now, that's exactly what republicans argued when scott brown was elected in 2010. referring to health care, leader mcconnell said -- here is what he said -- it would be gamesmanship, he said, to pursue big-ticket legislation before scott brown was seated. he asked us to, quote, honor the wishes of the people of massachusetts. leader reid, in fact, acceded to that wish and waited until scott brown was a senator before any further votes on health care. quote -- we are going to wait until the new senator arrives until we do anything more on health care, he said. but as so too often has happened, senator mcconnell does one thing when republicans are in charge and a different thing when democrats are in charge. here's another example. mcconnell says, new senator, in that case, scott brown, slow down work on major legislation, and reid acceded. we are calling on senator mcconnell to do simply the same thing today. let's see if he does. we're calling on senator mcconnell to do just as senator reid did -- honor the wishes of the people of a state that has newly elected a s

afterall, many years ago when we had a similar situation when scott brown had been elected to fill the seat of ted kennedy, mitch mcconnell said it would be a travesty if democrats proceeded on obamacare on the health care plan and in fact, they waited for scott brown to be seated before they proceeded. so republicans and the republican leadership and the senate owe alabama the same

in 2010, the senate faced a similar situation on obamacare after republican scott brown won a special election in massachusetts. mitch mcconnell was the minority leader at the time. he insisted brown had to be included in the vote. >> democrats say that they want -- [ inaudible ] >> well, i think what's clear is there will be no further action in the senate until scott brown is sworn in. >> of course, a big difference then. barack obama supported holding off on that. not the same with president trump. and more than a day after the alabama senate race was called, roy moore is still not conceding his loss. last night his campaign release a nearly five-minute video in which moore protests that he has "not received" the final count, including military and provisional ballots. meanwhile, the rest of the country is moving on, including president trump, who had strongly backed moore. >> the president offered relatively gracious words to winner doug jones. now he is absolving himself of any blame and is, in fact, congratulating himself. trump tweeted that in backing the loser in the republica

it for two years. >> in 2010, the senate faced a similar situation on obamacare after republican scott brown won a special election in massachusetts. mitch mcconnell was the minority leader at the time, and he insisted brown had to be included in the voting. >> democrats say that they want to continue to push forward and make sure this bill passes. >> at the risk of being redundant, i think what's clear is there will be no further action in the senate until scott brown is sworn in. >> all right, joining us for the very first time, siraj hashmi, commentary writer and editor for "the washington examiner." welcome to the program. i think there's pretty much no chance in hell they wait on this tax bill. i mean, they're moving fast. >> right. republicans at this moment need a legislative win. 2017 has been ripe with legislative losses, particularly focusing on the repeal of obamacare and also with respect to daca. i mean, there are few things that republicans can really, you know, hang their heads high on, and the tax bill, really trying get that done before christmas, it seems likely that they'l

the senate sternly shouldn't try to jam anything through until scott brown is seated. people in massachusetts spoke, he has got to be part of that process. this wasn't an easy decision. waiting for brown slowed down the adoption of health care for two additional months. more importantly, it meant that democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority. and as a consequence, the final bill, couldn't achieve nearly as much as democrats had hoped for. but we did it anyway. we did it because democracy matters, even when it means that it might slow down a president's agenda. democracy matters even when a senate seat held for decade by a liberal lion is taken over by a conservative. democracy matters especially when it is inconvenient. if we're honest, we know that there hasn't been a lot of democracy around this tax bill. this is a bill that was written and rewritten in the dead of night beyond closed doors. it is filled with errors and unintended consequences. it is animated by a rotten wealth transfer for millions of hard-working americans to a handful of corporations and bill

what did leader reid do when scott brown was elected? he said we're going to wait until the new senator arrives until we do anything more on the health care bill, which was then pending. what's good for the goose is is good for the goonder and what's good for the gander is good for the goose. what we did in 2010. delay until doug jones gets here and cast a vote. plain and simple. will mcconnell and the republicans get the message that they are rushed behind closed doors tax bill which gives huge breaks to the wealthy and corporations while increasing taxes on millions of middle class people is not the way to go. it's being roundly rejected by the american people. will they have the strength and the political foresight to start over. or at least to modify their will. or will they just barrel ahead pretending not to hear the voices of the middle class crying out against this bill. because this bill is a suburban tax plain and simple. it's a suburban tax because it will clobber suburbs with getting rid of the state and local deduction. it w

