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Thanksgiving in 2017? yeah, it turns out it is not over. we think of a jury as, you know, the kind of jury that sits in a courtroom during a trial, hearing from witnesses, maybe hearing from the defendant, in front of a judge, and there is members of the public or even reporters sitting back there in the back of the courtroom. that's what we think of when we think of jury. a grand jury is not like that. a grand jury is not the same as the 12-person jury that sits in on a public trial. for one thing, a grand jury holds its proceedings in secret. they also don't sit every day. they meet behind c...

Members of the public or even reporters sitting back there in the back of the courtroom. that's what we think of when we think of jury. a grand jury is not like that. a grand jury is not the same as the 12-person jury that sits in on a public trial. for one thing, a grand jury holds its proceedings in secret. they also don't sit every day. they meet behind closed doors, often one day a week. there are up to 23 people on a grand jury. prosecutors bring witnesses before the grand jury. again, behind closed doors. those witnesses give the grand jury sworn testimony. prosecutors also bring them do...

There are a good chunks of votes for folks that don't sit there. several people votes present which as an aside strikes me as odds politics for your first vote in congress to vote for no one. that lowers the tlehresholds fo nancy pelosi. >> we don't call votes based on the numbers. we call them based on the gavel going down and a decision being made and announced in congress. people will probably see on their phones that nancy pelosi has been made speaker. we wait until the declaration has been made. we're looking at the front row. the reason we haven't called this is there a four talliers. fo...

The democratic congress of 2019 needs to put the republicans of 2020 on notice. >> on the defensive. >> on the defensive. >> which is why i think bill number one is such an easy one for nancy pelosi, the vote to reopen the government on mitch mcconnell's table, a no brainer. >> that will take ten minutes. what's the next thing and things that we need to do? and for the people who are watching this at home, what can you do? don't leave it up to the politicians. you get out there, you think about running, you get involved, join local organizations, don't sit it out now, because believe you me th...

The bills through, to the point where republicans are going to need to see that in the year 2020, if some of them don't vote for those bills, if some of those don't vote for -- as i've said, 52% of republicans want medicare for all. if they don't do that, then they risk losing their job. the democratic congress of 2019 needs to put the republicans of 2020 on notice. >> on the defensive. >> on the defensive. >> which is why i think bill number one is such an easy one for nancy pelosi, which is the vote to reopen the government on mitch mcconnell's table, which is sort of a no-brainer. >> that w...