opioid crisis that we have followed closely on this show. we ll talk to the washington poe reporter on how congress weakened the ability to crack down on painkiller medicine. and now out this morning, what the dea has to say about it. and democrats divided. we re starting a new serious on the battle for the heart and soul of the democratic party with the number two in the dnc joining us live. lots to get to over the next 60 minutes. but first, kristen welker at the white house. we ll look ahead to the cabinet meeting and lunch between president trump, the vice president and mitch mcconnell. what does the administration hope to get out of this? reporter: it s a busy monday. first for the cabinet meeting, president trump likely to discuss a range of topics, everything from foreign to domestic policy. last week he announced the move to decertify the nuclear deal and kicking that to congress.
loyalty. he has no loyalty except for himself and his family. let s look at the numbers. going to 2018, you have 25 republicans that are on the ballot. nine republicans on the ballot, 25 democrats. incumben incumbents. if it was a time for the democrats to build, it would be 2018. we are not seeing a battle for control of how to govern washington. we are seeing a battle for the heart and soul of the republican party. the ideological war taking place in the republican party. we are not here to discuss it right now, we are seeing the same thing happen. they will pump a lot of money into the races for the senate. it will be a bruising battle over the next year. they are delighted they are not going to be able to spend this money in the general election races. they will be spending them in the primary to protect their own
ownership of part of the democratic party this morning at cpac. there s never been anything like this. there s been some movements, but there s never been anything like this. there s been some movements that petered out, like bernie. not that i m a fan of bern y but a lot of bernie people voted for trump. joining me now, two people who know about the battle for the heart and soul of the democratic party better than about anyone else, jeff weaver, former bernie sanders campaign manager, and robby mook, former hillary clinton campaign manager. is donald trump correct to say a number of bernie supporters went for him? i don t think we ve seen all the polling about how people parsed out. the truth is the over, over, overwhelming majority of people who supported bernie sanders in the primary supported secretary clinton in the general election. that s a fact. i m sure robby can back it up with research from the clinton campaign. i want to say about this race that s going on for the hea
you moments in american history. we re at a fork in the road. this is with donald trump about to take the white house, this is a battle for the heart and soul of our nation, who we are as a nation. i ve been a fighter for progressive values my entire life, and after this election, after the shock wore off, i asked myself, how can i make a difference? that s been a question that s animated my entire adult professional life. how do i make a difference in the lives of folks who are the underdogs living in the shadows? and i think that the head of the democratic national committee has never been more important than it is right now. we need someone who can inspire people. we need someone who can speak to every stakeholder in the party. we need someone who can take the fight to donald trump and we need someone let me press you right there. sure. because you say that it s an important position, but many people feel the democratic party s no longer important, that we fell short in th
government social conservative. jeb bush is an open borders fetishest. john kasich is hot for medicare. those guys have a ceiling, too. and if people talk about the difficulty donald trump would have in uniting the party, i mean, clearly, some of these other guys, mike huckabee or rand paul or whoever you talk about, chris christie, would have difficulty getting above a certain ceiling, too. so that s what actually made it a great debate. when chris christie and rand paul butted up. i would love to see hillary actually taking that kind of heat from bernie sanders. but they basically don t want to start the debate season until ten days before the november election. yeah, i m sorry. you re highlighting that there right now is an ongoing battle for the heart and soul of the republican party. is this going to be a watered