i want you to listen -- until scott brown was sworn in.tch mcconnell, president obama, and donald trump private citizen at the time talking about this back in 2010. >> i'm convinced now that no gamesmanship will be played by the other side with regard to future votes in the senate, let's honor the wishes of the people of massachusetts and move forward. >> the senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything true until scott brown is seated. >> he said now we have to give massachusetts their vote, which was a very smart thing for him to say, but that may kill his health care plan. boy, he has devoted an entire year and all of his capital to this one particular situation. that a lot of people don't want. >> is it fair to compare what was said then to what's going on right now? >> it is certainly fair to compare. there's no doubt about that. here are a couple differences. when mitch mcconnell made those comments in 2010, democratic senator jim webb of virginia, had just expressed that viewpoint, that he was not -- so barack obama was going to s

scott brown i remember you telling me scott brown can win. scott brown replacing teddy kennedy if early 2010 is doug jones winning in the state of alabama one year after a massive election. barack obama was enduring wicked backlash from obamacare and, you know, like scott brown, doug jones may never win a state-wide election in alabama. maybe he will. i think that is the perfect analogy. it predicted a coming tidal wave ago ens the president's party. >> that's what would cause me some concern if i were a republican. >> so, noah, republicans were in a no-win situation coming into this. i would argue for anybody that's tuning in, thinking that anybody here is gloating about republicans losing. no, actually the worst thing i would argue that could ever happen to my former porte whafb in mitch mcconnell and good people, good republicans had to wres welwhat they were going to do with roy moore. this may actually be a blessing in disguise for the gop. >> they dodged a bull net a way. it's a sat dade no for a conservative, it's a good day when you s

the senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until scott brown is seated. people in massachusetts spoke. he's got to be part of the process. now this wasn't an easy decision. waiting for brown slowed down the adoption of health care for two additional mom is. importantly it meant the democrats f lost their filibustr first majority and as a consequence, the final bill couldn't achieve nearly as much as democrats had hoped for, but we did it anyway. we did it because democracy matters even when it means it might slow down a president's agenda. democracy matters even when they senate is seated for decades by a libera liberal lie in line ann over by a conservative. democracy matters especially when it is inconvenient. if we are honest, we know there hasn't been a lot of democracy around this tax bill. this is a bill that was written and rewritten in the dead of night beyond the closest stores. it's filled with unintended consequences. it's animated by a love and wealth transfer from hard-working americans to a handful of corporations and billionaires. but up unt

the senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until scott brown is seated. the people of massachusetts spoke. he's got to be part of that process. some air fresheners are so overwhelming, they can... send you and your family running. introducing febreze one for fabric and air. no aerosols. no dyes. no heavy perfumes. it cleans away odors for a pure light freshness... so you can spray and stay. febreze one, breathe happy. >>> thank you, thank you. oh, my! folks, i got to tell you i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the to say. [ cheers and applause ] >> even after doug jones was declared the winner of last night's special election it still seemed almost impossible to imagine that a democrat had won a u.s. senate seat in alabama for the first time in 25 years. so how did the democrats prevail in one of the reddest states in america? well, for starters, get this, they ran a democratic candidate. that seems obvious on its face until you remember former alabama republican senator jeff sessions was re-elected after running u

that's exactly what republicans argued when scott brown was elected in 2010. referring to health care, listening to a mcconnell said. what we ought to do as we repeatedly, as he said repeatedly through the month of december, we had to start and start over and concentrate on fixing the problem. one of scott brown and got the message. no more gamesmanship lots of transparent tape. what is leader reid do when scott rama select it? we'll wait until the new senate arrives until we do anything more on the health care bill. what is good for the goose is good for the gander and what is good for the gander is good for the goose. what we did in 2010, delay until doug jones gets here and contest the vote. plain and simple. we'll while mcconnell and the republicans get the message that they are rushed behind closed doors tax bill which gives huge breaks to the wealthy and corporations while increasing taxes on millions of middle-class people is not the way to go being a project that by the american, will they have the strength and the political foresight to start over or

