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david, just about georgia and stacey abrams, she won huge i think by 50. what does the race tell you, what does the margin tell you? >> well, the race tells me that here's a democrat -- i would just say this all about last night, guys. the information we got last night told us more about where the democratic party is right now where that democratic electorate is more than it tells us about what's going to happen in november. stacey abrams place aid huge bet about the way to run an election is to expand and actually change the makeup of the electorate, bring more democrats into the electorate rather than concentrate even in a red state like georgia to appeal to

abrams doesn't know is who she'll face in november. her republican opponent will be decided in a runoff between lieutenant governor casey cagle and secretary of state brian kemp on july 24th. no matter who it is, abrams says she is ready. >> this is our moment. our chance to lift up georgia. and if we fight, if we push, if we work, we will win. [ cheers ] >> abrams not the only woman to win in the south. in kentucky, a political newcomer, former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath defeated one of the best-known figures in kentucky politics, lexington mayor jim gray in the sixth district democratic primary. she'll face republican congressman andy barr in the general election. >>> this year marks a decade since the financial crisis. and yesterday congress vote to roll back rules adopted in its wake. the house voting in favor of a bipartisan senate bill that eases rules on community banks. for example, bb&t and suntrust. republicans and moderate democrats say dodd-frank hurts the banks. regulations stifle lending, so the bill raises the thre

abrams: he does.ould also be said ellsberg did not turn over to the times the entirety of the pentagon papers. he kept were called the negotiating volumes, which is to say volumes of the pentagon papers as they existed in 1968 relating to efforts to negotiate vietnam, because he wanted the war to end in vietnam and did not want to frustrate those efforts. so, the times did not have everything, it did not publish everything it had, but ellsberg did not give them everything, also. mr. olson: maybe it's a little bit of devils advocacy, but everybody who does something like this, every whistleblower, every person who lease information thinks of themselves as a patriot. they are doing it because they think it is right, they think it is a better good. so you have to have been discussion at least of whether or not you have a legitimate government elected by the people subject to laws and subject to the constitution, can an individual decide it is better for me to do something to try to stop the war than to b

here it is. >> meet stacey abrams.he wants to be president only using georgia as a stepping stone. wants higher taxes on working families, but can't pay her own taxes. stacey abrams, out for herself, not georgia. paid for by rga georgia 2018 pac. >> one of the ways they're coming after you is going after your personal finances. how do you respond to that? >> i spend a lot of time in my book, minority leader, talking about how money matters and the fact that we have real lives where we have to make choices. it's easy to be a millionaire and not have to make decisions, but those of you who lead real lives in georgia know that debt is a part of how we deal with things. our responsibility is to never shirk our obligations but to meet every responsibility that we have. so i've been able to pay my taxes, but also take care of my parents, take care of my niece, take care of my grandmother and be able to run for governor. that kind of ability to manage all of thigh responsibilities is what we need in our next leader. i will sa

stacey abrams won all across that state and not just in the

stacey abrams. 3 to 1 margin now. the abrams strategy says, basically, in the trump era, there are voters who should be democrats who we can make democrats. get them energized. out to vote, younger, nonwhite single women. abrams says forget about ten years from now. let's do it now. he swins the primary. we don't know who the republican is, we'll have to wait a while to find out who stacey abrams runs against. here's the interesting thing, what she's up against in 2016, donald trump won this state by five points in 2012, mitt romney by eight. here's the other interesting thing, though, last night, there were competitive primaries in both parties. the last time you had competitive primaries in both parties in georgia, 2010. from 2010 to last night, the republican turnout was down 75,000. the democratic turnout was up 150,000. 2010, rememberer was a republican way here. in georgia, nationally, 2018, democrats are hoping it's a wave year. the thing that's going to support abrams at least a little bit is that if it's to g

abrams is the former house minority leader for the georgia general assembly. she had received the endorsement of numerous progressive groups, including our revolution -- the political organization that grew out of bernie sanders's run for the white house. abrams spoke tuesday night at a victory rally in atlanta. >> we have a tough race to come. and sometimes we can find it easy to forget about the solid ground beneath our feet, but we must remember we are in the state where the red they live to generations of dreamers. a state where martin marched on ballot boxes and challenged the nation's conscience. gave us theat godfather of soul, the queen of the met, and sent a peanut farmer to the oval office. that is our georgia. and i know you know that as our state's richmond collocated history courses through our veins on a net like tonight when the unexpected becomes the truth -- [applause] it reminds us of who we are. amy: meanwhile, in houston, texas, lupe valdez made history by becoming the first openly gay and first latina candidate to win a major party nominat

