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>> but how is that going to be done if the republicans just say, no. theyre simply saying we are not going to do that. then what will democrats do about that? >> i think the house which we control has a lot of power and oversight. >> including impeachment. the one thing the house can do on their own is impeach the president. >> that wont stop interference. >> but it would place a sanction on this president that would be a historical sanction that he could not remove. its the highest sanction -- ...

Consider the fact that in 2008 about 8% of republican voters voted for obama. that led to a historic result for him. at this point up to 12% in some polls of republican voters are skeptical of the president, disapprove of the president. thats a big block if that translates into votes in a general election. in a post-trump world i think we could do a lot together, republicans and democrats working on issues where we gray. >> j.w.verret is a live long republican who worked on the mccain and romney...

After the voting rights act was gutted by this supreme court. where is the confidence coming from that the next election will even be a completely free and fair election and it will magically cure the country of trumpism? >> im not confident about that. i am very concerned about the russian interference which was systematic and sweeping in the phillip mena. i dont think the technology companies and law enforcement have done enough yet -- >> what is the congress doing about it? >> this is a place...

Winning in -- they werent aoc democrats. >> she won and beat a center left democrat. >> she d but dont take that and take that thats the entire party or thats that entire class or thats where the democratic party is. i dont think it is. i think the party is center left in the main and the question is how do you then bring a center right leaning republican or independent voter to that space. >> lets get jason seas take on this. i suspect you have a different take. >> this is the political scienti...

Has a good message. i will also say this, it doesnt matter how a popular person is or what the numbers are if they dont engage in voter protection. theyve already got the numbers there. they can already win. you look at the states where hillary clinton lost, the michigans, wisconsins, pennsylvanias, all of those places just elected democratic governor, you are already coming in with a lead. its not that complicated. they literally will probably screw this up because they will fail to recognize t...

Farmers saying my soybean crop isnt elg is, my life is being ruined but im still supporting trump. >> a few things. first of all, with due respect to my friend dr. johnson, the 40 seats that flipped not a single one was a bernie person. these were the moderate democrats. aoc won a deep blue state. >> bernie is an independent. >> when you are talking about centrist democrats those were the 40 seats that flipped. not a single one of them were endorsed by the aoc bernie kind of group. those people ...

Peach, to begin an impeachment inquiry? >> im where nancy pelosi is, jonathan capehart is. we need to get the public to approve of what we want to do and i think what we need to do is have aggressive committee hearings and build a case. >> in the case of richard nixon, the hearings that did ultimately change the publics mind took place in the united states senate. what we call the watergate hearings. this united states senate is not going to do that. republicans are fixed in place for donald tru...

Across the board but many were not far left, they were center left and they were enormously successful in getting people like me. >> lets go to the chairman. lets just magically -- >> man of steele. >> slightly different view on this. >> democrats the base of the democratic party is scared and for good reason. >> they should be. >> people are being deported, we have had six children dying in u.s. custody, womens rights to choice are basically now they greatest risk theyve been at least in my lif...

Up his tax returns, the courts have ruled initially against the worst version of muslin ban and judge roberts, he is an institutionalist he has to understand that the state of american democracy is at stake and im hoping that the courts will follow precedent and save our democracy by doing whats right. >> i know we are out of time but i will end on this. is that hope a strategy? because youre counting on a majority of republican supreme court, donald trump put two of them in their jobs, you know...

We will see. we will learn the results in a few hours here. >> its a scary moment, i think, for the entire west. i mean, the west it feels like its teetering on the brink of something awful. christopher dickey, thank you so much for sharing that with us. thank you very much. really appreciate you. coming up, the 147 democrats running for president are figuring out which parts of the base they should court. but some politicos are arguing that they should be shopping for votes among republicans....