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Think this is such a human issue. what are you going to do in congress to deal with this brutal human rights issue we're creating in america, that families are being separated at the border? >> well, as you said, i am the son of immigrants. my parents were refugees from east africa. came here over 35 years ago. one of the big reasons i ran for congress was because of how outraged i felt at this president's actions separating children from their parents at the southern border. and of course his dehumanizing lauk towalanguage towards immigs at large. the judiciary committee as well as homeland s...

Controllers that are currently working. on a good day it's a stressful job. it's a very stressful job. there's a lot to think about. >> i can't imagine. and the people that fly appreciate all of you very, very much. it's amazing what a wonderful job they do. if, though, the shutdown goes on and on into february. we've got the super bowl coming in, what then for air-traffic controllers? >> you know, at that point it's not even really an air-traffic controller issue. it's a human issue. i mean these are real people with real mortgages and real car payments. and, you know, there's 20,000 professi...

Taker. he makes no difference between right or wrong and he doesn't give a rip. he is a hostage taker because he has taken 800,000 of federal employees and thousands and thousands of contractors hostage. and we don't negotiate with a moral hostage takers. >> can you negotiate with him and sell that? >> here is what i will say. he has taken hostages, but these are human beings that need to be able to make a mortgage payment. they're worried their credit rating will go down. the catch 22 of the real stories right now is nightmarish. to me this is a human issue. i care about every one of those go...

The fact that she said i'm going to go to all 159 counties in this state, i'm going to talk to everybody, i'm going to unabashedly talk about who i am and what i care about and i think she also sent a message that you can do that and win, and we have to get away from these labels about, you know, expanding medicaid as a liberal issue or a conservative issue, it's a human issue. it's an issue that people care about. but i think what the party has to pay attention to is, if you look at what beto accomplished, what stacey accomplished all across this country where you have now new volunteers, new...

These labels about, you know, expanding medicaid as a liberal issue or a conservative issue, it's a human issue. it's an issue that people care about. but i think what the party has to pay attention to is, if you look at what beto accomplished, what stacey accomplished all across this country where you have now new volunteers, new grassroots donors, new voters. her campaign identified 1.4 million democrats, potential democrats, and went out and set out a year and a half before the election to register those people, motivate those people, stay in contact with those people and turn people out. t...