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For more on the presidents renewed attacks on the late senator, i want to bring in cnn politics executive editor mark preston and cnn analyst julie pace and patrick healey. what does the president stand to gain by attacking a republican senator whos widely regarded and very well respected by both parties? >> sadly, i think this is largely about the presidents own ego. its not like he has a ton to gain with independent voters who were shown in 2000 and 2008 to rally strongly by senator mccains si...

Take a listen. >> through the testimony ive listened to over the past three days, i believe a new election should be called. its become clear to me that the publics confidence in the 9th district seat general election has been undermined to an extent that a new election is warranted. >> now, look, erin, he was hoping that initially, at the beginning of this, that the board was going to go ahead and let him take this seat that he initially had said he won. so at this point, where we are is that t...

>> at least one democrat giving pause when pressed on the matter, possible 2020 candidate, senator sherrod brown would not commit to supporting ocasio-cortezs version of the green new kedeal. >> i havent heard you take an actual position on this? >> i havent and you wont. >> and ocasio-cortez defending her green new deal tonight, tweeting the following, saying, "trust me, i like ice cream way too much to do that," "i also like visiting my family in puerto rico too much to ban airplanes." "maybe ...

Tiny little line. >> is that not a new emoteicon? patrick healey, co-founder and chairman for trump and karen finney, senior spokesperson for hillary clintons presidential campaign. patrick, okay, this is risky for beto, not only because the president will compare his lines. is this a stunt or a mart move on your view? >> i think beto need, this is his hometown, an issue he knows well. he is also coming off a senate race and a career in congress where he was seen as, you know, a moderate on a lo...

You know, with barack obama was a way to try to divide people and there is a way to try to say, is he black enough to try to question what blackness is, the thing that i would tell you that i find personally offensive when we have these conversations, is she woman enough or is she tough enough as a woman? >> right. >> men, women, black people, latinos, we dont just vote for people because we share the same gender or skin color. dont think that just because shes a black woman she will automatic a...

Theyre widely expecting those two bills that will be brought up in the senate tomorrow to fail. they believe once both of those fail, including the presidents proposal, that then they will be able to negotiate with democrats, that this day 33 of the shutdown is turning into day 34. >> thank you very much, caitlin. i want to go to steve moore. he was at the white house. you saw him today speaking. steve moore was there, an informal white house adviser. joe walsh, and patrick healey the politics e...

Dozier. and "new york times" editor and cnn political analyst patrick healey. guys, its not just the records from one trump/putin meeting that are missing. "the washington post" write, quote, u.s. officials said there is no detailed record even in classified files of trumps face-to-face interactions with the russian leader at five locations over the past two years. in one instance, president trump reportedly took possession of the notes and told his interpreter not to discuss what happened. kim,...

Theyll make adjustment. people understand exactly whats going on. but many of those people that wont be receiving a paycheck, many of those people agree 100%. >> the president has yet to provide any evidence to support that claim that many unpaid federal workers support him shutting down the federal government over his wall. you heard earlier from the one federal worker we spoke to this weekend who definitely doesnt support it 100%. joining us now, "new york times" politics editor patrick healey...

Our colleague jamie reports there was more internal resist fr -- resistances. now he will be leaving the administration entirely. were looking at vacancies. >> do we know who the new contenders are? >> the president is considering four names to replace chief of staff john kelly, one of them may be congressman mark meadows. they speak frequently and senior white house aides were taking the temperature of trumps allies this morning about whether meadows may be a good fit for that job. ana, im told...

Repose overnight until tomorrow morning. as you see these moments, just to hear the silence and see the flag wave, you realize this is the final good-bye. it has been an emotional journey for the bush family since george h.w. bush passed away on friday. today, of course, that state funeral in washington. out front with me now scott jennings, former special assistant to former president bush, paul begala, and patrick healey. for the 41st president finally home in texas. you hear the silence aroun...