than republicans. the democratic leadership council tried to move the democratic leadership party to the center of the political spectrum. he tried during parts of his presidency to do that. >> today, plenty of concern that the democratic party of 2019, 2020 has shifted too far to the left. the republican party has shifted too far to the right. similar during the late 1970's and 1980's as bill clinton was becoming politically active. that there was a concern that the party of mcgovern, who lost the 1972 election in a landslide, had shifted too far to the left. clinton, along with especially other southern democrats, worked hard to try to create structures and policy positions that shifted the party more towards the middle. even today, mayor bloomberg just announced his presidency. he is more in the center. there is a shift going back towards that center in the democratic party, because they are getting a lot of people concerned. an individual so far to the left like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders

choices that republicans have liked. that is a feather in his cap. for all of trumps distinctive this from -- distinctiveness from the republican party, there are tax bills that he signed that any republican would sign. there are a lot of democrats that disagree with those choices and are going to rally around whoever the democratic nominee ends up being. the question is, and this is what a lot of democratic elites that sanders is to far-left, and he is going to scare away highly educated affluent suburbanites. texas by 16.on trump won it by 9. these things are based on personality, but they are also based on policy differences. just because there are things that republican support that democrats hate and vice versa, you have to knowledge the legitimacy of the other side's views. host: the denver channel highlights today in colorado it is the first time they are holding a primary. guest: a lot of states that held caucuses in 2016 have moved to primaries to the point where we have i went and nevada as caucuses, although n

party, very prominent republicans. simon that's the perfect last question, the next lecture there check them up the in congress today. she couldn't set that up better. [applause] if you would please remain seated, so i can get her to the signing table, since she seems to be a little harder to walk out. all get to a 30 minute. >> we will look at some authors who look at disease and pandemics. he is er doctor jeremy brown discussing social isolation during the 1918 influenza epidemic. >> normal people die, and by october 2, on the front page of the "washington post" we were told that the work hours of change. that the federal day has been staggered to check the influence of spread and the people are to take shifts. now washington d.c. was not the only city to do this by any means. in fact, it happened in most of the cities that were affected. the idea was that if we could stop people from mingling, although we did not know it was a virus, that was causing this, we did understand somehow that keeping them away from people

why would black voters move back into the south one they are almost all run by republicans, racist republicans, if that were the case? that is not the case. what happened in the south was air-conditioning, business is moving down there with republicans from the north and west, and a pro-business atmosphere that propelled the republican party to a majority. the racists state of the democratic party. host: from your perspective, does the obama white house deserve some credit for the strong economy? you look what he inherited an book where things were when he left office. housing continued to go down. in the lastliding term of the bush administration. he continued to slide and did not bottom out until the top administration. -- the trump administration. i will see how the policies the president supported did anything to help the economy. i don't see how the policies that fdr did anything other than worsen and lengthen the great depression. for the most part, you cut regulation, cut taxes, you get a boom and higher consumer confidence. that is what turned this economy around. the idea that obama i

if you want to give us a call, republicans -- republicans (202) 748-8001.dents (202) 748-8002. our coverage starts at 7:00 tonight. you can follow along here or on c-span.org. we have focused on several states that are part of the super tuesday group, joining us from the texas tribune's patrick to talk about the primary. good morning to you. patrick: good morning. host: breaks down expectations for turnout and where the momentum is as far as the candidates are concerned. is ack: right now there decent amount of uncertainty given the early voting period in texas which is february 18 through this past friday. it came before joe biden's big victory in south carolina. i think a lot of people in texas will watch for what the early , did aresults look like lot of texas democrats wait to vote on election day to see who would be still viable at that point? this applies to people like amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg who dropped out in the past 24 or 48 hours. there is a significant chunk of the total vote that is the early vote in texas, it is not a perfect compari

big question is what will the republican party do because the republican party has not asked for the business in 70 years and has created a vacuum where democrats can say , voteng about republicans democratic because republicans want to kill your dog and your mom. that isolation has destroyed the brand which is why we say the president can turn fdr strategy on its head in order to get the 20%. aboutthe president talked one of the moments in the 2016 campaign in which he told african-american voters what have you got to lose. he felt it was the right thing to do and the president told reporters he thought that was one of the most significant moments in the 2016 campaign. would you agree? guest:guest: i think it was a significant moment in american history or at least this part of american history because the gop has not asked black voters for their support. the president was actively campaigning for black support with that statement. $10 millionending -- ig the super bowl believe there is now one of the women that he hardened is now in johnfor congress lewis is see in georgia. host: t

