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What films are worth watching. >> happy early thanksgiving to you and your families. lots of films are out and in theaters that people should see. the first i will mention is green book. one of the best films of the year. a massive oscar contender centering on a true story of friendship. a musician who wants to take a music tour in the deep south in the 1960s though he hires viggo mortensen to be his driver and the idea of the green book element and social commentary and race in this film, direc...

Mollie. >> im not sure if this race is as close as we are hearing from people on the left and the media who were clearly hoping this can be something like an alabama race where a democrat took a seat that was pretty solidly republican. i think its worth remembering they just voted on this race during the general election. at the republicans defeated the democrat even with the third-party contender -- a third contender in there who is a republican type. i think she is probably okay, we dont have ...

Theres a new policy committee and communications committee chair that is going to be named. i think shes trying to recognize that she needs to kind of spread the wealth a little bit. >> this is gamble for nancy pelosi and democrats. the next two years until theres a 2020 contender its trump versus pelosi. >> and the 16 democrats signing the letter saying theyre not supporting her, that means if all those 16 stick to no, that does mean some democrats in tough districts, republican leaning distric...

Campaign ads. they would not support nancy pelosi for speaker. do you think she was any real trouble getting elected? >> some but not a lot. there was no viable alternative. no one has laid the groundwork. one person has and i think in the end, the new members who said one can vote against it when the democrats decide to their choices, they can vote for her on the floor because there is no alternative. that gives them a way out. again, if you have something -- >> marcia fudge is toying with the ...

Closer, what do you make of it. >> good morning, jillian, i think that what you have right now a little bit of a coupe but not enough to overtake pelosi. they would need about 28 votes to overturn the speakership and have it go to someone else. right now theres been a challenger marsha fudge from ohio who is a black woman, who is challenging nancy pelosi but its probably just an attempt to obtain better committee assignment or some time of concessions from nancy pelosi and political favors being...

Pledging. there was an issue certainly in campaign ads. they would not support nancy pelosi for speaker. do you think she was any real trouble getting elected? >> some but not a lot. there was no viable alternative. no one has laid the groundwork. one person has and i think in the end, the new members who said one can vote against it when the democrats decide to their choices, they can vote for her on the floor because there is no alternative. that gives them a way out. again, if you have someth...

Instead of republicans drooling over every minute of footage of slow mode, they actually step up enough to make the argument they want to make, well, michael bloomberg is setting a record with a massive donation with alma mater, the former new york city mayor and possibly 2020 contender giving $1.8 billion to john hopkins university, largest ever donation to a u.s. university or college, the money will allow the private university in baltimore to offer financial aid plans without student loans. ...

Mater. his goal is to make sure they can help low and middle income students graduate without debt. a new york times op-ed he writes america is at its best when we reward people based on the quality of their work, not the size of their pocketbook. condoleezza rice denying shes a contender for a coaching job. the news comes after espn reported the brouwns wanted to interview rice for a head coaching job after the teams gm said he would consider hiring women. dorsey saying rice is a great leader...

Mania? is this legit? >> i do think it is legit that he what he does. he is one of those people who i think would be in the top tier if he does decide to run. which is somewhat remarkable. i mean, hes been in congress for only a couple of years. he lost -- >> wait a second. let me put the remarkable into context. we got a little fun stat. the last person to go from the house to the presidency was james garfield in 1880. yes, it would be extraordinary if beto ended up in the white house. >> it wo...

Would not support nancy pelosi for speaker. do you think shes in any real trouble getting elected? >> she had some trouble but not real trouble, i think. look, its hard in politics to beat something with nothing and theres no viable alternative, nobody has built ground work or layed predicate, no one person has and i think in the end the new members who said they wont support her can vote against her when democrats decide who their choice but theres no alternative and that gives them a way out. ...