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Election in your view? >> you know, i think it's a moving target in as much as when you look at congress certainly has that overnight obligation to make sure -- and that's why all of those investigations are occurring. by the same token, the executive has to respond to those. that's the moving target on impeachment. when i'm out traveling like i did last week, seven different meet and greets in iowa, people are talking about health care. they're talking about the concern of losing their farm. they're talking about the flooding and climate change. they're talking about trying to get a better jo...

Today we know nancy pelosi as the highest-ranking woman in american politics, leading a record number of women in congress, but it was a much different story when he came to congress over 30 years ago. mika brzezinski recently sat down with the house speaker to talk about just how much has changed. >> nancy pelosi arrived in congress in 1987, with a solidly liberal reputation, and one obvious challenge. making her way through a house of representatives that was 95% male. >> there were only 23 women members of congress out of 435, only 23. so when i came, every place i would go, they would stop...

Of which there are fewer and fewer. and this a fantastic time to be american. keep america great. as the president launches his re-election bid in florida, that is the crux of his campaign. he's even warning about the possibility of a market crash if he's not re-elected. things will be much different this time around from 2016 with the power of an incumbent president. and with a much more sophisticated campaign apparatus with volunteer training, a major digital operation and massive fund-raising already banked. but there are now some new warning lights. in a new nbc news/"the wall street journ...

Again on executive power? his challenge though when he talked to his advisers when you look at the articles of impeachment from 1974, the house democrats, one of the articles of impeachment went after abuse of power, did the president do too much, president nixon, from stopping congress from hearing testimony about what actually happened during the watergate break-in. as much as the president believes how the office of the presidency evolves in the past 50 years and it has grown in power and it alarms people in both parties about how much pear it has, president trump still has to face congress...

And i would say i'm a member of congress. oh, you're a member of congress, you can go anyplace you want. shortly thereafter i was looking for a vote something for hiv/aids, which was my focus early in the days. i started following one of my targets into the speaker's lobby and beyond. i started to go into this room, and the officers are saying, congresswoman you can't go there. i said, i'm a congresswoman, i can go everywhere i said, and they want, congresswoman, it's the men's room. >> one place you don't want to go. >> what a thought. for more on this and pelosiii's relationship watch "hea...