to electoral college that is old and not needed anymore. host: we are from robert and brooklyn, new york. democrats line. caller: i called on the independent line. host: my mistake. i have met our principal, people deserve representation in government, real estate does not. the coastal states ought to have more to say than the flyover states because supposedly have a state with four or five people in it. two of them would be senators and one would be a representative and the remaining one would be in a lecture. an elector. the government accountability office conducts research for members of congress and this is something they put out recently, when it goes to the cost of incarceration, $2.5 billion price tag according to their study saying it nearly all writer95% of those immigrants living in the u.s. illegally at the time of the crimes, were deemed deportable because of the seriousness of their offenses and the removal from their country with their sentences were, when their senses were up according to the government accountability office

the electoral college is in the constitution, but the constitution does not actually specify how the rs in each state will be allocated. right now, all but two states allocate their electors according to something called winner take all. the prisoner gets the most votes gets all of the electors. that sounds innocent enough but what it actually does is it statesnly about 12 to 14 are actually relevant to the presidential election. in 2016, 99% of spending was in 14 states. that means that if the president's care about those 14 states and not the rest about the -- that means the president only cares about is 14 states and not the rest the country. we don't believe that in the principles of the democracy or the constitution itself, it denies the rights of individuals who happen to be the minority in these other states. andould like to challenge we are challenging this winner take all system. host: was the legal strategy? 100 -- what is the legal strategy? ago, --nder 50 years 150 years ago, the state ratified the 14th amendment, which had the equality principle which the supreme court st

a lawsuit aims to make california award electoral college votes. melissa caen joins us. melissa. >> so for decades there have been calls to change the electoral college system. and after the 2016 election the calls got louder. while the constitutional amendment would be one way to make a change, one group is trying to do it through the courts. >> we need a better way to elect the president. >> reporter: josh says the current system of electing a president is not equal. and the problem is the states. >> for many years essentialy every state including california has awarded all of the electoral vosohene t state's popular vote. >> it's called a winner take all system. votes in california. that's why a nonprofit called equal citizens are suing. >> the votes were tossed out. the republican candidate donald trump got zero votes from california. >> reporter: he wants his

in that state there are 38 electoral college votes and a winner take all system. a distributed proportionally in 2016 trump would have gotten 21 votes, clinton 16 votes and dpaery johnson one vote. equal citizens is using courts to try to get rid of winner take all. >> our lawsuits say equality means equality. and so that's the legal theory that we're operating under. >> reporter: the group filed lawsuits in california, massachusetts, texas and south carolina. state attorney general javier becera is defending california law system. the majority rule, that's a cornerstone of american elections. >> the state of california has moved to dismiss the lawsuit and we're expecting a decision on that any day. but even if they lose, they will appeal and they're prepared to go all the way to the u.s. supreme court. melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> police officers fighting a proposed change to the police use of force policy. just yesterday police invited politicians to use a shooting simulate or at the state capital. they wanted lawmakers to see what it's like to face life or death s

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as a matter of fact the electoral college ought to be a abolished. we should elect people to public office at the highest level by a majority vote process. >> amendments are incredibly difficult to get passed one way around that would be to -- >> if you would start di vying up accord to go the percentage of votes the president won. how would that affected clinton versus trump. >> if you run the numbers across all 50 states, clinton would have narrowly but she would have won. for example in 2017 going to ton ald and visa versa texas. so you gain and give up. >> but you also have to give whatever the percentage to some nothing candidate that showed up. suddenly we're not talking -- talking about somebody who earned 50% of the total vote but someone with a majority of all the votes. >> so you got jill stein or larry johnson, the people who voted for them would say nothing they would say we want our votes counted. >> thank you for correcting that. if they did that would the perception be that the elections are more fair then? >> i believe under all circu

