hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the democratic party is in big trouble the party has not come to terms with the outcome of the two thousand and sixteen election they have a leadership out of touch with its base millennia old are fleeing so is their slogan now no party for white man. crosstalk in the trials and tribulations of the left i'm joined by my guest so i color in seattle he's a writer activist and progressive you tube or in west hartford we have julio rivera he is editorial director for reactionary times and the newsmax columnist and here in moscow we have don de bar he's an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate soccer let me go to you first in seattle because you get up there early as for this program and it's much appreciated i mean i suppose you came . came across this walkaway movement that it is taken in a bit of. a flash on the internet here i found that to be very curious because i think i instinctively

is this the future of the democratic party? >> i think it's a future of the party in the bronx where she is. i think that we as legislators needs to listen to our constituency and get out there. i think what she did, she did the hard work and pounded the pavement and she was out there talking to everyone about constituents and i think that was a difference. she turned out voters and reflected the needs of her district. >> are you concerned that your party is going too far to the left to win in the mid-terms or win back the white house? >> i think that you can't win in the white house without the midwest and i don't think that you can go too far to the left and still win the midwest coming from a midwestern state. you need to talk to the industrial midwest and listen to the people there. and in order to win an election nationwide. >> this is the last day of your maternity leave. >> it is. >> you had a baby in april and push for senate rules to be changed so senators can bring children onto the floor and your baby on the floor. h

the state submit bids for the democratic party. it's a half serious suggestion, if i had to do 100 things i'm not sure it would be on my list but sometimes symbolic gestures actually do matter and theoretically it shouldn't matter where thedemocratic party is located, i have nothing against the people working in the headquarters here but itmight be a nice realism . >> i read that underline there and i said maybe new orleans will have a shot . you, it would send a big message, trust me. immigration, the deficit, tax reform, health care, with so many great solutions in this book but as the cochairof the congressional caucus , tell us a little bit about that. you recently wrote an op-ed calling for a national strategy on artificial intelligence. please explain why we need it? >> the world is changing rapidly and i think one of the fiscal responsibilities of is to think about where the world is going and make the institutions in society which doesn't mean make government, just means constantly adjust healthcare, retirement, whatever it

the democratic party has been wea right. there was a column the other day in "the chronicle" about how she represents -- alexandria represents anding up for something. like don't sort of do this sort of mealymouth move tohe middle. a lot of these primary ra that's who are winning, people taking more progressive positions and standing up for stuff. now, the whole civility thing is kind ofbs a pushback by republicans and by democrats. that's basical chilling the status quo because pelosi and schumer represent the status quo. trump -- for trump to talk about civility, this is auy who literally said, i ought to punch him in the face. so, i mean, you etknow, l's consider the sources, where it is coming from. >> yeah, i saw john legend said -- the singer john legend said, you know what? you can ask meiv about city after you tell me about the more than 2,000 kids taken from their parents at the border from the migrant families. so, you know, he is saying, okay, we can talk about sanders, huckabee-sanders dinner later. i think we're

the old democratic party was a prolabor, prounion party. today it is a party of open borders, environmentalism. positions that reduce wages defy economic prosperity. white working class, cannot relate to these policies. as a result have been leaving the democratic party in droves." joining us now, garland nixon. along with actor and current candidates, antonio somebody jr. thank you for joining us. do you feel like a party of yesteryear is no longer the party today. as a result we , you are losing people. >> yes, it is moving but not necessarily willingly. people have left because they have been angry. >> pete: so you are agreeing with the peace? >> yes but for totally different reasons. the bernie sanders, they are moving in a right direction. it is a populist movement. based on policy. that is why they are having success. you win by getting your base of the pole. >> pete: identity politics isn't working. socialism. candidates are being elected for that. antonio, as that's a winning formula? >> no, it is a negative formula for everyone in

should love these democratic socialists because it's the fighting it's dividing the democratic party and you can tell from the very top they're scared of these people go ahead i would yeah i would say to the democrats that you know it's ok to have that wing of the party i mean the republicans had the tea party wing and but but it does make your candidate an electable in certain places now if they had the democratic party runs more conservative candidates in these places they may have a better chance of winning but i'm sure the party apparatus doesn't really care for a lot of this talk about. you know free college education for everybody medicare for all because these are very expensive programs and nobody is figured out in the democratic party or anywhere else how to pay for these but of course you know the republicans have done this with their tax cuts that's what they do to get a lack of good ok i mean well and i mean anything in fact let me jump in stead of the increase and i have to we have to go to a hard break after a short break we'll continue our discussion of the democratic