i think stacey abrams definitely has a chance. what she did in this primary election, she went out there and people criticized her for spending money early, but she put that money on doors and folks to knock those doors and a very heavy field program where she had more touches in every single county in georgia than her democratic opponent. i think we'll see her do some of the similar things in the general election and the question is all about turn-out. i think stacey abrams has a message that speaks to a wide swath of people in georgia. the question is, will they come out? >> is that similar to what doug jones did in a way, to reach out to more democrats -- >> right. and tried to play more in the suburbs. i still think that stacey abrams is a bit of a long shot. i think it's still a pretty safe seat. the demographics of those suburbs around atlanta, for example, i think they're changing. the question is, are they changing fast enough? democrats were very bullish on michelle nunn for example in 2014 for her chances. she end up los

[ applause ] >> abrams was not the only woman to win in the south. a political n newcom newcomer, former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath defeated jim gray in the sixth district primary. >>> a sinking feeling setting in at the white house literal empa sinkhole steps from -- literally. a sinkhole steps from the white house belieriefing room. a reporter noticed it after days of steady rain. experts coming in to find out what to do next. a science professor tells us the geology of the white house doesn't naturally lend itself to sinkholes. could be the result of previous construction on the lawn or just that draining of the swamp. dictionary.com had good fun with this, as did all of twitter. two definitions of sinkhole. the second -- a place into which foul matter runs. there was also a sinkhole one year ago today at trump's mar-a-lago resort. >> that's right. >> read from that what you will. >> good memory. >>> 41 minutes past the hour. if you want to buy a political ad on facebook, get ready to give your social security number. cnn "money" next. ♪ can

david, just about georgia and stacey abrams, she won huge i think by 50.does the race tell you, what does the margin tell you? >> well, the race tells me that here's a democrat -- i would just say this all about last night, guys. the information we got last night told us more about where the democratic party is right now where that democratic electorate is more than it tells us about what's going to happen in november. stacey abrams place aid huge bet about the way to run an election is to expand and actually change the makeup of the electorate, bring more democrats into the electorate rather than concentrate even in a red state like georgia to appeal to moderate republican white voters who can be brought over to the democratic side and that bet paid off huge. it was really part of both stacey evans who lost and stacey abrams campaign. and stacey abrams got a huge vote of confidence in her pursuit last night. >> and to that end, that stacey abrams snalds that she is unlikely to spend much time pleading with rural whites to return to a democratic party and

abrams is saying that future is now. let's motive those folks. energy generated by the trump era to motive those folks to get them to turn out, to change the map of georgia. can that be done in the year 2018 or is she a little ahead of the demographic change there? that's what we're going to find out this fall. who will she run against? that's the open question here. this is lieutenant governor, republican casey cagle. you see he is leading by a couple margins. georgia is a runoff state. there is going to be a runoff here in july. cagle versus the secretary of state, brian kemp. winner goes on to the general election. the over big story here tonight, though, lawrence, this was the surprise tonight. this was a heck of a story. in kentucky, the sixth district, the only congressional district in kentucky where democrats think they could maybe pick off a republican seat this year, this was the candidate democrats recruited, jim gray, the mayor of lexington. they said get in the race. you're the one who can win the district. then this woman, amy mcgra

stacey abrams the democratic nominee.y, having interviewed stacey abrams back in the day and totally unrelated, i found her to be one of the most charismatic politicians of her generation from any state. i think she is an incredible talent. what are her prospects statewide for that governor's race? >> yeah, i mean, that's the thing. we talk about -- democrats are probably in a neutral year, you know, a few cycles away, the way the demographics are changing. this is one of the fastest growing states in the country, especially this atlanta area right here. and the folks who are moving back to the state of georgia, you're talking a lot about nonwhite voters, younger voters. the population of single women is going up there. a lot of ingredients that democrats see. what they hope is that in 2018 that it proves to be a wave election and it basically speeds up what they see as a longer term trend. 2014, they had high hopes early in the year, that was michelle nunn, jason carter. they each lost by about eight, nine points. but 20

