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Now there's these new wave of members of congress who tweet, who go online and engage their supporters regularly in a different way than nancy pelosi does. i think that's the real dividing line here. >> congresswoman presley was asked about this today and here's what she had to say about it. take a look. >> ask you about the feud between the speaker and aoc. >> i'm not aware of any feud. i've had 18 shootings in my district, that's what i'm focused on. >> okay. well, picking up on a point that joel made, what could democrats learn from what republicans went through? john boehner having to deal...

Mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election." with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the "new york times." and again, the book is "confirmation bias: inside washington's war over the supreme court." from scalia's death, let's not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it's great to have you. >> thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. >> carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? >> it's in tatters. i m...

Was going to stop president obama. now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank. there was a debate that night. they didn't want other republicans to get out ahead of them. but even senator mcconnell didn't know how much it was going to help donald trump. and it led to donald trump being able to hold on to conservatives and evangelicals who were concerned about his character. republicans, as we both know, vote a lot more on the court than democrats have in the past. so it set off this cascading series of events. the court could have fl...

Now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank. there was a debate that night. they didn't want other republicans to get out ahead of them. but even senator mcconnell didn't know how much it was going to help donald trump. and it led to donald trump being able to hold on to conservatives and evangelicals who were concerned about his character. republicans, as we both know, vote a lot more on the court than democrats have in the past. so it set off this cascading series of events. the court could have flipped under president obama to a li...

We are back with to lew olorunni olorunnipa. as promised i want to read you the words from ann coulter today. let's talk about the president's right flank. national emergency won't help. it is over if he signs this bill. in the second tweet she writes, there's no coming back from this. no emergency or presidential powers will allow him to build the wall ever. after he signs this bill, trump has just agreed to fully open borders. so tolu, the question is how does he handle the base with talk like that out there? >> the white house is sensitive to some of the conservative pundits and talk show h...