bernie sanders ran as a democrat, he was a socialist. slaves were on with brian slants a couple of years ago. manok called the "forgotten " which i read. she defined in that book that the progressives were registered abouts of the party until 1948. in 1948 -- >> there is enough redbaiting in this country. we don't need red they came -- redbaiting. bernie sanders, democratic socialist, independent from vermont. what he is is an old-style new dealer. if you want to call franklin roosevelt, a communist. go ahead and do so at your detriment. because boy, are there a lot of people in this country who shared bernie sanders idea. talk about labels. you want to smear him, your ideas -- his ideas is communist. you are on the losing side. the presidents this generation knows. everyone needs to learn history. but essentially, bernie sanders, old-style new dealer. the democratic party was in and be-- progressives social democrats. even on the right side of social democracy. don't do communism. can we do something better? ande's enough about putin ru

something that bernie sanders cofounded 25 years ago. about 80 members in the house of people who really share his vision on the issues. keith ellison, who i mentioned, is cochair of the progressive caucus and i hope you will be chair of the dnc. he gets it. he was one of the few that i think what bernie sanders said to inspire young people is extraordinary. that we need to do is make sure those people do not tune out, drop out, that they remain engaged. i think they women's march was exhilarating, to see the engagement. i agree with you that -- and "the nation" has covered sanders for more than 20 years. bernie sanders took a risk. i remember talking to him. he said, if i run, if no one pays attention and it does not catch on, won't i have discredited the prevent -- regressive vision? it certainly caught on. 22 states, millions of voters. it is important that the others who follow and take a measure of his issues -- again, he revealed that this country wants to hear those ideas, wants to fight for those ideas. that is, to me, what was s

bernie sanders vision on issues. keith ellison is cochair of the progressive caucus. he gets it, he was one of very few in congress to endorse bernie sanders. i think what bernie sanders did to inspire young people is extraordinary. what we need to do now is make sure those people do not to now and jiabao out. that they remain engaged. the women's march was exhilarating. nation's covered sanders for 25 years. bernie sanders took a risk. run and no one pays attention and it doesn't catch on, one i have to spread it as a progressive vision an idea. it caught on. important that there be others who follow and take a measure of his issues. that this country wants to hear those ideas, wants to fight for those ideas. that is what was so exciting. i call it media malpractice. the media gatekeepers did not give him fair time. certainly not early on. his issue still caught on. the says a lot about possibilities of democracy in this country. john: republican in arizona. she professes progressivism. bernie sanders ran as a democ

bernie sanders vision of issues. keith ellison who i mentioned is cochair of ie the caucus and i hope he will be chair of the dnc he gets it and is one of very few in congress who endorse bernie sanders. i think what bernie sanders did to inspire people is extraordinary. what we need to do nowrs said is make sure thoserd people don't tune out, drop out and that they remain engaged and again the women's march was exhilarating, exceeding engagement.th you t my view in the nation has covered sanders for more than 25 years. bernie sanders took a risk i meet i remember talking to him and he said if i run and no one pays attention and it doesn't catch on what i have discredited the progressive vision and ideas. well, it certainly caught on.ertainly it is important that there be others who follow and take a measure. he again, he revealed that this country wants to hear those ideas and type of those ideas that to be and even what i call media malpractice-- the media gatekeepers did not give him fair time, certainly not early

bernie sanders, no matter how vitriolic it was, trump was never rude about bernie sanders. he never made fun of him, never traduced him, he said that the dnc, democratic national committee, it is stitched up, he used the expression, they stitched bernie up. he felt he was treated unfairly. he is going to need bernie sanders in the senate. bernie sanders is a very powerful voice. highly respected. the senate. bernie sanders is a very powerfulvoice. highly respected. he has been in washington for 20 years. he will need him to support his programmes. to get democrats to support his programmes. bernie sanders is an independent. there is another issue, i am playing devils advocate on behalf of trump, pharmaceuticals companies, this was not reported, they reported on the daft things he said, but one sensible thing is he wants to break up sensible thing is he wants to break up the pharmaceutical companies, he wa nts to up the pharmaceutical companies, he wants to bring them to book, he wa nts wants to bring them to book, he wants them to bid, rather than to say to insurance compan

you just saw our town hall with bernie sanders. he and his senate colleagues begin confirmation hearings tomorrow for donald trump's cabinet picks. i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us. one president getting ready 0 move into the white house, the other getting ready to say good-bye. president obama hard at work tonight on his farewell address. as president-elect trump prepares to take the oath of office, his daughter and son-in-law have become washington's newest power couple 37 jared kushner named a senior advisor. the president-elect is outraged over this speech. >> the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. >> we have so much to get to tonight. i want to begin with mr. jim acosta joins me here on the set. emily jane fox also here, richard painter chief white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush joins us and john meech chem, author of "destiny and power." john, you first, quite an fascinating hour.

