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That's up from 42% back in april. meanwhile, the crowded democratic field got just a little less crowded today. california congressman eric swalwell became the first candidate to bow out. he said he's returning to washington to focus on his work on the house intelligence and judiciary committees. for more on all this, i'm joined by robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." neera tanden, ceo of the center for american progress and jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com. welcome to all of you. >> good to be here, ali. >> a short time ago on "meet the press dail...

Theroot.com. jonathan hour, digital national political reporter and heidi przybyla. hidely, let's talk a week ago about what happened. i guess my question at the top was that a one-off bad night for biden and a one-off great night for kamala harris, or are we looking at a big trend here? >> i think we're seeing the top tier be completely reorganized. predebate we were talking about bernie and biden and biden being the establishment figure. and now we're talking about really a three-person top tier race with warren, kamala harris, biden, and bernie sanders being somewhat pushed aside. he is bei...

Inspire and recruit people. people who harbor extremist views can also obtain places of influence. now former white nationalist katie mccue wrote for conservative media outlets, turned a blind eye to or were genuinely ignorant of the fact that one of the young stars -- joined by writer. former undercover fbi agent who infiltrated the klu klux klan, and rabbi, organization standing up for human rights. and our friend, editor of theroot.com. you're all newcomers but jason, this is not pleasant conversation but a true story.

Biden used his official kickoff rally in philadelphia yesterday to cast himself as the great unifier, but biden's entrance at the top of the polls and the media's obsession with the candidates who are white and male, the democratic party, by the way, now has more of them running for president hand the republican did in 2016. this raises the question of whether democrats and political journalists believe that the very diversity that defines the democratic party is in and of itself inherently dive sieve. joining me now tiffany cross, jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com. michelle berna...

Forward on what is widely expected to be an epic shutdown to get legally donald trump's tax returns. we have nbc reporting from washington right now. the house committee with the authority to get these taxes is moving forward on the steps for something we've discussed previously, a formal request to the irs, lawyers working explicitly on language. the chair of that committee, richard neal, working with other top democrats who are involved in order to strengthen the legal case. this is an advancement of a story we've been tracking. jason johnson in washington for us from theroot.com. what is th...