statehouses control things. i'm sorry, mr. gonzales, i believe it is going to become a liberal talking point about small states. it is to protect the entity and sanctity, if you will, of the state. i was living in new york until i came back to maryland here, and working there in the city, the city hall there and the statehouse even in new york, they are accessible. i can find them in the community. liberals have the illusions of grandeur and they want to scale up all their ideas and make them federal and everything. but if you want to change the way your electors vote, you can do that at the statehouse. i just wish -- there is a chance to connect on the two sides if we meet in our states. that is a point i want to make. guest: you bring up a lot of good points. one of them that i can envision coming to pass is that if we get to october, november of this year and voters do not like the choices that they have, they do not like president trump or they may not even like the democratic nominee, there are other elections going on in

an additional congressional seat, one thing we are looking at is our ability to flip the texas statehouse from red to blue. we only need nine seats to flip texas. beto o'rourke won all of those seats last cycle. we have an upcoming special election in texas. it is not make or break to win the chamber, but if we flip it from red to blue, having a democrat holding the texas speaker's gavel gives us 80 -- seat at the table for redistricting. in 2010, republicans had this national strategy where they had an effort of flipping state legislatures and the idea was they wanted to get a 10 year control on the united states congress. now we are doing everything we can. we are better positioned than ever to flip state legislatures red to blue in advance of the 2021 congressional legislative redistricting. host: for those not involved in public -- politics, when you say flip, a slain what you mean. -- explain what you mean. guest: we have a national strategy to flip 13 states red to blue. the republicans have done a great effort to control legislative chambers. since trump, we have changed democratic

banning from the statehouse.h the mlk rally? >> yes, and the governor is saying that this is based on what he is calling the credible serious threats coming from the hate groups from outside of the state and militia groups, and he is saying that what the groups were planning to do or according to the intelligence was to disrupt this gun rights rally taking place on monday, and what did he do? he is declaring a it is the of emergency, and going into effect friday and ends on tuesday. he says not only does it include guns, but he says that it is also going to include sticks and chains. and he is basically going to lay it out in a press briefing that just wrapped up a little while ago. >> okay. >> what we have seen and heard in recent weeks has the potential to go far beyond the constitutionally protected rights. we are seeing threats of violence. we are seeing threats of armed confrontation and assault on our capitol. >> so again, this temporary ban, brooke, it is going to going into place friday evening, and it is

the statehouse is now democratic. they are able to push through these restrictions.u said, one handgun per month restriction, background checks and red flag laws. the concern is these militia groups, some of the more extremist groups, and we have seen arrests across the country, at least seven people arrested in the last 24 hours, both here and in the state of georgia. authorities are worried those groups could come into town and we could see a repeat of what we saw in 2017 in charlottesville. i can tell you a number of those militia leaders signed agreement they wouldn't return to charlottesville. we have seen them on the ground this morning. as of now, everything is quiet and peaceful. this is a pro gun rally, still a very one-sided rally. >> all right, cal perry. so far, so safe it would seem. hope that that's the case throughout the next hour and a half or so. that rally set to wrap up around 1:00, cal. >>> one gun owner sitting out is robin sort let, a mother of three, a volunteer with moms demand action. she advocates for stronger gun laws because, as she write

senator klobuchar was very instrumental to flip the statehouse from red to blue. she's been working with the state candidates. there's history there. we've worked with next gen climate and obviously we worked closely with everytown in virginia as well. i think we've had great history with the presidential candidates. this is a sea change in 2010. when i was the field director at dlcc, i went to the dnc in 2010, people were like, what are you talking about? it's a real difference to have presidential candidates across the country. and i think part of the reason they're doing this, obviously they really get it. they get down ballot redistricting. they get the impact of it. in addition to that, this is where democratic activists are. as soon as they went into states like iowa, new hampshire a state where we flipped both houses in 2018. in nevada where we flipped them in 2016 and defended three democratic members of the caucus from recall in 2017, those were states that people have a sense that the legislature is really important. i think they talked to democratic act