so as we discussed earlier, the popular vote, the electoral college vote, was a blow out, nixon won it big, 301 votes, i think, but the popular vote was, i think, less than 1%, 43.5% for nixon, 42 and change for humphrey. one of the reasons he was able to close that gap was due to the -- due to that speech and the sense that he could bring back the eugene mccarthy supporters, the anti-war supporters. robert kennedy very fascinating. to the caller's point we will never know. in some ways it might have been harder for him to have won the nomination than the general election because if he had won the nomination he would have had more daylight between the democratic party which he would then lead and lyndon johnson. he would not -- because he was an opponent of johnson, because he was much more vociferously anti-war and of course the freight unanswered question is could he sustain electorally a coalition of african-americans, latinos and working class white voters around issues of economic justice. and, of course, you know, you will never know, but that was -- that's one of the great what

richard nixon winning with a half-million votes, but with the electoral college vote, richard nixon with 301 electoral votes, hubert humphrey 191 and george wallace at 46. what was the nixon strategy in the general election? matthew: one was to try to not talk a whole lot of specifics about vietnam. he didn't really know. he didn't have a plan for how he the war, peaced with honor for example. he wanted to keep the focus on the unrest in the country and how he was going to be a voice for as he said in his invested address, the forgotten -- his convention address the later forgotten americans, the silent majority. that included some of the wallace voters, although they went for wallace, but working-class, primarily white americans in the south and the north, all over the country, middle-class suburbanites. the idea that the cities were out of control, that campuses were out of control, that these really a front to a fundamental american values, he tapped into that strain and as well the strategy was that on the left, he could be in the center right. he had wallace far to his right or to h

let's look at the electoral college map from 1968. the electoral college vote, richard nixon with 301 electoral votes. george wallace at 46. what was nixon's strategy in the general election? >> it was to try to not talk a whole lot of specifics about vietnam. he didn't really know. he didn't really have a plan for how he was going to end the war, peace with honor, for example. he wanted to keep the focus on the unrest in the country and how he was going to be a voice for the forgotten americans. what he would later term, from his presidency, the silent majority. that included some of the wallace voters. working-class, primarily white americans, in the south and north, all over the country. middle-class suburbanites. the idea, too, that the cities were out of control. that the campuses were out of control. that these were hot beds, and a front, to fundamental american values. i think he tapped into that. and, as well, the strategy was that on the left, he could be kind of center-right. he had wallace far to his right. to his right, he

there was not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives. in the process henry clay and john quincy adams did some horsetrading. it's called the corrupt bargaining where clay supposedly approached adams and said, i will give you my vote if you promise to make me secretary of state if you get elected president. the tray took place. the house of representatives elected john quincy adams as president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious. he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people, the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates and as a result of this horsetrading, the people's will had been circumvented by a seesaw aristocratic interest of washington. by 1828, jackson was prepared to go to combat with john quincy adams for the presidency. this part of the exhibit is called the political circus.

with the electoral college vote, richard nixon with 301 electoral votes. what was the nixon strategy in the general election? >> well, one, it was to try to not talk a whole bunch of specifics about vietnam. he wanted to keep the focus on the unrest in the country and how he was going to be a voice, really, for as he said in his convention address, the forgotten americans. what he would later term during his presidency, the silent majority. and that included some of the wallace voters. although they obviously a lot of them went for wallace. but working class primarily white americans and the south and the north all over the country. middle class suburbanites. the idea, too, that the cities were out of control. that campuses were out of control. that these were really kind of hot beds of really fronts to fundamental american values. i think he really tapped into that strain. and as well, the strategy was on the left he could be kind of in the center right. he had wallace, you know, far to his right or to his right he had the democrats including some of the

he also won a plurality of electoral college votes. however, jackson did not win a majority of the electoral college, and that is what is required. so it got thrown to the house of representatives, which the 12th amendment of the constitution ordained. henry clay was speaker of the house. he agreed more with john quincy adams on policies than he did with andrew jackson, so he made, according to jackson, a corrupt bargain. he got the house of representatives to vote for adams, instead of jackson and in exchange, adams would give him the position of secretary of state. back then secretary of state was the primary road to the white house. so jackson loses in the house. he was expected to win. obviously, is furious, as you can imagine, over what happened in this election. jackson calls his bluff and decides, in response, to basically launch his 1828 campaign a bit early and make the target of his campaign, government corruption. a corrupt bureaucracy. rigged against bureaucracy and rigged against the common man. >> we will discuss parallel

