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So, if that goes up 10%, thats 3/10 of a cent. i just paid $1.49 for this can of coke. it doesnt mean anything. so, all this hysteria is a lot to do about nothing. >> joining me now, member of the foreign relations committee, senator chris coons of delaware. thank you for joining me. its nice to see you. >> thank you, kasie. i hope youre not going to ask me to explain what it was commerce secretary wilbur ross was trying to explain in that clip. >> you dont have a coke in hand. thats too bad. se...

And -- i mean, i love the law. love it much more than i ever loved politics. i love it, but im also not naive. the first rule of friendship, if you dont ask friends to do what is not in their best interest. we are a 51/49 center right now. ive got to ask lindsay and tom scott and corey carter and tim says to go to battle and defend me against all the groups that they can remember that i was on the committee called benghazi? i would not ask my friends to do that. if something changes in ten years...

That romney is very seriously laid the groundwork for a potential senate bid with hatchs retirement. most people in utah are expecting mitt romney to run, so the question now is, what kind of senator mitt romney will be. if he does run, hell almost certainly win. the question is, what kind of senator will he be? will he want to hold trump accountable, or will he use his influence to try to pass major republican legislation, in which case hed probably try to mend fences with the white house. time...

Narrow win for doug jones but it was not like, you know, something we saw in virginia where its going to come down to a coin flip. this was one-half percent difference and it wasnt, you know, while that might look close, its not close enough to trigger a recount. the only thing they had were all these bogus claims of voter fraud. it just looked childish. it looked petulent. he looked to be a sore loser. i dont think anybody in alabama wants to be associated with that. >> david jolly, put yoursel...

Republicans, of those 25 democrats, ten were states won by donald trump, six were in states won by high single digits, ohio or double digits. five states where won between 18 and 42-point margin for donald trump, so democrats have a lot of territory that they have to defend if republicans get good candidates in these red states. they should be able to grow their margin from 51.49 which is what will be after they are seated from alabama, and might be okay to seat two or three. they only have to d...

Rating is just a huge shadow over every contest in the midterm election. >> all right. i think some would argue the democrats need more than were not trump, but we have to move on. we want to shift gears to congress. they just left for vacation, the holiday, but they left a lot of unfinished business. they still need a long-term spending bill, they still need to figure out childrens health care, funding for puerto rico, so theres a lot on the table. you mention infrastructure. lynn, should they ...

The washington post is reporting that mccabe will leave his position, retire as early as march of this year. once he gets a full pension. he has been the target of intense republican criticism for the past year on a number of different issues. this week he was being groped for two days on capitol hill. >> steve harrigan, many thanks. >> a busy agenda limits republicans at the start of the new year. after losing ascendancy to democrats, they say they will be looking to 2018. >> it is not much you...

The bill over the finish line. david k. johnson "its an worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." jennifer, ill start with you. has the jones victory altered the calculations happening right now in regard to the tax about il? >> absolutely. they have no margin for error if this drags into january, theyll go to 51/49. secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president? he is not going to help them. if he cant help someone...

Legislation, they announced vice president mike pence is postp e postponing a trip to the middle east next week in case they need his vote in the senate to get the bill over the finish line. david k. johnson "its an worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." jennifer, ill start with you. has the jones victory altered the call accumulaticulations hat now in regard to the tax about il? >> absolutely. they have no margin for error if this drags into january, theyll go...

Republicans for him being in the senate, thats a liability. but the other important thing is whatever this says about the political environment, sexual harassment, this is just as important as the balance of power. if democrats can win the seat somehow and cut this to 51/49, suddenly the 2018 election, the senate is in play. >> okay, alexis, it is worth noting that the president is 5-0 when it comes to elections. the democrats talking about the enthusiasm they are seeing. i remember right after ...