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Lot more support of that in the democratic party. i think its just a reflection we doesnt know a lot about beto orourke or any of the candidates yet because we havent had debates. were almost a year away before we have any presidential primary caucus vote. people should slow down a bit. learn more about the candidates before we rush to judgment about which one we like or dont like and lets hear them speak and lets hear their thoughts fleshed out in a real debate. >> staying on 2020 here, tara, t...

What that was all actually about. because now, after going through that once again, we now have the unofficial, basically definitive word that, hey, nancy pelosi has the votes she needs to become speaker when the democrats take control of the house in early next year. surprise. now that she has the votes to become speaker, which honestly was never in doubt, that vote will not happen until january 3rd. in terms of who the democrats will put in charge of the house committees, which right now feels...

Made its recommendations for most of the chairs for most of the committees, but we still dont know the final date for the full caucus vote. nancy pelosis office tells us the chairs will likely be chosen before they vote formally on her. in terms of the really big high profile committees and the committees that might have a high profile to play concerning the scandals swirling around this president, the house intelligence committee we are anticipating will be led by adam schiff. financial service...

Them and i think thats what the american people want. we have a lot of candidates who ran in one in conservative districts by saying they would get a change in leadership and vote for a change in leadership and i think we need to respond to what the american people asked for, thats change. >> what happened? no challenger, yourself included have stepped forward and said ill run against nancy pelosi. and there are two people at least who signed this letter, steve lynch from south boston, brian hig...

Votes against pelosi in the caucus vote says shes going to put her support in the full house vote next month. gill sisser cisneros says i ref jeopardize a democratic being speaker of the house. meanwhile, democrats now have a more than 9.7 million vote lead in the house popular vote, the largest margin ever. >> wow. so in wisconsin, republican lawmakers passed a bill to diminish the powers of the incoming democrats, both governor tom evers and attorney general josh call. the legislation limits...

Leader yesterday in a caucus vote. but 32 for collingswood against her, signaling trouble ahead of the all-important vote and jittery. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. 32 is not the droid she was looking for. he needed to be fewer votes no on her. >> absolutely right, harris. good afternoon to you. nancy pelosi is taken a critical step, but she has more work to do. she met with printable critics, people who want new leadership. seth moulton, tim ryan, and kathleen rice. an aide familiar say...

Of your constituents. while its not totally locked up, pelosi is very near to having the votes that she needs. she had he 203 votes and yes, thats short right now, but she has weeks to dole out those favors and to get people on her side. and its really not all ha uncommon for members to vote no in this caucus vote and wind up voting yes on the floor because the caucus vote is a chance to kind of register a moment of frustration but when it comes down to voting for at the pel or a republican in a...

It would be really tempting to withhold a few committee memberships, wouldnt it? >> well, that is one of the main powers she has right now, right? is to tell people that if you were against me you dont get that great committee job you wanted. me, well, maybe you get to be a little bit more powerful in the eyes of your constituents. its not totally locked up, but pelosi is very close. she is short of votes, but she has weeks to dole out the favors and get people on her side. its not that uncommon...

That great committee job you wanted. me, well, maybe you get to be a little bit more powerful in the eyes of your constituents. its not totally locked up, but pelosi is very close. she is short of votes, but she has weeks to dole out the favors and get people on her side. its not that uncommon to vote no now, and then vote yes later. the caucus vote is when people can voice their frustration.

Members voted no on pelosi. so thats about half of the number that opposed her when she ran for leader of the democratic caucus last time around. that, of course, when democrats were in the minority. back then 63 people voted for tim ryan who ran against her. so she clearly has done quite a bit of leg work with the caucus. as you know, shes been saying repeatedly she has the votes to get this done. it does appear shes made significant progress. that said, ali, we pretty much all along expected s...