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Fish fry. fill us in. whats the headline? >> reporter: thats right, laura. this is really such a unique moment in presidential politics. you have nearly every single democratic candidate standing on that stage, taking a photo together, and theyre here in south carolina, which is such a critical state in the entire primary process. as you mentioned, those candidates are here in part to court black voters here that make up the majority of the vote of the democratic primary electorate. and tonight ...

You went through the proper procedures to get that restraining order. let the process unfold. now, of course that would mean that we all had to have so much trust, chris, in the process, and we know unfortunately the process lets us down. thank you, chris. what a great show tonight as always. this is "cnn tonight." im laura coates sitting in for don lemon, and you are looking right now at that clyburn fish fry as its wrapping up right now in the great state of south carolina, where the democra...

Drawn into question, the federal government spent $3.5 billion buying new equipment because the integrity of the democratic process was so important. here we are fighting to get to a third of that point and that election is coming quick. >> on the is up of obstruction, president trump told abc news that his former white house counsel don mcgahn lied to the special counsel. what do you make of that? >> you know, the president stands alone. hes loyal to anybody until they start telling the truth. ...

Again, to subvert our democratic process. >> today at the intelligence committee in the house, we just spoke with the chairman of that committee. there were former fbi officials who testified at experts who talked about why foreign governments might want to offer a candidate in a u.s. election assistance with dirt on their opponent or something else that they could use to help them get elected, why that might be an influence operation. can you as somebody who has done counterintelligence work li...

Staff to pick up the phone and call the fbi and report what is an overture by a foreign government to engage in an influence operation in the united states, ostensibly, again, to subvert our democratic process. >> today at the intelligence committee in the house, we just spoke with the chairman of that committee. there were former fbi officials who testified as experts who talked about why foreign governments might want to offer a candidate in a u.s. election assistance with dirt on their oppone...

Among american politics and the american democratic process? >> that is the point i was trying to make. if youre going to turn around and deny that they tried to interfere, that is a huge mistake and they should repeat what we are saying. apples over here. we should definitely look at that. next time 2020, dont next that with the idea that particular campaign did it. >> fair enough. doug burns, thank you very much. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> there a new development emerging on the virgi...

Elected since 1832. no tory had been elected since 1832 but it voted 65% to leave. among some labor figures theres a fear of the electoral consequences of being seen to deny the electorate what they voted for. i spent three years as foreign minister arguing against a referendum. between 2007 and 2010. why? i quoted mrs. thatcher, referendums are the refuge of dictators and demagogues and in a parliamentary democracy you risk a referendum -- not just risking the result but risking a representativ...

Not have a national security, we have a political emergency by donald trump, thats it. so i hope the republicans will stand up and do their job. >> but if it gets through congress and through the court and there is a precedent will you use it for climate change? >> i would first work with congress because the best way to do this is to build a national consensus and work with congress to get that job done. >> but you wont rule it out? >> no, you cant. if the rules change in the united states demo...

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But, look, there is no emergency at the border. ive been there two times in the last year. illegal border crossings are down to a 40-year low. his own intelligence community when hey do the world threat assessment that identifies the greatest threats to the united states didnt even reference the southern border and certainly never said there was an emergency. so there is no emergency at the border and the presidents statutory authorization that hes referring to relates to military construction t...