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This information, between that and his announcement of raids in these states and cities, is this a play to his base? you have the mueller testimony next week, you have energy in the democratic field. hes had recent set backs. is this a play to his base? >> i think the president has been conscious to where his base is on any issue related to immigration. so its his way of threading that needle. its very hard to go up against the supreme court, your supreme court really. this is a court that has m...

Someone that you have to watch. one is $100 million that he is going to spend. first one to come up with a tv ad. number two, he has spent in the last few years getting donor lists and getting activist lists which is the key to grassroots. three things he has done. the impeach trump, the climate change and the voter registration. i think he has tens of millions of peoples names that are activists. now, that being said, those are two good things but i actually think threading the needle of being ...

That is, hes going to -- i mean, hes going to make this the most boring hearing you can imagine. i doubt that any new news is going to come out of it. the need is not going to be shifted. but you know, ari, as you were asking me that question i was remembering back. i am old enough to remember in 1974, when the house was trying to consider whether to impeach or begin impeachment proceedings against nixon and there was a lot of division, finally the leadership in the house, the democratic leaders...

Candidates, including a historic number of women. >> on both stages. which is a really cool thing for the democrats in this country. >> were going to see a huge range of ages, right? >> yes. >> were going to see hispanic, black, women in numbers weve never seen before on the debate stage. does it change the dynamic? >> democrats hope theres an implicit message on the diversity on that stage. for the women candidates, you know -- >> first openly gay candidate. >> first openly gay candidate. women...

Interesting way. and as kirsten gillibrand put it, who led the effort and is perhaps paying a bit of a price for that right now, but the other democrats who are also running, who were in the field, including elizabeth warren, kamala harris, all called for al franken to resign. so pete buttigieg was separating himself from them, but threading the needle a little bit because the issue of me too and womens treatment in the workplace by powerful superiors is a raw issue for many voters, particularly...

People who vote for me, you "some people," i get it, i hear you, but im going to say this thing here thats politically correct, but dont worry, i -- you know, dont think of that seriously. >> i hear the threading of the needle. i hear that. and peter, i dont know if youre as much of a student of body language as i am, but also, i hope you noticed that when he said, i think its fine, he shook his head just like that, which is a tell. >> but it is a striking thing that here we are, not 12 years re...

Committed. heres how he spelled it out. >> its very clear the president -- its very clear 1,100 times he referred to the mueller investigation as a witch hunt. he tried to protect flynn from being investigated by the fbi. he fired comey in order to stop the russian thing as he told nbc news. hes dangled -- hes intimidated witnesses. >> very interesting needle that jerry nadler is threading. hes spelling all that out. the laundry list of where he sees crimes having been committed but in the same ...

To toe the line. the story comes out that buzzfeed that he was directed to lie to congress and the special counsels office knocks it down. and here is a kind of threading of the needle as cohen explains it that i thought was interesting. id like the get your response. take a listen. >> mr. trump did not directly tell me to lie to congress. thats not how he operates. in conversations we had during the campaign, at the same time i was actively negotiating in russia for him, he would look me in the...

Being a little nicer about it. i think as you have pointed out, the letter does not say explicitly, under no circumstances will we serve a subpoena on the witness tomorrow. the ball is now in the court of the justice department. >> the letter says specifically to the extent that you believe you are unable to fully respond to any questions during the hearing tomorrow, we are prepared to handle your concerns on a case by case basis, both during and after tomorrows hearing. he is not ruling out -- ...

For failing to address the middle class. the president calling for bipartisan solutions, addressing the strength of the country. >> there is a new opportunity in american politics. we have the courage, together, to seize it. victory is not winning for our party. victory is winning for our country. heather: joining me with reaction, kaylee mcinerney, thank you for joining us. you had a long night as well. >> im excited to be here with you. heather: lets begin with what you thought about the presi...