i have to say it's martha mcsally. you come to the realization you worked for a terrible guy, i can't accept that concession speech. anyone can go blue and get enthusiasm. but martha mcsally was not only congenial, she was honest. and guess what? it ended up getting her the job anyway. >> she was appointed to the other seat. >> exactly. >> i think that's true. she did get a very significant consolation prize. that's only because they could not give it to boomer, though. >> that's true. >> eager for the position. but i disagree on mia love. i think it was very powerful. there was much more to it than that. she was talking about how republicans didn't reach out into minority communities. she said of president trump it's all transactional, no relationships. i don't think there's ever been a better distillation of the criticism of that. >> i don't like concession speeches where you sort of take a 180 from how you campaign. with mcsally, she accused her opponent of treason literally days before. mia love never raised those

one of them was appointed, martha mcsally, coming in. we see the faces we are familiar with, toggling back to that. i wanted to point that out. >> melissa: leslie, let me ask you -- it has been a feeling of both sides of the aisle to get s done. i think charlie is right in the sense that there is so much politically at stake. you don't want to give donald trump a win, you don't want to be seen as -- the one thing we saw work with criminal justice reform, and it seems like some have suggested maybe there could be ruling by coalition rather than by party. can you get coalitions together who want things, and can kind of horse trade for that? is there a possibility for that on immigration? >> leslie: i'm not sure. immigration i think is an area where democrats can win. this is why. even though you have a republican majority in the senate, even though you can't get it to his desk and he won't sign it, if they can address comprehensive immigration reform -- or member, we are talking about daca. the dreamers. as harris rightly mentioned, we are

one open seat that was jeff flake's seat in the senate and then the woman who lost, martha mcsally was appointed because john mccain passed away and the governor chose her. it was worth noting arizona never had any female senators and now two at the same time. you were talking about alexandria ocasio-cortez and she is there at the bottom of the screen getting ready to be sworn in. >> wearing white, the color of suffragettes. you think about what nancy pelosi wore, that bright pink dress that sticks out in a sea of a lot of blue and even the women are wearing darker colors. you see her in white knowing she will stick out on camera in that color. behind her is warren underwood. >> she will be the youngest member. >> 29 years old, the youngest woman ever elected. she made her first move after speaker pelosi will be voting against the package that are centrist democrats making sure they can add to the deficit. she has 1.7 million followers on twitter. while you are playing images of the senate, the most significant thing they will do is become a factory for conservative judges. mcconnell g

the first nominee is arizona congresswoman martha mcsally following a very combative senate race.ore congenial tone sitting alongside her dog boomer. >> everybody, i called kyrsten sinema and congratulatesed her on becoming arizona's first female senator after a hard fought battle. wish her much success in the arizona senate. i want to say thank you to everybody who supported me in the campaign, my staff, volunteers, and everybody who voted for me. i'm so grateful for you as my wing man and wing women in this journey. >> i think that dog wanted a shorter speech. anyway, next up is texas congressman beto o'rourke. o'rourke fell short of unseating senator ted cruz but built a highly energetic base of supporters. here he is matching their enthusiasm while using some choice words. >> i want to thank this amazing campaign of people, not a dime from a single pac, all people, all the time in every single part of texas. all of you showing the country how you do this. [ cheers and applause ] i'm so [ bleep ] proud of you guys. >> there was another word there. the final nominee, utah congre

and kirsten cinema will be sworn in over martha mcsally, and is it is going to to be interesting if martha mcsally can hold on to that seat, and also with another pair of members from same states. >> and also, joining new hampshire with a longstanding tradition of all female delegation, and senators and house members as well. >> it is a great point, too, andrea, they do to the same extent work together, and ted cruz and tim kaine were chatting on the subway coming over here. so. >> and so i was talking to a leading democratic senator who mentioned the fact that even coming out, the member of the judiciary committeeb and she mentioned the fact that to be in the senate you generally have to with be really smart. these are a lot of really smart people who respect each other's intelligence and hard work for the most part. >> and you are not speaking of the senate? >> there are many senators who may joke about the house of representatives unfavorably, and we will not do that here obviously, but the senate is still a place where the people like to think of themselves as a body of equals and the

