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Joining us now to tell us what this means for the democratic pollster, msnbc contributor, cornell belcher. mr. belcher, it is great to have you on, good to see you again. let me start by asking about that stacey abrams had, that i just played. is it smart for democrats to center issues like gun control, and abortion rights, in a swing state like georgia, front and center of their campaign? >> absolutely, it is. democrats need to change the fundamental dynamic of the mid term. they are not going to do that unless they get jarring, and throw a lowball. i have to say, watching those republican ad...

Munich this weekend. joining us is connecticut senator, chris murphy, a member of the foreign relations committee and part of the delegation here at the munich security conference. you have long experience in ukraine, more than any other senator, going back to what's happening in 2017 and 2018. is it smart for president zelensky to leave right now with so much at stake in his country and so many people in ukraine, russian backers who could undermine him? >> president zelensky's job is impossible right now because he's got to do ten things at once. we've seen the balance he has to be able to ma...

Again, this committee documents they do have, they have altered and lied to the american people about those. i don't trust anything this committee does, but you know, the discrepancy between the two conflicting testimonies that we have. >> laura: congressman banks, related to this somewhat, president trump has decided to do a rally on january 6th. given all the emotion and the lies about what happened and what did happen criminally, some things were horrific that happen and shouldn't have happened that day. is it smart for president trump to have a rally versus next week or the week before? >>...

I don't trust anything this committee does, but you know, we would at least like to know what the discrepancy between the two conflicting testimonies that we have. >> laura: congressman banks, related to thisno somewhat, president trump has decided to do a rally on january 6th. given all the emotion and the lies about what happened and what did happen criminally, some things were horrific that happen and shouldn't have happened that day. is it smart for president trump to have a rally versus next week or the week before? >> i welcome it. president trump has important things to say on thursday,...

Election turmoil in both canada and russia today. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is in the fight of his political life with aaron o'toole to call an election two years before necessary. we have reporters in montreal and moscow with the latest. we saturday with paula newton in montreal. what's the latest there? >> reporter: you know what, john, justin trudeau called this, as you said, two years early, in the middle of a pandemic. some called it smart. others called it completely cynical. he looked at the poll numbers and said this is my chance, i can get more seats in parliament, be abl...