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To january 6. what are they looking for from these extremist groups? >> this is such a funny position to be in because if you had read me that and said it was the content of a doj investigation, a look they were taking into what this group had done, that would have been something that made a lot of sense to me. this would be an effort to show the linkage between some of the groups involved in hands on violence to see if they had tails that reached up into people who were closer to trump. part of...

Brought up the affordable care act a lot. i had written before that it should probably be called reid care, not obamacare, and i think the former president would probably acknowledge that it never would have happened except for the legislative -- and i dont think its an exaggeration -- genius of harry reid. whatever else you thought of him, he was able to essentially legally bribe a couple of his colleagues to come across at the last moment to get that done. he basically told the presidents team...

One-vote spirit we know in the past weve seen some people on the right, and some on the left break ranks with their party an vote with the other party after a lot of debate, especially because they know perhaps that their constituency there constituency want this. joe manchin constituency has told them we want you to suppor voting rights. they want him to pass the legislative and they also wante them to pass the build back better. >> some of those ideas werent so popular. senator manchin said if...

In the second year, working with the president legislative? >> look, the problems -- we have the fastest growing economy that we have had a long time, we just went over the. gdp is up. unemployment is down. more money in families pockets. but even with these positive economic changes, the reality is that there are still problems. there are still structural problems in our economy that we need to solve. and this is a really cool white board because it reverses. i want to talk about what the costs...

State legislative maps you talked about but also the states congressional maps and awaiting that process for a redraw continuing and as you note on february 2nd, we will be back in court in north carolina where that state supreme court will have a chance to take a look at whether the partisan gerrymandering there violates the states constitution. >> you said north carolina. i think north carolina is an instructive case because democrats in that state and activists have been diligent about pursui...

Know, making clear that a lot of this, their only significance to this has to do with race. >> walk us through whats going on behind the scenes. bidens team is starting to vet possible nominees. there is like a list of three that wednesday are really the top ones. how many does political pressure play a role, or do the vetters just go in and try to find any possible land mines just in case biden picks any of them? >> its kind of all the above. theres an extensive vetting process that i have to t...

Who will enjoy some level of bipartisan support. >> do you have someone in mind? >> i think that sends a signal to the public that maybe, maybe the courts are not as political as the legislative and the executive branch. right now the country is starting to believe -- theyre losing faith in their courts. theyre looking at them as nothing more than an adjunct of -- >> very partisan. >> elected bodies because of the partisan nature. demonstrate bipartisan support. >> everybody thats been mentioned...

People who can help, sore throat pain?at. ♪honey lemon♪ try vicks vapocool drops in honey lemon chill for fast acting sore throat relief ♪ahhh!♪ wooo! vaporize sore throat pain with welcome back to "the sunday show." sochi, kurt and anna are back for a quick lightning round of sunday sound. okay, anna. i have the sound of senator murkowski about the supreme court. have a listen. >> i think that that sends a signal to the public that maybe, maybe the courts are not as political as the...

Needed to have. did you worry that there was some information that was at risk of not being acknowledged by them? >> first in first, thanks for having me. and hosting this important conversation. i think -- chief election officer is to turn over the receipts that we kept of a number of things that occurred in a very small time -- in a window of, time in december 2020. that suggests coordination and collusion, from the highest levels, into whats in michigan, to undermine our election results. so,...

And bill kristol, author, writer, thinker at politico. and a veteran of both reagan and bush administrations, as well as editor at large at the bulwark. great to have you here. what do you think of the former president and vices that kind of aversion what we heard from some democrats, which is quick, talk about this that we havent gotten in talk about what we have accomplished? >> i think thats a big part of it. i think the president is also directing them to get additional things that they cant...