnt be talking about it. >> if im our nominee how is hillary clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? i was raised paycheck. ...

People on both sides have their argument. others say 300, while it is on the floor, it is a little bit less. >> we have limited resources. we dont have everything we want. the navy has used its resources to buy this bigger and better ship. that is meant to trade off of style. >> you start dropping down into the mid or low two hundreds. and i believe you are going to have to be asking the question, would we not want to be? because at some point, you simply run out of the numbers to generate the p...