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They may or may not have shown to sway the election but theres this whole other track which is how much of it had to do with donald trumps policy and the gops policy toward russia. they have taken a warm turn toward russia that i think is not based on whats going on in the world or any kind of common sense policy or philosophy. >> you think its based on common sense? >> no. i listen as carefully as you do and it has not been articulated to me why it makes a great deal of sense for us to forgive ...

Silencing the u.s. state department, putting a friend of vladimir putins in charge at the u.s. state department, who stands by quietly while the state department gets hollowed out, gets gutted, thats a dream for the russian government, thats a dream for putin. but theres one last point here to keep in mind and it is about the other part of the u.s. government besides the state department that i think putin and russia probably most fantasize about hurting. go back for a second to that republican ...

Up against people who he worries are funding his dissidents or supporting protests against him, when he runs up against criticism of the way he runs his own country, what hes running up against is the state department. silencing the u.s. state department, putting a friend of vladimir putins in charge at the u.s. state department, who stan by qutly while the state department gets hollowed out, gets gutted, thats a dream for the russian government, thats a dream for putin. but theres one last poin...

Summer. that platform fight over softening the russia language and the ukraine plank. that happened about a week after one of trumps foreign policy advisers took that campaign-authorized trip to moscow. well, about a week after that platform fight, the day after the republican convention ended, there was another political bomb that was dropped on the u.s. presidential election from russia. the day after the republican convention ended, right before the democratic convention began we got what u.s...

One yesterday. it wasnt really a popular reversal if you watch it on the tv. but to quote a prominent journalist from wisconsin, they were against god before they were for him. >> team romney anticipated former president clinton would rock the democrats house and had an ad ready where clinton disputed obamas plan for the economy. he was questioning then candidate obama integrity for pumpal himself up as one of the first iraq war critics. >> he is a good soldier, helping his partys president. wha...

Be a roll call on this, jenna, and this was not only putting the language about jerusalem back in, but also restoring the word "god" to the platform. can you imagine if they took a roll call, and it failed to put god back in your platform? that would not have looked good, jenna. jenna: yeah. it did happen, but its something to keep an eye on, and well see what happens tonight and whether or not the president addresses this. john, thank you so much. jon: for more on the democratic platform fight,...

Disparate groups within the coalition parties who draft those platforms. this became an enormous distraction, and as you mentioned, the president decided he had to intervene and put aside this show. it was a distraction the party couldnt afford. so if you look at the republican side, they, too, had a distraction with a platform language on abortion that differed from mitt romneys position. but, um, this happens a lot. um, i think it was a stupid mistake, and they tried to rectify it. theyre hopi...

Rarely see anymore. the kind of platform fight that would be distracting and embarrassing for the president of the united states. if he wants to maintain his current position on this issue and keep the party platform in line with him, he would have to go to the mat on this. wed have to use precious political capital and fight against the stated preferences of the house minority leader, four former dnc chairs and it appears his own vice president. joi joining us is the founder of the freedom to m...

Families. we know to build a strong democratic party. we must honor the core principals of our party and champion the rights of every citizen. four former heads have signed on to the effort and so have more than 40 elected officials including the house minority leader nancy pelosi and mark udall of colorado and so has the man that is chairing the democratic national convention, los angeles mayor. theres really only one thing that seems like it could block official democratic party support for ma...

Saying in texas we love all our families. we know to build a strong democratic party. we must honor the core principals of our party and champion the rights of every citizen. four former heads have signed on to the effort and so have more than 40 elects officialed including the house minority leader nancy pelosi and mark udall of colorado and so has the man that is chairing the democratic national convention, los angeles mayor. theres really only one thing that seems like it could block official...