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>> you made it yesterday during the press conference. >> yes, and im going to make it again today because its an important one and people need to understand this. that what were those discussions, what did tripp yang have to say, why was ibrahim khan talking with tripp yang who also was political consultant for letitia james, but in addition to that, her top media consultant quit after these allegations were made. was she asked what discussions she had with lindsey boylan? was the lindsey boylan...

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And galvanize their base so as to hold republicans in place. you saw your poll yesterday, 90% of republicans still approve of the president. as long as these republican representatives and senators feel that the base is in the throttle of the president, i think thaw feel they can dodge this process. >> i think its very interesting to hear the talking points from the republican side. when you hear them repeated over and over as we heard from sean duffy it means theres some coordinated effort. it ...

Joe kottison. lets talk a little bit about this democratic scandal. joe, ill start with you. it is unusual to see such an intermessy fight. we know that these happen between campaigns. to spill out into the open this way, is that the fault of the democratic national committee? >> i cant really tell if its their fault or not. at some point people start issuing press releases, they start responding. they feel they have to get their response in the press was something else has come on. but had this...

Whatever the issue is could possibly come to a vote in the committee with the new process? >> well, its a weighing process but the short answer is yes. if we can make enough headway on process issues, that helps to offset the public policy issues. for example, with kevin mack car think, i had this kind of discussion. kevin mccarthy was in large part in agreement of what i said on the processing side. i probably would have vote with him on the house floor despite some disagreements. >> april ryan...

That debate there. i believe a bottom up process works better than top down. >> i agree with you on your process changes that you want. if a speaker candidate said to you "i will give you everything you want in process on issues, we will just have to agree to disagree. could you live with that compromise? that at least you have to process that you want so your view on immigration or taxation or whatever the issue is could come to a vote in the committee with the new process? >> its a weighing pr...

Could you live with that compromise? that at least you have to process that you want so your view on immigration or taxation or whatever the issue is could come to a vote in the committee with the new process? >> its a weighing process but the short answer is yes. if we can make enough headway on process issues, that helps to offset the public policy issues. for example, with kevin mccarthy, i had this kind of discussion. kevin mccarthy was in large part in agreement with what i was suggesting o...

This is the wrong strategy, i dont know that we should go this way. id like to get back to work and lets move forward. >> kristen, how long will those that have shifted, as we talk about those polls, how long will they stay there before they come back, if you will, to support the gop and be more favorable when asked these questions about their party? >> so it depends on whats driving it. as you have some folks that think the shutdown was the wrong strategy, you have other folks that think giving...

Party running against president obama is not someone who called him a remarkable leader and went to be his ambassador in china. >> this nation is divided, david, because of attitudes like that. [ applause ] >> you got that big applause line. huntsman is trending up in the polls. santorum trending up in the polls. what do you think? do you think that they can make enough of a dent in his lead to make people think twice or do you agree that theres this inevitability now? >> as much as i hate to ag...