angela duckworth , a professor of psychology at the university of pennsylvania and extremely successful in her field. hugeerself has had a amount of work and study in this area of success. she has analyzed a wide range of data looking at kids, adults, across all kinds of settings to answer the question, who is the most successful and why? she went to west point and worked with the cadets. she worked with schools and partnered with teachers and the parents and students here it she went to companies and looked at who are the best salespeople, business leaders, etc., and quoting dr. duckworth, "and all of those very different contexts , one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success, and it wasn't social intelligence. it wasn't good looks. it wasn't physical health. it was an iq. it was grit." is the her again, "grit disposition to pursue very long-term goals with passion and perseverance. grit is sticking with things over the long-term and working very hard at it." her work confirms academically what many of us have observed in daily life, no matter what you ,ursue, ther

angela duckworth. she is a professor of psychology at the university of pennsylvania. a huge amountid of work and study in this area of success. she has analyzed a wide range of data looking at kids, adults, across all kinds of settings, to answer the question, who is the most successful and why? she went to west point. she worked with schools and part of the teachers. shoo-in two companies and the dead who were the best salespeople, etc. putting the doctor, and all of those very different context, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success and it was not social intelligence, it looks, physical, iq. -- grit.eat grid is a disposition to pursue very long-term goals with passion and perseverance. withis sticking with -- things long term. this inus have observed everyday life. what you pursue, there will be obstacles. big small, devastating and inconsequential. the difference between you and the next guy will be how hard you are willing to work to persevere and to overcome. us, of you, some of immigrants, anybody who does not speak the language, we fa

illinois senator tammy duckworth just became the first sitting u.s.ice. >> you didn't wait for him to finish. >> she is pregnant and she's going to have a baby. first female senator to have a baby in office. >> tucker: katie gets to answer first. >> first sitting senator to have a baby? >> tucker: i just want to say that i am reflecting the judgment of the judges. i make no independent judgments. i am merely a neutral arbiterer here, a puppet controlled. your guess is the first senator to give birth, mirroring brett, who buzzed in early. let's see if you and him were right. >> senator tammy duckworth of illinois has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first senator to give birth while in office, and our congratulations to her and little baby miley. >> and my congratulations to you. you are welcome.re for the record, i knew the answer! >> tucker: bittersweet. okay, wait. okay. since we have a technicality, we are going to throw in one bonus question. the bonus question always remains the same and the judges told me to make it up on the fly and i

getting to the polls midterm showed also a very exciting thing happened recently with senator tammy duckworth you know had her story would be the history is made when the first senator is pregnant and really changing the rules around children actually allowed on the senate floor so it's not for us. the question of you know if this is going to happen ultimately we're building the momentum on the ground for paid family leave as brown said the polling suggests that whether you no matter what party you're in you're supportive of these issues you see that they are important to families and the economy it's a win win for corporations many of them have laid that sort of gauntlet down it's also win win for all families in this country and when you see changes like that happening in the senate it just underscores that you know this is not a red or blue issue it's an american issue in fact there's a. state senator from washington state they just passed pay family the name joe fein who is a republican who actually is you know very supportive of pay family leave he helped to you know bring into being the

but also just recently we saw senator duckworth obviously had had a baby and she's now allowed to bringhild onto the floor. that was a change made on behalf of women. it's going to take time, but you're right, it's a no-brainer and it's going to change. >> it's election year. you would think they would get it done before some of them are held accountable by the voters. just a thought. >>> what do you get the newest royal couple a wedding gift? a gift from the trumps on the way. we'll tell you what it is. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or ki

i've reached out to tammy duckworth from illinois as a new mom and a veteran, i'm waiting to hear back to see some positive changes happening for my daughter, i really would. >> is there anything else you want people to know about your daughter? >> oh, there is. actually, she -- when she started the high school last fall in august, she was allowed to die her hair, because they had a looser code about that. and she was known for her red streaks that i did at home. and, so i encourage everybody if you're thinking about going to be salon and up to have some fun, put some red in your hair for my daughter, okay. and also, families, do this, spread this around, okay, make this a thing. >> i love you, that's the sign. >> yeah. i love you. >> ronda, you sound so -- it sound so hall allow to say but i am so sorry for your loss. i appreciate the strength it takes to come on and talk about your daughter. i wish you the strength in the years ahead. >> thank you so much. it's not -- i had conversations with folks i never thought i'd have and my world is just upside down. i have sitting there and i

