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Impeachment. >> we shouldnt act like democrats are sitting on their hands and waiting to flip the impeachment switch and not doing anything to investigate the president, his actions, this white house. they have already subpoenaed a number of people that they want to testify before their committee. mcgahn said no. now they are going after hope hicks. they are trying to get the presidents financial records. a number of committees have gone before the judge and made the case for why to have access ...

They know any delay to imperil it. and brett kavanaugh himself is not in a position to call for an investigation one way or the other. the white house doesnt want it. the senate republicans dont want it. and he will most likely be confirmed tomorrow. >> well, he is going to be voted out of committee tomorrow, and then theyre going to try to -- but yes, i think power play. honestly, ive never seen anything like what dr. blasey ford did today. i just attend of it thought to myself are we just goin...

Want it. and he will most likely be confirmed tomorrow. >> well, he is going to be voted out of committee tomorrow, and then theyre going to try to -- but yes, i think power play. honestly, ive never seen anything like what dr. blasey ford did today. i just attend of it thought to myself are we just going pretend this didnt happen? the answer is yes. the answer is the second half of the committee hearing was the first half of the committee hearing didnt happen. >> the second half of the committe...

Here. people are paying me to be governor and thats what im doing. >> that was not a no. thank you, governor. lets bring in radio talk show host hugh hewitt and msnbc political analyst jonathan alter who is a columnist for "the daily beast." let me go to you, jonathan, first. what can we read into tuesday nights victory? you heard the governor touting it. is it premature for democrats to read too much or was it a major signal of a ground shift in america? >> i would say both. first of all, gover...

Apologizes for body slamming a reporter. despite the win, are there signs that there may be a bit of a ground shift in this country for democrats? you think traffics bad now, the futures going to be a nightmare! does nobody like the future? cmon, the future. he obviously doesnt know intel is helping power autonomous cars and the 5g network they connect to. with this, wont happen in the future. thanks, jim. theres some napkins in the glovebox. okay, but why would i need a napkin? you could have j...

I dont think it is inappropriate. >> did you ask that question? >> no. but i dont think it would be a bad question to ask. >> president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador last week during a meeting at the white house the story that came out tonight as reported is false. >> i think we could do with a little less drama from the white house. >> most senators are shaking their heads saying, is this going on end soon? >> guys, it is...

But the real over arching narrative here, youve seen the ground shift back in favor of republicans. you saw the last couple weeks, devin nunes, the house intelligence committee chairman, squirming a little bit on describing his interactions with the white house, where he got his intelligence from. were seeing the narrative shift back to the republicans. even if the substance of the matter is not clear, the entire issue, the politics of this issue has shifted back toward the white house. >> jon: ...

But what i think is interesting, south carolina seems to be tipping a little bit, the discussion about the flag and the chance that after six or seven tries the hate crimes might actually pass this time. i am not suggesting that we have a complete ground shift, but its a different strategy that i think can be deployed going forward. >> when you look at states that do or do not have hate crimes in place, what does that tell us about those states? >> these laws get passed by legislators and the le...

They cant do, cant abide. in the short-term, great. helps in the base. folks in the base dont want it to happen. if the republican party wants to be a national rather than a regional party it has to do something on this issue. >> what do you think, kasie about the prospects of the kids act, which is not a happy meal but a republican version of the dream act and something that eric cantor has come out and supported. there seems to be more sort of momentum for something that would address just the...

23% for blacks. and so theres a question about whether this will have, you know, some style impact at the education level, at the income level, at the social support and social welfare level. >> well, what you have is whites are an older population. i think in one of the articles i saw, the average age of a white american is now i think in their early 40s. but if youre looking at an african-americans in their 30s and you get to hispanic, its in the 20s. so thats a huge difference. i think also, ...