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Back in 2016. >> senator dorgen, your view. you have a lot of experience, but not with this kind of president. >> no. and let me say that he declared victory after the election, and its not much of a victory. i watched your coverage today. this is a political earthquake. it really, really is. and i understand that the speaker and the democratic majority in the house which is new and really important, they need to come up with a positive agenda that talks to the hopes of the american people. i un...

Pleading the fifth and denying access to requested documents. stones lawyers say the senate judiciary requests are overreaching. the special counsel investigation called into question stones ties with wikileaks while he worked on the trump campaign. fox news alert, thousands of top republican emails stolen in a massive hack in the midterms. criminals with cyber security firm called crowd strike broke into email accounts it was four top aides at the national republican congressional committee. th...

Were back again with senator jon tester, democratic senator from montana, who was just reelected in a state that president trump won by 20 points in 2016. senator, i want to be honest with you about part of the reason why i wanted to talk to you and i wanted to get the first interview with you after the election. ive had you on the show a few different times, not a ton. you have a reputation as a red state democrat, and i think people think of you generally as a moderate, i think. would you desc...

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Were back again with senator jon tester, democratic senator from montana, who was just reelected in a state that president trump won by 20 points in 2016. senator, i want to be honest with you about part of the reason why i wanted to talk to you and i wanted to get the first interview with you after the election. ive had you on the show a few different times, not a ton. you have a reputation as a red state democrat, and i think people think of you generally as a moderate, i think. would you desc...

Know. >> george papadopoulos has been a key figure along the way. talked to republican house members. they came out of the meeting and they basically said in short this guy has nothing. this guy, the fbi claims he was the reason why the russian investigation was started, should never have been started. he wasnt implicated nearly enough for that. >> thats one of the reasons, the difference between house investigation, which is broken down and totally partisan, and the senate investigation which h...

Gone for the republican party. >> and the senate, like 2016, isnt a popular vote. it is more republican seats, basically, in the right position. >> the senate election is the electoral college over again. >> and you can reminisce to election night 2016. senator, liz, as always, thanks for coming on "the beat." coming up, michael cohen talking to different investigators for over 50 hours. eric swalwell is here. and a new report that shows what the trump tax cut is doing to america. also, were g...

In states that were won by president trump in 2016. senator mcconnell also went on to say that only one of the red state democrats voted in the way that helps them politically and that was joe manchin iii referring to the west virginia senator. while political tribalism is at a fever pitch and all-time high, dear predictions about how the extreme polarization will impact our democracy? >> arjun i think there is any doubt about it. there are all these estimates about how polarized we have been in...

They were in fact chased by elephants and indeed here they are during a trip back in 2016. >> senator flake and i fell in love with africa as a young man. i was an under graduate at the university in 1984 for a semester. >> i was a missionary here in 1981, 88 82, 83 in similazim south africa. >> senator flake and i had a great working relationship. >> we have a great partnership. >> im particularly grateful for my friendship. this wont be my last trip. >> thank, internet for that gem. the moment...

That was republican senator lindsey graham questioning the motives of his democratic colleagues in the brett kavanaugh battle. several senators have a little more time to decide how theyre going to vote. those were the most at take are incumbent democrats running for reelection in states that president trump won handily in 2016. senator joe manchin and senator heidi heitkamp of north korea have yet to say publicly which way they plan to vote. but both them save they do support the newest fbi bac...