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More than ever in managing a smaller than expected majority. jim banks wasted no time. he threw his hat to the whip race this morning. congressman jim banks joins us now. congressman, does a slimmer margin affect these leadership elections. i know tom emer from minnesota, hes interested in the leadership position that youre after. some are saying that mccarthy could be vulnerable. i saw some comments from the freedom caucus tonight. your reaction to this, you know, from the results from last nig...

When republicans are not looking -- they are looking at a slimmer margin. doug jones getting sworn in meaning one fewer republican in the senate. >> now you need nine as opposed to eight. and you may lose republicans here and there and may need more than nine democrats. but there are a range of issues here. if you are really going to solve parts of this problem, you have to go beyond just the border wall, which is a very important pa part, and the president made it an important part, but you hav...

We have to admit, his biography was not the greatest biography in this environment, especially if you are trying to repeal to republican voters. let me say this one thing. inasmuch as this was a repudiation of donald trump, all we learned is that a state that didnt like donald trump a year ago still doesnt like donald trump. >> martha: put a little bit more. whats the message for the democratic party and all of this, jessica? >> keep the energy. ralph northern was supposed to win, but by a slimm...

Democrats. and a slimmer margin in the senate with 52 republicans and 48 in the democratic claucus. and house democrats decided to put an end to the oversilent. last night they put the office of congressional ethics, a watchdog created by the democrats, under the jurisdiction of the house ethics committee. now that move forces pitts investigators to watch the members they are monitori. the members who spoke out in favor of the decision said it would restore accountability and due process for m...

Piled high with 391 containers plus 294 vehicles. among them according to the massachusetts maritime academy graduate school, chief griffin. >> mariners dont fear too much but they fear this, when their shipmates, their schoolmates, their friends, their family members are involved in a marine tragedy. >> reporter: the main maritime academy says there are reports four of their graduates were also on board. alexander field, cnn, new york. >> just terrible. well of course, be following this and sto...

Yesterday, in effect what theyre us doing using rules of the senate to their advantage to avoid policy outcomes they dont want. take them at their word for that. now it would be silly to deny there is not a political component. of course there is. there is politics to all of this. gregg: how do you reconcile their belief that there should be no additional background checks to the way the american public feels and i will tell you what i mean by that? lets put it up on the screen. the fox news lat...

Then 2004 president bush won in ohio. by a slimmer margin. by only 118,000 votes. it had been uncomfortably close for republicans in ohio in 2000. even more in 2004. part of what makes ohio such a swing state is in terms of the way people vote, its a microcosm of what you find in the rest of the country. people in the less populated areas vote republican. more concentrated parts of ohio tend to vote democratic. and for people who lived in the more populated parts of ohio in 2004, it was profound...

Good to have you with me. >> thank you. >> do you think theres a slimmer margin for people like michael steele and president obama? >> i think most people understand we still have instructial inequality in this country based on race. you know what is interesting about the democratic chairman and republican chairman michael steele speaking at our conference this week, last year newt gingrich spoke and talked about how we still have racial inequality in the country. in answering the question, stee...

Take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. >> steele has faced fierce criticism over his management of the republican national committee and questionable spending including the latest up roar over a $2,000 tab at a sex-themed nightclub. steele taking heat over his response when asked if he thinks race is a factor in all this criticism of his leadership. >> do you feel that as an african-american you have a slimmer margin for error than another chairman wou...

Then suggesting some of the criticism aimed his way is over his skin color. >> weve got a lot of questions on my blog for you. one came in from myron. do you feel as an african-american you have a slimmer margin for error than another chairman would? >> the honest answer is yes. >> why is that? >> it just is. its the -- barack obama has a slimmer margin. a lot of folks do. it means a different role for, you know, for me to play and others to play. and thats just the reality of it. but you take t...