essentially -- >> bernie sanders doesn't speak for me. david: go ahead, capri, quickly. >> i certainly hope not. >> bernie sanders certainly does not speak for me. american people are compassionate. he was speaking more along priorities of investment. >> no, i think showed exactly who is, no one is more charitable than americans amount of money we give away in addition to everything else. ladies, thanks to everyone and tony. melissa: you are going to be so sick of winning. the president-elect touting new jobs in america. not everyone is giving the credit to donald trump. next, economist peter morici is here to respond. david: president-elect continuing to bring business to the u.s. by his jawboning. ceo of novartis telling reuters that donald trump's proposed corporate tax cuts could prompt the pharmaceutical company to increase invests in u.s. but mainstream media not willing to give mr. trump any credit. abc news says the president-elect has not had an impact on job creation. take a listen. >> if you had to rate the president-elect's im

us who refuse to accept the fact bernie sanders did great things, however, when bernie sanders came on our coattails of the democrat, as soon as the process was over, he resumed being an independent. if you want to have a big voice and the party, then you need to be of the party. you need to be a party member. and not an adjunct. host: mary on twitter says i'm a big fan of keith ellison right now. the democratic party has a great hope with him. he should leave the democratic national committee. , job that he is trying to get as that debate plays out over who will head the official party arm of the dnc. let's financial and ohio. good morning. caller: hello, good morning. i would like to see someone like cory booker or the castro brothers who are in congress. also, i really like lisbeth warned. maybe elizabeth warren and cory booker on a ticket, that was sound pretty good to me. host: that's your ticket for 2020? caller: yes, that would be great. host: you are from ohio. how do you think your senator and ohio was going to do with the 2018 elections? iselieve one of those who up, a lot of

. >> i sit down with bernie sanders coming up. this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. >>> good evening. i am chuck todd in washington, feeling a tad bit better. >>> senator bernie sanders, who has become the spiritual leader of sorts of the progressive opposition to trump will join me later in the program to discuss the democratic party's counter-attack against trump's attempts to repeal obamacare and we'll dive into tough questions about the future of the democratic party in the age of trump. >>> we begin tonight with an unprecedented rift involving president-elect trump, the u.s. intelligence community he is about to command, and the republican congress over a matter of national security. today the full extent of those divisions were exposed, right on national television. the top u.s. intelligence chiefs from the state department, our top spy agency and the nsa all testified on capitol hill defending themselves against president-elect trump's charges that they are wrong about russia's interference in our election. republi

but i do think we saw in the campaign, first of all, the nation endorsed bernie sanders. we then endorsed hillary clinton in the general election. but bernie sanders revealed a country that has a hunger for what i would call progressive majority positions on a range of issues, expanding social security, education, medicare for all. and the democratic platform which emerged from the campaign was one of the most progressive platforms in contemporary modern history. hillary clinton won the popular vote by close to three million votes, and i think we have a largely progressive center-left country, which for a variety of reasons, we can talk about or not talk about has been -- hasn't been realized. and i think it's going to take a lot of work, a lot of structural work, a lot of ideas work, work as a nation, which i added the nation at 151 years old, the oldest weekly in american history, is dedicated to. and i think we're in a place, maybe one calls it the wilderness, but it's a time for rethinking, rebuilding, organizing, and people are committed. and i think you saw in the w

on the bernie sanders' campaign, we didn't build a csm system. it cost us $500 off the shelf to use his tools. that grows the bigger the list we get. eventually you buy your own servers and deal with the other stuff. that's out there facebook events tool is a powerful tool. if i had that tool when i was doing anti-war organizing, i wouldn't have done necessarily a website. i would have used facebook events. in time, people and money, i don't know these campaigns should be building warships and trump may have stumbled into that because he didn't have the time and the people -- clearly had the money -- didn't have the time or people to build his own warship. >> let's talk a little bit about where things go from here. in some respects, campaigns don't change. abraham lincoln wrote a manual in 1840 that said states must be well organized could be brought to the polls, divide into small districts, make a perfect list of voters, keep a constant watch on the doubtful voters, have them talk to by those in whom they have the most confidence on election da

