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The root.com and msnbc contributor. and in washington, rick tyler, republican strategist and co-founder of foundry strategies. he's also an msnbc political analyst. a whole lot of msnbc people turned up here tonight. i want to start ladies first. so, the question at the end here was who can beat donald trump. for the people watching the debate, that is what they want to see. i'll throw up the numbers right now. donald trump just pretty much stays where he is, kind of no matter who he's running against. he's in the low 40s, no matter what. and they sort of lever. you can see where they are, you...

Impromp impromptu press conference. i'm joined now by jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. he made a point during his campaign we're not going to be -- we weren't laughed at. obama was adored across the world. and now we have this picture that's going to be haunting this president at least through "saturday night live" at least of the boys club, all these heads of state chuckling about our president. >> this isn't the first, second, third or even fifth time this has happened with this administration. you have the video of ivanka trying to get into a conversation and everyone pretendi...

It's all about this hearing room and the hearing that begins at the top of the hour, because it begins a new phase in the march toward possible articles of impeachment. if there are to be articles, they will originate in this hearing room. joining our discussion this morning, two returning veterans and friends of ours, jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com and pulitzer prize-winning author and historian jon meacham. gentlemen, welcome. jason, to begin with you. preview what you think it is we're going to see this morning and subsequent days. set the stakes for us. >> so, this is what ...

Court clears the way. we have a lot in the show tonight. i want to begin on this piece of the breaking news, with the daily beast's margaret carlson and jason johnson from theroot.com. good evening to both of you. >> good evening, ari. >> good evening. >> margaret, your view of what we have here in the layer cake, i would argue, some cake that is not fully famous, so whether people know and believe mr. kent is a matter of some debate. rising all the way up to the john bolton frosting. someone that is a bright red bushian, fox newsian, trumpian frosting. what does it mean if he publicly turns o...

Focused heavily on economic issues, and despite their differences, all 12 candidates agreed that the economy is not working for the middle class. candidates criticized trade deals, suggested a minimum wage increase, warned about job automation and proposed radical, new federal programs like universal basic income and a green new deal. joining me now to dissect these proposals, matt stoller, author of the new book "goliath: the 100-year war between monopoly and democracy." and jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. matt, you first. our colleague at cnbc, jim cramer, tweeted last night, ...