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Whats more, were entering already a presidential primary season and those people are soon going to be seen as the primary figures in the democratic party. its quite a testament to nancy pelosi that shes no longer useful to the republicans as a foil. probably because shes beating trump at his own game. >> these congresswomen, in addition to grabbing the spotlight, theyve also created headaches for leadership as well. congresswoman talib was caught on video calling the president an expletive. she ...

- ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit house speaker nancy pelosi once the favorite foil of the gop and some democrats appears to have been replaced. a new politico headline reads superstar freshman dems replace pelosi as gop targets. the strategy risks backlash for a party thats struggling to find support from women and people of color. im joined by a washington post

Whip last hour and he said the situation is this. were giving something in these negotiations hinting, i think, democrats will allow some new money for some new barriers. were giving that. we want something in return. in return what they support a democratic priority where there are fewer detentions in the interior. >> if thats right and if theyre willing to give something and something can be called a wall or fence or something that gets into the semantics for republicans and trump, then that c...

Organ gigantic crowds. this is a platform that he may consider making his announcement, the march for truth. hes pacing himself as the foil as the counter to donald trump and his racist rhetoric about migrant families as criminals at the border. i think this is going to be fabulous platform for beto orourke and hes positioning well in 2020. >> always positioning yourself very well, susan and elena, thank you ladies very much. how is el paso bracing for tomorrows call for and against the wall? ...

"power up" newsletter at the "washington post" and a contributor for "time" magazine pap question for each of you ladies. you have amy klobuchar making this announcement. elizabeth warren announcing yesterday. what is this all about? fund-raising? >> partly fund-raising and about defining yourself, being able to be the foil for donald trump right out of the gate. being able to pair with him on twitter much like beto on the border tomorrow will be. the one to sort of rise to the person that is th...

To foster compromise is sort of a ruse to begin with. you have the president going to el paso tomorrow to just create another fight. its one of the safest cities in the country. theres not a lot of support for the president there to begin with and now you have congressman beto orourke positioning himself at the exact foil the president wanted to begin with. posting a duelling rally thats you know, propelling everything that the president is against. this is the fight the president wanted. you kn...

Pricing, talking about a new infrastructure bill, talking about things he might actually get done with the democratic house. and there are ways he could signal he understands what the new reality is. >> i can imagine putting a little snap in that thing. he can say thanks for having me over to your house finally. >> you know its finny. i have to say john meacham has taken up residence and living rent free. i feel like i should charge him because what he said is exact wlae what i think. for him th...

She helped them net 40 seats, folks were saying they thought pelosi would be a foil for donald trump. he does great when he has someone to basically shadow box against. he made her kind of a darling of the left. he readilly made her someone. >> what would you like to hear from the president tomorrow night? >> first of all a speech without any lies. that would be great. id like for him to speak where the country is in terms of his visions. i dont believe he can. >> yeah. any expectation he will d...

It gets to all of what were talking about. they testified the facts about russia as you stated them, the facts about iran as a.g. stated them and the facts about north korea as the entire intelligence committee is in agreement now other than trump, who is enamored with his love letter writing behavior with a murderous dictator. >> look, i think he sort of got uncomfortable with the coverage he was out of step with the law enforcement community and intelligence community, so he tried to say hey, ...

Like steve schmidt one of the most eloquent people in describing what donald trump has done to the presidency and country, but people like steve who dont feel comfortable in the republican party and who dont necessarily feel comfortable in the democratic party over certain policies would very much love to kind of force the democrats to nominate somebody they would like, somebody they wouldnt mind voting for and sort of kind of say you can do what you want but if you nominate elizabeth warren we ...