i think we will see more bernie sanders. the democratic party is at a place where they are trying to figure out if they embrace the progressive wing of the party or lean on the establishment wing that hillary clinton seemed to represent more for voters. to figure out what they need to do to figure out ideas and policies and keep issues before the american people that donald trump is opposed to and does not represent. they want to figure out how to remain relevant and how this translates to relevancy and increasingly in the mid terms. >> i have been surprised something salena has said. how effective they have been on obamacare. it is ironic the policy that may help them build again is the one that dragged them down since 2010. you know, they have effectively made this a complicated issue for republicans on how they want to replace it. you can see it in the questioning from bernie sanders. >> absolutely. keep in mind, somewhere along the way, the white house made a conscious decision to adopt the obamacare label. it started as

then again, she nearly got beat by bernie sanders and then she lost to this guy, donald trump, who by any normal set of metrics, by any normal conventional reasoning was unelectable, right? i mean, they believed he was unelectable. he was someone who had said and done things and continued saying and doing things in the homestretch of the campaign that would have been totally suicidal/disqualifying for any other candidate. yet, she wasn't able to beat him. and i think that a lot of democrats, you know, looking at the demographics of this country, which were all in her favor -- the blue wall, which was a real thing. she had enormous advantages in terms of the electoral map, the demography, and she still was not able to get it done in 2016. and i think it's -- you know, look, there are a lot of factors that will -- there's no simple answer when people say why did she lose, and she was right that comey was a problem. she's right that the russians were a problem. it's also the case that she didn't visit wisconsin during the general election -- >> she was a problem. >> and her campaign. her

so i'm leaning towards bernie sanders. >> the donald. and if it wasn't donald, it would be the bernie. >> that's what you get when you knock on doors. she was good. >> coming up next, one of the most important variables in the trump equation. fl they're shipping us electronics, furniture and this is what we're shipping china. and then the swing state variable. donald country, huh? ♪ >>> donald trump kicked off his campaign with the slogan "make america great again." how can we forget. as many thought they thought america was already great. the working class workers who made up a large part of the victory heard something else, bring back jobs. you have to start in the port of long beach, california. this is the port of long beach and combined with its sister port, 40% of america's imports come right through here. >> it could be anything from a apparel, food products, electronics. most of the time in the port of l.a. long beach those containers are empty. >> the main american export is absolutely nothing. 60% of these containers are goin

senator bernie sanders, capital "i" independent of vermont. he'll be the democrats' new chair of outpalm beach the democratic leadership team in the senate. you can see him doing his thing today in new york in supporting the new york governor's plan to make a college education way, way, way more accessible. watch this. >> in a time when we have a president-elect who thinks it's a great idea to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top two-tenths of one percent, we have a better idea and that idea -- [ cheers and applause ] -- and this idea is to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for every person in new york state, in vermont, and in america. [ cheers and applause ] if new york state does it this year, mark my words, state after state will follow. [ cheers and applause ] >> joining us now, i'm very pleased to say, is senator bernie sanders, leader of outreach for the senate democrats, former candidate for president and now the leader of his own post-election nonprofit called "our revolution." senator sanders

the cnn bernie sanders town hall the cnn bernie sanders town hall starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [cheers and applause] >>> we are live from george washington. center with senator bernie sanders. i'm chris cuomo. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we are being seen on cnn of course, but cnn espanol and cnn international. welcome to those listening on the westwood one radio network and 116 on sirius xm. tonight kicks off a special week of programming on cnn to mark a historic transition of power. donald trump, 11 days away from being sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. and leader of the free world. it is a pivotal moment for our country. so, on thursday night, house speaker paul ryan will be on this very stage to explain how he will help enact the trump agenda. tonight we are going to hear from one of the most influential members of the opposition, senator bernie sanders. we've invited people from around the world to ask senator sanders questions. we have reviewed the questions to make sure we cover a variety of i

