joaquin jeffreys, kathryn clark, pete aguilar, they represent that crop of democratic leader whose havere for sometime and all three have a great deal of experience but are obviously much younger than jim clyburn and nancy pelosi and diverse. you'd have the first african american leader and a woman and pete aguilar would be a leader in the highest ranks of the democratic party. this isn't settled quite yet. while they appear to be the leaders right now in this leadership race, there will still be some negotiating behind the scenes between democrats and they'll have their official vote on november 30th. they're the favorites right now, though, and democrats would certainly like a scenario where by this is done as seamless as possible because democratic unity is going to be essential in the new congress. the margins will be so tight. we're talking about february a five to seven-seat majority and they won't have nancy pelosi guiding the ship because keeping democrats together and counting votes was her expertise. >> indeed. ashley, what are the challenges these democratic leaders will be f

democrats have begun to coalesce around new york congressman joaquin jeffries to be their next leader in the house. should congressman jeffrey succeed, he'd be the first ever african american to lead a major party in congress and he will have big shoes to fill. not only are their pelosi's legislative's a consummate as speaker, for the last four years pelosi's been at the helm of the movement to counter donald trump. to act as a chakras influence on the party and the authoritarianism he's injected into american politics. and this is not a person who took on this mantle reluctantly. she was all in. remember this photo from the meeting between white house and crashing a leaders during pete trump's first impeachment? the attic clap during his state of the union, or when she ripped up the ante, when she ripped up the copy of the trump state of the union speech. she was polite enough not to flush it down any government toilets afterwards. but these moments were just photo ops and clickbait although they were yes those things as well. they represented something deeper. there were symbols of a powerful rejection of donald trump and