of the democratic party, would you rather the democratic party focus on new ideas and innovations? among iowa caucus voters, participants and new hampshire primary voters, about 30% think the parties should either be more liberal, or take the traditional democratic approach, a majority of both, a wide majority think the democratic party should focus on new ideas and innovation, regardless of ideology. that is number one, huge misunderstanding that democrats want the party to be more liberal, that is not true, or to go backwards. second, when you are looking in terms of what you want in the next presidential candidate, you want somebody who will be a fighter, for progressive ideas or someone who works in a bipartisan manner, almost 2 - 1, democratic nomination of the first two states want somebody who will work in a bipartisan manner to get things done. as opposed to simply advanced causes. also, the same thing type of thing, would you prefer a candidate for president who energizes liberal voters are somebody who appeals to middle-of-the-road voters. again, it was about 35 - 60 pref

look, the democratic party has been pushed to the left. forget socialists for a minute, forget democrats. the democratic party has been pushed to the left and that's why trump got into wisconsin. you can make the case that hillary clinton didn't claim wisconsin. doug kammerer tha you can claim that. they say we left the door open. that's important to realize. >> okay. you're going to make my head explode. here's the problem. wisconsin, he didn't win the majority, right? pennsylvania he didn't win a majority. his problem wasn't picking up -- >> hillary clinton didn't win a majority, either. >> barack obama did. that's my point. the problem in pennsylvania, the problem in wisconsin were a lot of these obama voters who quite frankly broke third-party, protest vote and millions sat home. guess what, how is that not voting working for you, guys? it's a problem. his winning in wisconsin and pennsylvania quite frankly against obama was a loss, right. he did not go two points above what mitt romney did in those states. he picked up a couple points

but that doesn't feel like the democratic party. that has stood up to fight for and provide real solutions to working families for decades. does it appeal to the people does it convince anyone? especially those deeply skeptical that we can be the responsible governing party? i say it does the opposite. if we want to move from a party of the minority committed to resistance that regains the majority, we have to act like it. i understand the strategy of racing farther left in a talking head social media world pie in the sky policy and extreme rhetoric they get more followers and likes and tweets but that doesn't make usus responsible or that rhetoric a good thing for our country or party. i will give you a quick look back at the end of the 2016 election just to make the point. what was our strategy in the last closing six weeks of the 2016 campaign? as best as i could discern was essentially look at this guy. he's crazy. he is unfit. he is unstable look at how crazy he is. but running against trump to adopt his tone and style simply w

party -- like the democratic party to be more liberal and pursue the traditional approaches of the democratic party or would you rather the democratic party focus on new ideas and innovation. among iowa caucus voters, participants and new hampshire primary voters, about 30% think the party should be more liberal or take the traditional democratic approaches and a majority in both states -- large majority over 60% in both states think the democratic party should focus on new ideas and innovation regardless of ideology -- that's sort of number one. there's a huge misunderstanding that democrats want the party to be more liberal. that's simply not true -- order go backwards. -- or to go backwards. secondly if -- in terms of what you want in the next presidential candidate, you want somebody who will be a fighter for progressive ideas or someone who works in a bipartisan matter -- manner. it's almost 2 to 1 on democratic participants in these states -- want somebody who will work in a bipartisan matter -- manner to get things done as opposed to simply advance progressive causes and then also same

it's now splitting the democrat party. we have a growing number of democrats now warning that alexandria ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders will wreck the midterms for the democrats, plus which former top obama official is now warning democrats the same thing too. thank you so much for joining us, thank you for watching. money, politics, we deliver the debate behind tomorrow's headlines. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit," it starts right now. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: first to your money, the dow's down slightly today, 13 points, ending the day at 25,034. nasdaq ending in the green ahead of big tech earnings. more on your money in just a second. but first, to the fight with iran. check out oil prices. higher, ending the day settling basically, settling at $73 a barrel. gas prices at the pump year-over-year. the president now considering reinstating tough sanctions on iran. tough words from secretary of state mike pompeo on iran likely prompted the following from the iranian president, quote: mr. trump, do not play with th

