let's bring in paul begala, david safavian and laura barrÓn-lÓpez. they're all back with us., lower, this is very interesting. because i interviewed e. jean carroll about this. -- don't trump has denied it. and he did more than denying the rape. he also disparaged her in the process and also said he had no idea who she was. she has pictures of herself with him. it's interesting that a judge is forcing him to sit for this deposition. because he had tried to get out of it by saying -- he had some sort of cover. but i guess he doesn't. >> right. he's also clearly been trying to delay the potential of this deposition. what's interesting here, though, and e. jean carrol could very well amend her statement in this defamation case, is that trump repeated his now recently on truth social. so, he just repeated it again while he is not president, saying, i did not do this, attacking her again. and so the fact that he did that publicly while he does not have the so-called protection which he had when he was president, to say this, now, the legal understanding, as far as i know what, is

joining us now, cnn political commentator paul begala, and cnn political analyst laura barone lopez.irst of all, are we going to say what generation we're? >> oh, definitely. i'm a proud gen xer. we should put it up to define it. i think at this table we might have a baby boomer, two gen xers, a millennial, and unknown. >> gen x. >> three gen xs. i didn't know if you were gen z or x. >> thank you. thank you pour the compliment. >> i was born in the 1980s in july. i'm gen x adjacent. >> i think you count. >> 1980? are you a cusper. >> all right. we round out. i'm gen x. >> no offense. >> so paul, what's going on in gen x? basically, they are -- their choice for congress is significantly more republican than any of those other age demos. >> it's the weakest stage for democrats. what happens for a lot of people -- not everybody -- you identify with the party whose president you came of age under. i'm at the end of the baby boom, but i don't remember woodstock or vietnam. i don't culturally identify with the baby boomers. the first election i voted in was reagan against carter. i was at

cnn political contributor paul begala joins me now. he was counselor to president bill clinton and is a scholar at the university of virginia's center for politics. i read and appreciated your essay. you say crime is actually up more in red states and you cite wyoming, south dakota, nebraska. but really, isn't it about philly and chicago and new york city? >> well, both. it's cities and states. so look at cities, for example. bar bakersfield, california, home of kevin mccarthy. much higher murder rate than nancy pelosi's san francisco. jacksonville, florida, probably the murder capital of america per capita. republican mayor, republican governor. twice the murder rate of democratic new york city. democrats are better on crime and they need to make that case. >> isn't part of the problem those -- and i'm not buying into a fox meme here. in this case it happens to be true. those soros sponsored and backed progressive dnas, george g gascon in l.a.? >> the democrats in san francisco already threw out chessa boudain. katherine cortez masto,

i want to get your reaction to r paul begala.hat he had to say about he said, just listen to this, okay? look, i spoke before or after joe biden half a dozen times.e a and the fact is , when he came off that stage, you know whae ti people were not saying? that guy has the energy, the vigor, the like the he vigor developed it. >> you're missin, g the mostudde important thing, andrew . you a the early states are fulrel of white liberals. they don't like joe . then when we moved to real democrats, african-americans in the south, they loved him and he steamrolled everybody because inmrolle my party, the t and soul of the party are sou people of color, not painting white liberals on twitter. >>f i'm sorry to use bad language. i just want to liven it up a little bit. we mak jwanted te it from ukraio that. so you talk about it. so it' s a job. i do think.et it bua t paul is i would have probably said a little differently. but if you look at differ what's happe happened, democrats, we've elected president over the last 30 , 40 yearemocra

margaret talbot and scott jennings are back with us, and paul begala joins us as well. because it has been very interesting to watch how desantis handles this moment, as someone who is seen as a likely challenger to donald trump and who has engaged in pugnacious tactics. his critics call him a troll. he really has, by and large, seemed to set that aside in this moment. how do you see his performance, as governor of florida in this tragedy? >> it's good policy and good politics, right? he's got to take care of his people. he's got over 100 lives lost. he's got to coordinate with the president. the president's got to coordinate with the governor. this is their job. if you look at their paycheck, they're each signed by the american people and the people of florida, not the democrats and the republicans. the problems will arise when the water recedes, by which i mean, questions already being raised about evacuation orders. already we're hearing reports that property tax -- property insurance rates are going to skyrocket in florida. questions about why is he fighting culture

we got paul begala, jeff duncan, and mia love. glad they are all here to talk about this. what is your thought? and look at georgia over here. i want to know how this is playing in georgia? >> it's certainly a tough time to be a republican in georgia. the should be a lap for us. we have two republican u.s. senators. unfortunately, we lost in the runoff. and now, we are facing a situation where, certainly, it is a crucial walker's way behind it falling even further behind. i think we've got to get to a point where we stop translating honesty for weakness. and i think once we figure out that we can be honest, and still be strong. who will be better as a party. >> i am so confused but where republicans are with abortion right now. is it that it is okay if you like the candidate? you are only against abortion if it is a democrat who gets the abortion? i am so confused by all the people who are lining up to support herschel walker? >> it is just politics at its worst. but -- here is my perspective. my perspective of it is this. i -- when i was in high school. i wasn't as pro-li

we have with us andrew yang, paul begala, and alyssa farah griffin.at to have you guys tonight, great to have you. here is president biden going to run again? should he? >> he should, and i think he will. but here is how the dominoes, fall, slightly different order than what you are saying. if trump runs, biden will. because you saw, jake said, do you think you're the only person? he does think he's the only person. he did not say, that but he said i think i can, because he does not want to insult his vice president or 100 other governors who want to run. >> and because he did beat him once. >> he did, and i believe he thought that about 2016 when he chose not to run. so if trump runs, biden, i believe, i mean, he has not called me about it, but if trump runs, i think biden will. because he does believe he's the only one. >> and if trump does not run, biden is not running? >> i think it's much more open. >> that makes it difficult, because he's leaving democrats in this position where they are not grooming who it is going to be after him. i'd be surpr