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Socialist at cpac. what was interesting to me about cpac is how much its the presidents happy place. some people go to a spa. he goes to cpac. >> which was not always the case. >> it used to be, as im sure you remember, i was there on thursday. it was striking. used to be this free-wheeling conversation about the dynamics in the republican party and it was a place where activists sort of conveyed their views to the establishment. but now the activists are the establishment. president trump has k...

Its interesting to watch going forward what they do next. one democrat told me this was the low-hanging fruit. expanding background checks and extending the waiting period. this could get bipartisan support on. no question outside of congress theres been a wave of advocacy over the course of the last couple of years in the wake of these mass shootings and lucy mcbath, a freshman who lost her son to gun violence, who ran specifically on that issue and has become a leading voice to this. when you ...

Over you, but weve got to get out there and talk about what we believe in. >> its an interesting question for every democratic candidate. how much do you want to engage when the president comes after you? i think her own team would acknowledge she had some missteps early on. can she get her footing back? >> a number of candidates are saying it doesnt make sense to spend a lot of time talking about the president or make it just a small part of the campaign speech but dont allow him to be the focu...

So thats really the open question. i dont know how much well get to that in a public hearing because this relates a bit more to the russia investigation, but its possible that michael cohen is asked that question, i guarantee that. the question is does he answer it and what does he say about who in the white house knew and what the lawyers knew. we do know they were all communicating at that time, the lawyers, because michael cohen was then on donald trumps side. he was still the loyal fixer and...

His present day because he said he had shoulder surgery that he needs to recover from preto gives them two more months and he kept rescheduling things as we were approaching march 6th. thatll be in may. whys that important? >> you me that he got the two months? >> harris: hes got more time to do what with? and it mitigate that prison sentence? >> thats a great question. ostensibly, yes. if you came up with some fallible information >> harris: and you thinking is that? i think his attorneys -- >>...

Opposing forces. and the need for centerist voters that could be alienated by the partys turn to the left. the majority of democrats and democrat leaning independents want someone new and someone who can beat trump. the question is who is the most in touch with the party theyre running to represent. senior correspondent and editor of "the nevada independent." kimly, let me start with you. talk about, center, lift, progressive. we just mentioned it there. democrats say electability, somebody who ...

2:00 p.m. in washington. roger stone just walked into a hearing. she tweeted a photo on monday showing crosshairs next to judge amy bermans head. he took that picture down and apologized, which was uncharacteristic for stone, but judge jackson could remind his bail for that. stone is in court as officials tell nbc news that the doj is preparing for the end of the special counsels more two-year-old investigation. robert mueller is expected to issue a confidential report any day now, any day now, ...

Likely because of intercepts with russian diplomats. they may have known about more, things that andy mccabe is not permitted to disclose. his clearance stays with him forever. that is things that robert mueller may be looking at. >> what does this say about how vladimir putin may have been using donald trump? >> yeah, that is the open question. i mean i think the one thing when you look at this, you talk about rod rosenstein not wanting to put russia in the memo, the second was with lester holt...

Is just the first battle of another one to come. as you know, there are several republicans, including high-ranking republicans, who have been raising significant opposition to the idea of a national emergency. theyre worried about it on precedent grounds as well. mitch mcconnell said i dont think much of that idea. i hope he doesnt go down that path. you heard senate majority mitch mcconnell, in order for the president to sign the bill, will support an emergency declaration. that doesnt mean ot...

The extent i have discretion, i will exercise that discretion to do that. >> okay. so thats not exactly a definite yes. barr said his goal is to get as much information as he can to congress and the public. but he didnt pledge to turn over the full report to lawmakers. so thats another very big open question. and on a really busy news night, weve also learned that the chairman of the house judiciary committee is threatening to depose the acting attorney general, matt whitaker, calling his testim...