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And otherwise, comments like that tend to echo frequently. >> rebecca, as sanders is mulling another potential presidential bid, what is the political fallout, do you think, of this news? does it hurt his chances? >> its hard to know at this stage, obviously. were two years out still from the presidential election. one year out from the start of the iowa caucuses and the start of this democratic primary process. but the way that this could be damaging, potentially, is not this single event, but ...

It could change the democratic primary process. last week the dnc released information about presidential debates that we build held in 6 months. california voters head to the polls early and new poll shows democratic voters looking for a new face. in just 6 months democrats vying to become the 46th president of the united states will take the stage and debate but exactly who will grace the stage? no one has confirmed they will be there. joe biden, california senator kamala harris and beto orour...

Politicians now have to show tone and saying she owned him and chuck schumer got him in this meeting. thats going to be interesting to play that out in the democratic primary. >> mike, mike, wait, wait, mike, when we have nancy. >> dont beat up on mike. beat up on him one at a time. >> im good. >> im telling you, i am not a member of the nancy pelosi fan club but you cannot compare nancy pelosis toned to when she pushed back in a classy professional manner, with wa we have heard from donald trum...

Mike, when we -- >> everybody dont beat up on mike at one point. one at a time. >> its okay. they can all beat me up. im good. >> im telling you, you know, i am not a member of the nancy pelosi fan club. but you cannot compare nancy pelosis tone today, she pushed back but did so in a classy, professional manner, which what we heard from donald trump in the campaign and -- >> let me finish my point. >> okay. i got to go. can you take ten seconds, mike? >> if youre able to get me video and audio o...

Dnc, chairman perez and other members of the dnc pass reforms so we dont have this type of thing happening again. they have got to come out early and off and say theyre going to support the outcome of the reform commission. if they dont, then i think we will know which side were on. >> jeff, thats awfully mag unanimous. is senator sanders angry? >> i can tell you that i will angry certainly. not just for myself but for the millions and millions of people who participated in the democratic primar...

Amendments come to the process and have regular order where we have conference committees, yes. by not controlling the process, so tightly held here the speakership, by letting it go forward i dont know what the outcomes going to be -- >> you told members of the freedom caucus that you were not going to touch immigration reform, something that you worked really hard on. you went out and campaigned with one of the most liberal democrats in congress talking about it. do you see any future for actu...

Process to actually advance ideas. so i think that frustration is frustration that i shared, actually, as a house republican before becoming speaker. and i think thats what our members want to see us do more of. and thats why i think im in this position. >> do you think this means the end of the road for any hope of being president? >> oh, i dont -- hope of being president? >> meaning, meaning when youre speaker of the house, its just, its a lot harder to -- >> thats okay with me. that doesnt re...

Welcome back. that was hillary clinton disrupted from a group of protesters black lives matter. well start with you, congressman. black lives matter movement has gained such potency in the democratic primary process. their conversations with bernie sanders really do seem -- the guy that you endorsed -- really do seem to have made a difference in his policies. what do you think about their tactics like this, doing what they did? >> you know, when some white pastors wrote martin luther king when h...

>> i think we need to be clear about what we can and cannot achieve. and not set expectations we know we cant reach given the constraints of the constitution. but we also have to push issues where we can push issues. we also have to speak truth to power. we have a president that isnt willing to listen, that isnt going to sign lots of our bills into law. we have a senate that has a very difficult process when it comes to actually getting bills voted on. and so knowing that we have those constrain...

We are back with our "first read" on on politics this morning. the jeb bush campaign notifying now staffers that they are cutting salaries across the board. this news just in. and with the iowa caucus 100 days away, democratic candidates and thousands of their supporters will descend on des moines this weekend for the annual jefferson jackson dinner, one of the most important political events in the democratic primary process. more on that in a moment. but first, a look back at the week in polit...