the democratic party in the south. - well, you know, at the time, we started late. we didve the resources, we didn't have the organizational skills, but you know we had? we had what money could never buy in a campaign. we have passion. - when i win,peace wi. when i win, a clean environment wins. when i win, college youth win. when i wins, justice wins. surely you know we can win! [applause] [upbeat music] - he brought in not only african-americans, d but latinos abs and jews, and he reached out to the farme, who were being treated very badly. their properties and their farms were being taken away from the and jesse went out there and he stood up for them. - we went to columbia, missouri, and it's maybe a two hour ride in the car, and looked out and saw about 2,000 whites, and they're with mask on. - he was kind of joking. like, "wait a minute. [laughs] "white farmers th sacks over their head "is this the kkk? to i'm a little hesitano in," you know. - they were afraid if the farm agricultural extension services saw them there, they could lose their subsidy. so they w

the far left of the democratic party? >> well there certainly is a healthy minority principally millennials who support democratic socialism and are activated by it and were activated by bernie sanders but i think they don't really have any place to go but to turn out and i would make the argument that there are more votes to lose by moving far left and " walking away" than by trying to present a middle of the road constructive alternatives to the policies of donald trump. adam: so you think democrats would stay home if this behavior on the far left continues within the democratic party? >> well it's possible. this point is correct. we need every last voter. we need the enthusiasm gap to work for the democrats and if we do things that could dampen that enthusiasm it only hurts the party. adam: but it seems to me the democrats that we're talking about the moderates are what we used to call republicans in the 1980 i'm not kidding i hear that at the dinner table conversation that it's unrecognizable. i think you have people,

-- the democratic party just isn't there for the working people. he had been in charge of the working people in his county. he had seen economic devastation. when donald trump on inauguration day said, what did he call -- >> forgotten men and women. >> he also said there was carnage in america and people laughed at him. i was on several panels where people made a joke about it. there is carnage out there. the it harrys of the world saw it. they were trying to save it and decided he made a very strong decision he was going to flip and leave the democratic party behind. for someone that ingrained in the party that was so remarkable to me to see that change in him and this guy was incredibly successful in the democratic party, not like he was some union guy working a shot. he was instrumental in the strength of the union. he went to a trump rally. that is not where i met him. he went to the trump rally in wilkes-barre in luzern county and when he got there local news people saw him and it was what is going on? i am supporting trump and i guess i'm goi

the new platform of the democrat party. i call it the democrat party. it sounds better rhetorically. i guess we speak well. we turned away thousands of people. nay never say i am a great speaker. why the hell do so many people come? >> [cheers and applause]>> why? why? >> [cheers and applause]. >> [loud crowd noise]. >> cheefrgs. [cheers and applause]. >> why do they come? it's got to be something. i guess they like my policy. have you ever noticed? you never hear that. you never hear it. there has to be a reason. i have broken more elton john records. he has a lot of records and i don't have a musical instrument. i don't have a guitar or an organ. no organ. elton has an organ and a lot of other people helping. we have broken a lot of records. we have broken virtually every record. they only need this stage. they need much more room for basketball, hockey and all of the sports. they need a lot of room. we don't need it. we have people in that space. so we break all of these records. really we do it without the musical instruments. and hopefully the brai

the democrat party is well outside the mainstream. i tell what you concerns people about the border and about what's coming across the border, it's about drugs. pete, you're from the midwest, you know where these forgotten communities are that are finally coming back, thanks to the trump economy. but they're still suffering because of so much drugs that are devastating our communities, devastating the families. vast majority coming over the southern border. that's important to them. let me state 127,000 undocumented criminals were arrested by i.c.e. last year. almost 2,000 of those were homicides, 78,000 of those arrests were for drugs. axwolish i.c.e.? what happened to those 127,000 criminal illegal immigrants. >> great point. francisco, if you watch the so-called mainstream media this was going to be trump's katrina, zero tolerance policy, to tank his numbers. i'll put the poll up that we showed briefly, the wrong one at first but now we get it right. trump's approval rating with hispanics has increased by 10%. counter intuitive to

they could have referred to the democrats as party number two. the final thing, they say in the famous footnote that there was a u.s. person who wanted -- they speculate -- who wanted to discredit the trump campaign. that could have been a democratic donor, a progressive activist. that could have been a never trumper, an angry business associate, and ex-wife, could have been anyone. they never give you an idea of who it was. >> it was hillary clinton. >> laura: trump the disruptor, the topic of "the angle," i think he is turning over the applecart in this city much to the consternation of the old bipartisan establishment. set aside the obsession with russia and all that, he got elected because most people think that the clintons, not so much the obamas but at least the clintons and that whole crowd were so steeped in corruption they were willing to take a flier on trump. looking at that poll, 45%. my goodness. if the press were 40% less biased, his numbers would probably be at 60%. do you disagree with that? he is at 45% with all this stuff. >> w