because for the most part with few exceptions, it is at the state level in our statehouses such as the one behind me that determine what the lines are going to look like and who is going to have the advantage. so in texas, which is take decision traditionally a republican state, if we get three new seats, republicans will gain strength. however, if the rumors that the state legislature here actually flipped to the democrats, then in that case that gives the advantage to the democrats. so here it is not just the shear numbers, but who is going to be controlling the statehouses come 2020 and when the lines are drawn in 2021 looking to 2022. >>> and that is a great point, it is not just the numbers. you have trends democrats are growing in states like florida, north carolina and texas because they are moving from states like connecticut, new jersey and new york. >> that's right. and it really depends where the new districts are located just because the states are red or purple like florida that somewhere gone to republicans in recent years, doesn't mean that it is necessarily going to hel

and then they compromised in 2000 it came in front of the statehouse.n he did that, we have a lot of people in south carolina dihave a great respect for the confederate flag not out of reasons of hate out of the fact that it service and their ancestors and sacrifice. that was the way they look at it and then you had obviously the small minority that saw it for what it was. but he hijacked what that was. take it a step further, go another day or two days after that and it was the first time that he was going to be in the courthouse and facing the judge. the families showed up, i'm prompted, unplanned, and one by one stood in front of the killer and forgave him. that forgiveness was so overwhelming that we didn't have protests, we had officials. we didn't have vitamins, we had was. and when we went through a tough few the where we have to debate where that confederate flag needed to go into the good people of south carolina stepped up and it was moved to the museum and the people of south carolina showed the entire world what it means to get through a tra

. >>> vermont governor, phil scott, delivered his state of the state address from the statehouse inmont peelier. at the beginning of his speech members of extinction rebellion began a protest about climate change causing the legislation to go into recess so police could remove the protesters.

and so we will have an opportunity this march to flip some of these pennsylvania statehouse seats. as folks know, pennsylvania is a major presidential battleground, and there is also a number of congressional parties across the state. so there is a lot of overlay, and our target is, the legislative level and the congressional map. let's talk about michigan. in michigan, incredibly democratic governor gretchen whit mer, an ally to us as we flip the state house red to blue. the state senate unfortunately is isn't up, the entire was up in 2018 but we have an opportunity to flip the michigan house. we gained five seats in the michigan house last election cycle and now we only need to flip four seats red to blue in order to flip michigan. we wanted a shot at the senate so we have to win the house to give governor whit mer a lever of power in the legislature. we know that republicans gerrymandered these maps. voters not politicians, passed a nonpartisan redistricting commission in michigan so it is certainly possible that is how redistricting will be done but scott walker's organization

guest: we don't have control any of the statehouses he listed. we are not gerrymandering how seats.hink you will see that is democrats take over. democrats could exert control over the redistricting process. the speaker supported an independent commission. democrats believe in fairness. democratsee that in run processes. host: could we see more independent commissions? guest: in north carolina, they would benefit. the republican controlled state legislature won't have it. put voters, not politicians in. a few things that happened, the state legislature had tried to defund the commission. 's organization was sued in federal court to dismantle the commission. republicans assault independent commissions. if they believed in fair districting, they would have done it in 2010 and they didn't. they have been struck down by many federal courts. support the independent commissions which they do not. host: good morning. caller: good morning, steve. how have you been? i am slowly recovering. i had my blood pressure up. i know when my blood pressure hits that mark. host: stay healthy. caller: i

. >>> vermont governor, phil scott, delivered his state of the state address from the statehouse inmont peelier. at the beginning of his speech members of extinction rebellion began a protest about climate change causing the legislation to go into recess so police could remove the protesters. [ applause ] >> thank you. mr. president, madam speaker, mr. chief justice, members of the general assembly, honored guests, today i welcome the opening of the legislative session with the same optimism i had as a freshman senator of washington county nearly two decades ago. i come before you to report on the state of the state, to reflect on the work we've done and to share a vision and priorities for our future. as elected officials, it's our duty to distinguish what must be done from what we might like to do, and to work together, pulling in the same direction to make a difference for those we serve. we meet at a time in our history when too many elected officials on both sides are choosing confrontation and partisan politics over collaboration. [ voices speaking ]. >> we call on everyone to hel

