. >> today, representative conor lamb was sworn in.e won a special election to fill the seat of tim murphy. electl representative lamb and the delegates present themselves? themselves in the well? all members will rise and the representative-elect will please aise his right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties on which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. lamb: i do. the speaker: congratulations, you are now a neve 115th ongress. the speaker: the house will be n order. the house will be in order. without objection the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle is recognized for one minute. mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it's my pleasure to welcome our newest colleague, conor lamb is a lifelong resident of pitt

conor lamb is not a true moderate. they will rule as far left, corey booker, bernie sanders democrats. so people -- >> come on! conor lamb? >> neil: michael, you disagree? >> yeah. conor lamb is a lot of things but not far left. an interesting dilemma for the mid-terms, whether or not they embrace the run or run away from him. his base will want -- >> neil: the democrats, whether they embrace the democratic leadership. >> absolutely. >> neil: i know in this arizona race, the winning republican kept pounding nancy pelosi. >> it's easier to run away from pelosi than the president. the president is the figure head of the party. nancy pelosi isn't. >> neil: you could have say the same thing about barack obama in mid-term elections that seeded republican votes even though he would later win on his own. when he's on the ballot, it's quite idea. >> we'll see. it's going to be interesting. >> neil: thanks for selling it in our coverage. great job. it will be an interesting election too. thank you all very much. meantime, we ca

your rural districts, the conor lamb district for example. what were the character of a democratic majority in 2019 look like that would be different in how they're working on in the minority given there has to be a bigger tent? rep. mcgovern: i watched conor lamb's race pretty closely and listen to what he had to say. he said a lot of the same things that i said in my distinct he said we need to protect medicare, the importance of unions. he talks about the importance of investing in education. those are democratic values. i think our values have been consistent for years. and we may not have always articulated them as effectly as we would like -- effectively as we would like, but i would expect if we take control, we will try to move this country in a very different direction. one that's aimed at the middle class and one that's aimed at helping people get into the middle class and one that is not just a big giveaway to the wealthiest people in this country. the people who are the most well-connected. mike: democratic leadership last summer

. >> today, representative conor lamb was sworn in. he won a special election to fill the seat of tim murphy. electl representative lamb and the delegates present themselves? themselves in the well? all members will rise and the representative-elect will please aise his right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties on which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. lamb: i do. the speaker: congratulations, you are now a neve 115th ongress.

he played a factor in our victory in pennsylvania with conor lamb.e played a factor in the victorying in alabama. i think he's factoring an even state legislative races. he is not a popular man. and so there's a great deal of concern over him. i would expect that he will be a factor in these elections. >> spring becomes summer becomes fall becomes november. how loud does the impeachment wing of the democratic party become? >> i think the consensus is that we're going to have to wait and see what bob mueller's investigation produces and then make a decision. i mean, i think some of us are horrified by the character and the behavior of this president. i'll be very blunt with you. but there's also the political reality that, you know, impeachment is very difficult. that's the way our founders intended it. nd i think, you know, absent a strong evidence from mr. mueller that the president has violated the law or that he's colluded with the russians. i don't think thatism movement is -- impeachment is likely. i mean, not that i've been part of. i think peo

. >> conor lamb is a pelosi liberal. his values aren't our values. >>chris: conor lamb won. one of the ways in which he won was he promised not to support nancy pelosi is nancy pelosi a liability for democrats in this campaign? >> i think is more reflective of the fact that republicans are bankrupt of ideas. they don't have anything except go after nancy palooza. if they think that's a winning strategy, they are mistaken and wrong. >>chris: conor lamb thought it was an issue because he dumped nancy pelosi. >> he won because he ran a local election. he talked about what effect the federal government has on local politics. on people's lives. and that's why he won the election. >>chris: is democrats when the house in november, will you run either to replace nancy pelosi if she steps down or against her if she doesn't? >> on the first portion, i would wait and see what happens in terms of that. if nancy pelosi stays, i don't see a scenario by which i would challenge her for that position. >>chris: do you want to be speaker? >> i am focused right now on winning back the house of

