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And now 2020 candidate deval patrick had this warning to your fellow democrats. watch. >> i dont think you have to hate republicans to be a good democrat. i dont think you should hate conservatives to be a good progressive. to be a good social justice warrior. >> harris: what is your reaction? >> i think thats exactly right. ive said that from the very beginning. you can be pro-business. you can be pro-america. you can work with republicans. thats -- compromising is a good thing. we remember the...

Our candidate pool is expressing the right ideas. democrats need to be tough. doesnt mean we got to get into the dirt with donald trump on a daily basis. we got to be strategic in how we use that. but weve got to be prepared to fight. to be tough. >> joining me how hanna trudeau, with the daily beast and political reporter with nbc news. to the pointer i can holder just made, if we seen 2020 democrats increasingly promise policies they may struggle to deliver on? how problematic is that as we ...

>> you say you arent entirely comfortable with the decision. why? >> because i thought i could do the job. i thought i had a world view that would be good for this nation at this time. i thought i had the necessary experience. i thought i would make a good candidate and be a good president. and it was hard for me to pull back from those conclusions. >> do you think there is something missing in the field? there are quite a few candidates out there. are there things that you wish they had, qualit...

>> kevin baron, always appreciate your insight. thanks for joining us. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." andrea will be back tomorrow. follow the show online on facebook and twitter @mitchellreports. here is ali velshi from new york. >> that was an astute question you asked kevin baron about if the taliban is resurge ent what does that actually mean? the taliban set the stage for the entry of terrorists basically. an interesting question ill pursue as well. coming up ...

Go. not being aggressive enough. do you see that changes or does that need to chang or does it work for him? >> fellow democrats were pulling out their hair in the first debate saying come on, go at ont . think there given opinion that going to do that more ak if i have attackhe is going to stick to this bass who know that candidate pool that were seeing in the democratic national convention being sight right now. >> jake, how did the members of congress who served with beto feeling about him as...

And i think the train has left the station as far as democratic party is concerned. the old template no longer applies. we can tell that from diversity of the candidate pool, more women, more people of color. i just think its going to be very, very different. and because the democratic party is thinking more idealistically or some would say moving more to the left, youre going get a nominee thats going to be about that. a nominee that supports a green new deal. a nominee that supports no longer ...

Only five democratic-held seats are rated competitive while 65 republican-held districts are rated the same. these are the places that the incumbent party is in jeopardy of losing in november. obviously two months, a lifetime in washington in most years and several life times in our current political environment. but we can say this for certain about 2018. voters are engaged. the candidate pool is diverse. democrats hold the edge. we just dont know how big that edge is. when we come back, a grea...

Battle field is tilted towards the democrats, particularly in the house. only five democratic held seats are rated competitive. 65 republican held districts are rated the same. these are the places that the incumbent party is in jeopardy of losing in november. obviously, two months, a lifetime in washington in most years and several lifetimes in our political environment. but we can say this for certain about 2018. voters are engaged, the candidate pool is diverse and democrats hold the edge. we...

Shot and nothing changed. part of that because there are many factors driving our discourse, institutional factors or nothing will change. sure, it begins with the politics. the way we select those individuals limits the candidate pool, the role of dark money, closed primaries, gerrymandering, self-sorting and the outsized role of media personalities who are rewarded for bombast, not substance. their livelihoods depend on fomenting division, not diplomacy. dont go looking to them to lead. while ...

And the easiest thing is remote work and if more employers would open their doors to that and look to americas career force for that candidate pool, it would be incredible. >> the first family seems to be noticing what shes up to. ivanka trump posted about the organization on her personal websites. >> james: allison barber. thank you. memorial day commemorates those who died in service to our country, there is great concern on this holiday, indeed every day, for the veterans who live among us, e...