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out of washington, where after months of gridlock, the house just past several bills, including a ban on the social media platform, tiktok. and foreign aid packages for taiwan, israel and ukraine. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says he is grateful for continued support. he personally thanked mike johnson. johnson, who is fighting his own battle to retain the speakership as he faces a possible ouster over the ukraine vote from now three members of his caucus, led by marjorie taylor greene. we will have the latest from capitol hill, and here in new york, where a jury is now in place after the first week of

donald trump's hush money trial. and trump says he is ready to take the stand. joining me now is our capitol hill correspondent. you had a very busy day, julie. with these aid bills passed, what is next? >> s nereporter: what is next that the senate plans to take all of these bills up in one package. that is funding and also a bill that would ban tiktok, as you said, if the owner, the parent company has ties to the chinese government, does not sell tiktok within one year. it would be banned from the app store in the u.s., certainly a devastating blow to the millions of americans who use it every single day, but the reason that was part of these

bills is because many lawmakers and the intelligence community say that this poses a national security risk because the chinese government could potentially be spying on americans data. he also had the aid bills that i mentioned here, aid to ukraine, $60 million, making up the majority of that. this is something that has stalled in the months as republican infighting kept johnson from putting it on the floor. $26 million also going to israel, and then you also have aid, humanitarian needs, this is something democrats have said was the red line. some of that will go to civilians here in gaza. >> that is what i wanted to ask you, these include any humanitarian assistance for civilians in gaza. what we know about how those funds will be distributed? also, i want to ask you what is the status of mike johnson? yesterday a third republican lawmakers signed onto the motion to vacate his speakership. >> reporter: yeah, two very important questions.

first, the humanitarian aid will go through u.s. aid. they have the ultimate purview and how this will be distributed. it will go to other countries impacted by crises, refugee crises around the middle east and in african countries. also in ukraine. humanitarian needs are needed there. they will get to play around with that money and distribute it as they see fit. many talk about speaker johnson's future, there is a big question hanging over it, that is because you had those three members, marjorie taylor greene leading the pack. yesterday the congressman from arizona signing onto that and you also had thomas massey, who told me a couple hours ago that what he wants to see is speaker johnson voluntarily resign so they don't have to force this vote to vacate him and oust him from the speakership chair and have that circus that we saw back in the fall after kevin mccarthy was ousted and you had

hakeem jeffries get more votes than any republican candidate for speaker. republicans were embarrassed by that moment. it was certainly a stain on the year that we have seen from them. they want to avoid it, they told me. but they still want to see johnson resign. when i asked if you would do so he did not answer, he walked away. we don't expect him to give up that easily, but a big question looming over his future here on capitol hill. >> i think if he does hillresig will still have a circus, but thank you. joining me now is congresswoman jennifer mckellen, congresswoman, thank you for joining us after today's house vote. let's start there, with the passage of aid packages for ukraine, israel and taiwan, as well as a tiktok band, what is your reaction after the votes? >> today the house of representatives worked as it was supposed to, where we came together in a bipartisan basis

to show the world that we are going to stand up for democracy over tyranny, that we are going to put our national interest over petty politics. that we are going to stand with our allies while they are fixing existential threats, and that we will provide humanitarian need to people in need. so it is a very sobering, but a day that we should be proud of, that we came together in this way. way. >> you now have three members of the house freedom caucus saying that mike johnson should be removed as speaker over the ukraine vote. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene now joined by paul gaucher and thomas massey. if that pushes the momentum on the republican side, do you expect house democrats to come to johnson's defense and vote against his removal? >> we will have a conversation about that, if that comes to pass. i think it would be a shame for the republican party to oust

their leader over putting the national interest above petty politics. hopefully it will not come to that, but that is something that we will certainly have a discussion about as a caucus. >> republicans in the house not dealing with petty politics? okay. let's shift now to the election. we just concluded black maternal health week, highlighting the disproportionate dangers many black women face during childbirth. and you praised president biden for addressing the crisis as he stomped in pennsylvania this weekend. his campaign set abortion- rights assets top message, casting him as the only defense against a national abortion ban if trump is selected and democrats lose in congress. as a biden campaign surrogate, do you think this strategy is working with voters? >> definitely. i mean, i hear from voters all the time and in my district and

across the country who are angry, just as i am. i'm angry that i'm the first generation to lose a constitutional right because of donald trump and the judges that he appointed to the bench. he knows that he is in trouble and he is trying to backtrack, but these abortion bans, which now one in three women in this country live in a state with an abortion ban. the states that have these have a worse maternal health crisis, and as a black woman who almost died in childbirth, i am furious that the black maternal health crisis, rather than getting better, is getting worse because of donald trump and the only people that are working to fix it are joe biden, and congressional democrats and the american people know that and will come out and vote accordingly. >> the first week of donald trump's hush money trial ended with jury selection complete, and trump reaffirming that he will take the stand. so we now have the first criminal trial of a former president in american history moving forward.

