alice stewart is a case in point on this very notion.ke about implementation, both of you. everyone should be aware that highland park actually did try to implement their own assault weapons ban. it went to the supreme court, and this is an instance where even the best-laid plans, they say, of mice and men came to this in some respect. thank you both. i appreciate it. >> thanks, laura. >> thanks, laura. >>> well, a grand jury is investigating the former president, donald trump, and some of his closest allies are now being subpoenaed. stay with us for more. you might have heard of carvana and that we sell cars online. we believe buying a car should be something that gets you hyped up. and that your new car ought to come with newfound happiness and zero surprises. and all of us will stop at nothing to drive you happy. we'll drive you happy at carvana. dad, when is the future? um, oh wow. um, the future is, uh, what's ahead of us. i don't get it. yeah. maybe this will help. so now we're in the present. and now... we're in the future. the al

. >> so, we have got a whole lot to talk about, david axelrod is here, alice stewart, elie honig, we are kicking it off for us. i appreciate all of you joining us, thank you so much. i'm gonna a little tongue-in-cheek about that, but it's true. if you look at what was tough for him to get through that speech, and i think that alice, you bring us something that's very important. you said to me, he also had trouble saying i lost. >> i concede, joe biden won. those are pretty easy words to say, but evidently not for him. >> he still stumbling over them. >> yeah. >> i think one of the takeaways we got from tonight was really the closing statement we heard from liz cheney, saying that this wasn't just a bunch of democrats over a series of these hearings, dog piling on a former president. these were members of trump's inner circle and his family, outlining a series of confessions that were damaging to him. and i broke it up into three buckets this evening. we had one starting off right out the gate, when we're talking about trump bearing responsibility for this. and his top people, mcconne

alice stewart is a case in point on this very notion.ou spoke about implementation, both of you. everyone should be aware that highland park actually did try to implement their own assault weapons ban. it went to the supreme court, and this is an instance where even the best-laid plans, they say, of mice and men came to this in some respect. thank you both. i appreciate it. >> thanks, laura. >> thanks, laura. >>> well, a grand jury is investigating the former president, donald trump, and some of his closest allies are now being subpoenaed. stay with us for more. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ sfx: submarine rising out of water ] minions are bitin' today. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. libertyty. ♪ minions: the rise of gru, only in theaters. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the burning, itching. the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur.

discuss the latest developments in the political world, cnn political analyst maria cardona and alice stewartyou both for joining us this morning. alice, i want to start with you and what we just heard from daniela. you had 47 house republicans who voted to codify same sex marriage. now we have only eight house republicans voting to protect access to contraceptives. how do you account for that split on the issues? >> a lot of it comes down to what the polls show. and the latest polls, gallup polls show that 71% of people in america do support legalization for same sex marriage and republicans are fully in favor of that and support that. and i expect to see more republicans come on board to sort of codify what we see in that regard. i do believe that it's important that we keep a lot of these measures up to the states and let the states decide what is the best option for these issues, but with regard to a federal codifying of same sex marriage laws, i think they will get the republican support. when it comes to contraceptives, look, the pro life issue and the pro life movement has been very ac

so here to discuss that and the future of the gop, cnn political commentator alice stewart and formerrlie dent. good evening. let's talk about the gop, okay? alice, listen, this is what the former vice president had to say when asked about the divide between him and his former boss. watch. >> so, i do not know that our movement is that divided. i do not know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. i truly do believe that elections are about the future. and it is absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling, that we do not give way to the temptation to look back. >> okay, alice, is he saying, except for that part where you stick that mob on me, i am still maga with you. is this not being critical? >> look, he is one hunted percent correct in terms of the republican party, conservative, are united on policy and the policies that unite us. the separation and division is how we are going to use that moving forward, and who is going to carry us forward with that. and pence made it quite clear that they agr

joining us to discuss is alice stewart and paul begala. great to see you both on this sunday. d two dozen republicans reversing the support of this legislation to support veterans exposed to toxic burn pits because of a budget dispute. take a listen to this danielle whose husband died from lung cancer she attributed the death to exposure. >> we know a veteran who took his life because of the delay. he was denied from the va and lost the private health insurance. we would qualify under this bill. he actually did take his own life because he wanted to spare his family of losing their home. >> veterans and the families clearly this is emotional for them. fired up. how does the republican reversal square with the supposed republican values, alice? >> be clear. every republican on the hill supports the veterans and the women like her and that you spoke with earlier on the program. we praise the heroes in the military and honor them when they go and when they come back. they deserve the health care. the republicans supported the act and health care measures to protect the soldiers wh

political commentator ashley allison, legal analyst elliott dubois, and alice stewart join us now. good to see all of you. >> it won't go well. >> the committee is hammering home that trump wanted people to march to the capitol. is preplanned, how do you think the committee did laying out trumps culpability in all this? >> shockingly, he started wrong, they didn't hammer it home. they hammered home one piece of the story which is that if you look at the attempted election interference, what happened in the residence responsibility for it, for example, calling dr. georgia to say i want to find fake votes, i don't know how you get around that one. the president is culpable, his intent is clear, his involvement is clear. when you have comments like this from the president is will be a big day coming down for major events. if you are defending the president, remember, there is no defense here. he never told him to go break windows at the capitol. i think the committee on the issue of election interference is clear and compelling. i think on this, today, they did not make a case, not ev

political analyst and white house respondent, april ryan, and commentator and republican strategist alice stewartth of you. thank you for being with us. alice, we were just talking about this story of this child who is pregnant. a ten-year-old who is pregnant. do republicans risk becoming the party associated with being seen as forcing a ten-year-old child to have a baby? >> overturning of roe v. wade was a long-time coming. it had been the work of a tireless effort by conservatives ever since roe was enacted. this case involving this ten-year-old girl is devastating and heart breaking and look, i believe that there should be exceptions in the case of rape, incest, and life of the mother, and there are news accounts this young girl was raped. i believe that she should be exempt from the state laws and should be allowed to have an abortion in this case. and we need to put more focus on the people who are carrying out this, the rapists and the pedophiles that are engaging in this type of activity. the most important thing is this decision of abortion is now in the hands of state legislators. cases

