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Republican women who i think are sympathetic to the position that susan collins articulated. >> they havent been vocal enough. >> i appreciate that there is, and i think what you put your finger on, tara, is a conversation happening in this country and moments like this are inflection points and fault lines in the debates and in this national conversation where we raise awareness and have a conversation about what is acceptable behavior and whats not and why women dont come forward, right? they ...

Republican party with women voters moving forward. this is a grave mistake. >> tara and margaret, theres certainly an opportunity for a better broader conversation and i will leave you with this from a former assistant dachlt, moving forward our societal response to accusations must take as given that sexual misconduct is wrong, wrong decades ago and wrong now. it will be interesting to see if the senate takes this as a starting point. look at the #whyididntreport. >> we do want to stay on our b...

Scout, you know, because one woman made an allegation, sorry, i dont buy it. >> but in the grand scheme of things, my goodness, there was no intercourse. there was maybe a touch. can we -- really? 36 years later? shes still stuck on that had it happened. >> joining me now to discuss cnn political commentators tara setmeyer and margaret hoover. tara, lets get to your reaction to what you just heard. >> i think its a shame that tribalism has become so intense that even women are eating their own i...

Republicans and the -- >> all right, a tale of two political dramas for the president t. best of times after a major legislative win as he passed the gop tax bill via the senate 51-49. also potentially the worst of times of times in the russia investigation with michael flynn pleading to one count of lying to the fbi. joining me now is jonathon alter, and tara setmeyer. welcome and good morning to you both. tara, ill reach out to you first. assess the presidents day. overall bad because of the f...

But also that famous meeting on airforce one when the president and his advisors were crafting the initial misleading explanation of that trump tower meeting in june 2016 between his son, donald trump jr., and lawyers who said that they were offering -- russian lawyers offering damaging information on hillary clinton. so a number of topics, a number of paths that the special counsel is going down with these interviews. >> jim sciutto. jim, thanks. i want to bring in the panel. bakari sellers is ...

>> people have been stalking about repeal and replace for seven years. long before i ever decided to be doing what im doing. seven years theyve been talking repeal and replace. and it didnt happen. and not only didnt happen, it was a surprise. and it was a horrible surprise. it was very unfair to the republican party and very unfair to the people of this country. so i was not impressed. >> well lets talk about this now with tara setmeyer former communications director for representative dana roh...

Concerning to me. we have not had any major cabinet confirmations not confirmed in many, many years. many administrations. the democrats are definitely going to put up a good fight. some political kabuki theater going on. short of scandals. it is reported that some of the nominees have not been fully vetted or disclosures reviewed yet. that is problematic. sometimes in that process before they get before the senate, they bow out. like linda chavez. it will be interesting. there will be nothing d...

We all know that. there will have to be tension and some balance there. i think the democrats will have to go hard on things that they believe are non negotiable like planned parenthood and sessions. take their best shots to get moderate republicans to support them. you will see them take their shots. >> you mentioned sessions. his confirmation hearing on tuesday. as you look ahead to the next week, a lot of confirmation hearings, tara. what do you anticipate will happen? >> if it is any indicat...

>> what do you think, tara? do you think republicans, obviously donald trump has the advantage having republicans in the house and senate, do you think they push something like this through given the cost and price? >> this is actually a bit tricky when it comes to funding. i worked on capitol hill for years and immigration and federal law enforcement issues. i know how complicated it can be. in 2013 there was a bill proposing a $46 billion border security bill over ten years. that is $4.6 billi...

Kellyanne conway and jennifer palmieri, clintons communications director, attended this forum meant to recount history. instead, it turned ugly. >> if providing a platform for white supremacists makes me a brilliant tactician, im glad to have laws. i would rather lose than win the way you guys did. >> do you think i ran a campaign where white supremacists had a platform? you going to look me in the face and tell me that? >> you did. you did. >> do you think i could have just had a decent message...