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But at the end of the day, i think america has benefitted by having a strong consumer protection agency. certainly theres some people in business that feel it hinders what financial institutions can do, but its a net plus for the consumer to have that agency in place to protect the interest of consumers. >> victoria, is this going to diminish the power of that agency, or do we have enough people in that organization that its going to run as its been running, and this will play out on the sides? ...

A child, accused child molester. that is where the far right of the republican party is right now. how mainstream is that view, in your opinion? >> i think that if its really not that main it strestream. a number of republicans who have spoken out against roy moore, dont want hims in congress and floated the idea expelling him if seated. again, its a concentrated group of republican people who really actually masquerade as republicans even though theyd really not. dont stand for anything. have n...

>> what message do democrats send to voters, send to the american public, if they allow john conyers and al frasnken to remain in their seats? >> i think there really has to be a very clear line that we send as democrats that we dont-we really do have zero tolerance for this behavior but also recognize that when you have a sitting member of congress and the senate, you have have to have a process by which they leave. that is different if you have somebody like a roy moore, whos running for elect...

Democrat. i said on cnn the other day, my wish list would be that he win and is indicted and made to resign and we get a better republican appointed by the republican governor. >> you want to see roy moore win a senate seat regardless of what happens? >> i wouldnt want to see him stay in the senate. >> you want him to win? >> i would rather have a republican senator. i think the presidents very frustrated about that, as well. >> you would rather have a republican senator accused and you just sai...

Because with ed gillespie, gillespie had mike pence campaigning with him, but donald trump was not out on the stump with him. maybe thats a different -- and virginia is so different from alabama, as you know. im just struck by the fact that if anyone thinks that he could be seated and then expelled, i would just remind you that it took three years of an ethics committee investigation to get rid of bob pack wood after everything was laid out and he was reelected. he was seated. then the newspaper...

Luther strange. media leaks from the northeast, that works very well and now that roy moore is trying to create a cloud here and calling into question the signature on the yearbook, he will give his supporters something to hang on to and give them a reason not to abandon him. this was competitive before the allegations and more competitive now. even though ron johnson said its most likely if he were elected he would be expelled from the senate because i dont believe theres a rule that prevents h...

Ainsley: either blue or black. 5050 you will be twins. steve: he is talking about having jeff sessions. >> right the attorney general held that seat for 20 years and reelected to it overwhelmingly is very popular in alabama. could he be a write-in candidate. he would have to agree to it. he says he doesnt want to do it. he likes being attorney general. he doesnt want to run. i dont see any way out of this. if judge moore is elected, the senate must seat him because the supreme court has said you...

About expulsion, they would seat him. the senate ethics committee would launch the investigation. you just went through what happened with packwood. and thats sort of the threat that mcconnell -- thats the leverage that mcconnell, if he has any leverage at all with moore, its that. its the threat of hey, youre going to have to go under oath. youre going to have to answer questions about this under oath. its very different than a generic comment youre going to make to a reporter or something. you...

Him. the senate ethics committee would launch the investigation. you just went through what happened with packwood. and thats the threat that mcconnell, thats leverage that mcconnell, if he has any leverage with moore its that. its the threat of hey, youre going to have to go under oath. youre going to have to answer questions about this under oath. its very different than a generic comment youre going to make to a reporter or something. you cant duck the ethics committee like a reporter. thats ...

Binarc and chief political correspondent dana bash. how do you see this playing out? >> its completely unclear. i think its as clear as mud right now. you saw this avalanche of republican leaders, republican rank and file, even people like ted cruz who had endorsed roy moore appeared to rescind it and leaving out the if-true part, which we had heard through the weekend from the white house. but how they deal with it in real terms, if roy moore does go ahead and win this special election, stays o...