what is the relationship between chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell? mr. wong: i think schumer is seen as more of a deal maker compared to harry reid. harry reid was somebody who often would throw up roadblocks in the process and accuse republicans of doing the same. he was a fiery leader. obviously, a former boxer. chuck schumer is from new york, he is much more of a deal maker. it will be interesting to see how chuck schumer not only works across the aisle with mitch mcconnell and with his fellow new yorker donald trump, who he has known for decades. that is one relationship all of washington will be watching. >> a preview of what is ahead for the lame-duck session. our guest is scott wong. you can follow his reporting at thehill.com. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] a look at ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," author stephen puleo discussing his book "american treasures: the secret effort to save t

i think chuck schumer is much smarter than harry reid.ican amendments through when he was majority leader and he took the unprecedented and traumatic steps of invoking the nuclear option. i think senator chuck schumer will be more judicious of when democrats try to use a filibuster. but they don't have a filibuster proof majority there. democrats look at 2018 are defending 23 seats, two independents that caucus with democrats. really look at 25 seats and 5 of those states democrats will be defending are states donald trump won by double digits. >> jessica, in terms of where they could come together, where do you think are the primary areas where they can come to some agreement? >> i would like to say i don't think we should be saying whether chuck schumer or harry reid was smarter. infrastructure for sure, the transportation bill is something that rattled republicans, that donald trump is always talking about big spending projects. i think criminal justice reform is somewhere where they can come together. i think we can work together ther

. >> that was new york senator chuck schumer wednesday.r election defeat. schumer was chosen to lead senate democrats wednesday, replacing retiring minority leader harry reid. his election a somewhat easier path than the one facing nancy pelosi with ohio congressman tim ryan announcing thursday that he'll challenge her for the top democratic post in the house. we're back with dan henninger, jason riley, mary kissel, and james freeman. dan, you've known chuck schumer for a while. what kind of a politician is he? >> he's a politician who loves to do politics, paul. i will say the one thing that's going to happen in washington is that the long eight-year political desert under barack obama is about to end. i mean obama's problem in large part was he just didn't do retail politics. he didn't like to mix it up with people. donald trump is going to be on that phone all day long. i think both republicans and democrats and one of his main correspondents is going to be chuck schumer. now, whether anything comes of that is a good question. schumer i

see improvement with chuck schumer.bout donald trump's agenda actually dove tame doved what senator schumer would want to accomplish. and a productive relationship with donald trump. yeah, i think it is an opportunity. we might see things we haven't seen in a while. >> and i mean, donald trump made it cheer all along he's a negotiator. you never know what opportunities that will bring for the democrats as well. all right. thank you. >> take advantage of that. >> they will. josh and maria, thanks for coming on and sharing your perspectives. appreciate it. >>> up next on the "newsroom," growing fear of illegals deportations, things heating up at the border pretty fast. we're going to show you. up next. when you hit 300,000 miles. or here, when you walked away without a scratch. maybe it was all the times it got you safely out there. or all the times it got you out of there. maybe it was the day your baby came home. or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. every subaru is built to earn your trust. be

dan, you've known chuck schumer for a while. kind of a politician is he?he's a politician that loves to do politics, paul. the one thing that's going to happen in washington is that the long eight-year political desert under barack obama is about to end. obama's problem in large part was he just didn't do retail politics. he didn't like to mix it up with people. donald trump is going to be on that phone all day long i think with both republicans and democrats, and one of his main correspondents will be chuck schumer. whether anything comes of that is a good question. he's being pushed by his left. you saw bernie sanders in the back of the photograph and by elizabeth warren, especially the democratic caucus in the house which is dominated by people on the left. the question is whether or not donald trump's intention to do things to grow the economy like cutting, say, corporate taxes, is going to get support on the democratic side. >> so that's the key, jason, is that he's going to have the running room, schumer, to negotiate with the president. >> i agree.

