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All, thank you. defense attorneys in the trial of former obama white house counsel greg craig say they plan to call the defendant to testify. prosecution is expected to rest its case tomorrow. craig is charged with one count of lying to federal investigators about his work on a report paid for in part by the ukrainian government. politics 2020 style, the democrats battling each other for the right to take on president trump next year, are either preparing for the next debate cycle in september or pushing hard to try to qualify. one candidate who appears to be gaining momentum is packing the cr...

Conversations. i think one of the lessons we learned in 2016 was how difficult it was. no matter how much hillary clinton talked about policy to have that breakthrough the media narrative as part of that -- >> that's what's really interesting. you bring that up. talking policy didn't work in 2016 for hillary clinton. it didn't work for the challenges in the republican primary going up against donald trump in 2016. what makes democrats think it's going to be different this time around? >> maybe it's because of the size of the field or the length of time we have. maybe this is an odd up side. ca...

Whole things, everything that came out of this was a self-inflicted wound. if he had not made the mistake last week, he wouldn't have had to answer it. last night, he did days of debate prep with some of the best in the business, ron klain, anita dunn. people who have done debate cycle after cycle. there was nervousness coming out of the debate prep sessions. yet this had to be something he was prepped for, and whether it was in the moment because he didn't anticipate it coming from harris or what, in the moment she prosecuted it and he could have deaden that thing with the right answer to her...

Testifying publicly before congress. it's going to happen next month. i'll talk about how he will likely handle lawmakers' questions with someone who has worked with him closely. also, a new flash point in the immigration debate. a disturbing image of a father and daughter drowned trying to cross the u.s./mexico border. it's sparking new outrage. and we will of course have much more ahead as we count down to tonight's big showdown. something to ponder as we head to break as we take a live look at that debate stage there in miami. since the last debate cycle when donald trump dominated that s...

I'm like why you? right off the bat we're stumped. >> he said two things i wanted your take on. one is there's too many people and what president obama once said about the republicans is their firing squad is going to turn into a circular one and that's no good for the democrats. the other one is they have to be careful about political correctness because they wind up punishing their friends. they wind up punishing people with them. the right doesn't give a damn and it works to your disadvantage. too many and too much pc. do you agree with either? >> i don't think it's the role of the dnc chai...