as he runs for election in the midst of multiple legal entanglements, how do you expect that to play with voters? >> reporter: first of all, it is disgraceful that you see a former president in a manhattan courtroom because of actions he has taken that ultimately put himself above the american people, and that is his mo. we saw a stark contrast between that and president biden who was out talking to the american people about what he and, harris have done and will continue to do to address the issues that they care about and that they face in their everyday lives, whereas donald trump has proven that all that he will do is look out for himself and look out for revenge and retribution against his enemies. >> in your emieopinion, should president biden be talking more about the trump trial?

>> reporter: know. look, the trial will play out the way that the legal system plays out, and that is appropriate. the jury and the legal system will decide what should happen to donald trump. president biden needs to be, and is focused on what he has and will continue to do for the american people. and how he will continue to fight on the issues that they care about, whether it is reproductive freedom or addressing climate change or building an economy from the middle class out, that leaves no one behind. those are the issues that constituents across the country are talking about while the media likes to focus on donald trump and his sideshow circus, the american people are focused on who is going to address the issues that we care about on a day to day basis. >> thank you congresswoman jennifer mckellen. let's dive deeper into this criminal hush money trial of the former president, donald trump, which begins in earnest

on monday after a full jury was selected this week. joining me now is msnbc legal analyst, danny ceballos. thank you for joining me today, danny. the judge initially set aside two weeks but in five days they were able to seat 12 jurors and six alternates. what are your thoughts on the jury, are you confident that the panel will be fair? >> reporter: he seated a jury in less than five days. they did not work on wednesday and one day was a loss, it was mostly oral argument on motions. they scratch the surface and this was a jury selected in one of arguably the four most important criminal cases in american history. this is one of them. the first one, in a jurisdiction where it would be really difficult to pick jurors, at least everybody thought, they did it in three days and they were finished

before the end of the day on friday because they even had more arguments before the jurors were excused. this is amazing and in fact, donald trump's team is arguing that this was too fast. normally, when you have jury selection, if you have one out of 100 jurors that says actually i know the defendant and have a strong feeling about him, normally they are out. technically you could keep them if they could be unbiased, but counsel will say and a judge will agree let's just be safe and let him go home. we have plenty of people that do not know the defendant. this is a situation where the baseline was not only everybody knew the defendant, but everybody had opinions about the defendant. this was a totally different process. it was baked in. you had to find people who would self select and admit, or be honest that they could be fair and impartial, or that they couldn't be. >> the judge has already excused two potential jurors. you think it will be possible

to keep them on the case given all the media attention in these trials, putting jurors at risk for potential harassment? >> absolutely. we already lost -- we have already had juror attrition, which by the way, that happens during trial .4 all kinds of reasons they break the rules and i have had them fall asleep and get kicked off of my juries, but rarely do you have a situation where a juror gets selected and then they are out before the actual trial starts. normally that is nothing. normally that happens actually the same day, but here you have a situation where a juror went home and said boy, everybody is contacting me, they are pushing things to me on my phone and they are figuring out who i am. >> people are not even supposed to know who the jury is, including the media. >> they are not, but with the modern era, with the phone in hand, there are sleuths out there that can figure out who everybody is. there are two lawyers on and all you have to do is search

firm websites and it does not take too long if you have enough time and wi-fi access. almost anybody can figure this stuff out. i think that we really have a risk of losing more jurors. i think that if the court had its way it would have 30 alternate jurors, because i think there is a chance we could burn through more before it is over. >> in the closing stages of yesterday's hearings, the judge firmly told trump at one point to sit down. and on tuesday he reportedly raised his voice while admonishing trump's attorneys about juror intimidation in the courtroom. also, the new york times reported that trump may have dozed off at some point. his team claims he was just resting his eyes, but how do you think trumps courtroom behavior could affect the trial? >> this is so frustrating for criminal defense attorneys like me because criminal defense attorneys will tell their client, look, i will handle everything at trial. i have prepared cross