of republican meaning. the probably have about 30 percent of them as a primary. in the next 12 percent better. that's in line with a lot of the far right parties in europe. so it seems reasonable but because we have a two-party system, you can be the plurality of the plurality and gain total power. so by winning the republican nomination, trump got to redefine the republican party and for a lot of voters in the 2016 election, it was a binary choice. i read a lot of columns of folks on the right saying well i don't love trump, but democrats are crazy so i guess i will have to vote for trump. and in that binary system, guess i will have to vote for the republican because there is no other alternative. matthew: phone to the right to the vast majority of them are posted trump, the national review, and a lot of now support him. speech of these the only game in town if you don't want to be a democrat. if you want to be an independent and no power. lee: the lesser of the two evils is the defining logic and politic

are really quite extreme. >> guest: republicans are a big party, too. i think that it's flawed because first of all i do agree that the republican party has become incredibly extreme and by any historical or competitive standards the republican party has become an extreme party. but just to say democrats need to win the elections that doesn't solve the underlining ug hyper partisanship problem it just makes it worse. so although i may be a democrat and i may think that things would be better, i don't think that is a solution to the underlying structural problems and the reason the republican party has become so extreme is really fundamentally a function of the two-party system because a lot of folks in the republican party who were certainly not on board with what trump stood for and where he wanted to take the party but they said you can't be a democrat so there's no other party. slowly they have come along with him. if there were another party, there's a lot of republicans who would have long left and joined a different race or party. if you think abo

or republican leaning. probably got 30 percent. that's like 12 percent of the country. which is in line with a lot of the far right parties in europe. but because we have a two-party system, you can be the plurality of a plurality and gain toll party. so trump got to redefine the republican party. for a lot of voters, it was a binary choice. i've read a lot of columns that that i don't love trump democrats are crazy so i guess i will have to vote for trump. there's no other alternatives. >> the vast majority of the folks on the right who were opposed to trump have come around and are now supporting him. >> if you don't want to be a democrat or independent and have no power. >> so the other side is so evil that we have to stick with our team. >> the logic, lesser of two evils is the defining logic. if you do a google search for the lesser of three evils, you won't find that much. it's not a phrase that exists. you'll find there's a martial arts movie. but apparently it didn't do too well and they changed the

in around the state has $110.00 that's a large chunk of democratic delegates at stake there's no republican primary in virginia this year as well as the results come in over the next few years few hours rather michele kerry to bring that i'm really. not a very long have behaved resale who was a little bit counts. as you mentioned there are some states that have already closed but the u.s. is a big country there are multiple time zones so there would be willing coverage coming in throughout the night the polls close at different times specifically over 5 times sounds but as daryn mentioned some contest we already have already close but let's kind of remind you of how we got to this point there have been contests in new hampshire maine nevada and south carolina and these are the totals you can get the totals up right there to show you where things stand right now because of the 4 contests i just mentioned again that is new hampshire maine and south carolina bernie sanders has 60 delegates right now joe biden former vice president $53.00 and senator elizabeth warren has 8 and bernie sanders he

mcconnell: republicans to largely agree on what we think is best to address this emergency. and second, we will consult with our democratic colleagues and see what we can agree to. that is the way we will go forward here in the senate, and we will stay here until we do reach a bipartisan agreement and reach 60 votes to pass it. back in the back. can you give any indication of what the white house is expecting for cash payments to american citizens? do you have any idea when that would be? sen. mcconnell: anything that requires legislation will not be able to move until we pass legislation. there are things they can do on their own. proposalsour policy -- there are policy proposals -- i am wondering if you have any idea when they will -- sen. mcconnell: as quickly as they can. the rest of them will require our permission legislatively. we arest thing going to do is take up and passed a bill that came from the house. the second phase outlined a couple of times already. reporter: can you address this idea that the house bill when it repay small should businesses? can you are dr

i have divided and created three task forces among senate republicans. each of them tasked with coming up with what should be described as the next bill. we are trying to reach an agreement as to what senate republicans and the administration favor doing next. with regard to the bill that came over from the house, there was some discussion whether to amend that because we all know the bigger proposal is necessary, but i have decided we will go a long as soon as the senate can get permission to vote on the bill from the house, send it to the president for his signature and reassure the people around the country that we can operate on a bicameral and bipartisan basis quickly. second, the senate will not leave until we have passed another bill, and clearly that will have to go in two steps. senate republicans and the administration are going to try to reach an agreement on what we think is best for what could best be described as phase three. then we will sit down with our democratic counterparts and see what we can agree to. the senate will not leave town

