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Category. what should be troubling to democrats is voters under 30 were saying that theyre less than 40% likely to vote, and there was a massive gap in enthusiasm between the white vote, the black vote, and the hispanic vote. if republicans make this about a visceral issue, whether its impeachment, whether its guns, i think it serves them well. and lets not forget, a lot of these districts where democrats are trying to compete to take back the 24 seats necessary to take the majority, these are g...

Elections that have taken place over the last year, year and a half in the special elections, i do think the republican base has been a little short on the enthusiasm gap. i think this is something that actually gets them fired up and energized. ive been hoping the democrats would make this an issue. you see tom stier out there doing impeachment rallies. im hoping that this becomes a central issue in the midterms for this year because i dont think itll play well for the democrats because it will...

Trump administration, which like them or not are serving our country and braking barriers for women in government. i think it is very upsetting. you saw journalists across the board last night were very offended. i talked to people last night and this morning, even like peter baker at "the new york times" said we didnt do anything to advance the cause of journalism and i just think it was beyond the pale. >> look, guys, we only have a minute and a half left. ned, what are your thoughts on all th...

Pointing? >> no. i think this is more political theater than anything. its a shame because congressional investigations can be a great source for the public display of whats the truth. but when they have failed to do so many things including probably the biggest task of figuring out how the elections were interfered with and how to prevent that from happening again, but so many other things, so many people they did not interview lie reince priebus, sean spicer, kellyanne conway. so many document...

Of bad things. and then you have north koreas nuclear weapons. and traditionally what weve said is north korea is this terrible, horrible country. but the first thing we have to solve is the nuclear weapons problem, and then we can talk about making the relationship better. >> right. >> what the south koreans have done is flipped that. what they have said a is hey, lets forget the nuclear stuff. lets just say were for denuclearization and push that off into the distance and try to improve relati...

Nuclear weapons. and the president is just sort of bumbling into that. >> is that your read on what the north koreans are after, ned? >> well, it certainly is, chris. i think theyre after that, and at the same time, if they can divide our alliance. if they can divide our relationship with the japanese and the south koreans, thats an added bonus for them. you will note in the north korean statement over the weekend late last week there was no mention made of shorter range missiles. and those are ...

Treasured sword, and that they dont have any intention of giving it up. i think the president i think has the idea that hell go and that there will be a summit, and that magically north korea will give those nuclear weapons up. but really, what the north koreans just want is the summit. they want to reduce pressure. they want to be seen as a legitimate power. and ultimately, they want the u.s. to accept that they have nuclear weapons. and the president is just sort of bumbling into that. >> is t...

Off into the distance and try to improve relations. im not against that per se, but its not clear to me that the president understands thats what he is doing. and when he figures it out, whats he going to do? is he going to sign the peace treaty or freak out and turn the keys over to bolton? >> ned, do you have confidence, trust in mike pompeo to navigate this? >> well, look, mike pompeo has been at the tip of the spear with this. but in many ways he has been there because its been the process o...

Another case of politicizing intelligence and in this case a top secret mission for a political end. >> sounds like, ned, you think this administration might have leaked this whole thing to make mr. pompeo seem a little less hawk and a little more dove? >> the reporters who were on this "washington post" story are dogged reporters. i have no doubt they came upon this information themselves, but there were other outlets that were quickly able to match this citing in most cases two administration ...

Switzerland is a country where kim jong-un has traveled before, studied there as a young man. switzerland has a reputation for its neutrality. those are likely possibilities we could see. >> and geneva would seem to make a lot of sense to probably a lot of folks. >> right. >> ned price, thank you. again, we will talk to the ranking democrat on the foreign relations committee coming up in a few minutes. breaking news on this wednesday. an island-wide power blackout in puerto rico. the investi...