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Midter midterms, and women will play a decisive role. and college-educated women in suburbs right now are overwhelmingly pulling in a negative way toward the president and toward the republicans. so i think this interview might clearly play into some of that animosity that exists and be pivotal to the way this midterm unfolds. >> michael, theres so much going on at one time, whether its the legal battles or midterm elections. then yesterday that incredibly powerful movement of young people acros...

Price if they do something. its theyve never paid a price for not doing anything. so the gun control activism, which ive followed for many years, can have a hopeless quality to it because they do keep sort of running at the target and falling short, particularly after sandy hook. two things i see changing with this particular movement. one, its put this issue on the front burner within the democratic party. this is now something that democrats are running on very strongly. theyve really taken ow...

Do they matter? do they drive any sort of vote or decision? >> yes, they clearly do. you can see theres a lot of energy. i think the thing about young voters or high school kids who are not eligible or ready to vote yet, the thing about these people is theyre issue and caused focused. they dont think of it through a traditional lens of politics. they dont identify quite as much with the political parties. they identify with issues and causes. so as these people age into the voting kind of base, ...

Person. it blew up incredibly quickly. >> so what kind of conversations do you have when you get together? >> its funny, because it will vary from what are you doing in your schools, what have you organized, what is our next initiative, to how are we going to get our classmates registered to vote, so-to-whto what are we for baracprom. and we are kids and we decided to organize around this issue. >> and so you talked about voter registration as an important element of this movement. every cycle p...

Registration as one of the important elements of this movement. every cycle people ask when are young people going to move the needle for a candidate, for an election. and every cycle -- this is a midterm, so less than expected for a presidential election. why will this be different? >> well, look, young people are 30% of the american electorate. were only getting bigger. were now the biggest voting generation block thats alive today. we have the power to change electoral outcomes. the question ...

Dreamers. they do. theyre like we will not give you an inch. they give him a little bit like fencing. not the whole wall. abby: the fact acknowledged sort of a big deal from the democrats. acknowledged getting money for the wall. pete: little bit. abby: even if it is. a white picket fence. ed: founding sanctuary cities and planned parenthood, all the things have you been railing against,. pete: pete you cant defend most aspects of this budget. can you defend the fact were going to have more plan...

What i liked about the will children health insurance funded for next ten years. thats really important. $250 million for democracy programs in russia and sanctions in russia. that got passed and nobody saw that i thought that was probably a very good thing. but i think republican voters have to ask themselves they voted for a republican house and republican senate and republican president and they are still not getting what they want. so, in this 2018 election for the midterm, they should ask t...

What i liked about the will children health insurance funded for next ten years. thats really important. $250 million for democracy programs in russia and sanctions in russia. that got passed and nobody saw that i thought that was probably a very good thing. but i think republican voters have to ask themselves they voted for a republican house and republican senate and republican president and they are still not getting what they want. so, in this 2018 election for the midterm, they should ask t...

However, i think you can argue the case that having a free-flowing news conference takes steam off things so it doesnt build up. i dont know if today is the time to start. >> the president shouldnt be doing this, because as weve seen, his people cannot speak for him. he constantly changes his position and his mind, he undercuts them at every turn. so mhow, as a messenger, can yo speak for the president of the united states when everything they say turns out to be something different? he should g...

Commander-in-chief and somebody standing up on behalf of the average american person in this country who for too long has not had a voice representing them in washington. >> sandra: well see how it plays out at the midterms and the president talking about how his popularity will play out in the midterm. >> bill: we were in pensacola, florida and the place is rocking. i dont know if its transferrable. they say a lot of its not transferrable. they may like me and vote for me and saying ill do grea...