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Past week, look, bottom line, i think theres a healthy debate happening with the democratic caucus, i think its important that younger members have a seat at the table, 26 of the house members coming into this new congress in january are going to be younger -- younger millennial members and so that is, you know, thats an important conversation thats happening and i think that what you are seeing, sort of a natural internal negotiation among the different groups that compromised a big ten party t...

Seen millennials starting businesses at greater rate than previous generations, this is where republicans really need to tap into that and part of that is communication. even beto orourke one of the things he does really well is hes a good communicator, barack obama who mobilized millennials, good communicator and this is something republicans have struggled with, they focus on policies and facts and not connecting to people at hand and so i always encourage republicans to say its not just about...

Humanitarian crisis and all of these folks are hoping to apply for asylum, meanwhile dhs says that part of this caravan that there are hundreds of gang members and some folks who are violent and so 5900 u.s. troops have been sent to the border, they were deployed and they are unarmed and have so far mainly put up wire and barriers along the border. they are there to reinforce border patrol in case there is some kind of a rush to the border and already, rick, we can expect some legal backlash her...

People try to find another way to get into the u.s. rather than applying for asylum. >> well, thats -- you have seen it firsthand, rick, you see what the people -- what -- you probably talked to them and find out what lives they were leaving, why they left and they risk their lives and -- >> half of them, half of them are claiming hardship, the other half according to border protection agents were criminalses, sneaking in. >> wow, thats -- thats why we do need -- if possible get people coming in...

Makes good point in terms of how we are telling our story and how we are appealing to voters by really invoking narrative that resinates with them. i want to make one other observation, rick, i think we would be doing ourselves a service as country if we make it easier to vote and what i mean by that is having an actual national holiday for election day, if you think about a lot of the folks who didnt vote many of them make less than 50k a year, many of them are not college educated, its not alw...

Millennial voters typically do favor democrats, in fact, the number is around 62% of those millennial voters who voted in midterms voted for democrats, so, you know, i think what is strike to go me about this, rick, while theres still work to be done in terms of mobilizing younger voters to the polls, you know, when they were inspired by candidates like beto orourke in texas and when they were mobilized by issues that really matter to them and some of the issues are pocketbook issues, i think be...

With the independence of day-to-day -- >> if whitaker decide to step in he would provide congress with explanation. rick. >> we will keep an eye on this, garrett in washington, thank you. >> you got it. arthel: new report is laying out impact of climate change, findings come with dire warnings, global temperatures on the rise, researchers warn climate change could ultimately cost the u.s. hundreds of billions of dollars in global warming could result in untold damage to human health and quality ...

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Crackdown on illegal immigrants in arizona. >> gregg: the board walks along injuries jersey shore are back in business months after being devastated by super storm sandy. despite all the rebuilding and recovery efforts, beach vacation rentals those are way down. rick levanthol joins us. >> pointed pleasant beach, badly damaged by hurricane sandy and one of towns that i have made a remarkable recovery. reopening businesses in time for the holiday weekend but now the challenge is getting people to...

>> reporter: the weather obviously doesnt help, but locals are confident once it warms up the crowds will return. >> gregg: rick, thanks very much. it looks very pleasant. >> heather: i love bochy ball. >> fighting terror asking to get rid of a law. is the global wash on terror really over. casey stegall will join us coming up. >> and investigation of james rosen going to the very top of the department of justice. well have the latest on the unraveling scandal. >> with regard to the potential pr...