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♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? >> im abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnns special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters ...

>> [inaudible] >> more on this in a moment, but lets get right to the very latest on capitol hill. cnns monumental mona is there tonight, you have some new reporting i understand with negotiations. any movement, what is going on? >> not quite yet, laura. all the negotiations have wrapped up for the night, the people who are in some of these key meetings have left the building, and not a single person who voted against kevin mccarthy on the house floor has said they are going to change ...

right? it also buys time for more negotiations to take place behind closed doors after kevin mccarthy suffered five more defeats today for a total now of 11. so, whats gonna happen in just a few hours? how will that change things, he hasnt seen the progress yet? plus, we have new news on the buffalo bills damar hamlin. he is awake and making remarkable progress just three days after he collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest during monday night football. the nfl has officially cancele...

Going to happen to the next guy? the holdouts are not saying we are ready to coalesce around this other person who actually could win the majority and the caucus support. they are still in a standoff and he is waiting for them to blink, and as long as most republicans in the caucus support him he has the ability to do that. >> by the way, you mentioned this point as well, about the perception that some of the holdouts were slighted by him during the election process. i, mean the mccarthy pack ha...

Now we have strong caucus support for the framework for build back better. something i wanted to say is that, you know, the speaker talked about lifting the president as he lands in europe and as he visits with foreign leaders, as he visits with pope fra frances. i would tell you, if you were in that caucus today, you would have felt the lift our caucus, when he asked for the vote, the applause, the standing ovation he received on the framework and many elements in it was just extraordinary. so,...

>> thank you. >> im joined now by congresswoman maxine waters of california, one of the six committees that is now formally working on that impeachment inquiry announced yesterday by the speaker of the house. lets start here, congresswoman. what is different now? youve been on this show a number of times over the past two years talking about this president. you obviously have been very up front on impeachment before this set of facts came to light. but whats different to your mind today than yes...

Two years talking about this president. you obviously have been very up front on impeachment before this set of facts came to light. but whats different to your mind today than yesterday or the day before? >> well, obviously the difference is thor of the house of representatives is now onboard for a formalized impeachment inquiry. and she has her caucus support in doing so. thats extremely different. youre absolutely right. i started a long time ago right after the president was inaugurated, tal...

We begin with the pressure on house democrats to open an theyre possibly allowed. i cant imagine the courts impeachment inquiry following robert muellers public allowing it. i never thought that would even statement, which did not exonerate the president. be possible using that word. to me its a dirty word, the now, president trump lashed out for nearly 20 minutes earlier word impeach. this morning. its a dirty, filthy, disgusting take a look. >> to me the same as the report. word. >> joining me...

Take a listen to that. >> what i am seeing is trump and other demagogues attempting to divide this country, to force or try to get the american people to hate somebody because of their religion or because of their country of birth. that is disgusting. that is unacceptable, and as a nation, we must reject it. >> now that event took place in clinton, iowa, yesterday. just a few weeks ago, hillary clinton herself had an event in clinton, iowa at that same elementary school in that same room. and be...

International setting. >> lets look at it one other international setting with is immigration reform at home. speaker boehner will set a clear line saying hell do the majority. the majority rule which for a lot of us means the house republicans are going to have the final word on immigration reform. do you think from your political analysis down there in d.c. that this is real and that this is a true line thats being drawn or is this a desire by him to exert leverage now while the senate is movi...