>> i remember standing on the camera platform and interviewing him in 2000 that hillary clinton's election victory celebration in new york when she was elected as the junior senator from new york and it was clear she was not going to be junior to anybody. he was biting his lip and trying to be gracious about it which he was of course. >> one thing about schumer that people forget. he's come to the national spotlight as we've expected that when reid went i don't know everyone thought reid was going to go in this election but when reid retired, schumer positioned himself. this is a guy who spent nine terms in the u.s. house before he ran for the senate. this is someone ha has been -- talk about building a resume been in this life for a very long time. i actually think even when i talk to republicans they say golly, we wish we had a schumer on our side. what that means is not idealogically but this is a guy who comes across a ton of dough and guy who understands this is