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Because once doug jones is seated, republicans still have the majority, but it's only 51 vote. that makes any one republican very important, because they could make demands that have to be met. it means that the democrats are in a far better bargaining position. that's why the republican senators have every incentive to try to make their deal, make peace with their house republican counterparts and get this bill through, because sooner or later, doug jones is going to be seated. now, the secretary of state of alabama said it won't -- you know, will take a few weeks. so even in -- even if thing...

>> melissa: what's the relationship like? >> it appears they have a pretty good relationship. one of the ones president trump has sought to cultivate on a personal level though they may disagree on big issues and the other has been japan's president abe where he's met with more than xi jinping. >> melissa: there was talk about start trade war. i don't know how many people took him seriously and people realized it was his bargaining position. >> i think he wants u.s. goods having a better chance to be sold abroad in every country and there's not so much cheap chinese imports coming into the u.s...

I think that's his bargaining position. with regard to the politics with the base, the base has no wall. they have no obama care repeal. they have a deal with chuck and nancy, if you will recall. i think there's a little bit of anxiety inside that white house with steve bannon gone about making sure that you are always playing to the base, but i worry that it's less catering at this point than pandering to people who are i think misinformed about the consequences. it is almost like trump is now saying, you know what, yeah, we didn't get done what we promised you, conservative base, but we are ...

That's going to repeal and replace obama care. whatever way we look at this going forward, because of the republicans failure to get this done, it's going to be painful for him. >> i want to pick up on this, because i'm curious about the politics of it. one the one hand, look the president promised this on the campaign trail. he's keeping a promise that helped get him e elected. if you look at the polls most people support the idea of the provision of contraception. so, you know, he's pleasing his base, but he's turning off a majority of voters. >> yeah, but he's pleasing his base. it is an in...

Rescue it. i think that's his bargaining position. with regard to the politics with the base, the base has no wall. they have no obama care repeal. they have a deal with chuck and nancy, if you will recall. i think there's a little bit of anxiety inside that white house with steve bannon gone about making sure that you are always playing to the base, but i worry that it's less catering at this point than pandering to people who are i think misinformed about the consequences. it is almost like trump is now saying, you know what, yeah, we didn't get done what we promised you, conservative base, ...