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Eliana johnson, white house reporter for politico. good to have both of you with us. nia-malika, we know this is working for the president and his supporters. are democrats handling these continued attacks the right way? >> you know, its hard to know at this point. i think when the president, you know, talks in this way and sends that racist tweet and in any way sort of stokes white anxiety or plays white identity politics, its destabilizing for democrats. because its not something that we have ...

Where impeachment is warranted then go forward with impeachment. >> is that why you voted against the failed effort that congress al green led. is it because you feel its still a work in progress? you dont have enough yet. >> sure. we havent heard testimony from mueller. i think thats important testimony to add to all the underlying facts that have been collected so far. if they lead us to a strong case then impeachment would be the next step. i dont think were quite there yet. >> okay. may i as...

>> yeah. >> havent seen you in a while. >> yes. been busy. >> run around a lot. >> making millions of dollars. >> millions and millions, yes. how is work going? >> yeah. i enjoy it. >> its working well being in the dorm setting? >> yes. >> got friends over there? >> lots of them. theyre very kind people over there. >> wonderful. >> so we play cards and make slams and eat pizzas. >> one of these days when i have a little courage ill try one of those slams. ive heard a lot about them. >> street is...

It is important a slogan. it also is speaking directly to how people were feeling. we know there are seven studies in the aftermath of the election. the majority of the frutrump vos with racial change and misogyny and womens rights change. remember during 2016, we said when was the great time when everybody had all this freedom and america is a work in progress. i do think the point she made was well taken. he knew how to speak to what voters cared about. i certainly think for the democrats, bot...

>> i think every candidate got a chance to articulate their vision. its always difficult when you have ten people on the stage, to make sure that everyone moves forward and has the opportunity to articulate that and answer questions. im sure thats going to continue to be a work in progress. one of our goals is to try our best thats close to an equal distribution of time per candidates. i havent studied the particular data. i will certainly study it. >> where the questions good? was it a good por...

And afraid of folks sitting down and having conversations. we should have had this hearing a long time ago. >> mitch mcconnell dismissing the idea. >> i dont think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us current living is responsible is a good idea. we tried to deal with our original sin of slavery. by fighting a zcivil war and passing civil rights legislation. we elected an african american president. i think were always a work in progress. and this country. bu...

Emancipation proclamation. >> juneteenth, with the emancipation of in the south. bill still needs senate approval, and majority leader mitch mcconnell made it clear this week, it has no chance of survival there. >> we are always a work in progress, and this country, buto one currently alive was responsible for that. and i dont think we should be trying to figure out how to compensate for it. >> senator cory booker and the majority of other 2020 hopefuls support either reparations or studies on t...

Contentious issue for the democrats. a controversial issue in america. and thats reparations. >> i dont think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us current living are responsible is a good idea. we have tried to deal with our original sin. of slavery. by fighting a civil war and passing landmark civil rights legislation. we elected an african american president. i think were always a work in progress. and this country. but, no one currently alive was responsib...

To highlight lgbtq rights there. lets go to nbc news ward warrior ali vitaly. welcome to you. pride is about celebrating and also underlining quality is very much still a work in progress. how do we bring attention to that, what still needs to be done to protect lgbtq rights? >> alex, im sure its going to come up. were standing here where about half a dozen of the 2020 candidates in the state this weekend will be speaking for just a few minutes each. as much as i think the issue of lgbtq right...

About the world you intend where there is reconciliation. >> you are a person of faith. do you think you have forgiven him? >> i would like to say that im a work in progress on that. i think that a lot of people think that thats something that you can do very easily. and i wish i could say that thats done. but when you have to let go of your child, it doesnt go. so i work on it and i hope some