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Honor to work with somebody who survive this, and just uplifting us altogether as what made this get peoples attention. and its what made this grow. its basically, you know, what it took to lobby congress and have them once and for all have a law that would provide some kind of justice for victims. >> well mayra, theres a keen observation that is made in the documentary, which is that very often, we talk about the hispanic community as being a sleeping giant, which is a term i dont love. we tend...

He is intentionally being incendiary. so shame on ted cruz. >> why, susan, are republicans just grasping at straws like this? stoking the culture wars, is that the best strategy they have? >> i actually dont think he really passed and graduated from harvard law school. theres no way he did it on his own. he has proven over and over again his complete lack of knowledge about so many things. you know what, alex, because the republicans are no longer focused on policy issues, they are focused on is...

Thats what kim jong-un wants. jit he wan to be seen on the same level as the president of the united states. what are the potential traps that could be of concern for people who are watching this that could be set for president trump? >> i think the big thing that can happen in this summit in north korea and i agree with andy card its very important and for such an important meeting we should have put time in it, preparation in it, worked more closely with our allies in it. the trap is that nort...

There was a significant loss with obamacare not once, not twice but three times. a significant loss on some other things the president came to washington from. this is a political win. particularly in the states the president flipped last year, pennsylvania, ohio and michigan, will they buy it? i dont know. >> rachel, do you see parallels? im having a hard time not comparing this to when democrats passed health reform. this was something they did on a partisan basis, essentially over the objecti...

The democrats putting up? who is the leader of the democratic party? i think that when critics point to the trump administration, i think as you look at it electorally, you should look at the other side to see where the leadership is coming from. >> jon: pretty rare that the sitting president gets challenged within his own party for a second term. john k sick, he has not said that he would not run in three years. >> it is possible, it could happen. but it would be very tough, especially if the e...

Him as competent. i think some of the flip flop stuff and moderate stuff may be actually helping him in a general election that hes not perceived as being too ideological. i do think that youre going to see a billion dollars worth of tv ads spent by barack obama casting him as gordon geko, as this creature of wall street. that will be the attack, make no mistake about it. at the end of the day i think it will be very close. my question is not a national race but if you look at the states, can ba...

Larry sabato has seen all this before and it doesnt bode well for democrats. where do you think this is going? >> well, neil, you need a critical mass for scandal to make a difference politically. if you only have one case, its really difficult for people to be influenced by it electorally. now you have two cases and potentially two very senior democratic members of congress who are going to insist on public trials of one sort or another. when does this happen? it happens in the two-month genera...

Clinton. we took it to the supreme court and won. we allege it violates the fifth amendment that you cant take things from people without just compensation and it violates the tenth amendment that the rights were not emnumerated given to the federal government that have been traditionablely under state government. you mentioned this appears as if the federal government comm commandeering what functions were left to the state. we have a good chance in court but we are also fighting it electorally...

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