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Steve murphy. thanks for being here. liz, well start with you here. hes eluding to what was learned during the last election cycle. group of voters across the country, especially in the heartland, saying youre not addressing what i need day to day economically. do you believe this will do that? >> look, i think his diagnosis of the problem is completely correct. theres a big problem when only 40% of people know what democrats stand for. my god, were the party of fdr, lbj, barack obama, and now v...

And mitch mcconnell going after each other? how can you get that? >> good question. theres two things. one, you do need a staff that understands what each person wants and each person needs. lbj used to know this person wants the wife to go on a trip overseas. this person wants to seem like an intellectual. this person wants to look like a hot shot. ill give him whatever he needs. >> neil: he knew how to play it. >> you have to know the detaeflts legislation. he had maps on his wall this bill is...

Personal money or rnc money or senator money. those people were elected just like the president did. it is a very difficult thing to tell grown men and women that they will be punished when they feel like they are defending the honor and the direction that their constituents are asking them to take. >> it takes a superb deal maker to cross the aisle and get both sides in either situation. you have to know the bill and whats in it. lbj knew what was in the civil rights bill. pretty much everyone ...

Time for the best part of the show. back with me now, karine jean-pierre, rick wilson and john rice to discuss who won the week. rick, you are in the middle square. who won the week? >> im going with a slightly contrary view. most people think putin won the week. i think mitch mcconnell won the week by finally buying some time and space on this disastrous health care plan that has caused republicans to be in the witness protection program and the few that have gone out to town meetings have come...

The show. back with me are rick and jack rice to discuss who won the week. rick, are you in the middle square, who won the week. >> goim im going with a contrary view. most say vladimir putin won the week but i think mitch mcconnell won the week on this disastrous health care plan that has caused republicans to be in the wit protection program and few that have gone out to town meetings, that the few that have gone out have come back understanding this isnt just astroturf, there is a genuine amo...

>> i think it was russia, but i think it was probably other people and/or countries, and i see nothing wrong with that statement. nobody really knows. nobody really knows for sure. but my big question is why did obama do nothing about it from august all the way to knoch? he did nothing about it and it wasnt because he choked. i think what happened is he thought hillary clinton was going to win the election and he said lets not do anything about it. had he thought the other way, he would have don...

Deeply among all of our people. to make this really as it was for them a new world, a new world for us and indeed for all those who look to us. >> kennedy was serious about broadening our immigration laws. although like so much of the slain presidents agenda, it was lbj who passed the immigration and naturalization act of 1965. >> this bill says simply that from this day forward, those wishing to immigrate to america shall be admitted on the basis of their skills and their close relationships to...

Rebellion in washington, especially among republicans who are going to be judged by history by how they handle this situation. we can look at how eisenhower was judged by history by his handling of joe mccarthy during that period. and yet somehow or another, its almost like the frog in the boiling water, weve become inured to things, day in and day out, whether its about the character of the president and the way we have to explain it to our kids or the way the government is being operated. >> j...

Conservatives are not happy that this doesnt go far enough. thats a substance issue. >> mitch mcconnell has quite the reputation on capitol hill. >> some compare him to lbj. >> you compare him to johnson, but theres a huge divide going on here between conservatives and moderates. theyre not seeing factually what they want in the senate bill. there are a lot of sticking points. the higher premiums, the medicaid changes. whats it going to take for mitch mcconnell to get everybody to bridge this ga...

Bill? what are his red lines and she totally punted. it doesnt seal like they have any set principles in terms of what they want out of this bill. >> let me ask but this president. do you have a expense this is a permanent problem that has now become obvious? >> i think the reality is that not only does he not have set principles on things like health care. i dont think he has the depth of understanding about how these interparts work. most of them do. theyve been dealing with this for a while. ...