chuck schumer is on his way to meet with president elect trump, mike pence.ike pence has been taking meetings today already with speaker paul ryan and moments a ago, we saw him with leader pelosi and all trying to talk about the future of the trump administration and getting work done on the hill come 2017. is this really a safe promise for the hill coming up in the new year. as everyone says they want to find common ground. >>. >> we are beginning to discuss areas that we might move forward together. that's what the american people want us to do. >> here we have vice president elect pence coming to the capitol to visit as the democrats are formulating a strategy to work with trump. the new york times suggesting that -- joining me from washington is our congressman adam shifts. it is good to have you with me. do you think your party can work with president elect trump and what are the areas that's non-negotiatable? >> his proposal to dramatically expand infrastructure and invest in infrastructure. it is something that democrats have champion for a long time a

now they have chuck schumer. you know, this is where you lick your wounds but you end up healing and hope for some breaks. euro you're not going to get it in month one but you hope to lay the groundwork. you end up seeing chuck schumer with democrats playing defense instead of offense. >> is that why we've seen what appears to be a more coordinated -- i don't want to call it attack but coordinated questioning of some of donald trump's hires already? his transition despite what he says, reports there were some issues there. but steve bannon, chuck schumer answered the question, he said, you know, i've given my -- >> right. >> if steve bannon is the person that his words have indicated, that his website he leads have indicated, you would think this is open territory for democrats to say are you kidding me. in a coordinated way. >> i've actually seen it in a coordinated way. democrats, whether it was chuck schumer or down to people like bob casey, the democratic senator from pennsylvania. almost everyone i follow in

. >>> coming up, new york democratic senator chuck schumer has a message for trump.ready to fight. zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. this black friday at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >> with president-elect trump set to take office and republicans in charge of the house and senate, it's soul searching time for the democrats as they search for a way forward. senator chuck schumer says it will be a tenuous relationship between congress and the president. >> we're not going to work with him for the sake of working with him. we won't oppose him because he says something -- says something that trump sponsors. let me give you a couple examples on both sides. surprisingly, on certain issues, candidate trump voiced very progressive and populist opinions. for instance, getting rid of the carried interest loophole. changing our trade laws dramatically. a large infrastructure bill, cleaning up the swamp in washington. >> donald trump tweeted compliments to the incomin

chuck schumer is -- i voted for chuck. i think chuck schumer is going to be doing an excellent job in a very, very difficult environment. and his job is to bring together the diverse points of view within the democratic focus. nancy pelosi, if she is real or -- is reelected to that position or whoever is elected, will have an equally difficult job. those are the leaders of the congressional democratic party. we do not over the leader of the dnc will be. i'm supporting keith ellison because, as i mentioned a moment ago, i think it is time for the party to reform itself and become a grassroots party to take on big money interests. i was elected the last election as an independent and i will finish this term as an independent. >> francine kiefer. >> more on chuck schumer, the new leader of the democrats in the senate. a very open question and then a more focused one. just what are your hopes and concerns about chuck schumer as the leader of democrats and more pointedly, he has obviously deep ties to wall street and banking, a

pence is set to meet with new york senator chuck schumer. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill and this is all about to go down. you're there keeping track of all of this

chuck schumer also when he declared victory in his own senate race. there's been radio silence except for a few communications that were received without any quotations possible on what they still believe their path to victory would be to my colleague and our other colleagues here. other than that, we've heard nothing from the clinton family. earlier in the night, they were so optimistic. they were giving us color details of little charlotte, the older grandchild was wearing. at that point, they were talking about a victory speech, very frankly. so this is putting an enormous damper obviously on this. and it's a very narrow path now. she has to draw a straight on the remaining states. >> andrea mitchell, thanks. nicole wallace has rejoined us with some reporting from inside what has been going on in trump tower. >> yeah, chris, you put it to kellyanne at the beginning of the night about whether he was prepared to speak to both outcomes. i'm told he headed back to the residence to work on a victory speech. >> he had the other one ready? >> i don't know

new york chuck schumer is the new senate minority leader. schumer was the unanimous pick to succeed harry reid. following donald trump's big win, democrats need a bolder >> we're not going to just as some have done here in the past. just because it's president trump idea or thought. we're going to oppose it per se. when we can work together, we will. i've also said to the president-elect on issues where we disagree, you can expect a strong and tough fight. >> democratic strategist joining us right now by skype, carter good evening. what can we see with chuck schume trump >> we're going to have to see what he's willing to concede to schumer. i think it's going to be contentious. we all knew that no matter who won, it would be tough. but, you know, schumer -- he's a new yorker. he's shares some of the same personality traits as trump. he's been at this a long time. certainly establishment. i think the democrats are in a position where they're trying to of their reactions to trump and the things that he does. it's too early to say. i think hope