this guy was incredibly successful in the democratic party. it wasn't like he was just some union guy who just worked in the shop. he was in sherman so in the strength of that union. in fact, he went to a trump rally, i was at this rally, that's not where i met him though, he went to the trump rally in wilkes-barre in lucerne county and when he got there, local news people saw him they were like what's going on. he said i'm supporting trump and i guess and then have to resign from the labor council because he was the president of labor counsel. >> the union point is a very valid one. there was a time when labor waved the dog in the democratic party. walter mondale is probably the biggest to for the nomination in 1984. when they endorsed him and had 13.7 million members. when it endorsed hillary clinton had 12.5 million numbers but that wasn't just the loss of a million members because of the mondale election, 92 american -- 92 million participated. there's a reason democrats felt comfortable marching toward that and not worry about blue-collar

i always say the democrat party. actually, the name is the democrat party. the democratic party sounds too good, so i don't want to use it, ok? the new platform of the democrat party is to abolish ice. in other words, they want to abolish immigration enforcement entirely. that's what they want to do. they want everybody coming in. the beauty with ice, they are so tough, when you have these ms-13 thugs come in. ice goes in and wipes them out. they are much tougher. they liberate towns in long island and other places. you're occupied. it's like a nation is occupied in your country. these are savage gangs. that includes our great border patrol. that includes our military. who they are always fighting against funding for the military. fightingalwauyy against funding for the military. we will always stand by proudly the heroes, and there are heroes in ice and border patrol. every day i am president, we will track down the gang members, drug dealers, child predators, and criminal aliens. we will get them. we will throw them the hell out of our country or put them

i don't pretend to speak for the national democratic party or the state democratic party, i'm only standing here to give you some maybe sense and perspective on how for the last eight years and six years before that as lieutenant governor we were able to get some things done in the state and in the city sometimes with the help of washington, d.c. and in most times without the help of washington, d.c. and to the issue that will spoke about earlier about how to really find best examples and david this is your phrase, laboratories of democracy and change in cities as well. i want to begin by making what ought to be simply understood by people. you can't govern if you can't win elections. because you don't have the power to do it and you can't win elections if one extreme is responding to the other extreme. and if you did win the election and you are able to govern or you had the power to you wouldn't be able to get anything done if you couldn't find common sense solutions to problems. that's why the people of america are ticked off because nothing seems to be working or seems to be moving. now

he was so ingrained in thee democratic party. he voted for bernie sanders in the primary in pennsylvania. but he found himself about mid summer taking a look a at this race in the same i've got to go with trump because the democratic party just isn't orthere for the working people. you know, he had been in charge of all the working people in this county. he said the economic devastation. when president trump on a maturation day side, what did he call the forgotten men and women. he also said there's carnage. he said there was carnage in america and people laughed at him. i was on several panels where people were making a joke about it. there is carnage out there. the at hairy set the world saw it. they were trying to say it and he made a very strong decision that he was going to flip in that the a democratic party behind. for someone that ingrained in the party, that was so remarkable to me to see that change in him. this guy was incredibly successful in the democratic party. it wasn't like het was just working the shot. he was i

look, the democratic party has been pushed to the left.s forget socialir a moment, the democratic party has been pushed to the left and that's why trump got into wisconsin. you can make the casell that y clinton didn't play in wisconsin, that's fine. you can do that. wisconsin, pennsylvania, the blue collar democrats.br donnile said that trump picked the locks in that state open.e we left the door that's very important to realize. >> you're going to make my head explode. re is a problewisconsin, he didn't win a majority, right? in pennsylvania, he didn't win a majority. >> but he won the state. >> his problem wasn't picking up -- >> hillary clinton didn't win a majority either. >> no, butd. obama d that's my point. >> okay. >> the problem is peprsylvania, thlem in wisconsin where a lot of these obama voters who, quite frankly, broke third party, they're protest vote and the millions who sat home. guess what? how is that not voting for you guys working? it's a problem. his winning in wisconsin and pennsylvania, quite frankly, against obama was a loss, right? he did not -- he did not go 2

