entrenched and in power, for nancy pelosi, for example. >> reporter: it's huge and going to continue to develop. joe crowley has been up here 20 years. was a ten-term congressman. in the status of house democratic leadership, he was sort of a young gun. 20 years younger than the top three house demos. he was the numberfour. he was someone who was seen as a potential heir to the throne, if you will. potential nexter of the house if and when nancy pelosi should decide to step down. i asked her about this earlier and i don't think we have time to play the whole thing, but what she pushed back on this and said, nope. this is an issue of one candidate in one progressive district who had, essentially got outflanked and wasn't as attuned to his district as he needed to be, putting off the idea entirely this is a call for a generational leadersnge in the democratic caucus. i'm t sure that t members of her party currently here and those who are running to retake the majority will all agree with that. >> well, fascinating political