examination and have all the exhibits lined up, you, sir, just have to sit there and look not guilty. >> and don't fall asleep. >> and don't fall asleep, because here's the thing, the jurors are watching every criminal defendant all the time. that is the criminal defendant you have never heard of. in this case, with the most infamous criminal defendant, there watching him the entire time. the lawyers will be looking to see if they can get eye contact with the jurors because they will be staring at him the entire time. i don't want to sound dramatic, that he could make or break his case with his misbehavior in the courtroom. maybe what he does not realize is that the same approach that has worked in the media does not work in court, because jurors don't like defendants who act out. that is why attorneys like me beg our clients to just sit there, take notes, do not tug at my sleeve, don't roll your eyes or shake your head. some clients listen and other clients don't. but i can tell you, most of

trial work can feel like astrology. that is a tried-and-true rule, that a defendant that misbehaves in court will be punished by a jury. >> you do understand that good behavior to donald trump his misbehavior to the rest of the world, but let me ask you this. two big hearings that i had in new york on monday. after this week's jury selection the first opening statements will kick off in his hush money case. trump lost another last-minute appeal to delay the trial of this time, claiming jury selection was unfairly rushed. also happening monday, a separate hearing on the $175 million bond trump posted to appeal his civil fraud judgment. new york's attorney general letitia james is asking the judge to reject the bond, raising questions about the company behind it. then on tuesday, a gag order hearing in the hush money case, where prosecutors are claiming trump is in violation, and was already on notice that violating the gag order could result in imprisonment.

walk me through what we can expect next week. >> we are going to be busy. as far as the bond goes, basically the attorney general saying that the bond that was posted, it is not reliable enough. it might not be a legitimate company or whatever the case may be. when you lose in civil court, you have to post a bond through the privilege of appealing, because what could happen is you could spend all that money on appeal and not give it to the person, the plaintiff. >> so the legitimacy of the company is important to who put up the bond? >> absolutely. if i posted a bond and said it was just from bank of bank and made up a name, that is something that should be a concern. going to the gag order violation, i think they made a good choice and i don't know why he put it off for a week,

but it is two fold, number one, he figured look, i want to get the jury selection, i have more than 100 people to go through the next couple of hours, so let's just push it off, and then he probably realized that by next weekend, and i think he was right, there might be more gag order violations, so let's consolidate them and see what we have next week. so also trump's attorneys tried one last ditch effort, arguing that jury selection went too fast. i understand the sentiment. i am a criminal defense attorney. i understand the concern, but that appeal has been unsuccessful. the trial is going to go forward, and next week we will hear opening statements in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. >> in american history. >> in american history. next week is a week of many the stork firsts. a man died yesterday after setting himself on fire outside the courtroom where trumps trial was taking place. police say he had been districting pamphlets in the designated protest area. the trial continued on despite the incident. but do you think it raises security concerns at the venue that need to be addressed and

could the circus outside affect what happens in the courtroom? >> that is not to say that this was a security failure. i watched the press conference. this is an area set aside for protests. sunday walking in there and misbehaving, it would not raise any eyebrows and by all accounts, what he did with the accelerant and letting himself on fire happened very quickly, but i think you are absolutely right, that we have already lost jurors who overnight rethought their position on this jury. imagine they are going to find out about this if they have not already. this is going to raise security concerns. these are regular folks doing their civic duty, and i have seen this in organized crime cases. the jurors get really nervous. they don't want to be on the jury, because it is too scary. this is not organized crime, but at the same time, jurors may be going home and maybe family members are saying you know people are liking

themselves on fire? this is too crazy, you don't want any of this, get out. >> let me ask you a question, do you think the judges handled these proceedings so far all right? >> you know, when legal analysts, on the air one of my pet peeves is when they come on air and we always say the same nice things about judges, he is nice but fair or a no nonsense judge. i try not to do that, but i will say, with all that, yes, i have to say that justice mershon, who i have never been in front of, but i might be in the future, but i have to say, he has been efficient, he has been very fair, and really, attorneys, no matter what side you are on, they appreciate a judge who tries to move through the case efficiently. his reputation is that he is neither a defense judge nor a people's judge or a prosecution judge. so far, i think that has held true. this was a monumental task hitting through jury selection. he got through it about two weeks earlier than i thought he would, and for that alone he

