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Senate for that matter has publicly wavered. given that, errol, what will define success for democrats in this next step of the process? >> i think, look, if they get through it without it becoming a complete circus, that will be a victory. if they get conveyed from the intelligence committee, a sort of summary of some of the facts that they think will form the basis for impeachment, that will be a victory. if they can identify and convey to the public the constitutional principles involved here...

Bipartisan, that the success of this mission kind undermines some of the presidents recent actions in northern syria, given that, a, they dont believe that this could have happened without the u.s. already there, even though obviously they flew in, and b, just the idea of the presence of the u.s., and b, the alliance with the kurds so important, the kurds saying this was a five-month operation, and a tremendous amount of intelligence gathered obviously from kurdish forces. do you agree, and does...

Ga segregationists debates. >> when he was running for vice president in 2008 and 2012. but last night was not one of his finest moments. he kept saying, my time is up. or thats time. thats not a strong case to make. kamla harris looked like she was much more energetic. she looked like she would be the real deal in doing up against trump. and she could defeat him in the debates, which is important. joe biden, one could imagine trump walking all over him and appearing the stronger candidate again...

The sub text of this debate is, who can be trumped because the difference on policies is razor thin when you get down to it. the big, big thing that harris accomplished for herself, was to make the public see how you could do it. how you could be on the stage and how it looks when somebody stands up to somebody. and you kind of had that mix of moxie and moves that put the point across that you just made that she can prosecute because you just cant say you can do it. you have to show you can do i...

Less credible or that theyre being deceptive. that would further bolster the argument or the push for more documents, more witnesses, more evidence. but at its core, people are going to be pointing out that the mueller report itself, if hope hicks information was that credible and that critical, it would have found its way into the mueller report itself. more likely, this is going to uncover information thats just supremely embarrassing to the white house. >> given that, danny, hope hicks, who p...

New scandal. >> you have contacted peter carr time and time again asking for report and the most often repeated sentence is the special counsels office declined to comment. given that, ken, tell us the import of this, the fact that the special counsel died to weigh in and as you parse the words, what they tell you about what they might have seen as wrong with this piece. >> it was a stunner, david, the fact that they weighed in. this is the first and only time they have weighed in substantively ...

Something that could make him even more skiddish and even more angry and vocal about this investigation. >> which nancy, given that, give us also some context because we have this shutdown now entering its 23rd day and the president has been in d.c. this weekend tweeting all day about the border wall. but there still doesnt seem to be an end in sight. who really is losing in this shutdown battle, nancy? is it trump or is it house speaker nancy pelosi and frankly where is mitch mcconnell in all o...

>> i wish i had something for you but i dont. >> nancy pelosi has framed herself now to the bridge of the next generation of leaders that youre talking about. given that, who is that next generation? who will be speaker after pelosi? will you try again to get into that leadership fight? >> i dont have any plans on doing that. if you look at jeffries, our caucus chair, katherine clark from massachusetts, sherry bustos, weve got good, up and coming young leaders in our caucus and will decide. we h...

Investigations. >> given that, jake remind us who has testified so far. >> reporter: a whole lot of people. its more people than not involving this incident. i want to lay out the politics here because this is what we have been talking about among reporters and sources up here all day. with daemocrats taking control f the house, open hearings will be the norm. it wont just be behind closed doors. democrats will use their power to put a lot of this in the open. republicans were a lot more accommo...

To ports of entry, american consulate. we need rational policy. neither political party vaguely tries to address this issue in a sensible humanitarian manner. >> lee, given that, that the general is asking for a rational policy, what is it you hope to see from congress. you had your efforts with the court. how about congress? >> well, i think the specific issue about asylum has been addressed by congress. what they said is there needs to be a process and everyone needs to be able to apply for as...