i think sanders, bernie sanders i like what he is doing at this moment. instead of reactive he is proactive and accepted change is coming to obamacare and i'm hopeful he puts forward idea and as part of that negotiation with donald trump and republicans they look at ways to change it. that is where the energy i think more wisely spent if john lewis, my buddy and dear friend said, look, i'm standing up and work with this president on voting rights to make sure jeff sessions follows through on the things he promises in that hearing and work with him to make sure we don't roll back several times. i think you have to. at the end of the day he is president. and politically if you want to work on things we got to look at candidates who can win back the states we lost in ohio and pennsylvania and wisconsin. florida, north carolina, michigan. that is where democrats have to focus the energy i think the next two to four years. >> there is really a question for democrats do you resist or do you engage, gene? certainly if you followed what the republican party did o

talked aboutwski individuals in her state -- bernie sanders: i don't mean to be rude, but we have a short time. a senator made an important point on that's, we are in danger of spending god knows how many billions of dollars to repair the damage done by climate change and drought is major impact on agriculture. let's get beyond the rhetoric. the scientists i talked to, a majority who have studied the issue, they feel that climate change is a global crisis. it is not a question of a balance of this and a balance of that. global crisis that requires a major cut in carbon and a transformation of the system of energy. how do you respond? rick perry: i like getting past the rhetoric. yes, sir. i think it is important to talk about the 12th largest economy while i was governor. you are asking me -- bernie sanders: i am asking you if you agree with the scientific change isthat climate a crisis and we need to transform the energy system. perry: i believe that having an academic discussion, whether with scientists were with you, it is an interesting exercise. do i have a record of affecting the cl

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>> part of my conversation with bernie sanders up in vermont. for more on the battle over obamacare, i want to bring in former democratic senator byron dorgan of north dakota, who was very involved in the fight for obamacare in the first place. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> let's pick up where we left off for bernie sanders. you were there for that fight. this time around trump is saying repeal and replace almost immediately. in an interview with "the washington post" he says he wants insurance for everybody. that sounds an awful lot like what democrats would want. >> although donald trump is much more substance -- much more promotion than substance, i should say. you know, the republicans have wanted to repeal the affordable care act for seven years, but have never had a plan to put in its place. donald trump has said we cobble together some sort of plan. the difficulty, kate, is you can't do a plan that has -- eliminates pre-existing conditions, age 26, eliminates lifetime limits unless you have mandated coverage across the board. it doesn

i'm sure the bernie sanders voters felt like she was not dealt with properly. there is this big deal over alternative facts. the color is suggesting the selection of which facts are important is a crucial thing of what the news media does. fightsd have a lot of over what facts are sometimes, but i would tell you that i thought the news media did not really care about the facts when the benghazi attack happened in 2012. they accepted the white house narrative. when that collapsed, they just moved on. i find it hyperbolic to see the news media suggesting that everyone else is fake news. everyone else does not have facts. on the host: for those who want to follow your work, tim graham, where are you? newsbusters.oat rg. we are celebrating our 30th anniversary in the fall. host: let's go to chris in texas. republican line. caller: good morning. the biggest thing that worries line andt the name-calling -- lying and name-calling in the republican party. that is all they have, but it works, i guess. my question is, do you think this is the beginning of how we are goin

you just saw our town hall with bernie sanders. and he his senate colleagues begin confirmation hearings tomorrow for donald trump's cabinet picks. thanks for joining us. one president getting ready to move into the white house, the other getting ready to say good-bye. president barack obama hard at work tonight on his farewell address set for tomorrow in chicago. as president-elect trump prepares to take the oath of office, his daughter and son in law have become d.c.'s newest power couple. jared kushner named a senior exec. >> the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. >> we have so much to get to tonight. i want to begin with jim acosta. emily jane fox, also here, richard painter, chief white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush joins us. and jon meacham historian. quite a fascinating hour, jon meacham. i want to get your reaction to bernie sanders town hall. trum assembly his administration. they're

we'll talk to bernie sanders who agrees with donald trump on tpp. that's coming up later, but now the news and the senate action on the president's nominees for state and cia director. cnn's phil mattingly has the latest on that and joins us now. good news on capitol hill today for president trump regarding nominees. >> that's exactly right. the trump administration has made no secret about their displeasure with the fact that the majority of their team, the majority of the nominees are not currently in place atop the agencies they were selected for. tonight and actually today, anderson, some goeod news. rex tillerson, the secretary of state nominee, moved through the committee process today, but what matters is marco rubio, the senator who had a lot of objections, a lot of pause about supporting that nomination, he's now on board. that more or less clears the way for rex tillerson's confirmation in the coming days, probably in about a week or so. also mike pompeo, the cia director who republicans initially wanted confirmed on friday, he's on his wa