there is martha mcsally being sworn in as well yesterday.teve scully's tweeted out this, -- steve scalise tweeted out this, a link to an article about the newly sworn in democrat of michigan who yesterday was caught last night on video promising impeachment. here is what she had to say. [video clip] >> people love you and you win. don't win. i said, they don't. host: we will go to jerry in huffington, beach -- huffington beach. caller: i don't have a problem with women wearing stilettos, it is ok with me. weway, this is a mixed bag have here. i don't see any earthshaking change taking place. i gave up the republican party years ago. i don't see the democratic party as much of an improvement. agendae list of the nancy pelosi laid out, it sounded so weak. one of the things she said was we were going to pass common sense gun laws for registering people -- background checks. is that the best they can come up with? the leadership of the democratic party is so weak, the arguments are so weak. host: in the new york times -- all street journal has a

martha mcsally is going to have to run for election in 2020. you are hearing from those folks, real concern about the shut down continuing. they are talking like democrats and saying we should open up the government on what they agree on and fight on border security. >> we talked about president obama meeting with and hillary clinton has been meeting with some of them. what's going on here? >> the former democratic nominee would meet with potential candidate who is want to run, but what is intriguing here is that hillary clinton said she has no intention of running for office is looming out there. taking these meetings is one indication that she is not really running. they would love her support and guidance and would love her endorsement. i will be very, very surprised if hillary clinton jumps into the 2020 fray with an endorsement. my guess is she stays out until there is a democratic nominee. >> dianne feinstein was speaking glowingly and i also like camera harris, the junior senator from california. interestingly last night, these two senat

martha mcsally in arizona, a swing state there. same with iowa, joni ernst. at the end of the day, if this is perceived as voting for am any test, they could face challenges. this is a narrow line here. at the end of the day, they want to punt this ho the house of representatives and put the pressure there, shep. >> shepard: what is happening on the house side, chad? >> that is what is so interesting here. the sides are still really just talking past one another. you have this bill in the senate tomorrow, try to get it in the senate. the house will move with a series of six bills, all but the dhs appropriations bills. they were conferenced and negotiated between democrats and republicans in the house and senate. what you continue to have here is this effort by democrats to say why don't we get republicans to vote for this. the high water mark on any of those bills, shep, has been 12 republicans. i don't really think they'll get much effort there. something they're very concerned here on capitol hill is that paychecks go out. the second missed paycheck would b

the question is whether enough republicans who are up in 2020, people like martha mcsally in arizonaollins in maine, and even david perdue and tom tillis. if you have a president who has no aspiration or goal of speaking to the majority of the country, you can go pretty far afield without a majority opinion really changing his direction. >> wow. and 2020 is a long way away, particularly if you are a furloughed or federal worker or a contractor, et cetera. if you are any of those people, you were hoping that it's not the president, then republicans, their support for his wall notion, that that might crumble far sooner so as to get federal government up and running. declaring a national emergency doesn't necessarily ensure that government will be up and running, even if the president were to declare that. >> look, there are some republicans who hope that is face-saving maneuver. declaring a national emergency and reopening the government really would be a retreat that looks like an advance. it would allow him to claim he's escalating the dispute when in fact he would be backing down. i

senate race-- after trailing on election night, democrat kyrsten sinema now leads republican martha mcsallytage points. ( cheers and applause ) so, arizona has a heated race, but it's a dry heat. so, pretty comfortable. ( laughter ) but, you're welcome. but, unlike florida, both sides in this election are saying every ballot should be counted. it's been slow, because 75% of the state's electorate votes by mail. the other 25% of arizonans whisper their vote into a dreamcatcher. ( laughter ) now, there was a brief controversy about what to do about some of the votes, because signatures didn't match exactly the ballots and the votes, but a court resolved the issue this week. trump still freaked out, tweeting: sure, how about 2016? ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) now, what else? oh, the president was in paris this weekend for the 100th anniversary of the armistice day, and was scheduled to pay his respects at a u.s. military cemetery. these soldiers fought tirelessly through brutal conditions, so, of course, trump cancelled his trip to the cemetery due to rain. well, you can't blame him,

his vulnerable republicans up in swing states in 2020 i would look at jonie earnst in iowa, and martha mcsally and if this is perceived as amnesty and they go for that that could spark a primary challenge as we go into the 2020 cycle. >> if sentiment changes you could start to see democrats come back to the table but right now over the past little while it's the republicans that have been faced with the burden of the shutdown or i guess the blame i should say. i've been reporting on this and we talked about the furloughed workers, 800,000 people affected and how it's hurting the economy , the s&p is saying it's roughly about a $3.6 billion loss at the moment could climb to over 5 billion which is pretty much the funding for the wall. chad, could you just break down some of i guess the cost, because for somebody that may not understand and we're not talking about pay. what are some of the costs associated with this economic shutdown? >> i have talked repeatedly with some of the farm state senators i mentioned senator hov en, among them about when this starts to really affect those types of vote

