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Reconciliation. >> its an issue and the question is whether or not theyll be able to overcome it. the abortion issue is not proper for reconciliation and there are others and whether or not they can muster 60 votes and they have 59 votes now and there will not be one republican who votes for the bill in the house and not one republican who votes for the bill in the senate, and kind of historically shows you why it is a bad bill and we never had such a big piece of legislation pass purely on part...

Conference, in the mike mansfield room and it was basically to sort of get us prepared for what is going on today and what the schedule will be like, and, speeches from the leadership and, it wasnt anything, wasnt really a big deal. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> next, our special "on the record" continues, live in the heart of the action and if you think the story ends tonight, think again, if the bill passes, there will be and all-out slugfest in the u.s. senate, republican senator george lemieux...

The health care bill at this point? does -- i mean, is the bill going onward to the presidents desk, is it going to be a signed deal or a -- is the abortion language still something that could thwart the passage of the bill. >> look, i believe it is still something that could thwart the passage of the bill. we are disappointed that congressman stupak exchanged 30 years of pro-life protections in the law, for a piece of paper from the post pro-abortion president in american history but hes not th...

Also, their governing structure. their internal command structure which is not exactly like an american military command structure, but is a lot more organized and accountable than what the americans had seen in afghan security forces before. >> very quickly. the pakistani governments decision to help us capture the taliban commander and obviously, hes in some sort of joint custody now. the u.s. government wont say whether its pakistani custody or cia custody. why now, im told baradar is not the...

Here one year into the obama presidency, already its an open question whether or not democrats are going to hold the senate. going from 60 seats to 50 or possibly even fewer, thats lightning quick in political terms. >> ive got to ask you because ive got a couple of e-mails from people pointing the figure also at tim kaine in this saying he bears responsibility, in their opinion, on what were seeing. >> well, there does seem to be a failure in basic strategy. evan bayh probably would have won. y...

You know, coveys manner of proceeding to whip. chapter after chapter after chapter he describes this experience, the way that edward covey tortured him and beat him nearly to death and worked him nearly to death all the try to destroy frederick douglasss spirit, to turn him into a docile slave who would work without question, where he would then be returned to his owner. because douglass is so capable and brilliant, his own recounting of what happened to him in that period of his life, what happ...

Perspective and they want more witnesses. i asked senator chris coons a little bit ago whos on the committee, whos a democrat, why thats the case. take a listen. >> her allegations put mark judge in the room. if she werent being truthful, why would she put his best friend in the room, in this drunken sexual assault? if she werent truthful, why would she volunteer to have the fbi question her as well as mark judge, professor -- excuse me, judge kavanaugh, and many others? because being questioned...

>> great reporting. m.j., thank you. appreciate it. >> thanks. now i want to bring in the attorney who represents stormy daniels. michael, good evening. thank you for coming on the program. listen, michael cohen once said he would take a bullet for president trump resigned to going to prison. do you think there is more to come here? >> there is no question, don, there is more to come. michael cohen has taken the same ark that many white collar criminals take. they start off defiant stating the...

He probably doesnt realize that because he lives in an alternative universe that he crafts around him, but there is no question that the walls are closing in on the criminal enterprise that hes been the head of for many, more years. >> i want to talk about this and we have pictures to put up. you poised with stormy daniels, for vogue magazine. stormy daniels isnt backing down and then here is what the writer writes. part of what has made daniels such an effective adversary to trump is she seemin...

M.j., thank you. appreciate it. >> thanks. now i want to bring in the attorney who represents stormy daniels. michael, good evening. thank you for coming on the program. listen, michael cohen once said he would take a bullet for president trump resigned to going to prison. do you think there is more to come here? >> there is no question, don, there is more to come. michael cohen has taken the same ark that many white collar criminals take. they start off defiant stating they are willing to pro...