they are endorsing stacy abrams, but from where stacy evans sits, erin, she says she's feeling quite will be on that race tomorrow. kyung, thank you. the latest in the series "born to run." thanks to all of you for joining us. anderson starts now. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. the president of the united states used the enormous power of his office to lean on some of the top officials charged with enforcing the law and investigating him. there are a lot of new details on the president's meeting with chris wray, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and dan coats, the director of national intelligence, and all that led up to it including the deal it ended with. the question being did the pit himself blink. let's take a look at what this incident amounts to because keeping them honest, we know what this is. we've seen this b

i think stacey abrams definitely has a chance. spending money early, but what she did is put that money on doors and folks to knock those doors in a very heavy field program where she had had more touches in every single county engeorgia than her republican opponent. i think we're going to see her do some similar things in the general election and the question is all about turn out. the question is will they come out. >> is that similar what doug jones did, in a way, to reach out to more democrats and -- >> and try to play more in the suburbs, i think. i still think that stacey abrams is a bit of a long shot. i still think this is pretty safe seat. thedomographics around the suburbs, for example, atlanta, i think are changing. the question is are they changing fast enough? michelle in 20134 in her chances, she end up losing to now senator purdue by 10 points. this is kind of like that old joke about lucy holding the football for charlie brown. georgia has been one of those states saying this is swing state, we're going to see it t

stacey abrams joins us now from atlanta. congratulations on your win yesterday, and do you see this as historyaking? >> i do, and first of all, i want to say thank you. i yes, buts not just history for me, it's history for changing the face o what leadership looks like in america, and i'm excited to be part of ad. vangu but i also am excited about what this means for the people of georgia, having someone who is really rea f to look out their needs and their interests. >> woodruff: why do you think you won? >> because we ran an incredibly concentrated effort where we were on the ground eleven months ago. we really focused on talking to voters, asking them questions, and putting out bold and detailed plans so they knew why voting for me would matter, and we werete very gl to see a resounding response, . % of the vote. >> woodruff: there's a lot of conversations, stacey abrams, oabout how you were able turn out voters, many of whom had not voted before. what did you say to them? what was the message? >> i talk about three thing

abrams want to win over swing vo vote -- abrams targeting disengaged minorities and young voter who is may not be connected to the political process. >> we're seeing not only more people turning out, but a greater diversity in who's turning out. >> reporter: still the choice can be confusing at times. >> it will be really confusing because honestly both their names are stacy. >> my interest is what they're going to provide the community, me as a person. >> reporter: which ever stacy prevails, will face the republican candidate on the other site of tuesday's ballot in a traditionally red state. but if stacy's confident, georgia is changing color. >> is georgia purple? is it truly a swing state? we'll know a lot this week. >> reporter: as for those two candidates running on the republican side of there gubernatorial race, it will be later on in the election season. >> do we think at this point some of the negative campaign tactics in the race might hurt democrats come the general in november? >> reporter: certainly, the worry is when you dig up all this dirt, the republicans are going to

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they have stacey abrams, the minority leader of the georgia legislature.tacy evans is also in the georgia legislature, but they have contrasting approaches. abrams trying to bring out minority votes, people who are strong anti-trumpers, and believe they can win that way. stacy evans on the other hand is much more about reaching out, creating a bridge of unity, rural, whites, urbans, black, saying she's common sense, offering hope scholarships, that kind of thing, to give kids a chance. it's a different approach, martha. we'll see results that tell us about democrats position themselves nationally approaching the midterms. >> interesting. karl, what about you? >> i'm watching the same race, for much the same reason. stacey abrams season says i ca, and stacey evans says i can put it together. in order for her to win -- she'd have to take 94% of the vote among minorities, millennials, unmarried women. she says she can expand the pool, but she'd win nearly four out of every five in order to win the general election. interesting to see who wins tonight, the wom

