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Is more like a lot of the districts in a lot of the states that youre going to see competitive. what was interesting about the overlay you were doing in the opening segment about the parallels between the presidential results and what happened in california, if you look at the senate races in play, many overlap with the swing states we saw in the presidential race. there will be a national flavor to it, and well see if the overlay continues to hold. i think the senate remains the best chance for...

Palpable frustrated and upset with that. they are more concerned with the facts on the ground than the rhetoric. i do think its going to be a challenge to governor newsom when he runs for reelection in 2022, to try to convince many of the middle of the road democrats, and there are tens of millions in california, and also a strong progressive base here. but a lot of the middle of the road democrats who want to see those facts change, and they want to see the kind of strength in leadership on tho...

Also with an exception, if hell just pass an exception to the filibuster for voting rights, like mitch mcconnell did for the supreme court, can also guarantee that voting rights arent trampled on. this is all within the democratic partys hands. are they going to be able to stand up and deliver for their voters? >> yeah, joe, i think you laid it out perfectly, and the i think the answer is yes. the congressman made it clear, this is not only a once in a generation opportunity to pass some really ...

Highland who is out in l.a., been covering the county, but last night, well get to him in a second, but last night, good news for gavin newsom. >> and the democrats. californias democratic governor gavin newsom survived an attempt to remove him from office, prevailing in the states recall election. nbc news projects last night, newsom thanked california voters for keeping him in office. >> thank you all very much, and thank you to 40 million americans, 40 million californians and thank you for r...

Underlings, especially within the pentagon, the defense department, if there was any rattling coming out of the oval office about the potential use of nuclear weapons, president nixon at the time, extremely unbalanced, they were to report to the national security advisory before my action at all was taken. this is just common sense. its called public safety, and certainly you can make a strong case during the conclusion of the former guys presidency. there were a lot of people in the house and s...

Showed hunger did not rise in 2020. joining us now, democratic congressman ro khanna of california, also with us former chief of staff to the dccc, adrian el rod, a senior aide to the hillary clinton and biden presidential campaigns. good to have you both. >> congressman, since i brought up the institution of congress as i was talking about instagram and what we all know its been doing, not only to all of our girls, but all of our girls friends and everybody that talks to us when were out there,...

They delivered this victory for him, and i think other governors across the country can take note that when the american people say, the majority of american people say we want more people vaccinated, you can take heed, and actually implement that for your state, and i think thats what you saw gavin newsom, he delivered on that, hes continuing to deliver on that, and i think if youre talking about the health and safety of your constituents first, its ultimately going to be a win for you. >> cong...

People inside of an administration where a president was trying to overturn the results of a democratic election. mike barnicle, these people are children. it might help them to actually read history books and understand that this has happened before. it has happened at times when presidents were not in the best shape as donald trump was not in good shape. i would say for his entire presidency but especially after january 6th. you can go back to october of 1973, during the arab israeli war of 19...

I know senator man chin, we come from different parts of the party, im progressive, hes a centrist, i believe hes going to get to a yes, and were going to get president bidens agenda passed. what the exact number is, thats going to be a discussion. i have no doubt well get to a yes on both bills. >> you know, for so long republicans have been seen as an obstructing force for good reason when you brag youre going to do everything you can to make every democrat president a one-term president and n...

Federal measures, the stimulus checks that some americans got during the pandemic, which leads me to this. where do things stand in terms of negotiations for what comes next? obviously theres been a great debate within the democratic party about the size of this reconciliation package. could be up to 3.5 trillion. some think less than that. thats the heart of the biden agenda, the heart of what youre trying to do. where do things stand, whats need snd. >> -- need to do. >> the plan means that se...