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Is the possibility the lesson to be learned is, you dont have to be one of the people mentioned years in advance. you can roll in at the last minute and have a lot of buzz and actually beat everybody else. >> and leah, when you look at polling, there was so much in o introspection, so much reev reevaluation of the way we poll. what do numbers like this mean? what is that telegraphing to you, other scholars and public policy about the contours of this race? >> so, there are a couple of different ...

Operative the russians would always try to foist on us. remember, ten years ago, there was a case of the russian illegals who were caught, you know, spies sent to live here. she is a version of that. shes kind of an independent operator who said to the russians, hey, i can infiltrate the nra and make friends with these republicans, and they said, great, heres some money. thats always going to go on. there are two levels to this. what did putin get? he hasnt gotten sanctions relief. in fact, the ...

Hes an expert on this issue. is it infrastructure weak? this speaks toe tissue of are we funding the appropriate national government organizations so they can battle these issues? as a lawyer i want evidence. and there is evidence. its in the form of science. why it is being ignored? these are things that you dont see our president do exactly because of what leah said. it appeals to his base. it gives his surrogates something to talk about that in my state of florida, we go through hurricanes a ...

Have a good conversation with the president, that hes expected to support you. is it about lowering sentences, helping those already behind bars or will be prospective in nature? >> it is both. it deals in some cases with those who are already behind bars. for defocus there is not on addressing their sentences so much as it is getting them ready to reenter society and not reoffend. prospect of leah deals with sentencing reform, so those who have yet to be sentenced, giving judges a little bit mo...

Voting yes would restore voting rights to over 1.5 million people who were formerly incarcerated. theres a lot at stake here, we saw that in virginia a couple of years ago. theres a sense that people are losing their privilege and power, thats whats at the root of this. >> and leah, thats the ethics and the stakes of it. as a political scientist, i turn to you on the raw politics. could this have a backlash effect and actually increase turnout from some of the affected communities in multiple st...

Four. >> 26? >> yes. thats about right. >> youll say that live on tv even though michael moore said we shouldnt do that? >> yes, because ive never nrpd t -- understood the strategy of undermining your own expectations. >> how about that, shoot for the stars. basil and leah, thanks to both of you. ill be back on election eve, monday night, 6:00 p.m. eastern on "the beat with ari melber." dont go anywhere, stephanie ruhle will pick up our live extended coverage after a quick break, and after that,...

Success and thats economic success of countries like indonesia jack pan and china is closely linked to the economic success of advanced countries in europe like dr many france the u.k. and therefore. arguing in favor of free trade promoting negotiations on the on free trade equipment between japan and the e.u. between saying your poor and e.u. between in the knees you and you astray leah and you that means we are spreading we are spreading this philosophy that is so important as. if it is inspir...

Youre saying lincoln referred to both sides for the notion of common humanity even in a country ripped apart by civil war. whereas donald trump use it had to create a false equivalency to give aid and comfort to people aiding white supremacy. >> there was an ad that was somewhat similar to this ad, the willie horton ad against dukakis that stoked tensions then, its a stain to president bush, one of the most infamous ads. is president bush going to want to be remembered that wray? talking about h...

Its not a real event, the caravan. the birther thing he talked up is unconstitutional. so to this ad, somebody pointing out did something awhile ago, it was over a period of time. its as if he needs to create event to go ahead of the real events which took place which he could have responded to in a much better way. >> right. doris kearns goodwin, al cardenas, leah, thanks to each of you for a responsible way to deal with some of this stuff today. coming up after we fit in a break, the coauthor ...

I think beyonce said it best, you know. who runs the world? girls. and thats what the country wants to hear right now. they want to hear from women. they want to hear messages like the one oprah winfrey delivered in georgia. they want to hear from people like stacy adams interested in expanding the rights for democracy for all people in the united states. they dont want to hear about politics, fear, division. that seems to be trumps closing argument, which really isnt great. >> you mentioned bey...