if our leaders in the statehouse in virginia, on television in new york, l.a., washington, if they aren effect pushing violent confrontation on the country, what should we conclude from that? >> well, we can conclude that these gun-control laws have nothing to do with actual safety. it has nothing to do with saving lives. it is about accumulation of power and control. that's all this is about. it's always been that way. >> tucker: so, we did a couple years ago, a segment. it's actually quite powerful in virginia. that's not an opinion. we were announced as bigots for pointing out that there was a gang that killed salvadoran immigrants in virginia. when you be upset about ms-13? >> yeah, you absolutely would if that was the case that you were actually worried about saving lives. >> tucker: [laughs] >> the whole point is to create an environment of chaos so that we are forced to depend on them completely for our safety. when you are a firearm owner -- >> tucker: finish that sentence peered >> when you own a firearm, when you are a citizen that owns a firearm, yoe depend on the government

group of latino folks, muslim folk of whatever color, say we're going to gather at an american statehousemaybe in front of congress, with weapons to protest laws we don't like. do we think for one second the president of the united states and other leaders and commentators would go, this is a very bold statement of constitutional liberty? no. they would be calling it insurrection, terrorism. but when white folks gather with a bunch of guns and essentially threaten civil war we go back and say isn't that funny? isn't that interesting? we would never respond the same way if these folks were black or brown and anyone who is honest knows it. >> what do you think of governor ralph northah, how he is injected in this, particularly after his blackface scandal? >> he has so little credibility, i think, in the state, fred, and definitely amongst the african-american community, he has been, in some ways, the face of what we are experiencing with respect to this rally. it's a little ironic that he is taking the charge, that he's the leader that has to be the one on the front lines, calling for calm,

last election from the first time in nigeria 2025 and 29 and to legislate for the people and those statehouses of assembly because the average age of african leaders is about 64 there are people today who have no public office and how do we expect to make progress how do we expect to address those economic challenges leadership quex look at boko haram that they recruit these young people because we have much more young people that my generation is rising but no we will take action and then to say enough is enough. we care about our future to bring africa back to progress. >> what do you want us to know about the region that you are in with a historically high number of women there are many signs of progress which i'm trying to get at but across the region a very challenging environment. >> what do you want us to know here in washington about the region and the opportunity of this approach when most of what we hear that is the direction? >> i have to congratulate that talks about preventing violent extremism problem to be addressed but i think 30 or 40 years and violent religious extremism of t

statehouses control things. , i sorry, mr.onzales believe it is going to become a liberal talking point about small states. it is to protect the entity and sanctity, if you will, of the state. i was living in new york until i came back to maryland here, and working there in the city, the city hall there and the statehouse even in new york, they are accessible. i can find them in the community. liberals have the illusions of grandeur and they want to scale up all their ideas and make them federal and everything. but if you want to change the way your electors vote, you can do that at the statehouse. i just wish -- there is a chance to connect on the two sides if we emit -- if we meet in our states. that is a point i want to make. guest: you bring up a lot of good points. one of them that i can envision coming to pass is that if we get to october, november of this year and voters do not like the choices that they have, they do not like president trump or they may not even like the democratic nominee, there are other elections go

joe biden were there, and elizabeth warren and bernie sanders linked arms during the march at the statehousecolumbia. two senators have exchanged sharp words after the last democratic debate. kelsey gabbard and amy klobuchar also took part. >>> joe biden now leads the democrat feel and iowa. it shows him a 24%, sen. elizabeth warren is next with 18%, former south bend indiana mayor, pete buttigieg, has 16%, sen. bernie sanders, 14%, and sen. amy klobuchar with 11%. the iowa caucuses will be held two weeks today. >>> boeing is looking to borrow $10 billion to offset rising cost following two deadly crashes of the 737 max planes. the report found the company has secuks so far, and is now talking to other lenders for the rest of the money. going has suspended production of the 737 max a jet, the planes have been grounded for the past 10 months and it is unclear when the max jets will return to circulation. the company disclosed the new software issue with the plane just last week. >>> health officials in china say there is evidence a new type of coronavirus is now being transmitted from person-

