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Now theres these new wave of members of congress who tweet, who go online and engage their supporters regularly in a different way than nancy pelosi does. i think thats the real dividing line here. >> congresswoman presley was asked about this today and heres what she had to say about it. take a look. >> ask you about the feud between the speaker and aoc. >> im not aware of any feud. ive had 18 shootings in my district, thats what im focused on. >> okay. well, picking up on a point that joel mad...

Mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election." with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the "new york times." and again, the book is "confirmation bias: inside washingtons war over the supreme court." from scalias death, lets not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. its great to have you. >> thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. >> carl, what has happened to the process of filling a...

Was going to stop president obama. now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank. there was a debate that night. they didnt want other republicans to get out ahead of them. but even senator mcconnell didnt know how much it was going to help donald trump. and it led to donald trump being able to hold on to conservatives and evangelicals who were concerned about his character. republicans, as we both know, vote a lot more on the court than ...

Now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank. there was a debate that night. they didnt want other republicans to get out ahead of them. but even senator mcconnell didnt know how much it was going to help donald trump. and it led to donald trump being able to hold on to conservatives and evangelicals who were concerned about his character. republicans, as we both know, vote a lot more on the court than democrats have in the past. so it s...

We are back with to lew olorunni olorunnipa. as promised i want to read you the words from ann coulter today. lets talk about the presidents right flank. national emergency wont help. it is over if he signs this bill. in the second tweet she writes, theres no coming back from this. no emergency or presidential powers will allow him to build the wall ever. after he signs this bill, trump has just agreed to fully open borders. so tolu, the question is how does he handle the base with talk like tha...

People. so this is an issue where i think if republican lawmakers are listening to their own voters, they would find that there is not nearly as much resistance to doing something on daca as they might be imagining. >> brian, on the presidents right flank considers d.r.e.a.m.ers, giving people who have this status any sort of legal status amnesty. they call it amnesty. which is more important to the president, these republican voters of which you speak or the 35 to 40% of them that disagree and ...

Adviser to senator bernie sanders presidential campaign. matthew, editor in chief of the "washington free beacon." thank you for joining us. matthew, his deal on health care, the house freedom caucus looks like its coming onboard. we just had leonard lance, moderate republican, on the show. he said hes still against it. theres probably a lot of other moderates who are against it. does this thing have any better prospects than the last one? >> well, id say it probably has slightly better since yo...

Goes and the mind goes a little bit. >> house speaker ryan went into professor mode with a powerpoint presentation, trying to win over his reluctant right flank. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. the time is here. it really comes down to a binary choice. >> the choice being this republican plan or obamacare. house democratic leader nancy pelosi blast of new proposal. >> it is a cruel bill for the republicans have put forth and it will increase the numb...

Mitch mcconnell is a legislator. everyone knew this was exactly how he was going to go about running the floor. hes going to make happen what he wants to happen happen. and ted cruz has done nothing over the course of his career to insin wait hem self with mitch mcconnell contrary to rand paul. think about why cruz is doing this, too. think about where his money is coming from for his presidential campaign. it is coming from these grassroots groups sending out e-mails saying ted cruz is our guy ...

Friday night was different. house republican leaders were blindsided when their plan to prevent the department of homeland security from shutting down was defeated. 52 conservatives voted no because the funding bill didnt also stop the presidents immigration plan. in the end, a bill did pass to fund the homeland security department for one week which means once again in just a few days were going to be facing another shutdown. i was reporting from the capitol friday night and had exasperated vet...