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The presidents former top lawyer for not responding to their subpoenas. where this goes, i dont know. many have said this will proceed with watergate-type hearings. youve heard it all. is that a distraction for democrats that divides their attention and maybe cost the party? >> i dont think so. if you look at iowa right now, you listen to the speeches, people are not talking about impeachment. voters are not interested in impeachment. theyre interested in why theyre making less money. theyre int...

Particularly the judiciary committee is anyones guess. as expected, the house has cited for civil contempt. steve, this is maybe a side issue. i dont need to overly minimize it. the economy is the thing that is driving for the most part voters. are you surprised that this president is not benefitting more from that in the polls? >> well, you know, theres a poll out that just a couple days ago that showed trump had a 50% approval rating. thats a really good number. >> neil: for the most part, it ...

In this country, by creating a policy that says, everybody at birth gets a stake in this economy. >> basically every newborn gets a bond. amount set based on income of the family. whats the sense how voters responded to this? >> interest in some of these ideas. candidates are confident in them not making it a side issue. the baby bond cory booker talks about $1,000 starting for every newborn grow at a different rate is his central campaign issue. kamala harris talks about the racial wealth gap s...

And so he goes on twitter and starts a war. >> so let me ask you really quickly just a side issue. weve been talking about joe biden this morning. how does biden shake up the race and impact the race? >> i love uncle joe as he fondly has been called. i worked in the obama administration. i got to travel with him while in the obama administration. he brings a lot of kind of experience. he is remembered fondly by the obama supporters. and i think thats why he is doing so well. and he is also seen ...

Of command and gives it to trained military prosecutors which will professionalize the system. >> do you support that? >> i think its also a side issue. i think right now, we are actually seeing, an enormous increase in the number of prosecutions. the commanders are now under so much pressure, that they are basically authorizing the prosecution of anything. and as a result, we are seeing a huge increase in the acquittal rate. there are so many cases being brought that are minor cases of i was da...

So well see if that changes the dynamics after these votes go down in a matter of moments. >> hoping the inaction leads to action, manu, thank you so much. well let you keep catching up with different members of congress and bringing us this great color. david chalian, what about compromise? are you see anything inkling of a possible compromise in the works? >> compromise i guess is in the eye of the beholder but is there a pathway out of the shutdown, i will say the -- what we saw from presiden...

Judges. so when the president talks about the crisis at the border and people trying to exploit or system, one thing he is doing to hurt that system is by laying off these judges and continuing to expand this backlog that is now over 800,000 cases. another thing that he laid out is the fact that he would call for a national emergency. he would again want to get the department of defense involved and as my colleague and i reported today, they are already talking about extending the troops that ar...

Whether it is a gender disparity or racist disparity must be result of discrimination so our stem field now are obsessed with gender -- gender equity and race are equity. >> so also is an attack as you write -- on competition. obviously, and on merit. >> it is. > and so we dumb down our society we triballize our society and is our society. >> it benefits the society because lets start with the college campus but it goes into the corporations as well. onon a college campus, students are being ta...

Much, actually may be the friendliest toward what the bar is on actually crossing the threshold for witness tampering. but this is something that is in debate among legal scholars. when we talk about eric trumps tweets or george conway, it is interesting. it is like watching a tv show. but it is a side issue that distracts from the court question, which is is it legally dangerous behavior for a sitting official, no less the president. what are the implications for the actual threshold for when y...

Whether a gender disparity or race. must be the result of discrimination, our stem fields are now obsessed with gender equity and race equity. >> also an attack. on competition. and merit. >> it is. >> we dumb down our society, we triballize our society, vulcanize our society, who does this benefit? >> well, it benefits the bureaucracy. lets start with college camp us, it goes to corporations as well. on a college campus, students are taught to hate, taught to think of themselves as victims, thi...