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And weve seen this. i mean, you know, a for effort rick santorum. hes really trying to appeal to african americans. i dont think you appeal to african americans by calling africa, you know, african countries s-hole countries and calling neighborhoods where african americans live and like elijah cummings assure their problems but instead of saying listen, baltimore is set by some of the same problems you see in pittsburgh, the downtown in manufacturing for instance, thats not how hes phrasing it....

And the failure of this administration to actually grapple with the challenges that are faced by working-class people all over this country, not just in places like baltimore. >> you know, its striking that what precipitated this, of course, was a trump tv segment, essentially along the lines of the tweet focussing on elijah cummings, who is the chair of the oversight committee who has subpoenaed jared kushner and ivanka trump in purisuit of one of his investigations and put out a shocking repor...

Recognize discrimination. while we are focussing on making sure that all citizens have health care and education and access to good jobs. and so what i worry about is that donald trump wants us to choose, and i think that thats, for me, a mistake and a trap that we cannot fall into. >> pull the curtain back for a second. the reason the president was primed to go after elijah cummings, it wasnt just race. its the work of the oversight committee, just days before, subpoenas, private e-mails and tw...

Pittsburgh, the downtown in manufacturing for instance, thats not how hes phrasing it. hes going for another thing, this sort of emotional play for folks who feel left behind by a lot of the demographic changes in just the divisions, the sort of urban world divide, the racial divide. so thats what hes doing. >> how does this play out on the debate stage? to vans point, there is a danger for democrats in focussing on every tweet the president is sending and not focussing on -- >> let him dictate ...

The tweet focussing on elijah cummings, who is the chair of the oversight committee who has subpoenaed jared kushner and ivanka trump in pursuit of one of his investigations and put out a shocking report, including submitting drafts of an america first energy speech to the uae for edits. this is whats been uncovered by chairman elijah cummings. its worth remembering why cummings is the target. it has nothing to do with the people of baltimore. >> thats exactly right. and thats why im of two mind...

Morning that the presidents attacks were a bad move. if you read down at the bottom, they say any political benefit he might derive by revving up his conservative largely white base can be offset by alienating voters in the states like wisconsin and michigan here that he needs to win a second term. do you agree with these white house aides that the presidents attacks are a bad move? >> i think the president is making a point to democratic lawmakers which is you represent districts who are in dis...

With it. why do they keep focussing on how we found? >> youre right, chris. its borne from the idea of the fever swamp, the fringes of the right wing. one echoed from the oval office. the russia probe, has now reached a conclusion, but still it gnaws on donald trump. any discussion of russian meddling back in 2016 or a suggestion that it could happen again in 2020, the president, according to our reporting, really views it as something that delegitimizes his victory. as if youre saying that he o...

Page, "usa today" washington bureau chief, and rob reiner, did he ta director and activist. thank you both for joining us. susan, i had jackie speier on last night, one of the top people loyal to speaker pelosi, and she says september 1 is a good day to look at, because you got to look ahead. it takes six months to do this. you follow the nixon time frame, you cant be doing it right in the middle of the presidential debate season because the voters will say, wait a minute -- reasonable idea, its...

Deprived us of a lot of important details, and, "b," undercut his overall effectiveness as a viewer. seeing someone over and over 200 times say im not going to answer, you start to wonder, is he hiding something? why not? >> if i may say -- >> there were many people saying, well, you guys were focussing on style and not substance. but that is substance. >> yeah. >> thats part of the substance. not answering and not being clear on whats in the report. >> exactly. >> the thing we were talking abou...

Answer, you start to wonder, is he hiding something? why not? >> if i may say -- >> there were many people saying, well, you guys were focussing on style and not substance, but that is substance. >> yeah. >> thats part of the substance. not answering and not being clear on whats in the report. >> exactly. >> the thing we were talking about earlier on obstruction, thats very much substance, its at the heart of this thing, and, by the way, his -- muellers report without any doubt paints a picture ...