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>> mostly message. if you look at the policies, i believe the democratic party still has the policies to help move us forward, the blend of public private partnerships, the inf infrastructu infrastructure, investment in education and research. those are things we stand for and believe in and will continue to fight for. the reality of it is, our message has been wrong. we cant keep saying, we got the message wrong. so please forgive us. we have been getting the message wrong since 2010. we have t...

Is. a lot of people say oh, he is a hard line right winger. thats bogus. he is very impressionable, what do you think of this person, chuck shumer? oh, schumer was good when i had this real estate deal. how people treat him affects how he sees them. we kind of laugh whed when geor w. bush said he looked into the ice of vladimir putin and saw his soul. now if putin and turkey or someone treats one of his businesses well, is that all it takes to convince trump to -- >> right. >> thats where im wor...

People saying theyre going to have to shut down the clinton foundation because whatever you think of it -- and i tended to think that the conflict stuff was overblown but the perception was real, you dont want to deal with this every day. and if i were advising president-elect trump i think i would probably be telling him the same thing. >> no, thats exactly right. that elijah cummings and msnbc are going to come after trump for every apparent conflict. >> we care about the peoples business bein...

Like something that will be a pain. before the election, a lot of people saying, they have to shut down the clinton foundation because whatever you think of it, and i tend to think that the conflict stuff was overblown but the perception was real, you dont want to deal with this everyday. if i were advising president-elect trump, i think i would be telling him the same thing. elijah cummings and msnbc are going to come after trump for every apparent conflict of interest. are for the people being...

One of the big questions facing democrats right now on supposed areas of agreement or oppose them at every turn. a survey is out about two-thirds of hillary clinton voters say they should stand up to trump even if it means getting less done in washington. chuck schumer have the willingness to work with trump. >> surprisingly, on certain issues, candidate trump voiced very populists opinions so were going to challenge trump to work on those issues where we can, if he does hell be breaking his pro...

The press." schumer said there are several ways democrats can and should work with president-elect trump. lets watch. >> were not going to work with him for the sake of working with him. were not going to oppose him just because its something that trump sponsors. let me give you a couple of examples on both sides. surprising surprisingly, on certain issues, candidate trump voiced very progressive and populist opinions. for instance, getting rid of the carried interest loophole, changing our trad...

Facing democrats right now on supposed areas of agreement or oppose them at every turn. a survey is out about two-thirds of hillary clinton voters say they should stand up to trump even if it means getting less done in washington. chuck schumer have the willingness to work with trump. >> surprisingly, on certain issues, candidate trump voiced very populists opinions so were going to challenge trump to work on those issues where we can, if he does hell be breaking his promise to particularly the ...

You know, he could care less whether the republicans or the democrats who are elected officials and have been there forever like him or not. and hes proved it. hes picked some initial picks that dont go with -- along with what some people want. and then he has others that irk the other side of the fence. so, i think youre going to see trump be trump from here on out, which is, ill do what i want, thank you very much. >> can i follow up with you, steve. do you think that his first accomplishment ...

Democrats who are up for re-election in 2018 and they think those people can be an equal weight to say if you have a ben sasse who was against donald trump. so if some oppose what trump want, trumps people know they have a block of democrats they can squeeze because trump voters are people they need. thats a conundrum for schumer. schumer is the most interesting attorney watch in congress just because hes the person who trump knows the best and he unlike most democrats certainly unlike harry rei...

Over this week up on the hill was, lets try and exploit his differences with republicans. we saw it during this campaign pap long, republicans primary and general election campaign and donald trump had significant differences with republicans. chuck schumer wants to use those populist issues that really helped elect him and seize on those. now, the challenge for democrats is that republicans control both chambers here. so its -- and also that mike pence, the new vice president-elect, is going to...