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>> his behavior may have been reprehensible, his allies said, but he was hardly the threat to the republic that impeachment was designed for. the american public agreed. the democrats scored a shocking upset in the midterm elections, gaining seats in the house. >> the lewinsky issue didnt carry any weight. >> id say republicans got stumped. >> newt gingrich, who had predicted a big republican victory -- >> we have a chance to win some very startling victories all over the country. >> -- lost his...

>> but hardcore conservatives led by house speaker tom delei were hellbent on impeaching him anyway. >> the house has no choice but to proceed with an impeachment inquiry. >> some republicans preferred a lesser punishment for clinton, censure rather than impeachment. but political maneuvering took that off the table. >> the republicans were given a choice, either impeach him or let him off. which is it going to be? >> article 1 is adopted. >> we have witnessed history. >> the house impeached bil...

To help the poorest students in order to put guns in schools. and then theres the courts. senate republicans are moving full speed ahead to try to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court even though the president who nominated him is now implicated in his former lawyers illegal schemes. and trump and mitch mcconnell continue to pack the lower courts with hardcore conservatives, having already broken a record for getting appeals court judges confirmed already. this is just a small sampling o...

Now implicated in his former lawyers illegal schemes. and trump and mitch mcconnell continue to pack the lower courts with hardcore conservatives, having already broken a record for getting appeals court judges confirmed already. this is just a small sampling of whats going on under trump and the gop congress. and at least in the short term there is nothing that robert mueller or anyone else is going to do to stop that. the only real binding constraint on much of that power is what happens in no...

More importantly is its what is done. a lot of times we asked why would hardcore conservatives back somebody like donald trump? work so hard for him? this is why. because that is not the person hillary clinton if she were president would be put ong the bench, not even close. and to e place somebody who has he said the new nominee said was considered a lion and that is antonin scalia. so much of the election was about jobs and the economy and america first but also about this. >> only 49 years ol...

Not in the lead. i think thats something hell have to watch out for. >> controversial comments seem to have really fueled support for trump recently. how is this comment different? >> well certainly when it came to the issue of immigration which is such a hot issue specifically in the republican primary, donald trump was able to curry favor certainly with hardcore conservatives who dont think the obama administration has done enough to secure the borders. so when donald trump went out and made s...

Over the next day or two to move this along? >> now, my gut tells me hes working behind the scenes now with the democratic leadership in the house of representatives to get something passed, so there isnt a stoppage of the funding at midnight tonight. i dont think he wants to see that happen. he certainly doesnt want to see attachment to his own executive orders on immigration reform and both sides basically agreed that the language that was rejected the three week extension that was rejected in...

Do you think theres any chance that the folks in that building are going to do a better job of compromising this time? >> they have to. i mean, its hard to do much worse than what theyve done in the past, and so all eyes are on them. and we need them to step up. we actually need lawmakers to do their job for once. >> reporter: so, heres where we stand. the house passed a budget that contains about $4 trillion in spending cuts. the senate passed a budget that has about $1 trillion in new taxes. t...

Immigration. thats my view there. i do agree that the missing white vote is a relevant factor because you look at how the republicans turned away these working class whites because thats who it was. >> lets talk about that for a second because the missing -- when i hear lets go after the missing white voter, i start to think, oh, lord, what would it look like if the party says, man, we really have to cultivate a sense of white motivation and white grievance and get to the poll. "trend" actually ...

Well, that would suggest the same of ronald reagan, of antonin scalia, of clarence thomas, of justice roberts, of samuel alito, all of these hardcore conservatives who have said that the second amendment is not about protecting somebodys right to have military-style assault weapons. >> so the question is, youve got the power of the nra versus the power of the emotional force, richard, that you were talking about. and kelly, the president outlined 23 executive orders. tell us about those. but fir...