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Test vote, democrats overwhelmingly said no. they wanted to table it and not go forward to impeachment. ed markey is not going to pull a lot with him. for those following closely, this is aoc senate partner in drafting the green new deal. hes on the extreme left. not an influential member in terms of moderates. >> harris: a salient reminder. leslie, your party -- is it really as divided as it looks to the rest of the nation? >> leslie: no, it isnt. [laughter] >> katie: are you sure? >> leslie: i...

From the senate, this could be a test vote for impeachment. if they can get 20 republicans to join all 47 democrats to push back on tariffs, they could override the presidents veto. so i think hes playing a dangerous game here. which is why he may well back off. if you call him on it and say hes bluffing, he could follow through. calling him a bluff, calling his bluff, i think, is, it really infuriates him. i suppose he can go after bettee midler in the middle of the night. maybe that makes him ...

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Democratic point if we negotiate anything before the border wall before the government is reopened then whats to stop the president with the fight after that. >> thats the language you hear more and more. he said it in more memorable, folksy sort of way, but pelosi and this idea that over and over again, he can use this tactic. he can use government workers and a government shutdown as a tactic for more border security or a border wall. if he gets 5 billion hell need more money, will he do it ag...

Punished for russias hacking of democrats in the 2016 campaign. 11 republican senators joined chuck schumers resolution in a successful test vote tuesday. but to become final, schumer needs three more senators, three more republicans to shift. todays action follows a senate confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee bill barr, dominated by the russia probe. joining me to talk about both, nbc justice correspondent pete williams and white house correspondent ann gearrin. it looks like barr ...

Trump administration from dropping the sanctions on dara past k -- deripaska right now and he did it. he got 11 republican senators of all different ideological stripes to vote to keep the sanctions in place. this was a procedure vote today. well talk with chuck schumer but the vote was 57-42. it would have been 58-42 had she not been on the colbert report. shell be back tomorrow and cast the vote with the rest of the democrats and those at least break away 11 republican senators.away 11 republi...

Stripes to break ranks with mitch mcconnell and vote to keep those sanctions in place. this was a procedural vote today. it is not over. we will talk with senator schumer about what lays ahead, but the vote was 57-42 would have been 58 if senator kirsten gillibrand had not been on the colbert report declaring shell be running for president. last night we talked about this sanctions thing that schumer just did today as a sort of test vote for the country. a test vote for whether or not elected re...

>> stay here. dont move, mr. president. please dont go back to where you were, stay here. >> do you know where mark meadows was that thursday morning when donald trump decided to start this shutdown? he was on fox & friends. and the night before, jim jordan, his best buddy, was on laura ingram. they target him through fox. they speak directly to him through fox. >> yeah, theyre saying were with you as long as you do -- >> agree with us. >> yes. for the president there is a corollary political ad...

They also, what im hearing bind closed doors, also folks are saying that they are finally feeling that they are free to actually do the governing that theyve chosen as public servants, and thats one of the things i think that is going to be very difficult for mccarthy. mccarthy has been trying to keep the freedom caucus alive as much as possible. if nancy pelosi is able to bring in so many republicans, not o y only -- the republican leadership and trump are far much more troubled than they could...

Closed doors, also folks are saying that they are finally feeling that they are free to actually do the governing that theyve chosen as public servants, and thats one of the things i think that is going to be very difficult for mccarthy. mccarthy has been trying to keep the freedom caucus alive as much as possible. if nancy pelosi is able to bring in so many republicans, not only -- the republican leadership and trump are far much more troubled than they could have imagined. >> jason on that fir...