should be commended. >> and he has been attacked by donald trump and his daughter has been attack. we will see what happens in the gag order hearing on tuesday. thank you for being with us. coming up, he is trying to court the black vote with basketball analogies. however, his effort is far from a slamdunk. i will explain that next in this week's gotcha. tcha. listen, what you really need in life is some freakin' torque. what? horsepower keeps you going, but torque gets you going. what happened to my inner child craving love and acceptance? how about you love and accept this? p-p-p-p-powershot! when can i drive? you already are! the dodge hornet r/t... the totally torqued-out crossover.

south carolina senator tim scott's failed campaign barely registered in the polls, but it seems he is still chasing the national spotlight. the senators latest venture is a web video series called america's starting five, in which he has assembled a dream team of black republican lawmakers, hoping to score some

points with african-american voters. now in its second episode, the series has dropped in viewership, going from over 3000 views in the first installment to about 300 views for the second episode after being up for more than a week as of this morning. the debut episode kicked off with a few tired shots of president biden. take a listen. listen. >> in 2024, it looks like four out of 10 of us ain't black enough for joe biden. it is sometimes frustrating as well as entertaining and frustrating in that president biden get away with saying the darndest things and never held accountable by anyone for the things that -- salacious. entertaining because it is funny. funny. >> let me be clear, i applied any effort to mobilize black

voters, even if i don't agree with the politics. and it is impressive that republicans could assemble a roster of five talented african lawmakers. but what towelãwhat bothers me is when i hear these men share their views on the state of race relations in this country. take a listen to texas congressman wesley hunt. >> how did we get here? i guess a lot of white people had to vote for us? it was not -- [ laughter ] a lot of white people had to vote for us. >> that means we have come a long way and we are literally being judged by the content of our character not by the color of our skin. >> african-americans deserve better representation than black politicians who figured out how to win white votes. the demand public servants who will fight to address real problems in their communities. including racism, crime,

inequality, and that is why polls show black support for the democratic party has barely budged in 30 years. it was 86% in 1994, and it stands at 83% today. it is not that democrats are perfect, but their support for african-americans is rooted in actual policies addressing years of systemic discrimination. republicans, on the other hand, are only offering up trump mugshots, golden sneakers, and now america's starting five, a crew that likes to talk trash, but most of the time ends up on the bench. i've got you.

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both msnbc contributors. susan, on monday, opening statements in donald trump's opening criminal trial are set to begin in manhattan after a full jury was selected this week. there were 12 jurors and six alternates. this trump trial, and perhaps others, are expected to be a part of the reality of this 2024 campaign. as republicans watch these proceedings, do you think they are comfortable with what they have seen so far, not only in terms of how it could impact trump's chances, but also down ballot races? >> fortunately, they cannot really watch it. we only get reports of what is coming up because in new york cameras are not allowed in the courtroom, but that being said, i think there are a lot of republicans on edge because of trump's temperament.

you mentioned it earlier in the show, how he stood up early and the judge basically told him to sit down. i think as this trial goes on, his temperament is going to get more and more out of control, and could be downright explosive when he has to confront the two women who he paid hush money to for an alleged affair. they're going to say that happened and donald trump has denied this affair or these two affairs. so i think that is when he may explode. he will have to be put on some kind of sedative. >> as the trial progresses, trump's campaign is planning to use his time in the courtroom as part of its appeal to black voters, specifically their hoping black men will relate to trump's claim he is being targeted unfairly by the american justice system.

it is a very different argument than the one being put forward by president biden, who last week used his keynote address at my national action network's annual convention to talk about how his policies have benefited black americans. >> we reduced the black unemployment rate to its record low, more black americans have health insurance than ever before. more black businesses are starting up and we have seen in the last 25 years, in fact, despite attacks on our support for brown and black small businesses, we are investing in them as key ways to build generational wealth in communities. >> president biden's argument on black wealth, black unemployment at its lowest, hbcus, it seems more substantive but he only has to peel off a few black voters to be successful. whose argument do you think will win out?