plus, bernie sanders on the overnight vote to repeal obamacare. a time elizabeth warren and ben carson faced off at a confirmation hearing. >> dr. carson, i'm trying to ask a more pointed question. >> and surprising joe biden. >> i am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. [ applause ] >> and exit interview with the vice president when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, we are eight days from donald trump becoming president of the united states of america and once again tonight we are faced with an absolute deluge of major seismic and important news. we begin with a story dominating the national conversation one in which we are finally perhaps starting to get more clarity. but it remains at this hour a story thaw is maddeningly hard to pin down despite the boundless stakes. i speak of the saga of the decision to include a two-page summariened briefing materials for president obama and the president-elect trump of an infamous, dlashs, salacious dost the russi

the cnn bernie sanders town hall the cnn bernie sanders town hall starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [cheers and applause] >>> we are live from george washington. center with senator bernie sanders. i'm chris cuomo. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we are being seen on cnn of course, but cnn espanol and cnn international. welcome to those listening on the w

that is after bernie sanders beeped the former prime minister in the primary. time now for businesses with delano d'souza. you are starting out with tech companies hitting back at donald trump's travel ban. delano: exactly, jeannie. google, apple, facebook, and airbnb say the decision is both unfair and dangerous. while the travel ban only affect a small number of workers in silicon valley, thousands are likely to be impacted once the u.s. president goes off to the visa program known as h-1b. their response for trump's executive order was quick. asked for anyone not to jump outside the u.s. until the ban is lifted. the order could create barriers to bringing in great talent to the u.s. apple offered legal assistance to any staff members affected. in an internal memo, ceo tim cook says "apple would not exist without integration. startupsof america's were founded by immigrants. >> we are looking for a group during a weekend it in which it can slow down. >> "we stand for and with them always." mark zuckerberg said -- the tech industry relies on foreign labor. the

not bernie sanders, donald trump. >> good morning! i'm al sharpton, and you're watching "politicsnation." senator bernie sanders has called on the president-elect to keep his campaign promises. trump repeatedly promised not to cut medicare, medicaid, or social security. senator sanders joins me now from burlington, vermont. thank you for being with us this morning, senator. >> my pleasure. >> you have called on donald trump to do what donald trump said he was going to do. do you think he is going to yield to your reminding him of what he said, or do you think that the change is already in motion? >> well, al, i know it is a radical idea to demand that a candidate actually keep his word. i do know that that is a radical approach. but what the heck, you know. and what's important here to understand is trump didn't just say this in passing. it wasn't in one interview. what he was telling the american people, working people, elderly people, hey, i am a different type of republican. and he mentioned people like paul ryan by name. he said r

to recap the bernie sanders speech. we will talk about previewing president obama's farewell speech. we will have on his top adviser and friend valerie jarrett. we will have john avalon here who has written a book "washington's farewell." he talks about the parallels with what was happening when washington gave his farewell and today. he sees parallels with washington and donald trump. he will explain that. christiane amanpour will be here fors ifor the international perspecti perspective. >> i'm still halfway through the book. >> no spoilers. >>> yahoo! ceo marissa mayer's next move when she departs yaho yahoo!. we will have the cnn money stream next. pens, magnets, luggage tags, bumper stickers. how about foam fingers? like these? now, get 15% off making your company stand out. staples. make more happen. what makesheart healthysalad the becalifornia walnuts.r? the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy

it's a great thing for the american worker, and i have to tell both bernie sanders and hillary clinton opposed tpp. i remember being in a debate, discussing it in flynn the. what is the bottom line, what does this mean for the american people and the american worker?

bernie sanders. independent senator from vermont. 2016, bernie sanders blew the competition out of the water, appeared on the sunday shows 70 times almost doubling the president-elect who came in second place. senator sanders was supposed to be here with us live on this show tonight. due to weather-related issues, he could not get here in time. i'm sorry about that, but i think tomorrow night, i think we are going to be joined by two of the biggest power brokers, power sources, power senators in the democratic party. one of whom is well known but nobody knows exactly what kind of a lear he's going to be. chuck schumer. and one of whom is very well known but nobody exactly knows how he's going to fit into the new democratic party. bernie sanders. the new democratic leader in the senate, chuck schumer, will be with us tomorrow night. i plan to ask him about what the democratic party is going to do in the age of trump. we will also, i think, have the aforementioned bernie sanders who has kindly agreed t

