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Americans believe yada, yada, yada. >> martha: were back on july, and july, 2020 democrat marianne williamson made a story of herself becoming the most searched for candidates but she was absent from the stage on tuesday night. she announced theres no way that she is dropping out this process and said that shes pointing the finger squarely at the dnc for stifling the democratic process and writing and to "the washington post," the democratic national committee has sought to narrow the field of p...

Going to vote in large numbers and we ask the government and security forces to keep us safe and to ensure the transparency of the election. and of a taliban issue threats every day. nonetheless i believe most people will participate in the election to defend democracy thank you but i depart but then. if security worries keep many from voting on turnout is low that could undermine the emerging democratic process. now the un high commissioner for refugees is urgently calling on countries worldwid...

U.s. democratic process. back to you. >> thank you very much for that. you know, susan, i want to play a clip. we spoke a few minutes ago with congressman eric swalwell, a member of the intelligence committee. he reviewed the whistleblower complaint in that secure, classified room, and then emerged and spoke -- and spoke with us and said this. >> this person laid out a lot of other documents and witnesses who were subject in this matter, and, you know, im not concerned at all about anything like...

>> whether you are looking at the impeachment of donald trump or anybody else, that mitch mcconnell and his republican buddies in the senate are not likely to lift a finger. what happened with this cavanaukavanaugh process is tha are completely undermining our democratic process. i want to know at this point why did the fbi not follow up on all of these leads that they had, they didnt lift a finger to investigate it. and if they brought -- they did some of the information to the attention of som...

Caucus. basically the party is really concerned about security and the potential of a hack during a teleconference system especially after what we saw in 2016. after the incident in 2016 when the dnc was hacked, it recommended and put into motion changes so that states that caucuses have to offer voters an absentee option for those who cant show up in person. the caucus in iowa happens on a monday night in february. its cold. there are snowstorms. people arent safe on the roads. not everyone has...

Going to openly hold them accountable? >> sure. absolutely. but, you know, we went through this over and over and over again. you know, the lead -- we got oversight by the dep, oversight by the epa. if they thought that a year and a half ago, they would have said something then. we have been dealing with this for a year and a half. this didnt just show up yesterday. >> governor, same question. >> let me say this, reverend. importantly, we mentioned flint earlier. flints source had lead. thats a ...

One of the things ive said, nonpartisan, is that you have to deal with voter suppression. and this president talks about voter fraud. had a committee that it was disbaned. the democrats need to deal with gerrymandering. need to deal with moving sites that we saw in georgia. to make sure that as this turnout they want comes out that they can actually vote. >> exactly. so i think what were speaking about, the institution on structural issues that are undergirding our democratic process, small "d" ...

>> the mawer sat beside me and it was fill would with mayors from urban and suburban and rural communities. >> expungement. you made moves and you know this is very important. tell me what exactly youre doing. >> so the legislature it sent us a bill. we sent it back friday strengthening it meaningfully. weve got national action network, the naacp, black issues, convention all supporting this. huge steps towards automatic clean slate expchgment. hugesteps towards closing loopholes so for instance...

Through these fox polls. fox news is promoting this. now it time for the president to turn on fox. let see if he does base they promoted or at least released this honest poll. >> phillip mudd, the president continues to fire out tweets and retweets. today he responded to the fbi being too busy to take down the parkland shooters, and hes attacking the fbi in responsibility in horrible, horrible crimes. what do you think of that? >> can we take just a -- i mean, this is a serious issue. i joke abo...

Bipartisan one into the morass of partisan politics. then he shows his strong support for dictators like vladimir putin and kim jong-un of north korea, or is silent or nearly silent on the peaceful protesters demanding their rights in hong kong. the message to most of the world is dictators can get their way. democra democracies and allies and relationships we have built with them over decades are completely expendable on the whims of his emotions and twitter feed and political needs as he heads...