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There been a moment when the nation gasped? in the nixon and clinton impeachments, they did. there was a pattern nixon created political espionage and tried to cover it up. for bill clinton, he lied about an affair, he lied to his wife, cabinet, and country. which meant he lied to his wife, his cabinet, his country, and ultimately under oath. t?s that moment occurred yet? house democrats tell me they put together a narrative that makes the president look venal, mean, reckless, transactional. but...

Big thing today. >> theres been a fascinating dynamic playing out in the race of democrats. they have a clear love for former president barack obama and while theyre trying to tap into the partys affection for him, theyre moving clear past obama-era policies. and all that matters because you cannot watch a democratic debate which you just hosted without being reminded of obamas legacy in the way that candidates talk about their proximity to him, the way they thank him for various things that hes...

Wants to testify. he wants to tell his story and i dont think it would be very favorable for the president. >> barbara, is it bolton, or are there any other cards that democrats can play in the senate that could change this dynamic? >> i think we need to keep in mind theres two phases here, right? the senate is where the trial is. are we ready to vote on articles of impeachment? i think yes. this is like the charging phase in a criminal case, grand jury. all you need is probable cause to believe...

Just be settled by the voters in november. i wonder how you thought about the way that dynamic played out in the room given that historic parallel. >> right, it makes this a lot more intense because this does end up being a lot about who wins the presidency next year. you know, when we heard fiona hill, what you were saying earlier in the program when you showed her talking about the theories of who interfered with the 2016 election, it shows how much these hearings and this impeachment inquiry ...

Clinton, they took place in a presidents second term. one of the things it turns out tat the republicans mentioned over and over again in these public hearings these last eight days is that this is playing out in the presidents first term less than a year before the next election. i have to ask how sort of their argument about that, theyre explicitly arguing this shouldnt happen, that any concerns about this matter could just be settled by the voters in november. i wonder how you thought about t...

But theres enough -- we have the fact set related to the particular behaviors. it would be good to obviously know exactly what mike pompeo did, mike pences role because we have to understand their level of culpability or not culpability. theres always obviously more to know. . >> what i mean is we have enough to go on right now. i think people understand the basic dynamic that the president wanted ukraine to investigate joe biden on false charges in order to create a political problem for joe bi...

Term of donald trump is going to end, whether it is in a senate trial, the dynamic of that trial. right now it does not look like it would be a conviction certainly, but any of that can happen and it includes the weigh and the effect of a trial on an election. if donald trump is the candidate, this is going to be a hell of a trial. unlike anything that weve seen. very different from the clinton impeachment trial. so lets not get ahead of our skis as journalists here and -- but there also is grea...

Who heard the voice of the president of the united states saying is he going to do the investigations, where ambassador sondland apparently holding the phone out, holmes said he could hear the president of the united states asking is he going to do the investigations? there have been throughout the republican rebuttals of this or dismissals of it you cant tie it to the president. having a witness and experienced diplomat, i heard the president and in follow-up conversation, he said sondland told...

Myself because they cant afford it. so i think we have to change the whole concept when we talk about working class and brand it out. i thought it was important the debate was in a city like atlanta where you have a lot of african-americans, latinos, people who are that other working class. what they heard tonight number one was the first debate i heard kamela harris have. >> i agree. look, the democratic party comes knocking at the church door six weeks out, they want the black people to vote. ...

That i thought cory booker had a really, really good night. hopefully it will change the dynamic, because up until now, we havent been centering these voters and hopefully -- >> rhodes scholar cory booker. >> i thought kamala also did a really good job tonight in articulating women in this country that are having children in their late 20s and 30s and are trying to manage taking care of their parents -- >> yes, absolutely. >> taking care of their children. the costs associated with all of that -...