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Headquarters in new york city. do or die time, 2020 democrats up against the clock if they want to qualify for the next debate with the deadline just around the corner, new hints are merging who may be facing the end of the road soon. also defending the raids in a brand-new interview with nbc news. the acting director of i.c.e. touts the job that's been done by agents who carried out that massive raid in mississippi. and how the operation was handled. and back on the road. president trump hitting pause on his vacation to head to a key state that he'll need to win back the white house. we'l...

About that instead of talking about the shutdown and how we could get out of the shutdown. >> okay. speaking of the shutdown, there's a meeting today, 11:00, vice president mike pence will be there. staff from the house and senate will be there. leadership will not. speaker pelosi will not be attending that. what is her strategy at this point? do you have any insights? >> sure, look, i mean, i think if you look at these types of -- of crises, they have -- there are ebbs and flows. there's language that is cont d contentio contentious, there are press conferences and so on. and then quietly at ...

>> he's certainly in the ball game. the interesting name that wasn't mentioned was greg abbott, the governor running for re-election. why does greg abbott matter to ted cruz? because greg abbott has put $50 million into a statewide get out the vote campaign. people who watch these numbers carefully say there is probably a 2.5 to 3 point buffer for ted cruz because of greg abbott's get out the vote. many machines are still aligned that way. they're moving away from that, the proclivity, the history of that is still real. the key in texas to me in the o'rourke, cruz race is much more greg abbott...

Education has been awarded by a top human rights prize. it was rumored she was a cont d contender for the nobel peace prize. all of this comes a year after malala was shot on her school bus by the taliban. sitting down with our chief instant correspondent christiane amanpour, hosting a town hall with malala in new york city last night. to be in her presence is a miracle in itself. >> it really is. who knew she would ab live this time last year. she spoke about what had happened to her. i haven't actually heard her speak about that publicly. i've heard her say a lot about her dreams, her passio...

We could imagine a very quick and easy confirmation. >> far better this. i'm not laughing at you i'm enjoying one aspect of the way you said something. do you think this is a much better appointment from kerry's point of view than had he been ut up for defense when there was the old issue of his anti-war activities? >> and of his qualifications. he has foreign policy experience but the military street cred, even though he was a war hero, it's a very controversial and he doesn't have the primary budget experience that leon panetta had as a former budget director. >> one thing this does potentia...