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Hold the nation's first hearings on the idea of medicare for all. you can see evidence of pressure on that account today as well. a reporter with think progress today followed supporters of medicare for all as they showed up too at the capitol hill offices of freshmen members of congress who had run saying they supported medicare for all. now is the time for activists to hold them to it. this means new congressman like ayanna pressley from pennsylvania and alexandria ocasio-cortez from new york. when activists supporting the same goal showed up last year in support of the affordable care act, ...

The new democratic majority will hold the nation's first hearings on the idea of medicare for all. you can see evidence of pressure on that account today as well. a reporter with think progress today followed supporters of medicare for all as they showed up, too, at the capitol hill offices, freshmen members of congress who had run saying they support medicare for all. now activists will hold them to it. ayanna presley of massachusetts. with they showed up last year in support of the affordable care act, they were escorted out by police. this time, new day. they were welcomed in. congresswoman...

Welcome back, everyone. joining us now, co-founder of axios, mike allen. good to have you with us this morning. what is the one big thing for us? >> the axios one big thing, beto 2020. so the happiest loser in america, beto o'rourke, congressman from texas who, of course, lost that texas race the ted cruz but is the hottest topic as we talk to people about potential 2020 democratic candidates. there was a poll out yesterday that showed him at the top of the field from think progress. why is that? look at the fact that the last two presidents have been people who were insurgent candidates witho...

Accidentally found a boyfriend. >> tucker: am i misunderstanding this or do the social media platforms have a congressional exemption that allows them not to be held legally responsible for things that are set on their platform, in other words, they are not media companies and it can't be sued as media companies can be sued? but now they are acting like media companies, how does that work? >> how it works as they have the best of both worlds. you have it exactly right, they are treated like media platforms, meaning they are just an open site where people can post what they want as long as they...

There you have it. that's my kryptonite. i can't say those things. the website think progress today picked up this graphic that isthmus made to show the results this year in wisconsin. it's clear as you can get in terms of showing what happened in this election and showing the challenges for democratic party nationwide. in wisconsin this year, democrats actually did great. democrats sort of ran the table in wisconsin. and this actually shows the democratic votes and the republican votes for all the statewide races that were on the ballot in wisconsin this year. so secretary of state in wiscons...