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Commentator tara setmeyer. first of all, tell me what you think about this strategy policy-wise of pushing the envelope, shutting the government down partially in order to get money for a wall. >> well, youre assuming there as a strategy. unlike shutdowns in the past, there actually has been strategy into what they were going to accept, how long they were going to do it, how long it was going to go. i dont see that this time around. it seems to be impulsive. we know that the president has made t...

This kind of behavior is not acceptable? thats really where it lies is with them. i just want to say merry christmas to all of those federal workers throughout who are working without pay who still hold the line with us, despite this presidents temper tantrums. thank you and merry christmas to everybody. >> thank you, tara. i know you have a very important meal waiting for you that your mother is cooking. send pictures. >> i will. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, dana. >> and we have this b...

Families, he doesnt care about federal workers, who in a "washington post" story federal workers said they couldnt buy christmas presents, a federal workers who lost his wife and say he couldnt buy a headstone. i dont know what federal workers hes talking about? his millionaire counselors like kellyanne conway? i dont know what the hell federal workers hes talking about that are cheering him on with. the every day people not getting paychecks are going to feel that. the senate republicans are no...

Is the most power, especially in the area where the u.s. have been, thats the area that the russians have been interested in. certainly the russians will have a lot more freedom to do that in the future. within of the countries or the country a will have almost no influence over the future of syria and large parts of that region now will be the united states, pamela. >> fred pleitgen, thank you for breaking it down for us. i want to discuss this with cnn military analyst major general spider mar...

Transform the power of the courts. but look, this is one in many nominees we have out there. look, i still support judge farr. i think he was not as involved with the helms activities with regard to what many perceive as voteser suppression. he has said as much and i believe him. he has been very vocal with regard to voter i.d. election security which i think is important and defending congressional lines which is what he has done which i think is important. that being said, it is not unusual to...

Sensitive. >> i seriously have a couple seconds left. tara mentioned it earlier. this isnt the first time its happened, alice. he sunk the nomination. ryan bounds is one of them. hes the gops only black senator. what does this say? >> i think it says look, i applaud him like i said for looking at the issues and doing his due diligence and making the right choice thats best for him. yesterday, 50 republicans and vice president pence were all on board for farr moving forward. the only ones were je...

Senator tim scott of south carolina announcing tonight he will not support the nomination of thomas farr to be a federal judge. farr is accused of supporting measures that discriminate against black votes are. senator scott is the only black republican in the senate and his no vote effectively kills farrs nomination. lets discuss was alice stewart and tara set meyer. what a 180. last night tim scott voted to advance farrs nomination. today he said his final vote will be a no. you said last night...

Minority members, and they clearly did a better job of recruiting minorities and female candidates. and thats something that the republican party has acknowledged and recognized and i would like to think, i know that efforts are under way to make a correction, course correction on that moving forward tore 2020 because we not only need to have the best candidates moving forward, we need to have some that represent the american population with their policies, but also in how they represent in wash...

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This america is my dream team right here. so good evening. lets talk. who am i going to start with? tara. i hope you had a great thanksgiving. i havent spoken to you since. tara, with the loss of mia love, there are now no republican african-american women in congress out of 53 republican senators, theres one black senator out of 200 republican house members, there is one black house member. whats up with that? >> well, this has been a problem for decades for the republican party. its been very ...