tur,de cratic pollster cornell belcher, danielle pletka of the american enterise institute and erick erickson, editor of the resurgent.y. welcome to sun bc's "meet the press." >> announcer: fromews in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. it's not every day that we have words and phrases like these thrown around so freely here in washington. constitutional crisis, 25th amendment, sleeper cells, polygraph examinations, nervous breakdown, orange jumpsuit and administrative cod' at, but that's what happened this week when we retreated to two nt disturbing accof white house dysfunction, a one-two punch describing top officials working quietly to thwart a president they see as uninformed, unprincipled and perhaps unhinged. first came bob wood ard's book describing aides so unnerved by president trump's impulses that they h teken to swiping papers from his desk. "the new york times" printed a extraordinary op-ed he is say in effect confirming woodwardg reportat senior officials are working secretly to frustrate

>>wh for thosdidn't see erick erickson is nodding a big why he. >> i do think what the mocratic partyebody who is going to inspire younger voters, inspire minority voters, those who have not turned out in big numbers for thedemocrats since he has left office. is that going to happen with him not on the ballot? that remains to bseen. we know that obama wasn't so great at running in the midterms while he was president f his own party. i do think they need someone to rally around because right now what you are saying although you have 2020emocrats going out and there is all that talk about booker and warre n andmera harris, et cetera, nobody is standing up and taking that mantle and so farnl he is the one. >> this is the thing, when you look at some o these swing districts, right now he's -- he's 15, 20 pointsre popular than donald trump, right. >> president obama. >> president obama is, and when you look at sort of, look, we want -- i worked for him so i'm a teamer, but we want back to back majorities by winning the moderate middle swath america. yes, we overperformed on young people an

conservative blogger erick erickson organized the conference. >> i have two guess.et to take a break for a little bit and let jesse blumenthal have a conversation with the chairman of the fcc, who is probably one of the most hated men in washington, but should be applauded by everyone here for helping make the free market work when it comes to telecommunications in this century. i'm glad to have someone who enforced the free market. does supports the free market as chairman of the fcc. without further ado, the chairman of the fcc, ajit pai,

and erick erickson writes this.rump supporters don't want to hear it but get together in any off the record meeting of conservatives who have gone to assist trump n what you're reading in "the new york times" and the bob woodward book comes pouring out. there is no deep state here. this is the white house staff and the trump white house approved staff of the various cabinet officials. if you want a salacious story with which to rile people up, let them know these are not obama holdovers and longtime left-leaning bureaucrats. this is the republican establishment that trump beat and then absorbed along with movement conservatives who decided they needed to try to salvage what they could and save the country in the process. so, joe, this is exactly what we were talking about. >> yeah. but my question really is, how much is an op-ed really an insurance policy because no matter if you put your name on it or don't, really what counts to an american voter in new hampshire is what you actually do about it. and hearing from

conservative blogger erick erickson organized the conference. >> i have two guess. i get to take a break for a little bit and let jesse blumenthal have a conversation with the chairman of the fcc, who is probably one of the most hated men in washington, but should be applauded by everyone here for helping make the free market work when it comes to telecommunications in this century. i'm glad to have someone who enforced the free market. does supports the free market as chairman of the fcc. without further ado, the chairman of the fcc, ajit pai, and jesse blumenthal. [applause] >> hey, how are you doing? >> good. >> hey. thanks. jesse: mr. chairman, thank you so much for joining us. you wanted to say a few things before we got started. you have some thoughts on technology and telecommunications. we are going to let you sort of start the conversation and i have some follow-up questions for you. ajit: it's going to be a 15 minute speech on the intricacy of the fun regulations going back to 1934, i don't know if you have the time. before i begin, i have a confession to

erick erickson. ..... captioning performed by vitac >>> the first day of the confirmation hearing for president trump's nominee to the supreme court, judge brett kavanaugh, his confirmation hearing will begin. instructions being given to people in the line and reporters outside the hearing room. here protesters on the balcony just beyond the hearing room. we will be bringing you full live coverage today here on c-span 3 and also you can find us at c-span as well. we heard from democrats this morning on the judiciary committee about their concerns regarding the nominee, so in these last 20 minutes or so before the hearing begins, we will take a look at their remarks, speaking on the steps of the supreme