exactly what it is, as it undermines his planned strategy in the event of no deal. media have already crowned boris johnson. his rival jeremy hunt reduced to a victory cigar to be smoked at leisure. a relatively small electorate to win over. just the paid up members of the conservative party, 160,000 of them. why back boris? why back boris? because i think we need to do something radical now, and i think boris is the man to do it. he has natural leadership ability. i think he s positive. it s a positive vote. i don t want more of this managerial compromise. he s a breath of fresh air. and i find him really, really entertaining. what one quality do you most admire in your opponent as a future prime minister? well, i work very well with jeremy over many years. i think i
when it comes to obama/trump voter, democrats did a good job especially suburban areas winning back these voters. to the point of the focus group, there s a lot of work that needs to be done. look, the issues on our side when it comes to protecting health care, raising wages. the issues democrats are fighting for are on our side but have to make the case to these voters. they re fighting for them and still a lot of work to do, time but a lot of work to do. to that point of the work to be done, another interesting moment from that focus group. take a listen. what is the single most important characteristic you want a leader to have? christian. integrity. education. negotiator, strong leadership ability. a powerful leader. adrian, what s interesting here. axios points out many of those descriptors things like power,
that while we have as many opinions as the democratic party has always had, we are acting as a team right now. and i will tell you that we are universally, the president s comments not withstanding, we are universally standing in awe of nancy pelosi s leadership ability here. you know, i ve said this before. nancy pelosi is already an historic figure as the first women speaker of the house in american history. she has her eye right now not on running for president, not on being governor of the state of california. she has her eye on one thing and one thing only which is what is right for this country and what her role, because history is pointing at her, what her role is in making sure the congress of the united states does what s right for the country. and that may mean, and i think it does mean that right now you take care and you act with some prudence when people are very emotional as they have every right to be about the behavior of this president but you take
a leadership ability. but in terms of the character, that s a matter of determination. yeah, i m sad to say that, but that s a matter of how all this plays out. now, with respect to the governor and the lieutenant governor, i think this is a matter of them on an ongoing basis being very clear about what they did and what they re committed to doing going forward. but this is a very difficult situation in virginia. very difficult, and hard to believe, after all of this scandal, that all three of those men remain in office and it appears they will remain in office for the foreseeable future. cornell brooks, your perspective on this was terrific, we so appreciate you being here, thank you. thank you. women forced to sleep on massage tables and eat off hot plates. the disturbing details about the sex trafficking sting that ensnared patriots owner robert kraft. and more on a developing story this hour, president trump
on him to resign. questioning his leadership ability to navigate through such a divisive racist scandal. so, i mean, this is just become for lack of a better term, an absolute mess. oh, please. that s the appropriate term for sure. julia, northam says he will not resign. what about the other two? have we gotten any word or indication they would even consider doing that? if one does, does that then topple all three potentially? well, not yet. however, we are seeing a lot of senior democrats such as senior democrats in the senate like tim kaine calling for the resignation of justin fairfax yesterday. you are seeing a lot of prominent african-american leaders calling for mark herring s resignation. i would say if one resigns, that would lead to the other one