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Experience in governing. so is that something that president-elect trump also has to weigh? >> i think one of the number one things coming out of this election was that people want washington to work. they are tired of the grid lock and the failure to take action. it's certainly the case that president-elect trump is looking to balance the appointees that he brings to office. he's going to have some who have no government experience, who have business experience. he's going to clearly pick, he already picked a chief of staff who is eminently qualified and knows the ways of washington. he has a...

Did was against their internal procedures. as somebody who's been a prosecutor, director comey should understand that you don't comment on pending cases, especially when you don't have any hard evidence. what he did was create confusion in a way that didn't help voters as they were looking at the situation here. again, that's in the future. right now we are focused on what we need to do to get voters out. >> one thing i have heard is the importance of a supreme court nominee. the next president and their role in that obviously. if republicans do block hillary clinton if she were to win supreme...

Aren't broken. i don't think the executive branch are broken. it is the legislative branch that's a mess. >> i do think people don't vote to make sure people can work together. they vote for an individual candidate. they vote for a president they like, they vote for a senator they like. the effect is either to have grid lock or to have working together, but very few people cast a vote in order to decrease grid lock or increase working together. i think that's why we get grid lock, because it is an unintended consequence of voting for individuals. >> so the vote is emotional rather than -- >> w...

South o'connor had the option not to. even stevens who was very old was quite healthy. i think it will have an impact on keeping justices on the supreme court because they care about the institution. she don't want the institution to be -- >> you said well into their 90s. >> it could go into their 90s, yeah. >> justice clarence thomas was asked about grid lock in washington and he said this, the city is broken in some ways and we are destroying our institutions. do you agree? >> yeah, i think most of the country agrees with that, for different reasons, but, you know, the dysfunctional nature o...

She has the biggest legislature probably in the world that she has a deal with. so she has really honed her skills about listening and trying to work with people. she's taking on issues that really do keep families up at night from the skyrocketing costs of college and prescription drugs to helping students figure out ways to afford, to get their education, to helping those suffering from addiction or mental health to raising wages for hardworking families. what i love about maggie is that she's independent. she knows how to find common ground and how to stand her ground. and that's exactly th...