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Is not about the times where you sit with lunch and you fly in the codals with members of congress on the other side and you say, theyre such a good person. this is about the fundamental building block to our democracy, and we got to stand up and protect it. choose your side, folks. its about choosing your side, and history is going to record you in terms of how you choose. >> you know, jamie, one thing that marc has said previously is that the rolling back of access to the polls and the rigging...

Know what to do, but its a discipline of doing and its much the same on these networks that were trying to protect. we know the things to do. we know what to patch. we know what we need to protect . so its really getting getting the impetus behind us . and i think there could be a big policy push to help us do that and to help fund some of the investment thats needed around cybersecurity. eric, we see obviously the damage very easily that bombs can do what is the ultimate damage that the worst c...

Weapons? my concern with the speech, my concern with the line at the end is that i think it works against that. what it has done is in some ways taken what has been up to now a disciplined, limited war, and in some ways made it existential for putin. i dont want him to think he has nothing to lose by escalating against nato or by using chemical or nuclear weapons. i want him to feel that he does have a lot to lose. i want us still to be able to negotiate with him to bring this war to an end, aga...

Make is really important, and it doesnt happen if you dont have that representation of women and of women of color. >> and i think what she said there is so important, geoff, because we spoke with these three women who happen to be women of color. and the thing that they continue to hearken back to, especially congresswoman barbara lee who had her abortion before that landmark "roe" ruling, she pointed to the fact that she survived, she was lucky enough, in her words, to have a family friend who...

But it does seem like this particular battle with its attendant name calling could be accruing political traction for a policy push that might otherwise be on the back burner in, yes, mr. mcconnells senate. so given what we know about 2016 and what we are being warned about this coming 2020 election, should the u.s. take any further action to protect its democracy? we turn now to u.s. senator ron of oregon, member of the u.s. senate intelligence committee. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank...

Democratic hopefuls are working hard to shape the narrative before the first question is even asked. >> today we are in fact offering a revolutionary proposal. >> reporter: in the days leading up to the first face-off, several candidates have rolled out policy proposals describe designed to drive the debate. policy pace setter elizabeth warren unveiling another plan aimed at protectioning u.s. elections writing in a media post, enough is enough. it is time to make high quality voting in the grea...

There. meanwhile, another sanders rival beto orourke is pumping out his policy push ahead of the democrats big push. orourke unveiling his plan to cover veterans healthcare. leyla santiago has the details. its a major issue in this election. when you combine that with veterans issues, thats quite a political point for him, clearly a focus he wants to score some points on. >> reporter: right. so this is an eight-page proposal. its got a variety of topic. lets actually get right into it. the fir...

Care, that those laws have to come before my department of justice for a review and approval. and until we determine that they are constitutional, they will not take effect. >> that sounds like it means 60 votes in the united states senate? >> you know what, everything that we need to do is going to require 60 votes in the united states senate. which is why i say, everybody, 2020 is about the white house, its also about the united states senate. >> joining from us the location of that town hall,...

Well look for you tonight, dana, thank you so much. >> thanks, brooke. we are getting some news just in that the trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants, essentially punishing those who receive government benefits like welfare. find out who is behind this policy push. and as rick gates testifies against his former partner, paul manafort, is president trump sitting there watching in realtime, following what happens when a loyalist flips and makes a deal with prose...

Today, what can you tell us about todays opioid event in new hampshire? >> yeah. very, very important idea to get up there. i mean, this is something that is ravaging, just hammering states all over the country. not just the beautiful state of new hampshire. you may remember back on the 1st of this month they had that very important policy push at the white house talking about opioids. jeff sessions, the attorney general was there. one of the headlines, of course, that will garner a great deal o...