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lead up to this moment, remember, a jury had been sworn in it was seated opening statements were ready to kick off at 1 30. but then there was that mysterious 2.5 hour delay and then the judge finally came out and said the parties have resolved their issues. in fact, the judge said that had the jury not been sworn in. the partys probably would not have resolved their issues. but that was a key factor. want you to take a listen to what one of the dominion attorneys had to say to us just...

im katy tur. it has been a dramatic day on capitol hill. emphasis on dramatic as house lawmakers loudly debated whether to formalize an investigation into president biden. as you would imagine, it got combative. we were waiting on the vote, but if all republicans tow the line, it will pass. that is not all. this morning, right outside of the capitol. hunter biden told reporters he was ready to testify in front of the house. but only if republicans agree to do it in public stating, quot...

Dont need to tell you, jake and roberta, ambassador jacobson, youve both been at the highest levels of the state department, and as jake points out, ive never seen it this political. john kerry was a senator and a secretary of state. youve worked under republicans. >> six presidents. and i think, you know, we often talk about that quaint saying, politics ends at the waters edge. what we mean is you dont take your political fights overseas, right, which is what the issue is discussing right now o...

Calling for impeachment and skeptical of what pelosi wants to do. anything short of impeachment is going to leave people hungry for more. >> week by week we start to see the ticker increase in terms of how many democrats want impeachment. as jake points out, were at 60 now, over 60. are these types of moves, these types of step-by-step processes going to quiet some of those democrats who say we want impeachment right now? >> there is a process and they keep talking boabout this proce and theyre ...

Get attention. raise money, get to policy later. >> buttigieg has said before he got into this race that he feels that has been a failing on the part of the democratic party. that they dont focus enough on narrative. hes really trying to do that, kimberly, as jake points out. today he is going to be really making a counterpoint to president trump. hes going to try to make that case. can he do that at this stage in the game without also focusing on biden. everyone is going to be focused on trump,...

Wondering is this the guy that has higher ambitions and can move ahead and become a republican presidential candidate, a serious one, and maybe a nominee. well see how he handles this crisis. theres a lot of questions even if he didnt know specifically about the detail as, as jake points out, was there an atmosphere or climate within the senior staff that resulted in this political vendetta against the mayor in fort lee, new jersey. that democratic mayor did what democrats are supposed to do, en...

It because they want to win. but theyre not behind a ted cruz. theyd be much more likely to be behind a chris christie as jake points out. >> by the way, lets not give hillary clinton the mantel of the democratic party just yet. >> everybody thinks that theyre projecting that. >> but this democratic party has moved left of bill clinton. that was the end of -- well, ill tell you. the error of big government is back. this is left of clinton. i think this belongs to elizabeth warren, de blasio of n...

Generous, involved in these republican primary, i think. we saw a lot last time of superpacs. but i think theyre going to pick somebody early and theyre going to figure out what they need to do and theyre going to try and do it because they want to win. but theyre not behind a ted cruz. theyd be much more likely to be behind a chris christie as jake points out. >> lets not give hillary clinton the ment mantle of the democratic party just yet. here this democratic party has moved left of bill cli...

Dominated by the most radical fighters, and thats -- you know, thats the tricky thing to get involved in. and i think thats what the concerns are here. but we dont know what assad is going to do. i mean, what would be interesting -- i mean, look. you can speculate all you want, but what if the regime were degraded in such a way that you did start to have defect shuns, you started to have the sunnis around damascus start to rise up. he might fold. he might become defiant. we dont really know yet....

Is a major discount off of the market price of a plan like that with y but its a substantial part of a plan. a lot of people will be relieved that now they have access to coverage. a lot of people will be surprised that theyre being asked to forward a significant portion of their income. >> its not just -- i mean, the piece -- the -- its more than just the affordable care piece. your children have coverage until theyre 26. there is no denial of coverage because of pre-existing benefits. i think ...