, former press secretary for bernie sanders. i'm so glad to have all of you. carlos at the white house today. president barack obama surprised the vice president with the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. let's watch. >> for the final time as president i am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. [ applause ] [ applause ]

sanders and this has been something bernie sanders has been trying to do for the last few weeks, to get tom price on the record backing up the comments that donald trump made during the -- his campaign for presidency, in which donald trump repeatedly said he did not want any cuts to medicare, any cuts to social security trying to get tom price to promise that he would abide by those pledges. >> let me play the exchange. this is senator bernie sanders questioning tom price. >> in canada, in other countries all people have the right to get health care. do you believe we should move in that direction? >> if you want to talk about other countries' health care systems, there are consequences to the decisions that they've made just as there are consequences to the decision that we've made. i believe, and i look forward to working with you, to make certain that every single american has access to the highest quality care and coverage that is possible. >> has access to does not mean that they are guaranteed health care. i have access to buying a $10 million home. i don't have the money to d

i'm not playing the bernie sanders and elizabeth warren rule. i'm going into retirement and speak out as people close to the president have said in recent days, only there are issues that i feel are so urgent and important that shake me at my political and philosophical core. i think he touched on those issues that have to do with deporting people and he feels trump's philosophy is at odds with core democratic yideals. >> he went on in that press conference for two or three minutes with rhetoric that if hillary clinton had used the same rhetoric during the course of her campaign, it may have had a different result, the election may have had a different result because he addressed those who were left behind and lost in the system who feel their children have been neglected and won't do as well as they have done in this country. he was patalking to pennsylvani ohio, michigan, and wisconsin. >> he really was and maybe he doesn't have a role up front for democrats, but the party could really use him and people like david axelrod and david plouffe wh

then you had jim jacobs who came to speak to bernie sanders. here is an excerpt. >> i'm a business owner and we keep getting kicked in the teeth by this administration. this country was founded on entrepreneurship. why is this administration so against a business owner? please tell me. >> i don't think this administration, the obama administration you are referring to is to against the business owner. when you talk about -- >> really? >> when you talk about tax increases, he raised taxes on the top 1 or 2%. you know what, i would have gone further. i think the wealthiest people in this country are doing phenomenally well. i believe billionaires and multimillionaires. >> i'm a business owner. i'm not a billionaire and millionaire. you haven't lived until you put a payroll on a credit card. this is the reality of the backbone of this country. >> well, the backbone of this country, i think we should support entrepreneurialship. i think we should support small business, but i am not supportive of large multinational corporations that make billions

[cheers and applause] >>> welcome back to the cnn town hall with senator bernie sanders at the george washington university. let's hear from demarr quinn johnson, a student at harvard law school. we've got a big brain coming our way. he voted for clinton in the general and primary. he has a question about tomorrow's confirmation hearing. what do you have, sir? >> senator, i am worried about the direction of the department of justice over the next few years, particularly on voting rights. will you oppose sessions' confirmation? >> i'm going to listen to what he has to say. i've known jeff for many, many years, but i have very strong concerns, and i think the issue you raise about the voting acts right and how the supreme court a few years ago gutted the voting rights act, and that right now state after state, republican states, what they are doing, this is kind of unbelievable when you think about it, they're working overtime not to expand democracy, not to bring more people into the political process, they're trying to make it harder for people to vote under the guise of voter fraud.