republicans now ran congress. newt gingrich, the new speaker of the house, was kind of a prime minister, and clinton was going to be irrelevant. how does bill clinton navigate that situation to make a comeback? or how maybe do republicans make some tactical errors that help them make that come back? he is going to get reelected in 1996, how is that possible? what goes on? mr. reverley: so there is one very sad event during which bill clinton performs very admirably. it begins to change sensibilities. student: one aspect is that hillary clinton [indiscernible] he comes down and is like, we are going to do this. he is a republican centrist individual. he says you're going to have to run the government in a centrist aspect. the third way. they kind of advertise that. prof. harbour: another term, triangulation. triangulation. they hit on a clever strategy. the president would tactfully separate himself from some aspects of the democratic agenda, but still oppose aspects of the republican agenda. he would play the two

the 1998 election came, republicans lost. pushback on republicans because he was so popular. >> going into the 1998 off your election, the assumption would be that the republicans would take seats in the house of representative. actually, they lost seats in the house of representatives. there is a lesson here that is similar to the lesson of 1995 and 1996. overreaching in politics. republicans understood the public was against impeachment overwhelmingly. when they finally vote for impeachment, clinton is at the height of his popularity. there aren't the votes of the senate to remove him from office. overreaching. he survives, with lasting implications for his legacy, and terms of matters of personal integrity. anything else about the last two years in office? before we move on and talk about george w. bush? [inaudible] we head into thousand eight with the economy crashing. whether the clinton era appeal of various acting statutes and banking regulations contributed meaningfully to 2008 that plenty of people feel very strongly

it is really funny because a non-republican pretty much did in the republican party and the democrats at the hour of great need might be facing two people who are not really democrats, i guess bloomberg is now in bernie sanders is a socialist not democrat, he's not a member of the party. >> bloomberg has switched parties as often as winston churchill and the beginning of the 20th century. let me follow up on that. do the rest of you agree if a sanders or warren enters the party and bloomberg with the billions and advertising cannot only become the modern alternative or the centerleft alternative that actually prevail? >> i'm a little dubious about it, i have great respect for michael bloomberg and he did in extranet a job as mayor but is not really democrat in the traditional sense. i just think the idea of the billionaire, if it ends up being the billionaire versus bernie, people -- a lot of democrats will say i want the true democrat but frankly i think boom blurre is your bloomberg is overrated. his entire strategy abiding employee before march 3 with 40% of the democrats are going

it can accommodate conservative republicans as well as liberal republicans like nelson rockefeller.isten to the voice of ronald reagan from 1962. >> [recording] now we hear from one who has served his country all his adult life. crowning that service with two terms as president of the united states, dwight d. eisenhower. dr. kopelson: that is 1962. a lot happens. the next year is the john f. kennedy assassination. his vice president lyndon johnson becomes president. now it is 1964. lyndon johnson is running for the presidency. the republican candidate is barry goldwater. it is now a week before that general election. barry goldwater is not doing well. the polls do not look good. it is going to probably be and lbj landslide. reagan being the famous actor, he has crisscrossed the country for a long time delivering speeches as the spokesperson of general electric because he was the host of general election theater. -- general electric theater. the public knows him as the actor and speech maker for ge. this is the first time he will be seen from the american public as delivering a polit

and d i said i kind of think well, the president isn't really a true republican as the republicans were and he's not really giving anybody up on the republican ticket to run against him. they're not giving them a chance there and so while i'm not a complete going for all the things that bernie sanders is for, i do agree on medicare for all. and. >> we've got your point, jesse. >> i think in some ways, sanders is distanced from the leadership of hisown party . is an asset i think for some voters, there are a lot of people like sanders who don't like the partyleadership who don't like people like joe biden . and i think the president renovated from the two in 2016 red as i think i mentioned earlier, i do think that republicans based voters are a little more skeptical of their own leadership and democratic based voters are and we might be seeing evidence of that in this in this shift towards biden which i think is written to some degree i the messaging coming from elite members of the democratic party. the other thing too is that the way that the nomination process has been opened up in re

