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Is in the hands of lawmakers. a.g. sneiderman here in new york has filed a suit against this ruling. so theres going to be cases that are going to go before the fcc, go to congress, there is a chance that congress can reverse this, you know, thats going to come down to a vote at some point. depending on whos sitting in congress. right now theres a lot of republicans who have had their pockets lined by these internet providers, and so they dont really have an incentive to change the rules to go a...

Still gettable. i dont think the mold is hardened on this yet. >> right. >> theyre slowly losing it and you can see the blue streak in the cities moving out into the suburb areass in virginia, they took everything. >> when you look at alabama, do you say, black swan or, ooh. 48% donald trump approval rating. cant blame that on roy moore? >> women, true, but youve got to look at the turnout skewed, really, trumps favorable/unfavorable. difficulty with midterm elections upparty is more juiced. mor...

The year. look, i think they need to find a way, just to speak in political raw terms -- >> before you finish, though, do you think its on life-support? as he just said? >> well, i think life-support to me is a term that means youre about to die. i dont think its about to die. i think theyre definitely on the operating room table right now and the best doctors that the republican party has are putting it back together. and so i think that marco rubio is negotiating, and thats the wages of having...

Proud of, someone who will restore civility, political discourse. president trump has brought down the generic ballot for republicans. democrats right now hold an 11-point advantage in the generic ballot. its very hard to underestimate how important it is going into the midterm. i can assure you, we are taking nothing for granted given the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. if democrats are in a very strong place right now. we have flipped 33 seats coming down ballot seats, and places li...

Republicans love him? >> well, the republicans have to come to grips with the fact that in the presidents first midterm, historically speaking, the party thats out of party gets really mad that they just lost the election and they all get together and try to win. when youre in that position, as the democrats are in now, they dont have to be for anything. they just have to be against something. what theyre against today is the presidency of donald trump. hes got a low approval rating. theyre agai...

Intensified nuclear program. overnight russias foreign minister read morning recent pressure on north korea, approaching, quote, a red line. speaker of the house paul ryan squashing reports he plans to quit washington to put it all together for the 2018 midterm. he found that funny. there are multiple rumors he is stepping down next year, once tax reform gets completed but he has been house speaker since october of 2015. donald trump unveiling his first-ever official christmas portrait that show...

Proud of, someone who will restore civility, political discourse. president trump has brought down the generic ballot for republicans. democrats right now hold an 11-point advantage in the generic ballot. its very hard to underestimate how important it is going into the midterm. i can assure you, we are taking nothing for granted given the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. if democrats are in a very strong place right now. we have flipped 33 seats coming down ballot seats, and places li...

Change the rules to go against what verizon and comcast and at&t want, but, that could change, you know, were in a midterm here, anythings possible. >> josh, thank you very much as you so often do for coming on to explain another issue to us. >> my pleasure, any time. >> appreciate it. our conversation when we come back with the highest ranking democrat on senate intel. mark warner of the common wealth of virginia explains why donald trump jr.s time before the committee may be just starting. t...

People who are dead set against this, how can they stop and reverse it? >> well, i mean right now this is in the hands of lawmakers. a.g. sneiderman here in new york has filed a suit against this ruling. so theres going to be cases that are going to go before the fcc, go to congress, there is a chance that congress can reverse this, you know, thats going to come down to a vote at some point. depending on whos sitting in congress. right now theres a lot of republicans who have had their pockets l...

Polls and they pick the leaders on a choice basis in an election. and so their win -- and you think about how thick the walls of the bubble have to be, is for something that has an approval level literally in the 20s, passed by people who have as an institution approval level in the teens. we want to sit here and say they moved that piece of paper to the presidents desk and thats a win. i guess. but in terms of the politics of it, standing in front of voters, this isnt going to be a good thing i...