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>> we're on a college campus. >> i know that. i know. but i've got to tell the truth. we have this mounting -- >> 2020 hopefully amy klobuchar last night not getting a ton of applause telling the audience what they might not want to hear in manchester, new hampshire. and with bernie sanders jumping into a crowded progressive team, klobuchar finds herself in a less crowded one. the pragmatic middle. i'm joined by a democrat from florida and member of the house foreign affairs judiciary and ethics committees. congressman, thank you for coming back on the show. >> it's great to be with you. thank...

Obnoxious question. part of it is partisanship. >> let's look at what happened in montana. this was a reporter asking a question about health care. dave waggle pointed out. they never addressed the issue of health care and the ahca, the republican health care proposal. this is what ben jacobs was trying to get him to address. the cbo -- >> he was doing his job, essentially. and it doesn't matter if he's obnoxious and persistent and the candidate doesn't want to talk about it? >> this is misplaced. a reporter doing his job. and gianforte roughs him up and says, i'm sick and tired of this. and t...

If they see one who can't get on the ballot in his home state, they tend to cross that person off. that being said, we've crossed him before and he's come back to surprise us. iowans will have the final say on this. >> he said he's going to be the nominee. now it's a different ball game. sam youngman, thanks for your time. let's turn to dave weigel, msnbc contributor and political reporter for "slate" magazine. dave, great to have you on. has the news letter controversy hurt ron paul? he still has a slight advantage. what is all this controversy doing to his campaign right now? >> things like ...

So yes corwin held a press conference at a nursing home in rochester to announce her giant flip-flop that she was abandoning the ryan plan. according to politico, she called ryan's plan a terrific first step. but made clear that she will never support controversial vouchers for medicare. it's starting a conversation that we absolutely have to have, but i'm not married to it. joining me now slate political reporter and msnbc contributor dave waggle who has been reporting from new york's 26th district. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you, larry. >> you've watched this evolve. the medicar...

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