of the popular vote, richard nixon winning with just about half a million votes, but with the electoral college vote, richard nixon with 301 electoral votes, humphrey with 191 and george wallace at 46. what was the nixon strategy in the general election? >> when it was to try to not talk a whole lot of specifics about vietnam. he didn't really know, he didn't really have a plan. for how he was going to end the war with peace with honor, for example. he wanted to keep the focus on, on the unrest in the country and how he was going to be a voice, really, as he said in his convention address, the forgotten americans. what he would later term during his presidency, the silent majority. and that included some of the wallace voters, a lot of them went for wallace. but you know working class primarily white americans in the south and the north, all over the country. middle class, suburbanites. the idea that the cities were out of control, that campuses were out of control. that these were hotbeds of really affronts to fundamental american values. i think he tapped into that strain and as well, the str

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opinion editor and harvard law professor lawrence lessi on the lawsuit he joined to challenge the electoral college system. live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on friday morning. join the discussion. >> this sunday on "oral histori histories" we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> my interest in the agricultural committee, my service on the committee and even my members' resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me, and they did. they did. i earned -- i wasn't all that interested, only because i was a ranking member. i made a contribution. also, they accepted me as equal and many of them accepted me as their superior. allowing me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from helen bentley, barbara cannelly and lynn woolsey. american history tv on c-span 3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and pu

one of the clear patterns in midterm elections is they tend to attract a more college-educated electorate then presidential years. that has never had much of a partisan consequence until now when you see donald trump approval rating so low with college-educated voters, particularly women. whereas his approval is robust with working-class whites. host: this is a special election in early august. guest: potentially a lower turnout which could benefit the side with higher enthusiasm. host: this ad is on the air in the columbus tv market. [video clip] >> my parents raised me to work hard, help others come and tell the truth. i am troy balderson. that is why i am running for congress and would never do anything to cut social security or medicare. my own mom and dad depend on those. for me, it is not about politics, it is getting the job done so you can save for retirement or your children's college. i approve this message and ask for your vote on august 7. these candidates are trying to walk away from the political divide saying they will bridge the divide. they're not running as trump support

so there was not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives and in the process henry clay and john quincy adams did some horse trading. it's called the corrupt bargain, where clay supposedly approached adams and said, look, i will give you my votes if you promise to make me secretary of state and you get elected president. the trade took place, the house of representatives elected john quincy adams president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious and he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people or the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates and that as a result of this horse trading the people's will had been circumvented by as he saw it the aristocrat tick interests of washington. so between jackson's loss in the 1824 campaign and the next presidential campaign in 1828, jackson and his supporters determined that he was not going to lose a second time. he spent the four years building friendships, building support from the state legislatures

there was not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives they did some horse trading. it was called the corrupt bargain. clay supposedly approached and said i will give you my vote if you promise to make me secretary of state and you get elected president. he felt that the will of the people the people's will have been circumvented by the aristocratic interests of washington. between jackson's loss in the 1824 campaign and the next campaign in 1828 jackson and his supporters determined that he was not going to lose a second time. he spent four years building friendships and support from the state legislatures and from the average citizens across the country. by 1828 jackson was prepared to go to combat with john quincy adams for the presidency. this part of the exhibit is called the political circus and its intention is to give people a sense of the cacophony of voices and opinions and perspectives that were going on in 1828. what you hear in the background are songs that were written about

russia all along she called trump a putin puppet none of that worked they tried then to turn the electoral college voters against trump that didn't work and we continually hear the rusher is behind this without any real evidence even though the media has dispense with the word alleged they are trying and convicting russians in their pages of the new york times for example even this morning what do we need courts for if we have the newspapers to do this job so i think we saw a recent poll too by gallup of the couple weeks ago would show the american people have don't care one way or the other about russia they don't feel threatened by russia the poll asked what were the major concerns of americans and it was at the very bottom it was statistically insignificant was less than one percent it was russia there were so many other issues and on top of that our economic concerns which were created by the american a stablish were in rulers not by russia so this is the again an example of why they blame russia to deflect from their own failings and their own on the rest that they're creating in their own po