arizona and california about trump's $5.7 billion border barrier request, only two, ted cruz and martha mcsally said they supported it. and this -- quite frankly think the folks in washington, d.c. are out of touch about what's going on at the border of the they come down and do a photo-op or patrol boat or helicopter, the democrats point the finger at republicans, republicans point the fingers at democrats and then they leave, they leave us with the problem. it's just a total circus. it is indeed. on day 20 of the second longest government shutdown in history, a shutdown that proves the essential argument of donald trump's candidacy was a lie, that he can run things as a success. businessman might, a tweet from "the washington post" carol leonnig puts is it best -- i think that america is actually engulfed by its second civil war now, putin deputy rogozin. the russian oligarch is more right than wrong and it's exactly what putin wanted. joining our conversation, from the border in texas and former democratic congresswoman donna edwards joins us. jacob, you have unbelievable reporting about how

>> well, yeah, martha mcsally, republicans that are up -- you know, republicans are losing on this shutdown issue. we can't -- i feel like there's a monty python and the holy grail moment here. people pretend they're winning when they're having their arms and legs hacked off. >> i asked jim acosta that. i'm sorry. chris said he was at an off the record meeting and he couldn't be more confident about his position. who is advising him? is he in reality? there's no way, if he is -- >> drugs from the border. >> they're losing on this. i saw it in 2013. i remember standing up there, ten days into the shutdown, saying we're winning. and i said, they're like the knight at the bridge. it's just a mere flesh wound, my arm's been hacked off. >> david, did the president allay any republican concerns tonight about the length of the shutdown or anything like that? i got to go, though, you have to do it fast. >> no. no, no, no. i don't think so at all. i just can't -- this is the first speech he's made from the oval office and you would have thought that a lot of imagination would have gone into this, a

remember, martha mcsally just lost the senate race and then got appointed to the other seat. to run in 2020. this is a state trump won but only won narrowly in 2016. so keep a close eye there. i think joni ernst in iowa. democrats have some thoughts of maybe trying to claw back or at least get close to the 2020. georgia, as state democrats look at it the future they think they can compete there. maybe in 2020. could that be trouble for david perdue next year? texas, that might be a reach for democrats. beto o'rourke did get to within three points. john cornyn running for reelection there. again, that's the mix of senators. you would have to see these folks, a lot of these folks really start to get publicly nervous about the politics of this. that could maybe change the thinking of mitch mcconnell, republican leadership. by the way, the flip side. i just want to show you this quickly. we talked so much in 2017 and 2018 about that dynamic of democrats. remember, ten democrats in 2018 in the senate had to run for reelection. ten democratic seats in states that trump had won, tru

marsha blackburn, martha mcsally, some people left our chamber, but let's talk about the financial support and while vupac, and out with a lot of great organizations in us, i that are helping have tell you, all of us had ough races, some tougher than others. we know and we sought the ability of the democrats to put of dollars in a couple of weeks, into some of these races.te people that did not have niem have ep they'll did not much backing before that entity went out and raised massive of money. but yet, we all have leadership lot of d have done a what jackie said and that makes a huge difference. rise?, can you talk about the entity, republicans inspiring success and empowerment project? yes. >> because we've got to have more of these types of projects, of initiatives. i would get monneleadership pacts, suzanne's supporting leaders and try to focus on women, but how can we those, how can we really get the country behind efforts to help us compete and to get across the finish line? >> yes, thank you, suzanne. clearly the republicans are going to have to figure out how money to help women

of tennessee, mike braun of indiana, senator cramer of north dakota, josh hawley of missouri, martha mcsally of arizona, mitt romney of utah, jacky rosen of nevada, rick scott of florida, and kyrsten sinema from arizona. their talent, their hard work brought them all here. and now we have an expanded senate republican majority, a majority to build on the progress that we made in the 115th congress. albeit we're still short of the 60 votes needed to pass most pieces of legislation, we have a group of people committed to the values of our party and our country and working together to find solutions for the nation. mr. president, during the swearing in last week, as i was sworn in to the senate, my 96-year-old mother joined us. she attended, enjoyed it, and watches the opening every day for the pledge of allegiance and for the prayer from reverend black and looks to that as a sign of our nation moving forward. from the time i was a little boy, she would always say this is the most important year of your life. she started when i was very young. i think her lesson remains today, for me and for al