mitch mcconnell argued they should wait for scott brown. the democrats have spoken. >> we have that from 2010. he went along with that logic. listen to this. >> here's one thing i know. and i just want to make sure this is off the table. the senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until scott brown is seated. the people of massachusetts spoke. he's got to be part of that process. i would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on. >> when is this bygone era of decency and reasonableness? it is absolutely -- that's like a dispatch from another era. >> planet. >> yeah. so mitch mcconnell requested that that be happening. situational ethics are rampant in washington. he is not going to agree to the same standard as he did then. >> they're not going to wait for doug jones? >> i would be shocked and there's actually no point to even indulge the thought they might. that is not the way they play pool right now. this is situation al ethics. they want it in one situation, t

afterall, many years ago when we had a similar situation when scott brown had been elected to fill theennedy, mitch mcconnell said it would be a travesty if democrats proceeded on obamacare on the health care plan and in fact, they waited for scott brown to be seated before they proceeded. so republicans and the republican leadership and the senate owe alabama the same respect. and that's an opportunity to turn back from a tax plan that's just littered with broken promises. this is not about the middle class first, this is big corporations getting a huge tax giveaway. >> you mentioned scott brown in 2010 before the health care vote. i want to play a quick sound from obama then ask you a question. this is obama in 2010. >> i would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements in the package that people agree on. >> now to be clear, the difference between now and then is that brown's stance on health care, actually factored into his win in 2010. the tax bill wasn't a big issue in the alabama race. it's not really apples and apples, is this? >> well, a couple things

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senate minority leader citing what the president said in 2010 when a final act was delayed until scott brown could be seated. >> people in massachusetts spoke. he's got to be part of that process. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn, then businessman donald trump praised president obama for his role in that decision. >> he said now we have to give massachusetts their vote, which was a very smart thing for him to say. >> reporter: and one more note. if you are a homeowner out there wondering what's going to happen to the revered and reviled mortgage interest deduction, it will be capped at $750,000. we expect to see the president one time today at an event updating his efforts to deregulate the federal government. chris and alisyn, back to you. >> okay, joe, thank you very much. let's discuss it. bring in cnn political analyst john avlon and gregory. how unusual is it for any party to be this gung ho about a bill with this low of public ratings. only 26% of americans at the moment approve or support this republican tax plan. if you dive into it a little bit deeper, does it make you more or

scott brown was not able to win re-election in massachusetts. he got swamped in a presidential election year so that's got to be on jones' mind already. he's basically running for re-election right now and i think that will create a lot of -- i think one thing that we've seen for the first year of trump's presidency, it's not quite as extreme but there are a lot of democrats in the senate who are like doug jones. they represent states that donald trump won by a very big margin. heidi heitkamp in north dakota. >> but they're going to get pulled to the left because there's a lightning rod on the left right now. >> that's one way of looking at it. the other way of looking at it is what pressure has donald trump exerted in his first year to pull them in, to pressure them and to pit them against their own. because he had such an opportunity when he came in with a guy like manchin -- >> manchin wants to get on board. >> the voters, if you can ever create a situation to pit that senator against the democratic party base and between the democratic party

is sworn in. >> the senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until scott brown is seated. people of massachusetts spoke. he's going to be part of that process. >> he said now we have to give massachusetts their vote, which was a very smart thing for him to say, but that may kill his health care. >> trump saying obama did the right thing. now what, dana? >> you know, it's funny, because with the president, there's a tweet for everything and with congress there is tape for everything. because -- >> exactly. >> it hasn't been that long that republicans, you know, in the congress had a very different view of legislation when it was a democrat in the white house that was either going to sign or not sign. and look, i mean you can add this to the list of things that republicans are doing that they promised they wouldn't do. for example, just the notion of reading the bill. i mean, the house and the senate, the senate in particular, you remember, the chicken scratch on the side of the actual formal legislation that they voted to approve, this is not long after many of them

we have asked, i have as leader mcconnell to delay things just as harry reid delay things when scott brown was seated back in 2010. i have asked the method the good of the country. but it will be good for the theylican party because if have a bipartisan bill, it will be far more popular than a monstrosity that they have put together behind closed doors, which i think again, it will pay a big price for in 2018. >> for either of you, republicans think -- they say that what they have learned from the alabama race is that we need to get things done to show the american people that they can govern. is that a direct message? >> it is if you have a sick patient, and instead of curing them, you chop off their right arm and say we're getting something done. the patient will not like that too much. >> the lesson last night about the suburbs -- [indiscernible] bullishve always been about that. i was asked are democrats more energized? democrats are very about that, but this is about saving the american people from a , monstrosity of a bill that will hurt our country. and that is what we want to keep

