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Jeffries, katherine clark, and pete aguilar as a one, two, and three in the democratic caucus appear to have a smooth transition at the moment to become, to ascend in the democratic hierarchy unless something changes in the next week and a half. but after, that they will be the minority party in the house. they will be going up against a narrow house republican majority. and anderson, we are heading into a period of intense legislative gridlock. it is going to be very difficult to see any major ...

Disunity is my opinion bogus. we should have a robust, vigorous, in-house family debate in the direction we should go and how to use the tools. more tools than conceding to the democrats. how about using every procedural tool we have and every must-pass piece of legislation as leverage. the constitutional discipline. we have all these tools to use. >> were running out of time. i want to thank you for joining us. interesting talking to you as it always is. thanks for taking time. >> you bet. than...

Legal decisions are fine. in this particular case, the unmistakable takeaway is that four years after the death and dismemberment of khashoggi there is still no accountability and the administration has said that is what theyre seeking. bottom line here, kate, ive seen this through five administrations. unlike lehman brothers, the fault position is the u.s./saudi relationship is too big and too important to fail. and i think the administration is essentially validating that policy. there are any...

Trying to get their leverage up. what theyve also been doing, anderson, for months even before these mid-term votes were cast was preparing, preparing for these republican investigations expected to be wide ranging from everything from the afghanistan withdrawal to the presidents son, hunter biden, and the biden administrations handling of border security. so this is a white house that has been gearing up for a long time preparing for this possibility of a republican takeover of the house and is...

Showing strength by touting the fact that they defied historical precedent by losing fewer seats than any democratic president in decades. trying to get their leverage up. what theyre also, what theyve been doing, anderson, for months, even before these midterm votes were cast, is preparing, preparing for these republican investigations that are expected to be wide ranging. into everything from the afghanistan withdrawal. to the presidents son, hunter biden. and the biden administrations handlin...

Republican-controlled house. the idea that pelosis team has signaled that she could stay in congress and leave leadership, and that would mean that shes still physically here as an emeritus role if she were to lead her post and be able to guide people in the next generation, hakeem jeffries, he could ascend to the top of the democratic caucus in the house. these are people who have worked in pelosis orbit for many years now. theyve seen the way she operates, the way she uses her favorite word le...

Mccarthys look small, hell have an even smaller one than shes h but shes been dealing in in the single digits of trying to keep all parts of her very wide caucus onboard. every book you read about pelosi. it comes down to the key playing of leverage. she is someone who understands the way of wielding power. so when you look at the people who may come up in the next generation of leadership, the fact that we often talk about this trio of lawmakers in hakeem jeffries who is currently in leadership...

To accomplish at that moment. and you just look at the lektive priorities she tackled. they hang over the impeachments we saw. going back further than that, getting affordable care act through. doing things earlier than that on equal pay. it comes back to the leveraging of power, how you get things done and the experience that she has in this realm is just frankly unparallel. >> you know, wondering when, you know, what do you see as her most important legacy? >> well, its hard to put a finger on...

The third component is stuff like mccarthy, and pompeo on the pile on. thats more tricky to navigate. then again, trump has leverage over mccarthy. all trump really has to do is come out and say we need to not elect this man speaker when the vote is held in public in early january. thats a ton of leverage over mccarthy, especially because the house republican majority will be so slim, so, you know, i know trumps in a weakened state but hes been in a weakened state before. post january 6th we all...

Step back, its not just a change in terms of her piece of history as a woman in power in such a male-dominated place, but for many members of the democratic caucus, she is the only hand of leadership they have seen. she has been in this position for so long, helping members through their campaigns, fund-raising. shes a machine at just getting dollars into this democratic apparatus and helping members have what they need so they can rough in rough election battles. all of these things that make h...