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House to put a check and balance on trump. and democrats choose to impeachment, theyre not going to vote for those people, theyre going to go right on. they sent democrats in to work on health care and other issues. to table issues, that impeachment doesnt meet that. >> we are doing all that. mitch mcconnell kills it. its the grim reaper and the graveyard. we pass things and we dont get a senate and the president, it doesnt make a difference. we have to win the presidency and the senate. thats a...

Colombia, south carolina. joining us now, andre perry, fellow for the brookings institution. >> can we ask the question, the discussion we were having in the break? >> absolutely. we say this all the time. everybody thinks teachers should be paid more. its common sense, except its not. when it comes to voting for it, the only people who do are people who have children. everybody wants their garbage collected. everybody wants good firefighters and police officers in their town. so, its actually...

>> what do you make of the stamps being made? >> i saw those. those are great. they should. >> and i want to talk about your book as well. it is called finding my voice, my journey to the west wing and the path forward. there was so much hope attached to the obama era. in part because of people like you. the elevation of an african-american him would, you come out of chicago and you are elevated to this influential position. does it feel now like that was almost a moment that floated into our li...

If you were in robert muellers position as a special counsel, which you would be by the way fully qualified to do with your background and experience in a case like this and you were at this point where an now its the question of testifying to congress about this would you make that request that it be a closed door hearing? >> oh, no, i would testify in public. i think that involves a lot of the flavor. you never know whats going to happen when all kinds of witnesses are testifying in public. iv...

Prematurely so that he can cry foul and total exoneration if the senate doesnt vote to remove him. that will be his campaign going into the 2020 election. i dont think nancy pelosi is trying to bait him or baiting him. i think its the other way around. >> if you were in the house of representatives whashlgsd you be advocating in. >> i would pause, i agree with jerry nadler. i think they should have a full summer of investigations so that by the time the house finally cuts and cuts cleanly on the...

Probably figured out well, this is the way its going to be for a while. >> the tariffs are not going to hit us as badly as they hit china. our economy, as charles said, look, our economy is doing remarkably well, and so far shows no real impact from the imposition of these tariffs. its the other way around with china which really is suffering big time. the dow strilsz at the moment are, what about 1,000 points away from all-time high despite this trade war bottom line is its going better for us ...

That he is about as privileged as he could be as a white man in this country, a man that comes from wealth asking questions about how can you understand our community if youre not a part of it? what are you doing to educate yourself about it? why are there no african-american staff at this event? really being pushed on these issues and i cant summarize his answers netly here because hes one of those candidates that takes a good bit of time to answer them. its been fascinating to watch him develo...

Thats smelling more and more like exactly what if is. >> how does he make paying federal -- like right now, you cant makine being nice to fedel workers look dirty. >> 35 weeks with an unpaid holiday. but theyre better off. >> just optics. hello. >> i had a lot of federal government employees who voted for me. we want to give people more of a chance to get out and vote. thats a good thing. thats a republican ideal. >> the more people that are at polls, this doesnt vote for republicans. this has b...

Who represent about 55% of the people. the supreme court justice was nominated by a president who lost the vote but was installed as president because of the electoral college. and the electoral college is an anti-democratic institution. it was intended to be. george washington was never on a ballot. no one ever voted for george washington. no one ever voted for thomas jefferson. you got to vote for the electors in your community in connecticut and you probably knew who they were because there w...

Wyoming with two, wyoming has a smaller population than staten island. two. this is an anti-democratic institution in the extreme. and so the -- the reasons weve been okay with that for most of our time is that, you know, we didnt have people lose the vote and win the electoral college. now, weve had that twice in my lifetime in very uncomfortable proximity to each other. both favoring the republican. and so its very hard to be optimistic about how democracy is going to work especially when you ...