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That you speak. we ought to be able to express views on policy issues without falling back on old and painful stereotypes, whatever they may be. >> and also on this day after the vote, the 23 republicans who voted against this resolution, they will also need to be facing questions of why they decided to do that, as well. >> thats exactly right. >> thank you for coming in. i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. coming up for us, the dow is down -- right now it is down almost 100 points a...

Outrageous to hear the secretary either not know whats going on or lying to congress. and we got a lot of feedback on the questioning and saying that really they dont believe that she doesnt know this. but the american people need to know about the policy issues, whether its this, whether its rolling back environmental protections and what its doing so that frankly they can make a decision if they want four more years of this or a change. >> and clearly, polling indicates that the american peopl...

>> its not in there. >> joining us now is democratic congresswoman nanette barragan. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> now, you are on the homeland security committee, the energy and commerce committee. you are not on one of the committees that are running investigations aimed at criminal conduct of the president or his associates. but by my count there are more investigations and reviews going on in house committees...

>> thank you for having me. >> now, you are on the homeland security committee, the energy and commerce committee. you are not on one of the committees that are running investigations aimed at criminal conduct of the president or his associates. but by my count there are more investigations and reviews going on in house committees of trump governing policy than there are on the criminal investigative track. what is it -- what are you finding to be the most important avenues that youve been tryin...

Really they dont believe that she doesnt know this. but the american people need to know about the policy issues, whether its this, whether its rolling back environmental protections and what its doing so that frankly they can make a decision if they want four more years of this or a change. >> and clearly, polling indicates that the american people are strongly on your side of these questions. for example, the latest poll coming out saying 65% disapprove of the presidents use of an emergency to...

The house do their oversight. we really have not had any oversight over the past two year and we have only seen that first wave of hearings over the last week. not only it is a possible crime committed by the crimes committed by the president, but on policy issues. so here hook, i think were a long way away and i think theyre right to let all of these various investigations run their course. >> i think it is interesting that you say were a long way away. we put on the screen a handful of the thi...

Talked about trump. a tloeft dlot of the democrats tried to avoid trump. they make bleak references but dont talk about him by name. sanders tried to make the case that i can beat trump. thats what democratic voters want in this campaign. there will be some talk about medicare for all, policy issues, but ultimately, they want to beat trump. theyll be looking at, can i see you on stage with donald trump in a general election debate, and how will you handle him knowing that trump is going to be de...

Interesting about that part of the speech, you could tell that he was reading that to get through it correctly, but that one section where he got the most passionate and said i know where i came from and i wont forget that, that was not a part of his prepare remarked remarks. so you could tell that came from a deep place and he wanted to emphasize that point. and up until that point, this crowd was pretty quiet especially during that section listening to him kind of tell his story and the crowd ...

Is being asked to apologize again following new comments regarding americas relationship with israel. during an event yesterday, the minute democrat said, im quoting, i want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country, that is according to the "new york times." now the house foreign affairs chairman is demanding an apology. engel released a statement which reads in part, her comments were outrageous and deeply ...

Her people have been reaching out to all of the other candidates putting their names out there to talk about various policy issues, try to unite the party. they realize the party has shifted further to the progressive wing as well, and theyre trying to get a strategy to reach out to as many democrats. theres going to be a free for all between now and the primaries and getting to the convention. it will be interesting to see how bernie crafts himself, if he is one person not taking phone calls, n...