and those that the republicans disappeared from the republican party and then the national identities changed and that is what led to where we are today. >> you described a memo from newt gingrich who was the leader of the so-called republican revolution in 1994 of how to describe democrats. and those democrats to came and destroyed. that is a pretty remarkable set of attributes to fix on one's opponents were a different level of rancor that is always been bitter and brutal and fundamentally new. >> newt gingrich did a bunch of things in 1994. he encouraged the republicans in a much more aggressive way. with those congressional elections and gingrich noticed something. but that they were losing congressional election and the key was to emphasize that bush the first had. and it is a complicated figure with the caricature and then everything was fine with the centralized power and one reason why gingrich came to power because there are republicans in the house tired of being the minority and those that was more oppositional with the majority of the house and 40 years they have grown cor

in the republican party. one is obviously trump and trump is more radical on immigration then even his immediate predecessors if his predecessors used a dog whistle politics around race issues, trump uses a bullhorn on these issues. there are ways he has moved in a more radical direction but there are other ways in which the radicalization of the republican party preceded trump and opened the way for trump. i'm very fond of john f. kennedy is line from his inaugural address, he who rides the power on the back of the tiger ends up inside. i think that is what happened with the republican party and donald trump. >> speaking of socialism which you did sort of drop in there, when we talk about socialism. i think especially as a millennial one of the things that people who are slightly older here when they hear socialism. >> they think people are coming with torches to -- and i think millennial as you were saying copenhagen, that's what socialism in more of a broad opportunity for people to be bolstered by their s

there were no republican voters in the south in the 40s. my mother was out of her own hometown because of threats so there's a problem there. however, this voter suppression trotted out every two years by e the democrats because of that. when black voters hear the democrat party that is responsible for the deaths of 20 million black children and now selling body parts, when they hear it's not the democrat partg once again all caps, it's opportunity topping school choice and not the parents, that creates the private sector job to save their lives. i asked the caller, are your relatives working? it's their own situations as opposed to the talking points. >> don, your next. thank you for waiting. ygood morning. >> good morning. my question is about the issue of unemployment for black men, there's a report that said major cities where blacks are the majority of unemployment for black men, seven times higher than is for white men. the majority of black cities so where is the effective employment being utilized in what city? most cities such as n

you can see it in texas where republicans were defeated in suburban dallas, suburban houston, republicans in districts that will be newly competitive in 2020. they have retired. areas of put things, the country that were solidly republican into much more competitive territory. state ofhink a whole texas will become democratic but there are pockets of the country. virginia is key among them. that is where these shifts in american politics are going to have this map be much different than the map into thousand eight 2008 or 2012. >> you lived in d.c. for a long time. >> since i was a freshman student of american politics, there are two things that always surprised me. progress. a work in it has always been a work in progress for centuries. it keeps changing. we talk about democrats and republicans. the southern states were traditionally democrats. the whites used to be democrats. andl the 60's, the 50's 60's, they used to be democrats. now white in the southern states, things have changed. in texas, texas is -- america is complicated. texas is very popular. >> go ahead. finish your point. >

there are 53 senate republicans, 47 senate democrats. normally, that's enough to get things like judges and executive nominees to the senate which is the normal order of business. today tothe third vote move forward on this trillion dollar plus package does need 60 votes in order to get over the filibuster threshold. that will require not just republicans but democrats to get on board. that's out to previous coronavirus bills passed which were many billions of dollars. the problem is not just that democrats are opposing the bill as written but also that there whofive senate republicans are all self-quarantined. mitt romney and lee decided to self-quarantine after learning that senator rand paul had tested positive for coronavirus. scott should be back very soon. it's a very important numbers game to make sure there are enough senators in favor of the package or who can be in the chamber to vote for it. do we know why senator sanders missed the boat? guest: he was in vermont last night. host: richard in springfield, ohio. you are up first

republican. a obama republican. --do you thinkit if they give the nomination to biden at the convention because no one has a majority, do you think the sanders people, the young people simply will walk away and not voted all like they did in the last election? host: elie mystal, what do you think? guest: i'm going to be covering milwaukee this year. sanders walks in with a plurality of delegates but not the majority him up but doesn't walk out the nomination, i'm going to be putting my money in asbestos stock. be bad.that would i understand the rules. i'm not saying it is on any candidate to not follow the rules or dropout. i don't think that is fair to them. they are following the rules. a result where sanders has won the majority -- a plurality of the delegates, has won a plurality of the vote but somehow gets the nomination -- i don't want to say stolen, gets the nomination ruled away from him, i think that would be bad. but it result in the young people walking away? i don't know. unique we are in the time, faci