g of the e sanders w party having an impact on the democratic party and itsti po? sure. progressive candidates in safe districts like ocasio-cortez will likely be serving in congress this time next yea and wins do equal momentum for the movement. the le's success is also certainly being overhyped and x echo chamber is helping that cause as well. th want to claim to moderate voters, hey, look, the far-left is taking over the democrapac y. in places that actually matter in 2018, it's actually been a good year for td so-cal democratic establishment. when we come back, end game and the nationwide protests over immigration. immigration. how each party sees the ♪ hawaii is in the middle of the pacific ocean. we're the most isolated population on the planet. ♪ hawaii is the first state in the u.s. to have 100% renewable energy goal. we're a very small electric utility. but, if we don't make this move we're going to have changes in our environment, and have a negative impact to hawaii's economy. ♪ verizon provided us a solution using smart sensors on their network that let

like the green party and and also the social democratic party including the german justice minister who is a member of the social democratic party saying this is an absolute alarm bell when someone like mr is a doesn't feel comfortable in the german football team when he has the sense that he's been subjected to racism by the very head of the football association and by the way mr as you also received a lot of social media postings that were very hateful following the defeat of the german team that when a person like me doesn't feel comfortable that that is

the democratic party is diverse. i think there's a lot of young members of congress who would be great in leadership positions. it's something we have seen nancy pelosi try to get in this last term. there's no doubt there's hunger for new faces. there's no doubt there's hunger for new voices. we're a party of inclusion. we're pretty diverse whether it's on age, race. it's so great to see women taking over this cycle and women coming ahead. we saw that in what happened to alexandria. she started early. she knocked on doors. she spoke to the voters in her district. something i have a lot of experience with. >> the congresswoman is being diplomatic. maybe you won't be. >> does the democratic party need new leadership? >> i think they need to work on it, absolutely. you have a situation where when you look at alexandria, you see that young people are not waiting anymore. they're not going to wait their turn. they've been told -- >> they've been waiting a lot long time. >> she took a chance be p she knew i'm going to talk

party with the bernie sanders democratic party. we live in a country that tends to swing back and forth between the countries. it's not good that the democratic party has moved so far to the left. because you have to imagine sometime these jokers could be back in power. jesse: you saw obama take the party left. i can't believe it. hopefully it doesn't swing that far to the left, ben. got to run. >> thanks so much. jesse: a socialist who disagrees with everything ben and i just said is here to defend socialism. buckle up. [♪] jesse: the new rallying cry at the socialism convention in chicago. democratic millennials moving towards socialism en masse. but is the movement the future or destruction of the democratic party. i just want to go slowly here. socialism confuses me a little bit. has socialism worked anywhere it's been tried? >> i think what we are working towards is something we have yet to see. socialism at its core, the ownership and control over production. so i think it's important you understand what it means and your v

, democratic party's not going to elect the president in 2020. mike: is that a legitimate concern for your side, tiffany? >> i don't think is. first of all, i think the fact that joe lieberman emerged from political irrelevance to even

this is a political sue site march for the democratic party. they have literally moved the immigration debate to the terrain of should the country enforce our immigration laws, yes or no. i don't want to -- handed a great political issue on family separation issue, one of which they have an advantage and turn it into one of which the president thinks he does. >> it's telling even the congressional caucus, a leading force of immigration issues within the democratic caucus, that this call for abolishing i.c.e. may be the best idea. >> people -- democrats in congress who are veterans and who have been through these fights before are much more pragmatic and that's the tension, the prag ma tix versus the idealism. among millennials and younger people and among first time candidates, you know, they don't want prag matism, they want untilism and say what they believe. and that's where the i.c.e. -- >> part of the energy idealism from the base they can't get anything done because they don't have power. republican president, republican house and senate,

party but recently the california democratic party decided not to throw its weight behind her but instead to give its endorsement to a progressive named haven't now kevin de leon saw this is a political blowout this is what he said about his shocking victory. we presented californians with the food. to the washington playbook and a quarter century this fits a pattern here in new york city a twenty eight year old socialist defeated longtime representative crowley now nancy pelosi a leader of the democratic party says that progressives gaining the upper hand is no big deal this is isolated circumstances in certain districts they need to resume to shape to let that get you so carried away is necessary for them to minister that they that in a very progressive district in new york. were progressive. is a person. palin is a down decision it is not. something that's going to now deliver on and the kazuo cortez say that they are giving voice to issues that the mainstream of the democratic camp is alongside away from they want free health care and education for all americans they also want to abol

