suggestions so far is that person is not yet on the brink of resigning, but we probably need to anyway keep our powder dry. the text will be pored over by lawyers and legal minds, by the dup, by senior brexiteers in the party and i wonder if that will give a clearer picture, but for now it feels like the cabinet at least is holding pretty steady and we are not looking at if you think about the theresa may years when it was very rocky, we are not quite there yet. yes there are tory mps who have grave reservations about doing this rather than going ahead with the northern ireland protocol bill which would unilaterally override parts of the agreement, but lots of mps want this solved so it s less about if rishi sunak can pass this deal in the commons. sunak can pass this deal in the commons - - sunak can pass this deal in the commons. , , ., ., commons. because they have a huge ma ori . commons. because they have a huge majority- and commons. because they have a huge majority. and la
trump, go up onstage with them and then call mayer the next day and say, i can t wait for this guy today. that s a direct. so that really speaks to the desperation and learned cowardice of the republican party, they are literally, literally looking for deus ex machina. they are looking for the fates or gods to intervene so that they don t have to do anything. sarah, that s where the professionals and republican party are at. where are the actual voters, as we start to head towards what will start to be the actual election? nikki haley might declare soon, everyone is keeping their powder dry, but we will get there soon. as you know, i do weekly focus groups with these voters, and i have said on this program before that we have seen a real drift away from trump, for two town trump voters, 2016, 2020, a lot of them are sounded look around for somebody else, the name i hear come up the most
freshman, five of them are from the new york delegation, two from other one from ohio and another from south carolina, most republican members are keeping their powder dry, not saying a whole lot. aligning themself with republican leadership and hoping this goes away but day after day more revelations come out showing that santos lied about his past and facing real legal problems both here and potentially abroad. listen, these individual members, they could call for his resignation knowing that the gop leaders is not going to push him to resign given the political math and it is a win-win for them. i took a stand, but not knowing where it is all going to go. it is a good point. also, as manu pointed out, the three of us know, this is not going away so the questions will come coming. manu, thank you. good to see you. first here on cnn, top republicans are investigating the u.s. chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. on thursday, committee chairman
and forth about this. people like dick durbin say, this is different. joe biden cooperated, turned over these documents. he said that garland, the attorney general, is handling this. a lot of democrats who are just simply keeping their powder dry, they don t know where this is going to go. they have been quiet about this just trying to assess what comes next. manu raju, appreciate it. joining us now, former obama special advisor, van jones. also abby phillip. van, what do you make of this? obviously, there s an investigation under way. democrats are quick to point out the differences between what happened with the vice president to what the former president has done. what do you make of it? i m proud of joe biden. somebody on his team made a
powder dry. they don t know where this is gonna go, senate democratic leaders and house democratic leaders have been mostly quiet about this, just trying to time to assess what comes next. all, right entourage, appreciate. it dries, now former about also cnn political correspondent, and inside politics anchor at the phillips. ben, what do you make of this? obviously, there s an investigation underway, democrats are very quick to point out the differences between what happened with the vice president, may or may not have done to what the former president s done, what do you make of that? well, i m proud of joe biden, somebody on his team made it mistake, as soon as we figure, that raises hand, turned his stuff back over, that s where you re supposed to do. can we just be honest here, there s a bigger problem which is the overclassification and under monitoring of documents. this is not the first time this