that's sort of the strategic theory behind the abrams campaign.e evans campaign, though, says no, you want to win an election in georgia, you got to get bigger than that. you need to win over some traditionally republican voters. you need win over some folks who were for trump. it's just the reality of running in a state like this. so very interesting strategically. what will georgia democrats choose? the polling evidence we have suggests abrams goes into this as the favorite. always volatility in an election day so we'll see what happens when those returns come in. also you mentioned kentucky. this is a district pretty solidly republican but we always talk about those college degree, those sa buuburb an nights. this is district 6, lm, university of kentucky, highest concentration of college graduates of any congressional district in kentucky. interesting race here on the democratic side put showed that ad, amy mcgrath, she was on knob's radar at the start of this race. gray was the choice of democrats. mcgrath has caught fire online. this could b

stas save abrams went left and she won -- stasey abrams went left and won. >> for a long time they reliedthe support of the black voters in the democratic primaries and more importantly in general elections to get the job done. that is how georgia stayed democratic for longer than the rest of the deep south was because they had the successful fusion between centrist white moderate democrats and black supporters. guess what? the base for democrats in georgia is african-american. that is the truth. these voters chose a liberal, self-identify prod gressive, self-identified member of the resistance and a hardcore liberal democrat who matches their mood and sensibility of this time to be the nominee. they were not interested in a caucasian suburban woman who said what we ought to do is pretend to be something we are not. we are here and we want to be heard. >> dana: so when it comes to general election and the matchup, georgia is a red state. is that still correct? >> bigly. and maybe not -- it was trump's weakest showing in the deep south. but that wasn't because the state is brimming with de

so on may 22, vote for my friend, stacey abrams, that is abrams with an a. >> tsometimes you see a candidae get pushed aside, but you wouldn't do that unless you thought it could help. >> yeah, there is certainly still people out there who want to hear from hillary clinton. but i think also what we're seeing in these races is the legacy of the 2016 elections. these deep divisions in the party that have not been resolved. and it will continue to play out into '20. >> some fine tuning on the messaging which is interesting because there is a bit of a gap between the national rhetoric and the house race rhetoric. house rate is focused on jobs, potholes, that kind of stuff. if you you listen to the national stuff especially no offense on cable television, you are getting questions about things that a lot of voters have either tuned out or have already reached a conclusion on like the russia investigation. >> not a motivating factor, you're right. up next for us, chaos and talk of a possible coup in the republican party and some advice in the middle of all that from the man in the middle of all t

if she can get those voters out to vote -- >> stacey abrams. >> yes.eds e gets shows voters out to vote, that goes a long way in the process. not just for those who traditionally vote, but for those locked out in the black belt. >> but 'those voters go out and vote today, does the general election, democrats, run the risk of losing centrist swing voters? >> not in georgia. >> let's go on a bigger stage. >> there's that risk. but, from what we can see, democratic voters are still disaffected from 2016, still upset about that. if you get as many democrats and everybody democratic family, including far left progressives, and some independents who lean democratic, we can sweep, we can still have this blue wave. quite frankly when it comes to 2020, the next national election, we can see to it that a democrat is elected president again. if you put all those numbers together, democrats, independents who lean left, progressives who are democrats, all minorities, the democrats have the biggest tent and we went across the board. >> what's your thought process he

former representative stacy abrams winning by a landslide over state representative stacy evans. both have similar platforms but different campaign strategies, stacy evans tried to bring suburbanites and working-class voters back into the democratic fold for casey abrams's door-to-door efforts to recruit new voters, liberal leaning young people and minorities seem to have paid off into the democratic candidates will likely take note as they head into the midterms and 2020 presidential election. if she were to win the general election in november abrams will be the first female governor of georgia and first african-american female governor of any us state. democrats face an uphill battle in statewide elections in georgia. georgia remains a strongly red state but with gop runoff coming up in july, two republican candidates also have their work cut out for them over the next tween 9 weeks. shannon: thank you very much. for more on what today's results mean and new reports that things might be looking up for the gop come fall let's turn to editor of the halftime report chris steigerw

