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Whole bunch of uother immigratin things, and the democrats want more money, and try to do what is always done in washington, which is to buy each other off, and see what their priorities are. >> buy each other off. while the debt and deficit is being exploded by a republican president, double down? >> well, he put himself in a position where he cant back down and he has to come home with something to improve our security at the southern border and part of that has to be some sort of physical bar...

Campaign? >> i think she has to be careful. there is a huge amount of mississippi who feel like, yes, i understand this woman. she speaks for me. when you look at the election cycle that we just got off of, desantis said outright racist things. these were racial overtones. when you look at the voter suppression efforts accompanied by brian kemps remarks in georgia, i think what the republican electorate, particularly of the south learned from that is these tactics work, so let us double down. we...

Also co-author of "game change" and "double down" as well as co-host of "the circus" on showtime. phillip rucker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief for the "washington post." and mimi rocah, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a distinguished fellow in criminal justice at the pace university school of law. welcome to you all. mr. rucker, id like to read you a quote from your newspaper tonight. we have such a stack of issues. lets stack them bac...

Unless a vote to protect mueller is held. >> well, the president has said that hes not going to move on the special counsel. but thats not enough. when you have the attorney general fired and the oversight for the investigation moved to someone who has not received senate confirmation, who has expressed open hostility to the mueller investigation, theres a problem. >> so much to talk about as we bring in our lead-off panel on a wednesday night. john heilemann, msnbc national affairs analyst. als...

Is held. >> well, the president has said that hes not going to move on the special counsel. but thats not enough. when you have the attorney general fired and the oversight for the investigation moved to someone who has not received senate confirmation, who has expressed open hostility to the mueller investigation, theres a problem. >> so much to talk about as we bring in our lead-off panel on a wednesday night. john heilemann, msnbc national affairs analyst. also co-author of "game change" and ...

Emboldening white nationalists. >> i dont know why you would say that. its a racist question. >> are you offering a my way or highway scenario to the democrats. >> negotiation, not at all. >> if they start investigating you, that you can play that game and investigate them. >> better than them. i think i know more. i think know more than they know. >> can you compartmentalize that and still continue to work with them for the benefit of the country. >> no, if they do that then its just all it is ...

Allegedly moderates on this issue say, okay, lets double down. coming up, can oprah do for stacey abrms what she did for barack obama back in 2007? but first, john lewis dancing to the song "happy" as president trump gets a cease and desist letter for using that same song. ♪ if you know what happiness is to you clap along ♪ as one of the nations largest investors in infrastructure, we dont just help power the american dream,

Pokes fun at the president while joining him in one of his attack lines. the take away is, shes running. no, i dont know. >> she is eventually, dont make a mistake. one person we know is running for president in 2020 is elizabeth warren. this week started, it feels always like a month ago, but this week started with elizabeth warren releasing that five-plus minute video on the dna test and the geneticist. >> sounded like a campaign video in itself. >> it started with her trying to put that behin...

They can be untrue and even fake. but the real problem is real claims being silenced. upwards of 70% of victims of attempted or completed assault dont come forward. and one of the major reasons is they fear being disbelieved. many are young, scared, and/or ashamed, dealing with guilt. this was not an aberration from trump. this was a double-down on dumb. >> we have to fight for him, not worry about the other side. and by the way, women are for that more than anybody would understand. >> what did...

Forward with her allegations. >> right. >> and that opposition increased amongst independent women. >> yeah. >> so -- and other groups too. independent men as well. i think where the opportunities are for democrats are with independent women. you know, i say this a lot, i dont think that conversion works. i dont think its an effective strategy. i think what democrats need to focus on is making sure people fully understand and many are, but double down, triple down on making sure people fully und...