he has a lot of supporters like i said from e lizwet warren to jeff sessions and i think spreading itmong parties helps. even hillary clinton won't take a position on the trade bill she says because we don't know the details. she's right. it's fair to put her in the position. i think it helps the argument against this bill. it helps grow a coalition, because just weird bedfellows. >> you just said that hillary clinton doesn't necessarily support it because she wants to know what the details are, but we also know that the bill itself doesn't sit well with liberal democrats and unions which is separate from mrs. clinton but talk about the liberal democrats and the unions unions. >> they're worried it will cheapen labors. if you can trade labor that's cheaper, a lot of companies will outsource their work and go where it's cheaper because they have commitment to their investors to make money for their business. and i think that's where their criticism comes from. they -- unions very interested in the american laborer. they don't want that person to lose their job because of this deal. and

from alcfio from e lizwet warren is there any concern from the white house especially on something that, you know, was rhetorical and off the cuff but also demonstratively untrue that the president's mischaracterized his opponent's position? >> no. i'm not sure there's anything demonstratively untrue about what the president said either. again, what is true that generally speaking on the vast majority of economic matters that come before the united states congress, the president and leaders of the labor movement are in strong agreement about what's necessary to advance the interest of middle class families. in this case there is a disagreement. and i would acknowledge it is a sharp disagreement. but the president's had success in making his case to democrats in the united states senate. i'm confident we'll have some success in making our case to democrats in the house. and, you know, frankly if you look at some of the polling data, which i know that you guys are often eager to do, there's some evidence to indicate the majority of democrats across the country agree with the president abo