and as we saw with tammy duckworth and steve kerr, the coach of the golden state warriors, talking aboutid patriotism. on this memorial day, i think it's kind of important that the players themselves, they do not look at this and see themselves as being unpatriotic. we're going to see what the players are made of here. because they are being challenged in a very specific way. being called unpatriotic, unamerican. >> we see how there's some white players, chris long for one, pushing back against this policy. what's the role as you see it, that white players are going to have as this moves forward. >> i think that's the biggest thing, when you're looking at unity. and you see it in the nba, you see it in the wnba, you seeing the female players doing a much better job of this. where do you stand? this is the entire question of this culture war that we seem to be in. where sports is not supposed to be the thing that tears people apart. it's supposed to be the place that brought everybody together. we're going to find out if the players have that unity, and i think historically when you look

in illinois, senator tammy duckworth, a u.s.ran who lost both her legs in iraq, took this memorial day weekend to connect why she chose to fight with a domestic political issue very much in the news this week, writing on twitter, "one day our nation's flag will drape my coffin just as it did my dad's and will my husband's and brother's. i will always stand on these legs for the flag and anthem. but it was also my honor to defend people's right to free speech, including those who choose to take a knee to express outrage at the glaring disparity in how americans of different races are treated." that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight, new evidence of contact between trump world and russia that the trump folks did not want you to know about. now, you remember essential consultants the hush money slush fund that michael cohen set up to pay off stormy daniels and who knows who else, we learned earlier

in illinois, senator tammy duckworth, a u.s.n iraq, connected why she chose to fight, says one day our nation's flag will drape my coffin. i will always stand on these legs for the flag and anthem, but it's also my honor to defend those who choose to take a knee to express outrage in how americans of different heritage are treated. thank you for being with us. and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight, new evidence of contact between trump world and russia that the trump folks did not want you to know about. now, you remember essential consultants, the hush money slush fund that michael cohen set up to pay off stormy daniels and who knows who else, we learned earlier this month a bunch of companies funneled millions of dollars to cohen through essential consultants, among them a firm called columbus nova. their biggest client is a kremlin linked russian billionaire named viktor vekselberg, and a guy who has already been questioned by robert mueller's investiga

in illinois, senator tammy duckworth, a u.s.s memorial day weekend to connect why she chose to fight with a domestic political issue very much in the news this week, writing on twitter, "one day our nation's flag will drape my coffin just as it did my dad's and will my husband's and brother's. i will always stand on these legs for the flag and anthem. but it was also my honor to defend people's right to free speech, including those who choose to take a knee to express outrage at the glaring disparity in how americans of different races are treated." that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> hi everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. the expression used to go like this. when america sneezes, the world catches a cold. which made us wonder what exactly does the world catch when the american president is so incoherent in his cancelation of a planned summit with north korea that even our closest allies are left out of the loop and scrambling to keep up with trum

tammy duckworth recently gave birth to a daughter.r to do so while in office. soon after she introduced legislation allowing new parents to bring their children less than 1-year-old onto the senate floor and that bill passed unanimously. there you go. maybe mother does know best. we'll be right back. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein >>> he made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was doing to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. in fact, when i decided to just do it i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost than

and i loved the picture of senator tammy duckworth coming on to the floor of the senate with her little baby. >> yes. >> in her jacket. [applause] >> yes. >> and to me that sort of summed it all up. she is both. she's a mom, she's a senator, she's a combat veteran. she is somebody who is trying to integrate all the various aspects of her life. that is k what i tried to do foa very, very long time. and it is not easy. but it is something that i have chosen to do and i think is best for me, so i'm going to think i'm going to do it but i am going to change my twitter handle. [cheering] >> may i suggest what it should say? i think the first thing should --- [laughter]. i think the first thing should say, should have been damn good president. [cheering] and then mom, and then wife. [applause] so i'm, do you remember, rereading all your books, you remember when you were growing up, a little girl that bullied you. >> yes. >> you came in crying to your mother. >> i did. >> your mother said, go back there, if she hits you, you have my permission to hit her back. >> that's right. >> that i though

tammy duckworth brought her infant with her. i think that was a watershed moment. i think we will hopefully get women in numbers in both the house and senate so that we can start to see some shift in policy. i certainly don't mean to imply that women will or should vote as women. but this pretty good data suggests that women are less inclined to be partisan once they are in congress, but there's more of a willingness among women. and i think there should be right now work across the aisle and work on policies that matter and to figure out ways to get things done. without getting too stuck in ideology on either side of the aisle. we've got to get above this 20% trust -- threshold. there always going to be a visible minority. they will be treated as women rather than just representatives. the time has come to move beyond those thresholds. mac the last caller from new britain connecticut. >> hello. my name is ida. i am 93 years old. i am black and i have never been part of the women's movement primarily because i think they failed black women. they failed all women. b