also doug fisher who is a republican of nebraska, advised e republican leadershi someone who is alignedith the president on virtually everytng said we have to be very, very cautious before we move forward. and even lindsey graham, the president's closest ally at the moment. he said -- he's ma sever public comments this week that the president should not act without considering the data so if the president does go this get very few people on his side. so i'm sure hese recogn that as well. so as amy was saying, this w an aspirathanal goal one tt doesn't have a lot of political support. the medical community is not behind it. robert: and the governor's finak thought q may decide to have their own time lines. we've seen them stope the floor again and again during this crisis. >> and we've seen real friction between the governors and thebo president what the president should be doing and his criticism of governors for iticizing him. robert: thank you very much to evyone for joining us here on a tough week for the whole country. and thank you for joining us from your home. we will keep taking

so what will the republican party do? they haven't asked for the business in 70 years and has created a vacuum. because we want to kill your mom and your dog so that isolation that is why the we can turn strategy on its head. >> meeting with network anchors last month that to tell african-american voters what do you have to lose and was criticized even though city when testing it was the right thing to do but he said poin was the one of the most significant moments in the campaign would you agree? >> i do think it was a significant moment in history. because the gop hasn't asked voters and then campaigning for black support and with those digital ads and certainly to spend $10 million during the super bowl with criminal justice reform. one ofne the women that he pardoned is now running for congress. >> this is from the "washington post" in january to be deeply pessimistic let me show you what the posters reporting make an appeal to black americans when he asked what do you have to lose to say that verdict on the presidenc

>> bill milland, dick nixon, what republican was left? the more they thought about it, the more they remembered ronald reagan, and they remembered that speech he gave during the 1964 presidential election. >> our national, and inalienable rights are now considered a dispensation of government and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment. winston churchill said the destiny of man is not measured by material computations. when great forces are on the move, we learn we are spirits not animals. he said there is something going on in time and space and beyond time and space, which whether we like it or not spells duty. you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. we will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or sentence them to take the last step into 1000 years of darkness. >> but was there more to ronald reagan than one campaign speech? yes. a lot more. 1964 wasn't the start of ronald reagan's interest in public affairs and public issues. public affairs are some

well at this point the white house republicans on capitol hill are simply watching 2 candidates we've seen others drop off and that's the former vice president joe biden also senator bernie sanders said both of them democrats say there would be very strong candidates but republicans have been quietly saying that they would like a fight with either one of these gentlemen they have been if you recall the impeachment issue with donald trump that the biden's names came up repeatedly on capitol hill so we know that already there's some sort sharpening they're getting ready to kind of dig up some of that dirt and that was regard to senator sanders well of course just the word socialism democratic socialist republicans already fighting a campaign against that so they argue that either man would be a great candidate for donald trump to fight against because they believe the president can win of course ultimately it's up to the voters to decide by rights i can believe the white house kimberly thank you polls in north carolina close in just over an hour john hendren is that for us now he's in a

think the president republican, a true and he hasn't had any buddy on the republican ticket to run against him. complete going for all the things bernie sanders is for, i do agree on if thee for all and that , um. host: we get your point. thank you. uest: in some ways sanders' distance from the leadership of his own party is an asset for some people. there are a lot of people who like sanders who do not like the party leadership or joe biden. the president benefited from that in 2016. i do think that republican base voters are more skeptical of their leadership then democratic base voters. theight be seeing some of thi evidence of that in the shift towards biden. the other thing is that the way that the nomination process has been opened up in recent decades, you don't really have to be a republican in good standing or democrat in good standing to win the nomination. all ofties have ceded the institutional power in selecting the nominee to the voters themselves, and in some states independents can cross over and vote in the democratic primary. frankly, there is some research that suggests

of unity. >> bill noland, dick nixon, what republican was left? the more they thought about it, the more republicans remembered ronald reagan. and they remembered that speech he made during the 1964 presidential election. >> somewhere a perversion has taken place. our natural unalienable rights are a dispensation of government and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment. winston churchill said the destiny of man is not measured by material computations, when great forces move around in the world we learn we're spirits, not nomineanimals and it spells. you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness. we will keep in mind -- >> but was there more to ronald reagan than one campaign speech? yes, a lot more. 1964 wasn't the start of ronald reagan's interest in public affairs and public issues. public affairs are something ronald reagan has been active in for over 20 years. in 1945 ronald reagan shed his army officer uniform and r

