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Ive been involved in civil rights my whole career. period. period. period. >> that answer did not satisfy senator cory booker. >> what matters to me is that a guy running to be the head of our party, which is a significantly diverse and wonderous party, doesnt understand or cant even acknowledge that he made a mistake. whether the intention was there or not he knows better. and at a time that donald trump never apologizes for anything and starts to create that kind of i think toxic sentiment tha...

>> because youd be in jail. >> so the moral of the whole story for those of you following along at home, karma is a you know what and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. >> jason johnson is the political editor for the root.com. and national affairs analyst is here and my other guests. we are also joined by the former u.s. attorney joyce vance and former fbi director for counterintelligence. as ludicrous as they are, as ridiculous as they sound, for poin...

Kingdom. we talked about it before. he should be positive, not negative. hes a negative force, not a positive force. >> white house reporter for the associated press. jason johnsons politics editor for the root.com. from london, bobby gauche, bobby, thank you. you are smiling. i gotta ask you the most obvious question. why would trump deny what is visible to the entire planet, the protest against him. >> he spent spent a lot of time on pell copters and when he was on the road, his convoy was man...

[ boos ] >> joining our discussion now, jason johnson politics editor at the root.com. also an msnbc contributor. neera tanden is the president of the center for american progress and a veteran of hillary clintons presidential campaign. neera, in a, were going to reveal what got the boos in california this weekend. i want to begin with what we saw just on the other side of the commercial pete buttigiegs answer to that woman in the audience who says why should i vote for you? when we have such gr...

Could help democrats win in 2020 but the candidates have to respect our ideas to gain our votes. as a crowded democratic field cons freights on mobilizing the base should they also consider anti-trump republicans. joining knee no you is jennifer rubin, michael steele former rnc chairman and the most of "the man of steele podcast" jason johnson of the root.com and e.j. dionne author of "one nation after trump." we book ended the "washington post"ees. let me start with you, jennifer, we were just ...

And author of "winners take all." the root.com political editor and msnbc political contributor and a professor at morgan state university and rick tyler, republican strategy ikist and msnbc political analyst. when i saw this im like holy cow, this is a rageing ball of fire at the heart of everything you have worked on. these parents, we know its the system. we know that college is now a business. okay. admission officers have metrics to meet. what used to be a college admissions process is now ...

They are going to have to deal with the information, and that makes the difference. jefferson said a nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never will be. the people are going to get the information and they are going to react to it, i believe. >> fascinating. john, thank you. barbara, im going to see you later in the show. we have to fit something in right now. breaking news on this friday night. house democrats are now moving forward on what is widely expected...

Quo quote, the coming days, a significant advancement of the story weve been covering all evening. i want to turn to two experts who follow the probe a lot for us, jason johnson from the root.com, and former federal prosecutor john flannery. we just got this from "the washington post." it echoes the reporting at the top of the hour it does advance it, john, puts it in days. who knows? one, post reported moments ago trumps inner circle has, quote, palpable concern that there could be damaging mat...

It comes with that type of announcement. all eyes on the twitter feed. again, all signs pointing to yes, steph. >> i want to bring my panel in. analyst and "washington post" national political reporter robert costa. also the moderator of "washington week qtd on pbs. former congressman costello. and at the root.com, jason johnson. roberto, think the president could throw a curveball? >> because hes getting some room from the freedom caucus, from sean hannity, theyre all saying we dont like the de...

Meaningful and effectively less special because it was an anomaly but not because it represented what he really thinks but perhaps so much was written for him at times it didnt. stephanie? >> peter, all right. i want to bryn my panel in. anna palmer, politico correspondent, jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com, kris wilson, republican pollster and my dear friend john weaver, former senior strategist for the mccain and kasich campaigns. anna, to you first. this speech was billed as bipa...