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Subpoenas coming back with democrats retaking the house the next two years the equivalent of a rectal exam for trump. at this point, theres little he can do about it. and then theres the lack of trust in the people around him. according to reports, hes preparing to fire several key allies including chief of staff john kelly, homeland security kerstin nielsen, already small list of con iffi kerstin nielsen, already small list of con iffdants and loyal advisers and then the shrinking base. its not...

Reduced by 10 to 15 million people. it may be a hard base, its a shrinking base. i dont know where he came up with those numbers. but its interesting to see. its a bunch of republicans right now that dont have a home and have to find one. >> thats all we have time for. make sure you watch "the circus" this weekend. >> kick it. >> thank you, michael. house democrats say theyre preparing to open multiple investigations of president trump. congressman eric swalwell is promising the american people ...

Task or get someone in there that will think about all of us. >> america will have a hang over after trump. do you agree? >> well. america is going to have to try and figure out what to do after trump. republican party certainly figure it out. the republican party has been splintered and radically transformed. >> have you seen the research on the republican party? what happens after this. just -- they keep winning though right. >> john weaver last night said i think on your net work. the republi...

Ignorance and fear that drives some of the enthusiasm that we have seen. not all of the enthusiasm but some of the enthusiasm we have seen come out of his base. on the democratic side i think you have seen a new electorate. there is a "washington post" poll shows millennial votes up overwhelming tli. and more people of color are voting at the state, federal and local level this time around. its interesting to see people off the sidelines. you see barack obama engaging in a way like not before. a...

People theyre concerned about alienating. if youre still a swing voter, theres no turning these people. candidates have got to stop trying to appeal to those people. the media has to stop making the false equivalency. we see the consequences from 2016 and i hope both sides learn the lessons. >> unfortunately theres a percentage of people who will always be with us. theres a piece in the atlantic about the camaraderie of the anger and people find the camaraderie in stoking the suffering of other ...

Thats important because thats one of the things that voters consistently said all the time and you also see, not just -- but also in polling, they would like to see both sides work together and then chuck schumer comes out and says, im not doing repeal and replace. so, trump is able to channel to voters, hey, look, i went at it, i called him, i said lets do a bill together, chuck schumer -- >> and its disingenuous. >> democrats have always said no to repeal and replace but working on fixing. the...

Serving in congress. >> what is your understanding. given the pole on this which runs, 65-35, or 80-20 depending on what you poll in favor of these folks staying and having legal status. given the broad coalition. what is your understanding of why they are doing this? why is president trump and jeff sxegss the states attorney general, why are they doing it? >> theyre pandering to their shrinking base. donald trump began by attacking immigrants. jeff sessions has a history of being a racist senat...

Other country than america. they deserve the opportunity to succeed. some are doctors and lawyers and politicians like myself now serving in congress. >> what is your understanding. given the pole on this which runs, 65-35, or 80-20 depending on what you poll in favor of these folks staying and having legal status. given the broad coalition. what is your understanding of why they are doing this? why is president trump and jeff sxegss the states attorney general, why are they doing it? >> theyre ...

>> theres been a lot of activity, in fact, mostly in the manner of tweets, from members of congress, members of the senate, who say, let us handle this. dont end daca. lets do it the right way. one of the criticisms of daca was that like president trump enjoys, president obama also enjoyed the executive orders and things done by presidential decree. congress feels immigration and matters like this are its territory. is there a solution here, where congress takes this over and handles it? >> well...

Speech like this 24 hours after showing some leadership, sticking to the script and telling america why we need to send more troops to afghanistan? >> look, one speech is not the point. but it fits into the broader narrative. if you go back to election day and you look at the exit poll. one-third to one fifth of those who voted for trump doubted if he had the temperament or qualifications to succeed. how he has gone from 46% of the vote to an approval rating around 36% is those doubts have been ...