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for start with congressman lipinski. congress and i think we could say especially the house as being a place supposed be a bunch of diverse interests being piled into the same forum and then having to work things out amongst themselves, which, as phil hinted, can go two basic ways, either they cancel each other out and nothing happens, or they somehow bargain out a compromise that enough of them can live with. it can then move on to the next chamber. was that happening when? you were in congress. was that happening much a lot? not much at all. what was your experience? well, let me let me start with phil read the wrap. let me read this from distinguish academic and public servant. what the blurb on the back of the book. well, few would claim that the contemporary congress is uniting the nation, solving our most vexing problems. why congress lays out a convincing case that this is exactly what the institution was designed to do, has done in the past and do once again. and let me tell you, as we all know, it's not doing th

let me first start with congressman lipinski. phil's book of congress and i think we say especially the house as being a place that's supposed to be a bunch of diverse interests being piled into the same forum and then having to work things out amongst themselves which can go two basic ways either they cancel each other out and nothing happens or they somehow bargain out a compromise that enough of them can live with that it can move onto the next chamber. was that happening when you were in congress, was that happening much, a lot, not much at all, what was your experience? >> well, let me -- let me start with phil -- let me read this from a distinguished academic and public servant, the blurb on the back of the book. while few claim congress is uniting the nation or solving problems why congress lays out a convincing case that this is exactly what the institution was design today do, has done in the past and can do once again. let me tell you as we all know it's not doing that right now. i was -- so many different thoughts come

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we will first start with congressman daniel lipinski.and especially the house as being a place that is supposed to be a bunch of diverse interest beingg piled into the same form and then having to work things out amongst themselves so we can go to basic ways. either they cancel each other out and nothing happens. are they bargain out a compromise most can live with tand move on to the next chambe. was h that happening when you ae in congress? wasn't having much, a lot, not much at all? what was your experience? we start because phil read -- let me read this from a distinguished academic on a public servant. the blurb on the back of the book. while few claimants contemporary congress is uniting the nation are solving are most vaccine problems, why congress lays out a convincing case is exactly with the institution was designed to do, has done in the past, and can do once again. let me tell you as we all know it's not doing that right now. so many different thoughts come to mind as phil was speaking did anyone ever do that we do the cartoo

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i mean, dan lipinski, former congressman from illinois, said yesterday that in 2015, he was in then speaker boehner's office, and boehner suggested to him that when mark meadows was trying to overthrow the government and to take -- to overthrow speaker boehner's perch and see as speaker, pelosi suggested to him, "we got your back if there is a motion to vacate you. we will vote affirmatively against it." >> yeah. >> she was an institutionalist, and that is not what we saw this time around. >> no institutionalists. >>> we'll be back in 60 seconds. when we come back, willie geist is going to ask michael steel the two most important questions in washington, d.c. number one, how do the republicans get out of this mess? and number two, is the nfl showing too much taylor swift at kansas city chiefs games? we'll be right back. ask about vraylar. because you are greater than your bipolar 1, and you can help take control of your symptoms - with vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar treats depressive, acute manic, and mixed episodes of bipolar 1 in adults. proven, full-spectru

some pharmacists out there >>> guys, coming up tomorrow on "today" figure skating legend tara lipinskiurned to israel last night and the humanitarian crisis there is getting worse nbc's kelly cobiella joins us now from israel with the latest. hey, kelly good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you those freed hostages are both israeli grandmothers one of them telling her story from the hospital this morningd saying she's been through hell this morning, 85-year-old grandmother yocheved lifshitz recalling when she was captured. i was taken on the back of a motor bike, hit with sticks until we reached a huge network of tunnels underneath. it looked like a spider web. the grandmothers spent the night recovering at a tel aviv hospital flown here overnight after hamas handed them over to the red cross in gaza for what they called compelling humanitarian reasons. both israeli citizens, loaded into branss on the egyptian side of the border monday night their husbands still hostages of hamas. yocheved lifshitz grandson daniel spoke with savannah and hoda earlier on "today." >> i know my