look what conor lamb ran on. cultural message resonated with his district.od candidates around the country. i'm not counting my chickens before they're hatched here but it looks good right now for democrats if we keep up -- >> mike: what happens to the conor lambs of the world if they getting elected and can't do anything because their party shuns them. >> maria: i think the party is changing in the house particularly. if democrats take the house nancy pelosi is not going to be speaker. i think it's going to be someone like joe crowley. there are a lot of younger members in the party who don't owe their seats to nancy pelosi. although she has been a great historic leader for the party at many times. and i think that the party is changing. i really believe that, that it's not going to be what it was 10 years ago. >> katie: i'm more optimistic. i think it's a toss-up. i think president trump's numbers will go up and down throughout the year. i do think that tax reform has impacted a lot of people. as they continue throughout the year they are going to maybe se

. >> conor lamb is a pelosi liberal. his values aren't our values. >> chris: that democrat, conor lamb one, one of the ways he won was he promised not to support nancy pelosi if democrats take the house and she's up for speaker again. is nancy pelosi a liability for democrats in this campaign? >> i think it's more reflective of the fact republicans are bankrupt on ideas. they don't have anything else to offer except to go after nancy pelosi to win elections. if they think that's a winning strategy, they're mistaken and wrong. >> chris: for give me, but conor lamb thought it was an issue. he dumped nancy pelosi. >> he won because he ran a local election. he talked about the cuts that republicans attempted to make and to privatize social security. he talked about what effect the federal government has on local politics, on people's lives and that's why he won the election. not because of nancy pelosi. >> chris: if democrats win the house in november, will you run either to replace nancy pelosi if she steps down or against

conor lamb in pennsylvania did not campaign, and doug jones and democrats in the state house flippedment. they are local and driven by issues. they were afraid that the tax bill had hurt them, has not helps republicans. is there anti-trump rage that animates the akty vifts and get people to vote, certainly. but the leaderships are not ginning that up. >> is that smart strategy for him to do that then? >> there is 23 field officers in the state of michigan. talking to a political crowd made up of miss. thousands are there and thousands couldn't get in. it is about turn out. he wants to make sure those voting will turn out. >> i'm not one who got you the tax cuts, so keep republicans in power. >> he is saying come vote for me because they are going to try to impeach me if we lose the house. >> he is talking to a crowd of people who believe that the tax cuts are working. >> he is talking to the nation. this is a televised speech. not just for people in the audience. >> i interviewed congressman in harlem. tom is spending lots of money on this network and elsewhere and could be spending

look at what conor lamb did. there's messages that will resonate.problem though going into 2020. the problem will play out in the primary where we try to figure out who my nominee will be. is it elizabeth warren, i hope not or the conor lamb model that people i think -- >> what do you think it is? >> i think it's both. i want it to be more of the moderate appealing to the base because a lot of those issues are very important and matter. we also have to -- >> i think you're right. i think it's both. here's the complication. you can only vote for one. tomi? >> it's a fine line to walk. the party leading to us 2020 will be fighting this battle out. >> the further they move to the left the better it's going to be for us. >> i agree. >> but the headlines are what win. the anti-trump marches, the pink hats, the shielder daca and shielding immigrants. that's what the democrat party is. you lose the moderates because their voices are not as loud and not carrying pitchforks through the streets. >> i forgot my pitchfork. i left it at the hotel. >> and tomi is

what about conor lamb. are any of these -- are these oneoffs? >> that was good he won my district fine. in madison and milwaukee he did well >> what's scott walker talking about? >> madison and milwaukee the turnout was elevated there so we have to make sure we turn out our voters >> you say -- i mean, i listen to you about the tax bill. and then we're going to have chris van hollen on. >> my guess is he's going to say -- >> he's going to say things that -- we just had steny on he didn't say any of this. can you hang out stand right here stand right here. >> i'll yell from the sidelines. >> just sit there and go -- just listen and do hand signals. will you do that you got to go do something >> yeah. i've got to run conference now. >> is that a big deal? >> yeah. it's running congress. >> okay. mccarthy, i heard it'd be easier for him to win as minority leader because you don't need as many votes >> we are more gelled than we were ever before one of the reasons why i'm here is because we had a fractured caucus we have mended those we are now work

