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Well. up in 2018 from states that trump won. meanwhile the "new york post" quoting an anonymous source that said trump told schumer he likes him more than mitch mcconnell because the gop leaders both want to lose. and we have been speculating that, saying as much only show, that he is. hes a new yorker. >> hes a new yorker. >> hes contributed to chuck schumer. hes talked to chuck schumer. hes known chuck schumer. hes bumped into chuck schumer over the past 30 years. he knows chuck schumer. there...

That is essentially from chuck schumer a shot across the bow to donald trump this idea okay sure you won a lot of votes from people in the working class, people across the rust belt people who might traditionally in other years vote democrat. schumer is basically saying hey live up to your end of the bargain, if you will. >> halle jackson covering all of it. busy day today, busy day tomorrow on capitol hill. haley thanks so much. appreciate it. >> for more on the house backing down from making c...

A little bit more information, so hes going to add a little bit more spice. abby: but every president, theyve all had the chance to press that reset button when it comes to russia. weve seen that with bush and now mr. trump is going to get that opportunity. hes saying im going to do it my way. president obama has had eight years, im doing it differently. >> one person may stand in the way, though, is which you can schumer, and he has a whole bunch to say. clayton: thats right. hes bringing in a ...

Is he right? after all, republicans only need a simple majority, 51 votes in the senate to confirm and there are 52 republicans as it stands now. >> what they can do with respect to the hearing process is a new jump ball here. back in december a lot of senate democrats were saying look, we have the power to force procedural votes and require 30 hours of debate and turning the process into a slog. the hearing stuff is something new and republicans are scoffing at it. i think the democrats are tel...

Saying about congress how they might respond if donald trump tries to roll back the sanctions. i want to get your take after we listen. >> even more vigorous im convinces in favor of stronger sanctions against russia. you will see democrats and republicans like mccain and graham and others come together with a strong sanctions package. because frankly, even though what the administration did was more than symbolic, it was very meaningful, its not must have to deter russia. >> your take on that? ...

Should have got this out earlier if we knew. >> i want to turn to what is being called the day of action. senator sanders is leading the charge to hold president-elect accountable when it comes to preserving entitlements like social security, medicare and medica medicaid. sanders with schumer and pelosi are asking their colleagues to help plan rallies on sunday, january 15th, the day before mlk day. what kind of pressure are the democrats hoping to put on the republican party? >> people power pr...

Waiting on rex tillerson and the rest of the cabinet. they should submit before hearings. senator schumer also had a warning for congressman price. he tweeted if representative price doesnt -- >> meanwhile bernie sanders, nancy pelosi and schumer are looking to save health care. they say there could be drastic changes to obamacare under the ne new. where do you think the fight is? >> democrats believe thats one clear-cut issue where if given enough information will be on their side.

Leader charles schumer, but with the secretary of state. leaders have tried to defund the u.n. and president-elect donald trump being very direct about threatening to do that. >> yeah. it is really extremely interesting to see schumer come out so definitively yesterday. it is important to remember he is a new york democrat. he represents an area with a large jewish population. they are a huge part of his con the ci stituancy. it is important to separate those two things specifically. it does sho...

Hes got the bitter enders and the hillary clinton machinery who also want to be the leaders of the democratic party. hes got capitol hill. were talking about schumer and nancy pelosi. >> elizabeth warren. >> the left wing. theres going to be a lot of battling inside the party for the heart and soul of that party. >> thats interesting, just sort of the bench and how many democrats want to take the lead there. many people saw the comment about president obama saying he would have beat mr. trump as...

Battle at all? >> schumer is very smart and hes great at mouse trapping. they put out something a couple of days ago that laid out criteria for all of trumps appointees which had a whole lot of financial disclosures and of tax returns and ethics investigations. i think hes going to probe for the weak spot. you cannot refuse one or two cabinet officials. i think hes going to look for two of them and taking them down just on principles. >> i cannot tell you which two. >> president obama is vacatio...