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Its necessary to unmask general flynn, yet his name is unmasked because the acting attorney general got involved. is this the country want to be living in? these intel agencies may be violating our civil rights. >> kat: if it could provide benefit to foreign intelligence, it can be unmasked. what she did was politically motivated but i think its pretty obvious. you can at least claim may be could have provided some benefit. we need to take a look at that at the base level. a lot of people who ar...

Come under fire for a previous vote. >> victor getting into a swearing match about whether this endorsement was there or pulled back or not. the big picture issue is democrats are competing strongly in red states. red states that you talked about this morning during this interview these red states that the democrats are competing and winning. they have been red for 25, 30, 40 years. thats progress for the party. more importantly they are rebuilding at the base level. i dont care whether endorsem...

We are just hours into this situation of looking at potential russian involvement. what the officials kept saying to the reporters in the room was if we find credible evidence, then we will investigate it. but clearly they have some reason to believe that this is a matter worth investigating. this is not something that is off the table, that is beyond the logical reason to go take a look at it. the door is very much open now to looking at how much the russians knew simply from the standpoint of ...

Hearing me say this. donald trump made a mistake in trusting paul ryan once to line up the votes. paul ryan did not deliver. i think he is making a big mistake thinking paul ryan will deliver. >> its the white house engaging the freedom caucus. >> he is the speaker. he has to deliver. i believe donald trump ducked a bullet in losing the bill. now, if they get something together, whats going to happen 22 million people on obamacare are going to be out of protection. 70 million people on medicaid ...

Are going to be out of protection. 70 million people on medicaid are potentially losing medicaid, they will own this. donald trump will own this. >> who voted for donald trump? >> do you think they can get a deal together? >> well, it looks to me that theres a deeper problem here, which is more -- we talk about whats going on in d.c. thats a problem at the base. the conservatives want repeal. the populists want replace. in other words, you have a lot of people at the base level -- all they thoug...

I think the fundamental issue in our economy is a lack of demand, the fact that most people in the middle havent seen real wage increase in 20 years. and health care is a big part of that. lowering taxes on the wealthy -- >> youre right about that. the big increase in health care costs are what are happening right now under the current system. the obamacare is like the hidden enbe hiddenenberg. . >> the republican plan will cost premiums to go up in the short term. >> thats what they said about ...

High, control of the white house, both houses of congress. then you really had the seeds formed of the tea party, issome something on the other side? >> they shouldnt be worried about the progressives, what they should be worried about, though, is their own base. somewhere in that package was an obvious and i think good question. why was the republican leadership and congress not ready with a plan that should have been on the floor of the house the day they were sworn in. i can tell you there is...

Was the most serious effort to intervene in an american election in the history of our country. >> at least one of the thing s troubling to a lot of folks, despite 17 intelligence agencies saying heres what happened, the president-elect is saying, no, i dont buy it. is this something that is going to dog president trump forty-four years? >> absolutely. and donald trump hates questions about this because it questioned his legitimacy. thats why hes fighting this so hard, just on the base level. he...

Wilderness. its congressman keith ellison of minnesota. welcome to the show. >> thanks, chuck. how are you? >> im okay. word is you are announcing officially that you are jumping into the race to be democratic national committee chair tomorrow. is that true? >> well, chuck, let me tell you, ive been talking to a lot of people, people basic organizers of the democratic base level, also members of congress, labor leaders, all types of folks. and im telling you, im going do my good part. i will let...

>> well, chuck, let me tell you, ive been talking to a lot of people, people basic organizers of the democratic base level, also members of congress, labor leaders, all types of folks. and im telling you, im going do my good part. i will let my decision be known tomorrow or soon enough. the real question is not what one person is going to do. what are we all going to do? how are we going to pitch in to fix this party to make working america know that the democratic party is absolutely on their s...