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Democratic congressman, congresswoman or senator and yet you look what's happening in west virginia with you, you see joe donnelly is doing pretty well in indiana, a democrat, a very red state. you see phil breseden doing very well. he's got approval ratings that anybody would love to have right now. what seems to be the secret for democrats doing well in red states, or i guess you could say vice versa how would a republican do well in blue states? >> well, joe, the party really shouldn't change who we are. if you're a democrat or a republican you have an r or d by your name you're still the s...

When you have these families here and they hear words from president trump and the administration saying don't come, it's illegal, why are you even coming to bring your kids, how do you come to terms with their understanding of that, that knowing ultimately there are some of these families who have children under the age of 5 with the distance of miles between them? >> well, first of all, we still have the rule of law with asylum and they still have an opportunity to apply for asylum. whether you enter the united states illegally or legally. so that shouldn't change. if a person flees with jus...

I have senator angus king joining me now, senator from maine live on capitol hill. he's an independent who sits on the senate intel committee. senator, great to see you again. >> great to see you. >> we played that exchange with sean spicer in the briefing room yesterday. i know you believe the notion of russian meddling is one of the biggest attacks on this country. why is the president, the spokesperson for the white house not acknowledging that? >> well, it's worrisome. i guess why is because they've gotten tangled up on whether the trump campaign was involved with the russians, and i under...

That sit in all these briefings right now. do they get called on as much as they want? probably not. will that dynamic shift with the new administration? probably. i think this idea that the brady press room, the white house press corps is some exclusionary group that doesn't am lau individuals in to do real reporting and cover the administration is false. i think if the trump administration tries to continue to push that out there, they're not telling the truth about the white house press corps and what it actually represents. now, will they want better access for some of the publications the...

Was pushing really hard. >> congress to make more transparent the actual acts that transpired on behalf of the russian government. it's very clear that you can have statements. we know who won the election. that's not going to change. that shouldn't change, but we have elections coming up in france and germany and we know the russians are targeting those elections and want to subvert the democratic process. they were not just about delegitimizing the u.s., but europe with the transatlantic relationship. this is in no way aligned with american national interest. you have to reaction. that's goi...