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Step back to last night's lead story. this is cooling-off period. senate and house are going to get out of town. they're not coming back until january 6th. the big question i have for you, these vulnerable republican senators, are they going to go home during the break, do some reflection. are they going to go home during the break and hear from constituents who say you know what, you should hear from some witnesses? let's make sure before we have this, let's have the closest thing we can get to a real trial? >> for the most part they're going to hear from friends and family. they're going to ...

How this does anything but speed up that process. >> well, i mean, from your mouth to god's ears as they say. i hope you're right. the problem is that historically we know that demagoguery as a political strategy often works, appeals to the most base instincts in an electorate often work. racial polarization often works. i say this, you know, with -- i mean, it's a horrible thing to say and it's especially horrible given the traditions of the united states or the best traditions of the united states i should say. but trump's sort of special brand of diabolical genius is to understand that ther...

Sucker punched someone. he's looking at possible assault charges. you can hear a woman in the video ask over and over what's happening? what's happening? it's a good question. we talk about decency in washington. what's happening there is just a reflection of who we are. be honest. we need to demand better of ourselves. studies show being kind makes you happier. being kind is contiguous. it adds to longevity, success in relationships, and yet too often, too many are too mean. online for damn sure but offline as well. sure, potus and others play on prejudices and hot passion. they can't use wha...

We need genuine folk who are interested in addressing kitchen table moments p that's the ground level. the base beginning of standing out. >> i was one of those operatives -- not that i didn't want people to listen to me. what you're saying to is right. when they turn the camera on donald trump, they see his base instincts grab them in the bleep, we don't want anyone from those bleep hole countries. what they see in the moment doesn't have to be pretty but it has to be real. what do you like that's been real? >> i like what elizabeth warren has been doing. not so much the gene logical stuff bu...

To repent their own lives, they have to be alive to do that. shannon: we're not talking about due process but sham trials in places where people don't have human rights, this is a jury of their peers and in 2016 it was put to a referendum in the public so not only do they want to keep the death penalty but they wanted to expedite it. what do you tell those voters? it doesn't matter? >> not that it doesn't matter but we need to be better. we don't need to give into our tribal base instincts. to say there is right and wrong and we kill because it, we are better than that and more importantly, to...