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Keep the mr. smith myth alive? that was what the filibuster gave, which was this belief of mr. smith can go to washington and one senator can do something, can either get something done or stop something in its tracks. what does that look like in a no-filibuster world? >> i'll tell you what we have right now. it's not mr. smith goes to washington. under the current rules it is only the majority leader deciding what comes to the floor. only the majority leader deciding what amendments are there. i'm talking to my republican colleagues about a right to amend bipartisan movement because the senat...

So i think what you're seeing about buttigieg could turn out to be extreme, extremely important and significant advantage that he has, if he can execute what he laid out today. >> yeah. donald trump is very good at taking all positions on a given issue but he's especially good at doing that when it comes to foreign policy. he ran as this noninterventionist very much opposed to the iraq war. he started his presidency by talking about fire and fury in north korea and now he's really backed off and is talking about beautiful letters kim jong-un is sending him. on the other side he's using much of...

This is not something that was achieved when republicans controlled everything in washington. and now of course democrats control the house. no doubt it remains a very thorny and complicated issue. >> nancy pelosi will be sitting behind the president for the state of the union. that will be an interesting optic when we see the speaker of the house behind the president for the address. >> it's always interesting to keep an eye on facial expressions of everyone in the room. no doubt! >> kind of like super bowl commercials! thank you. >> thank you. >> and this might hinder the success or failure ...

Romney, but i feel we are a ways away from that. >> i don't know what a stage of intervention means in this case. he is who he is. what do you want republicans to do with president trump in an intervention? >> well, i think somebody has to march down pennsylvania avenue, and presumably republican leaders and say this is an unsustainable situation. it cannot continue this way, the insulting of allies, the constant name calling, and the unpresidential behavior. just the way he negotiates. i mean, you can't -- he can't disturbance nobody can speak on his behalf. it's difficult to negotiate, becau...

Independent personalities in politics for quite a long time. on one hand you have a man who spent six decades in service to the united states of america from his time in the military to the house of representatives and the u.s. senate and two bits for the u.s. presidency. mccain is nothing if not an american icon. not just in the confines of the u.s. border but globally pursued for making sure democracy and freedom and individual liberty rained across the globe. trying to write as he has such a problem with him. as mccain has said, the president's own personality, the fact that he crossed the'...