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But that even an incremental uptick is the difference to many people between, you know, nothing on the dinner table tomorrow and an $85,000 a year job. thats a huge, you know, difference in situations. people dont understand how deep it goes in the culture. were talking families five generations of coal miners. their whole identity wrapped up, proud of what their, you know, their relatives, their fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers, the price they paid, how hard they worked to dig co...

Ask people is it important, 82% say its important. everything is important when you ask it in isolation. >> you can always do just whats popular. sometimes you do whats right. somebody messing with your democracy deserves covering. >> everybody who said donald trump couldnt win, everybody who said the election was all wrapped up, every screaming headline, every wrong poll, every anchor, every pundit who said this is over, its a joke, he cant win, tried to interfere in the election. >> oh, please...

Trump campaign adviser in may of 2016 contained the following message -- "russia is quietly but actively seeking a dialogue with the u.s. that isnt forthcoming under the current administration." joining us to discuss the potential kremlin link, political contributor jason johnson and julie ensley. walk us through here, julie, what was being proposed by this conservative operative, a republican member of the national rifle association? >> first, i just want to say the context here is really impor...

And what i fear is that this administration has been seeking to help the russians. and if you just look at the sanctions that congress has put in place that we voted for, that this administration has still not executed against russia, it shows that theyre not willing to really stand up to russia, and its likely because of what k.t. mcfarland said, they knew that they were helped. >> congressman, i cant count how many legal experts have sat around this tame taibl and said when you look at a plea ...

Jeff sessions and rick dearborn, again to try to set up this meeting. what all this is really showing is that its part of the kremlins plan. there was really a three-pronged approach to be able to infiltrate the conservatives and the trump campaign through their kind of pet issues, one of which, of course, is guns. they also tried to do this through veterans rights groups and christian organizations. "the new york times" lays all this out, that as part of a plan to get to trump through channels ...

Security council meeting. lets drill into that a little bit here. when you look at what diplomatic options are, what they might look like, what do you see at this point? >> well, i commend secretary tillerson. i think hes pursuing the right path, and mcmaster, too, in contrast to the president, whos attacking personally kim jong-un, and kim jong-un attacks him back. heres the diplomatic solution -- short term, a freeze for a freeze. in other words, the north koreans stop their missile tests. and...

Vice president pence, his team, wanted to get us to a bill to pass. through my experience, i am sure he is just as active with the senators too, harris. >> harris: rodney davis of illinois. id love to spend time, but we have a white house press briefing. that audio only briefing wrapped up, which means, we are now allowed to play it. let us listen together. >> with that, i will take your questions. kevin. >> i will point did the president with donald trump, jr., have you had it chance to see how...

The media was camping at the end of my driveway, at that point. i was going out of town with my wife to hide, i word it would be like feeding c goals at the beach it was i who gave it to the media, so i asked my friend, make sure this gets out. >> tucker: after the testimony wrapped up, trumps attorney suggested that comey was not describing his behavior, and maybe somebody should investigate him. >> although mr. comey testified that he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet, the public re...

Start, were doing things differently because i dont think this is the way that we should be governing. >> fresh start begins in a few days, the budget wrapped up, attention focusing on terrorism. and national security. and reflecting the themes of the presidential campaign. democrats will focus on gun control and income equality and criminal justice reform. republicans tackle the issues of obamacare, refugees and defunding planned parenthood. >> we owe the country a better agenda, a better way f...

Some common ground despite the anger of some conservative members. >> i think it is a good working relationship. we recognize that we disagree on a whole bunch of other stuff. but perhaps because even before he was elected he had worked on capitol hill, i think he is respectful of the process and respectful of how legislation works. >> well, the key test of the atmosphere on capitol hill comes on january 12th. that will be president obamas last state of the union. which, in itself, already puts ...