. >> laura: i pressed one of the state democrats on gun control advocate who is now in the statehoused, sheriff, the guns that are in possession of people now would i be grandfathered in and they wouldn't be forced to be turned over, you wouldn't have to turn your guns over. but that is not what i understand, there is a lot of loosey-goosey language in this legislation that would mean you become a felon if you own a particular type of semiautomatic weapon that has a big enough magazine in it. more than ten, you are in big trouble.ma >> absolutely, senate bill 16 in the committee last week, also a health bill to the same effect that could gun grabin semiautomatic weapons like the ar-15 which is a light rifle. that is nothing but a .22 caliber rifle, not much more than a squirrel gun. these high-capacity magazines, why are we telling homeowners that they can't have a high-capacity magazine there to defend themselves in these situations? we hear of cases all the time where we have home intruders coming into residences, they need a high-capacity magazine to be able to defend themselves. a

students, but perhaps those students are just following the lead of white republicans in the wisconsin statehouse, one of whom suggested the state celebrate the annual black history month by honoring a list of -- wait for it -- mostly white people, six white abolitionists, four black slaves and unnamed members of a local native american tribe. perhaps worse, the lawmaker said his intent was to appeal to his white republican colleagues who have tried to disrupt the observation of black history month in the past. i cannot believe this lead saying, but black history month is meant to honor the historical contributions of, well, black people. there's nothing stopping any legislator from recognizing white abolitionists and allies during any of the other 11 months of the year. but instead, the wisconsin gop would rather steal black people's thunder. i know you some wisconsinits refer to yourselves as cheese heads. but when it comes to race, maybe you could be a little less literal about it. i gotcha. >>> welcome back. we're less than one month away from the first votes being cast in the democratic pres

that event ended at the statehouse that flew a confederate flag and continued flying the flag until 2015that's the democrats commemorating martin luther king. the current president of the united states made a quick trip in d.c., tweeting, it was exactly three years ago today, january 20, 2017, i was sworn into office. so appropriate that today is also martin luther king day. african-american unemployment is the lowest in the history of our country by far. that tweet was sandwiched between him whining about impeachment and supporting a gun rally in richmond, virginia, where a completely different scene was taking place. we'll talk about what happened there next. ♪ some things are too important to do yourself. get customized security with 24/7 monitoring from xfinity home. awarded the best professionally installed system by cnet. simple. easy. awesome. call, click or visit a store today. >>> thousands of protesters gathered in richmond, virginia, today for what was billed as a second amendment protest of the state legislature which is moving forward on several gun control measures includin

worried that things would get out of hand so they decided to ban weapons from being brought onto statehousest week. the governor declared a state of emergency but that did not seem to stop the turnout. we saw people coming out here with their guns in plain view whether it be handguns our ar-15s. people wanted to make sure they had their voices heard. we spoke to the organizer of the rally and he said virginians were worried that their second amendment rights would be trampled on. >> the governor declared war on law-abiding gun owners with a whole series of bills and activated grassroots activists across the state. >> among the new measures that are up for debate, they included limiting handgun purchases to one every 30 days, and asking local governments to ban firearms in certain public spaces. president trump talke tweeted at the gun debate here saying this is an issue that republicans will be talking about going into 2020. people were respectful to each other while we were out here and we didn't see any fights breaking out. >> i'm glad it didn't. back to our top story. less than 24 hours

one, the democrats flipped the legislature, they flipped the statehouse and so they are now in chargeoing to be changes to gun laws. they passed three laws one of which has a lot of people talking, you can only get one gun a month, for example, but there are other laws that are being considered that have people up in arms. >> ellie, i want to ask you of what we know of the people who were arrested, the so-called neo nazis, who are they and what were their intentions? >> they belong to a group called the base. it's small in number. it's not clear how many belong to it. while both the base and people who are at charlottesville are white supremacists, they believe very different things. in charlottesville they wanted to look middle class and they wanted to be influencing mainstream politics. the base and groups like that, they want to do violence. they want to scare people. they want to bring about the collapse of society. they're called accelerationists and they want to do that by doing violent. if society collapses, then people would be more willing to accept extreme options. >> i appr

