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Hateful rhetoric and polarization rise. we saw that rise to a level where the shooter turned poli c politics into his religion yesterday and tried to indiscriminately kill people who were not just members of congress. they were kids, people walking their pets. enough is enough. we need to work together to make these changes. >> you remember right after 9/11, obviously, the country did come together and congress did come together, standing on the steps of the capitol, singing "america the beautif...

Investigation of russian meddling into the 2016 campaign and maybe what the trump campaign may have known about it. so given the restrictions that there may be on comey for what he can and cannot say, whats the key question you would want to ask as someone who has followed this very very closely? >> well, as you know, theres going to be two entirely different sets of questions that are going to be asked today. from the republican side they are no interest in the russian meddling. thats relativel...

Italian prison. charged with assault here in germany. on the run at the moment where there is a manhunt across germany and europe. we have seen searches. one in western germany at a refugee house where anis amri was residing for a while. thats where it stands right now. the german authorities are keeping their cards close to the vest at the moment. >> far right politicians across europe already blaming angela merkel for this. saying she has blood on her hands because of what happened. what is th...

On sports radio. you cant find someone to debate this with anymore because its like debating whether the earth is flat or the sky is green. you go through a tour of the heartland of the country, cleveland, milwaukee, detroit, and what you see in place after place are these gleaming stadiums and the death of industrial jobs. it connects to why your previous guest, kashama suwant oza socialist was able to be elected to the city council of seattle. they were sold the cool-ate, and they got low-inco...

Continuing resolution. in the process of doing that, democrats and republicans both agreed they needed to cut the budget somehow so they agreed to about $10 billion in cuts. so far, as theyve extended this. now the house republicans have passed the version of $61 billion in cuts, eliot, and this is the fighting ground right now. >> you know, it is -- youre absolutely right. people shouldnt get confused between these continuing resolutions that will carry us through october and next years budget ...

Our peoples and to afford them a new beginning. >> so, is this a new beginning or is this like so many beginnings weve seen before in years past? joining us now is senior poli c political analyst david gergen. thank you very much for being with us. what do you make of end the conflict between us once and for all. is this a big deal? >> there are signs of hope, tempered hope, to be sure. the fact that two sides were sitting down, talking to each other directly for the first time in almost two yea...

Moving and acting. a lot of that is not something they can talk about publicly. the other recognition is that the president knows that hes going to be on the other side, on the wrong side of the poli c politics of some of these decisions but still intend to move forward by arguing for a civilian trial for ksm. whatever the politics are, he thinks its the right thing to do and will continue to make that case. >> at the same time, though, joe, dont you think when he talks about being on the wrong ...

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