brown: i don't know a lot about conor lamb's campaign except what i saw on tv. but i know he talked a lot about pensions. but i think his election, his part of the -- his district looked a lot like the county you live in, correct? really did look a lot like that. workers -- but workers, whether they're urban, whether they're suburban, whether they're inner city, whether they're appalachian, workers want to know you're on their side. whether it's overtime pay, whether it's health care, whether it's pensions, workers want to know that. so i won't win an election based on any one issue. i'll win an election based on fighting for workers that i'm going to be on their side on every issue and i'll make the contrast between what i stand for on health care, on pensions, on keeping lake erie clean, on providing opportunity to young people, to get good education and good jobs, and contrast that with this sort of corporate conservative agenda that was asent dent a couple of years ago and no longer is. andrea: thank you. senator rob portman recently suggested that he's seei

election last night district 18 which trump won by 20 points may have turned blue and elected democrat conor lamb

you know, how do the democrats win unless they come to the middle like conor lamb? respectfully i disagree with how you position that and how charlie positioned that. but one thing the democratic party is good at is finding candidates that make sense. conor lamb made sense in pennsylvania the same way dianne feinstein is going to serve in california. democrats have a big tent party and you're going to see that in november. >> charlie, i want you to weigh in on that. >> conor lamb said he wouldn't vote for nancy pelosi as speaker. he moved closer to the middle. president trump's policies are benefiting the american people. when you're the democratic party and you refuse to acknowledge that black unemployment is the lowelowest it's it's ever been,l of the sudden the opposition starts to really -- people are saying are you opposing for the sake of opposing. there is truth behind it. there's been unbelievable results produced tbi administration and party. if the democratic party is going to put illegal immigrants so precisely over the interest of the american people, th

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but you have the conor lamb victory. i think that's the model democrats will follow. in pennsylvania they have swing trump voters. in places like california you will see the far left progressivprogressive groundswe. the democrats will end up with almost their own tea party issue. who is going to push them within the party. charles: it feels like this has been building up for a long time. do you think it becomes more the norm in the future? >> it could. and i think a lot of it is about policy issues. you look to a single payer healthcare system. in some ways we are seeing this fringe come out and run as socialists. but then you will see democrats more the middle. what we need to do in talking to millennials. if you dislike crony capitalism, that's not the free market. so we have to describe what the free market is. charles: we have word the senate committee voting to confirm pompeo. the vote was 10-10 a tie. a tie is a loss. we'll be right back. alue of your new car? you're better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with new car replac

conor lamb ran essentially as a republican.ancer researcher in arizona running? she certainly doesn't seem to be running like a progressive in her ruby red district. >> the group emily's list was pressed on the question, what about these candidates who say they won't back nancy pelosi for house speaker? they said say and do whatever you need. that's what the republicans said when they took the house back in 2010. if you want to win, you have to let candidates toronto district they are in. you cannot do cookie cutter one size fits all. i would point to the gubernatorial race in virginia. the candidate that didn't have the support of the democratic base, did not have that heat on his side but won handily because democrats were willing to be willing and allow moderate candidates. if that keeps up they can win the house. kennedy: it creates a natural tension within the party. you have a lot of candidates who are much more moderate. they want to service the constituents they know but you have a progressive core of the democratic par

kevin: i was in southwestern pennsylvania covering the special election in 18 with conor lamb winningthe folks on wall street, and investor trying to plan for your portfolio, and you need to communicate, particularly centrist democrats, to working-class voters, the folks president trump won, what do democrats need to do differently? >> different kinds of centrists and it will depend on the district. pennsylvania district you talk about, those were typically socially conservative and somewhat conservative voters. economically kind of liberal. not the case elsewhere. districts on the coast where centrist voters may be the mirror image of that. you have to build a coalition with room for people with diversity. shery: what happens in the future? we could see the percentage of people that the government sells as hispanic going into the future falling. >> that is right. one of the other mistakes people make is thinking of these identities as fixed. if you were -- if you have a grandfather who is that does notan, mean you think of yourself as theian-american or it is kind of thing so importa

