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Let me tell you, if you're looking for the candidate you agree with 100% of the time, then i want you to do something for me tonight, go home and look in the mirror. you're the only person you agree with 100% of the time. but sometimes we make political candidates feel like that's what you want, like you want us to agree with you 100% of the time or you won't vote for us. that's why we have the political system we have in washington now, because we have people who have become convinced that they have to be 100 percenters. >> joining me now, msnbc contributor goldie taylor, josh barrel, politic...

Yost manhattan institute, former member of mitt romney advisory group. dr. valarie and richard kim, executive editor for thenation.com. are there any political costs to obama care as to the single plank of the republican healthcare agenda. >> only a single plank, yeah. i think there needs to be a constructive alternative but i'm not convinced that repeal will be likely in 2017. i think that if you're going invest all of your political capitol only on repeal and not on the possibility that well be stuck with this law that we don't like, and what do we do to reform it or build on it, i think t...

Tragedy that took place in aurora, colorado. midnight hours of the movie screaming of "the dark knight rises" led to 12 people being shot. the shooter, james holmes, is in custody and awaiting an appearance in court on monday morning. joining me is richard kim, executive editor at thenation.com. and harry smith, correspondent for nbc's "rock center" and dorran warren, political science of international affairs at columbia university. richard, i want to start with you. i rarely find myself in a position of cheering on a police chief. but this police chief in everything from his public demeanor ...

Richard kim, executive editor of thenation.com. richard, i just got to say, i really only ever want the other guys to be moderate. i don't want our guys to be moderate. i want to be really honest about that. i really just want the republicans to be moderate. >> you are seeing a-similar et rick polarization. we were talking in the green room. i'm wondering why we necessarily link the question of congressional productivity to the lack of moderates. or why we link polarization to the lack of productivity. you have countries in europe where there's incredible polarization. there are socialist/comm...

Realizing we are now the larger half. right now, i am joined by michaela angela davis, a writer and former executive fashion and beauty editor for "essence" magazine. richard kim, my friend and colleague at the nation where he is executive editor of thenation.com, john mcwhorter and rebecca traister, a contributor to "the new york times" magazine and salon.com. thanks for coming back. the first most important bid of business, john, congratulations on the birth of your daughter. >> she's very cute. >> i saw a picture and i agree. >> we were swapping daughter pictures in the green room. okay. no...