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Actually get their message across and connect with black voters. and i think the separate issue of whether joe bidens comments were offensive, i mean they were. theyre historically ignorant. i do think that his heart is in the right place, but that doesnt mean that he doesnt owe americans an apology. >> i guess this gets to a bigger question too just politically, john, in terms of biden has been telling democrats hes the most electable candidate. part of it too, i think the message it sounds lik...

Question. the position changed literally overnight. on this one, almost a defiant, no, there wont be an apology. >> my theory is that you have folks like clyburn covering for him. listen, biden is part of the democratic establishment, so is clyburn, and they have a long history, and i understand that. these are human beings. people dont think about politicians as human beings, but they are. when you have folks like clyburn and others telling joe biden that hes in the clear, that kind of makes se...

This state but he has said he wont endorse in this primary because of the impact that it could have. still, an event like this when you have 20 plus candidates coming, theyre all coming to hear what he says, how he acts around these candidates. when he talks, people listen. >> there was an accusation this week from i think bakari sellers who said he thought jim clyburn was secretly supporting joe biden. yes, clyburn officially neutral. mara, im curious, how do you think -- i guess theres a quest...

Partisan divide on these things. is there -- is there mounting frustration there among democrats that they maybe feel theyre not succeeding in that goal right now? >> theres acute frustration which has been the case for months now. one of the challenges that democrats face is that part of the reason they were able to flip the house in 2018 is because they argued they would be able to do robust oversight of the trump administration. but thus far the house democratic caucus, speaking quite broadly...

He is best known for his role in the moscow project, working alongside michael cohen to develop a trump tower in russia on behalf of trump during the 2016 campaign. according to the mueller report, the terms of that proposed deal were highly lucrative for the trump organization. im joined by elliott williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general and betsy woodruff, politics reporter at "the daily beast." betsy, sater is interesting because theres the promise to appear voluntarily to answer...

Attempts to investigate. so, for instance, of the 155 things that hope hicks didnt answer, one question was where is your desk in the white house? and she was only left to answer questions about what the weather was on her first day. she really didnt provide much and sort of blocked answers to even basic questions. if the argument from the house judiciary committee is across the administrations relationship with congress and with this committee they simply are not respecting us as a coequal bran...

Know, i was insensitive, but it will suggest political survival and a tightening of his own personal discipline. but i think his impulse, and he didnt apologize about the hyde amendment. what he said was he figured out he had to flip. and then he said due to the extraordinary circumstances of the present moment, i have to change my position because were all pro choice and we have to do everything we can to defend abortion rights against this republican onslaught. no apologies. >> interesting too...

Why his comments were historically inaccurate and offensive. >> can i just dis -- i dont think that it is good for a politician to look like he thinks he made a mistake and he can learn from it now. joe biden is 76 years old. hes too old to learn anything or learn from his mistakes. >> maybe thats a problem. >> it may well be. but the way youll know is if he doesnt make a lot more mistakes like this. thats the ultimate question about biden, which is, is what weve seen here the beginning of the g...

Welcome back to "hardball." another witness in the congressional investigations of the president failed to appear for a closed door session with the house intelligence committee today. felix sader, a russian-born trump business associate stood up the committee after agreeing voluntarily to be interviewed. his absence was surprising since "the washington post" reported that he said he would answer every question without exception. now the committee says it intends to subpoena him to compel his te...

Iranians is hes going to play the same game he played with north korea talking about fire and fury and the next thing is meeting kim jong-un and kissing up to him. >> brett, john, robert, that you all for joining us. coming up, democrats promised to bring the mueller report to life. a key witness today failed to appear, this after promising he would answer every question without exception. those were his words. plus, why house judiciary committee chair jerry nadler says the very limited test...