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Alexandria ocasio-cortezs sweeping plan, saying the green dream, nobody knows what it is. but theyre for it, right? >> are you offended that speaker pelosi called this the green dream? >> no, i think it is a green dream. >> reporter: that was then. now owe cocasio cortez, the fir brand of the left and house speaker have found common ground. the two teaming up to take on moderate democrats who supported a republican amendment to a gun control bill that would alert immigration and customs enforcem...

Exactly my point. if you have somebody who motivates the base even more, thats likely to even turn out more people. those 77,000 people -- >> so youre counting -- the people in the middle are going to vote for that person on the extreme left no matter in the general. the base will turn out -- >> the majority of americans agree with the democrats on issues like jobs and health care and education. and climate change. the american people are with the democrats in that -- >> certainly on principle, ...

Company, were going on well. she knew that date was a lie. her lawyer signed off on it. what could that mean? >> if the lawyer signed off on it after essentially taking it back to his client, to ivanka trump and said, you know, is this accurate, do you have any corrections, and she said no, it looks good, it could well be obstruction. the concern i would have as a prosecutor is, is this ivanka essentially saying, look, if thats what michael cohen remembers, i dont have any firsthand basis to cha...

Show it to me. i said, im a member of congress. i was with another member. and they wouldnt do it. >> but just to the point of -- that there are human beings here that are going through such agony, as you are laying out yourself, it is a humanitarian crisis, right? >> it is a humanitarian crisis the way people are being treated at the border, the way that this administration is not following the law. but there is a problem going on in the northern triangle. and we as americans should look to mak...

Character, super popular, effective. i would love the idea of a republican party where he could be he helm. >> sing it, sister. >> but it aint happening. charlie, we know that president trump in some ways has stop running for president, but do you think he can run the campaign on repeat, or have things changed? >> i think he will try to run it on repeat. i think hes incapable of doing anything, rallies and tweets this corporate structure, and they can bring all the structure they want, but the...

Presidents, what ive been struck by most is our -- the pastor at the church where her father ministered, where we first learned the grace of her. some of my colleagues here say aretha franklin would e-mail them or text them or call them. african-americans, young, coming up in the business, saying stay at it, im proud of your work. do we me thaiss that part of he? how do you decelebrated that pa, not just the music? >> i mean, people come to the museum from all over the world. it is -- you know, ...

Thats what aretha was all about. i know everybody heard about whatever it was that aretha supposedly and i was going through at one time, which i felt was, well, aretha is being aretha. so i just didnt dignify it, because im sure she would never have dignified it. so that has passed. no ill thoughts or memories about that for me. >> well, im glad that you guys -- listen, with friends and loved ones, you have ups and downs, agreements and disagreements. but for me, she meant so much to my family ...

>> van, you just mentioned george w. bush. we have some sound. this is the impact she had. when you cover politics, youre around a lot of celebrities and politicians. watching the face of the president of the united states, for example, whether its george w. bush or barack obama, we have both. you understand when they understand theyre in a special place because theyre around famous people all the time. theyre around celebrities all the time. theyre themselves the president of the united states....

Other performer, but how could you touch it? and again, just years later in her career but standing on the steps of the capitol, the inauguration of the first african-american president. just wow. >> yeah, wow is all you can say. again, many people have sung the national anthem masterfully, but no one did what aretha franklin did right there. her command of voice, her command of talent, her ear, but also how she understood the cultural moment. she knew how significant it was to have an african-a...

God put us all here for a purpose. you know, once we fulfill that purpose, his reward is to call us home. >> tell us about -- you guys came along at the same time. ive seen some of the images of you and stevie wonder, all of you in the same room. what was it like? you had to come up through the ranks then. it wasnt like someone pulled you off of star search. you had to earn it. both of you certainly did that. >> oh, absolutely. i remember when aretha first joined columbia records. they had her r...