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In the first primary state, new hampshire. voters there do not see biden as the best candidate on health care. and a little levity here, and i think we could use this. biden says he has a plan to prove his fitness on the presidential debate stage. bernie sanders, not quite sure what to make of it. >> i said come on, donald, come on, man. how many pushups you want to do here, pal? jokingly. >> he may challenge the president to pushups. >> i have no comment on that. >> we begin this hour, though...

A d.c. area newspaper "the capital gazette." lets talk about this with james clapper. he is a cnn national security analyst. he is also author of the book "facts and fears." director clapper, when you see and hear this kind of levity between the president and vladimir putin, im wondering what goes through your mind. >> well, i think for the president and his supporters, he was just smoking and joking. for me it was kind of a -- i dont know, stunning but not surprising to treat a profound threat ...

>> yes, yes. >> a good laugh was had by all. even the president doesnt know or care, 25 journalists have been killed in russia since 2000. we should also point out that one year ago today, a mass shooter killed five employees of the "capital gazette." lets talk about this with james clapper. >> director clapper, when you see and hear this kind of levity between the president and vladimir putin, im wondering what goes through your mind. >> i think for the president and his supporters, he was smok...

Correspondent kaitlin collins traveling in japan. the president did not stop there. he had quite a bit more to say. >> reporter: yeah, he did. it seemed to lighten the mood not only joking about russia interfering in the election, the first time we should note that vladimir putin and donald trump have been in the same room since robert mueller published his report which he concluded that russia interfered in the 2016 election and systemic fashion, something we already knew because the intelligen...

Joe was an interesting bunch of guy. >> i tell you what. if you got fire crackers, get home, lock yourself in the closet and light everything you got, okay? [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, joe. >> he brought a lot of levity to just about everything that happened, which was needed at that time. >> heads or tails? >> heads. well i could use a little [ bleep ] myself pch >> in those days you didnt know what he was going to do next. >> it was fun most of the time, although not all the time. ...

An anti-semetic cartoon. few people may have suggested a change as significant as cancelling the comments. im joined by former obama speech writer. when i saw the story i thought of you immediately. were you surprised by the times decision to cancel cartoons in its international edition. appropriate or heavy handed? >> thank you for having me on. its nice to be back. i dont know that i was necessarily surprised. i was a little bit disappointed. as i think robert mueller found out to his dismay, ...

That were here to stand up for each other. men need to stand up for women whose reproductive rights are under attack, and white elected officials to stand up against racism and coming out saying in a light way, i just wanted start dating. while that was a moment of levity, there has been pretty serious policy demonstrations. as he was campaigning in the state, listen to what he said -- >> theres policy coming out regularly from the current administration that is horribly discriminatory and weve ...

Happening as we wait here for nancy pelosi to come speak, perhaps responding to president trumps refusal. were going to keep on top of that. well bring you her comments the moment she walks up. >> in the meantime, how about levity. comedian colin quinn tackling the disunity in a special present called colin quinn red state blue state. he looks at the political rhetoric tearing apart much of the country watch this. >> john adams said the two-party system is the greatest political evil under our c...

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