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Joining us now to tell us what this means for the democratic pollster, msnbc contributor, cornell belcher. mr. belcher, it is great to have you on, good to see you again. let me start by asking about that stacey abrams had, that i just played. is it smart for democrats to center issues like gun control, and abortion rights, in a swing state like georgia, front and center of their campaign? >> absolutely, it is. democrats need to change the fundamental dynamic of the mid term. they are not going ...

Munich this weekend. joining us is connecticut senator, chris murphy, a member of the foreign relations committee and part of the delegation here at the munich security conference. you have long experience in ukraine, more than any other senator, going back to whats happening in 2017 and 2018. is it smart for president zelensky to leave right now with so much at stake in his country and so many people in ukraine, russian backers who could undermine him? >> president zelenskys job is impossible r...

Again, this committee documents they do have, they have altered and lied to the american people about those. i dont trust anything this committee does, but you know, the discrepancy between the two conflicting testimonies that we have. >> laura: congressman banks, related to this somewhat, president trump has decided to do a rally on january 6th. given all the emotion and the lies about what happened and what did happen criminally, some things were horrific that happen and shouldnt have happened...

I dont trust anything this committee does, but you know, we would at least like to know what the discrepancy between the two conflicting testimonies that we have. >> laura: congressman banks, related to thisno somewhat, president trump has decided to do a rally on january 6th. given all the emotion and the lies about what happened and what did happen criminally, some things were horrific that happen and shouldnt have happened that day. is it smart for president trump to have a rally versus next ...

Election turmoil in both canada and russia today. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is in the fight of his political life with aaron otoole to call an election two years before necessary. we have reporters in montreal and moscow with the latest. we saturday with paula newton in montreal. whats the latest there? >> reporter: you know what, john, justin trudeau called this, as you said, two years early, in the middle of a pandemic. some called it smart. others called it completely cynical. he...

The facts. i think whats happening now is the judiciary committee has realized that they need to call it an impeachment inquiry so that they can get the evidence they need, the witnesses, the documents. its a higher standard and i think we do -- i think constitutionally we do need to do an inquiry. >> you are a multi-term congresswoman, you know the polls show theres not a great deal of public support for pursuing impeachment. regardless of what people think of the president, is it smart, politi...

Is it smart of the republican party to try and avoid this contested republican primary, like us out with gerald ford, jimmy carter, george w. bush? >> brian: i dont think it really matters that much. the only reason we are talking about is because primary challengers who dont have a chance are looking for some way to boost just a little bit. so theyre talking about this. but this has been done by both parties for very long time. are we really talking about a serious primary challenger to preside...

And even the way theyve portrayed his immigration policy, which i had a lot of criticism for at the time, you still have to recognize what he was dealing with, right? that he had a republican congress, for example, that he actually did do some good things such as the dreamers act. so instead, you know, you have bill de blasio sort of painting this picture he was the deporter in chief and nothing else. thats joe bidens job to push back on that kind of stuff. >> aisha, is it smart for particularly...

Russian interference as we were talking about in the fist segment, the threshold with us crossed a long time ago. people get caught up in the current controversy and think the thing were worried about now, we always fight in the last war is russia will interfere on the side of the donald trump like it did in 2016. if you decide thats not something we want to talk about because the president has a fragile ego, think about whats going to happen in 2024. what goes around comes around. as a democrat...

Talking about in the fist segment, the threshold with us crossed a long time ago. people get caught up in the current controversy and think the thing were worried about now, we always fight in the last war is russia will interfere on the side of the donald trump like it did in 2016. if you decide thats not something we want to talk about because the president has a fragile ego, think about whats going to happen in 2024. what goes around comes around. as a democratic candidate for president, that...