not so long ago, but it just underscores that donald trump has a longer relationship with chuck schumerany republican leaders here on capitol hill. now, senator schumer said today that he intends to attack issue on a case by case basis, but he said democrats will not reflexibly oppose donald trump. fellow new yorker chuck schumer is the last democrat to oppose donald trump. >> we're ready to stand working with president trump on issues where we agree. but we'll go toe to toe against the president-elect whenever our values or the progress we've made is under assault. >> reporter: it's a delicate dance for schumer, elected today by senate democrats to lead them beyond their stinging defeat into the new era of trump. >> indeed, a silver lining in the deep clouds of this election is that on many economic issues, president-elect trump and his campaign was closer to us than to republican leadership, which always seems to wind up in the corner of the special interests. >> reporter: of all the new dynamics that ahead, the relationship between the incoming president and the new democratic leader

how much is on chuck schumer and maybe a possibility of a challenge now to nancy pilosi? >> in terms of schumer, yes, you're right we are going to be talking to him. we sat down with him on friday, we've done the interview. what i will tell you he's trying to thread the needle between scenarios where he wants to work with trump and other areas where he intends to fight against him. and looking he' identity for the democratic party. they took a beat-down, they expected to pick up, four, six, seats in the senate. they picked up two. as a result, he's coming in as the new minority leader, not the majority leader. and so one of the things that he says is very interesting. you want to watch this is he says basically the trump agenda, what attracted those blue collar whites working class voters in that was his argument, democratic ideas than republican ideas when it comes to fighting trade, infrastructure, putting people back to work. he said there's some areas they're going to work with trump and support him and some areas and i'll tell you one of them is the appointment of jef

. >> one person to keep an eye on, chuck schumer, democratic leader. a lot of people thought he was going to be the majority leader going into the next congress. now likely, not likely. now going to be the minority leader. and the question is going to be what kind of relationship is he going to have with mitch mcconnell, democrats going to try to block everything that they can. or are we going to see a real strong use of the filibuster. making chuck schumer trying to work out agreements with mitch mcconnell and maybe try to ge p. chuck schumer the person to watch. >> how much fun is capitol hill going to be now? >> it is going to be interesting, for sure. >> certainly, one to cover, fun to cover i would guess. great of you to come by. appreciate it. >> our panel is back with us. the white house correspondent there. the more you think about it, it is one more piece of the puzzle. to put together. the leadership in the house and the senate. and how they will be able to work with her, what is potentially now for sure, potentially. a donald trump presidenc

out friday when we went to capitol hill to talk with the democrats' new leader in the senate, chuck schumer. >> senator schumer, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> glad to be back. >> how many times have you spoken to president-elect trump since the election? >> a few. and you know, first time says congratulations, let's work together. second time we talked a little about infrastructure. i do think it's possible under certain terms we could get a major infrastructure bill done. but maybe even in the first hundred days. but that infrastructure bill has to have certain things for us to support it. it can't just be tax credits. it won't be enough. it has to be large and bold. trump has talked about a trillion dollars good. >> federal spending? >> exactly. not just tax expenditures. and it can't cut the basics like medicare and education and other things to pay for it. but if he wants to do a major infrastructure bill, focused on infrastructure, and with those criteria it's very possible. >> well, let's do a lightning round. quick questions, quick answers on a number of items in the trump ag

. >> we're one on one with senate minority leader chuck schumer. a new president about to take control. what can we expect on day one? from abc news, it's "this week." here now, coanchor martha had. good morning. welcome to "this week." the trump transition is shifting sea from the hustle and bustle of the big city to the country where this weekend donald trump played the gracious host to a parade of cabinet prospects. this is not your usual transition. years passed all the work was done behind closed doors. the interviews private, off camera. but not this time. there's the president-elect welcoming mitt romney. discussing world affairs. letting buy gones be bigons. he's being talked about as secretary of state. the meeting. there's general james mattis being considered for secretary of defense making quite an impression. >> just a brilliant wonderful man. what a career. we're going to see what happens. but he is the real deal. >> but before we get too swept away by act two, we need to press pause, rewind. because this week we learned a lot about t

