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Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Havent read the Washington Post story, part of that is that donald trump has become enamored of the new Talking Point from his tv lawyer Rudy Giuliani that collusion is not a crime so they ha...

All right, everybody, welcome back to "the cross connection." we have a lot of trending topics to get to. but first texass near total abortion ban is back in effect. thats at least for now. late last night, a federal appeals court temporarily reinstated the law just two days after a lower court had blocked it. so today nearly all abortions in texas are illegal once again. joining me now is brad jenkins, former obama white house associate director of public engagement and founder and ceo of infra...

Hes a different breed of cat and we need to beat him. and we need to talk about prosperity. i spent 25 years building a business. were going to have to take him on on the economy, not have these kinds of conversations and tear each other down, but actually go after this corrupt president and beat him on the economy where he thinks hes king and where, in fact, hes a fraud and a failure. >> all right. so unpack tonights debate. i want to welcome my panel. corinne jean pierre, move.org, msnbc contr...

Impeached. its about half of the country which is more than wanted either bill clinton or richard nixon to be impeached and yet it didnt seem to be what was motivating the day after this debate. >> look, the issue of impeachment, and nancy pelosi has articulated this about the solemn constitutional ability to do whats right. its not about the politics and i think that has been the democrats message this weekend and previously. if there are politics about it, its less about 2020, and more about d...

Who is the one who is most likely to do that. >> this primary comes down to some simple questions. who has the best ideas, the best experience. mostly, who can beat donald trump and how will she do it. >> we need to go after this guy. hes a different breed of cat and we need to beat him. and we need to talk about prosperity. i spent 25 years building a business. were going to have to take him on on the economy, not have these kinds of conversations and tear each other down, but actually go after...

The root.com and msnbc contributor. and in washington, rick tyler, republican strategist and co-founder of foundry strategies. hes also an msnbc political analyst. a whole lot of msnbc people turned up here tonight. i want to start ladies first. so, the question at the end here was who can beat donald trump. for the people watching the debate, that is what they want to see. ill throw up the numbers right now. donald trump just pretty much stays where he is, kind of no matter who hes running agai...

Impromp impromptu press conference. im joined now by jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. he made a point during his campaign were not going to be -- we werent laughed at. obama was adored across the world. and now we have this picture thats going to be haunting this president at least through "saturday night live" at least of the boys club, all these heads of state chuckling about our president. >> this isnt the first, second, third or even fifth time this has happened with this admin...

Its all about this hearing room and the hearing that begins at the top of the hour, because it begins a new phase in the march toward possible articles of impeachment. if there are to be articles, they will originate in this hearing room. joining our discussion this morning, two returning veterans and friends of ours, jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com and pulitzer prize-winning author and historian jon meacham. gentlemen, welcome. jason, to begin with you. preview what you think it ...

Court clears the way. we have a lot in the show tonight. i want to begin on this piece of the breaking news, with the daily beasts margaret carlson and jason johnson from theroot.com. good evening to both of you. >> good evening, ari. >> good evening. >> margaret, your view of what we have here in the layer cake, i would argue, some cake that is not fully famous, so whether people know and believe mr. kent is a matter of some debate. rising all the way up to the john bolton frosting. someone tha...

Focused heavily on economic issues, and despite their differences, all 12 candidates agreed that the economy is not working for the middle class. candidates criticized trade deals, suggested a minimum wage increase, warned about job automation and proposed radical, new federal programs like universal basic income and a green new deal. joining me now to dissect these proposals, matt stoller, author of the new book "goliath: the 100-year war between monopoly and democracy." and jason johnson, poli...