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Negotiations between a republican and a democrat that really was designed to make this non-political. >> reporter: i think sometimes this gets lost in this conversation, ana, that democrats really gave a number of concessions in order to make this commission happen. originally, there wasnt going to be equal representation from republicans and democrats. it will now, if it were to go forward. five republicans, five democrats appointed to this commission. they would have equal subpoena power, this...

Through because he is worried its going to hurt republicans in the midterm? lets unpack that statement, for a minute. why would an independent-bipartisan probe hurt republicans in the midterms? what are they afraid of finding out? who was involved in stoking up anger and getting these people into the capitol? nobody. nobody in congress should be against finding out what happened on january 6th. and it really, you know, he surprises me, every day, with the things that he says and does. but its un...

Lobbying his colleagues right up to the vote that the process was too political. >> i think the basic goal of our democratic friends is to keep relitigating what happened back on january 6th rather than getting to a quick solution through arrests of those who did it and security adjustments to make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: even though democrats gave republicans everything they wanted, including an even split of republicans and democratic appointees, giving both parties equal sub...

Including an even split of republicans and democratic appointees. giving both parties equal. power and requiring the work to be complete before the end of the year. >> the truth of the matter seems to be that senate republicans oppose the commission because they fear it may upset donald trump and their partys midterm messaging. >> the gop position so entrenched that even a plea from the mother of a fallen officer who is on the front lines of the insurrection was not enough change their minds. >>...

Hes trying to cast the prosecutors as politically driven should this situation, and should this investigation escalate, but taking a step back, this is a growing political problem for the former president. he wants to re-engage. we know he wants to be out on the trail campaigning for candidates in the midterm and this will undoubtedly cast a shadow not only the former president, but over the gop as they try to navigate how to move forward in the post-trump era. so there is a lot of concern withi...

If the president after january 6th, has sidled up to him again. give us your analysis here. is there any sense at all that mccarthy will do anything other than march in lockstep with trump as he tries to become the majority house speaker in 2022? >> i dont think so. and this goes back to the other column i wrote at the daily beast. i think that kevin mccarthy is one of those republicans who could have stood up and certainly, if there was ever an opportunity, that off-ramp would have been after j...

Honestly, if im leading the democratic caulk right right now, im like okay, choose to filibuster this and i will organize my caucus against eliminating the filibuster. choose to block this commission and we will move forward and keep a steady drumbeat to get to the truth for the public to hear wall-to-wall coverage every single day leading up to the 2020 midterm. thats how you responded to this move. you do not back down in this moment. >> very strong words and points from both of our leadoff hi...

Republican jim banks. hes the leader of the largest group of the house republicans, the republican senate committee. and it essentially goes through line by line, different ways that they should be using these talking points and messaging while theyre home in their districts in the next few weeks, including points leaning into larry summers, critiques in a recent "washington post" op-ed, where he worked in a clinton and obama administrations and kind of had some concerns about the increase, pote...

Kind we havent seen in a generation. what you make of that? im agreeing with you, jillian im a huge phil mickelson plan and i have to agree with steve. im going to tweak the end. theres no question that the economy is doing better. theres no question that there is always anxiety in a midterm with an incumbent president. only two copresidents have won the last 60 years of midterms and it wasnt trump. democrats needs try to hold. i grew steve. the numbers are good. the average over the last three ...

Conservative decision that benefits the leanings of the republican party, in the short-term wont that bring more women out, wont that bring more of the young out in the midterm? could that cause the biden white house to say we need to expand the supreme court of the united states, and might that cause blowback for 2024? i know for sure it will be an interesting couple of years. here is some of the social media that came in during the course of the hour. the f-150 drivers in my neck of the woods ...