legacy today, democratic presidential candidates linked arms with each other and marched to the statehouseousands of others. moments like these are what we need more of, don't you agree? >> we need more of that and it once again shows the contrast between the democratic party and the republican party. i agree with bakari, this is combat sport and they should be aggressive in their disagreements but they're marching in south carolina for dr. king's dream while gun rights people are marching in richmond and donald trump is encouraging them. there's two different messages, two different communities they're trying to reach out to and the african-american community traditionally has been support of the democratic party for the past 50 years or so because of that reason. >> there's nothing wrong with gun rights. >> that's the problematic part of the message with that is people have the right to support gun rights and the second amendment but it's just an martin luther king day, the prince of peace you're going to hold a rally on gun right ss? >> the march was peaceful but go on. >> what i want t

with us the statehouse reporter for "the des moines register" stephen miller.oking at that and to ask the other question here, 40% said their mind was made up. that means 60% of the people this far in still does not know what they're going to do. what has to happen? what haven't they heard yesterday yyet to solidly back somebody? >> that's right, 60% still has to make up their minds. that 40% number is actually up from november, the last time we did a poll. slowly but surely iowans are starting to decide. in the last few weeks people who have been on the fence will make up their minds and the candidates need to make sure the people supporting them on caucus night february 3rd and anything they can do to fire up their supporters and convince somebody they are the most likely to win, that's what they need to be doing the last few weeks here. >> i want to highlight a couple of other things. the strengths for bernie sanders. his ability to empathize, 91%. these are people who say they will vote for bernie sanders. ability to emphasize, 91%, political resume, 87%, l

. >>> next up, pro-gun rally near the virginia statehouse. it's tense down there.hat it's like on the ground from one of our reporters. reporters. ♪ ♪ ♪ everything your trip needs for everyone you love. expedia. you get more thanlove. yourfree shipping.ir, you get everything you need for your home at a great price, the way it works best for you, i'll take that. wait honey, no. when you want it. you get a delivery experience you can always count on. you get your perfect find at a price to match, on your own schedule. you get fast and free shipping on the things that make your home feel like you. that's what you get when you've got wayfair. so shop now! >>> annual gun rights rally drew thousands of people today to virginia state house. gun rights activists and militia groups gathered in downtown richmond today to protest several bills proposed. state and local officials were afraid of fringe groups in a violence during the rally an enso it took or they took precautions. weapons are banned from areas in front of the state house and the governor declared a temporary st

we have a 90% track record of stopping bad nra bills in statehouses.democrats alike agree that these laws, after they see the research and data, save lives in their states. that's why constituents and leaders support these laws. obviously we need them at a federal level, but we have to have the right president and right congress in state. we'll continue to go state by state in places like virginia, we'll pass a strong red flag law there. this is the last gasp of extremists who are angry and they are armed. they will not subvert democracy. constituents in virginia will have the last say. >> how do you respond to the law abiding gun owner, not the person who will be extreme about this, who does believe this curtails their rights, purchasing, carrying a weapon for personal protection. how do you make the argument that there are people on the other side of the issue open to having this discussion? >> about 80% of gun owners and even 74 brs of nra members support stronger laws like a background check on every gun sale. so we have many gun owners who are par

my latehe independence, buddy don tibbetts was the statehouse bureau chief for many years, and he didot like that term, independents. he called them undeclared voters. it was not like they were in the independent party. but they were at least a third of the electorate. they can walk into the polling station on election morning and say, i want a democratic ballot, , and vote for the democrat. backcan come right out, go up to the people at the registration office and say, switch me back to undeclared or independent. they can do it on the republican side. been't know if there has any really good analysis of how much of an effect that was. but i think you can see it over the years in certain races. barry goldwater, mr. conservative republican, versus nelson rockefeller, new york eastern establishment. they lost to a guy with a write-in, and i think that was because people were upset with the choices, and people who may have not had a particular party affiliation decided they were going to do that. was certainly on antiwar vote and 1972 on antiwar vote. you have people going on one side or

