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For people in a national publication like "the washington post." i dont think its good for democracy generally because of the decembermation of the staff thats occurred in these occurr places. you have to understand in a lot of these states and cities, its one-party control. there is no check and balance. were sort of spoiled here in washington, because theres such a heavy media presence, so many different types of entities. it doesnt exist in state capitals, in cities around the country. theres...

All of the revenue that comes from advertising, which was at one point the business model, that made up our journalistic truck. revenue increased from $3 billion to around $90 billion over the same period. you have local businesses spending on advertisements in newspaper dropping from 45 billion to 13. over that same period you have 35% fewer reporters dedicated to state capitals. >> you spent your career working at newspapers that have really been able to spend time and money and energy on loca...

Union i hope well see a strong plan for infrastructure, too. we need tough action to make trade fair as we saw this week. we need to confront and defeat china. but beyond that we need a real assault on the power and privileges of our corrupt ruling elite. break up big businesses so we get real competitive markets. drain the swamp in washington, d.c. and state capitals. take power from the federal government and put it back in the hand of the people. thats "the next revolution" we need. please te...

To wake up to, the fact that they shouldnt walk the plank for trump or they need to do more to sort of solidify whatever is going on with trump? >> a looming disaster for republicans on the stage of their biggest successes in american politics in a generation. these state capitals are the bread basket of republican politics and power and for donald trump in the midwest. these states like michigan and wisconsin are the places where he flipped a lot of these voters who were democrats. if theres we...

You probably heard it. everybody on the hymn heard if you got into an elevator with trump, he would grab you. >> sure. >> sure. at state capitals or down in d.c., there were always, you knew there were people you stayed away from. thats the way it worked when you were a young woman and things do need to change. i wonder if anyone in the white house or not standing out against him will -- >> every i won want my daughter near him. coming up, you guys are supporting him, republican party. wow! rnc....

Trying to pass it after thanksgiving and then go to conference committee. if doug jones becomes the new senator from alabama he might be the one voting and republicans could have conceivably a one-vote majority in the senate. a lot of implications. >> sandra: timing will be everything there. you said the talk was all about these allegations being -- coming against al franken yesterday. the chatter was about that on capitol hill. we heard that on multiple occasions. forceful kissing and groping. ...

Lawmakers do get publicly identified there will be an explosion here. weve seen this in other state capitals as well. congress excerpts itself from a laws it imposes on everything else. much in the way of sexual harassment training. i think if some of these male lawmakers are publicly accused you can add that to the bonfire that has gone through industry after industry as we try to grapple with it. >> bill: roy moore says the media is going after him. i think the word he used was he is being har...

We have seen a number of measures move forward where they control that expand gun rights and expand open carry laws and allowed more people access to guns. this debate happens in washington d.c. it is happening a lot more in state capitals. >> thank you both. earlier today nancy pelosi promised action on gun control. jim heinz has been an outspoken advocate. you cosponsor that had bill. is that okay? is that where you think your best shot is, how to build only tackles bump stocks, nothing else...

If you dont do this, republicans are not going to repeal the affordable care act. if you do it, you divided into 50 battles and 50 state capitals. to many republicans, it sounds like a deal they might take. >> bret: lindsey graham, the sell right now is if you dont do this, we are headed to bernie sanders proposal. >> the great thing about the bernie sanders bill is theres finally honesty on the left that they dont like obamacare either. they dont think its covering enough americans. you have a ...

Republicans are not going to repeal the affordable care act. if you do it, you divided into 50 battles and 50 state capitals. to many republicans, it sounds like a deal they might take. >> bret: lindsey graham, the sell right now is if you dont do this, we are headed to bernie sanders proposal. >> the great thing about the bernie sanders bill is theres finally honesty on the left that they dont like obamacare either. they dont think its covering enough americans. you have a criticism of obamacar...