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Women, independents, youre worried. >> yes. i think its true he can exist for a while on base support, but what trump is doing to a large extent in some of these suburban areas is taking white college educated women who were occasionally, if not reliably gop voters and turning them into at least swing voters, if not democratic voters. we dont know how theyll behave in a midterm election, if theyll sit at home. if they dont come out and they used to come out, thats a problem for the gop. the othe...

Permanent minority party if they continue on the trajectory. progressives disagree with this. they say we have been doing what the moderates want to do forever. it has not worked. better to switch strategies and focus on our base and give them what they want and theyll turn out and give us victory. >> we see bernie sanders who still have a base support all around the country. you and i were at many of those rallies where he drew tens of thousands of people during the campaign. the republicans li...

Interesting. on the democratic side, shes got a clear path. shes also a moderate democrat. now she knows shes in arizona, a state where she is going to need some trump voters to cross over. she will need either some trump voters or some moderate republicans to cross over and vote for her in order to get the job that in arizona, not going to be enough to count on base support alone. chuck schumer is in a difficult position. they can turn them into nancy pelosi. it happens quicker than you think w...

Is that the way it is seen in washington? and that if you defy the president you do so at your political peril? >> of course that concern for so many candidates that take on the president you can end up on his twitter feed one day. i dont think anyone will be really excited about that. its something to keep in mind for everyone running for office and the republican party really have to make up your party do i want the president on my side? and if i do join him to campaign for me? because he is a...

Those particularly -- those kind of optics are particularly important during the immigration debate. so many folks who care about the issue, animated by the issue of immigration and what they would describe as lax border security, when they see illegal aliens coming over the border, that does spark a lot of protests in many communities along the border. so when donald trump, you know, sends -- sends national guardsmen down to the border in order to stop what he believes is a pervasive problem, t...

People, it confirms what you thought you already knew about everybody -- >> you wonder why -- >> it brings ratings. >> its a legitimate story. if the president paid hush money through his lawyer 11 days before the election. if hillary did it, we would cover it, too. i dont think the media created this story. its a legitimate story. the fact that the white house doesnt appear to be telling the truth, theres on going litigation where the president might be deposed in some way, its a news story. >>...

Christine and dave. >> alex, thank you. the department of justice will take action on guns and school violence by enforcing existing laws and asking to help skren strengthen the background check system. this is the latest in the wake of the parkland shooting. president trumps proposals fell short. the white house trieying to convince the public he has not given up on reforms and raising the age requirement to buy firearms. >> the president is pushing forward on things that we know very broad b...

What will take place on the 20th. >> reporter: the president during himself campaign said nobody knows the system better than me, which is why i alone can fix it. it sounds like now youre saying that because certain things that he supports does not have support in the congress that hes only going to push forward on the things that are already -- >> thats not actually what i said but you guys continue to misunderstand and misrepresent the comments that im making. im saying that the president is p...

For the list of bills, arming teachers and banning bump stocks. the white house rejected the notion that the president put out suggesting they are backing off his other ideas. the president is pushing forward on things we know have broad base support to immediately get done. while at the same time were looking at the best way forward to push these other things through. whether it is on a state level. because the president has to work within the constitution. we cant just write things down and ma...

>> yeah, a lot of people who voted for him are not disturbed by what happened. and there a political explanation to some of what he is doing. the trade measures if the economic fallout is contained will appeal to many base voters in some of those rust belt areas that are suffering. the gun measure he shows he is being flex able on television and listening to suburban voters, but he knows the republican congress probably wont send him anything that the nra cant live with. and finally, the parlor ...