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Steph? >> my goodness. all right. i want to bring my team in here. ken dilanian, who covers intelligence and national security for nbc news. rick tyler, a republican strategist and cofounder of foundry strategies. jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. josh gottheimer, a democratic congressman from my home state of new jersey. which means, sorry, guys, josh is getting all of the time this morning. and malcolm nance, executive editor of the terror asymmetrics project. ken, i've got to go to you. you wrote that nbc news article in january that said, cukushner article got dinged out of th...

Effort to influences the political process. and cohen is set to appear before the intell jjs committees next week. he pled guilty to two campaign finance violations to a former play boy model on behalf of donald trump. joined by politics editor at "the root.com." and a former speech writer for george w. bush. they're always over used. i can just remember -- well, i don't remember. but i'm reading about nixon in the final days of watergate. he looked to score big points over seas to sort of distract and the reports of the mueller thing comes to a head. >> but president nixon had real successes....

Both parties said it's time to end this stealmate. >> i had recommended that it if it becomes what we think it is, i do recommend he sign it. >> the president should not make the same mistake he made when there was a bipartisan agreement and hes withant sign it and caused the shut dnch. please, mr. president trump, no one got everything they wanted in this bill, but sign it and don't cause a shutdown. >> i'm joined by a democrat from california, robert kosta, national political reporter from the "washington post." and correspondent for the pbs news hour and politic news editor at "the root.com...

News reporter mike viqueira. and in d.c., jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com. to you first, mike. what is the lay of the land now in virginia? you have three democrats at the top of the line of succession there. >> reporter: yeah. >> and now it is the lieutenant governor who is the focus of calls to resign. what is going on down there? >> reporter: i mean, you're absolutely right, joy. it's been a tumultuous week to say the least. i was here last weekend less than 24 hours after this story broke. everybody thought that ralph northam -- not just days were numbered but hours were num...

Our leaders refuse to expand medicaid, which could save rural hospitals, save economies and save lives. it is immoral to allow politicians to harm women and families to advance a political agenda. we affirmed marriage equality and yet the lgbtq community remains under attack. >> i'm joined right now by jayson johnson, politics editor at theroot.com and yamiche alcindor, with the pbs news hour. i liked it. maybe because i like southern liberals. simpler than the northern liberals. they're too complicated up north. i liked the fact it was so basic and optimistic and happy, even. happy liberal. p...