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Backward and theyre fighting the last election. if democrats are still thinking about the kinds of democrats who voted in 2008 and 2012, theyre looking in the wrong direction. >> right. >> lets just do the data. the largest group of voters going forward from today on are people who are now millennials. there are actually already more voters who voted in that group than voted for -- that are voted among, you know, bill clintons era. thats just the math. and so if you want to go toward the voters ...

Office is a change election, 100%. so if you think about what barack obama was for, the idea of universal health care was also considered way too far to the left, but what barack obama was smart about doing in 2008 was saying here is something that is important to you just as an individual person. were going to get out not just the regular people, but were going to bring new people in. so i think democrats are smart to take positions that are broadly popular. even republicans like them. and go i...

Among, you know, bill clintons era. thats just the math. and so if you want to go toward the voters in the future who are going to vote a lot, its people who are like alexandria ocasio-cortez, not saying theyre necessarily with her on policy, but that they dont view the kinds of caution that democrats are constantly showing. >> thats a great point. >> as a good form of politics. they think its frustrating. you might want to show that you have some guts. >> ryan, and i think there is overlap ther...

Broadly popular. even republicans like them. and go in on them and show that you are willing to change. the whole point is you want a change from whats there now. so i dont think its a not smart idea for the democrats to go for a change message. >> you know, ryan, there is an interesting piece in "new york" magazine that syncs up with a lot of your reporting and some of the stuff you write about in the book, about the kind of insurgent left grassroots of the democratic party. eric live its write...

Light. and that was the key debate going on then. that wing of the party lost to the clinton wing back then. but today there is a easier mechanism for them to fund that operation and that is the phone and that is the -- just clicking and giving $5, $6, that didnt exist for jesse jackson and the rainbow coalition. you have to mail in your check so there was no way to harness the grassroots energy and turn it into campaign fundraising and now you can and that makes it a fair fight. >> ryan grim, t...

Reasons she lost in 2016 in a new book is revealing how clinton initially reacted to the comey firing. the book is "weve got people" by ryan grim and he writes, quote, she spent the winter and spring pouring over survey and turn-out data, calling friends and former aides to analyze and reanalyze. it was her friends believe part of her grieving process and also holding her back from moving on when she learned that comey was fired by trump she was ecstatic. comey had finally gotten what he had com...

Confirmation proceedings for brett kavanaugh are reopened because of her claims. the reporter who broke the story open, who first reported the details of the allegation against judge kavanaugh, as well as the tied of the accuser, that reporter is emma brown. she is an investigative reporter at "the washington post." ms. brown, thanks very much for joining us this evening. congratulations on breaking this incredibly consequential story. its nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> as...

Some of those senators from back then are going to have a second chance themselves to figure out how we as a country should hear out allegations of sexual misconduct by a nominee to the united states supreme courter. except this time its not lurid and extensive allegations of sexual harassment on the job. this time the accuser of the supreme court nominee is alleging attempted rape. reporter ryan grim at the intercept was the first to report a serious allegation had been made been supreme court ...

The judiciary committee, dianne feinstein released a short by jarring statement. quote, i have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. that individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or the press the matter further. i have honored that decision. however, i have referred the matter to federal investigative authorities. hmm. we reached out the senator feinsteins office tonight. they would not provide us...

>> well see what happens. ryan grim, thanks for being with me. hundreds ef pages of testimony today paint a picture of a presidential campaign very interested in col including with russia. what we learned today about the infamous trump tower meeting after this.