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>> joining our conversation, matt biser of "the washington post," matt and katherine lucy. i get why the biden campaign wants to say this is much ado about nothing and is being taken out of context. joe biden says theres not a racist bone in his body. nobody is questioning that, theyre questioning his judgment. if you were asked a question how do you get things done when you have to work with difficult people, whether its vladimir putin or some segregationist, racist jerk in the senate, thats on...

Bills it wants. its very hard for them to force the president of the united states to do anything. if president trump is determined to make huge concessions to vladimir putin or not make meddling serious, there are some things congress can do but they cant overcome that obstacle. congress is making its voice known. its better than nothing. i think if you sighee a terribl summit where the president continues to deny and play down what now his own justice department calls a very severe attack, i t...

Unpredictability about what he does. i think the actions yesterday from the department of justice certainly raise the gravity of the meeting. >> but he knew they were coming? >> he did. but we didnt. you know, so i think that moment and the anticipation for how these two men meet and what comes out of it is even greater than i think it already was. it already was pretty high. >> yes, youre right about that. josh rogin, matt, event thateve thank you very much. next, well look at the potential l...

>> yes, hes obviously sticking with the administration. all right. elise, thank you very much. even as these indictments hang over this russia summit, there is a new warning from the head of the national -- u.s. national intelligence, that the threat is far from over. >> it was in the months prior to september 2001 when, according to then cia director george tenet, the system was blinking red. and here we are two decades, nearly two decades later, and im here to say the warning lights are blin...

Examine it when it comes. >> all right. lets talk about that and more. with me, heidi przybyla from "usa today" and matt biser from "the boston globe." welcome to both of you. thanks for being here. heidi, tulsi gabbard. she endorsed bernie sanders. is she a democrat that trump supporters can love? >> you know, im looking at this and the question that i have is, is this a parade of diversity or is this actually going to lead to a diverse cabinet. tulsi gabbard, i have to say, i was really shocke...

Peoples right to protest. this was such an emotional election. the emotions dont turn off, they dont go away after an election, especially when the election is such a surprise to those protesters. they didnt think this day would come. i think the president will acknowledge their right to do that but certainly, he will say theres no place for violence, theres certainly no place to be irresponsibly protesting. if hes asked about it he will certainly address that but he wont take away these peoples...

Joining me, patricia murphy from the daily beast and roll call, matt biser, deputy bureau chief of the boston globe, andre bower, and democratic strategist maria cardona. welcome to all of you. andre, there are more protests being planned, especially out west. you heard what that tampa bay buccaneer said. your thoughts? >> if hillary clinton had been elect elected, im a continued optimist no matter what. i would look for the good things in hillary clinton and look forward to at least giving her ...

Guess what? they still dont have a plan that has a prayer of passing. >> their amendment makes this a much better bill. it gets us closer. this is the kind of collaborative bottom up effort that we have been looking for. like i said, we have more work to do. >> with us to share the reporting and their insight cnn malika, matt biser and jackie. we have the confirmation supreme court fight. we have big developments in the house russia investigation. also developments in the health care debate. but...

Think the one -- the only thing we know for certain at this point is that the lobbyists ironically in this town are going to make a lot of money in this next month or two to help people and companies try to read whats happening here with this unpredictable process. as a reporter, what im going to do is keep my eye on what the actual picks are, because this does, yes, look like a very diverse group of people who are coming before president-elect trump but at the end of the day the people who have...