please welcome them and get to know them so that you can do a nextand educated vote november for our statehouse. one of the things -- i would not chair if i did not take the time to talk a little is toout how important it get out and do caucus on february 3. i don't care who you support. but it is important you get out on february 3 and have your voice heard. this is grassroots politics at the very beginning. and this is where you can have an impact on how our country is leading. so please take the opportunity to find out where your caucuses are, support who you -- whoever you want to support. and make sure that your issues are known when you go through the platform process. it is a very important part for the process that you can be a part of. it doesn't just end on february 3. there is opportunities in the state, in the local party, to stay involved. and that really is what we need. we need more people at the local level to be involved. this is a participatory government. we haveesponsible, responsibilities as a citizen to make sure that our legislators, our president, our congresspeople do w

women win. ( cheers and applause ) took back the house and we took back statehouses around the nationuse of women candidates and the women who do the hard work toet it done. >> reporter: former mayor pete "electability" on his outreach to non-democrats. his venue? a town hall hosted by fox news. >> i'm meeting a lot o i republicans who arng to my events. if you're having trouble looking your kids in the eye and explaining this presidency to them, at you have a choice.ti >> reporter:, even though iowa's caucuses are just a week away, it was not the sole focus of the leang candidates. former vice president joe biden was in new hampshire, where the primary is set for theollowing week. for the "pbs newshour," i'm john yang.f: >> woodrhat brings us to politics monday. that's amy walter of the "cook political report" and public radio's "pitics with amy walter." and tamara keith of npr is her she co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." podcast. hello to boft you. we can feel it now, just a wee away, the iowa caucuses but we will start out talking about impeachment because it isum cog still so m

right to protect myself d >> branghaocrats swept the last election, winning control of the virginia statehouse for the first time in over 25 years. after a mass shooting in virginia beach last year where 12 people died, demoran and won on a gun control platform. among the laws democrats are considering are a suite of gun contl measures, including an assault weapons ban, universal background checks for nearly als sales, acalled red flag laws where officials can temporarily take gunfrom someone deemed to be dangerous. patrick hope is a virgia democrat who chairs the house's public safety commtee. he's championed several gun control measures, and says he'se been threateneuse of it: >> there's more than 100 people who die every single day and what you see on the news are the mass shootings, but what you don't see are the number of shootings in communities of color, neighborhoods, of the suicides because people have access to guns. and there are too many guns that are readily accessible to too many people. >> brangham: when the democrats won, and made all those promise of what they wnna do, what wa

that event ended at the statehouse that flew a confederate flag and continued flying the flag until 2015ocrats commemorating martin luther king. the current president of the united states made a quick trip in d.c., tweeting, it was exactly three years ago today, january 20, 2017, i was sworn into office. so appropriate that today is also martin luther king day. african-american unemployment is the lowest in the history of our country by far. that tweet was sandwiched between him whining about impeachment and supporting a gun rally in richmond, virginia, where a completely different scene was taking place. we'll talk about what happened there next. you make time... when you can. but sometimes life gets in the way, and that stubborn fat just won't go away. coolsculpting takes you further. a non-surgical treatment that targets, freezes, and eliminates treated fat cells for good. discuss coolsculpting with your doctor. some common side-effects include temporary numbness, discomfort, and swelling. don't imagine results, see them. coolsculpting, take yourself further. save $100 on your coolscu

we took back statehouses around the country. state legislatures. how? candidates and women who said, i am in this fight all the way. women who came in and helped make this happen. now, don't get me wrong, lots of good men in it, too, but lots of women who gave this lift. so, look at the data. you know, look, i'm the only person who is running who has beaten an incumbent republican any time in the last 30 years. and we got a lot of evidence women can make this happen. so, women win. let's keep that in mind and let's level that playing field, and now let's talk about some of the issues. how we get people excited. how we get them out there. how we pull our party together. and how we pull in some republicans. that's how it is we're going to win. >> i want to ask that question. you said how to pull our party together. do you worry -- >> uh-huh. >> i mean, look, i think sometimes people make a little too much of the natural conflict and friction that happens in a primary. it's an election. that's what conflict's about. but do you worry about that? is that som

