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Fredericka wilson is known for her amazing hats but she wasnt allowed to wear them on the floor, but that rule has been changed so religious head ware. its a complete change to the way the nation is going to look and feel, its so inclusive. that rules changed happened immediately. thats a great answer, dean. and were usaa members for life. a feel-good answer. >> who won the week? >> democracy. shaquem get in here. the reason i say our democracy, take your razor, yup. this was the first midterm i...

47 democrats, 53 republicans. you got those two independents who caucus with the democrats. thats the current balance of power. now lets take a look here. where are the republicans who are going to be up for reelection next year in 2020? every state painted in red youve got a republican whose up for reelection next year. a lot of these are deep red states. theyre not going to be competitive races. probably not going to be a lot of political pressure on republicans in those states. so where? wher...

Joining me to talk about this, ambassador norm eisen, also former trump white house lawyer jim schultz. is this what a drained swamp looks like? >> no. this takeover of the trump administration by the special interest lobbyists is like the alligators taking over the swamp. this is not what the american people want. they want a government that serves the public interest, not special interests and in this environment where the trump administration has watered down the rules, they threw out our oba...

Obama era rule that a lobbyist cannot work in an agency that they lobbied. its led to a crisis of confidence. no wonder you have seen almost 10 million more americans the largest number in history repudiate this and other malfeasance by the trump administration. in the midterm. a referendum on this special interest run away, riding the resolving door. its the opposite of swamp draining. >> same question. is this draining the swamp? >> look, this administration has appointed very qualified people...

Change, it can be difficult for nancy pelosi to corral those votes, it will take all her skill and we will see where she ends up. >> the wall street journal sums of the plan, america, meet the pelosi house, articles of impeachment, abolish the a lot for college, comparisons of the president to hitler, nonstarter vote on the shutdown, profanity, proposal for 70% tax like on the wealthy all in under 36 hours. wait till they get rolling. >> the strategy republican campaign strategists are welcoming...

Of her skill and well see where she ends up. >> shannon: this is how "the wall street journal" sums up the plan, she says america meet the pelosi house articles of impeachment and move to abolish the electoral college, comparison of the president to hitler. a proposal for the 70% tax hike on the wealthy all in under 36 hours, wait until they get rolling. >> its a strategy that republican campaign strategists are quietly welcoming, it demonstrates that democrats do not have control of their own p...

From states that are swing state, vulnerable senators. are they going to be the ones who feel the political heat and change the equation? we thought we might take a look where might, might some of those senators be. first of all, here we go. new senate taking the oath of office yesterday. 47 democrats, 53 republicans. you got those two independents who caucus with the democrats. thats the current balance of power. now lets take a look here. where are the republicans who are going to be up for re...

He says thats the characterization of the meeting and speaker pelosis comments and i agree with her. today we need to get the government reopened. its 14 days -- >> its a different interpretation than what we heard from the president -- >> well, hes a liar, brooke. those are my words, not yours. hes a liar. >> scott? >> most of the new freshmen definitely want to impeach the president. most of the activists and people who voted in the midterm want to impeach the president, 6.5 million democrats ...

The new democrat controlled house passing a spending package to reopen the federal government without any funding for president trumps border wall. it was symbolic since the president has said he will veto it. but what will happen with negotiations today? joining us now is ben mcadams of utah who had one of the biggest upsets of the midterm, flipping a rudy red seat blue. you voted against nancy pelosi to be speaker of the house. why didnt you support her? >> throughout my campaign i said i want...

Says among other things. this is going to come up again and again and again because these folks who went to congress reflect the people who voted for democrats in the midterm and the democrats spoke loud and clear, we want impeachment, were going to be talking about it for two straight years. >> democrats did not run on impeachment. >> simone, read cnns own exit polls. >> people can say whatever they want in the exit polls about what they feel. thats not what democrats ran on. and i would like t...