i think democrats are giving republicans what they want, they said we want the transcripts out there, we have to move to open air hearings. harris: if it turns out the way you just said, that s good for democrats? jessica: i think there is no constitutional responsibility to hold an impeachment inquiry when the president of the united states of america has leveraged the power of his office for personal gain and that is what nancy pelosi is doing. when you heard her speaking on the floor last week, this is about the constitution. we swear an oath of office to the constitution, not to donald trump. dagen: that is how republicans are going to push back. i will say this, we miss the movie. these transcripts, with respect to the american people i would argue, a lot of folks aren t reading it. we don t really know who the
in tweets and rhetoric hateful words that ultimately endanger the lives of people in our country. nia-malika henderson, you heard senator cory booker s words there, responding directly to the president. tell me the significance today. powerful words from cory booker there. obviously down in charleston, the site of another racist inspired killing. i think he gets at how deeply felt this is for americans, particular for black and brown americans. the idea that you have a president who has targeted people who are black and brown over and over and over again as if to say those folks aren t part of the fabric of american history. i think you have a lot of americans who are going around afraid, afraid of what might happen next because of the rhetoric that comes from the highest office in the land, as
donald trump. we saw a lot of democrats this week. i think it was a good week. the question has come up here and certainly joe biden was making this point afterwards, did some of those opponents on the stage go too hard after barack obama? here s a taste of some of what said about him. this is how folks say folks aren t work are for them. tens of millions don t even hav democrat to be running for president with the plan that does not cover everyone, i think is without excuse. vice president biden, i didn t hear your response when the issue came up of all those deportations. you were vice president of the united states. it looks line one of us has and one of us hasn t. you invoke president obama more than anybody in this campaign. you can t do it when it s convenient and then dodge it when it s not. well, the most recent polling on barack obama is 97 favorable,
an issue that needs to be addressed across the board. developing a message that will work across these early primaries. we re in a part of the country that was carried by donald trump in 2016, but by barack obama in 2012. that s the kind of voter o rourke is going after. not just on this trip but in general. he wants to be seen as somebody who can be a uniter, somebody who can take the more progressive ideas and present them to folks who might not otherwise be favorably inclined towards them. see if he can bring those voters back to the democratic party. i ve been talking to those in the room today, a lot of these folks aren t ready to make a commitment to any particular candidate but they re curious about this man who they sort of know about but don t know enough about. some people have questions about his experience, a lot of questions from those in the bernie sanders wing of the party
up on substantive debate on any of the issues that trump is tackling. instead they offered personal invectives to pragmatic solutions. the president has very little in the way of an attention span. the president is undisciplined. secretary called him an fing morning moron. that s the highest rank. that s achievable. he gets bored within 15 seconds. he doesn t want information. laura: if he s that uninformed, how did he beat all you. they have failed to raise the standard of living or their culture. folks aren t mad because they enjoy being mad. they are mad because politicians