Hillary Clinton tells her friends that she is leaving the 2020 door open

"Most of the losing presidential candidates never completely close the doors of the presidential bid," Zeleny said. "But I think we should at least leave our minds open to the possibility that she's still talking about it." She wants to confront Trump, could she win a Democratic primary to do it? I do not know the answer to that question "

2. Attacking Advanced Technology

Large technology companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google have never been so powerful – and will likely be the subject of increased scrutiny this year, at Capitol Hill and during the presidential campaign.

New Astead Herndon York Times reporter, said that some candidates were more passionate about the issue than others.

"I came back from South Carolina and asked Senator Sen. [Elizabeth] Warren and Sen. [Kamala] the same question about whether they are dismantling the tech giants and what 'they think they have to do to contain them,' said Herndon. "Warren lights up, talks about antitrust legislation, talks about the possibility of disassociating her and says it's something she thinks should happen."

What about Harris?

"She is a Senator from California, having been working with these companies for a while, she hesitated and said:" I will come back to you later, "said Herndon. "I think it's an interesting way to know early in these two campaigns that they are focusing on different things." Senator Warren is much more comfortable talking about such problems. "

3. Dems Russia Inquiry Projects

Now that the government is open, House Democrats are progressing in their plans to investigate the Trump campaign, the Trump government and the Trump organization.

"After winning their House Democrats victory just hours later, we were already pivoting," said Politico's Rachael Bade . President Nancy Pelosi issued a statement almost immediately after the end of the closure of the indictment about Stone, claiming that "lying in Congress and tampering with witnesses are serious crimes", and asking "What does Putin have on the president, politically, personally or financially?" [19659003] "Pelosi has been very careful in the language she uses in Russia," said Bade. "Since the election, she has talked a lot about bipartite bills, which have completely evaporated and been replaced by a more aggressive tone."

4. Mueller Tea Leaves

Meanwhile, observers close to Mueller ask what the indictment of Roger Stone says about the next steps in the process. special advocate. CNN's Sara Murray claims that this could be a sign of the end of the investigation.

"I think people are looking at this indictment, especially if they are members of the resistance, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. are at the beginning of the indictments that will soon be raining "said Murray.

"I urge you to be very cautious, this is the first time that the special advocate's office is bringing a case together with the office of another US attorney, and I think that could be another indication among the many other signs we have seen in Mueller's office that they could actually wind up the situation, "Murray said.

5.

And from CNN National Correspondent, John King :

The first vote will take place in over a year, but it will be This is a weekend worried for some Democrats wanting to limit President Donald. Trump to one term.

Former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, is featured in "60 Minutes" this Sunday, while he is promoting a new book and is questioning about a campaign presidential election of 2020 as an independent. According to Mr. Schultz, Mr. Trult is not qualified to occupy the highest positions of the country in some parts of the interview, but he then asserts that the two main political parties fail to raise correctly the challenges facing the country.

The media and you will see what the Democrats think of Schultz stand for independence, lamenting that a progressive candidacy to a third party can siphon the votes of Democrats and Independent Democrats – and help Trump to be reelected. Schultz also hears this complaint directly from Democratic friends, said CNN.

Some Democrats hope Schultz sparked talks about a presidential race to generate book sales. Another hope is that it will ultimately be deterred by the costs of guaranteeing access to the vote or by the chances of success of a third party candidate.

There is no doubt that he is seriously examining the veterans of the Democrats and Republicans. presidential campaigns on the wheels of a White House race. The conversations were described to CNN as "detailed and serious" by an informed source about them. This source, as well as a second who had direct contact with Schultz, spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conversations.