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military promotions. >> the senator describes as a draw with his contentious fault with the pentagon. we are describing it that way, let's go to cnn live on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> there's a lot of relief, it's a bipartisan opposition. he has very little support from the senate republican congress for trying to block all military promotions. something that has never been done before, nothing that any senator can do under the rules for the senate. what he has done is hold up every military promotion until the pentagon grants him a policy requiring reimbursement for mili...

Mind. he did not build the wall. this is what frustrates the other republican voters. >> can i make a point on what he said? it's interesting the contrast he set up. desantis, he's a politician. and he says, you have to win elections. this is where the public is. in a weird way, people say, he's being honest. he's not b.s.'ing us. and that's what works for him. that's what worked for him throughout his career. people don't look at him as a politician, in the way they look at a ron desantis or nikki haley or the others. his supporters here. they are hostile to prevailing politics. that's part o...

There -- it would be a tragedy to lose susan collins. so she's in a tough fight. the bases on both sides is unforgiving. i don't think any republican wants to get the jeff van drew treatment. we saw what happened when one democrat deviated from party orthodox. he's been drummed out of the party. i suspect the same can happen to republicans in the house. i'm not saying the same thing in the senate, but that's the reality we're living in. >> do you think there's any chance she would stand up and vote yes on removing the president? or vote against the senate leadership and say yes we need to hear...

Then force compromise? >> possibly. but when you look at the independents and you mentioned then, angus king, bernie sandsers and the democratic side, they caucus where the democrats. when there's an independent on the republican side, they caucus with the republicans. it's because of the structural imperatives that i mentioned, if you want to be effective inside the system, it's difficult to be independent. everything forces you from one side to the other. we probably should do away with the caucus system and instead of having party lunches every week, lunch with 100% there. it's very difficu...

Party orthodox in a way trump has not yet. >> a pat buchanan, read my lips no now taxes. a fun one like that. see an uber driver in iowa looks familiar. sasse, get him on the record. up next, no lifeguard to save chris christie from himself. (woman) when you have type 2 diabetes,