>> i mean, you showed the stats earlier around party affiliation and the stats exist where i don't think any republican presidential candidate has ever garnered more than seven or 8% of support from black voters. the numbers are what they are. it is clear who black voters will likely align behind. i have to say, the argument from trump is just a disgusting representation of what he thinks of black people. right? this is the same man who took out a full-page ad calling for the execution of five teenagers who were wrongly accused, charged and imprisoned with sexual assault. this is the same man who, while in the white house, said that were very fine people. so i urge all the viewers, i urge all the voters out there to just look at his words. look at his actions, because they paint an explicit picture of what he thinks about the black people in this country and communities across the

nation that will be voting in november. >> i was involved in that case, the central park five, where he took out ads. he never took a position on any civil rights or judicial case where we felt that there was something questionable. he never took a position, other than that. >> and he promised -- and he wouldn't take it -- >> -- young men. still wouldn't take it back after they cleared them years later. but susan, this week the senate dismissed impeachment articles and it took house republicans months to get the secretary impeached and only three hours for the senate to dispense with the matter. was it worth the effort? >> it had no impact on anything. it was not worth the effort. the republicans were trying to embarrass the biden

administration perhaps, or they knew they would have a good case against joe biden, so they went after one of the cabinet members. but i mean, it is almost forgotten, especially if you look at what else happened this week between the funding for ukraine and israel and taiwan and the donald trump trial. i think that they just let this one go by and paid it no heed. >> one ada, coming up in the show, i'm going to have stacey abrams concerns about voters ahead of this year's election. now this is as the new york times reports that the trump campaign and the republican party plan to dispatch over 100,000 election monitors, mostly in heavily democratic areas and battleground states. how worried are you about the threat of voter intimidation or other mischief from the gop? >> i am extremely worried.

and everything you outlined is red flag after red flag. 100,000 people to keep their eye on election workers? i cannot help but think about how giuliani attacked the election workers down in georgia in fulton county. i cannot help but think about the voter intimidation we have seen throughout 2020. as well as the protesters in arizona and michigan and pennsylvania who are shouting to stop the count. so i'm really concerned about how this will play out, especially since it reads like an open playbook for voter intimidation and proactive efforts to disrupt the election. and so knowing that 2020 was essentially a practice run for trump and his lawyers filed prevalence cames and those supporters that protested the count, like -- and january 6, i am very concerned about how this will materialize in 2024. >> susan, i have to ask you about this, 100,000 people, monitors in battleground

states, democratic areas. our republican scared? >> they are concerned in the sense that they will do anything they can to intimidate voters. but we heard this once before in 2022, and let's not forget that they were going to come out and people were going to be armed, and basically we saw no cases of this happen. i have been around a long time and i have seen a lot of poll watchers and people who watch the poll watchers. i don't think that this is a significant threat. however, it is the messaging that they are sending out that is significant. ignificant. >> thank you both for being with us. coming up, my exclusive interview with voting rights advocate, stacey abrams, why she says democrats will have to stop and listen before

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crest. welcome back to politics nation. georgia will once again play a key role this year in picking our next president. right now the federal courts are deciding on the legality of the states controversial 2021 voting law imposing voter id

requirements, limiting drop boxes, and allowing state takeovers of local elections. last week, as head of the national action network, i sat down with the voting rights activist and former georgia gubernatorial candidate, stacey abrams, while she was in town for the annual national action network convention. i asked about her primary concerns ahead of the 2024 election. take a listen. >> stacey, you received the shirley chisholm award the national action network today because of a lot of the breakthroughs that you did in georgia. what is going on in georgia now on the ground? >> we know that while georgia remains a competitive state, unfortunately the republicans continue to attack voting rights and tried to hide behind false allegations to do so. we know that once again, the georgia legislature passed a disagreeable and very offensive

set of laws that will make it easier to challenge the right of voters to stay on the roles. there are massive voter challenges. they are continuing to promote the components of sb 202, and fair fight is back in action and working on that issue. but we know that we have to be incredibly diligent this year, because republicans remember that georgia delivered 16 electoral college votes for president biden. unfortunately, instead of celebrating the competitive nature of the state, they are instead trying to restrict access to the right to vote, whether it is the governor, by signing these bills, or the secretary of state trying to defend this legislation, we know that the fight is to make certain that every eligible voter not only can cast the ballot, but that they trust the process. >> what is the process that he would give or are giving to democrats nationally on what they need to do to win?