>> desjardins: ...as democrats picked stacey abrams, a former stathouse leader, as the country's fire st femalrican- american nominee for governor from either major party. >> we are writing the nextof chapter georgia's future >> drajardins: ab's strategy notably is not about the middle, and more about the base, increasing registration and voting among minorities and the poor. meanwhile, georgia republicans are moving to the right, with a runoff between two candidates pushing ha on immigration lieutenant governor casey cagle and secretary of state brian kemp. >> criminal illegal aliens are spreading across the country. >> i got a bitrk, just in case i need to round up criminal illegals and take them home myself. rdins: another first last night in texas. lupe valdez became the first latina and first openly-gay person to win a party nomination for governor. overall, it was another banner night for democratic women including two first-time candidates winning key congressional races in texas and one pulling off an upset in kentucky-- all three seen as take over to republican seats. >> the

i want to play that and then we'll talk about it. >> sure. >> meet stacey abrams.nts to be president. only using georgia as a stepping stone. wants higher taxes on working families. but can't pay her own taxes. stacey abrams, out for herself, not georgia. >> so, stacey, how do you respond to what will clearly be a line of attack from your opponents connect are your personal finances to managing a state budget over the next six months? >> i think i will tell anyone who has ever had a real life that it's easy to make decisions when you have plenty of money. but being able to manage a budget when you have to make priorities and put real people first, that's when i'm an expert at. i take care of my parents, i take care of my niece and my grandmother. you can defer taxes, you can't defer cancer treatment payments for your father or putting a roof over the head of your niece. and so what i tell every georgia an is i know they're struggling because i'm living it myself. but what i've been able to do is lead the democratic party and put nus a position where the rga feels c

. >> stacey abrams, the newly minted democratic nominee for governor in georgia. thinx get whacky during the commercial breaks in here. stay with us. stacey could become the first black female governor after winning last night it's primary. amy mcgrath surged in the 6th congressional district. joining me now is mark murray, and eugene scott. mark, talk to me about what we saw last night and inny it was such a big night for female candidates not just in georgia but across the board. >> it was across the board. and not just last night, it was last week and the month before and the monday before that. we are seeing women winning across the board, whether it was that georgia race that you just mentioned with stacey abrams in georgia or amy mcgrath beating out lexington mayor jim gray decisively. and then in texas, lupe valdez won the democratic nomination for governor. also, a whole host of congressional nominees you are going to end up seeing from texas are also female. as a colleague has noted we have 72 women both democrats and republicans who won house nominations

that was stacey abrams, get to know her. who won the democratic gubernatorial primary last night in georgia against what happened to be another woman named stacey. this is starting to look like a trend. women are winning a lot of primaries all over the place and it's not cookie cutter type candidates either. they are different kincandidate. amy mcgrath, a fighter pilot won the presumary in ken condition. and lindsey fletcher won against laura mowsier. that was like the stacey primary, woman versus woman in that one. 72 women have won a majority party nomination for the u.s. house. that is already more than the total number of women who were nominated in the 1990 election cycle. it wasn't that long ago. and guess what. we have 35 and then some more state primaries to go. so there is going to be quite a few women nominees this cycle. will it translate into victories for democrats in november? let me bring in shear boostos of illinois. she was one of the few candidates in a district that donald trump carried, being a democrat,

abrams was the favorite, not expected to be by this margin.hind the abrams campaign, you hear so much about democrats in the trump era, win back trump voters, win back republicans, reach out to folks who have maybe given up on the democratic party. abrams says basically it's about exciting democratic constituencies, democratic voters, nonwhites, young people, single women. it's not necessarily about reaching out to trump voters, it's about expanding the democratic pie. her opponent, we'll find out. there's going to be a runoff on the republican side, cagle and kemp. in kentucky, democrats have a chance to flip a congressional seat in kentucky. this was the candidate recruiting by the democratic campaign committee in washington. this is the woman who won, an upset. amy mcgrath, a former fighter pilot. she had an ad that went viral. she talked about being a girl, wanting to be a pilot, being told no. caught fire online, raised millions of dollars, upset the establishment. we'll be talking about this race. this is the lexington area, university o