lamb family tradition, public service and politics. again as a prosecutor and as a marine we thank him for his service to the nation. i'd also like to point out that conor and i share a unique bond. obviously both of our families have been involved in politics for a number of year. we both come from pennsylvania, the lambs from the south hill the shuster from the valley, we share counties in our districts, we were both elected in a special election but most importantly, most importantly, we come from the same side of the aisle. steelers fans, not eagles. western pennsylvania is in our think the like to importance of family, hard work and rooting for the black and gold are what we share with our constituents back home. on behalf though republicans in the house of representatives, i welcome you to the house of representatives. welcome, congressman lamb. yield back. mr. lamb: i'm honored to take this oath and join this house. the founding creed of our country holds that we are endowed by our creator, our rights do not come from the state but from the hand of god. we have always believed that government is established to secure those rights and the oath we'

or, like with conor lamb, can it be surmounted?look, i mean, republican candidates are welcome to spend their money however they want. i'm kind of with mark melvin on this one. it's not like republicans haven't been trying to turn her into a campaign issue in some of these special elections. it's just not driving the narrative. i can't think of a midterm election where the minority leader in the house becomes the defining issue. this election is going to be a referendum on president trump in many ways. i can see why republicans want to change that subject, but i don't see this being the thing that does it. >> dana: it might be a really good tool, leon, to get the base out to vote. but younger voters are saying they're more enthusiastic about voting this year than they have in the past. can they be convinced that nonsy pelosi is a reason to vote against the democrats? >> it's doubtful. republicans had success running against nancy pelosi in 2010. she had just been speaker of the house for four years. it's now been over eight years s

the bottom line math we're looking at into this election year, you've got conor lamb from pennsylvaniaof these vacancies here are democratic seats. so let's say it's 195. that means democrats need to pick up a net gain of 23 seats. if they can net 23 this fall, they get the majority, the republican majority goeses away. first of all this is the history and you see 41% -- two modern examples. bush was at 48. republicans lost the house. clinton was at 26 in 94. 54 seats. and regan, he was at 42% in 1982. democratss made big gains and you could throw obama in 2010 on there. right in that zone where trump is in the past in midterms. it is translated to sizeable gains for the opposition party and the number for democrats here is 23. that's the gain we need. we're seeing signs of that kind of wave and paul ryan was in the special electionses we've had for congress, for the senate, for the house. it started in april of 2017. a wichita area district. the republicanss won -- but that was a gain. trump had wonner the state by 21. they had the special eelection. a gain of 15 points for democrats.

we're also counting conor lamb. that would put them at 195. they got to get to 218. the magic number 23. if they get that, they win back the house. what was paul ryan looking at. you take trump out of this for a second. one of the realities of midterm elections is they always go against the party that controls the white house. the question isn't who's going to win. the question is how bad is it going to be for the white house party. we had some doozyies in the pas. you only had two exceptions here. these two exceptions where the white house party gained seets, the president, both of those years. clinton in '98, bush in '02, both of them had high approval ratings. donald trump ratings 25, 30 points less than theirs were. those the only two exceptions. you had 23 seats. that's the target for democrats. that's one of the realities ryan and republicans were looking at here. you go back 1994. that's the last time you had the leader of one of these parties heading into the election saying i'm just not going to run. i'm going to retire. bob michael. that's the last time bef

his home district is a tighter race than the pennsylvania district that conor lamb just won in. now, he was going to be fine if he ran, but i think he's a little overly optimistic about the republicans. >> you have to be. >> you have to talk that way whether you feel it or not. the democrats have talked about him with a fund-raising money and with him out of the way, that will be tough. the president is a fund-raising machine. all of these issues cut both ways in the sense that anything that makes it seems to make fortunes worse for one person but it panics the people that will get out and vote. it like you better vote for the republican in your district because a democrat is trying to take your president away by impeaching him. with paul ryan stepping down, that can energy republicans in the same way. i agree. it's all up for grabs. these things cut both ways. >> can i make an announcement about his successor? it could be mr. mccarthy or mr. scalise. i put in a bid for scalise. scalise took a bullet for his team. the president loves him. he has this common man outside of the be

