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Some time to thank barb here, the precinct chair, for letting us be in here and show the process that works for our national audience. thank you, barb. >> youre welcome. >> she said they will be here until the very last vote is counted. im going to step outside because one of the last things i want to point to is voters like patrick. he is a registered republican and today he skrujust told me h cast his vote for the democrats. so this area, as you said, ali, that narrowly went for donald trump i...

It takes for me to vote. because thats part of what happened in the last election. i heard that too much. if we dont vote, this democracy doesnt work." politico also reports the former president explained to democrats that quote they would be foolish to believe theyre in good shape to beat trump just because theyve been doing well in winning recent elections. last night formulate night host jon stewart took over the "late show with steph7 stephen colber" that he aimed directly to donald trump an...

Event. politico was one of the few news agencies with a reporter inside and according to politico, obama told the crowd "dont wait for the perfect message, dont wait to feel a ting until your spine because youre expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow ill get off my couch and spend the 15 and 20 minutes it takes for me to vote. because thats part of what happened in the last election. i heard that too much. if we dont vote, this democracy doesnt work." mr. oba...

No cameras were allowed in the event. politico was one of the few news agencies with a reporter inside and according to politico, obama told the crowd "dont wait for the perfect message, dont wait to feel a ting until your spine because youre expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow ill get off my couch and spend the 15 and 20 minutes it takes for me to vote. because thats part of what happened in the last election. i heard that too much. if we dont vote, this ...

The arms economy. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> the president said the special counsel is meddling in midterm election coming up in november. democracy doesnt work if voters dont have confidence in the legitimacy of their votes. how damaging are these comments by the president? >> they could be damaging but it shows the president cares more about him and his career and the country and democracy in general. its interesting he happens to avoid the fact there was russian meddling in the...

Is the head of the -- hes the top law enforcement official in the country. >> yes. >> and if he is removed, rod rosenstein is no longer in charge of the russian investigation. this person, the person who is now in this office is not recused. >> why trump wants him to resign but not fire him. >> is he thinks potentially if you go into his mind and try to figure out what his plans are, i think there is a concern that if you fire sessions after firing comey, after reportedly wanting to fire mueller...

The campaign. we he dont know what else was coming. do you have any sense of what could come down the pike? >> to the president, i would caution him to say this proves anything. i think rod rosenstein made it clear. we dont know what special counsel robert mueller and his team have. i will say this. i have been a cautious skeptic of the russian investigation from the beginning. not that we dont need to look into this, but if you go back to the 1950s, j. edgar hoover wrote a book of "masters of d...

Those who argue that democracy doesnt work. the restrictions on the press are necessary and the intolerance and tribalism and organizing ourselves along ethnic lines are the answers to the days challenge, and extreme nationalism, and xenophobia, and the policies of us versus them. isolationism, or nationalism, where they can suggest rolling back the rights of others. openness to immigrants and refugees, that is fundamental to who we are. i am convinced that the future does not belong to strongme...

Have their skepticism up and they need to really look at their new sources to see if theyre getting information thats good. >> that is the eternal challenge, isnt it? your point is youre not in business to tell president trump whats true, youre in business to tell everybody else what he says is true or false. >> and thats exactly the point. democracy doesnt work without an informed lek tort. and right now for people who are seeking credible, accurate, independently vetted information, they cant ...

The its a big picture? >> right. i dont think many people could have planned for a trump presidency. this was sort of like a hail mary pass that somehow worked. they wanted -- the expectations were that hillary clinton was going to win. so the idea was -- >> to mock us? >> to mock us, but if the russian plan appears to have been hillary clinton is going to win. the only and best thing we can do is to sew distrust, and have people feel that democracy doesnt work, and in response to her questionab...