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Democratic party. talk to me about this debate, which is too much trump or not enough trump? >> right. i mean, i think if you ask, and i have asked democrats here their number one, two, and three top priorities are beating donald trump. that hasn't always been the case in primary elections and choosing a nominee that can win over choosing somebody that you like. but this year democrats are so rattled after '16 they just want somebody who can win. here though these more insider people, you do hear a lot of people saying that democrats still need to make a positive case. i talked to ben wickler ...

Support and the senate and house would get it done and on the president's desk. he didn't do that, so we're going to have to start on a new basis, and the wall offer is off of the table. >> so what happens next? who is leading the democrats? schumer or the progressive base? let's bring in a couple voices for the democratic side. cornell belcher. and also ben wickler. all right, ben, you're on the side of i'm mad and i'm not going to take it any more. so do you concur with some of these progressive frustrations? >> i tweeted it felt like a kick in the stomach. it is not nothing, but a single pr...

Bureaucracy holding our children back to deliver school choice to all families. betsy devos tweeted i am honored to work with the president to make america great again. a charter school advocate and a big donor to donald trump's campaign. a defeated democratic party is searching for a new leader. here's a sign how desperately it may need one. a new cnn aren/orc poll finds a increase from the poll taken before the election. the party doesn't seem to be hurting their president. obama's approval rating stands at 57%, highest in seven years to talk about what democrats need to do to rebuild, joi...

Carolina, great, too. done real party building, but everyone doesn't know jamie and want to mow what he stands for. i want to hear from the millennials and the brown folks. >> we'll try to have all of these potentials on. symone and ben, appreciate you being here. next, a presidential conflict of interests. donald trump says no such thing. from wall street to k street, concern over his vast business empire is still present. we'll have that ahead. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette.

These candidates. and it's something, frankly, that all candidates running for office at all levels should be paying attention to. this is a moment of crisis and a moment of resurgent civil rights movement, a movement fighting for black lives. like saying to aids protesters all diseases are problems. this is focussing on this crisis of black men and women being subjected to state violence, and what we saw in that moment is a movement demanding to be heard, and these candidates realizing sometimes after the fact that they really need to start paying attention. what i hope to see, from all the c...