brian, we saw in the conor lamb race in pennsylvania, a seat that trump had won by 20.ipped. and arizona next tuesday, we're seeing a seat that trump won by 21. that could flip. there is little to no hope for republicans in november, and that was true for paul ryan. paul ryan made the right decision for paul ryan. but for the rest of republicans, they stand to likely lose and lose badly in november. >> a former member of that republican caucus in the house, former congressman david jolly of the great state of florida, thank you. >>> a short break for us. we have a lot more to >>> barbara and i talked to her last night. she's in great spirits and she's barbara and i talked to her last night. she's in great spirits and she's a fighter. she's an enforcer. she reminded me not to believe everything you read. so, we're grateful for her, for everybody's prayers and thoughts. and just know the world is better because she's in it. >> tough to watch our friend and colleague jenna bush talking about her grandmother today. the bush family says former first lady barbara bush has dec

brian, we saw in the conor lamb race in pennsylvania, a seat that trump had won by 20.ped. and arizona next tuesday, we're seeing a seat that trump won by 21. that could flip. there is little to no hope for republicans in november, and that was true for paul ryan. paul ryan made the right decision for paul ryan. but for the rest of republicans, they stand to likely lose and lose badly in november. >> a former member of that republican caucus in the house, former congressman david jolly of the great state of florida, thank you. >>> a short break for us. we have a lot more to >>> but i'm not standing still... and with godaddy, i've made my ideas real. ♪ i made my own way, now it's time to make yours. ♪ everything is working, just like it should ♪ searching one topic. that will generate over 600 million results. and if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers like where to treat, can feel even more overwhelming. so start your search with a specialist at cancer treatment centers of america. start with teams of cancer treatment experts under one roof. start w

you look at conor lamb in district 18 and he won as a democrat, but he was pro guns in a district thatent to donald trump. >> if you are in the south or states where it is red, red, red, then you better go on that side of it. >> it is local. very local. >> you're right. >> but if you are new york -- >> always a losing proposition to attack the kids. always. >> absolutely. all right. coming up, growing tense between the u.s. and russia as diplomats from both countries are expelled. is the white house tough enough on vladimir putin? >> i think the sprob that rupro russia is running wild and the president has a hard time pushing back against putin directly. okay. [ buttons clicking ] [ camera shutter clicks ] so, now that you have a house, you can use homequote explorer. quiet. i'm blasting my quads. janice, look. i'm in a meeting. -janice, look. -[ chuckles ] -look, look. -i'm looking. it's easy. you just answer some simple questions online, and you get coverage options to choose from. you're ruining my workout. cycling is my passion. you're ruining my workout. at a comfort inn with a gl

that was a key part of dems winning alabama and dems elected conor lamb in pennsylvania, a state trumpn. forecasts have democrats winning back the house and we turn to billy eichner and begin with the big question. are the democrats surging because of your work? >> absolutely. i was watching that and thinking about what a hero hero i am. sometimes i'm so busy doing the work that i forget. >> you forget to reflect. >> how much i have meant to american democracy. and you know, the republic in general. i've gone to a few makeups lately, history museums. i just walked around thinking god, i'm a great person. i don't have to be here. >> you're very funny. you're known to be funny. >> thank you. we did show some of your punch lines go to the dark place. ha-ha, freedom of the press is in danger. >> we're sat rising a dark moment in our history the way that many people are. with billy on the street for many seasons it had been a silly absurdist riff on pop culture, but now culture and politics are fully merged. i believe and so to not talk about that would make the show feel completely irrelev

conor lamb was probably the one victor in this but there are going to be a lot of competitive seats that we ne're going to se flip. why that is important you can't regain control in 2020 if you lose that many seats. this could be what we saw in 2010, 1994 or 1974. >> i believe this may be the moment where the center will ri rise. you said yourself, you may run, that true? >> but the spirit of it. what people are hungry for, how can progressives and conservatives and moderates work together. it doesn't mean changing people's ideology. >> that's actually why people voted for president trump. they thought that's what they were going to get? >> they thought. but instead, he catered to this ultra conservative hard right base. you can be moderate, conservative, progressive, god bless you, but we should be working together. >> they talk about it, but you can win a primary with it? >> look, that's the challenge. that's structural problems i'm sure jason knows a lot of them from gerrymandering to campaign finance. but the reality is people are looking for a third way. and at some point it's going