the point is, what is the democratic party going to be? i'm still a democrat. when i see somebody that says she's a socialist, she's a very charismatic captivating candidate. but look at the policies. they're not policies that will be supported in very many places across america. if her win makes her into what kellyanne conway called the new face of the democratic party, they won't have a bright future. >> charles: you think she represents the younger voters? soci socialists have made inways. when you poll young people -- i see they feel more confident about a socialist system than a capitalist system. is the democratic party overlooking something going on? bernie sanders pricked this, if you will. feels like it's growing pretty rapidly. >> you're asking a lot of important questions. there's certain policies that may win in some districts like this one. in a democratic primary. they're not going to win in a general election statewide, certainly not in our national election for president. so if the victory of mrs. ocasio-cortez in the bronx and queens is taken a

the old democratic party was a prolabor, prounion party, today the democratic party as a party of open borders, multiculturalism and environmentalism. reducing wages, dividing communities, and under mining economic prosperity, the traditional base cannot relate to are opposed to these policies, and as a result have been leaving the democratic party in droves." joining us now is garland nixon, a radio talk show host and democratic strategists, along with actor and congressional candidate get it in california antonios about a junior, thank you for joining us paid i will start with you, as a member of that party, do you feel like the party of yesteryear is no longer the party of today, ae losing crucial blocks of support? >> yes, but i do feel that the party is moving in the direction, and not necessarily willingly. i do think that there are number of people who have been associated with the democratic party who have left because they were angry at thet direction. >> pete: you are agreeing with the thesis? >> furred totally different reasons, i think that the news, and the bernie sanders

in america are democrat party and ms-13. on there aren fro other front wo california, fight to stop democrat lawmakers from letting illegal immigrant get a driver license now on a ballot measure to do that, it has been green lighted, and seeks to eliminate current sanctuary state law and end automatic voter registration practices in the state. my next guest is the man behind this measure. his 25-year-old son drew was killed in a car accident. an illegal immigrant was at the wheel, joining us don rosenberg, our hearts are with you, the loss of your son is a disgrace. can you explain what happened? >> he was the coming home from law school, and an illegal alien tried to make a last second left turn, they collided, instead of stopping he accelerated, and trovdrove over my son, backed u, and he drove over him again, and he drove over him again, he stopped and he was on my son's babdomen. >> what happened to him. >> he spent 30 days in jail, and government refused to deport him. it took 8 months but i got him deported. liz: to wh

of the democratic party to essentially fight for the soul of the democratic party i think is a smart strategy for people on the left who need a place not only where they can feel at home but where they can more importantly where they can have an effect on our country right now. shereen gorani agrees she shares a lot of the greens frustrations. but decided to run for congress as a democrat i think third party politics has risen to give people that sort of sense that they could have a voice unfortunately as the system works we're going to have more success if we can get in line behind one of these two major parties and really start talking about the issues that matter to everyday people but the green say democrats aren't doing enough the democrats have traditionally not been able to stand up they've offered no solutions and in fact being also corporate backed they will always choose their corporate donors and the elite over whether people in the planet me they may be small in numbers but greens are fired up. setting their sights on the midterm elections hoping to change not only the di

, and all hell broke loose in the democratic party. it was the best kind of hell i've ever seen in my life. - dean basicallyicrought the democrarty into the 21st century during his tenure as chair. he created a internet department at the party. he institutionalized the idea of small-dollar email fund-raising in the democratic party. and that carried through and benefited obama's run in 2008 and then ultimately obams run in 2012. - howard dean had a holistic approach to curing what ailed the party as opposed to just fixing one bone at a time. i believe he will go down as one of the best chairs that we've ever had. - the way to get elected in this country is not to be like the repus, it's to stand up against them and fight. if you don't have guts, you're not an attractive candidate, and you basically lose, 'cause the american people are looking for somebody's guts. i want an america that looks like america, where we're all included... - bill clinton once said--it's my favorite saying in politics-- e will always vote for someone who's str

