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Michael bennett had a better night than most people expected. really passionate talking about education reform. i think a lot of that field is not going to be here next time. biden, harris, booker, bennett, those folks all had solid debates. they get their ticket punched. >> sabrina? >> i think this was a debate without a clear winner. there were a lot of candidates who had a better night than they had had before to johns point, whether it was cory booker, julian castro but the question is did t...

Bolts of policy? >> yeah. he did show up with a lot more energy and he showed that he was willing to punch back. theres a long time that joe biden was saying he has information on peoples past but hes not going to go there. that is something that he did in fact do yesterday. he took the hits on health care, criminal justice. in some he was steady and others he was rocky. the question is can he prove that he is the solid front-runner. im not sure the debate did that. well see how he is out on the...

Asked about impeachment by the theyre yater, and they were trying to present themselves, show they were strong and talk about maybe too many intricacies of policy. >> you mean to tell me that politicians need to have the interviewer bring up a topic? ive been following this thing for 100 years. i got to tell you something, you politicians have no problem bringing up a topic if you want. to why didnt anybody want to bring it up last night? >> well, i dont think it has to do with the fact that the...

Impeachment. >> mmm-hmm. >> and he didnt want to come out and say it, but -- >> yeah. >> -- there is no other explanation. >> also you talked about the exchange on obstruction. there was also the collusion versus conspiracy exchange that happened with georgia republican doug collins. lets watch it. >> collusion and conspiracy are essentially synonymous terms, correct? >> no. >> if no, on page 180 of volume i of your report, you wrote as defined in legal dictionaries, collusion is largely synonym...

Health insurance. and it also is there are a lot of african americans are more moderate than a lot of white progressives. in the party. on issues like this. theres a that might be a better line of attack than attacking the attack that he did on booker. >> okay. i want to bring you in now. youre a harris supporter. biden is calling for a medicare for all proposal. claiming she would enact it without raising taxes. will she need to explain that because shes also flip-flopped on healthcare position...

And how did that play in that framework? >> lets talk about the president today. the president was gloating on twitter and on the white house lawn this afternoon, but mueller testified that among other things the president welcomed russian interference, lied about it, his encouraging wikileaks was problematic, that he was untruthful in his written responses, and that he was -- has not been exonerated on obstruction. is the president celebrating too soon? >> well, that obviously needs to be -- be...

>> no, but someone -- i think what pistole said there about the -- this is what i said earlier, when you are in that position you have to have a command of the facts and he did not. that is what i think was so interesting in all of this. yes, this is a 400-page report -- >> yeah. >> -- but you are the leader here. you are the one thats supposedly -- yes, you are doing this with your team, but youre the head guy of this office. >> i want to move on but go on. >> no, to the what happens next. the ...

>> i dont know. i was going to try to go with yes or no. i dont know. look, theres 92 -- >> told ya. >> -- 92-ish house democrats who think impeachment should begin. theres 235 of them total, thats not a majority, according to my math. i think youll probably see some more. i think it will go over 100. i think pelosi is very much dug in on this position that donald trump -- remember her quote, that he is not worth it. she believes trying to impeach him gives him exactly what he wants and they sho...

And his family and what they did with the russians? thats not a legal question. that doesnt require you to have a law degree. that, to me, is something that is graspable. thats something that i can explain to my mother or someone on the street. do you think its loyal of people to do what they did given what we now know that the trump people and the trump family and trump himself did with the russians? and so i think if you think about the narrative going forward, ive always -- ive always worried...

Seemed on one of the most critical issues they had under discussion he was confused -- >> yeah. >> -- by what they concluded. >> so, elie, listen, by cnns count, at least 206 times that robert mueller declined to answer a question from lawmakers. >> wow. >> he obviously wants the report to speak for itself. thats a lot of times, though, right? did he undercut his own investigation by refusing to elaborate on it? >> i think he did. there are plenty of things in the report that are very important,...