. >> dana: is o'rourke one of those different types of matts like matt was saying about conor lamb inylvania? is he younger and different enough that we might get attention from the democratic party that maybe texas government might not have gotten before? >> he's the only candidate whose resume includes rock band member. look, he is igniting a passion. matt is right. the democratic party has long viewed ted cruz quite hostilely. and the thing about o'rourke, all his money's coming in small dollar donation. we call that a renewable resource, so he can continue to put up money. >> ted cruz gets more smaller dollar donations than beto o'rourke. he's getting a lot of contributions from out of state. i don't think it helps make your grass roots argument in texas. >> dana: i don't have a breakdown from where the money came from, but, ty, i'll give you the last word. >> on texas, matt's right. i spent the last week with one of the smartest texas pollsteres i know. it's going to be an uphill climb. it's also an expensive state. $6.7 million in a state like wyoming, you could take everybody o

. >> why do you think they're leaving though, 39 leaving we need 23 seats to pick-up after conor lamb'story in pennsylvania which is a seat that will get redesigned. liz: but 20 democrats are leaving as well. >> and 39 republicans i know this is cyclical and what happens in mid-terms and happens republican or democrat it's just time for a change and that's what happens here but you have to ask why these guys are retiring maybe the tax cuts aren't enough. >> no, no. >> they all want to be with their family suddenly? >> they're committee chairman. liz: we got to leave it there you're great. we'll be right back. don't go away. this endangered species is getting help from some unexpected friends. these zebra and antelope. they're wearing iot sensors, connected to the ibm cloud. when poachers enter the area, the animals run for it. which alerts rangers, who can track their motions and help stop them before any harm is done. it's a smart way to help increase the rhino population. and turn the poachers into the endangered species. ♪ ♪ .. at crowne plaza, we know business travel isn't just busi

in alabama and ralph northam won record-setting margin as a democratic candidate in virginia and conor lamb won in a district that trump won by 20 points in western pennsylvania. >> jason: are you saying that she should talk more? >> i'm saying that this notion that somehow or other she's tainting other democrats is fantasy. it's fantasy that -- i'm not sure you are one of them -- that want to posit the notion that she might run again in 2020. she's not. she is old news. it speaks to the emptiness of the agenda that the republicans are running on, that they have to run ads against her. >> jason: what do you think? should they keep doing this? >> republicans are running against hillary clinton because she is the face of today's democratic party. the democratic party of jfk is gone. today, it's the party of high taxes, amnesty for illegal immigrants, and disarming law-abiding citizens. it is a party of san francisco, baltimore, chicago, where crime has exploded, and illegal immigration is basically just accepted and make no mistake, jason, all democrats today are exactly the same. that includ

if this were a loss over it were closer than this, and it reinforced the momentum from conor lamb, westernnia, this takes democrats back to the moral victory space, they say, look how close this was, they should not have been close, she's underperforming by 19 points and republicans will say, oh, yeah, look at the scoreboard, a wind is a win. >> shannon: democratic strategist talking about this race says if you get ten points or below, the panic button time for republicans. at that point, if you get into single digits in a district like that, the g.o.p. has a lot to worry about. early numbers. what does this tell you, if anything, about the biggest senate race in the fall for flakes seat? >> it will of course depend on the primary going on out there. >> shannon: i like that phrase. >> is arizona, they are routing and tooting. if martha mcsally gets through -- >> shannon: congresswoman. >> can she do better in a district like this? kelly ward, a former state legislator, is it possible she'll do better there? who knows. the narrowness of this margin and forms the question about what democrat

