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Sean spicer, get your dancing shoes on taking a walk on the wild side. announces one of the cast members of this seasons "dancing with the stars." but not everybody is happy about it. including the host tom. >> my preference qowld have been to avoid any political lightning rods. i think damaging at its best is oasis away from all of divisives and stuff were wrestling with right now. and tom waste nod time teasing sean, watch. >> nice thing is john will be in charge of audience size throughout th...

They want conservatives banished from the public square and treated like political lepers. if youre a trump supporter, you shouldnt even be allowed to do a guest spot on the tv show. remember when that story broke one former white house press secretary sean spicer would be a contestant in the new season of "dancing with the stars," host tom bergeron protested. >> my preference, its not my call. other people book the show -- would have been to avoid any political lightning rods. i think dancing a...

>> jon: he was on sirius xm radio talking about his thoughts about opposing spicer. he says "my preference would have been --" okay, we do have it as a sound bite. >> my preference would have been to avoid any political lightning rods. i think dancing at its best is an oasis. away from all of the divisiveness, all of the stuff that we are all wrestling with right now. >> i dont know. he wasnt a political figure. he was a spokesman for a political figure. is it all that -- >> this is not sean spi...

He knows theres some hispanics, a small percentage but some hispanicings w hispanics who agree with him on immigration and will vote for him. he knows from watching fox and the data hes been fed from whats happening on facebook, if he can define the democratic party around the so-called squad, around aoc and others that they are lightning rods that thats what people want to talk about, thats what people want to share. thats what people want to pine on, he thinks that that helps him in cranking u...

They were the only four people to vote while 240 others voted the other way. and they have all been lightning rods since they got in. they are always getting all the attention. nancy hasnt singled themselves -- theyve done it to themselves. >> dana: can i make a point? im going to make a point. the squad only has four votes right now but they dont need that many more votes in order to cause nancy pelosi real headaches. it would take 18 votes for them to not be able to pass things. if people get ...

Republicans and democrats alike can agree upon. we need to be there to make sure we dont lose the lives of anymore children who are within our custody and our care, that we meet this challenge for those families and do so while we follow our own asylum laws. thats all im asking us to do. >> beto orourke, i appreciate you getting deep into these issues and exchanging your ideas for the audience. you are always welcome here to do exactly that. >> thank you very much. im grateful. >> now, in fairne...

Families and do so while we follow our own asylum laws. thats all im asking us to do. >> beto orourke, i appreciate you getting deep into these issues and exchanging your ideas for the audience. you are always welcome here to do exactly that. >> thank you very much. im grateful. >> now, in fairness to beto orourke he is not in congress right now but just to be very clear they all say they want to do the right thing by the kids and protect the kids but theyre not doing it. do you understand? ther...

Travelers have no clue. >> you only need a couple of people out of thousands who connect to a network to get payback. >> if you are at an airport and need to charge your phone. rely on the traditional pug -- plug that powers your phone. >> mike: call immoral to a division of hate. democrats say its a matter of national security. explaining the border wall will be a key 2020 issue. >> regardless of what you call it, its one of the biggest political lightning rods in modern history. >> well, then ...

Starting to scrub his past, rig right, and i think it is fascinating socialism and late term abortion two things that the president talked about that i think will be real lightning rods in the next years. >> and those will be things that trump comes back to. he essentially accused the governor of murder in his state of the union address which was a pretty remarkable thing. and it wasnt just bloggers, it was an old class mats mate of h was turned off by those comments. >> was it? >> i believe so....

Breaking news. the senate passed a bill and while that bipartisan bill passed the senate with 77 votes several democrats voted against the legislation because of a provision opposing those to seek to sanction israel also known as the bds movement. they oppose boycotting israel. now that bill go to the house of representatives fishers in what has historically been the democratic partys for the jewish state. >> in just one month in office the first muslim women to ever serve in the house they have...