this is such a vital election. and a consequential election. what is your counsel nationally, and regionally for the democratic party? >> we have to start asking the question, or continue asking the question, what do you need? for so many voters who have come through the pandemic and faced inflation, it is not a question of who should be in charge, it is a question of why should they participate? for many people the question starts with, how can i help? what do you need? i think that president biden has done an exceptional job of passing policies that will mitigate the harm of the previous four years and lay the groundwork for the next four years progress. but for a lot of folks, it is like knowing that someone is building a house and you cannot live in it just yet. we cannot get to all of the rooms yet. part of the opportunity is for us to not only trumpet what has

been done but talk about what is to come and what the next four years look like and what -- president biden without president biden , and terrified of the person who wants to come back into the white house, strip off -- economic progress we have made -- the democracy that we hold to be so dear. >> you did a lot of work that laid the groundwork for georgia to get the first two democratic senators in a long time. the first jewish in the first black senator ever. do you fear what all of the demagoguery and the -- the real , i would say, base anti-women, anti-jewish kind of campaign that we are seeing out of the trump stirs, do you feel that could be wiped away if we are not alert and mobilize the base? >> we have to remember that every victory or built into every victory are the seeds of

defeat and built into every defeat are the seeds of victory. we have seen victory, but we cannot rest on that victory and think that it is impermeable and impervious to harm. what we know is that the attack on diversity, equity and inclusion, the ei, is an attack on democracy, it is an attack on education, it is an attack on how our economy works, because what the senators represent our pathways to the american dream, they are proof points and those proof points scare those who want this world to be more narrow and restrictive. and so we have to recognize that our opportunity to hold to those successes requires our constant attention and constant attending. you know, voting is not magic, voting is medicine, but it also means that it is a constant engagement and we cannot have a moment of success, we have to keep working constantly at moving ourselves forward. ve >> and s lastly, what -- how ar you fitting into the political

landscape in this vital year? what can people look for from you, and how do they keep up with what you are doing? >> first and foremost, i'm always speaking up on behalf of democracy, because it is not about who is on the ballot but who has access to the booth. that is the work that will always underpin everything i do, regardless of who you are going to vote for, want to make sure that you have the right to go in, and that the right is protected but i will be fighting to make sure you vote for democrats up and down the ballot because i think we do a better job of promoting a strong economy, protecting our rights and people. and one of those defenses that i'm so focused on his protecting, defending and expanding diversity, equity and inclusion. that is an attack on access to the american dream, and as someone who has been privileged to succeed because of the american dream, i'm going to defend it for everyone else and always please support their fight because the fight for marcus he is never over. >> stacey abrams, thank you fore being at the national action

network's convention. ork's nv >> thanks once again to stacey abrams. our final thoughts are next, stay with us. ay with us.

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on monday morning, for the first time in american history, a criminal trial of a former u.s. president is going to start right here in manhattan. and i looked at this, the pro and the con as objectively as i could, and what brought me to that is, we had a panelist at our convention on the international panel, and he was from one of the african countries represented. we had people from heat he and the panel was chaired by the chairman from the united kingdom. he said reverend, you're going to have a criminal trial of a u.s. president? and it hit me how the world is

going to be looking at this country. that we have the president of the united states that is no longer an office that is being tried for falsifying records about an alleged affair with a porno star and then there are three other trials. how does that look to the world? at one level, i look at the fact that the united states, who has always represented such a high bar, that we are a country that is above the standards of smaller countries and countries that are not built like we are, that we are literally going to be watching a man go through the first of four trials, but on the other side, i look at the fact that we can hold people accountable, no matter who they are. so the dad is the disgrace of what we will see, the good is,

the fact that he can be held and should be held accountable no matter who he is. it is between both of them that i will be watching on friday. we will be right back. they're a sign of bacterial infection. crest gum detoxify's antibacterial fluoride works below the gumline to help heal gums and stop bleeding. crest saves the day. crest. this is remington. ...he's a member of the family, for sure. we always fed them kibble— it just seemed like the thing to do. but ...he was getting picky we heard about the farmer's dog... and it was a complete transformation. his coat was so soft, he had amazing energy. he was a completely different dog. it's a no-brainer that (remi) should have the most nutritious and delicious food possible. i'm investing in my dog's health and happiness.

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