you can really call chuck schumer the last democrat standing against donald trump. g to be a fascinating dynamic and relationship to watch play out. these two towering figures from new york going against one another. senator schumer said today he didn't mince words, he said we cannot ignore the fact of the election. we can't look over that. he said the party needs to figure out what went wrong. he said he's simply not going to oppose donald trump simply because of the trump ideas. more importantly, he had a message for democrats. >> we needed a much sharper, bolder, stronger economic message and we needed to let the american people understand what we all believe, that the system's not working for them and we are going to change it. >> reporter: so he said we are going to change it. those are the opening words of the next election, maybe a change election, too. he wants to get on that side of it. but i was struck by how he had such a different tone than harry reid yesterday. the outgoing democratic leader. he said i am going to work with president-elect trump on thing

but chuck schumer, he's a different kind of leader than harry reid was. enate for quite some time, is now stepping down. what you're seeing schumer try to do is make sure that everyone person who might cause him a major headache in the next two years is as close to him as possible, is getting a seat at the table. that explains why you have bernie sanders standing there and joe manchin as well. the senator from west virginia. coal country. obviously, they're a little at odds idealogically or have been historically, and schumer himself reflected a little bit on the challenges that democrats are facing now that they have lost this election. and explained his new leadership team a little bit here on capitol hill yesterday. take a look. >> last tuesday night was something none of us expected. i suspect that's true for many of you in the press. as well. it certainly didn't go the way we democrats hoped. it was a tough night, no doubt about it. when you lose an election like this, you can't flinch. you can't ignore it. you need to look it right in the eye and ask

i think the way to describe chuck schumer and bernie sanders is chuck schumer is the operational leader of the democratic party and bernie sanders may be the spiritual leader of the democratic party. when you look at fingers and look at the success of trump in the upper midwest it almost mirrored what he did in wisconsin and michigan against clinton and almost mirrored the success that sanders had in wisconsin and michigan against hillary clinton, and i have a -- i went -- i spend a little bit of time in michigan and talked to voters who told me that they think a bunch of -- they know plenty of sanders supporters who decided not to even bother to vote in the general because they weren't clinton fans. so i think there's definitely something there about sanders sort of having a better understanding of those voters in the upper midwest than clinton today. >> chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." as always, chuck, thank you. >>> incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus will talk trump transition, and senators bernie sanders and chuck schumer will ponder now what with moderato

thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck schumer addressing the press. ected to senate minority leader. other leadership positions, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and joe manchin. you heard schumer say on issues where we disagree, expect a strong fight with the president-elect. i went ahead now to my colleague kacie hunt who is monitoring this on capitol hill. kacie, what are your takeaways? you heard a robust statement. >> that's right, kristen. and just the tableau of him appearing with bernie sanders behind him as well as joe manchin of west virginia. i think this is very much a recognition of what the democratic party has gone through the last months or really the last weeks since the election really shook the party to its core. and this is a demonstration that democrats want to try to publicly bring into the fold all of those progressives who supported bernie sanders over hillary clinton. the energy that was behind bernie sanders clearly did not carry through to the general election. he of course came close to beating her in the primary. in the end

i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer. he is smarter than harry r, referring to harry reid, and has at built t the ability to get things done. there you go. democrats who voted first for preside president obama and then donald trump. then we will hear from senator then we will hear from senator bernie sanders. welcome to the world 2116, you can fly across town in minutes or across the globe in under an hour. whole communities are living on mars and solar satellites provide earth with unlimited clean power. if you thought that was amazing, you just wait. ? hey there, hi. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all (mimics a stomach grumble) no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah, happens to more people than you think... real milk, without that annoying lactose. good, right? mmm, yeah. i got your back. lactaid. it's the milk that do

