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weight, my weight, my phone rang during the show. >> that is 70 me. but it wont happen tonight. >> you know, lawrence, it has been a long week. >> it has, and that neil is going to join us tonight to talk about the supreme court decisions, and i need this. because i like neil gorsuchs. i dont know the difference between nitrous oxide and whatever the other thing is. which chris hayes and you both explain beautifully and i have already forgotten. but ■çhe is going to take me throug...

Impeachment process himself, and the name of the alleged whistle-blower, what does that tell us about his mental state right now. is that a sign that you think he is getting wrestless with impeachment? >> it appears to be his singular focus right now. when you look back at the clinton strategy, a big effort of that was for clinton to appear like he was busy doing the business of the country. he was not focused on impeachment. and a lot of people attribute that strategy and they have the highest ...

But why did it take you this long? >> that was president obama speaking earlier today many cleveland. making no bones about blaming republicans about donald trump. a pretty clear break from the clinton strategy, at least up to now. which is primarily paint trump as an outlier. joining me now, the former speech writer for president obama. i have always been struck by how uncomfortable the president seems making partisan arguments. making the straight argument that democrats are better than the re...

Even during the course of this campaign, didnt say anything. i mean, i know that some of them now are walking away. but why did it take you this long? >> that was president obama speaking earlier today many cleveland. making no bones about blaming republicans about donald trump. a pretty clear break from the clinton strategy, at least up to now. which is primarily paint trump as an outlier. joining me now, the former speech writer for president obama. i have always been struck by how uncomfortab...

World. >> lets start with nbcs ali vitale live in new york. we see a tweet going after john mccain calling him foul mouthed, upset he dropped the endorsement, with drew it. we saw another tweet against paul ryan earlier this morning. whats the strategy? what can you tell us about whats happening inside the mind of the campaign? >> reporter: so that john mccain tweet you and peter referenced just came out. thats another example of donald trump taking on his own party, being a disruptor. thats set...

Continue to keep his endorsement of donald trump but isnt going to campaign for him or isnt expected to campaign for him. this could be a game changer for marco rubio. this is a place where donald trump has ground game. how important is it to clintons strategy? >> critical to the clinton strategy. you are seeing it play out. secretary clinton will be there today. but so is former president bill clinton. you will see a lot of her top surrogates barn storming in florida between now and election da...

Ballots up, recounting votes in the closest presidential race in history. the decision handed down by the supreme court ultimately gave george w. bush the victory. 16 years after the concession speech gore will be campaigning for clinton at 3:00 eastern. thats where we find kasie hunt already there waiting on this. al gore not often in the political arena except in the context of climate change. how significant is him coming out on the campaign trail? whats the strategy behind deploying him? >> ...

Weve been talking about donald trumps tweet storm today as we come back to you live from panama city, where the gop nominee will be later on tonight, trying to rally his supporters. heres a new tweet he just put out. one, hitting hillary clinton, the first one doing so today. weve seen him slam paul ryan, john mccain, the mia and taut his support. now getting on the strategy, at least for the moment, that many republicans would like to see, attacking the democratic nominee. time for one last loo...

The caucus or primary. >> clinton pressing sanders in a tv ad to clarify his position on gun control. >> its time to pick a side. either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the president and stand up to them. im with him. >> sanders telling cnns dana bash his stance is clear. >> i stand with the president on gun issues. the idea of expanding instant background checks, the idea of making sure that people have criminal backgrounds or a mentally unstable should not have guns, something i believe...

Jose. >> yeah. and lets talk a little bit about democrats as well. peter, the clinton strategy so far has been to ignore the narrative push by trump about bill clintons past with women and not getting pulled into this. is that working? >> well, people are deciding for themselves if thats working. hillary clintons allies are noticing these new numbers. there are two tight races, not just in iowa but also in new hampshire. and not just in new hampshire but in iowa, i should say between bernie sand...