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Nobody has questioned that until now that its at the level of the president of the united states. and so the idea that you got termites eating into the confidence of americans and american institutions, whether its the media, the courts, whether congress is gerrymandered, whether voting suppression is going on, whether the cia or the fbi can be trusted. at some point, youre out there and the floor falls in because youve taken away the confidence of american people in their own institutions. i th...

Also what we have to do is pass the voting rights act. we see what is taking place in our country in terms of voting suppression. voting rights should be one of the first bills as we move forward. we need to convene everyone, to make sure that all ideas are heard, to make sure that the democratic caucus is inclusive, that people do not feel shut out, that all ideas and experiences are included, and we move forward unified on behalf of the american people because this is the job that helps organi...

This goes back to your original question -- the issue of corruption, the issue of voting rights, voting suppression. these are on our positive agenda to deal with the issues of america. >> infrastructure, that may be a place to start, it would seem theres bipart san support to get things right, giving the example of paradise. thank you, sir. have a happy thanksgiving this week. thank you. what are his lawyers doing to help him with the questions? ♪ hed be proud of us. a family business shoul...

Inned in north dakota beat incumbent democrats. >> corey says, katherine and eugene, 2020 is looking tougher for donald trump in arizona than it was a week ago. what is the strategy for democrats moving forward? >> democrats are feeling more emboldened after these midterms. >> especially after last night. arizona is a big deal. >> overall when you take into account the senate, the house races they won, the governors they flipped, state house seats, i think it was perhaps the best midterm showing...

A very nice guy, hes put together an admiral body of work and many great things to be said about judge gorsuch. concerns about giving him the ninth vote on the supreme court and one is the originalism and what is means for lgbt rights, like the rights to choose, and the other is what happens to our democracy, voting suppression and those things. i think theres real reason to push very hard on him and see whether or not he really cares, for example, about using the constitution and understanding ...

Groups to challenge this law. but did 180 degree turn just this past week. >> it is interesting you bring that up with the justice department because we want to talk about jeff sessions in the capacity of russia. but now as the head of the department of justice here, you had him who met with the naacp president on friday regarding voting rights, voter suppression and policing. and he described the meeting as this, plitly and unnecessarily blunt, cordial and candid. we have been here before, and ...

Latches on to somebody with a bunch of wild claims, puts it out there so his base once again will run with it. so that well talk about it on the air. it will become a part of the national discussion and it has no basis in fact. its part of an ideological argument about voter fraud versus voter suppression. why cant we have a fact-based argument about voting in this country? in the president of the united states really wants to have a fact-based argument and a commission on voting suppression and...

The irony is, this situation could be a positive for the president of the united states. he could say, look, i came through an election, our system isnt perfect, thats what were about, a complete democracy. were going to investigate and make ourselves better and look at the real fraud in our system, voting suppression. we have a problem with it right here. thats not what hes doing. weve already seen with putin theyre taking advantage. people will say, i dont buy what sherman is saying, the rest ...

America. this election proved that was not the case to be quite honest with you. i agree 1,000% that the democratic party should go after and put together a big coalition, lgbt, hispanic women, african-americans, et cetera, et cetera. what you cannot do whe you put together that coalition is seem like youre forgetting everybody else. joeiden said this -- >> andeally forgetting a lot of memory because they said identity politics is dead. they really didnt do identity politics. they didnt identify...

Moment. the wrap-up of 2016, chelsea clinton introducing her dad, and the basic message is, tell your friends, tell your roommates, dont leave anything on the table. dont leave any vote unturned. north carolina can change as it has been to be fighting for voting rights, against voting suppression. there was a key ruling here just last friday from a federal judge. all sorts of issues in early voting, they need to get that vote out. i have to tell you, privately, my information is that the clinton...