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The answer to the questions. biden is spry and energetic but he is from another generation. born a year yeah before d-day. if elected he would be older on inauguration on the next oldest president, ronald reagan was, when he left office. he is old enough to be a.o.c.'s great grandfather. so when they throw out an ideological litmus test, joe biden doesn't argue. he just agrees. the latest test is about abortion. since 1976 the law called the hyde amendment prohibited the federal government paying for abortion. for more than 40 years the law supported strong popular support. overwhelming majori...

>> she is not wanting to go far to be publicly for her which is what created the blowback when she was revealed to host this breakfast for him next month in chicago. she pulled back from doing that which is the best indicator yet of the changing politics of abortion in democratic politics. less tolerance for anti-abortion governors in the party and what's happening in the gop who is way on the right in the abortion issue. i was talking to progressive activists, and i'll tell you what, they are sick of this congressman who has opinion there for about ten years now. his dad had the seat before h...

>> reporter: those comments coming despite reports ocasio-cortez threatened to draw up a list of democrats siding with republicans. retribution coming in the form of being challenged in the primary by progressive democrats. >> what i'm saying is that you are -- by separating yourselves out from the caucus, you have made a list in the vote count of the caucus of democrats that is susceptible to republican manipulation. and frankly, will be held accountable by progressive activists. >> reporter: centrist democratic speaking out against pressure to shift left. >> democrats shouldn't be in the bus...

Make of the president's theory, he's got all the enthusiasm behind him, so if the republicans lose that's not on him. >> he ain't entirely wrong. the fact of the matter is that the base of the republican party has become a trumpian base. he understands, by some kind of instinctual method that he has where their heart is. he's very effective at riling them. farrel instinct. now you have a congress that's delivering some results for the republican party. >> to that exact point i want to talk about the president's base and the country at large. there's a new piece out about the hidden tribes and ...

Live in a world cloaked with political correctness. >> i'm almost sick and tired of winning. it's good news for republicans, a huge problem for the democrats. the straw that broke the camel's back was transgenderrism. i think it's because it's one thing to tell a guy to wish someone a happy holiday instead of merry christmas it's another to follow that guy's daughter into into the changing room at the public pool because men are women and women are men. that reality is settling in. this creates a huge problem for democrat ps only people who are pro-pc according to the poll are rich overcredent...