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The dnc -- >> laura: dental care about them. >> they have not tried the debate calendar to the nomination process. i have not tied -- >> laura: i get what youre saying. >> to rules of the nomination. so it is a free-for-all. there is nothing preventing candidates from doing their own thing. >> laura: dennis kucinich, you and i talked about this before the show began. i keep thinking of the guys who were the dash could be guys or gals, who were just master campaigners. barack obama, bill clinton,...

>> whats to stop ten of these candidates if they get knocked out? whats to stop those ten from doing a debate on cnn? >> they have not tied to debate calendar to the nomination process. >> laura: i get what you are saying. >> they have not tied it to the rule of the nomination. its a free-for-all. >> laura: dennis kucinich, you and i talked about this before the show began. i keep thinking about the guys -- they could be guys or gals, who are master campaigners. barack obama, bill clinton, donal...

>> this is the last time youll see most of these candidates on stage in the debate. the rules change the next time. you have to have to qualify for the debate at least 2% in the polls, either nationally or in the number of state poles. right now, six or seven members -- >> who would you think are not going to make it? >> the ones who stay in are the top four, bernie, biden, harris. warren, booker may be buttigieg. thats about it. the rest of them are going away. >> laura: your point is that they...

Appropriate role for the democratic party, an artificial winnowing of the rules, what the whole nomination process used to do in every election in the past, so do you think its u useful and appropriate for the party to be setting up arbitrary metrics and ruling people out or should the market in some sense rule the day here and let everybody up on stage until people drop out of their own free will? >> well, i imagine between now and the next debate, there will be some of that natural winnowing i...

"aim high." the general delivering his opening statement as we speak. he will certainly face questions about this. one notable name, senator gillibrand, i dont think will be there, right? >> reporter: thats what we are hearing, that she wont be there. he was not there last week. colonel -- >> let me interrupt you. general hyten is talking about the allegations. lets listen for a brief minute. >> im also thankful to this committee for all the time you took individually and together in executive s...

Intelligence to the president when you know it runs against his personal view? are you willing to speak truth to power in the same way that dan coats did admirably? it sets up what i see is an interesting confirmation process. i expect the senate will bring quite a bit of scrutiny to bear on the answers that ratcliffe or any nominee would bring to the table. >> what is next on this, as you look at this discussion of the reporting of john ratcliffe potentially taking on this job? an individual wh...

So keen interest in what we hear from acosta. the president saying that he is doing a fantastic job, saying that he to this point has been excellent. but notably in the comments from president trump on tuesday, president did sort of distance himself from acosta saying he only first met him when i was going through that nomination process back in 2017. so all of that of course is the backdrop as we anticipate these comments from secretary acosta. and certainly tough questions from reporters. >> c...

>> as soon as i heard those words i thought, uh-oh, whats coming next? the american people know joe biden. they know his values. they know what he stands for and they didnt buy it. >> so biden and harris are locked in a battle to win over black voters. a critical constituency in the nomination process. the relationship between the united states and england is being sorely tested. he said the trump administration is dysfunctional and inept. max foster is live from loss done with the latest. max...

So the state of louisiana is not one of the early primary states in the nomination process, but still you will find a large cluster of 2020 hopefuls in new orleans today. many of the candidates are there for the 25th annual essence muse festival. and joe biden however is once again on a different path. mike, you are in sumpter, south carolina where the former vice president just took the stage and he is talking about busing yet again, mike. >> reporter: yeah, thats right. ill keep my voice low b...

Nominations were steven more and herman cain. one noted conservative economist who essentially withdrew because he didnt like the scrutiny that came with it. candidate, he of course said he didnt like the idea of taking a pay cut that would be necessary to take the position. we have seen the details over waller and shelton trickling out. people paying more attention to this. waller former academic, running the research team at the fed for about a decade and shelton really quite a big critic of f...