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And talking to the television sets. he was with her all day and nobody asked about it, not a single person and the night before i was with a democrat in virginia, elaine luria would flipped a democratic seat to a democrat seat that went for trump and i was at a town hall and nobody brought it up and all but one said they shouldnt touch it, that it will distract from issues they care about. they are not there and pelosi is very cognizant that have. >> maybe we should call them the silent majority...

>> i mean, its funny. you go out and you go to these campaign events, whether its biden, bernie sanders. i was just with him on tuesday. this isnt really what they are talking b.maybe one question will come up about impeachment, but they are talking about healthcare. they are talking about income inequality and climate change, and they want to hear about that from these candidates. i think do you have a situation where elizabeth warren really sort of set the pace in terms of how you frame the de...

Given her that nickname, but this is the answer shes land on. this is what she learned growing up. she grew up in oklahoma. >> and she tried to get ahead of this with the dna test, which, of course, really made native americans mad becaus thats not the way you determine native american an setry. i spoke to native americans about this as well. they are also annoyed with the fact that she keeps saying shes not had a person of color because that also has nothing to do with native american ancestry ...

Fascinating because, number one, even more democrats who dont fully support medicare for all, you dont see them go out in such a way and say this is wrong. bernie sanders is wrong because the ideas are so popular in the democratic party. at the same time, you know, a few minutes later he said basically my plan is, quote, medicare for all if you want it, and so i think he realizes that even though hes not supporting it and is criticizing bernie sanders hes saying, you know, his healthcare plan wo...

Mueller spoke. five after trump spoke reacting to robert mueller yesterday. and what is also interesting is, and rachel, youve done some reporting on this and phil was talking about this as well. 52 congresspeople come from red districts, districts that trump won in 2016, and that is no small thing. weve been talking so much about the impact of this on 2020, on the presidential race, but it also is very important as it relates to whether democrats can keep the house. >> thats exactly right. its ...

Topping our political radar today, proof that politics can still make for strange bedfellows, even in these hyperpartisan times. democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and republican senator ted cruz agreed on twitter to work together to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions. democratic senator and presidential candidate michael bennett is on board as well saying on twitter, wait a minute. this was my idea, but im for it. and senator elizabeth warren was on iheart r...

Held accountable, but you have to go down that path when youre as ready as you can possibly be, and you dont know that until you go down the sglath will we be ready before the year 2020? >> yeah, we will. >> so the timeline is actually interesting. they are acknowledging that they would be able to do something with finality before 2020. that gives them seven months to work with right now. pelosi has maintained her position and house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler has lined up behind h...

Ill pass. thanks to robert muellers surprise statement the number of democrats calling for impeaching proceedings has jumped to ten but one democratic candidate, senator michael bennett of colorado, told me during a cnn town ham last night hes not jumping on the impeachment train arguing it would only help donald trump. >> it is very important that we take a page out of history and do what they did with watergate which was to make sure the

In some ways is proposing is taking that out of the hands of congress and putting it in the hands of the executive branch. >> yeah. which is quite interesting. okay. everybody stand by. up next, well talk a little bit about the impeachment talk on the campaign trail. senator michael ben set going against the 2020 democratic grain making his case against booking an impeachment right yet and how he made a rare admission in a town hall last night saying he regrets a rule change that allowed judges ...

They want to, you know. there are still some democrats running on the hillary clinton platform. they are not all running on the hillary clinton platform. >> thats the question, whether or not theres room for a michael bennett, you know, the progressives are wrong in this -- in this era, in this 2020 climate. >> yeah. i dont know where michael bennett fits in this sort of spectrum democratic candidates. your interview last night with him brought out -- hes very engaging. hes fun to talk to. hes v...