ideology at all and so you see women fleeing and i think that's what you saw in you saw in the conor lambennsylvania, it's what you've seen in these special elections, it's what you've seen in those races all through virginia. and frankly, you saw it in alabama in that special election, as well, for the u.s. senate. s so i really see the women are going to be the dreciders in ths election and those are the same people who moved to donald trump and they'll move back in every district. do not mistake serenity for weakness. do not misjudge quiet tranquility with the power of 335 turbo-charged horses lincoln mkx, more horsepower than the lexus rx350 and a quiet interior from which to admire them. the lincoln spring sales event is here. for a limited time get zero percent apr on the lincoln mkx. hurry in today to your lincoln dealer. i'm the one clocking in when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sl

far left but look like they are straight and narrow, or are -- i think the success they had with conor lambve of it. you find a way that you get a moderate who can speak to and connect with liberals of the district enough they can get it done. >> shannon: in a way i say a lot of this on the floor of the dnc, where fox news is very popular. >> they love you. >> shannon: i did get a lot of burning burros who were very tight with us. they felt like they had gotten fired up and involved in the party, completely abandoned when it came -- >> there was a woman -- i shouldn't talk about it maybe because i don't know how she is. she was dragged physically out of a debate that i think the democrats of connecticut had put together for the gubernatorial candidate. holding onto the table, the police are taking her out, you know what she said? "i will not be debbie wasserman schultz- ed." [laughter] >> shannon: one of the things they are talking about is this idea of impeachment. a number of democrats are saying that it will happen when we take the house. the democratic leadership is saying, don't talk a

conor lamb ran and he talked about unions, the right to organize, he talked about pensions. and he talked about workers. and that's what we're going to hit. man, more than talking bad about anybody, we're talking in favor of the american people. we're talking about -- to folks in missouri, michigan, all over the country, we're going to wisconsin. we're going all over. we are engaging people on these kind of things. >> i take the point -- >> keeping the main thing the main thing how people can make a living. >> sir, i take the point. but republicans are saying exactly what you're describing there, they're saying they think it's going to be undercut because they've got this very prominent democrat who the party nominated for president two years ago talking about those places you're talking about winning saying these are the backward looking areas of the country. is that going to hurt you? do you want her out there campaigning for democrats? >> you know, let me tell you, i don't think one comment one person makes is the issue. i think people want to know what are you doing for

i have the honor to be in pittsburgh for conor lamb. it was not a perfunctory exercise. his margin was what, about 500 votes? we had about 600 people at the rally. i can honestly say we campaigned to the margin of victory. i think we can win back the house, i honestly do. i think we may be able to win back the senate. i wouldn't put either of those things out of reach. it depends on us fielding good candidates on the ground in state and senate races, and acting like democrats again, especially as we pull this inchoatent energy -- and make our children winners in a changing economy. i believe that and is the cruz f what is going to -- crux of what is going to bubble up. 38 of the 40 -- of $15ran on a platform minimum wage, gun control, and immigration reform. as governor, you played a role in helping undocumented kids the opportunity to go to college in your state on in-state tuition. are you optimistic congress will finally address immigration reform? mr. o'malley: i am -- i am, period. >> [laughter] mr. o'malley: look --the longer arc of our history as a nation is we be

>> i don't know a lot about conor lamb's campaign except what i saw on tv but i know he talked a lot about pensions. his direct looked a lot like the county you live in, correct? it really did look a lot like that. workers -- but workers, whether they're urban, whether they're suburban, whether they're inner city, whether they're april appalachian, workers want to know that. i don't win an election based on any one issue. i will win an election based on fighting for workers that i will be on their side on every issue, and i will make the contrast on what i stand for on health care, on pension, on keeping lake erie clean, on providing opportunity to young people to get good education and good jobs and contrast it with a sort of corporate conservative agenda that was ascended a couple of years ago and no longer is. >> thank you. senator rob portman recently suggested he's seeing signs of partisan entrichement on the flex committee. have you spoken with him about his concerns? >> yeah, i have. that was in rob's opening statement in the committee the other day. that was -- that was a pre

