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United states is going to keep that out there. jewel jew rudygiuliani will keep that out there. all media have a responsibility to look at it, the record, what is known. there are legitimate questions this raises. the biden campaigns comment about, you know, insisting that coverage should show that there was no connection or no connection thats been revealed between what the then vice president did when he went to ukraine with respect to the aid and the role of his son. thats fair. there needs t...

Today change. theres no evidence anybody ever has offered that this has nothing to do with his son. >> reasonable people can agree that if president trumps kids went on board of foreign government, lets say went on board of russian gas company, i cant imagine the democrats wouldnt demand an investigation of that, can you? >> well, look, i dont -- >> come on. the answer -- you try to tell me that democrats wouldnt be up in arms if one of the trump kids went on the board of russian gas company? >>...

The president is doing here, because ultimately it will be the public who have to hold him accountable. >> and by the way, theres also a journalistic issue here. because now that this issue of bidens son and ukraine, were going to -- a lot of journalists are going to feel obligated to start investigating this and talk about unanswered questions and then were back into hillary clintons e-mails again, to create false equivalency between a closed, ridiculous investigation in ukraine and the incredi...

State of georgia or any state and you put a background check, you wait three days. if the atf or background system hasnt responded to you, that gun store owner can release that weapon to you. even though we have a background system in place -- >> martha: tighten that up. >> my point is its a false equivalency to say, you dont support the assault weapons ban, tell me what you will do. what i can tell you is banning assault weapons wouldnt work. >> martha: i still havent heard what you would do. i...

The details right in a way that the incumbent president donald trump does not. >> yeah. it also depends upon how often this happens throughout the rest of the campaign. but when youre running against -- if hes the nominee -- the president who at this point has 12,000-plus false and misleading statements according to the "washington post," it may be hard for voters to say im going with -- with president trump because joe bidens making these mistakes. >> although i would caution you, remember, fou...

White supremacist violence. >> how much does it matter the leadership at the top? i know it matters a tremendous amount in civil rights enforcement areas you work in, what the education departments doing and what were doing about red lining and the enforcement of laws already in the books. how much does it matter to have this president or to have a president who very clearly doesnt care about this? >> well, its interesting, chris. you know your colleague rachel maddow always says dont just liste...

These reporters were at two different events. im not in the business of telling the press how to do their job but i just think meeting this moment that were in requires all of us to elevate our conversation. if were going to elevate the conversation, we cannot allow this election to devolve in a tit for tat over name calling and, quote unquote gaffes, something that does not matter. this is not something thats registering with the american people. >> does it require this time, though, the former...

Which is why washington needs to act. now, as far as thi willingness to go back to washington, i would be willing to go back. but lets not allow that to delve into some sort of false equivalency. mitch mcconnell has been in the pocket of the nra for far too long doing their bidding. he needs to stop blocking the background checks bill and move it through the senate. >> i would like to get through two proposals. first of all, would you vote for a stand-alone red flag law? >> it would depend on wh...

I was on the baseball team at the same time, it was absolutely horrific. i think all of us have to be careful about our language, anyone who has a meg phone, the biggest is the white house. but lets not delve into some sort of false equivalency. bernie sanders has never used the kind of language or attempted to stigmatize a group of people the way president trump has with the minorities or others who are the quote, unquote, other in society. in terms of your question about the president being a ...

Individuals targeted during that process. i dont like this -- what i call people coming at you simply because youre doing your job or youre supporting a candidate. so yes, i have a personal deal that i dont want to target individuals, companies simply because of where they stand on particular people or issues, but it is public information. he made a decision to put this information out. now hes a target. the congressman. by those opposed to what he did, so i dont like it. i dont like this false ...