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Create a commission on their own? my colleague nbcs leigh ann caldwell joins me from capitol hill. and jake sherman from punchbowl news joins me this morning. thank you very much for being here. we think this vote could happen as early as next week. is that your expectation, and how do you think this is going to go down? >> hey, kristen, it could happen as early as next week. senate majority leader chuck schumer put it on the senate calendar. it doesnt mean everything is locked in stone yet so i...

Many seem to suggest it does. it doesnt mean everything and anything, it doesnt necessarily mean this. what does it mean. >> there are four criteria. we know what treason means because its defined in the constitution. bribery, we know it when we see it. when you pay a government official corruptly to perform an illegal act or an act that is motivated by money, but it cant operate when you are the president of the united states and your conditioning or withholding money in order to make sure that...

It doesnt mean everything and anything, it doesnt necessarily mean this. what does it mean. >> there are four criteria. we know what treason means because its defined in the constitution. bribery, we know it when we see it. when you pay a government official corruptly to perform an illegal act or an act that is motivated by money, but it cant operate when you are the president of the united states and your conditioning or withholding money in order to make sure that a country isnt corrupt and yo...

Represents a native american issue. but nobody talks about the mexicans that came over here, legally at the at the titime be rules were different -- >> the trail of tears was a forced death march. >> thats true. but again, and that was forced by american citizens at the time. the indians were american citizens, they just were not recognized legally, but they were here originally. that occurred at a period of time in our history which, you know, we have ups and downs of what we do, what we do wel...

Gates is now a criminal and cooperating with the federal government. and rick dearborn was so over his head in that job he didnt know which end was up. >> you just described the first two years of the trump administration. >> yes. and that is -- >> isnt that worrying? >> well of course it is. and that is the thesis of the book. the thesis of the book is there was a way for this to go better. it doesnt mean everything has gone wrong and everything hasnt gone wrong and im not -- >> were still aliv...

And rick dearborn was so over his head in that job he didnt know which end was up. >> you just described the first two years of the trump administration. >> yes. and that is -- >> isnt that worrying? >> well of course it is. and that is the thesis of the book. the thesis of the book is there was a way for this to go better. it doesnt mean everything has gone wrong and everything hasnt gone wrong and im not -- >> were still alive. >> but i dont subscribe to the oh, my god, this is the -- how many...

Maybe? beto orourke, joe biden, bernie sanders, sherrod brown, amy klobuchar. do they wait a couple months? >> i think theyre all eyeing each other and waiting to see what their rollout is going to be. kamala harris is created a new bar for a fabulous rollout. it was extremely successful. out in oakland there were people who were saying it was presidential, they were saying is she already president? >> beware of that. >> sure, but to get a crowd of 20,000 people. who else do you think can do tha...

Conversations with white house officials following the big meeting. this is so important to keep the government funded at least for a couple of weeks. yesterdays meeting always about bridging the political span which some people would argue is about the size of the grand canyon. yesterday they put heads together and figured out a way to get it over to congressional lawmakers on the hill to keep the government operating so far. it doesnt mean everything is worked out. we have to work out funding ...

Are now in the question of where do you draw the line and at what point do you say will live in a country where we have no history. we dont have statues to president anything from where we originate. >> robert e lee memorial is also coming down. pete: this is the logic goes. if christopher columbus isnt good enough for anyone who owned slaves, then our country had passed since and we know that but. abby: and it told us. we will continue to evolve as a nation. pete: but we appeal to those foundin...

Commentators, the white house, the house, the senate, all of the outside groups laser focused on that. thats the thinging we havent seen. thats where this becomes problematic. when the commentators start attacking leaders that gives fuel for maybe some of the caucuses that may reside in the house or outside groups to join them and start firing, as well. as long as they have reason or backing to stay out of a tax deal or say were not going to agree because our folks are saying this is a bad idea ...