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And saw that there was a tweet from the president, from president obama. and that -- i can't tell you how special that feels because, you know, he does have a tough line to walk. he respects the presidency more than anyone that we know. and that means a lot of times staying back and staying out of the fray, but this felt less like an attack on president trump and more like support for us. that's how we took it. we took it as him backing us up in our leadership and our voices, which means a lot. but i will say this, there are two main jobs for president of the united states. one is obviously to...

Objects that do have incredible social media followings. that have a lot of grass roots support, then that's not helpful for the overall caucus. i agree with joel's point, that this is a generational battle. but nancy pelosi has to be careful how she wages this battle in the press, because, again, it's counterproductive to try to go up against -- especially these young women who have shown that they have quite a command of the media landscape. >> she got a lot of questions about this. what do you think she should say when she's asked about how she handled the squad? >> presley said i'm focused...

Blowback on social media about it. but i found it a very interesting idea in terms of the sacrifice that 1% of the country pays and for the other 99% of us. >> o'rourke had a long history and served on the veteran affairs committee in congress and been concerned about the sort of unending wars that we've been in in the middle east and believe that's there needs to be more shared sacrifice and more of a sense of every american is paying attention to the fact that we have soldiers and troops all over the world and that other people should be -- sacrificing as well and that is why he put the poli...

>> it is bittersweet. today would have been jordan's 24th birthday and i wonder who would he become, what would he be doing, how would we be celebrating him today. but in a sense, i believe that i am celebrating his life as well as his death, working for common sense solutions, being able to be a part of the legislative body that can really help push the policy forward, to save as many lives as we can. and every day that i'm there, on the hill, every day that i'm talking to constituents, every day that i sit in the judiciary meetings, and hearings, i am reminded over and over again, that what ...

Everything he said has been things that people already knew about the president. we know he doesn't like deep policy discussions. the american people knew that. if they had wanted somebody who wanted to go into details on policy discussions they would have elected jeb bush or hillary clinton because they were much more policy forward candidates. trump runs the executive branch like a ceo. he is instinctual. he wants to delegate down. he tells people broadly what he believes in. is that the right thing for the country? that's left to be decided, but it is the way he chooses to lead and is his s...