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health care until scott brown was seated. and he took, he waited 16 days for that to happen. >> and maria theresa, there is some question as to how long it's going to take alabama to certify these results, and there are estimates that they can't get it certified until after christmas, around the 27th. and then you're pretty much at the, you are at the end of the, beyond the end of the calendar year for the senate any way. it's hard to say how to say that's going to work. >> the alabama secretary of state said they're not going to contest the vote, even though roy moore wants to. and i think that puts a good place forward for mitch mcconnell to do the right thing and make sure that doug jones is seated, representing the people of alabama. but this also puts a lot of pause in mitch mcconnell. because many were expecting roy moore to win. now they have to take a step back, are we really going to be able to pass this tax bill that the majority of americans believe is bad for them. this gives breath into immigration reform so they

health care until scott brown was seated.took, he waited 16 days for that to happen. >> and maria theresa, there is some question as to how long it's going to take alabama to certify these results, and there are estimates that they can't get it certified until after christmas, around the 27th. and then you're pretty much at the, you are at the end evof th beyond the end of the calendar year for the senate any way. it's hard to say how to say that's going to work. >> the alabama secretary of state said they're not going to contest the vote, even though roy moore wants to. and i think that puts a good place forward for mitch mcconnell to do the right thing and make sure that doug jones is seated, representing the people of alabama. but this also puts a loot t of pause in mitch mcconnell. because many were expecting roy moore to win. now they have to take a step back, are we really going to be able to pass this tax bill that the majority of americans believe is bad for them. this gives breath into immigration reform so they can

and his proposition was, you ought to wait until scott brown is here so that massachusetts can have its vote counted. but hint critically, he has changed his tune today. when alabama, a very conservative state, the opposite of massachusetts, has voted to elect doug jones to the senate. and i don't hear mr. mcconnell or anybody else saying let's way for the duly elected member of senator from es abama so he can vote on this bill and negative consequences to our country. mr. speaker, i'm sure the majority leader might have some comments he wants to make. and therefore, i yield to my friend, mr. mccarthy. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i took note there are a lot of things said. let me make sure to get through all of them. you first mentioned many times that i did not mention and i was asked the question when we would vote on the tax bill. i answered the question. i said yes, we'll vote on it tuesday. you said you heard it could be tuesday and i wasn't asked other questions. but now that we have, let's walk through this. one of your first arguments was debt. do you reali

our country in the short run, which is that the democrats and the president obama example with scott brownhere we're going to play ethically and thoughtfully, and mitch mcconnell's attitude is one of "we've got the power. we're going to use it as long as we have it." the election of the democrat in alabama means there is only a one-vote majority once he is seated. so if two republicans lose their seats in the 2018 election, the senate would swing to the democrats or the democrats together will be independence. this is just an example of the contempt we're seeing for the constitution. ourld trump holds constitution and utter contempt. mitch mcconnell's attitude is "anything i can get away with, i'm going to do. i'm not going to respect the senate as an institution." this is not good for the country and not good economically for us in the short run. david cay johnson, thank you for being with us pulitzer , prize-winning investigative reporter previously with "the new york times," now founder and edititor of f dcreport.org. his biography of donald trump is titled "the making of donald trump."

