chris, we re looking at those who are withdrawing from the race on the left moving back into state politics. they re looking at potentially running for senate. they re looking at other opportunities that are no longer on the federal level. is there an opportunity here for these candidates as we see some here to potentially change the balance of power in the senate? yeah. and let s not forget one of the biggest news that came out this week was john hickenlooper not only dropping out a couple of weeks ago but now running for the u.s. senate seat in colorado. and he starts that race as a favorite over the incumbent cory gardener. so all eyes will be on people like beto o rourke, julian castro, steve bullock, if they cannot create the momentum that they want in the next couple of months. whether they then pursue state races. absolutely right. and kerstin gillibrand, my u.s. senator, i m wondering what, you know, she s going to even make this debate. i think she s she s not. she nee
see in 2020 a much different or broader group of democrats voting in the primaries. i think we re going to see a much higher turnout. so i think candidates need to redress their numbers and what they think they need to get to win. the turnout will be higher. and that will and that actually helps joe biden in the polls because when he goes in a national poll and he s the the favorite of all of the democrats against donald trump, that makes him look more electable. when he looks more electable, he becomes a favorite of the democratic primarily voters. chris lui, as we look toward the third democratic debate, and i misspoke, certainly is not the last democratic debate, although some people might hope it is, if you are watching so many of them, what s going through going through vice president joe biden s mind? you know this vice president, you know this candidate as now he is, you know, moving in to this third debate. well, let s just start by
nervous, going on to say it s impossible to be up to speed on what trump is thinking at any given moment. now the president sunk markets friday when he said our great american companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to china, including bringing your companies home. the president cited a four-decade-old law to justify that statement, enlisting u.s. companies in the escalating trade war with china. on what authority can you order american companies ton do business with or in china? well, in 1977, we had an act passed, a national emergency act, had the absolute right to do that. we ll see how that goes. but i have the absolute right. joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor, chris i lui, former deputy editor, and
okay, sounds like we re having some technical difficulty there. if we can get that sound for you from seth moulton as he was making his comments on, again, withdrawing from the race, he s emphasizing the importance in his message basically of beating donald trump. the republican. meanwhile, a fox news poll this month shows biden would be the clear winner head to head against the president with sanders, warren, and harris close behind. you can look at the numbers, 12% points develop biden and donald trump. joining us now, chris lui, former secretary of labor and assistant to president obama. analyst susan del percio, with the two of them on set, if it s saturday, they re here. it always good to have you and my friend, chris lui. basal, when we look at this, this issue of any candidate being able to it appears at least in the latest poll from fox news, that biden still strong, the most strongest of
and that raises the same problem as the mueller report. with trump lying again and again and again basically about the facts and consisting of mueller s investigation, communicating the truth openly to the public seems to be an urgent need. joining me now, msnbc political analyst michelle goldberg, columnist from the new york times, former white house cabinet secretary chris lui who also served as deputy secretary under president obama. you are giving me a wight-eyed stare of anxiety. i thought that was a remarkable revelation on the part of jerry nadler and made me wonder what is going on here? it s really bizarre and disappointing. the only explanation is that mueller is one of the only leading intelligence figures in the country who has not been dragged through the mud and been subject to the evisceration of his public career and he doesn t want to jump into the lion s den