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Credibility in the courts in washington and potentially the supreme court where these battles can be decided. so when january comes, pelosi and her counsel are going to be making some very big decisions about which subpoenas and which demands are worth fighting over. russia, the trump organization, trumps tax returns. and remember all those debates over pelosis experience? well, these intricate battles, theyre not always front page nightly news kind of stuff. this is back room stuff. but she has...

Credibility in the courts in washington and potentially the supreme court where these battles can be decided. so when january comes, pelosi and her counsel are going to be making some very big decisions about which subpoenas and which demands are worth fighting over. russia, the trump organization, trumps tax returns. and remember all those debates over pelosis experience? well, these intricate battles, theyre not always front page nightly news kind of stuff. this is back room stuff. but she has...

They can throw all the letters and subpoenas they want at a white house. but to enforce a subpoena, then a speaker has to deploy the general council and take it to court. pelosi and that council, look, theyre not going to file 100 lawsuits over resisted subpoenas. that wouldnt even be responsible. it would certainly undercut their credibility in the federal courts in washington and potentially the supreme court where these battles can be decided. so when january comes pelosi and her council are ...

Wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40s. >> welcome back. at one point oprah winfrey seems to be considering a 20/20 run for president but now she says no way. carly shimkus with fox business 24/7, why and how social media is responding. >> oprah winfrey is giving a 2020 presidential run a hard past telling british vogue a run for office would actually kill her saying in that political structure a...

British vogue quote this that political structure all the nontruth, the blank, the nastiness, the back handed back room stuff that goes on, i feel like i could not exist. i would not be able to do it. it is not a clean business, it would kill me. in february oprah told "people" magazine it could take divine intervention to convince her to run for office. rally among 8-year-old boy and lemonade stand all because of a sour customer who threatened to shut it down because he didnt have a permit. >> ...

This division going on? i mean, there are these senators that i mean look, what was mccains move all about, charlie? what do you think that was? that was a surprise. we thought he was going to come here and actually close the deal. >> i was absolutely shocked that was the most shocking vote i think that i saw out of that whole thing. but, you know, and i do think -- and guy is correct. you know, mitch mcconnell is very good at sort of the back room stuff that goes on in the senate. theres nobody...

>> what is he going to do about this division going on? i mean, there are these senators that i mean look, what was mccains move all about, charlie? what do you think that was? that was a surprise. we thought he was going to come here and actually close the deal. >> i was absolutely shocked that was the most shocking vote i think that i saw out of that whole thing. but, you know, and i do think -- and guy is correct. you know, mitch mcconnell is very good at sort of the back room stuff that goes...

Claire mccaskill came out for gay marriage. mark warner. all in the last couple of days. on the other hand the democratic party said youre really off base if youre not for same-sex marriage. its polarized to that extent. >> right. well, you know, these are related issues. these are issues that the right has used. they know theyre in the minority. theyre increasingly in the minority on gay rights, chris. and democrats are standing firm on it. >> after theyre re-elected. >> yes. there is some of t...

>> i wonder if theres a perverse flip side to whats going on on the democratic side. claire mccaskill came out for gay marriage. mark warner. all in the last couple of days. on the other hand the democratic party said youre really off base if youre not for same-sex marriage. its polarized to that extent. >> right. well, you know, these are related issues. these are issues that the right has used. they know theyre in the minority. theyre increasingly in the minority on gay rights, chris. and demo...

Not cultivate -- if youre seen as having campaigning for wanting the job thats a strike against you. >> the rules also matter. going into the last conclave pope john paul ii changed the rules. a group favoring a candidate who couldnt get two-thirds of the majority would win. benedict changed the rule back. you couldnt count if you got a guy that has 5% plus one. you had to settle on someone with twhoirds. >> you had to wait until you got to that two-thirds threshold. >> you dont make any speeche...