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>> give us a sense of how this compounds the fight over voting rights legislation among lawmakers here in washington who are working in that building behind you. democrats have to figure out what to do about the filibuster so that the 60 vote threshold becomes 51. i have talked to democrats who say if they dont use the fact that they are in the majority to enact voting rights legislation, it will be a failure. >> reporter: thats a conversation you had with one congressman. we will play that in a...

To stand up and say thats inappropriate. we shouldnt be doing that. i wish we as a party and elected officials would do more of that. or when particularly ugly conspiracy stories come out or fake news, we ought to say thats not right. >> i cannot articulate how -- i guess relief is the best way to describe how i feel listening to that. and i wonder if jeff flake has opened the door for more republicans to talk about how a lot of people who arent governing in the time of trump feel about what pre...

Supported him initialing thats his real risk. >> thats the biggest question. i think he has more latitude than most politicians. they tlebtd him. they elected the strength tloirngs, the man. even a lot of them will tell you hes not going to build a wall, be tough on immigration. how much latitude is the defining question. >> its unclear, what you said in terms of what they believe he would do or whether or not they liked that he said it. it is unclear what they do expect. you would imagine that ...