what point the republicans become comfortable in spending the $1 trillion at this point? agreeublicans to largely on what we think is best to address this emergency and second, we will consult with the ricotta colleagues and stay here until we reach a bipartisan agreement. >> have you given any further expectation of what the white house is expecting? do you have any idea of when that would be? >> anytime it would require legislation, there are things they can do on their own. questioning if you [inaudible] requireest will legislation. outlined aphase couple of times already and that is the way we will go forward. there is still a lifetime in repaying small businesses. do you address that lifetime .ith the small businesses [inaudible] members thinkof there are considerable .hortcomings in the house bill i cannot predict how long we will be here, but we will be here as long as it takes and get another measure as long as it takes. that aave been told number of republicans are working on potentially voting from home. >> we will not be doing that. there are a number of ways t

because now we have a republican leader sending different signals about russia than previous republican leaders had. and i'm not picking on the republicans, i could show you similar things for democrats as well. i relied a lot on partisanship because i think that is an important driver. it is linked to other identities. it is linked to our racial identities, our religious identities, and our regional identities, cultural identities, etc. in that way it is extremely reinforcing. i will try not to make them all that long. thank you very much. >> you mentioned gallup polls and other sources of data. what are your best sources now going into 2020 for that kind of demographic information linked to voting patterns? dr. wolbrecht: that is a good question. despite what you have heard, polling is not dead. it has gotten harder. my grandmother would pick up a phone and talk to the person on the end of the line no matter what. people do not do that anymore. it is harder to get people interviewed. but they're also smart people trying to figure out how to do that better. some of our academic polls c

-- what can't wet get more republican women elected? >> guest: i know when i talked to many people in washington, that's when they don't believe me when i si this and probably not universally enthusiastically so. i truly believe in having covered come and talked to so many people in congress and written this book, republicans want that, too especially woman. they wantmer win. they do want a more tie verse congress. now -- diverse congress. structurally speaking the way they have normal lie recruited people and supported people, which has to do with their overall political philosophy has to do -- the meritocracy, they want to be gender neutral and race neutral and always pick the best person. think republican women in particular, especially those in the fundraising space and the recruitment space, are starting to come around to the view they did with me certainly in reporting the book, that was simply not going to work. had to be a gender focus on row cuting women often because as we all know women -- many women have to be asked to run o

republican and democrat. understanding the value of our friendship. you are (applause) these trips bill commodity across the aisle in israel and beyond. they benefit decision-makers and decision-making. this is its greatest value. members tell me it is the most impactful trip they have ever taken. the second pillar of our special relationship is that it is mutually beneficial. we see this not only in the realm of national security but also in domestic values. in california, navigating water shortages is a reality for our residents, our livelihood and our productivity. our friends in israel faced similar circumstances, until recently israel was considered to be water deficient country. it was not uncommon for residents to hear regular reminders of the need to preserve water. this probably lasted for decades until the people of israel broke through. smart technology and policies transformed israel from one of the driest nations on earth to what some described as a water superpower. during my last trip, our members were asked to pick an issue to go to. i

republican leaders had. and i'm not picking on the republicans, i could show you similar things for democrats, as well. so what that is is a way to say, i relied a lot on partisanship here, because i think that's a really important driver to things that are going on. and it's linked to other identities, right? it's linked to our racial identities and linked to our religious identities. and it's linked to our regional identities, cultural identities, et cetera. and in that way, it's extremely reinforcing. i'll try not to make them all that long. thank you very much. please, i'm sorry. >> you mention ed gallup polls and other sources of data. what are your best sources now going into 2020 for that kind of demographic information linked to voting patterns. >> that's a great question. despite what you've heard, polling is not dead. it's gotten a lot harder, you know, my grandmother, she picked up the phone would talk to the person on the other line, no matter what. people don't do that anymore, right? so it's ha

he likes to court republicans. he said he could see himself doing republican vice president pick.harris: do you really think that would happen? >> no. i don't think he really would. i think he is trying to pull republican votes, and i think an endorsement will pull some more votes for him, more power to hi. >> harris: you are a sander supported, do you want bernie sanders to pick up those types of endorsements, too? or does it matter? >> i think it matters for some people enough to sway a large percentage of electors. i don't know. >> harris: don, i know this is not your first voting cycle. >> [laughs] >> harris: god bless you, my young friend. if you look at this and compare it to recent use of democrats, do you feel the party is going so far left it is tipping over? >> you know, it's really funny. my first vote was way back in '72. for mcgovern. i don't... you know, bernie sanders, one, i don't think he is a true socialist in the form of eugene debs or norman thomas. he is more a populist, going way back before my time, like william jennings bryan. or a democratic socialist like