she is a statehouse reporter at the hartford courant. she is in the middle of reporting this herself. daniela, i appreciate you making time to be with us on short notice. >> sure, thank you. >> let me just ask you about robert hyde. 24 hours ago he certainly was not a national figure. i know that you have covered him in his congressional campaign in the fifth congressional district in connecticut. i want to get your reaction to the top line of his surfacing in this dramatic way released by congress. >> it was interesting you read these messages that were released in the house intelligence committee documents and the language is certainly very on point of what we've heard from him in the past on his own twitter feed and just comments that he's made to various reporters about various public figures. he's using sort of the same tone, especially as it relates to women in, you know, positions of power. >> in terms of the implications of his exchanges with mr. parnas here, i found myself reading this feeling that i wanted to know more about mr

it's how we take back statehouses all around this country. it's how we win as democrats up and down the ticket. we're the party that's not just for the rich guys who are pulling all the strings in washington. we're the party to make this government work for everyone. >> senator, quickly before we go to the break. >> sure. >> have you written questions -- for the next two days you're going to have a chance to submit written questions to either the house managers or president's defense lawyers. have you written questions yet and do you have any you can share with us? >> i have. they're not ready to share yet. one of the things we're actually doing in the senate is a lot of us are talking with each other. so there's no point in 15 of us asking exactly the same question and having to cycle it through 15 different times. so right now we're doing a lot of coordination and making sure we get all the areas covered. so i think the questions are going to be interesting over the next couple of days. >> senator elizabeth warren, thank you very much for j

sent to harrisburg, pennsylvania, to help preserve the democratic majority in the pennsylvania statehouse which was a critical state for redistricting. and it was a tough road. at dlcc i saw late spending in states we couldn't lose like wisconsin going into the election cycle and it was really hard. i was on the ground on election night in harrisburg and the news came out that we had lost so many elections across the country. we had lost one state after another. and the republicans really were prepared. they spent $30 million to our only $10 million of the dlcc that cycle. so the worst news of all came when we lost pennsylvania. and i got a call from one of our colleagues back in headquarters, and she said we had lost 21 other state legislative chambers. that news threw me to the sidewalk outside of the smoky barn in harrisburg and you can still smoke in some bars in pennsylvania that was news to me. in 2010 you certainly could. and so i walked out of the smoky bar covered in smoke, and curled up on the cold harrisburg sidewalk and it was a rainy horrible night. and i cried a few tears. b

governor can ban the carrying of weapons for the pro-second amendment rally at the statehouse.ger than ever, adding to the tension, the fbi has arrested a handful of accused neo-nazis attached to a number of groups. in one case, three of them were, according to the associated press, going to attend. the democratic governor said he is worried about monday's rally. so worried, he is using his emergency powers to ban guns and call in heavy security. >> it's the first rally in decades where you have a second amendment rally, and there is no guns there. virginia is mostly red when it comes to landmass. a very specific subset in northern virginia, richmond and on the sure. i find it amazing they think they can sweep away the second amendment and i think there's going to be backlash. >> denver riggle may represent the largest district in virgin virginia. virginia gun sales in december hit the second-highest monthly total since 1990. democrats flip to the virginia house blue in the off year election, and this week, the state senate passed three laws, senate bill 35 authorizing any loca

my late buddy don tibbetts was the statehouse bureau chief for many years, and he did not like that termindependents. he called them undeclared voters. it was not like they were in the independent party. but they were at least a third of the electorate. they can walk into the polling station on election morning and say, i want a democratic ballot, and vote for the democrat. they can come right out, go back up to the people at the registration office and say, switch me back to undeclared or independent. they can do it on the republican side. i don't know if there has been any really good analysis of how much of an effect that was. but i think you can see it over the years in certain races. lodge being one. barry goldwater, mr. conservative republican, versus nelson rockefeller, new york eastern establishment. they lost to a guy with a write-in, and i think that was because people were upset with the choices, and people who may have not had a particular party affiliation decided they were going to do that. and 1968 was certainly on antiwar vote and 1972 an antiwar vote. you have people goi