this argument goes, ll, if it's an impeachable offense to try to corruptly electoral college, it mayachable offense to try toorruptly influence the election, at least that's the theory. >> and pete, what if there was any possible obstruction that occurred after he was president? >> well, phat'ssumably what robert mueller is looking at. >> would that be impeachable? >> very definitely could be peachable if the house concludes that there was obstruction, but, of course, that's sort of one of the questions that has led to this issue of whether you can charge or indict a sitting president. gain, the answer seems to be no. but obstruction, you know, high crimes and misdemeanors doesn't mean simply offending the law, it's intended to be a political punishment, but if the house were to conclude there was obstruction, that would likely be grounds for impeachment. >> if the gop ili contr the legislature, this is a moot question, perhaps? >> perhaps, yes. >> whether it happens before november or if it wou happen after november, too. >> well, i think we'd certainly ha to be after november to wa

mentored mexican husband it was the period just off to donald trump's electoral college victory.after the election i. dreamt that there were vigil in t. crips going door to door in our neighborhood and my son was born and i was holding him in my arms and i was hiding my husband and the floorboards. the political tension right now in the us is really heavy and it's affecting people in very traumatic ways so making a documentary about these kinds of issues is a way to allow the. these communities to express themselves and to have that platform. ileana is well acquainted with such stories she also has undocumented friends and relatives all possible texas where she grew up is right on the mexican border. growing up on the border for me is a constant inspiration and that landscape of the desert of the stillness of that is very much present in my work. any honest first feature child of the desert tells a story of personal loss the mother of a fallen american soldier encounters a young mexican man who has no papers. there are two of the many dispossessed and they help one another. call

. >> but we're an electoral college country. >> that's not what decides elections, joan, you know thaty well. >> steve, stop yelling in my ear. >> i didn't yell but we have a constitution -- >> he won the electoral college, i agree. he did not crush hillary clinton. >> we have a constitution. >> he didn't crush anybody. >> he did electorally and that's all that matters. >> and lou barletta is not -- >> is anybody ready for this? this is the way trump beats people. he comes in and everybody laugh s. >> all of these vulnerable senators like bob casey, like sherrod brown, like tammy baldwin, like joe manchin, they're up in their races, erin. that was supposed to be a baghdad bath for democrats, especially the senate. real clear politics only has seven tossup seats and three are actually republican seats. democrats are defending their turf really well. so this won't go well for steve. we'll talk in november. >> the opposite is the case. the democrats are clearly favored here. history, polling. >> not in the senate. the democrats are defending like 23 senate seats. >> no credible person thi

to the supporters they gathered here outside the electoral college to brasilia because they believe that he's in a sense that he's the victim of a political campaign to stop him running in october as president the next elections which they believe if you were allowed to stay out of prison. he would win but this is good but it seems they don't want to live as a candidate it will block him but we want to and we will see if we can manage to get the respect that she i hope louis candidacy will be accepted but if it doesn't happen i believe the party's second option will follow lula's ideas and when the elections. all the data is here and when we finish we will celebrate the victory of having the candidate of president of brazil free lula but it seems likely that little boy will be allowed out of prison or will be allowed to stand which leaves the field open for the all the political parties which are registering for the presidential election. and leading the opinion behind. the rightwing military. and the former involvement in this stuff the previous government. the same opinion. of the braz

to the supporters they gathered here outside the electoral college to brasilia because they believe that if in a sense that he's the victim of a political campaign to stop him running in october as president elect elections which they believe if you were allowed to stay out of prison i know that he would win but it was a good look at it but it seems they don't want to lead as a candidate if you will block him but we want to and we will see if we can manage to get the respect that she i hope louis candidacy will be accepted but if it doesn't happen i believe the party second option will follow lula's ideas and win the elections but it seems likely that little will be allowed out of prison or will be allowed to stand. all the data is here and when we finish we will celebrate the victory of having lula the candidate of president of brazil free lula would leave the field open for the twelve all the political parties which are registering for the presidential election. and leading the opinion always behind. other rights with military money. and the former environment minister. the previous go