and i loved the picture of senator tammy duckworth coming onto the floor of the senate with her little baby -- >> yes. [cheers and applause] >> -- in her jacket. and to me, that sort of summed it all up. and she is both. she's a mom, she's a senator, she's a combat veteran, you know? she is somebody who is trying to integrate all of the various aspects of her life. and, you know, that's what i've tried to do for a very long time. and it's not easy, but it is something that i've chosen to do, and i think it's best for me, so i'm going to keep doing it. but i am going to change my twitter handle. [cheers and applause] >> i think, i think what -- if you, may i suggest what it should say? [laughter] i think the first thing should say -- [laughter] i think the first thing should say she'd have been damn good president. [cheers and applause] [laughter] and then mom and then wife. [laughter] so do you remember, so i've been rereading all your books. do you remember susie o'callahan when you were growing up? she was a little girl who bullied you. and you came in crying to your mother. >> i did

this morning, we'll hear from heather duckworth of tampa, florida.e viewer, to submit your own letters. we received submissions from 49 states, washington, d.c., puerto rico, and canada. we want you to know we read every single one of your letters. heather's story of strength and resiliency stood out. ♪ >> dear younger you, look at you, so young and innocent. i wish i could keep you like this always. you will marry your childhood friend, the one you have known your whole life. kissing his toddlers while your parents were stationed -- kissing as toddlers while your parents were stationed together in the military. the one who used to annoy you. but don't worry, this will be the best decision you ever make. he will love you boldly through every peak and valley of your life. you will be anxious to start a family, but unfortunately, the joy of first pregnancy will turn to disappointment and sorrow when you have a miscarriage. this will be your first sting of loss. but remember to stay positive because brighter days are ahead. a year later, you will be ble

janet jackson caused a stir with her late life pregnancy and recently so did senator tammy duckworth, vitro fertilization or egg freezing or use of a donor egg those options allow women in their 50s to possibly consider conception and childbearing experiences. >> reporter: recent statistics show the national birth rate is down. but not with women over 40. yet doctors say those pregnancies carry higher risks. >> paren than -- pregnancy in your 40s or 50s will definitely be a little more taxing on the body. >> reporter: it may be stunning to hear. more and more women are taking this on. pregnancies of women between ages of 50 and 54 are, get this, up more than 165% but not an easy undertaking. the risk of hypertension, george, diabetes, and all sorts of other medical issues can crop up, so these have to be monitored extra closely. >> have to be extra careful. >> god bless them. never in a million years. never. >> never say never. thank you. >> oh, yes, i can. >> you're right about that. >>> turning now to a "gma" health alert. the american cancer society is out with new screening guidel

andtor tammy duckworth dianne feinstein, i will not vote to confirm gina haspel as the next directorintelligence agency, the cia's retention, detention, and interrogation program is one of the darkest chapters in our nations history and it must not be repeated. senator martin heinrich, if you can't admit or recognize that mistakes were made, that makes a question whether you're going to be able to avoid those mistakes in the future. , camillaernie sanders harris -- kamala harris. paullicans voting no, rand , john mccain, he advised the senate to reject likely that voting is john mccain, he revised the senate to reject her nomination. paul , john mccain, heand then here f those republicans who have not set yet how they plan to vote. you can go to cnn if you'd like to learn more. michael in new york, democrat. caller: good morning. , a lotwanted to comment of folks keep talking about the tax break for the wealthy or the upper middle class. my sincere hope is that the democrats actually take this cut for and look for a people in the democratic states. living in new york or california, w

that is the wrong step as far as senator duckworth and i are concerned. we showed good faith and so did the white house coming up with these two fine nominees. recently senator baldwin in wisconsin and her bipartisan screening commission was dealt out of the process but led to the confirmation vote last week of seventh circuit wisconsin nominee michael brennan. now they are pushing forward with rye yandz bounds over the objection of both of oregon's senators after mr. bounds failed to disclose controversial writings to the screening committee in oregon. i hope my republican colleagues in the senate who are now in the majority with a president of their own party and are now feeling their oats and decide they want to to push aside the extra ition disof the senate will stop and reflect for a moment isn't it better that we show mutual respect for one another when 2 comes to the blue slip pro -- when it comes to the blue slip process? there are times in the past when senators from various states did not give approvals for nominees and sometimes those vacancies

first time in the history of the senate to be more family friendly and work with senator tammie duckworth so that her baby will be allowed on the floor, as will other children of male and female senators going forward. the world is changing, and the senate needs to change with it. and i would argue the senate should be in the lead. it is no surprise then that we've had a number of women staff members take the lead and work with us on this bill. first of all, lizzie paluso, who is my lead and the ranking member's staff director of our rules committee. she was my chief of staff for a a number of years and moved over to be our lead on the rules committee, and she's done a tremendous job ushering this legislation through, listening to members' concerns, working with people on the legislation. also stacey mcbride, who has the same role for senator blunt and has worked with him on this, and we thank her for her help as well. i also wanted to mention erin sager vaughan, who worked with senatorssured has really done a lot of worken this bill and it's just -- and it just was a team effort. john ab