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About, that these republicans are going step up, the history of this is not very encouraging over the last two years. you know, remember, mitch mcconnell was the one who went to the white house to urge the president not to take an emergency action in this case, and he warned that the congress could vote to disallow this. and yet he was the man who stood up on the floor today to said he would support it. the history of the last two years is that you may hear a lot of grumbling. youll see a lot of...

About, that these republicans are going step up, the history of this is not very encouraging over the last two years. you know, remember, mitch mcconnell was the one who went to the white house to urge the president not to take an emergency action in this case, and he warned that the congress could vote to disallow this. and yet he was the man who stood up on the floor today to said he would support it. the history of the last two years is that you may hear a lot of grumbling. youll see a lot of...

>> he was a wealthy man. >> reporter: for years, fred earned top dollar in the aerospace industry. not to mention all the family money he inherited. >> they were able to afford things that none of us growing up could possibly afford. we were blue collar working class people, and we didnt know many millionaires growing up. >> reporter: he bought her things, jewelry and that sort of thing? >> well, right out of the gate they bought a very nice home in an exclusive suburb of long beach, bixby knoll...

Because it doesnt seem like at least based on what he said he would feel any obligation to release the actual report. >> is he a threat to the investigation or at least the scope of it? >> i think his strong suit is he is a conventional political figure. he served in a doj under h.w. bush. he has done so in a nonpolitical manner. he answered questions about this memo and whether he did it to anyones sats satisfaction or not. he also worked with mueller in the past when he was at doj in the past ...

It reflects in some ways the depth of the lack of moral character in governor northam. how do we move forward? we take it out of his hands and we begin to have a conversation about where we are. what we need to do. right? there is a place for forgiveness. but it has to be forgiveness conditi within the context that black folk forgive white folk every time white folk do something. how do we get off the racial hamster wheel? part of that involves -- >> yeah. >> thats an important point. a resignat...

The continuing appreciate from all corners of the democratic party is the lieutenant governor is an after can american. if he takes over, people will see that as a very neat solution to this problem. justin fairfax, carolina guy, hes very young. so, you know, its a big step up for him, but that is a way to tie a bow on this story that i think is going to be very hard for ralph. when we come back, well talk to one of the lawmakers who is charged with getting a deal done to avoid another preside...

Here in virginia is not going to be able to stick by the governor if he is, in fact, one of those people that are in black face or in a kkk robe. >> ive got to think in a presidential race, heres the thing, if virginia democrats dont step up, we just had a big segment about the fight for african-american support. presidential candidates are going to step up. >> in another context, the current life were in, think of whats happened in terms of the me too movement as well. weve seen a lot of politi...

Treat anybody in a racist way. charlottesville, you have the giant bully pulpit, and what an opportunity you have to bring racial healing to our country, and i would love to see the president step up and lead. >> but the president never did that. >> yeah. and i make that point, that i would -- i was disappointed in his inability or unwillingness to do that at some point. that certainly was a point of frustration. >> i think some folk who is read your book wonder this. youre saying all this stuff...

>> congress needs to legislate. just to say we cant agree to something, so therefore were never going to -- i know congress. congress will not do anything if it continues to delegate its authority away and just say, oh, the hard decisions were not going to deal with. we need leadership. step up, solve this problem, and i got to tell you, there is a deal to be struck here. take yes for an answer. >> i think both sides are saying that to the other side at the same time. so theres unison in that. b...

This, we will see the speaker step up and talk along with senator schumer or find out that talk didnt mean anything, give us what we want and then youre not going to get what you want. rob: all right, in the meantime house minority steve scalise slamming speaker pelosi over her state of the union stalemate. >> i think nancy pelosi is afraid of the countrys feeling the method that the president has and charade. something the american people look at in a negative way when they look at nancy pelosi...