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Behind the lines, emily. looking at a story and anonymous sourcing, trying to read a little bit into whats going on. ill tell you this, since the beginning of the administration, we started getting those kamala harris stories about the vice presidents office being in turmoil. there was one cnn article that had almost three dozen sources. but largely the biden team has been pretty disciplined and not talking to press, not leaking. joe bidens inner circle has been largely insulated from those type...

See a senate taken over by republican votes or we could see one of those situations, if that the case, where mitch mcconnell says were too close to a presidential election. we should wait and let the people decide. i think he sees where were headed and knows we need to get out now while we have several months ahead for joe biden to pick the successor and the senate to approve. >> the white house was prepared for this possibility and as youve been pointing out, they have they are list. >> obvious...

Staff ron clane, susan rice, luissa carrol, ryan die se, speaking to the caucus daily. moderates and progressivess, progressive caucus, blue dogs, new dems and problem solvers have been on constant contact and constant phone calls and as you know, many of those officials i mentioned, susan race and others were on the hill from 3 p.m. until midnight last night. meeting with members, discussing with teams what the path forward looks like. the legislative team has made now 300 calls or had 300 call...

Potential obstruction. you also have, again, democrats coming in in control of the lets head outside with the levers there to continue investings on this, so he is in a very tough position politically, and a tough position legally as these challenges mount. i mean, this isnt the first one. this is actually the third thats been made in court challenging the constitutionality of his very appointment, and thats something thats going to be forced at some point for the supreme court to take up where....

Investigate a very serious allegation about somebody who could be confirmed for a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. i think they have to find a way to have some decorum and to get answers to questions that are not political but are rather substantive and factual. i think rons idea is a pretty good one. >> it is a good point youre making. >> yeah. >> i want to get jeffrey toobin to weigh in as well. how do you see it playing out? >> i think ron clane has a characteristically excellent id...

Morning both will appear under oath in open session. >> right, must-see tv i think. the question i have really is how is it going to be done? ron clane, who as you know used to work for joe biden and was an attorney working for him during the hill hearings, anita hill hearings tweeted something today i thought was interesting. he said both democrats and republicans should want professional, outside counsel to question kavanaugh and ford in a public hearing, not senators. make this a search for t...

Pollster, someone who knows numbers, he says you dont see that kind of swing, thats a crazy swing why are you look at the generic ballot, the enthusiasm of the democratic base, the way the voters are peeling off from moderate, suburban republicans, peeling off from the party, you look at all the evidence. look at everything weve seen, then this. wisconsin is not really trump country. wisconsin is the state that has been a blue state for a pretty long time. its purplish, right? hillary clinton di...

In that special election to the wisconsin senate last night, the democrat patty schachtner beat her republican opponent by 11 points, 55-44. donald trump won that district by 17 points in 2016 and republicans have held that seat for 17 years. ron, when youre looking for -- looking at the horizon, looking for a wave, is this the kind of thing you look at? >> im sitting in front of the capitol, 100 highs from the atlantic ocean, even here you can see the blue wave forming on the horizon. it relate...

An answer when its convenient for the white house. joining us now, betsy wood rough, ron clane, and john hileman. ron cline, i want to go to this news today about steve bannon cooperating enough with the special prosecutor that they dropped the threat of a subpoena to a grand jury. what is the difference for bannon testifying to a grand jury where his lawyer would not be allowed in the room and have to answer under oath and speaking in this less formal interview context with the prosecutors of...

Ron, when youre looking for -- looking at the horizon, looking for a wave, is this the kind of thing you look at? >> im sitting in front of the capitol, 100 highs from the atlantic ocean, even here you can see the blue wave forming on the horizon. it relates to the last segment. we are a democracy. and trumps excesses are going to have a reckoning. i think that reckoning has been in these special elections but particularly will be this fall with the congressional elections. and, you know, thats ...