what chucke basis of schumer is he doing? john: chuck schumer has been waiting for a long time to be the leader of his party in the senate. a obviously hopes to do it in political circumstance better than the one he has. with his party in obvious disarray. the proof is going to be in the pudding. how do they fight against donald trump? in terms of the make up of that leadership, that is a big party. a leadership team from bernie sanders and elizabeth worn to joe manchin, if that group can hang together that is the right kind of a face for the party to foot forward. -- to put forward. mark: bigger, sharper message. thatneed specific policies address working-class voters they can propose. and maybe even work with donald trump on. john: i agree. mark: all of this rhetoric. >> this is not the time to put forward policy proposals. this is transition. he is just announcing his team. mark: i would today. none of this stuff matters. it is better than nothing but you still have leaders in place. they did not change the leaders. john:

it is likely to be chuck schumer. what is the relationship between chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell like? reid wasreid very harry someone who would often throw up roadblocks in the process and also accuse republicans of doing the same. leader, obviously a former boxster. chuck schumer is from new york and is much more of a dealmaker. it will be interesting to see how chuck schumer works across the aisle with mitch mcconnell and his fellow new yorker, donald trump, who i assume he has known for decades. that is one relationship i think all of washington will be watching. >> a preview of what is ahead in the lame-duck section. -- session. our guest is scott wong. thank you so much. scott: thank you. journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. francine kiefer of the christian science hunter talks about the proposed that is late agenda of the republican congress and what is ahead during the lame-duck session. kenneth gross on how president-elect donald trump must deal with the manage

so chuck schumer and company will bring these things up. and senator jeff sessions and his defenders will counter them. look, he's going to be confirmed and schumer knows it. . i'm a little disapointed that the master deal maker himself, chuck schumer, instead of cutting a deal with the other master deal maker who is about to become the president, has decided to throw down the gauntlet in something where he's determined to lose. this was so long ago and has not infiltrated his public work at all, even back in that era, that schumer knows this is just a political move on his part. >> all right. we'll watch closely. thanks for taking the time. have a great thanksgiving. >> always a pleasure, to you and your family neil. >> thank you. in the meantime hes trying to chalnge a giant. i want you to meet the democratic congressman who said nancy pelosi, you are so out of here. meet him next. fukushima. >>> >>> she thought it was funny, model gigi mocking melania trump. no outrage from the mainstream media. i don't know if that's a fox alert. enrollm

and then you had donald trump calling chuck schumer.statement out. nancy pelosi doing the same thing. them coming together as americans. i think there is a reason why the dow jones hit an all-time high yesterday. >> did you see that? >> it's because actually as much as we denigrate leaders in washington, d.c. and politicians, yesterday, democrats and republicans seemed to act together in concert in the best interest of this country. >> i thought the markets were supposed to collapse. >> yeah, they were. we'll talk to steve rattner about that. let's get on to the news. >> okay, president obama will be meeting with president-elect trump in the oval office later this morning to discuss the future of the country, as well as potential policies that could be cried over. the predent has ordered that trump, vice president elect mike pence and designated members of their team receive access to the president's daily briefing. the intelligence assessment with the nation's most highly guarded secrets. meanwhile, first lady michelle obama will greet

>> chuck schumer has one of the most difficult jobs in washington. he is going to be in charge of leading the loyal opposition and has people in his party in the house and the senate and trying to figure out where they are going to go and move forward in terms of winning elections and governing. some democrats who said we can work with trump on things like infrastructure and tax reform. they find a lot november common with him and you talked to democrats who don't want to work with him and want to maintain the opposition and build up the party. opposing him. you have democrats who say we don't want to be like republicans and oppose everything the president is doing. it's a tough job. he has people like joe mansion and others from red states up for reelection and he has to look out for them and make sure republicans are not able to expand their majority. they are looking at a very favorable map in 2018. >> the position he and others didn't think they would be in up to two weeks ago. sam stein and burns, thank you for your time and now for the market w

i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer. he is smarter than harry r, referring to harry reid, and has the ability to get things done. good news! there you go. a trump and schumer relationship anew. my trip to michigan, home of the democrats who voted first for president obama and then donald trump. and then we will talk to the man who believes he could have beaten donald trump, bernie sanders. see ya next year. this season, start a new tradition. experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at $319 a month. infiniti. empower the drive. the search for relief often leads here.s, introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a high intensity tens device that uses technology once only in doctors' offices. for deep penetrating relief at the source. new aleve direct therapy. at clorox 2 we've turned removing stains into a science. now pre-treat with clorox 2! watch stains disappear right before your eyes. remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. i am a first responder tor and i'emergencies 24 hours a day, everyd

