alabama. what did you learn in doug jones victory that says, okay, this is how the dnc needs to operate in places like in alabama that isn t necessarily as open to democratic, to base democratic policies all the time? well, you know, the reality is, we have a lot of work to do to make sure that the democratic party in alabama and elsewhere is firing on all cylinders. there s no denying that. what we did in alabama is, i think leadership is about humility. about understanding you re part of the team. we were part of team jones and what we did early on is to say, doug, how can we be helpful? and if someone who s prosecute add number of cases down in alabama, i understand that folks from washington coming in guns a-blazing con specks with is not the way to do it. so we were quiet, working with grass roots leaders, faith
i want to play a bite from that. you participated as well. i want your reaction, take a listen. we know that the truth will prevail that god s glorious wisdom will shine through and that the good and decent people of this country will get the change they voted for and that they so richly deserve. elizabeth: if i m not mistaken, the participate participated, his fifth year annually. i want your reaction from the conference this year. it s going on today. what principles and goals do you want to accomplish and the movement. the evangelical movement that continues to grow. we ve seen this organization and coalition grow in just a few short years. you re exactly right. the coalition is growing and it is grass roots leaders who choose to come to washington and really get armed with the facts and as i speak to them. i was delighted with the way
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thank you for joining us. the u.s. military is piecing together the puzzle of what staff sergeant rasht bales was doing in afghanistan. the most surprising detail seems to be his decision to split his ram passenger into two trips. here is the latest on the investigation and the military s attempts to make amends. this case is becoming more and more curious. for every detail that is released, more questions emerge. the latest comes from a u.s. official that told cnn that bales left his base, went to one village, returned to his base and went to another. in both villages people were massac massacred. who may have seen him when he returned to base? did he go inside? how was itd discovered that he left and how did he end up in two different villages without anybody noticing. the next bit of information is an afghan official that compensation has been paid to the victims of the massacre. we are talking about a figure around $860,000. the equivalent of that has been paid in afgha
do you think they should join? the sblesing thing is not everybody knows what the tea party caucus is going to be until it happens. today we tried to show this isn t a bunch of guys with cigars in a darkroom deciding what the tea party caucus will be or what our agenda will be. we invited the grass roots leaders. we had six or eight who sat in the front of the room with the senators. we also invited glass roots activists from around d.c., pennsylvania, west virginia, virginia and new york, delaware, who came down, and this is about a dialogue. it s o open mike. they want to address their grievances. now they have represents to help them. but it s still about a dialogue between the tea party and the legislature. and yet there are some, i don t know if suspiciouses is the right word, but some sense of unease among the establishment with what you re trying to do. people view it as perhaps a