we took back statehouses around this country. why?ause of women candidates and won who got out to support anhe make sure democrats got elected. what the data show are women candidates have been outperforming men candidates in competitive elections since donald trump was elected. let's face it, women win. judy: but youtill have, senator, it is clear from talkg to voters, a lot of them believe, they are worried if a woman is the democratic nominee, she will not be abl compete. sen. warren: there were a lot of people worried a catholic could not win in 1960,ored an african-american could not win in 2008. but we are better party thanth , a better country than that. the democrats stepped up and id we will nominate the person we think will make the best president of the united states. that is exactly what they did and they changed america. this is our chance to change america in 2020. judy: senator elizabeth warren, thank you. sen. warren: thank you. judy: to you our viewers, please continue to tune into our special live coverage of the imp

we won the statehouse in the state senate. and louisiana kentucky out they have in common?ht before the democratic governors were elected guest to campaign for their opponents? donald trump. the question is where can we send them next? that happened. you know when you look at those states that was a big coalition. that was our fired up days and was also moderate republicans and independents back. by the way if we can win in the state of kentucky and louisiana and in alabama and in kansas you tell me that they cannot win the u.s. senate seat in the state of iowa. you can win that senate seat and we can win that seat. [applause] i mean look at what you did. you sent abby and cindy to the u.s. congress and the last election. you elected dave and soon to be read and came close to sending steve king away from washington, away from his seat in this time you'll do it and elect j.d.. you can do that but only, only if we understand we have to bring people with us instead of shutting them out. only if we put someone at the top of the ticket we need a wide coalition and we need to go

warren: we took back the house, we took back the house, statehouses.ice anden ran for women showed up to make those elections when a. -- elections winnable. i say that to level the playing field. i just want to be clear. women win. [cheers and applause] i think the fundamental question for everyone is ok, i hear it, but how are we going to beat donald trump? in the answer lies in what i have already talked to you about. this is the most corrupt administration in history. we are going to beat donald trump by drawing back -- drawing that distinction. i saying we can either have a government that is the private -- private plaything of the rich and powerful, cronyism, or we can have a government that works for the people. that is the contrast i will draw. that is the fight we will have. we are going to beat him. [cheers and applause] we hemp -- we are going to beat him on it because democrats can pull together on this. democrats can all run on this. democrats can all run on a wealth tax. democrats can all run on expanding social security. we have a whole g

we won in the statehouse and state senate. have innow what they common?he night before those democratic governors were elected, guess who went down and campaigned for their opponent? donald trump. where can we send him next? that happened. you know when you look at those states that was a big coalition, that was a big tent. that was our fired up base but a andof republicans independents. if we can win in the state of kentucky and louisiana like doug jones won in alabama and laura in kansas, do not tell me we can't win the u.s. senate state in the state of iowa. we can win that seat. look at what you did. you sent abby and cindy to the u.s. congress in the last election. dave and soon-to-be rita and yes, came very close to sending steve came away from washington, away from his seat and this time, you will do it and elect. you can do that, but only if we understand that we have to bring people with us instead of shutting them out. only if we put someone at the top of the ticket with a big tent and wide coalition and long gottails, and we need to not just wh

how many states right now are in turmoil, like irginia, with all the gun laws going to democrat statehousesnd democratic governors. you got marco rubio in florida pushing a federal red flag law. host: we are back to impeachment, though. why do you think it's a false flag? those are two unrelated things as far as what is going on impeachment side and what you are speaking about. caller: it's a false flag because they have distracted the average joe like me from what's going on in my statehouse in kentucky. they're pushing the same laws through kentucky, through a democratic congress, and no one is paying attention. host: you are paying attention. respectfully, you are paying attention to it because you brought it forward in the call. if that's the case -- caller: it's why i brought it forward, because i talked to my friends, they didn't have the slightest idea. host: ok. that's noah in kentucky. previous caller asked about polls. here ison mccardell. >> pedro, we do try to give the callers what they ask for. the caller said he hadn't heard much about polls. i would point the caller to 538.co