through, now, we lost some awesome candidates over to the senate, you know, marge blackburn, martha mcsally, christie nomes now governor, some p people left our chamber, but let's talk about the financial support and while you started out with view-pac and i know there are a lot of great organizations here that are helping us, but i have to tell you, all of us had tough race, some much tougher than others, and we know and we saw through, the act of the democrats to put millions of dollars in a couple of weeks, into some of these candidates' races, people that did not have name i.d., people that did not have much backing before that entity went out and raised massive amounts of money. but yet, we all have leadership pacs and have done a lot of what jackie said, and that makes a huge difference. kathy, can you talk about rise, the entity, republicans inspiring success and empowerment project? because we've got to have more of these types of projects, these types of initiatives, i would get money into my leadership pacs, susan's perform ac, supporting the united states of america's next leader

we also serve as a resource for women to reach out, you know, when martha mcsally ran the first time, you know, she spent her entire career as an air force colonel flying into the battle zone. she didn't know everything about financial services and, you know, wall street. and so there are things, understandably, that she was not going to ban expert on. and happily in our network, we were able to provide her with some of those resources to say this is how this works, this is what you need to know whatever issue it happens to be and now that we have more and more diverse women stepping forward to run, the expectation that they know everything about everything is silly and so to be able to give them that support network has been something really important that we've been able to do. >> that's awesome, julie. i think you should be commended for your efforts but it's resources for these women candidates and women who are sitting incumbents in the house, in the senate, but also if you're a business sitting here today, remember, v.i.e.w. pac and these other outside groups today, you resource

at the very least the majority leader mitch mcconnell getting vulnerable senators up in 2020 martha mcsally ernst in iowa at the opportunity to get e record and supporting the solution, eric. >> eric: all right, thank you so much. >> sandra: buzzfeed same media firestorm last week only to be shut down by the special counsel office himself robert mueller. the special counsel refuting the report president trump directed former attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about a possible business deal with russia. buzzfeed as of this morning still standing by its report. here is how we curtain the last hour. >> this was a humiliating episode for buzzfeed but a black eye for many media organizatio organizations. buzzfeed you can't go with a charge of this magnitude accusing the president of the united states subordinating michael cullen to lie to congress without some email or text message or document. >> sandra: on the lawn, kevin, what is the president thing about buzzfeed story shot down by the special counsel? well effectively adding to the long list of stories that he feels unfairly targeted

joni ernst, exposed as well as martha mcsally just appointed as well as senator perdue.e got some funding for the wall. he thinks that could be the way that they could negotiate. steve: also, apparently there is an axios story that's been ricocheting around the internet that talks about how in one of the early meetings where the president of the united states was negotiating apparently in the white house, probably the situation room with the congressional democrats and republicans and at one point mick mulvaney tried to compromise, give out a compromise number and the president criticized him quite language. kellyanne conway is going to be joining us one hour from now. brian: just exexpand. mibleg you basically got us into this mess you didn't ask for enough money as omb director to begin with. we had 1.6. i needed more than that. you knew it that's how you got us into it. mick mulvaney made it clear to chris wallace we are asking for 5. we would settle for 2.5. give away your hand if you give away that number. steve: the president felt in the meeting he was compromising

and she reports he will make a decision in the coming weeks. , he would be run running against martha mcsallythe republican who has been appointed to fill the seat of the late senator john mccain. callersd back to our this morning, brad has been waiting in oklahoma, democrat. brad, legislative agenda -- what do you want them to work on here in washington? caller: hi, a big issue to me would be medicare for all. i also agree with the previous caller on discussing climate change. i am very, very happy to see alexandria ocasio-cortez agreeing to new deals. these are life and death issues. all, it was such an important improvement with the affordable care act, and i defending the affordable care act against any kind of attacks, but it is insufficient mainly because it leaves the private health insurance companies in the game, and really they are the problem. brad, were you motivated this past election cycle because of the talk from democrats about medicare for all? yes, i am generally involved in elections regardless. host: what do you do? caller: i recently returned from living abroad in china,

martha mcsally of arizona. romney of utah, jacky rosen of nevada, rick scott a florida, and kyrsten sinema from arizona. their talent, their hard work brought them all here, and now we have an expanded senate republican majority, a majority to build on the progress that we made in the 115th congress. .. as i was sworn in to the senate, my 96-year-old mother joined us, and she attended, enjoyed it and watches the opening every day for the pledge of allegiance and for the prayer from reverend black, and looks to that as a sign of our nation moving forward. from the time i was a little boy, she would always say this is the most important year of your life. she started when i was very young and i think that her lesson remains today, for me and for all of us. this is the most important year of our lives, for ourselves, for our nation, for our world, and she would say what you do this year makes a big difference for the future so make sure you do it right. well, we're now at a point of divided government. the democra