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General hyten. >> we had some dramatic and emotional testimony on capitol hill today. leah, let me get your take on how this latest twist has unfolded with the president and elijah cummings. the president seemed to be direct in explaining why it was that he was so frustrated here targeting cummings, of course. he does chair a committee that has incredible power and is looking into the president's finances in a myriad of other things. but again, still making these assertions that, frankly, his standing with african-americans is in a place that, as hallie points out, it simply isn't. >> sure. th...

Exchange because it didn't work out so well before. he wasn't as nimble. i think he is getting prepared for next week's debate in a way he wasn't last time, and it shows he sees these attacks coming. >> we didn't know it's not coming. neera and leah, thanks to both of you. appreciate it. we've got a little breaking news right now. an update on the battle over president trump's tax returns. brand-new court filings just now showing trump is suing new york attorney general and house ways and means committee to block disclosure of his tax returns. so new escalation in that fight. up next -- on...

And releasing it before next week's presidential debates, although, clearly, from what we're seeing today, it's not going to ward off criticism from some of his fellow democrats. joining me now, leah wright and the president and ceo of the center for american progress, nira. so what do you think? can biden pull off an about-face on this? >> i think the issue really is that he has a variety of proposals. those proposals to actually address a lot of the criticism of the '94 crime bill. the crack to cocaine differential in sentencing, mandatory minimums. >> but the people hurt by the crime bill o...

That proposal in the '90s. it's vital for the vice president. i'm glad he came out with this set of proposals today. also investing in prevention. it's vital for the vice president to say how he's going to address the large-scale disparities we see in the criminal invest system. we've learned a lot over the last several decades. information we didn't have in the early '90s. a lot of people are going to look at what he's proposing, not some of the statements he made, you know, now 25, a quarter of a century years ago. >> so leah, the criticism from cory booker came very quickly. he tweeted this...

>> thank you very much. >> leah wright -- jeff zeleny, welcome to both of you. jeff, first to you, your reaction on the new poll numbers and how strong the showing senator harris has. >> well, one thing is clear, senator harris totally captured the imagination and the interest of a lot of voters who were watching the debate last week, she's now going to be locked in the top tier of candidates, as her campaign is well aware, this is a fluid race, things can go down as fast as they go up, it's clear there's a level of interest in her candidacy that certainly she sparked last week in miami. i thi...