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We saw disagreements and you know, chris, i think the area just to take one example where we really helped to crystallize where we are and where we need to go and what the differences are is in health care because every candidate believes that every person in this country should have access to quality affordable health care. were 90% of the way there thanks to barack obama and lbj and other democrats and we had a spirited discussion about how to get to the mountain top, that final 10%. some peop...

Where we really helped to crystallize where we are and where we need to go and what the differences are is in health care, because every candidate believes that every person in this country should have access to quality affordable health care. were 90% of the way there thanks to barack obama and lbj and other democrats, and we had a spirited discussion about how to get to the mountaintop, that final 10%. some people believe that we should have a single payer model, medicare for all. others belie...

That out loud on live television in what will be roadblock coverage, which means no matter what channel you turn to, you will see and hear robert mueller, that could be a cataclysmic political undertaking for the president. dont believe me. just look at the president. the president in his bones knows the last thing his presidency could handle is robert mueller reading a paragraph from this report on television. >> the president doesnt seem particularly pleased with the fact bob muellers going to...

It wont pay for itself. there are voters that work hard every day who are not feeling the benefit of that relief that the president is talking about. thats substantively. well fight this on cultural grounds and the beto orourkes and pete buttigieg talks about. a new moral america. democrats have to weave that closely. i will caution is this. we saw a decrease in african american participation, percentage of participation down from 2008 and 2012. that number for example has to go back up. in wisc...

Impeachment probe? >> no, i was still holding back. >> so this week is the week youre saying start an impeachment probe? >> start the inquiry. it doesnt mean were going to impeach him tomorrow or maybe ever. lets not be naive. i dont think theres -- anybody thinks that mitch mcconnell is going to allow president trump to be impeached. democrats have to keep our eye on the prize. were going t.o have to beat trump at the ballot. >> substantively, do you think he obstructed justice? >> probably. i ...

He didnt do any of that. why, gene? >> again, i would have loved to have been robert muellers editor. i would have had plenty of suggestions for how he might have done this. nonetheless, i do agree that this was his way of leveling the playing field. he realized that his work had been distorted. and by selecting the points, i think he did go considerable way toward sort of getting the discussion back where he wanted it. you know, that said, could he have done it in a punchier way? absolutely. >>...

Change the way these reports are presented so it doesnt look like climate change is such a bad thing. that is what is significantly new here. >> you know, dan, to corals point, the u.s. government provides a huge amount of just the basic science underpinnings and sort of agglomeration of data that underlie all of this, right? a lot of its coming from the federal government. >> its a clearinghouse. and theres a public service here, chris. when i was working with the epa under lisa jackson the fir...

Is on with regard to iran. president trump is much harder line. and abe is going to tehran in june to try to become a mediator between the united states and iran. so theyll have a lot to talk about substantively, along with trade. but i can tell you the pictures that we just saw, the team, the campaign team, headquarters trump, would love those pictures. and i think well probably see them again in the next few months. >> scott, nothing makes the president look more like a world leader like these...

Now whats really interesting and critical to understand about the call is whenever michael flynn was communicating to the russian ambassador the trump administrations intention to lift sanctions when they came into office, was he indicating he was acting on behalf of the president or the president-elect at that time that trump told him to make the offer? or was he suggesting this was something he was going to try and convince the president of? thats significant because the mueller report couldnt...

Kushner has greed hand over documents. it is continuing the obstruction of justice probe. how significant is that? >> real significant. first of all, substantively. jared kushner is iner, iner circle. er he was right there. this is setting an example. if the presidents son-in-law, one of his senior advisers, is willing to comply, turn over documents, hopefully that will set a tone that the rest of the white house hand been setting and keep us out of the constitutional crisis we were discussing b...