he did not like the republican party very much. that made a lot of republicans willing to nominate him. i think you see that with bernie sanders. a lot of them do not think very much of the democratic party. not anything anyone should be ashamed of. we are failing because we all have a smart phone because it makes us smart enough to pick on our own. all the biden supporters trying to usher in a bernie movement may want to check their role on that. trying to # stop bernie may enable bernie. >> what is your take, is bernie sanders the presumptive democratic nominee? who will challenge him? do you see this going all the way to milwaukee? >> no. i do see this going all the way to milwaukee. saying that bernie sanders or anyone at this state in the game is a presumptive nominee is kind of like if i was going to bake a cake and i asked how is a cake and i've only pulled the butter and eggs out of the fridge. we still have a long way to go. in major retaliation over the past few days. certainly what joe bided doing so well in south caroli

your republican governor a republican cabinet secretary as a republican who took this stuff seriously as a republican right now in this interview clearly takes this stuff seriously do you regret the behavior of your party in recent weeks. when i celebrate it is that we are taking it seriously i've never been through many large scale emergencies i've been through terrorist events i've been through major weather events i've been through earth quakes i've been through a lot of different types of crises and what i've learned is that there's always a time. when after the fact you can go back and say what should we have done differently but there is virtually no value today in looking back we have to look forward and we have to as a country build on the strength of the american will which has been demonstrated by the fact that i'm working at home and most people who will hear this from the united states will be working at home and staying at home there's been a unified response if you could have said 3 months ago could you see republicans and democrats working together to create a set of le

they blamed gingrich on the republicans.t was ultimately not until there was a coup attempt in 1997 with this quintal republicans, but after the 19 98 elections when republicans in the house lost seats, the first time a party that does not control the white house, but does control the house, lost seats, since 1934. many republicans had it. they said, we have to blame somebody, and gingrich should go. so he left. susan: how money of the major changes had he brought to the institution? he came in with a package of changes. how many are still followed? areessor green: a number permanent. getting rid of some committees, the office of technology assessment, i believe he abolished. he also instituted this idea of term limits for committee chairs, and also for the speaker. that didn't last under hastert, they got rid of it, but this idea of term limits has remained a potent one in the house. startednd they experimenting with televising the speaker press conference per it that didn't last long. professor green: that didn't last long

it makes no sense if you care about the american public. >> it's republican states led by republicannors primarily who did not accept the medicaid expansion in the affordable care act that is now -- would now today be so important in their states, as it already was, but even more so now. >> absolutely. led by texas, florida, georgia, north carolina. 14 states have refused to extend medicaid. we thought they all would expand, because the bill is so generous in giving them money to expand medicaid. yet those states have millions of people who need coverage, who don't make as much as 100% of the poverty line, and are typically working hard at jobs that just don't provide health insurance. and they don't want to expand coverage for them. again, it's despite these hard working, poor people, that these states have not expanded medicaid. and again, we know that expanding medicaid has led to improvements in health, decrease in stress, better nutrition by people. there's just a myriad of benefits. again, it's not a perfect law but it's been a huge step forward for the american health care sys

israel relationship and i think the republican depart the republican party will be on the move for it thank you. our next topic is the crook congressional elections. all 435 house seats, and 35 senate seats are up for grabs this november. as we know, republicans currently control the senate and democrats the house. brad, what impact do you see, who the democrats chooses their nominee, having on the down ballot races having on the congressional races? >> i think every democratic nominee for house and all marginal races and most of the ones in the senate, they're defending suburban moderate turf. these are going to be the places where bernie sanders is deeply unpopular. if bernie sanders is the democratic nominee, and i think he has the best chance of all that democratic candidates first. i'm not a democrat like these two geniuses to my right here. >> i don't know if i like that. that's like saying bless your heart south carolina. >> but bernie sanders, the fastest movement among democrats for down ballot offices is going to happen the moment bernie sanders is the nominee. they're going

