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Conversation, in 2004, the number one issue was the economy. we never talked about the economy. we talked about national security. its why the republicans won -- why the republicans won the midterms in 2002, which was against historical processes. why bush won in 2004 when he looked like he was vulnerable in this because campaigns, the best campaigns are about defining what the campaign and the election is about, and if the democrats were smart, yeah, they have great things to say about covid, a...

No wonder those dont have much of an impact. there seems to be an acknowledgement here we have to make a television slow and thats why they hired a television professional. well see what he produces, but it seems to me, at least, that they are thinking in a more intelligent way about it. >> its interesting that, according to the "washington post," a few things to watch for, number one, first night, the focus perhaps on the proud boys and the capitol itself with that documentarian and capitol pol...

Of these gifts. there is no u.s. government accounting of all of the gifts that president trump got from foreign governments in the whole year of 2020. so the state department never got that list. >> they stopped keeping track of it? >> they stopped keeping track of it. they didnt provide that list to the state department. and the state department at the end of the year has to by law make that list available to the public. so they couldnt make that list available to the public. the state departm...

The proud boys involved. four members charged with seditious conspiracy. a serious federal offense, but conspiracy is also key to the committee. they are trying to make the case to the american people this did not happen by accident. this was not a crowd of people that suddenly got out of hand. at least pieces of it were planned. >> its about connecting the dots. its not easy, but its a simpler task to figure out who broke into the capitol that day and assaulted police officers. theres videotape...

The barricade on january 6th and how the proud boys were involved in that. whats interesting is, you know, they follow them all the way throughout. the proud boys were sort of undercover on january 6th. they werent wearing their typical uniforms. so this footage is really valuable in connecting the dots between this pre-planning we saw and what actually happened january 6th. they were with this group. you know, following them around, even though they werent wearing necessarily what you would exp...

Justice department reporter for "new york times." sawhill, take us what to expect to see and hear from the committee thursday and in weeks ahead as they roll out this series of hearings. >> reporter: one of the biggest questions over the committee as they begin hearings, what constitutes success. they know they have a trove of information they find extremely compelling about democracy and how close it got to the brink. the big question is what they want to achieve. and it breaks into two buckets...

I was a junior in high school during columbine. my entire adult life, people have failed us that have been elected to protect me, to do whats best for our country. and so i think as we look towards the midterms, yes, the economy will be a big conversation, but we need to have candidates going to doors, having conversations, talking about the real social issues that are plaguing our streets. and its not just mass shootings. its violence in urban communities. its a chronic disease that is plaguing...

Victor or fonts electoral -- he perfected the system where you do not get rid of elections. you engineer them. you gain the system. it is easier to get the results you need to stay in power. we just saw his reelection. it was a few months ago. so, these people are learning. they are also inter changing with brazil. it is interesting because both scenarios have loaded, and praised the crew, in the military that the brazilians had. there is a lot in the gop that is a far-right authoritarian party....

Hearings. we have been looking ahead to this for a while. the open question has been, even as people defy subpoenas, it is not just these four guys who are allies of the president, it is also five republican lawmakers who the committee subpoenaed to come and talk to them. a huge escalation. the open question with all of the subpoenas, as they are defined, is because the committee really need them? i do think what we will hear in public hearings is the answer is, no. it would have been nice to ha...

All revolving door of justice at its best, and you still have the same players that are causing this on both ends in the d.a.s office and with the criminals, and they know that they are going to get away with it and keep doing it. and selling these goods out on the street is the other side of it too. so when they sell them out on the street and they sell for a nice low price, they have no need to go back into the store, because it is the real deal. so its a round robin effect on the store and th...