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Sounds like it was a wild night last nights on capitol hill. the house passed this formal rebuke of president trump. this resolution condemns the president's racist tweets that went after those four congresswomen of color and the vote fell largely down party lines. >> the vote itself was delayed nearly two hours amid a bitter partisan debate whether nancy pelosi a, the speaker of the house had actually violated house decorum rules by calling the president's tweets racist on the floor. now, this led to this moment with the congressman who was presiding over the house. >> we don't ever, ever wan...

People in congress to recognize that she's not just speaking for herself. she is speaking for an energy that's out there. and i'll also remind folks of something. two years ago roe kanna came in having defeated a relatively popular democratic incumbent. and roe kanna has established himself as a member of the house. he's working withal with all sorts of other people but he still suggest similar ideas that at times you may have to challenge incumbents. i think ocasio-cortez can say these things and can actually follow through in some cases and be an effective member of the house. i don't see th...

It's rather symbolic of everything going on. you have the massive groups out protesting. emotions are running extremely high, there's no excuse for what she did. representative cleaver, i think it's really disappointing that we're at a stage now where identity politics is so much the norman it's hitting a very raw nerve with a lot of americans. >> yes, well, it is. this is a very, very difficult moment in our nation. hopefully there can be some benefit from it. but i think what is going on right now is we are unable to understand it's a zero sum game. look, in the end, no matter what happens, ...

Folks there in charleston right now. congressman meeks, south carolina congressman jim clyburn said there was an element of disrespect with regards to april ryan. he also had that testy exchange with the correspondent yesterday from a jewish publication, immediately assuming this reporter was trying to label him as an anti-semite and asked him to sit down. what is it about this administration and its relationship with not just black voters and hispanic voters but minority voters in general? what is it about this administration in that relationship that gives you pause? >> number one, his words...

Devastating as those on some of the democrats who are around the presidential campaign of hillary clinton. so i think that -- i'm not sure that anybody else received any kind of warning. my e-mail information was placed on the internet. i was never warned until it was -- until i started getting calls from all over the country. most of them nasty. we just didn't have the information at the time. >> representative cleaver, what do you think should be done right now within the house and within the senate to make sure that the american public knows what happened. do you think that the information ...