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Option as you see it? is it practical to think that voting rights advocates can fight this out state by state, court by court? >> the history told us that doing it that way is very hard. while litigation and fights in the courts are an important piece of the movement for voting rights and inclusion, they're only one piece. and a larger remedy that would try and block some of these things before they happen as the preclearance provision did would be a lot better and a lot more effective than having to go county by county, town by town, state by state to try and block these things. it's really d...

>> i love the idea we're no longer satisfied with love kernels coming down from on high. this becomes a really important political question. i have speculated looking at manchin's election in 2018. he squeeked by with 49% of the vote. i don't think the guy can get re-elected in 2024. on the ground do you think joe manchin is doing this because he thinks it's going to help him get re-elected or do you think he's likely to drop out? what kind of primary challenges is he very likely to face in 2024 if he hasn't left office yet? >> i mean, we will run someone against him. it's an easy decision. we...

Republican who is now a registered democrat all because of barack obama, correct. >> barack obama is surging here, nine points ahead of hillary clinton in one of the latest polls where just a few days ago they were tied. senator clinton is fighting back hard. >> i don't know since when experience became some kind of liability in running for the highest office in our land. >> she got really gritty and was like, i'm going to fight this thing out town by town. >> this day, this last high-pressure day before the nancy pelosi nancy pelosi primary turned into a day unlike any other on the campaign t...

Not only in iraq, but we had to destroy them in syria. and we could have done it all ourselves. but a better way is not to have the u.s. troops do the tough infantry, town-by-town, building-by-building fighting. that's not our comparative advantage. we'd rather -- that's the enemy's advantage. so we would rather vf grouhave forces that are local, who can speak the language and know the air. and then we bring down on top of them the great whirlwind of american and coalition military power. air power, intelligence, logistics, advising. and that is the path that we set out in 2015 to take raqqah,...

Turks and the kurds, in a sense, each respected their own zones, and peace was maintained? >> well, it took very little. and it has taken very little from the beginning. when we first recruited the kurds, this is now back in 2015, fareed, when isis was, remember, trying to attack and kill our people. we had to protect ourselves. we had to destroy them. not only in iraq, but we had to destroy them in syria. and we could have done it all ourselves. but a better way is not to have the u.s. troops do the tough infantry, town-by-town, building-by-building fighting. that's not our comparative advant...