we want to bring in elise jordan, msnbc analyst, former adviser to the rand paul campaign. and morris reed strategist and partner at mercury. great to see you both. elise, let's talk about the optics of this. how unusual is this real hi for the gop, the folks that are in power with the white house, to have this much protest and outrage? >> it's cheerily a very contentious time. we've never seen protests like this at the beginning of a presidency, you know, from the women's march and, you know, the largest protest that has ever occurred in america, to consistent, you know, you look at the immigration ban being implemented suddenly op a friday afternoon and across the nation you have crowds at airports being galvanized to take action. so it is quite a moment in american history for protests and it's going to be interesting how democrats actually channel this anti-trump enthusiasm. and if they're going to be able to translate it to success at the voting booths in 2018. >> right. is it real traction we're looking at here, the precursor of? some would suggest the protests, these are democrats,

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big crowds showed up to tell congressman reed they do not support the new president and they said so loudly. same thing happened today to congressman jim jordanrom ohio. he held kind of a makeshift town hall outside an event where he really wasn't planning on talking to constituents. tension were running high even before he got there. it didn't get much better once he arrived and started talking. >> now -- now it's time to change it and bring back insurance that actually empowers you. [ crowd chanting "give us your insurance" ] >> "give us your insurance." when congress is home, there are 150 town hall and constituent events like this across the country. for a lot of people, d.c. is inaccessible. the phone lines have been jammed. people are getting a chance for the first time in a while to talk to representatives face to face. this is day one of something that's going to go on all week. people apparently have a lot to say. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word >>> after trump's national security adviser michael flynn resigned last week, trump offered the position to retired admiral rober