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Not have enough to retake the speaker role but do you think ultimately she does? >> she has the advantage. steny hoyer is a viable alternative. weve seen that on both sides of the aisle, you cant beat somebody with nobody so you have to have somebody willing to step into the fray. we see that in the senate, schumer and mcconnell by default are back in but you have a young group of new freshmen coming in that ran against nancy pelosi even as democrats, so she will be severely tested on this. i do...

Theyre in charge and get into positions of powers but i will say every republican this cycle ran an ad saying if my opponent wins nancy pelosi will be speaker and you know what? almost 40 of those republicans lost. so i do think she is unpopular but i also think we shouldnt overplay that. democrats took the house by a ton of seats and every one of those races nancy pelosi was a factor and a lot of them went for the democrats. >> jon: are you as eager to see chuck schumer retain his leadership in...

Right? the party loses seats in the senate, and so they make zero changes to their senate leadership. at the same time, in the same election, on the same night, the party picks up more seats in the house than at any time since the immediate aftermath of watergate. and the party responds to that by maybe turfing out their leader in the house? we just had the biggest gain since watergate. pelosi must pay! schumer, you guys are good. nothing against or for shume are or against or for pelosi, but ho...

Well, why is there talk about replacing nancy pelosi when the senate democrats didnt do as well? take a look. >> so a lot of things are percolating. today house democrats made noise about the possibility of choosing someone other than nancy pelosi to be the democratic leader and the speaker of the house in the democratic controlled congress. this would be a classic democratic party move. the party loses seats in the senate and so they make zero changes to their senate leadership. >> would you sa...

Top job if not nancy pelosi. but this of course would be a classic democratic party move, right? the party loses seats in the senate, and so they make zero changes to their senate leadership. at the same time, in the same election, on the same night, the party picks up more seats in the house than at any time since the immediate aftermath of watergate. and the party responds to that by maybe turfing out their leader in the house? we just had the biggest gain since watergate. pelosi must pay! sch...

Take a listen. >> republicans have not been able to use their own majority to pass a budget in two years, they needed democratic votes. were going to insist if you want democratic votes to cross the aisle, the rule of law is so important that you must protect mueller in that budget legislation. so were willing to work with them on that. if theyre not protecting bob mueller, they have to find votes on their own. >> theres some must pass legislation before the end of this congress. thats how you u...

Bloomberg spend millions of dollars democrats in the midterms. another 2020 democratic presidential hopeful taking shots at the partys leadership. >> schumer and waters and pelosi, they are not in line with what the democratic party is supposed to be. the democrat party is supposed to be the party that looks out for the working class citizens. >> reporter: he is either presidency after losing a house racing west virginia in the midterms. the west virginia democrat voted for donald trump in 2016....

Opening an opportunity for south carolina and lindsey graham to chair the judiciary. graham signal during the brett cavanagh confirmation battle he intends to be much tougher when he holds the gavel. on the democratic side chuck schumer will continue as leader. it will have new faces in kiersten sinema but a number of senators running for president, cory booker, sherrod brown, houston july brand, kamala harris, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, some have joked could create an attendance problem ...

Flattering. she is historic, but parting of being a leader is knowing what its time to move on. >> melissa: i want to ask you about the sprint to the finish, because in very interested in that. heres what president trump had to say about the sprint to the finish on the border wall, and what could be involved there. >> are you prepared to go with a shutdown strategy during the lame duck, since this might be your last chance? to secure that? >> not necessarily. i speak to democrats all the time. t...

Sources expect chuck grassley will go back to lead senate finance, opening an opportunity for south carolinas lindsay graham to chair judiciary. he signals that he intends to be much tougher when he holds the gavel. >> if you want to confirm the nominee, you can. if you want to delay things to the next election, you will not. if you try to destroy somebody, you will not get away with it. >> on the democratic side, chuck schumer will continue as their leader and will have new faces in kyrsten sin...