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Lawful issued order for subpoena then he should follow it. reporter: bidens also suggested he is frustrated with himself for answering that hypothetical question because it shifted focus of storyline from president trump and his alleged abuse of power. ed? ed: ellison interesting, bernie sanders has been climbing up in the polls in iowa where you are in new hampshire. he won by double digits over hillary clinton last time. he is going to be in new hampshire today. what is he up to? >> yeah. he i...

Who runs those communities? who has been running those communities for past 50 years? republicans are nowhere in sight. eight years of president up obama. we had eight years of so-called first black president, bill clinton. what you have black elected officials complaining about the things they complained about for last 50 years. they were the ones actually running these cities in america. so what president trump has done is actually bring action. under president obama we heard that these jobs w...

Far. >> before i let you go i want to ask about joe biden. he gave an interview with "the des moines register" and said that he will not and was very definitive, he will not testify in an impeachment trial because it would take the focus off of president trump. this is a man who is vying for the executive office of our country for the presidency. is it okay for him to dismiss protocol if hes subpoenaed? >> yes. i was a little surprised by that comment. for the most fact that biden entertained th...

Faith if they intend to be just volunteered to testify it would create a media event that would a partial for the president? they have to keep an open mind and this is very troublesome take the focus off president because its clear that mcconnells not keeping an open mind. trump and on him. he said it publicly, and that >> its about what he does all others are allowing him to get the time. his entire career. away with fashioning a trial that will be just designed to take the focus off. help the ...

At minimum they will try to introduce confusion to the hearing. and if what theyre saying is very hard to follow, that is the point. at least they will be taking focus off what donald trump actually said to the president of ukraine. the republicans actually conducted themselves very politely, very kind of quietly. they had very little to say in the closed door version of these hearings in those depositions. they were very professional in those. but next week the doors will be open and the camera...

Confusion also if the republicans get their way. at minimum they will try to introduce confusion to the hearing. and if what theyre saying is very hard to follow, that is the point. at least they will be taking focus off what donald trump actually said to the president of ukraine. the republicans actually conducted themselves very polit lightly, very kind of quietly. they had very little to say in the closed door version of these hearings in those depositions. they were very professional in thos...

As mr. kornacki noted, there is something happening in the suburbs in a number of states that the president won in 2016. tell us what youre seeing in wisconsin. how important could that be in 2020? >> well, that is the pattern that we need to watch here because the suburbs are where donald trump underperformed in 2016. now, hes overperformed in rural areas, so lets not take our focus off of rural america as well where he has shown a good deal of strength. but if you look at not just kentucky but...

It is happening. those are some very positive things that he has done. as i mentioned on this show as you mentioned earlier, certainly when he gets to talking about something like, you know, someones face or making kind of really petty remarks that drives away from his message and drives the news coverage in another way. thats one of the reasons. >> neil: maybe thats the intention. you suddenly mention a low iq joe biden taking the focus off of yourself for example if this is the week the muelle...

Of everyday americans. trump calls them the forgotten people. their families, their jobs, their neighborhoods, their faith. by taking the focus off of themselves within the president will unmask the real divider and give voters more of what they are hungering for, unity through strength. and thats the angle. here now chairman of the american conservative union, communications director for turning points usa and chris hawn, former aide to senator chuck schumer. matt, lets start with you. i think ...

>> lets listen to national security adviser john bolton. he was on abc this weekend. i think what he said about other countries and potential election interference now is even more relevant given what we have seen overnight. lets listen to him. >> i can say definitively that its a sufficient national security concern about chinese meddling, iranian meddling and north korean meddling that were trying steps to try to prevent it. its all four of those countries. >> theres something different from w...