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>> yeah. i mean, theyre in a difficult position right now. they have a liberal base, progressive base right now that is really angry at some of the policing weve seen in recent years. obviously, right? black men being targeted. victims, unarmed black men who lost their lives. theres a real need, real desire in the democratic party to address that. at the same time, democrats have to find a way to say that they are pro police in some ways. and so the party right now is in a difficult position. th...

His really fervent support in the base to try to turn people out when it comes to the midterm elections. >> i would just point out that my colleague savannah guthrie asked liz cheney about potential criminal charges and they didnt really want to get into it but wouldnt rule it out and i think talking about the politics and conflicts that the former president is having. there are other republicans who dont want seem to do that but another place she may be a little bit on the ball. anna palmer, th...

>> it will be a challenge. democratic lawmakers are coming to the table prioritizing came from the base, the progressive base. i was interviewing derek johnson, naacp president, he was saying activists have no tolerance for a bill that could move forward with qualified immunity being addressed. and as you noted, gop lawmakers will not support a bill that they feel like its more harsh on law enforcement than they believe that they should be. so this could stall longer than the few weeks lawmakers...

Recently with her healthcare policy. potentially, some of the more progressive base feeling a little weary of how shes tried to walk back her support for medicare for all. >> hans nichols still with us. i want to ask you about that question i was just discussing with susan, as well as daniel. and thats on the whether or not the president should allow aides to give testimony. and how that might affect the presidents opinion here, hans, because the numbers are quite high when you look at the repub...

I just think for a vast majority of african-americans are more concerned about defeating donald trump. i dont think a lot of them are willing to take the chances of supporting someone who they may actually like, but they may believe dont have the ability to sort of create the type of coalition necessary to beat trump in 2020. i think they look at someone like maybe joe biden who is considered to be a moderate pragmatist as someone who cannot only bring in older african-americans but can also bri...

Kamala harris is trying to be cool. she cant. she doesnt have it. >> you know whats interesting? is that i think the black response to kamala and cory, tremendous individuals with extraordinary talent, is a delayed response of disappointment in barack obama that black people cannot specifically articulate it. they love obama the man but politically they see there were problematic situations so they want their cake and eat it too. >> kellyanne? >> my question for the democratic party is who is th...

That you understand that the democrats feel a sense of urgency and on the one hand i suspect they want to proceed because they are being pushed by their progressive base to actually impeach and on the other hand they know if they go to quickly, the public will turn against them. they are caught right now and in the electoral calendar and fast approaching being in one year of an election and on the other hand there being pushed by the progressive in the media of course are falling into this trap,...

That you understand that the democrats feel a sense of urgency and on the one hand i suspect they want to proceed because they are being pushed by their progressive base to actually impeach and on the other hand they know if they go to quickly, the public will turn against them. they are caught right now and in the electoral calendar and fast approaching being in one year of an election and on the other hand there being pushed by the progressive in the media of course are falling into this trap,...

Monmouth is a good polling company and its results have been reliable over the years, and it did seem like it might have been an indication that the race was shaken up. here we are this morning, and were right back where we were. if you look at joe biden, he has the support of nearly his three closest competitors from pete buttigieg to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders combined. they combined have one more point than joe biden and i think it just, again, points to the comfort level people have...

Do the job of the people. are democrats handling this correctly? >> so, this was actually the piece yesterday in the "new york times" about the divide within the democratic party. theres a fissure and this is something president trump, you know, think what you may of president trump, he is very smart when it comes to strategy, is exploiting that division. so hes trying to kind of make that more progressive base, you know, fired up and running after him, which he then plays to his own republican ...