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This is the democratic establishment coming to coalesce around the democratic candidate. is that what today's democratic nominating electorate is interested in getting from their leadership? >> they are going to have a choice. this field is insane when you look at how many people there are. there are a lot of people to choose from unlike last time. i remember covering the first debate. there were a handful of people and a few debates in, it was two people. >> because there are so many people and biden is considered the old incumbent, there needs to be a voice to build around him. he will be in...

Straw poll done amongst republicans and they went on to elect donald trump as president. is it good for fund-raising? absolutely. is it very, very early, too close to call. probably going to be upwards of almost 15 candidates running for president on the democratic side. but i will tell you this, if you're tom perez right now, the dnc is having fund-raisers in dc, you feel good about the positions democrats are in right now in this country. no matter who we select as our nominee, we will have a good group of candidates to choose from. >> i'm curious, beto is so interesting a candidate coming o...

Orbit. you see a graphic on your screen there. 14 trump associates now known to have been approached by the russians during the 2016 campaign. let me ask you this. the issue of trump and russia was out there very much during the 2016 campaign. it's something your campaign talked about. what do you know now two years later that you didn't know during the 2016 campaign? >> you know, our campaign manager just did an op-ed in "the washington post" that laid this out. we know most -- we knew most of what we know now back in the summer of 2016. i think from our perspective, unfortunately, the press ...

Here, not withstanding what the president has asked them for. >> we're starting to get reaction from around capitol hill. lindsey graham reacting to this meeting. we played some clips just a minute ago. here's what lindsey graham had to say. >> i love the fact that the american people got to see how politics works. the president's right to want more wall funding. we need a wall as part of border security. schumer has voted in the past for a $42 billion border security package that included money for a wall. everybody's voted for the secure fence act of 2006. it had about 1100 miles of fencing ...

Politics with our national security or with the running of government. social security recipients should be able to get their checks and not be part of his little gamesmanship. he's acting like he's a cornered animal and he lashes out. that's not the description of any president that i want in charge of our country. >> all right. congresswoman jackie speier from california. thank you for taking a few minutes. >> thank you. all right. next, it is already time for 2020 straw polls. how about this. there is a new one. we've got results. who is on top of the first big democratic straw poll for 2...