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Threatening to withhold american aid, tens of millions of dollars in order to do so. >> he withheld it for several months before it eventually came through. and thats something that raises the stakes to another level. yet another not just a norm broken by this president, but something that really sort of changes how we view the office and how the united states and the white house has relationships with its allies on adversaries overseas. >> along with the apson that lemire, we have the preside...

She declared over the last few days that shes moving to iowa, that shes doubling her campaign staff, that shes going to make a very aggressive push, almost an all-in effort to perform very well in iowa. do you think this is a smart strategy on her behalf, especially when you look at the some of the new polling thats come out over the last few days. do you think her going all in in iowa is a smart strategy for her campaign at this point? >> i think it is. i think the challenge for a field of this...

Did i sanders sits in third place down five points. warren also leads among voter enthusiasm with 32% of voters in iowa extremely enthusiastic about her campaign. 31% of iowas democratic voters said they mildly -- they are mildly enthusiastic about bidens 2020 run. 63% of democratic caucus goers in iowa said while they have made their first choice, they could be persuaded to change. 20% said their pick is locked in. joining us now is the chairman of priorities, usa guy cecil. >> guy, quite a few...

Himself attacking duly elected congresswomen and much of the infrastructure whose actual mission is keeping us safe. he does however have a rancid genius for stoking fear and then responding to it. so democrats heading back to the debate stage have a calculation to make. do people want a fighter for a uniter? the fighter deploys fear of the enemy. the uniter speaks to hope for us all. and trumps presidency has taught many of us things about our country that wed rather not know, that knowledge it...

Normal. although in his interview with you, he did suggest that he wanted to try and pick some of these fights with donald trump. my sense is, you know, if youre going after donald trumps core strengths its really to try to make him look weak. that seems to be when hes most on the defensive. when he is most open to criticism, to have these candidates essentially argue he hasnt done the things he said that he was going to do for you. hes failed on big questions that you really care about. like he...

Health care, jobs, building economic opportunity and i would just point out that thats not just about white working class or trump voters. "the new york times" did a report that actually that said the african-american democrats were interested on those related to the economy and were releasing a poll with latino decision among the top two issues is health care. so this is not just about reaching across the aisle. this is about how we mobilize our own base democrats. i think the fundamental recog...

Three states. so if you were to add 50 to 100,000 new faith based voters in key states its a game changer. >> laura: ralph, hold on. they are going to -- their plan is to add a lot of new voters, too. they intend to add a lot of the folks who came from puerto rico to florida. 120,000. theyll bring in more women, more minorities. so they have the plan, too. but that is -- i think what theyre doing already, ralph, i thought of you because i heard this. this guy, guy cecil. he called out evangelica...

By right wing christian conservatives like ralph reed and the christian coalition who sought to do their very best with white evangelical christians to conflate nationalism with their faith. >> laura: you see whats going on here and trying to tar people? >> wow. >> laura: im looking out for you. i had to play that for you. >> thats funny, laura. because i actually went to the mount where jesus is reported to have delivered the sermon on the mount and guy and i read scripture verses together and ...

By right wing christian conservatives like ralph reed and the christian coalition who sought to do their very best with white evangelical christians to conflate nationalism with their faith. >> laura: you see whats going on here and trying to tar people? >> wow. >> laura: im looking out for you. i had to play that for you. >> thats funny, laura. because i actually went to the mount where jesus is reported to have delivered the sermon on the mount and guy and i read scripture verses together and ...

Three states. so if you were to add 50 to 100,000 new faith based voters in key states its a game changer. >> laura: ralph, hold on. they are going to -- their plan is to add a lot of new voters, too. they intend to add a lot of the folks who came from puerto rico to florida. 120,000. theyll bring in more women, more minorities. so they have the plan, too. but that is -- i think what theyre doing already, ralph, i thought of you because i heard this. this guy, guy cecil. he called out evangelica...