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The bottom of the bipartisan committee. and how it happened and why. but for democrats. we have to look at what did happen. our flaws and campaign mistakes and when you lose by 78000 votes over the three states of wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. and every single thing that everyone pointed to is the reason we lost. and as democrats, it is get-out-the-vote operation. it is because we didnt have enthusiastic support from progressive or we didnt reach out to blue collar factory worker ares in...

Michigan. i put a call in to him. i think weve got to be very careful. i want to know the facts. i do believe people need to have confidence in their government and institutions. so im not going to speculate until i totally understand something and have the facts. i think the first people we need to hear from is the clinton campaign. >> thanks so much for joining me. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you. as president-elect trump puts together his new team, the issue of jobs is at t...

Trump plan would take it to 111%. in fairness of both guys, they will propose spending cuts to bring those ratios down but havent done it yet. were talking 5.5 trillion with a t tax cuts that trump proposed of which only about 20% go to people below the absolute top of the economic -- >> what do you think really happens? do you think they pass those big tax cuts? >> i do. they can pass that stuff with 51 votes in the senate through reconciliation. this is exactly how the bush tax cuts were passe...

And unfortunately this morning and half of this country was going to wake up very afraid this morning either way. >> right. >> if i was a factory worker in scranton i would be afraid. right now if youre a muslim, youre very afraid in this country. if youre a woman who gets harassed at work, youre afraid this morning. if youre a young african-american, youre afraid this morning. >> whats the challenge for donald trump? >> thats the simple challenge. donald trump, its very interesting -- >> youve ...

I used to line up my dollies and teach school. it was tough being one of my dollies. i dont think you did your homework last night. it was tough. it was tough. my parents would have given me anything they could, but they just didnt have the money to send me to college. and the only way i could get to be a teacher is that i ended up at a commuter college that cost $50 a semester, and it opened a million doors for me. the way i see it, i am the daughter of a maintenance man who ended up as a unite...

Teachers? [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. i had the calling early on. i used to line up my dolls and teach school. it was tough being one of my dollies. i dont think you did your homework last night. it was tough. it was tough. my parents would have given me everything they could. they didnt have the money to send me to college. the only way i could get to be a teacher is i ended up at a commuter college that cost $50 a semester. it opened a million doors for me. the way i see it, i am the daug...

Thats the presidents director of the office of political strategy and outreach. talking to folks on the ground they hope and believe michelle obama will also come here between now and election day. they see the power in terms of not just ratcheting up the base but getting people to volunteer. well have david with us later on msnbc. >> when you see the reaction from the crowd just today, i heard you talking early about the working class neighborhood. your father supported the democratic party goi...

Appointments made. you lose time. youre not doing the work that the american people elected you to do. >> before i let you go, i definitely want to ask you about your granddaughter. you talk about her on the campaign trail. today is i believe or recently chelsea is making her first appearance on the campaign trail. >> yes. >> she said she believes that you becoming a grandmother is a driving force behind your campaign. how so? >> well, shes right. because i feel very fortunate. i like to point o...

Im the granddaughter of a factory worker and the grandmother of a wonderful 1-year-old child. and every day i think about what we need to do to make sure that opportunity is available, not just for her, but for all of our children. >> debates are a flawed test, to put it mildly, for choosing a president. once elected, presidents dont debate. they dont debate anyone. it is not part of the job, but giving speeches is. presenting their thoughts in a carefully composed way usually with the assistanc...

Commercial television. and the second is that donald trump is absolutely right. the first democratic debate on cnn had opening and closing statements and was a better debate for it. bernie sanders and hillary clintons opening statements were among their strongest moments of the night. so strong that hillary clinton has turned her opening statement in the debate into a campaign commercial. >> im hillary clinton, i have been proud and privileged to serve as first lady, as a senator from new york a...