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Everybody. thats really how you help the people in the lower income sectors, and that same push from the bottom will help those in the upper -- in the lower-middle-income categories as well. and so, its really the minimum wage laws that have made the difference. >> yeah, but are democrats doing a good job of putting it out there, that hey, guys, we are the ones that are fighting for this minimum wage increase to make it a federal mandate? are they making that message across the country effective...

Ing russia propaganda and participating in their interference. it was focused on election security. look, this should be a great time to think about an actual election security bill. there is a bill moving in the senate voted out of committee, but president trump has already said he has a lot of problems with it. senate majority leader mcconnell has really thrown cold water on previous attempts to move forward with election security but as much as the legislature may try to do, kate, we have to ...

>> i think there are people in congress who take this very seriously. i dont know there are a lot of them with the technical expertise to do these jobs themselves. but i think there are certainly people who understand they need to government. >> you talk about the departure of the picture of the woman we showed as a major loss for the federal governments civilian cybersecurity efforts. there are a lot of people who didnt even know that agency that she works for. and i think thats part of the pro...

Ha, ha. now for the icing on the cake! come, were about to begin. see that we will meeting rooms for the holidays, congress passed a $1.4 billion spending deal. shutdown venerated. there was something for everyone in the 2000 plus page spending spree for the president of getting more than $1.3 billion for his border wall. credit scoring 25 million gun violence research and another 425 million for election security. will back with dan andor kim and james. paul: i james this is the exact think you...

Founding director of defending democracy together. a conservative superpac newly formed fighting for election security. bill, thank you for joining us. let me ask you how big is the contingent of people like you? lifelong conservatives, mostly republicans, who are actively working to not have donald trump re-elected? >> its small. i mean, in the polls, theyre 10-15% of republicans who are very resistant, who are anti-trump really. and another 10 to 15% who are open i think to being persuaded awa...

In what was, lets face it, another time in our nations history. okay, jason, is impeachment, as we know it, as presented today, worth the risk? >> yes, it is. because the president is an actual danger to the regular functioning of the american democracy. this is not about him being a bad guy or about people being unhappy. this is when a president who has repeatedly and consistently said that he will cheat and use whatever means at his disposal in order to win. that may be fine if youre the new e...

Discovered consistently that he has encouraged other countries to come in, refused to allow money to go forward to improve election security, that is an impeachable offense. its worth the political risk. whats the point of politics if we dont have a free country to do politics in? >> bill, noting your status as a never-trump republican and noting the presidents base as apparently immoveable and sticking with the percentage it is, same question to you, is it worth the risk? >> sure. i mean theres...

In what was, lets face it, another time in our nations history. okay, jason, is impeachment, as we know it, as presented today, worth the risk? >> yes, it is. because the president is an actual danger to the regular functioning of the american democracy. this is not about him being a bad guy or about people being unhappy. this is about a president who repeatedly and consistently said he will cheat and use whatever means are at his disposal in order to win. that may be fine if youre the new engla...

Minister lavrov back in the oval office where two years ago the president gave him classified information that a danger to operation and said to him that he was glad to get rid of james comey. he called him a nut job and said the pressure was off of the russia thing because he had just fired the fbi director to bring back lavrov into that same room i think galled a lot of people here in washington. and then to have such mixed messages where the white house puts out this robust statement about sa...

>> i dont think -- not so much for those voters who are already entrench. >> look at that joe biden ad hes taking the fight to president donald trump. for folks in the 21st congressional district in new york or around the country, those who support donald trump are saying he fights for us, beyond the policy and those folks paying attention to the horse race, he represents us. for the democrats are they going to go out and take the fight to the republicans and donald trump? culturally. >> is it i...