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So what you are going to see from the president is his reach out to his base saying, i get it, i agree, this is important, but the question is what he can do to actually change the votes. unless he is willing to, you know, put more pressure on some of these democrats, it is not clear theres a path forward to getting this legislation passed there. >> julie, it is kind of bracing to hear a texas lawmaker who has put her career on the line in this effort to kind of matter of factually run through d...

Divided. it is getting harder to say something different at this moment. half the country or two-thirds of the country thats waiving a flag, sounding the bells of alarm, you know, not only is this clear abuse of office, impeachable disastrous, but the fact that you have a full party in our country that is unwilling to acknowledge and deal with those facts, you know, its just getting the point of being repeative. you do is what looks like a therd third of the country, trumps base saying, you know...

Only considered this four times in those 232 years is a reminder of how incredibly historic this is. and the fact that nancy pelosi was in the chair, she doesnt usually preside, and not just that, i was told she actually voted yes. and it is the tradition of the speakers of the house to actually not vote. they usually dont vote on legislation or on resolutions unless they want to make a point. she wanted to make a point both symbolically by sitting in the chair and with her vote that she is all ...

Welcome, both. jim, you can be the obama whisperer. tell us what message he was delivering. >> well, first of all, im really glad he recalls ihe realy did it. hes saying everybody needs to calm down, we need to stay focused on beating donald trump, its not about ideological purity. hes been saying this for ten years. during the obama negotiations and passage, theres lots of people in his base saying, oh, there needs to be national health care, if you dont do that, its not good enough. ten years ...

Impeachment makes -- how long will it take. they want to get don mcgahn and other people to testify and it is being litigated and they believe if you have a former impeachment hearing you have a higher constitutional power and those witnesses have to testify. that is the argument to chairman nadler to the speaker saying if we make this about impeachment then they cant invoke these privileges and they have to come because it is essentially a criminal proceeding by the house. >> and that is not a ...

To earn approval rating for a single day in office. despite that, trump notes its ignited the republican base saying, quote, its made our people more resilient. and he hopes to fuel his 2020 campaign with that momentum. senate minority leader chuck schumer said the decision about whether or not to impeach president trump could be months down the road. schumer said yesterday that congress does not know all of the facts just yet. >> so, i think the strategy of getting as much of the facts out an...

Nancy pelosi to say, hey, look, we may not get much from the mueller report, to diminish and lower expectations what they might say? if theres a bombshell in there, why would you not be saying we should impeach the president? >> the mueller report could be politically damaging for the president but not to have an iron grip on him to decide to impeach him. that would be a very high bar for mueller to cross. she is not saying they should not investigate the president. they are moving aggressively ...

Themes that we recognize from his first campaign. do you think that thats all about just waving all the red meat for his base specifically so he can help -- so they can help carry him over the finish line come 2020? >> he needs a big turn out from the christian right. what trade and ending the wars does is it gives him the possibility of winning over some of those white democratic voters in the industrial midwest who deserted hillary clinton. >> nancy pelosi stood up. >> those are issues that ar...

Their governor, too. and when youre governor of florida youve got to be the governor for all of the people of the state of florida. and while i greet you as tallahassees mayor it is my hope that the next time we share the same air, that the next time we are in community together, that the next time i visit the city beautiful i will greet you as the governor of the great state of florida. lets bring it home, yall. >> maria, your reaction. >> what is interesting about andrew, what is amazing also ...

About the other two candidates, whether its beto or stacey abrams they have basically identified their base saying, yes, you are coming along with me but i am going to be the senator, the governor for everyone. and that is what donald trump has failed to do as president. hes continued to campaign only for the base and has failed to unify the american people. this idea of unity, that, yes, i may be different -- i may not agree with you on all policies but youre representing me at the best of our ...