. >> i think you can look at doug jones and scott brown in 2010. we will get that seat back in a couple of years. i would say that the president probably nationalized the election it would not have been nationalized if he stayed out of it. and the democrat base, the republicans have the most flawed candidate probably in history of candidates of course according to reports. >> i think it is somewhat unfair that a couple of allegations came out they were all over the map and inconsistent. no real evidence. washington post article says in 38 days this guy went from 20 points off to a disgraced politician where people throw him out. incorrectlby the way, the word pedophile. >> i do not know what roy moore did or did not do. but i will say this, generally, within the media and opinion, people do believe that he is a pedophile. people do believe he is conducting himself badly sexually. and i think that if that is the idea that people have in their mind, and still, for voters, they are still voting for this guy! they have seriously problems. >> where have

how do the -- granted, we asked the same question in january of 2010 when a guy named scott brown wonhocking seat in a state the incumbent won by 28 points. >> really is. you're making a good point there. i think, look in one way the republicans were better off yesterday having moore lose. it is going to spare them i think some grief in the next year but i think the bigger question for '18 that moore raises for republicans is that he got nominated in the first place. this is not isolated. christine o'donnell, todd akin, richard mourdock. republicans have given away by nominated candidates who are easily dismissed as fringe candidates all sorts of winnable races. how many primaries in 2018 is this going to happen again? >> steve bannon, as someone pointed out, if he won, said, look, i'm in charge. losing, it's a conspiracy. >> of course. grievance is central to trumpism and bannonism. the victimhood. it's not just roy moore. look at chuck grassley last week when he's talking about the estate tax and doesn't like the people who spend all their mmon booze and women and movies. >> where w

after a special election victory for the other party, and the eerie similarities many see with scott brown in 2010 and you yourself came in on the 2010 wave. do you see any perils here of pushing this tax bill on a partisan line during this tough political environment, considering how much that backfired on your friends on the other side of the aisle eight years ago? >> no. actually i don't, chuck. i think the peril would be failure to get something done here. republicans were elected to, really, to be in complete control of the elected government, to get big things accomplished, and we had a terrible setback on health care. we're not going to have that on tax reform, and when we get this done, people are going to see that they get a take-home pay raise because their tax bill is going down, and i'm convinced they're going to see a real boom in the economy. so, no. i think the peril would be if we fail to get this done. >> i'm going to do something here. i want to play candidate pat toomey for senator pat toomey. take a listen. >> sure. >> all right. >> the only thing bipartisan about that

. >> scott brown. >> dana: scott brown wins. it was all about obamacare at the time.er just said that the republicans all to slow their roll on tax reform until doug jones can get seated. listen to what mitch mcconnell said back then. >> i think brown's election means the end of the healthcare proposal as currently constituted that the democrats are trying to jam through that they did jam through the senate thanks to the cornhusker kick back and louisiana purchase and the other tactics that they employed. >> dana: you could almost search and replacement statements and they would be the same. >> right. and that's exactly by the way what the democrats did. harry reid was their leader at the time. that's exactly what they did. they did jam obamacare through. even after voters in massachusetts had pretty clearly repudiated the idea of obamacare. remember, they already had romney care. they were pretty content there were big problems with the bill. they had to use a really shady legislative move around by the way interestingly we now treat as just normal. this is how gross

the senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until scott brown is seated.ple of massachusetts spoke. he's got to be part of that process. >> gene, that's not the message we are hearing from republicans today. >> well, you know, and you know what else spoke eloquently about that was john mccain. you know, i think one of the -- you know, really crushing disappointment that is we have seen so much in 2017 is really that there are a lot of honorable republicans who seem to have lost their spine, lost their principle, lost their backbone. you know, lawrence, i remember when you were staff direct or the of the senate finance committee. you had giants, bob dole, pat moynihan who you worked for, a sense you took things seriously and tried to work together and you are seeing all of these people cave. even on a process. even on something as simple as waiting to the people of alabama's representative can be seated. and, you know, i think john's analysis is good on why they're doing this but i really question it because their views -- no one's going to know what is in

schumer did cite the the 2010 election, and republican scott brown won.ans agreed back then to post pone their vote until brown could be seated. do you think republicans will do the same here, maria? >> no. absolutely not. because they know -- >> is that why ed wouldn't answer? >> yes, i do think that's why ed wouldn't answer. but i don't think -- i mean, i know they won't do it. they've already said they're not going to do it because they're scared to have the american people have more time to look at exactly what's in this tax bill and it will become even more unpopular than it is now. don, if this tax bill passes, it will be the most deeply unpopular piece of legislation that has passed in three decades. >> i think ed agrees with you on that. do you think the gop should be rethinking this? quickly. on this specific point. >> yes, i sure do. i think they need to think about it lot, about what happened yesterday and wonder if it's going to be the right thing. but i think there's a lot of people wanting it and are going to push it through. so we're going

