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Listen, the reality is that we operate within a system here in washington of political inseptembertives. i think what youre going to see tomorrow when judge kavanaugh is confirmed is the next supreme court justice of the united states is a confirmation of mitch mcconnells legacy. hes been an incredibly shrewd tactician these last three years. when he was majority leader in 2015, he said i want to reverse obamas judicial legacy, i want to reverse harry reids remarkable success at judicial confirm...

Politics, its not real the point. the incentive structure is about winning at the end of the day. ultimately that could supplant principle. whatever the benefits of more people having their voices heard, there could be incredibly negative consequences of that, as well in terms of the backlash being greater than ever. >> i wonder, its been a year since all of there. i have literally 20 seconds left. harvey weinstein and on and on. how much progress has been made? >> it is a constant conversation....

Fair question. enough people actually are that government is considering stepping in. correspondent gillian turner turns joins us now. >> the air of the wild west and social media is coming to an end. >> that was the message that senator had for the leaders as i testified on capitol hill yesterday. the hearing highlighted major issue that tech companies are grappling with behind the scenes. social media addiction. developers have such long to harness the need for communication, connection and ap...

Incentive structure pulled us to this place, before donald trump ever came. he is exacerbating it theres no doubt, but the service itself, i think the call to our better angels, our better selves stands out because of the contrast with the president. i just think whoever was president right now, these issues would still be the driving force. were not going to get past it because of the fact that there is no incentive for folks to try to bridge this divide. >> amy klobuchar admitted that in the q...

Its much more bipartisan, more united than it may currently seen in the hatred of donald trump. amy walter? >> i thought it was interesting you asked the question about the -- this was sort of a memorial service for an era of politics. that is no longer with us. but id also argue that that era left us a long time ago and that this world that were in, the tribalization, the polarization, the incentive structure has pulled us to the place before donald trump ever came. and that he is exasperating ...

An administration it is now. but i do think that we could have a reasonable debate about what those limits should be, if there should be time constraints because it has become such a part of the culture as well and then you have people like omarosa who dont have a lot of credibility leveling charges, you know, that we have no way of really knowing whether they are true or not. >> theres whistle blowing and theres recording the president of the united states in the situation room. >> thats right....

Heitkamp vote for him, what do you see happeninging? >> well, it is look at this in this frame, who is more likely to buck the party joe manchin in deep red pennsylvania who would be cheered for going against the partys liberal base or susan collins going against mcconnell who has voted for 99%, and not an exaggeration, 99% of the republican judicial nominees over her career. the incentive structure seems to be aligned that manchin would gain for voting for kavanaugh in that respect. >> but the ...

For president trump. apparently not a steep indictment. lets listen to what michael cohen has said in the past. oh, we dont have the sound. obviously, weve played that sound before. you see sound bite after sound bite of michael cohen heaping praise. what do you make of this change in tune in michael cohen? >> the incentive structure has clearly changed. he went from a place where he was an employee of the president, an ally and even a friend of the president where cozying up to the president, b...

Commended, but results, results at the end, changes tess end are the bottom line. >> im going to seize on ms. you said there, were focused on this four-hour period of time. youre saying this has to be continuity there. there are people who work at starbucks for six months, a year, however long, this may not be a lifetime career for them. >> in a year from now, 30% to 50% of starbucks employees by a lot of studies i have seen will have cycled out. for folks who go to starbucks, you probably imagi...

Training sentence a shot in the arm. its a shot in the arm that the company does value this. what it does every single day from here on out. the fact of the matter is, just like every else, starbucks employees are coming to work at their store from the real world, from the real world where we dont have four-hour trainings on race every single day, the real world inequality, injustice is very much a part of the incentive structure. if they want to trierly create an environment thats not hostile, ...