parked -- the republicans. making the point that it has to be new funds, not as the administration proposed transferring from other areas. and that state and local governments need to be adequately reimbursed. there needs to be enough money for vaccines. as the negotiations were moving forward, they were putting down a marker of what they expect to be and what needs to be in there. host: will we see some type of finalization in this week are coming week? guest: it will be this week, whether they are able to reach a deal today, or not until tomorrow, pelosi definitely wants to have a vote in the house this week. there were probably mean a vote in the senate next weaken they will vote both chambers later in march, so they need to finalize this in the next couple of weeks. host: julia manchester and erica warner are joining us. jeremy is from the democrats' line. good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. hope everyone is doing well. i will be voting for bernie in 2020. one of the concerns that i have is there

the republican party was up in arms. >> we must either love each other.e. >> we were stunned. we didn't know it was coming. never mentioned goldwater. didn't talk about what he may have said offer not sar not sai nuclear weapons. but played off of the fear that barry goldwater was a dangerous man. he was a wild man. inclined to shoot from the hip and if you elect him, we're going to get into a nuclear war. >> suddenly, it's a news story. 50 million people watch it on monday night. the network newscast show that spot in its entirety to probably another 100 million people. it may have been the most effective use of $25,000, which is what it cost in the history of political advertising. >> the attacks on goldwater continue. >> goldwater said i think the american people would be better off if we just sawed off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea. oh, really? >> andcan a man who makes statet like this be expected to serve all the people, justly and fairly? >> political advertising in presidential campaigns was never the same after. >> vote for pre

republicans need eight team. from nothat anywhere net change to republicans picked up 10 or 12. not outget 18, that is of question, but it is fairly unlikely. i think when republicans had their hopes up, when it looked like bernie sanders had a really ,ood chance of the nomination and now sort of down some, but i know, 70,s, you something like that. that is what david is saying. but it is who turns out. i think we're going to see -- it will either be the highest voter turnout in history, presidential, or it is going to be pretty close. it has two top 1940 and 1960, but i think it would be a massive turnout, and with the massive turnout, it means the differences between the groups is less. jason: bigger. charlie: yes. jason: let's go back to this massive crisis the country is facing. none of us knows how this plays out, but there is a possibility we will still be in the throes of social distance thing in november. or it isrolling along, possible we have a break in the summer, and then it comes back potentially with a vengeance in the fall. impossible, of course, to predict, but t

we work together both republicans and democrats. we don't look at each other's a republican or democrat, we look at each other as a member of the house of the senate trying to get this done. and i wouldld urge both the majority leader, and the democratic leader to move as quickly as possible once the house asked today to get this agreement to the president's desk. as i said, last week there is no reason why we cannot finish this bill this week. and get it down for signing. we have to go friday or even saturday, to get it done. get it done now. with the house of representatives we must understand what they are debating is vastly different from the one point to $5 billion grossly inadequate proposal from the trump administration who is sent to congress just nine days ago. this was a so poorly thought out the republicans and democrats should have made no sense. but president trump's proposal would rob peter to pay paul. by stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from funds meant to contain an ongoing evil like crisis and take money fr

republican, good morning. caller: good morning. given the recent counter restrictions, many americans are finding themselves in the same predicament where the travel insurance is denying their claims to pandemics. what kind of world do we live in where you pay for a service by insurance and then when that service is not provided to you, you cannot get a refund even through your own insurance? host: were you planning on traveling anywhere? caller: i was. my wife and her family were going to travel. my travel was covered by business. my wife's travel, i booked it through a refundable ticket. i was able to refund hers but i have not received the money yet. i am waiting to find out. the rest of my family has not gotten any refunds. airlines are going to maybe give you credit. we are not going to travel to spain anytime soon. host: thanks for the call from houston. this is jd out of alabama. independent, good morning. caller: good morning. trump has totally, totally, up.lly fouled this one incredibly regrettable. he has had his katrina

they were working in alliance with republicans, with the republican party in congress to get rid of slavery in the united states. because of this work, stanton believed that the work she provided the party in that period would translate to women's equality after the war, it kind of political rate per quote, standard -- political quid pro quo, standard in american politics then and now. i'm going to posit explain a little bit about american party politics in case you're unfamiliar with it. at this point in time the republican party is the more socially liberal party and the democratic party is the more socially conservative. that will flip in the 1940's with the emergence of franklin delano roosevelt's new deal. ,ut in this time period republicans are more socially liberal, and democrats are more socially conservative. just keep that in mind when i talk about republicans and democrats going forward. had done somenton important work during the civil war, or veteran helped the republican party achieve their goal of abolition, she really believed that republicans would turn around and support e