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Mcconnell to stop rolling over for the dems. advance the trump agenda or step aside. conservatives are already, sort of have historically been itching at the leader. primarily because they itch at all leadership thats kind of what the base has been doing over the past around a decade or so. >> interesting to see whether democrats come to mitch mcconnells defense. right? >> like they defended jeff session for like a minute. >> exactly. you see a couple interesting things. one is, the idea of pres...

Bill, and the subsequent stoking of that in president trumps attacks on mitch mcconnell, its not setting them up for a very productive september. >> steve, quick, quick button a. reminder theyre not going to go back to health care in september, as the president demanded. too much else to do. >> good point. up next, we spotlight one bad-ass woman in washington whose long memory helped her and her husband make it to the halls of power. you do all this research

Many things can happen there. >> in the word business? >> there we go. but theres a domestic kpoecompt to sounding tough and find out through the associated press, there are quiet talks going on in the two countries and china will consider its own domestic interests and it has a very difficult game to play with very few options because north korea is right there. >> and, margaret, the president, sara talked about, has his u.n. ambassador up there today in new jersey. his secretary of state and s...

Who know whats you do with that several years from now. >> and look, shes somebody 450 has helped her husband along the way. when in trouble, last re-election campaign, she went down to kentucky. she was out there for him. helping with women. running against a female candidate. >> yeah. i think shes you know -- i hate to say it this way, but sort of softens his image when theyre together. i agree with steve. that shes -- just been someone -- i mean, theyre a couple when they go -- shes having an...

Democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders just wrapped up a rally in concord, new hampshire. the event came moments after he officially filed paperwork to run in the first in the nation presidential primary. with his poll numbers slipping a bit sanders is adopting a more aggressive tone against democratic front-runner hillary clinton. in an interview with steve insky this morning, sanders drew contrast with clinton on trade, same-sex marriage and the war in iraq. >> when the going gets ro...

Before. it was more than a dozen minutes. it was more than 1/3 of the interview was digging into that question of how he would compare himself to her. it is interesting that hes talking about the e-mails. his statement to the wall street journal on that is not necessarily in contradiction with what he said in that first debate. he said he was tired of talking about it in the first debate. he said in the wall street journal interview there are still questions that need to be discussed. hes walkin...

>> from my perspective you cant do enough of the relationship building. >> guess who agrees? >> im excited about trying to change the political climate a little bit by having a different approach. >> do they have the qualities you want in the next president? ichb si "inside politics," the best stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to "inside politics." im john king. thanks for sharing your sunday morning this first weekend of spring. with us to share their reporting and insights, ...

A group of lawmakers, including d.c.s eleanor holmes norton, has introduced legislation aimed at forcing change. >> i certainly think its a tipping point and the handwriting is on the wall. >> but for jeff bostic, its about holding onto a winning tradition. >> i think its a sense of pride. when we were fortunate enough to wear the burgundy and gold, we were proud to be called redskins, we were proud to represent our nations capitol. >> reporter: now, the redskins name is also facing a legal chal...

We would not be where we are today had they gone to conference and had a budget. >> no, no, the house has passed a bill to fund the nih. why wont you support it? >> it was passed. i dont support it because every single function of the government is important, and we need to open all of the government. >> but why wont you support it until there is an end actually negotiated? >> im going to jump in here so people dont think i went out for a cocktail or something. lets talk about obama care. obviou...

D.c.s eleanor holmes norton, has introduced legislation aimed at forcing change. >> i certainly think its a tipping point and the handwriting is on the wall. >> but for jeff bostic, its about holding onto a winning tradition. >> i think its a sense of pride. when we were fortunate enough to wear the burgundy and gold, we were proud to be called redskins, we were proud to represent our nations capitol. >> reporter: now, the redskins name is also facing a legal challenge and there is an effort und...