celtic captain scott brown says it was one of the proudest moments of his life to captain celtic intoessane — bbc scotland sports reporter, has more. ceremonial duties this afternoon for the club captain, as celtic extended their retail empire. but they couldn't extend their long unbeaten streak. hearts made sure of that in quite some style. celtic nonetheless left with a new british football record, 69 domestic matches in a row without defeat. it is one of the proudest achievements i have had in my career. it is an honour to be captain of this club, and to do it with 69 undefeated is exceptional. and a place in history. but history is meant to be rewritten. celtic we re is meant to be rewritten. celtic were bound to lose at some point. what was perhaps not expected was conceding four goals to hearts for the first time in over half a century. so is the result is just a blip, or do celtic have second season syndrome? brendan rodgers' men only drew four matches in his first term, losing none and only dropping eight points. by december the 70s this season, however, celtic have already dr

of course, scott brown was serving in massachusetts after senator kennedy's death and he served for two years and w was defeated by elizabeth warren and she took that seat in the full term. t so there are a number of things that can happen but it's s important to make sure that those continue to be processedpe according to the way that the people of alabama intend for them to be processed. i also think that it's important to note that we need to make sure that we are giving attention to every detail and section 17-16-20 of our code also talks about an automatic recount provision and it could be that judge moore's team may want to pay for a p recount, being within half of 1%. the automatic recount happens when it's within half of 1%, but depending on how it actually evolves at this point when those provisionals are counted or to see how other things actually affect that, it could reduce that number a little bit more than it is now to make it half of 1%. if that takes place, we'll follow state law in order to ensure the integrity and preservation of the credibility of the process. >> shan

and scott brown, a republican, stunned the world by taking a seat that was held by ted kennedy, an icon of the democratic party, and that election was really a harbinger of what was going to happen the next fall. you know, we'll see how this unfolds over the next year, but if i were a republican -- having been on the other side of this, sitting in the white house at that time, i'd be very nervous about this right now. >> right. >> the republicans can't keep doing what they're doing. they can't keep not passing bills, they can't keep having a president who's out there uncontrollably -- you talk about charles barkley staying on message. i mean, we have a president who cannot -- we've got the most significant tax bill, the key to his administration, and he's off every day tweeting about 50 other things and driving the news cycle away from the important matters at hand. we have a health care bill we'd still like to pass. you have, you know, a whole variety of other things and if the president doesn't get the message that not running the -- not being president to drive his agenda with his me

a personal milestone for the club captain scott brown who leads the team out and he will be the firstalso coming up in the programme... the uk snooker championship continues to serve up surprises. another of the top seeds is out — judd trump is the latest to fall in york. they caused one of the biggest shocks in fa cup history , knocking out newcastle united in 1972. now hereford united await tonight's third round draw let's ta ke let's take a look at the rest of the day's sports stories. the bbc will show england's first two world cup group matches. gareth southgate's side play tunisia at seven in the evening on monday, 18june and then panama at 1pm in the afternoon on sunday, 2ajune. the match against tunisia will be a repeat of the first game in the 1998 world cup in france when england beat the north african side thanks to goals from alan shearer and paul scholes . the bbc will also have the first two choices of quarter final games next year, including england's match, if they progress. veteran barry middleton made his 400th international appearance combined across england & great

. >> in that race republican scott brown won the election to fill senator ted kennedy's seat in that deep blue state. months later republicans swept the the question is will the same thing happen for democrats in next year's midterms? rick klein has more on the fallout from the alabama results. >> diane and kendis, a major victory for democrats who somehow found a winning formula in deep red alabama and major setback for president trump, a rebuke to president trump and steve bannon with the defeat of their chosen candidate roy moore. the shock waves of this will be felt for a long time. first the ability to recruit insurgent candidates could be hurt. second, democrats may have an easier time bringing people into their ranks and the more immediate term it's going to make governing that much harder for republicans on capitol hill. their senate margin is now down to just a single vote with the election of a democrat in alabama, the shock waves will be remembered for a very long time because of the ramifications and essentially this was the movement of anti-trump forces joining forces wi

