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The status of what you were also advocating for, which is the born alive survivors protection act. what happened with that? >> well, it's stuck. we can't get 60 votes in the united states senate to move that bill forward. ben sasse, the leading sponsor of the bill, the cosponsors, we've been pushing this envelope and we are going to continue to push it because here again, martha, it's just common sense, common decency. it's not an issue in the grade. this is a black-and-white issue and we should all be on the side of life. this is a chance for every single person in this legislative body to be...

This committee do, given president trump, this committee is trying to broaden beyond the findings of the mueller investigation to include president trump's reported dangling of pardons to staffers that might run afoul of the law that might push the border wall. the president's role in getting those hush money payments made to stormy daniels, what would you have this committee due giving your obviously gagtss to hold this president to account? >> i never stopped the committee from doing any hearing. if they want to do hearings, fine. if they want to do these, that's why they're the majority, th...

Suggestion? >> he would have to convince the republican leadership and the senate and mitch mcconnell to push that bill forward. you can always be helpful. there are some republicans that have support for this bill, but it's long overdue. ♪ erently? erently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot... almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. ...and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda approved and has both. don't stop ...

Is that something you support? >> i support action. we've long awaited action on background checks. he knows that. i was with him in a meeting right after parkland sitting across from him in the white house. not once but twice but nine times, i kept track of it, he said he wanted to see universal background checks. there were democrats and republicans there. next day he meets with the nra and he folds. we never hear about it again. he doesn't push it with his party. we were ready to go. so i really don't put a lot of credence to him saying that. i'm ready to go back and get it done, but he wou...

Japanese interment, so why not talk about slavery and how they have to repay african-americans. there are a lot of details to be worked out. it's important that our presidential candidates talk about in an era when facts don't seem to matter at this time and this president and many republicans in my opinion have objectified communities of color. >> i have to ask why now? i'm shocked. reparations have been talked about. why is this a talking point now? >> i think it's a couple of things. someone like cory booker who introduced it to the house bill, i think that drives the house bill forward. i ...