field. a monmouth university poll shows warren with a five point bump putting her even with bernie sanders. the co-founder of the centrist think tank third way telling cnn warren s proposals are, quote, within the lines of democratic policies. they re within the lines of a candidate who says she s a capitalist. bernie sanders looking to capitalize on that tweeting the cat is out of the bag. the corporate wing of the democratic party is publicly anybody but bernie. elizabeth warren s campaign plays down the polls telling cnn we don t pay much attention to the polls they will go up and down in the race. focusing on this is not a recipe for long term success. hope hicks spending some seven hours in closed door testimony before the house judiciary committee but not answering any questions about
tells cnn, quote, we don t pay much attention to polls. they will go up and down throughout the race and focusing on the daily headline tweet or cable news chatter is not a recipe for success. hope hicks said spending seven hours before a closed door committee hearing but not answering any questions. white house lawyers claiming, quote, absolute immunity, absolute immunity for hope hicks which has house democrats fighting mad. we get more from manu raju on capitol hill. reporter: good morning, christine and dave. hope hicks came before the house judiciary committee. democrats came away not satisfied because the white house counsels who were in the room made very clear that she would not be answering any question about her time in the white house. what they cited was absolute
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could not disagree with jim eastland more in the fact that he was a segregationist. i ran for the united states senate because i disagreed with the views of the segregationists. the point i am making is you don t have to agree, you don t have to like the people in terms of their views but you just simply make the case and you beat them. biden later lamenting the harsh start to the 2020 race saying at a fund-raiser late last night, it s going to be pretty ugly, but here s the deal, i m not going to participate. cnn s arlette signs has more. reporter: christine and dave, despite facing criticism from some of his 2020 democratic rivals, joe biden is defending his recent comments about working with segregationists in an era that held more civil times. one of the 2020 rivals that has gone after biden on this and
kamala harris and elizabeth warren. we ll see going forward whether the former vice president chooses to change course or further address this. meantime massachusetts senator eve lid bed warren. she is even with bernie sanders. the co-founder of the centrist think tank third way telling cnn warren s proposals are, quote, within the lines of democratic policies. they re not democratic socialist policies. they re within the lines of a candidate who says she s a capitalist. bernie sanders looking to capitalize on that tweeting, the cat is out of the bag. they re anybody but bernie. warren says, we don t pay much attention to the polls. they go up and down and focusing on the daily headline is not a