an increasing number of women going to the polls, since they outnumber men, they affect the electoral college. women are concentrated more in cities than on the farm. they affect the outcome of presidential elections. i believe this is news. candidates better be analyzing data on women better. especially younger women. women from the ages of 21 to 30 behave differently than their mother and grandmother's. this is true in the voting booth. >> we talk a little bit about women in law? does the profession encourage women? many of the difficulties women encounter our legal -- are legal difficulties. >> my experience has not been at -- that the profession encourages women. most men who are lawyers right now do not really believe that women, especially women in law school now, are serious about practicing law and becoming lawyers. as more women go to law school, especially with my class, which was the first class to graduate a substantial number of women, i think that as more women get out into the field, and make themselves known, and practiced law, i think there will be a changing attitude. right

the supporters they gathered here outside the electoral college to brasilia because they believe that he's in a sense that he's the victim of a political campaign to stop him running in october's presidential elections elections which they believe if you were allowed to stay out of prison. he would win but this is good but it seems they don't want to live as a candidate if block him but we wanted and we will see if we can manage to get the respect that she has been i hope lula's candidacy will be accepted but if it doesn't happen i believe the parties second option will follow lula's ideas and win the elections but it seems likely that little will be allowed out of prison or will be allowed to stop. all the data is here and when we finish we will celebrate the victory of having a candidate of president of brazil free lula which leaves the field open for the twelve other political parties which are registering for the presidential election . and leading the opinion behind. the rightwing military. and the former environment minister. the previous government. the same opinion. more than

look at this electoral college. the mac and public doesn't understand the electoral system -- the american public doesn't understand the electoral system. removedald trump clearance from brennan, he said, ok, mr. president, remove my clearance, too. undertop-secret clearance , i put mydepartment hand on the bible that i would protect this country from foreign and domestic influences air.ey take them off the this is the same thing. do you think social media should be allowed to interfere with our elections? i think you're doing a very good job. thank you very much. guest: thank you. i can't comment on whether they should be allowed to do that. social media certainly changed the game in terms of foreign influence. instead of it being templates or books people are trying to now,ibute, a lot of times, it is something on social media. it is harder to track and quantify. there are a lot of technology companies working to track that better. that's a lot of progress in the right direction. host: is there as much impetus in c

to the supporters they gathered here outside the electoral college of brasilia because they believe that he's in a sense that he's the victim of a political campaign to stop him running in october's presidential elections elections which they believe if you were allowed to stay out of prison. he would win but is it good to get it but it seems they don't want as a candidate block him but we want to and we will see if we can manage to get the respect that you but i hope louis candidacy will be accepted but if it doesn't happen i believe the parties second option will follow lula's ideas and win the elections. all the data is here and when we finish we will celebrate the victory of having a candidate a president of brazil free lula but it seems likely that little will be allowed out of prison or will be allowed to stand which leaves the field open for the twelve all the political parties which are registering for the presidential election. and leading the opinion behind. the rightwing military. and the former involvement in this stuff the previous government. the same opinion. of the brazil

morning sorry when the ballot boxes were open police went to the president was among on the electoral college and the whole country saw the police breaking the glasses from the of the building so much violence that we all thought this is impossible that cannot happen that very difficult in order to. having information that you must know with decent real or not checking the information checking with the sources what really very difficult time i remember for instance we were there the first one saying that there were not elections but the in the position will be proclaimed two days before the promotion of independence and for fifty minutes northern media confirmed that that again was struck by these fifteen minutes what i'm going to shoot for me i was you know my god you were robbed. that's the end but we were right but the who wrote this of it it's a very difficult moment for journalism but it's fantastic it's i think it's a privilege it's the first draft of history of the you have a good position to forecast if you will be going that i mean is that the events of last it was as big a watershed

million the colombians voted twelve a little over twelve million are needed already or that the electoral college here in columbia for the referendum to the binding but organizers say that even if it doesn't pass is that many millions of people vote so they say eight ten million colombians come out and vote this will stand and important message to politicians in the country that something needs to be done about corruption there was one case just just to give our viewers an example a few months ago colombia said the chief and say corruption. prosecutor was arrested and extradited to the u.s. for receiving ride. of you just how big of a issue that is now the answer here is in the hands of the colombian voters we'll see in a few hours what will happen if this referendum will indeed pass and that's out there on b.s.e. on the ongoing anticorruption referendum in bogota thank you. around one hundred forty migrants on board a ship for six days have finally been allowed to disembark on the italian island of sicily after the catholic church albania and arlen's agreed to take them in italy had refused to a

