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. >>> now i want to bring in congresswoman karen bass, democrat of california. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. you are the former head of the congressional black caucus. i don't know anyone that's been more straightforward than you. do you still have any belief, any hope that congress will do anything to protect voting rights across the country before the 2022 midterms? >> oh, i absolutely have to have that hope, rev, because i don't know what we do next year when you have states that are actually saying, if we're able to get over voter suppression and win that they want to have the right to overturn the election. it's just crazy. when this happens in other countries we call it the closing of democratic space. we issue sanctions and cut foreign aid. so to have it happen here in the united states is just egregious. we absolutely have to get voting rights on president biden's desk this year. this session. >> let me raise another issue now. if the u.s. supreme court overturns roe versus wade and if reports are accurate that more than two dozen states ma

you have representatives like karen bass saying -- still -- i thought it was interesting.anage maed the search committee for vice president. he said while he does believe president biden will run for re-election, if he doesn't he still thinks vice president harris will be at the top of the ticket. there's questions right now whether she is being set up to successfully hold the position. >> we'll be watching as it all plays out. good to see you. happy holidays. thanks. >> happy holidays. >>> well, 2021 was a busy year to say the least in washington. i don't think anyone would argue that. so in the spirit of the christmas season, let's take a look back at who is getting coal in their stocking and who is getting the opposite of coal, which our lawyers tell us is candy canes. santa himself is here, cnn politics chris sill liz zsa. let's start with the bad stuff. who is getting coal this year? >> i forgot my snowy white beard for my full santa effect, jim. let's start, and zolan referred to this. first, joe biden. he starts in the high 50s, looks like he's getting the coronavir

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karen bass went to bat for her too against the president.y came out i want you to comment on cailee, an excerpt about the morale in the white house. quote, in the first year of the biden white house, cam rad derly has been fleeting. many teens suffering from low morale according to several officials. creating the potential for higher than usual turnover as for the beginning of a at the end of one year and beginning of the next. these satisfies reached out to them, cailee. >> yeah. that's right. look, we had a lot of leaks in the trump white house. something regrettable. you want to be on board, you need a team moving forward tore the american people. hate to see this happening for biden like it did for trump. indicates something big going on here. they are talking politico playbook a lot of these staffers, they feel left out and marginalized haven't had a staff meeting i was in the white house during mark meadows every single monday had a meeting where we all went in. together and we talked through the issues. and that was during the height

republicans leaving. 19 democrats have announced. 12 of those 19 won their district like jackie spear and karen bass by 20, 30, 40, 50 plus percent margins. the seats won't flip red. i think it is cyclical and historical. when you have the president in power as a republican they lose seats. when the president in power is a democrat they lose seats. that i'm not surprised about. i'm also not surprise ed when some people don't get policies past. in oregon's first district they haven't been republican prior to 1975. more than half the district is democratic. a lot of universities there. the left race he won it by a slim margin. >> harris: every president knows that first round if it's your second term second round of mid-term elections will be messy and they do lose seats. what is different about this to me, jason, is the fact that we could see a situation where the senate is in play, too. that republicans could end up with both houses of congress because the majorities were so close and nobody talked about that. biden and his administration thought they had a mandate or they said that early on. that i

. >> should have been karen bass. >> i would agree with that. >>.i know he was on paternity leave women on paternity leave work remotely. he couldn't do that? >> people don't even know at this point. maria: could be we will break when we come back inflation hotter than ever a closer look looking at robots getting hired record rates the new way companies adjust to labor shortage this holiday we take you to a facility in chicago. to show you more. next, on "mornings with maria." . as a dj, i know all about customization. that's why i love liberty mutual. they customize my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the evolution of sports betting is now b2b technology for restaurants, bars, casinos and consumers. the future of sports betting. elys game technology. purepoint is primed for uranium's explosive revival, with the most advanced, high grade exploration portfolio in the world's riches

congresswoman karen bass.e the first out gay elected official in pennsylvania in brian sims who's running for that race. like tara and rene, i'm looking at florida, pennsylvania, wisconsin. you have african-americans running for the senate in those -- from those states so we'll see if any or all of those folks are successful. john, considering that you've been covering congress for more than 30 years, on the hill are there people who just objectively speaking are vulnerable? and we might not be seeing them come january 2023? >> oh, yeah, there's lots of them. i think this is going to -- i agree with the other panelists. i think this is -- i look at a race like wisconsin, ron johnson, is he going to run again? he hasn't announced. i think he's absolutely vulnerable. that's a critical race. pennsylvania is a huge raise. you have mimet oz in there. dr. oz. he's objecting we call him mr. oz. we'll see on that side, democratic primaries. you have lieutenant governor john federman. val demming is in florida. >> yes.

congresswoman karen bass is running for mayor of los angeles.y words of advice for her? >> i don't know if i can give any words of advice to anyone about being mayor other than just do what you feel in your heart is the right thing to do. and really be honest to the people about who you are. when i ran for office, there were a lot of things that i supported publicly that everyone else who was running for mayor did not support. and there were people who weren't very happy with the decisions i made to support increased density on the west side of town and also conservatorship, and that is really forcing people who are mentally ill into treatment. and so those are very controversial but necessary in order to change our city, and people, they know i care about those things. they know where i stood and they supported me anyway. i think it's important to show the people who you are, what you represent, and let them make the decision and support the decisions of the people that you want to represent. >> mayor london breed, 45th mayor of the great city

and people speaking out for her karen bass what the white house could have done is been clear betterhe said she was there to say hello and then basically asked to leave. so joe manchin gets to talk with the president and negotiate but not the vice president. so she has been a lot of the major decisions. not everybody is sympathetic, henry cuellar, the moderate at the border, the democrat from texas and says well, when asked about ms. harris he said i say very respectfully to her i moved on. she was tasked with this job and doesn't look like she is very interested in it. so we are going to move on to other folks that work on the issue. so, the problem with kamala harris she also says indicates through a surrogate she would be treated differently if she wasn't a woman and a woman of color which is just not true. and to me that is a copout. she has not been a foot forward on anything she has been assigned. she has not been ready to talk to anybody in regular basis. compared to the availability of mike pence, compared to the availability of joe biden under barack obama who was given the

fighting has escalated between the military and ethnic karen armed groups. hamas has denounced a visit to israel by the palestinian president muslin bass, a hammer spokesman that had deepened the palestinian political division and complicated the situation. a bass made the trip to discuss economic and security issues. the u. s. and russian presidents will speak on the phone on thursday as tension surrounding ukraine continue to build. the white house. national security council says mister putin requested of the coal, kemal will keep you company in the coming hours after al jazeera correspondent. i will see you very soon. ah, my grandfather matthew reddened off. the scheme was well known for working with the contract is he competed for the chance to design and build the new apollo spacesuits. one company, i'll see dover went to great lengths with the publicity stunt that showed their suit playing american football and winning the nasa contract by a touchdown. necklace to more show has extensively research the development of the siege in his book space suit fashioning apollo. because he tells me that in the early sixty's, i elsie dave wh