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General hyten. >> we had some dramatic and emotional testimony on capitol hill today. leah, let me get your take on how this latest twist has unfolded with the president and elijah cummings. the president seemed to be direct in explaining why it was that he was so frustrated here targeting cummings, of course. he does chair a committee that has incredible power and is looking into the presidents finances in a myriad of other things. but again, still making these assertions that, frankly, his sta...

Exchange because it didnt work out so well before. he wasnt as nimble. i think he is getting prepared for next weeks debate in a way he wasnt last time, and it shows he sees these attacks coming. >> we didnt know its not coming. neera and leah, thanks to both of you. appreciate it. weve got a little breaking news right now. an update on the battle over president trumps tax returns. brand-new court filings just now showing trump is suing new york attorney general and house ways and means commit...

And releasing it before next weeks presidential debates, although, clearly, from what were seeing today, its not going to ward off criticism from some of his fellow democrats. joining me now, leah wright and the president and ceo of the center for american progress, nira. so what do you think? can biden pull off an about-face on this? >> i think the issue really is that he has a variety of proposals. those proposals to actually address a lot of the criticism of the 94 crime bill. the crack to co...

That proposal in the 90s. its vital for the vice president. im glad he came out with this set of proposals today. also investing in prevention. its vital for the vice president to say how hes going to address the large-scale disparities we see in the criminal invest system. weve learned a lot over the last several decades. information we didnt have in the early 90s. a lot of people are going to look at what hes proposing, not some of the statements he made, you know, now 25, a quarter of a centu...

>> thank you very much. >> leah wright -- jeff zeleny, welcome to both of you. jeff, first to you, your reaction on the new poll numbers and how strong the showing senator harris has. >> well, one thing is clear, senator harris totally captured the imagination and the interest of a lot of voters who were watching the debate last week, shes now going to be locked in the top tier of candidates, as her campaign is well aware, this is a fluid race, things can go down as fast as they go up, its clear...

Elizabeth warren of massachusetts is expected to officially announce her 2020 presidential campaign from lawrence, massachusetts. a textile mill city with a rich labor history and where latinos make up more than three quarters of the citys population. warren who is proposing a wealth tax on ultramillionaires will join kamala harris, cory booker, julian castro, kirsten gillibrand and others and a field that may include amy klobuchar who will unveil her 2020 decision tomorrow. joining me is leah w...

That she is running for president in 2020 making her announcement in lawrence, massachusetts, that will be at any moment now. my panel back with me. i want to go around quick lightning round before we get the senator on board, and one of the issues that senator markey is very much involved in, he is a cosponsor of the green new deal, thats going to be a big deal, elizabeth warren is one of the members of congress thats really focusing on climate change as an important issue, leah. do you think t...

Beth fewy. this should be an interesting speech. im going to go around the table and sort of talk about some of the significance of it. ill start with you at the table, leah. lot of women running. the frontrunners if you just go by the buzz and the excitement around their candidacies appear to be the two women, kamala harris and now obviously elizabeth warren is going to come in big because she has big ideas about taxing, et cetera. what does she need to do today to get herself beyond the one th...

It rears its head during parties every halloween from college parties to college campuses the intercultural affairs council the yale was so concerned that it emailed students advising them not to dress up in what they said culturally unaware and insensitive costumes calling out blackface among other things and there is also a number of celebrities forced to issue public apologies after making similar decisions. leah wright is a professor. so, welcome back. -- >> always good to be here. >> why do...

Some point. >> right. we just have to keep having these conversations, national conversations. leah wright, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. ahead, a hearing is about to get under way over the presidents tax returns and cnn has new reporting on where they are and who has tried to get them. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long ...