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Talking about joe biden. he seems to be his biggest competition at this point and he is speaking to the home crowd, not too far from scranton, talking about the trade deals in the economy. as we said earlier, joe bidens main selling point is hes going to bring us back to normal and unify the country. >> hes going to make joe biden where those comments from foreign leaders who said that they want joe biden back. hes going to make him wear those comments for as long as joe biden is in the race. it...

He was in these meetings. as we look for an explanation, as laura knows better than i, about why muellers team thinks that manafort is lying to them, rick gates was in those meetings. who told them when he came that they left by different doors? he is critical. another example is, he is clearly cooperating because they keep putting off his sentencing date. its now march 15th. >> if he knew, manafort, his deputy rick gates was fully cooperating with mueller, why would he go ahead and lie as muell...

Happened to him than kellyanne conway. i also think there is an element here to where she leaks to so many people that nobody fingers her because they are getting information from her. they want to keep the relationship intact. its a smart strategy. >> leak is an easy word to use and perhaps understand. with any organization, any campaign, any political outfit, there is leak and also shaping the story. shes not the only one to do that. shes right. steve bannon did get fired for shaping the story...

Commentator and republican strategist alice stewart with us and cnn political commentator and democratic strategist, maria cardoba. ryan was saying iowa democrats find is choosable to find somebody who aligns with their beliefs. what does it say about the state of the country in this matchup? >> it says its a smart strategy. right now, you would like to think that all of the names on the democratic side, if youre a democratic voters, their policies align with you but you may not have enough spec...

Post-kavanaugh, now immigration-heavy conversation landscape? >> look, im at the stage here, two weeks out, where you dont worry at all. do your work. get out there, vote. well have huge numbers of voters. the north carolina vote is an incredible yearly vote. so its just not the time to worry. its the time to get out and do your work and the voters will take care of the rest of the it. >> former dnc chairman speak right there. susan, your take on the presidents approach to his campaigner in chie...

House. the white house is large organization. >> we talk how there was a lot to unpack. jake said this was remarkable. it was remarkable the breadth and depth. this idea he is coming out and doing a hard media push. talked with reporters again in the last half hour this morning. smart strategy on the part of the president? >> i think its a smart strategy. donald trump is so different than anybody else we have known who served as a political leader in this country. hes doing all kinds of things i...

I think we will see president trump very quickly turn on republican lawmakers on this including don mcgahn and leonard leo and the senators and distance himself. and i think the way that hell do that is by calling out that kavanaugh used to work in the bush administration and using that as a bit of a diss or distancing mechanism. >> well, thats interesting and on that front, kind of, eli, when we hear ben sasse say it shouldnt surprise us that trump attacked dr. ford, is that a senator wanting t...

Surprise us that trump attacked dr. ford, is that a senator wanting to have it both ways, wanting us to react with surprise that hes so up front in his criticism of the president, even though hes a consistent and anticipatable yes? >> yes, it is. and hes -- ben sass is sort of the poster child for that behavior. but hes certainly not alone. i think the interesting thing about trumps behavior and mocking dr. ford on stage at a rally earlier this week, you know, if the goal is to rile up the base,...

How do we juggle that? >> its an incredibly complex issue. i think the way that president trump is countering china is the single most important thing, for my foreign policy perspective, that he will do in his presidency. we have not had the stomach to do what it takes to counter china and we tend to look at north korea and china, we look at trade, sanctions, these issues, and i think what is really smart about what this administration is doing -- a lot of people would disagree with me -- i thin...

Available to spaed ie long the process. as it relates to spaeting alook the process, it is not wrapped up yet, but i do believe that in terms of jeopardy to the president, i dont see the downside to having mcgan go talk with them and they said that he was a strong witness. >> he did say he was a strong witness for the presidents case, that is what john says, the new york times is saying the presidents current legal team was surprised. they apparently surprised the administration enough that the ...