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Inquiry open to what these might hold. the political calculus changes in about a month in congress. you will not see a republican-led ways and means committee, in any way shape or form, pursuing the former president. it will be a busy month of december for not just ways and means, but the january 6th select committee, and a bunch of other inquiries, and committee work, before the democrats lose their majority power, and hand it to the republicans, early next year. >> let me ask about that. fbi d...

>> there is not a lot that they can do, because we are in this lame duck period right now. the house will try to get these returns, they will try to, either, pursue some kind of investigation within the committee, or, try to refer it out, in some way, to keep an inquiry open to what these might hold. the political calculus changes in about a month in congress. you will not see a republican-led ways and means committee, in any way shape or form, pursuing the former president. it will be a busy mo...

House will try to get these returns, they will try to, either, pursue some kind of investigation within the committee, or, try to refer it out, in some way, to keep an inquiry open to what these might hold. the political calculus changes in about a month in congress. you will not see a republican-led ways and means committee, in any way shape or form, pursuing the former president. it will be a busy month of december for not just ways and means, but the january 6th select committee, and a bunch ...

The epa. is flat out wrong. and this is court that is disconnected and really is ago gaiting to itself power and taking it away from democratic decision making. >> a crisis of legitimacy or just unpopular? >> legitimacy. a time courts can make decisions as a check on majority power. this is a court that has totally been oblivious to any sense of public sentiment in modern life. oblivious taking away freedoms of roe v. wade. oblivious when it comes to talking about possibly taking away the right ...

Is trying to do is weve got to bring the conversation to the table. this has got to change. we need to pass things for the american people. its getting frustrating. and if this happens, that is something both republicans and democrats are going to use for their benefit when they are in power. but thats only for the american people. but we at least need to have a conversation. >> you would think youd want to get rid of the filibuster particularly because he was such an institutionalist. the filib...

Fully alarmed by donald trump. >> you know, ali, i find this moment so fascinating. because republicans are in cold and sweat over his claim the other day about keeping people from going to the polls. why? because it is a complete reprise of what donald trump accidentally did in 2020. there were run-offs in georgia, determining who would hold the majority in senate. mitch mcconnell was nervous about the president consistently challenging whether or not it was worth going to the polls in january....

Is there something the federal government could do to stop this? >> actually joy in the freedom to vote act there is a ban on partisan gerrymandering. there is an explicit ban on party gerrymandering, a strong one that said if you jerry manderred before and this act is passed, it does not matter. you cannot seek a delegation put in place as a result of partisan gerrymandering. thats one more reason why the freedom to vote act has to be passed. its one more reasons why democrats have to really sa...

Filibuster to be changed or eliminated in the past too. is the filibuster a relic of the past, or is it a way to keep the minority from being run over? democrat senator of arizona says ending the filibuster would quote lead to wild swings between opposing policy polls, depending on who wins majority power. my next guest is a democrat. he served in the united states house of representatives from the great state of tennessee. hes a fox news contributor. and i like him a lot because i think hes fai...

What do you think? >> i think the stakes are higher. i think that the attacks are greater. theyre more intense. the republican party has gotten to a place where they are comfortable with the notion that theyre going to be a minority party in terms of popular support, that will have majority power. we are on the verge of -- and i dont say this lightly -- we are on the verge of a political apartheid system in this country where a minority, again, not with popular support, but because of gerrymande...

>> now, look, i remember, i was alive and in this job back in 2009, when you were in office. you got all this heat for saying that in too many ways, that weve acted like a nation of cowards about taking on our biggest challenges. and i was okay with it then, because either you take on the tough fights or you dont and you leave yourself open to scrutiny when you cant take on the tough fights. i feel it applies just as much today, mr. attorney general, as when you said it then. weve got the same i...