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There, they ought to abolish the filibuster. that's his whole campaign in alabama. it's hard to understand that's politics. there's always a little bit of theater, always a little bit of stage management of these conflicts. i must say donald trump is not a millennial but he seems to have trouble understanding and connecting with mitch mcconnell too. i think that's about the different worlds of a lawmaker from way back from kentucky, and real estate developer from queens. these guys are not connected. in fact the president didn't just sit out the health care thing, he meddled in ways that made ...

Forum is different. what are the challenges for candidates and will be the challenges tonight with this type of debate? >> well, first, trying to make a clear connection with the people asking the questions. again, these people are voters, proxies for everybody else in the audience, in ways that journalists can't be. number two, you have stage management issues. if you're standing behind the podium, you're behind the podium, you can gesture, decide which camera to look at. you can get up and create some proximity with the people asking questions by walking up to them, by figuring out where you...

>> could be. i doubt if this is a transformation transformational movement. if a.p. reports are true, a cease-fire announced for southwestern syria sunday, in the works for quite some time. they didn't agree to this at this meeting. this has been developing for months, but it's still a success and interesting to see whether or not tillerson refers to this agreement, or whether they allow others to announce the israelis and jordanians are informally a part of this, because it bumps up against important real estate near the golan heights. it demonstrates, jim, i think that there is a basis for c...

Strict sort of definition against all abortion in all cases and you have a lot of members of the republican party who don't agree with that. >> this happens in every convention. >> it does. but now it adds fuel to the possible fire. >> i'll tell you how it comes up at the republican party for the reason that alex mentioned, which is the republican platform says that they are going to outlaw through a constitutional amendment, women's rights to make these reproductive choices even in the case of rape or incest. that is the national position. that platform gets ratified at the party and they don...