the polls >> i'll tell you the parallel, go back to 2010, massachusetts had a special election, scott brown the world they located a republican, people said that was the beginning of an anti-democratic wave in the wake of obamacare. we had doug jones win, is this going to be an anti-republican win in the wake of the tax bill. >> i think so, you saw it in virginia. now was our first bill, whether, and it will move straight through the mid term elections, people are very disaster with his plan the way they've done it overnight and also this lot of the tax cuts, state and local tax deductions, many people particularly in maryland rely on that to ease their burden in the state. so yeah, it will be difficult >> i would like to say, when they sit down and they do the amendments, which they said they will do, i think if they bring people to the table from like, new york, new jersey, california where this bill really mattered and kind of crippled them, this could end up being a good thing >> let's listen quick to hear what the democrats had to say. certainly they were opposed. let's listen >> did y

ratings, an unpopular piece of legislation, obamacare, supported by just one party, and a republican, scott brown, won a senate race in cobalt blue massachusetts, suggesting a huge republican wave was coming. well, it was. republicans won 63 house seats in 2010 and 6 senate seats. today we have a president with sinking approval ratings, an unpopular piece of legislation, the tax bill, supported by just one party, and a democrat, doug jones, won a senate race in ruby red alabama. democrats are hoping to catch a wave and sit on top of the political world. in our brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, it suggests that the surf's up. when asked who they would prefer to control congress, 50% said democrats, just 39% said republicans. you have to understand, our poll doesn't show this very often, this kind of spread. it was the first time the democrats have been at 50% in our poll with a double-digit lead since september 2008, before the obama-led democratic wave of that year. the enthusiasm is all with the democrats as well. 59% of democrats tell us that they have a high level of interest in n

a lot people is said that of doug jones won, he would become the scott brown of alabama. scott brown was serving massachusetts after senator kennedy's death, and he served for two years head was defeated by elizabeth warren. there are number of things that can happen but it's important to make sure those continued to be processed according toed the way the people of alabama intend for them to be processed. i also think it's important to note that we need to make sure we are giving attention to every detail in section 17 -- 16 -- 20 of the code talks about an automatic recount provision and it could be that george moore's team will want to pay for a recount to occur foror it being within half of 1%. the automatic recount happens when it's half of 1% but depending on how it evolves at this point, those provisions are counted, or to see how other things affect it, it could reduce that number a little bit more than it is now to make it half of 1%. if that takes place global follow state law in order to ensure the integrity and preservation of the credibility of the process. >

of course, scott brown was serving in massachusetts after senator kennedy's death and he served for two years and was defeated by elizabeth warren and she took that seat in the full term. so there are number of things that can happen but it's important to make sure that those continue to be processed according to the way that the people of alabama intend for them to be processed. i also think that it's important to note that we need to make sure that we are giving attention to every detail and section 17 -- 16 -- 20 of our code also talks about an automatic recount provision and it could be that judge moore's team may want to pay for a recount, being within half of 1%. the automatic recount happens when it's within half of 1%, but depending on how it actually evolves at at this point when e provisionals are counted or to see how other things actually affect that, it could reduce that number a little bit more than it is now to make it half of 1%. if that takes place, we'll follow state law in order to ensure the integrity and preservation of the credibility of the process. >> shannon: it

away from republicans, and they felt last night, i think exactly how i felt some years ago when scott brown won that massachusetts senate seat. >> 2010. >> but on that model, and i agree with that analogy, i'm worried president obama was a successful president after scott brown won that seat. they lost the house. i think they'll lose the house and probably the sent but it doesn't discredit trump as much as everyone was saying. trump will react, pivot. >> let me -- >> he's at 32% approval. >> but let me get you in on this and ask you y is there a debate -- i understand the power and potency of trump. but why does any of that attach itself to bannon after he's gone like 0 for 6. i mean, every race he's touched, he's lost. >> bannon is building -- >> general. he's only successful in republican primaries. but anyone he's backed as lost in the general election. >> his candidate won the presidency which is an important perch. >> and he got fired by the president. >> bannon will have lots of influence. it's probably not a great test of bannonism to have a candidate who is an accused child predator