also bernie sanders, someone who's a voice for the party -- i don't think they have a clear leader. you look at al franken and elizabeth warren, they're big voices but in terms of who will bridge the gap between the bernie sanders people and the clinton people, i don't think that person has emerged yet. peter: if there's not a dinner tonight of democrats akin to the one eight years ago, it's mainly because they're not organized. but it's not the lack of desire. they're going to be no more deferential to this new president than the republicans were to president obama. in obama's case, they successfully conveyed to many voters that it was obstructionism. the question is will trump be able to do the same thing? will democrats who oppose him be seen as obstructionists against a president who's trying to get things done? or will they be seen as principled opposition? dan: i think one of the obstacles to president trump is that the election went in both directions. he lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote. he doesn't come in with seemingly a mandate and he doesn't come in with

elizabeth warren is questioning her, bernie sanders questioning her. here's what bernie sanders just came out and said. >> my question is, and i don't mean to be rude, but do you think if you were not a multibillionaire, if your family has not made hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to the republican party, that you would be sitting here today? >> senator, as a matter of fact, i do think there would be that possibility. i've worked very hard on behalf of parents and children for the last almost 30 years. >> i mean -- >> i'll make this quick. i think you look at three specific confirmation hearings. look at education, because of the teacher unions, very big democratic constituency, democrats have to show they're fighting for. the environment, the environmentalists, the epa administrator, and of course no question when you look at tillerson right now given all the russian stuff. look at the rhetoric that democrats are using in those specific hearings. >> is bernie sanders right? does this hurt her at all. i thought her answer -- she didn't

i mean, if bernie sanders -- if bernie sanders said public education should be free, wall street criminals should go to jail, instead of charging students because they dared to go to school, $1 trillion in aggregated debt, instead of that, education should be free, if bernie sanders had run against donald trump, right now this would be the end duration of bernie sanders. but the democratic party establishment, the democratic party establishment is tied to the same wall street banks and the same military-industrial complex that donald trump and the republicans are. the fact of the matter is the people of this country want change, and donald trump demagogic lee and falsely tells people who feel they have run out of options that he represents change. some number of people will vote for donald trump. the problem in the united states is that the election procedure is just a procedure, it is not real democracy. a chance where the american people have the opportunity every four years to vote for who will impress them for the next four years. that is not democracy. why is it the corporations and t

>> what do i know. >> i think bernie sanders. >> let me ask about, patti, the night on cnn after one of the debates, donald trump invoked you, suggested you created the birther movement. [laughter] >> conspiracy theory, tell us about that experience, what it told you about this kind of plague of fake news and conspiracy theory. >> let me set the stage, it was the first debate at st. louis? the first debate. hofstra. lester is the moderator. many of us were at hofstra. i was sitting in a trailer watching the debate and came at the tail-end of the debate and i was there because i'm a girl studious making notes on what i'm going to say on cnn about how hillary nailed the debate and suddenly, you know, and i'm sitting there with other commentators and i'm making notes and suddenly i hear my name. is it somebody in the room, no, it's donald trump, first he called me patti doyle and and then patti solÍs. i did an interview with wolf blitzer, i did an interview basically saying that during our campaign a volunteer coordinator, a nonpaid person forwarded an e-mail about barack obama being a

sa bernie sanders with the hearing yesterday. you can hear bernie sanders -- sharp wording here. >> why is the climate changing? >> senator, in response to the co 2 issue, the epa administrator. >> i'm asking your personal opinion. >> my personal opinion is imperiai a immateri immaterial? >> really? you are going to be head of the environmental protection agency and your personal opinion is immateri immaterial? >> sir, i acknowledged to you. the impacts. >> impacts? >> tal, what do you make of that? >> this is something we heard over and over throughout the confirmation hearings. depends on the nominee. there are questions we heard multiple times. many of the cases, the nominees have actually as you said shown daylight with trump. the climate change question. we heard from scott pruitt as we heard from others who spoke on climate change. we acknowledge that the climate is changing and man may have some role in that and the debate it unsettled on that role. that is the official line from nominees. of course, the way this is asked

and bernie sanders is a progressive populist. i don't think authoritarianism works in america. i am worried about authoritarianism, quite wrinkly. >> tucker: i am too. i am too. we saw that last administration. the children of the democratic party are spun out about trump, he's is a nazi, sexist but they are ignoring the economic critique. the smart people in the party like you who have had a consistent economic message for all these years, also are not giving them a chance. i wonder why. again, he is closer to you on some key issues. like trade. then hillary clinton. i would you not say am kind of hopeful on that? >> i am saying. just a few moments ago, i am hopeful. if he succeeds, i will be the first to cheer him on. i guess what really gets me most pause is one he campaigns and even after he campaigns, when he denigrates members of the press who he disagrees with, criticize his him, when he sent out tweets in a disparaging individuals who are critics of him. when he demonstrates a can of personality that is so vindictive and