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Case of john conyers being a civil rights icon on a sunday show. >> lets -- >> they had to get cover first. >> dont take what leadership does -- look, whenever big things happen, it doesnt happen because of leaders. by the way, john conyers is an icon, but he also should be held responsible for what he does. >> she used that as an excuse instead of taking a hard position on the conyers situation. in the house and senate, yes, leadership makes a huge difference because youre one of 100 nin the se...

>> a powerful statement there on the other side of the capitol. an iraq war veteran said franken touched her inappropriately in a uso tour in 2003. she was a franken fan because of his on "saturday night live," but when taking a photo he reached around and groped her breast. she said i was in a war zone. you were on a uso tour. are you trying to boot the morale of the troops or boost your own? lets start with that and come back to the conyers situation. a powerful account. you have been doing a ...

Because thats a very, very difficult thing to do. i reached out to senator schumers office and no response from him. he has to be watching what is going on on the house side this morning, the fact that nancy pelosi is calling on john conyers to resign and wondering, is there a point that you get to a senator franken where it becomes impossible to continue supporting him? >> lets go back to the conyers situation. his attorney is getting a press conference in detroit and asked the question, now th...

Troubling development. >> it may be the biggest national security crisis facing the united states right now. how concerned are you, senator, that north korea could target your state of alaska? >> well, ive been very concerned. not just about my great state, which is, you know, certainly in the line of fire and closer than anyone else, but the entire country, which is why, you know, in alaska were the cornerstone of our nations entire missile defense. a lot of the systems that track and would sho...

Fifteen percent or more on car insurance. was supposed to be a wake reup call for our government?sh people all across the country lost their savings, their pensions and their jobs. im tom steyer and it turned out that the system that had benefited people like me who are well off, was, in fact, stacked against everyone else. its why i left my investment firm and resolved to use my savings for the public good. but here we are nine years later and this president and the republican congress are maki...

Missile test. >> we will take care of it. we have general mattis in the room with us and weve had a long discussion on it. it is a situation that we will handle. >> reporter: but the president saved his toughest talk for democrats who backed out of a meeting at the white house aimed at keeping the government running. the white house left the seats for congressional democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi empty. >> theyve been all talk and theyve been no action, and now its even worse. ...

This is is how nancy pelosi answered that question this weekend. this is someone -- she is someone who knows how to answer these questions and yet it is so sensitive within her own caucus that this is -- that shes had to sort of tread lightly. >> you know, matt, congress yers has already giv -- conyers has given up his position as ranking democrat on the house judiciary committee. there are a bunch of united kingdom democrats who say hes lost so much credibility right now. how do you see this pl...

60-vote threshold in the senate. he does need democrats on that. he has to win over, you know, the chuck schumers and nancy pelosis in this situation. so to the extent that its an antagonistic relationship where theyre not even willing to speak with one another, it doesnt spell well. the other thing on the table is the legislation around the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers, you know, immigration. as president trump has suggested that he wants some fix to that. thats what got us to this point anyway, was...

Things done is really what matters and you can, you know, blow off legislation that might not be must-pass, but funding the government is must-pass. >> voiding a government shutdown is critically important and it requires bipartisan cooperation. jackie kucinich, the meeting as you know was originally set to happen in the oval office with the democratic and the republican leaders. the white house moved it to the roosevelt room in the west wing of the white house, seemingly to set up the optics of...

Them. >> here im talking about john conyers showing up in pajamas and richard haas shows up -- >> in santa claus pajamas. >> from the waist down and has on the cutest slippers. >> lets not make light. were going to get in trouble. were just trying to have an honest conversation about this. >> its time to go home. >> and sometimes its okay to laugh. just calm down. >> about what? >> youre making fun of the whole conyers situation. >> im not making fun of it. im making fun of richard. >> we should...