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But the worst impact came after he got in. >> for the first couple of months. but i dont know that people blame obama for the job losses. are they many more unhappy with big government wor big business? he wants it to be a choice between the past and the future. which is what every president wants. >> this is hearsay. >> they hear it. they dont like it. >> if he can frame this as the other side for these big businesses who you hate, because theyre the banks and the big auto companies. theyre for...

On the bench. how have you been hearing that she is going to take that criticism? whats her stand on that? >> reporter: senator collins today actually said that her lack of experience as a judge should not be a problem. so you have a republican right there coming out and saying it straight forward. >> right. >> kagan has been really trying to sell herself as someone who is a bipartisan bridge builder, at her time in harvard inviting conservatives to be on campus and using her inexperience on the...

Folks on capitol hill get to feel her out and see where she stands on a few things, just a sort of get to know you conversation. that being said, both sides of the aisle are trying to brandish her and trying to define her right now. the gop says shes very short on experience. does not have a lot in her background that they can figure out what it is she is going to be like on the supreme court. democrats are using words such as bridge-builder. consensus-builder. someone that can reach out across ...

Unions. thats what the disclose act, the current legislation, brought forth by chuck schumer and the white house is about is protecting humans and defeating corporate interests. by the way, a vast majority of which are individuals. the mom and pop grocery stores, restaurants and dry cleaners. this is not about ibm and microsoft. >> neil: you know, if she were to become a supreme court justice, the argument is she just replaces another liberal. but the difference here is that her meddle would be ...

It thats the kind of nominee that gets the pu full support. even republicans in the senate she is had a distinguished career. no one would argue. she is a brilliant individual. she is got a fan it is tick resume. she was known as being a consensus builder. as dean as harvard she brought together students and faculty and was a bridge builder. >> i want to stop you right there. we will be back with more on this in just a few minutes.

Can actually fill those shoes. >> and that is the big question, ayman, baugh you see soecause y the folks that have been outspoken critics of the president are leaving. senator flame is leaving and not running again. even senator mccains long-time ally senator lindsey graham who in the past has played that role and played the role of a bridge builder with democrats now is seemingly supporting the president, especially on the mueller investigation, changing his tune dramatically really from just ...

I am right now, but, look, that changed me too. it changed me too. im still friends with her. >> are you? >> still friends. they text me encouragement, i text them back if im in that part of the country, they see me speak. they support trump. they are good, hard working people. >> exactly right. >> they felt like nobody was listening to them, and i asked them, what about the terrible stuff trump says? they crumble it up and throw it away. were desperate for jobs. part of what i think is going on...

In what ways are they similar and in what ways opposite. >> both disrupters. both were elected because theyre outsiders. pope francis was elected to basically change the way the vatican bureaucracy works, make it more responsive to the global church as opposed to the global church being responsive to rome. donald trump was elected to blow up washington if you will. i remember talking to people in ohio who were like we are sick of professional politicians. this is why we voted for him. we wanted ...

>> first of all, i think that in the heat of emotion a lot of things get said on both sides. i think that at some point -- i am, as john lewis and many others are, a bridge builder. the goal is to bring america together and americans. we are a great nation, but we must become a greater nation. what my father represented, my mother represented through her life, what i hope im trying to do is bring people together. >> 32 other members of congress are joining john lewis in his announced boycott of ...

>> i am, as john lewis and many others are, a bridge builder. the goal is to bring america together and america -- we are a great nation, we must become a greater nation. >> theres a lot to get to here tonight from washington. it is definitely a big panel and a lot to get to. mark preston, kir step powers and david gergen. im going to refer to my notes. this is it sort of a complicated story, david. it involves tom price, hes a congressman. hes trumps pick for health and human services. were lea...