establishment for electoral losses in two thousand when al gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote democrats castigated green party voters for choosing nader over poor and helping bush with in two thousand and sixteen when hillary clinton lost democrats pulled that strategy again blaming minor party voters and accusing libertarian party candidate gary johnson and green party candidate jill stein of electing trop and they added a whole new layer to their accusations are supposed r.t.d. was central to this accused of undermining democracy u.s. intel communities exact words for hosting a debate between johnson and stein and showing americans that they had other choices besides the two establishment candidates a horrible crime apparently and then when an old photo of jill stein sitting next to blatter we're putting out an r.t.a. gallow went viral all hell broke loose his jill stein crushing the us wall in russia in december twenty fifth thing she attended a russian propaganda t.v. and sat at the table with mike flynn and putin keep in mind there was absolutely no reason for her to

an interesting couple of hours here on al-jazeera was showing they can come and live with the electoral college. in harare it's a while to get through those ten provincial areas but in the end we heard that emerson is the president of zimbabwe and will pointed out he has an incredibly complex to do list ahead of him thanks very much for your company i will say very simple. the middle east's most religiously diverse country you still have the going to be just communities you don't have one vision for the future you have nineteen divided along sectarian lines the confessional system in lebanon has destroyed the only really real more and heavily influenced by regional allegiances whenever we have one prevailing over the other you have civil war so it's always this balance that so you can following its first parliamentary elections and nine years people in power investigates the state of lebanon on not just. a survivor of the genocide there are people who beg me to kill them when they're suffering but it wouldn't have been hard to do who's dedicated his life to searching the woods for bones of the

i was awesome in the electoral college.in the middle of a conversation about foreign policy he brought out this map of the united states that showed his electoral college win. i mention that because it seems sil. i can certainly imagine him doing exactly what jonathan was just describing. giving himself feedback. giving himself praise for his performance. >> and he even does, just picking up on what jeff was saying, phone calls with foreign leaders, i've heard that the phone calls sometimes start with a discussion of the electoral college and trump's victory. >> that often includes the falsehood, which is it wisconsin that he claims he won. now we're trying to remember the falsehoods with this president. >> it's so intense and i think that what it tells us is that it's a lot of noise until we figure out whether or not he does or does not sit down with robert mueller and that is the question. until we see that answered we're going to see so much distraction again and again and again caused by the president himself because he

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back and letan go people vote for the president with the electoral college. i think it is wrong. i say that because, if they have went by the people's vote, we would not have this idiot, and i do say idiot come in the white house. he should have never gotten their. he should have been qingdao -- kicked out before he got the chance to run. this is despicable, sorry, i hate it every day. i am not saying hillary would have been better but how can you get worse? if you do not see rallies, jumping in the street, and happiness, wait until he gets impeached, it is coming. guest: you remind me of one of my favorite actual jokes for the joked,ra, nor mcdonald muchoters hated hillary so they voted for someone they hated even more. host: everyone is writing a book talking about your book and your work. on before yougur and he talked about your work. i want you to respond to what he said about you. here is cenk uygur. guest: the right-wing billionaires pay -- a lot of the people you see on tv, gobs of money to do propaganda, including ann coulter. she gets paid by right-wingers to spread the

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unfortunately she couldn't beat donald trump, at least in the electoral college, so all the experiencen the world, all the qualifications of the world, all the policy positions in the world, they don't mean anything if you can't beat donald trump in the general election. >> what are the chances of president trump will run again? >> i'm going to continue to maintain that i think those chances are significant. i said in the past that i think he won't serve out the balance of his term, i maintain that put down my position but a lot of those things have to fall in place, it's a very dynamic situation. we don't know ultimately what bob moeller is going to conclude. we don't know what the congress is going to look like. to answer your question, absolutely. >> do you worry tactics amount to the democrats surrendering to the politics of trump? >> no, i think you need to evan flow and change your tactics depending on the circumstances you find yourself in. these are very unusual circumstances and i think they call for a change of tactics. in 2016 the democrats didn't necessarily know ultimately