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And i want to thank the mob because theyve done the one thing we were having trouble doing which is energizing our base. the fight is over. kavanaugh is on the top court. can republicans count on the back and forth democrats to drive voters to the polls? >> theyre going to try. moments after the -- it became apparent on friday that judge kavanaugh had the votes, you saw top trump surrogates pushing this issue that democrats centrist democrats in red states that the president carried in the presi...

In state legislatures. thats a generation of future republican conservative leaders. how much of this is oriented at correcting that? >> theres a couple of things. one is our biggest washout election was 2010 and that cost us not to the house seats but the redistrict be that was done because of the census in 2010. hes looking at trying to address the gerrymandering in our districts. big part of that is, look, he took up a lot of the oxygen, and what we had trouble doing is getting that obama coa...

And i still believe this me too movement is long overdue, necessary, and should be supported. >> what do you think? >> sos in the second day in a rowfclean-up, after the initial interview aired on "the today show" yesterday morning. he seems to be getting the clean-up right a bit more. but that doesnt change your political question, don, which is the fact that bill clinton obviously can still go out and raise a lot of money. but when you talk to people who talk to him a lot, and you talk to demo...

>> chinas militarization of artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of any ship missiles, surface to air missiles, electronic jammers and more recently the landing of bomber aircraft at woody islands. despite chinas claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapon systems isied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. >> thats confrontational there, at least calling them out. mike pompeo, the 29th anniversary of tiananmen square, the...

Not like he said calling the president a white supremest on espn, joy behar and "the view." kathy griffin went on a rant, according to sarah sanders on "the view" and the last one, where is the apology for bob i caner hiring keith obieerman. thats what the president is referring to. >> im sure it was. you know this could have been a very easy one for the white house. right. to basically condemn the remarks as well, which i think many presidents almost every single president i can think of in mod...

>> maybe. but i think the thing that the healthcare bill had such trouble doing was uniting, say, the moderates in the party with the very conservative representatives in the house and either block is large enough to help derail it so being able to slice that baby and being able to get these warring factions together to me is very, very difficult. we will see if he is able to pull it out. count me a skeptical considering that either faction was large enough to derail the original healthcare bill...

But i think the thing that the healthcare bill had such trouble doing was uniting, say, the moderates in the party with the very conservative representatives in the house and either block is large enough to help derail it so being able to slice that baby and being able to get these warring factions together to me is very, very difficult. we will see if he is able to pull it out. count me a skeptical considering that either faction was large enough to derail the original healthcare bill. >> dana:...

Not he thought james comey should keep that position, whether he would ask him to resign his position as director of fbi and he said he hadnt made up his mind yet on that issue. >> pete alexander following that for us. thank you so much. president-elect trumps pick for cia director, mike pompeo, was on the hill today for his confirmation hearing. one of three hearings that happened today. nbc news intelligence reporter joins us for more on that. we had simultaneously three hearings going on. w...

Do something that he had trouble, john boehner his predecessor had trouble doing, which is to help get the very unruly republican rank-and-file foeked and shame them into living. >> it would have been nice. i would not be surprised because theres constant communication between kevin mccarthy and paul ryan and donald trump, if this is something they knew he was going to do. i was told this was all djt, meaning donald trump, but i wouldnt be surprised. >> look at the speed with which things happen...

Patrick, were you able to speak to your father candidly about your struggles? >> i was. but he of course had difficulty speaking about it. that is part of what his generation had trouble doing. >> and i think that all of us have a obligation to break the silence. because, you can see, alex, that when you dont talk about them, it is likely that people dont get treatment. governor bush talked about how he was heartbreaken. well, if you wait until somebodys illness is a stage four illness, it is mu...