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>> and if you had become the leader of this country, would you have put into effect hitler's policies so far as they are referable to the anti-jewish policy? >> i probably would, sir. >> i probably would. that's congressional testimony from february 1940. the witness, the guy testifying is this guy, who is a little crazy looking, right? it is a small blessing in these matters to have the person that is this crazy and dangerous actually look this crazy and dangerous. his name is william dudley pelley. he was an american and he said publically that the day hitler was appointed chancell...

Things, that has two impacts on this election, right? it might actually skew the electorate in terms of who is able to get out and get their vote counted but it puts it on the table as one of the issues we get to fight about. that's one of the things i want to ask you about. do you think that is functioning in democrats favor in election races in tight races around the country, the idea that this democracy is on the ballot? >> well, we know that -- and i'm not giving them the credit for it. but at the same time that the public hearings ramped up, when we spent all those late evening together c...

That's one of the things i want to ask you about. do you think that is functioning in democrats favor in election races in tight races around the country, the idea that this democracy is on the ballot? >> well, we know that -- and i'm not giving them the credit for it. but at the same time that the public hearings ramped up, when we spent all those late evenings together covering the public phase of the january 6th committee hearings, democracy shot to the top of the list, but not just democratic voters but independent voters. that was a top tier issue. we haven't seen that in a generation. th...

On the last commercial break, i saw fred jump out of his seat and run over to rachel maddow and chuck todd and he was shouting something and security tackled him and took him back to his seat. i walked to the end of the stage and said, fred, what your doing over there? he said they're not talking about guns. they need to ask you guys about guns? fortunately, they did, but fred represents all of us that this debate for the presidential campaign has to be about guns. it has to be a top tier issue. and, sadly, because of what continues to happen, it finally is. >> which of the 2020 candidates cur...

Dni so it will be more effective. illinois jill occasionally we hear murmurs about, you know, president trump wants to do away with the position entirely. is that something you could get behind? >> well, i mean, that's not practical because the dni was created by legislation, but i think a lot could be done to streamline it and get rid of duplication and figure out what was it intended to do. it was supposed to share intelligence, be the president's chief intelligence advisor. but all these new bureaucracies set up within the dni, you know, if intelligence is bure racktizedded, it affects our ...