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and almost a blue dog when you look at her politics compared with abrams. >> first, stacey abrams inthe campaign, one of the main issue in the primary she has a track record of working with republicans. that is not something a crazy liberalists. she was the main plank -- >> harris: who called anybody a crazy liberal? those are your words. >> the governor who is a republican to reform the hope scholarship. this is not someone on the left. she is right in the middle. she is right there for georgia. >> harris: david? >> elections are won by who gets more votes. to date, the republicans are turning out and giving more votes to republicans than democrats are giving to democrats. if that is the case, republicans hold the majorities and in the senate we gain majority. >> harris: you shrugged. >> i do. it's not right to count primaries versus general elections. in primaries we have partisans that vote. >> harris: wait. yesterday didn't count for democrats? >> it shows enthusiasm but it's not right for apples to -- >> harris: how do you drive the needle for november? you don't have the econom

abrams won that nomination outright with 76% of the vote. 52 point margin of victory.istory in november by becoming georgia's first woman governor and the nation's first black female governor. on the republican side of things, lieutenant governor casey cagle and brian kemp were top vote getters. the two head for runoff july 24th. in another victory for women, former fighter pilot amy mcgrath in a stunning upset there. mcgrath, part of the democrats' push to make kentucky part of a blue wave. she will face off against congressman andy barr in november. meanwhile, in texas's seventh district, lizzy fletcher won the democratic runoff. the race became a flash point for progressives that rallied after the democratic national campaign committee dropped opposition research against ahead of the primary. let's talk to laura bar own lopez. good to talk to you again. evan talked about marking another series of elections, including a number of major wins for women historically. what is this telling us, laura, about the state of the mid terms looking ahead to november? >> from last

stacey abrams is a rock star and weigh already know that. it's almost like dating.complicated and there's enthusiasm on the democratic side and the economy's in a great position and voters are crediting trump more and more about that. it means that six months out, it's always hard to make predictions and i think we know that there will be crosscurrents that will be tough to make substantive predictions until we get to election day. >> do not bring your dating status into this segment. >> i didn't say mine. >> we will go way, way, over time. >> it's not complicated. it's terrible. it's terrible. >> i haven't had a first date since the reagan administration. >> this was not how it was supposed to be going, paul! >> do not try to divert attention to the fact that the democratic national party did not back in the race in kentucky. i found that fascinating. >> the mayor of louisville was in that race. >> does that tell you what doug is getting to, watch out, washington. >> yes. >> are you concerned that the big-name democrats are out of touch with what's happening with t

in 1991, as her high school's value victorian, abrams was invited to the governor's mansion. >> what? >> the security guard refused to allow us inside. he said it was a private event. this man who had this power in front of the most powerful place in georgia telling me i don't belong there. that's resonated for met over the last 20 years. >> help me become the next governor of the great state of georgia. >> reporter: abrams plans to do that by taking the blue wave on overdrive, doubling down on the democratic base. women and minorities from black voters to latinos and white progressives with an emphasis on direct grass roots and volunteer contact. ♪ in every corner of georgia. >> you cannot ignore those who already agree with you but feel like you don't respond or reflect their values. we cannot win by pretending to be something we're not. >> don't tell me we can't spread progressive messages. >> reporter: the other stacey in the democratic race disagree. >> my opponent on the other hand thinks you just focus on democrats. and if we just get all democrats out, we'll win. and in a sta

abrams, featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: woo! thank you very much! hey! hey, welcome please have a seat, everybody! you're very kind. oh, there's nothing like a fresh audience, jon. ( laughter ) they just opened the package on this one, and they're still crisp. >> jon: uh-huh. >> stephen: welcome to "the late show." ladies and gentlemen, i'm your host, stephen colbert. first of all-- ( cheers and applause ) thank you very much. >> jon: there he is. >> stephen: first of all, happy national day of prayer. >> jon: yes, that's right, that's right. >> stephen: you know, i don't know why it's just one day, because every morning since the election i wake up and scream, "oh, dear god!" ( laughter ) >> jon: we need a year. >> stephen: do something! ( laughter ) and trump's talk today-- in the rose garden? --or the national prayer breakfast, he talked today about how important faith is to other people. >> i wan