democrats might fracture their party. caprie, i will start with you, are we going far left? >> i certainly hope not and i don't think so. i think the circumstances in the 5 burrows with the democratic socialist woman may be reflective of infrastructure that was built by bernie sanders in 2016, very mobilized democratic socialist movement here and, you know, we have seen obviously this push and pull inside of the democratic national committee as well between more establishment democrats and the left-leaning progressive wing generally represented by bernie sanders. i don't think this is the future of the democratic party. i come from ohio, and i believe that the success for the democratic party is going to be paid in identifying candidates that best reflect the values of the individual districts and, you know, anybody that tries to say this woman is the democratic party i think is wrong. gerri: it's a good question, cliff, when you look at this, just as republican party now we are seeing the democratic party fracture as wel

you group as a democrat. what made you switch parties? >> i think for me, i got so sick of the lies. what they were telling black people. when you are a black person you get messages from democrats saying you are a victim and you need us to succeed and you need us to achieve, you need this ever expanding welfare state to make something of yourself. i got tired of it and sick of that message that it needed them, and i got sick of that message of victimhood that they continue to push to black americans for the last three decades of my life. jesse: i believe the reason the democratic party does that to people, they need strong party discipline. they can't allow their base whether it's hispanics or blacks or young women or young millennials, they can't allow them to think outside the, box and entertain becoming a republican or even listen to republican ideas. they need those votes come november. >> they want to keep people in line. i think democrats use identity politics to keep people in line. i'm black and buy gay, and i have seen them use

>> i'm a real democrat many i believe if the democratic party gets back to what the democratic party is, we'll be fine. taking care of the sick, the elderly, and finding those in poverty to elevate them with a hand up not a hand out. that's what the democratic party is supposed to be, and we've gone away from that. >> you were viciously and physically attacked and assaulted almost beaten to death because you're out there talking the way you're talking. >> help me understand how we got this divided and what can you do to bring us back together when we can't have somebody like yourself speak the way you're speaking without possibly being killed? >> a lot of times it's old politics. it's the way politics are ran across this country. i happen to start saying the things that need to be said and it ruffled the feathers of the people who didn't want to be ruffled. they saw this as an opportunity to try to scare me to get out of politics or take me out. >> i might have considered a different job if i ended up in your situation many. >> i spent 24 years in the united states army. i have tatto

democrats are walking away from the party and there is a shift in what's happening and democrat leadership was not prepared for this. they feel that harassment of people who don't think like them is the easiest and best thing to do. >> tucker: so they are failing, so they are hysterical. it's an amazing moment. >> richard goodstein is a lawyer and advised hillary clinton's campaign. richard, i never thought i would see a moment where democrats are angry because a republican has raised taxes on the rich. i never thought that would happen. if there is one sort of core idea in the democratic party, it is that the rich don't pay enough. the tax bill makes them pay more in certain places on the east coast and new york and new jersey. and they are suing him for it. how does that work exactly? >> i think the core economic value of social and economic justice. i think the feeling that most of these tax cuts went to corporations and, most people, the wages are flat. >> is not a minor keeper of te democratic party and that only affects rich people. they are angry that that the rich are getting soake

the old democratic party has vanished. bill clinton could not get elected by today's democratic party. he can't appear at democratic fundraising events or campaign rally because they might scream at him too. in the coming months we claim to bring you reporting on what the democratic party is fast becoming. nobody else is going to do that. the other channels want to hide the details. they don't wantt to squar scareu before election day.is timmy bruce joins us tonight. if you think of the famous democratic figures patrick monihan, bill clinton, no chance they would be taken seriously as candidates now so dramatically has the party changed. why is this never noted in public. >> what's interesting,ea leadership is so far off from the base itself. democrats may not even realize how serious this. i'll give you one example. in a new poll, when asked whether or not people wanted i.c.e. to be abolished 78% of republicans said no. 59% of democrats said no. 75% of independents. 6 out of every 10 democrats also said no. the majority a

democratic party. but it's also got some within the party debating whether or not moving too far from the left will turn off some voters. one of those causing a stir is socialist candidate for congress alexandria cortez of new york. now she rose to political stardom after knocking the number four democrat in the house in a recent primary election. today she's in missouri campaigning for a fellow actist running as a justice -- activist running as a justice democrat. our own gillian turner has more. >> 42 men and women are running for office at the local, state and federal level this year, who have the formal endorsement of the democratic socialist of america. this according to the associated press. these candidates span 20 states and they include florida, hawaii, michigan, and kansas. it's the latest evidence that as the trump presidency hits the 18 month mark, democratic socialism is becoming an increasingly powerful force in democratic politics. some of its newest faces are laying out the organization