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Takes on president trumps first year and the countrys. it starts with the signing of the big republican tax plan. >> i consider this a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. and jobs are through companies and corporations. and you see that happening. corporations are literally going wild over this. i think even beyond the expectation. >> the president has a year-end tax bill. >> i think obamacare is over because of that. and well keep up with something that is really going to be very cle...

Of roy moore? why would you say i sound like roy moore? >> in this race, i think its very clear that the president feels that hes got to get roy moore elected. hes got to get this guy into the senate. they cannot afford to lose the senate seat. hell go 15 miles to the border and not appear with him on stage. hes got to get guy in. >> lets talk to ken, and jeff then back to you again. why are these voters interviewed on the focus groups down in alabama, people just saying, you know, i dont really...

That theyre going to try that hard. most people are pretty busy on what they really want are just the facts. little do with the figure out who gives them the most with the fewest mistakes and people that they like to watch or listen to and thats what theyll do here too. it is pretty plain and simple. when you do focus groups, it doesnt go any deeper than that. they dont have time to do our jobs, theyre expecting us to do them. >> gillian: we have to leave it there but more speed 22 coming up in ...

Prosecution of the president is almost trivial to them. oh, this isnt that important. whats important is trump is right. his enemies are wrong. and his enemies now include certainly the special prosecutor. so they are going to circle the wagons, steve knephanie, this i for him. our president, trump, right or wrong, they put him in the office, right or wrong, they put them in the office and they are going to keep him there. >> do you agree with that? you can put bob mueller on the side, the micha...

Very good job of that. she did the best, i think, that she could, but her campaign still, i still insist to say that it lacked soul. i had the privilege of meeting her several times face to face.i she was always warm and ingratiating. once you got her in front of a camera, it just fell flat. she never seemed to resonate with the people. it just was lacking that soul. she failed to tap into that wave of populism and anger. donald trump did capture that and so did bernie sanders. >> brian: i think...

By special interests and the paul ryan and what donald trump ran against. theyre going to have to defend this. health care was the biggest issue in virginia, they didnt even pass it, but virginians didnt wanted me caid destroyed. thats the biggest political message you get out of this. 2018 is going to be about tax cuts. do people want to take away tax cuts from families who adopt babies to give a bigger tax cut to exxonmobil? >> this gives the resistance something to run on. >> it gives lots pe...

Illustrative of what democratic people in the country want. he had a horrible closing -- he had a horrible closing week. it really -- the anti-trump factor helped him and helped put him over the finish line so much. just over the past week i went and did a lot of focus groups in wisconsin and nevada and it was remarkable how so many democrats would say we want a more moderate figure. we have to have a moderate figure to win. but then bernie sanders, and bernie sanders policies, thats what they w...

>> it really is. and also make sure there is no equal pay for women. thats coming straight out of the white house and the oval office. it brings me back to almost a year ago. there is a systemic problem were having here which is in 2016 we had the opportunity to elect the first women president. and what i remember hearing in focus groups was that from women and men that this country could not be run by a woman. a woman could not be president. and so there is a problem that we have that women are...

Focus groups earlier this month in philadelphia and st. louis of young african-american voters that did not turn out in 2016. theyre very informed and know all about all the outrageous that donald trump is spewing out there and theyre inflamed by it but they want to see democrats stand up and fight for them. what democrats are going to do for them. if we dont communicate those messages those voters are not going to turp out despite all the outrages that donald trump injects into the news cycle. ...

Cost. cost of health care. especially cost of health care for the people on exchanges. a very small number of people in the country. >> two types of cost. costs health insurance but the cost itself -- havent talked about that. the cost of the actual health care. hospital costs. >> how do you lower costs? trumps executive order yesterday, his attempt to start doing that. when you look at focus groups of trump voters, among all issues they raise, the high cost of health care. so he has to be showi...