>> congratulations of course to miss abrams.der in the statehouse, but i'm sorry, democrats have been telling me for a long time georgia is so close and on paper it is. donald trump didn't do great in georgia. 50% of the vote versus other deep south states. georgia is an opportunity for democrats. however they can't get their act together to nominate people who match the people in georgia. if we think about -- they had a former governor miller who spoke at the republican national convention. there was a way that it worked for them, it looked like democrats, they have nominated a progressive, they have nominated -- the fact that she's african-american is testament to something very important for democrats not just in the south. democrats have not figured out how to have this discussion on race. we watched it with hillary clinton and bernie sanders. we watched it before. where's the party's energy, where's the loyalty and this will continue to plague them i think. >> shannon: let's turn now to kentucky. tell us about a new mcgrath

well, now you just made me smile because stacey abrams historic candidacy, we needboth of these, right? because it gets so hard every day to take on this barrage of news. but all kinds of new candidates are entering. there's the first latina gay woman in texas who was a sheriff. she's also on the ticket. and we've also had some neem people that have come out of the movement for black lives running for office. so there's an influx of new political energy that can, again, have not just the stamina but strategy around how to create new policy. how to dismantle, how to be in constructive conversation, because i think it's really important to note, because people are so afraid to be called racists. they're more afraid to be call rayes -- racists than to stop racist activity, right? >> right. >> we're saying if you're in a structure that is designed for you to operate this way, it takes some of that personal weird onus off. so the primaries are really going to be telling, and we need that encouragement to keep going. >> yep. and we will keep -- we will have to continue this conversation anot

the indication has been abrams is the favorite. there's polling she's leading it by a solid margin.uestion is the case her campaign will make is hey, we've been running democrats. they'll say we've been running democrats like evans before who have that model of trying to reach out and win over republicans and win over voters who used to vote more conservative. they say it hasn't been working in georgia. time to try something new. there are big picture demographic changes in georgia that the abrams campaign is talking about tapping into. the test is we'll see the mood of the democratic party tonight and maybe nationally as well. the test will be this november. if this ends up being a wavier year for democrats. . if abrams is the nominee, is there evidence it pays off for democrats or do we get up with evidence that it backfired? we have to wait for that. >> the question is what does the democratic party stand for? what's the platform? we know the democrat want to win. what they don't know is what horses to bet in. steve kornacki, no, this face, that big board, we're going to be payin

a abrams and westmoreland were very sympathetic, saw most things the same way. if you look at the war, you look at what's going on, 90% of the american military effort is already committed. there's things you have to do. you have to defend your bases, lines of communication, support pacifications, do the interdiction operations. there's not a lot eveof, you kn room to maneuver. around the edges a little bit. but not a lot. so i think what happens when abrams takes over, the war had changed, the war is beginning to change, but you don't see a major change in the war until the middle of '69. final point. tet offensive, 30, 31, january. the first goes to 5 march, three phases, not two. then there's a second one, may/june. third one, august/september, and a fourth one, tet 69. after the exhaustion of the communist forces and after vietnamesation began to take hold, that's when both sides began to change policy. the year after tet, abrams is still wanting to cross the border, still wanting to fight the big battles, still doing all the other things that westmoreland h

stacey abrams, congratulations on your victory.markable to bet the push notification from "the new york times" last night. it really was. >> thank you. >> when you think about the history of the country. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> stacey abrams is part of the bigger story as well, we should note there is a remarkable surge in women democratic nominees this year. among democratic nominees just in the house of representatives this year, for example, over 40% just so far women compared to 2016 when under 30% of candidates were. and that's just for house of representatives races. hopes and momentum can help take her all the way to the governor's mansion, cynthia nixon joins me live, next. >>> actress and activist cynthia nixon is running for governor of new york. she is challenging incumbent andrew cuomo, an incumbent in the democratic primary. largely from the left, cynthia nixon is with me now. the day the state had the nominating convention on long island. >> yes. >> i think it was jonathan alter. in t

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. >>> it's the battle of the stacys, stacy abrams and stacy evans.ell us about the two stacys and what's going on. >> let's take a look at georgia. first of all the backdrop for all this, it's an open governor's race, the republican incumbent is out after two terms. in the presidential race, we know it's been a red state, but a single digit margin, inched a little bit closer, a five digit loss in 2016. at one point in 2016, democrats thought they might do better than lose by five points. there's been an influx of folks coming into the state the last generation or so, a lot of young people, nonwhite people, single women, democrats say, the demographics are turning in the state to favor it, potentially. the question though for a democrat is how do you do it? and that makes this primary so interesting because strategically democrats are being offered two very different paths in georgia. the polling indicates maybe indicates the front-runner today, her strategy seems to be to expand the democratic pie, saying we democrats are short right now in a state w