. >> back to know, ashley allison, elliott williams, and alice stewart. this bombshell that trump was contacted, has contacted a witness that we have not seen yet. cheney says that person never picked up, instead, telling their lawyer who told the committee, who then inform the doj. what does it tell you that trump himself made the call, instead of a staffer? >> right, you have to find out who the person is, if it is ivanka trump, it may not be a big deal. if it's another witness, may much be a big deal. so it depends on number one, who he called, why he called them, and what the purpose was? >> okay elliott -- ivanka trump would not be calling the committee saying that my dad called me. >> all i'm saying -- okay come on man. >> it's somebody we haven't heard from yet. >> all we know is that a potential witness was called. let's find out more about it. but look, witness tampering, it's not that hard to get to. if a person, in a position of the president, calls someone with an attempt to suede or stop them from testifying. we have seen before that it's hap

. >> joining me now alice stewart and april ryan. hello, ladies. great to see you both.s jump into it starting with january 6. committee members today saying that they could subpoena ginny thomas. the timeline for producing the panel's final report is ambiguous but time is of the essence, april. more than a month ago that thomas said i would be happy to come in. what's the committee waiting for? >> for her to move but they will move if she doesn't. look at steve bannon, just the methodical information that's been revealing cominging to the 187 minutes. this committee is serious. thomas said i wanted to clear up the misinformation. it is a month. where are you? from funding buses to go to -- for those to go to january 6. also trying to talk to white house officials to begin the process to overturn the election where joe biden was the winner. >> texts mark meadows about the election and emails with john eastman. no subpoena for her. last night i interviewed a retired officer and asked if the hearings are moving the needle. >> i don't believe it's moving the needle as peopl

. >>> i want to bring in cnn legal analyst elliot williams and political commentator alice stewart. good to see both of your faces here tonight. i got to tell you, i mean, e elliot, doj is stepping up their investigations. you've got the raid of a former doj official who wanted to be the attorney general. we heard testimony as to why they did not think he should be. you heard about seized electronics from a former attorney, john eastman. now they're honing in on the fake electors scheme in seven battleground states. that's a lot of ground to cover. which case, in your mind, stands out to you the most as potentially the most significant legally? >> laura, they're all significant legally, and the amazing thing about this is this is how cases are built. you know, it's easy to forget that 800 people or so have been charged with crimes here. but the way it works is that -- and this was in sara's piece -- there's violence. there's unrest. something happens. it gets investigated by the justice department. they start talking to those people, bringing them in, getting some to cooperate, and

i want to bring in now cnn political commentators charlie dent and alice stewart and senior political analyst ron brownstein. hello, one and all. >> hi, don. >> let's see, ron brownstein, let's talk about january 6th investigation. you just heard ryan lay it all out for us, witness inti intimidation, trying to discredit hutchinson. it is all part of the trump playbook. he is trying to send a message to other witnesses, but will it work? >> look, i mean, you know, this has been his playbook all the way through his career really, right? i mean, you know, as a real estate developer, as a celebrity, as president, kind of, you know, behaving in that manner. so that's not surprising. i think witnesses are going to make their own judgment about their obligations to the country versus what they feel is their personal obligation to him. certainly the committee has, i think, exceeded expectations in the amount of evidence that they've been able to amass so far. and by no indications, it's nowhere near done. >> charlie, trump is hurling nasty jabs at hutchinson, but no one disputes the real subs

alice stewart is a cnn political commentator, communications director for republican senator ted cruzpy and abby phillip, cnn political correspondent, and host of "inside politics sunday," you had a conversation with joe manchin about his seeming reversal, i know he takes issue on that on this legislation about climate change and corporate minimum tax and the rest. let's set the table here with what the senator said to manu raju two weeks ago on why he was not ready to support the legislation. >> i said, chuck, can we just wait until the inflation figures come out in july. until basically the fed rate, the reserve, are they going to raise interest, how much more and how much damage is that going to be, and then make a decision what we can do and how much we can do. >> actually, that's the clip, he said that to you on july 15th. what changed? why the reversal now? >> i asked him that same question. first of all, manchin would say, and did say, that he didn't change at you wall, that he's t same place he's always been, number one. the second thing is that he went through the bill, his s

joining me now is ashley alison, jonah goldberg, and alice stewart. i'm glad you're all here. just to clear up the record, they were not waiting on him to actually announce this on monday. we've known about the story for quite some time. but to take credit for it really shows me something very different. the fact that this was a story nobody wants to be true -- no one wants it to be true, that a 10-year-old has been raped repeatedly, let alone got pregnant and had to have an abortion. but why politically, why terms of the media landscape, why was this such a story that just could not be true? was it because it posed a threat to the idea of not having the exceptions? zbling what's disturbing is we heard a lot this week about the same republicans and conservatives that used false claims of election fraud to now push false claims of abortion fraud. and that should not happen. the story here, as you've said, is a tragic story of a 10-year-old girl who was raped by an undocumented man. he fortunately has been arrested and will face justice for his crimes. and what we need to look a