i think democrats were able to do well in pennsylvania 18 because they had conor lamb. he was running a very focused message that i don't know nationally, you know, the democratic presidential nominee is going to run on. that said, you know, if we're in a recession or there's still a mini recession among some of these industrial areas, i can't imagine trump will be duplicating his 2016 performance. that said, in 2009 -- in 2015, i couldn't have imagined trump would win. so there's a lot of failure of imagination. >> if i may just add one thing here about latinos. mark lopez isn't here anymore, i think, but he said something very interesting to me. the report frequently gets cited. you might have cited it, sean, in your paper, about the decline of hispanic identification among hispanics and sort of the implication of that is that if latinos become less likely to really identify with that ethnicity, that they will become more politically conservative. he said his data didn't seem to see a lot of difference as factors sort of among these people who have lost their latino i

it's like conor lamb winning, you have this young,ene, energec nenewcomer running against ted cruz.ted cruz is out of this. >> we can't take any race for granted. it will be all determined by how many voters show up. we need republicans to show up. i wouldn't counted count ted cruz out. i think texans will return to ted cruz. we'll keep working in every state across the country. we have good candidates. very to keep our majority. look at what we lose if we don't. the tax cuts will come back. people will see their paychecks not increase. they're going to see more money going to the government. these are things that americans are going to fight for. democrats are going to tax them more and bring less jobs to the country. >> dagen: i love how the democrats are so worried about the national debt. that's come ditch that's funnier -- comedy. that's funnier than what you see on late night tv. a warning for kim jong un, president trump putting if art t of the deal to work, saying he would walk away from the negotiating table. more on the tough talk from the white house. plus no assembly req

first of all the democrat in this race was no conor lamb. she was too liberal for the district.e number on spending. the democrats didn't want to make a big bit on someone they weren't sure could win. and she came much closer than many democrats thought she would. and that tells you, jim mentioned there are 150 seats that are more democratic than this one. there are a lot of potentially complacent republicans who are setting themselves up to be surprised. and that i think is the main concern. now of course the question for democrats and steve israel, i'm curious what your view is on this, is that they do need to make sure that they're putting up candidates who fit these districts and can take full advantage. it's not clear to me yet that those recruits are there. what's your view? >> i would share the democratic congressional campaign committee. we didn't even recruit in a district like this. we called this a don't-bother district. so republican, so overwhelmingly republican, so out of the realm of possibly winning, that we didn't bother. not a dollar, and there were years where

i think democrats were able to do well because they had conor lamb and he was running a very focused message but i don't know that nationally the democratic presidential nominee is going to run. that said if we are in a recession or there is a mini-recession and some of the industrial areas i can't imagine trump with a repeat performance. that set in 2015 i couldn't have imagined that trump would when. >> i would add one thing about latinos. mark lopez said something very interesting to me. i think him might have cited in your paper the decline in the hispanic population and the implication of that is if latinos are less likely to identify with that ethnicity that they will become more politically conservative. you said that the data didn't see a lot of controlling risk factors. among these people who lost the latino identification their attitudes would be similar. i just think that's the issue in mark said they were going to publish something--. >> i'm curious what you all think about the move of college white voters and how much of that is a reaction to trump will continue? trump's

this tax law, of course, while it to ad credit better-than-expected gdp, it did not stop conor lamb,ticized it as a giveaway to the rich by living a house seat in pennsylvania. it shows it does not have support beyond 50%. whitey you think that is? why is it still such a struggle to convince america that this was a good thing? the mcmorris-rodgers: impact of tax reform and the impact it is having on individual families, small businesses, bringing back jobs from overseas is still being implement it. we have not seen the full impact of the tax reform that was passed in december. i am very encouraged, as you look at some of the results of tax reform that it is having on our economy. a stagnant economy, stagnant wages, and now we are hearing hundreds of stories from individuals that are seeing more take-home pay, from businesses that are expanding, they are tearing out the walls and hiring employees, investing in their employees, these are all good stories. are going to continue to see that momentum. i am most excited about the optimism that it is bringing. we are seeing consumer confide