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Of the democrats rising stars. he returned to the spotlight last night in el paso with a march and rally not far from where president trump was having a rally. here to weigh in, chris wilson, republican strategist and former campaign polster for senator ted cruz of the great state of texas. chris, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. steve: some have drawn comparisons between broker and barack obama. are there any comparisons? >> well, i think its probably more appear promo you might thi...

Power. as anna pointed out there. but as of now, the prime minister does not look to have the votes. >> reporter: no, she doesnt. but over the last few weeks, what shes been doing is engaging in this strategy of trying to coax a rebellious back bench of m.p.s in her office to brief them on the specifics of the deal to try desperately to convince them, but also claim she has the support of the people, people who want brexit to take place. and she says that essentially voting down this deal would ...

If you look at this election and you look at over 100 women getting elected, for a bunch of kind of back bench male democrats to come out and criticize nancy pelosi while not being willing to step out themselves -- >> step up and run. >> its a little ridiculous. theyre also putting a lot of these swing state congressional district incoming freshman in a tough spot. the first two years. >> yeah, i keep inviting them on to ask that question. >> you know, at the end of the day, there is a solution ...

She can offer, that shes worked out, that her negotiations have worked out with the european union is the best one on offer. there have been reports throughout the day, two senior minister, two junior minister, two private secretaries, a vice chairman of the party as well and back bench m.p.s submitting letters of no confidence to this party committee who could trigger a party vote of no confidence. three hours in parliament today. lets pause to see how some of those three hours went in parent. ...

A figure on the backbench has never really put himself out into the limelight never said i want to be a leader i want to do anything but always been sniping from the bag but his popularity within the tory party has been consistently high in some all with all of us have said he could be our next leader and then of course there are those who say you have to help us that not happen so he is really is somebody who is very divisive but he is smart he is a good strategist and he has now seen the point...

Against this president and white house? >> yeah, i think the bipartisanship has to come from congress, primarily. there will be a republican senate and democratic house that builds a certain incentive to work together a bit. i think mitt romney is a major figure. there are plenty of other people that can step up that have been cowed a bit or havent seen much point in sticking their head above the rim. alexander, plenty of people who have been around the senate who are serious and should, i think...

Just listen to the howl of anguish here from senator alan dixon, from al the pal, this back bench, low profile, go along to get along, everybody likes him senator. listen to his anguish when the time came for the senate to figure out what they were going to do with these allegations against that nominee. >> good evening. clarence thomas swears hes not guilty. his accuser is standing by her charge, and tonight the united states senate decided to delay a vote on his supreme court appointment to tr...

Totenberg obtained the affidavit from anita hill in which hill laid out her allegations against thomas. that became public via nina totenbergs reporting. a big firestorm ensued. and those hearings were reopened and the consideration of thomas was delayed and the country honestly went nuts with the drama of all of it. here is a brief news clip from the time, from right when the thomas nomination was being stopped and reopened to consider these new allegations. just listen to the howl of anguish h...

One if not two houses. >> but thats not going to happen. >> well, no, i think it could, jason. at least one. >> it could if republicans stay in control of house. you can sit on the back bench and be the minority leader. but if the democrats take the house, thats what theyre planning today. >> what is the lesson republicans are planning to win in the midterms >> because of president trump, your life is better off. when you have 85% of blue-collar workers saying their life is better because of thi...

One if not two houses. >> but thats not going to happen. >> well, no, i think it could, jason. at least one. >> it could if republicans stay in control of house. you can sit on the back bench and be the minority leader. but if the democrats take the house, thats what theyre planning today. >> what is the lesson republicans are planning to win in the midterms >> because of president trump, your life is better off. when you have 85% of blue-collar workers saying their life is better because of thi...