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Sanders to a leadership position in the senate, and he is now tasked with making outreach efforts to progressive, kind of bringing them into the fold. sanders has been arguing that the economic message that democrats have, or they should have, is not resonating with most americans. he was saying that the democratic party can have an economic message that appeals to not only the white working class but latino voters as well who are working class, he says. black voters who are also part of the wor...

To what president-elect trump has said he wants all voices and he wants to bring america together. we ought to applaud the fact hes bringing in people that maybe he had a different opinion, but hes wanting that to come to his administration. i think as mike rogers says very smart like lincoln did in the team of rivals. aapplaud that. like mike i dont think hell bring somebody to trump tower and spend and an hour and a half with him if he doesnt have serious consideration of bringing him into the...

Lose elections. >> i did hear hillary clinton talk about raising the minimum wage and i did hear her talk about an infrastructure bill and i did hear her talk about a lot of these issues that youre referring to. you say people in ohio didnt hear it enough? >> obviously there was a lot of noise through it. heres the deal. we have to talk about moving forward. i cant in good conscience hang this election around nancy pelosis neck. but moving forward we have to win congressional seats in areas of t...

But hes wanting that to come to his administration. and i think as mike rogers said, its very smart, and i applaud that. like mike, i dont think hes going to bring someone to trump tower and spend an hour and a half with him if he doesnt have a serious consideration of bringing him into the fold of the difference of opinion. >> bakari, your home state governor nikki haley also made a trip to trump tower and we were also told that she might be considered for secretary of state. do you think that ...

Lot of these issues that youre referring to. you just say that people in ohio did not hear it enough? >> there was a lot of noise through it. heres the deal, we have to talk about moofg forward. i cant, in good consensus, hang this around nancy pelosis neck. in moving forward, we have to win congressional seats in areas of the country that voted for donald trump, even in my district where they voted for me and for donald trump. so i think im uniquely qualified because i know who these people are...

Be an american when we had such a divisive race? we used to believe you couldnt pit people against each other and win. the lesson we have gotten is that you can. it can succeed. >> we have do it. but republicans have to do it, too. if they all just fold -- >> absolutely. >> they need to set the example. >> conservative and republicans dont play the role that you are -- >> the fact is the voters were willing to forgive that. >> yes. absolutely. >> because of their feelings towards clinton. >> tal...

Wants is varying degrees of different opinions, and different perspectives. and i suspect what hes going to do is farm them all out and then theyll meet periodically if he does offer romney the position or whomever ultimately has that position. and theyll come back and sort of present what they would like him to do. and hell decide. hell either accept or fire. >> noelle, i want your take on this meeting with mitt romney. lets remember, for a while it was visceral. he was on the "today" show here...

Grassroots and make sure that we are engaging a lot of folks who previously were not engaged. look, there are a lot of bernie sanders supporters and other folks that did not vote for president, which is disturbing to me as a party leader because i was so concerned about the entire ticket, but that is something that has to be concerned to us, and i guess the belief is these fresh faces and new energy will bring a lot of people back into the democratic fold and will engage voters from the bottom o...

Upstate new york and we need a leader who can go into all of those districts and persuade people who voted for donald trump to come back into the democratic fold. and i think -- i think i can do that. i know i can do that. ive been doing it my whole clear and i want to offer the members of our congress is to have a choice in this. my job is not to get elected, or once i get elected, its not about me, its about serving the members of the caucus. and the first thing you have to do is get back in t...

Now a challenge for that spot, the democrats had hoped to gain 20 or more seats in the house but only got six. few races are still being decided. so is it time for new democratic leadership? our next guest thinks so. lets bring in ohio congressman tim ryan. hes challenging nancy pelosi. thank for being here. how did you make a decision like this? how did you decide to throw your hat in the ring? >> i never had any ambition to run for house leadership. after what happened on tuesday and what happ...