i do think that trump has this new leader in the senate, chuck schumer, who is his neighbor in schumer's a guy who likes to cut deals, who likes to get stuff done on immigration, on tax reform. i expect they will have a close relationship. you are absolutely right. you can expect that some republicans will be angry at the end of the day because trump will do things that he wants to do for his own legacy and he might cut republicans out of some of those deals. jamal: and infrastructure will be a big thing i think democrats are looking at in the trump administration as something they could do somhi interesting statement yesterday where he said listen, if he wants to work on workers and closing the wealth gap and helping rebuild, he will find someone willing to work with him. but if he is misogynist, racist and homophobic, then we're not going to do business with him. john: and i would also say when it comes to unions, not government unions but other unions trump and unions are , going to have a good working relationship because a lot of , those union members voted for trump. he needs to ma

here's chuck schumer. >> he needs a thorough vetting. many statements are old but that jeff sessions is just -- because he's a senator he should get through without a series of very tough questions, particularly given those early things, no way. >> some republicans also have a problem with senator sessions like congressman justin amosh. he says unlike the director, the ag has a lot of authority and prosec prosecutional power. mr. trump picked kansas he's the most establishment-friendly pick and the least controversial though he does support waterboarding and so does mike flynn. the former director of the defense intelligence agency is known for his hard line views on islam and fighting isis and taken some heat for his ties to russia. unlike sessions and pompeo, flynn does not have to face a confirmation hearing, so that's pretty a done deal. in washington, kristen fisher, fox news. >> alcides: president obama remains in peru today. on saturday he spoke to a group of young people in lima saying president-elect trump's new administration m

he tweeted, i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer, he's a lot smarter than harry h., goes on to say schumer has the ability to get things done. good news. the president-elect leaded a nearly identical version of that tweet that called schumer far more cunning than reid, speaking why democrats won't be afraid to challenge him. >> look, i know him, we were at meetings together, but i don't know him very well. i know more about him from his presidential campaign, which i found disappointing in a whole lot of ways. my hope is with donald trump is what president obama said, that the presidency is a sobering, i think those were president obama's words, experience, and he will rise to the occasion. but if he doesn't, you know, he's going to find the democrats holding his feet to the fire. >> according to reports citing federal election commission filings, president-elect trump, his three children, donald jr., eric, ivanka, along with his son-in-law jared kushner have donated $20,000 combined to senator schumer's campaigns from 1996 to 2010. alex? >>> president obama is bac

would chuck schumer regard justice anthony scalia as main stream? >> no absolutely not. >> let me tell you something, one of the things donald trump mentioned at the end of this campaign that simply thrilled him was his widow maureen plopped a trump for president sign in her front yard in northern virginia. >> i don't think schumer would like that. >> you know what it tells me is that i think trump's nominee is going to be a clone of anthony scalia and chuck schumer is going to have to come to grips with that. he also has to come to grips with the fact that he has to defend a lot of senate seats two years from now. in chuck schumer's world, defending the number of democrats he has in the senate i think takes a precedence over thestream supreme court nominee. >> defending the spotlight. nobody likes as much as senator schumer does, how far if it becomes a political liability is resistant to any nominee? how far is he going to take the fight? >> he has to make a lot of noise. the supreme court is the preferred legislative plaque branch for getting thi

senator chuck schumer very different from outgoing senator harry reid. schumer wants to make deals. not quite as caustic. doesn't rumble up republicans quite as hashly as reid did. >> all this talk about president trump has the senate and the house but one of the real rhythms to watch is going to be between donald trump and chuck schumer. they're both stated deal makers and schumer's people didn't expect that result but he immediately took stock of it. it's a chessboard for him. he looked at the new set of pieces. the one thing they see and recognize in trump, he has the desire to get stuff done and i think they think there will be opportunities for them to team up and do deals. amy: do you think there's a price to pay for democrats who go along with trump in the way that republicans paid the price if they looked like they were supporting obama or come promising in any way? >> one of the interesting things in the democrat senate, the moderate democrats are the ones up for re-election in 201. they're the ones republicans are going to be courting but also the ones that mitch mcconnell