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And many experts would say, flat improper to ask for it. then we get to number two, matt. what do you think, you're so steeped in these things a lot of people don't think about. what do the ag and doj do when they get pressure? what is your view of what we're learning about this and what it means that bill barr, who as john said, would go over other lines, won't go over this one? >> i think there are two possibilities, and it's hard to know which one. one is the theory that john advanced. which is, look, bull barr has taken his reputation on the line and taken a hit for the president before. a...

Why wasn't she ready to give an answer like that until now? >> well, you know, i'm sure she wanted to green eye shade the whole thing and make sure her numbers could add up without any middle class tax hike. the question is whether this comes off as believable to not only members of congress but to the public. as john said, she would really have to bring along a huge public wave of support for this type of plan, for it to have any chance at all of getting anywhere if she were elected president. and it's just people are going to have a lot of skepticism about this. they're just not going to bel...

Mounting for the house on impeaching the president but also the exposure of other individuals, some by, according to donald trump's latest defenses, according to him, you know, tattling on them. >> well, obviously, this is escalating and unfolding in ways that perhaps we don't even understand yet. but one thing does become clear and as john said, the presence of the second whistleblower really does corroborate the second-hand testimony of the first. and that's really important. that adds fuel to this fire. more than i covered for other people to come forward. i wouldn't be surprised if we had ...

Tennessee. gun owners at the table, everyone owned guns and they said i would be for banning high-volume magazines. i would be for universal background checks. i don't want teachers to have to start becoming armed. i think that this is an opportunity for republicans to catch up with the mood of the country and their own base. >> well, that's why on paper at least, elise, universal background checks feels like an easy one because it does enjoy such support, not just in the country, but among republicans, as john said, and nra members that you think mitch mcconnell might be able to say let's giv...

Dictators in some ways and autocrats. but it's hard to know what the deliverables were at this point in this kind of series of meetings that we've seen. >> beyond, as john said, seems to be restarting talks, i don't think there were any deliverables. trump is basically -- it's a risky calculation, and one of the reasons other u.s. presidents haven't done things like what we saw over the weekend is because there is propaganda value for the north. in north korea having these images of an american president smiling next to a north korean leader, there's real value there. so american presidents ha...