determine who controls the house and the senate. if the gop takes back congress, this country could look and feel very different. that has been part of the conversation people are having about what is at stake. right? absolutely, we do not have to guess. republicans have basically told us what they plan to do if they win back the house and take the senate. so, i think this is a good opportunity for dueling panels to hear what our panel think about all of those and predict. so, i will go first. how much time on the clock today? let s do four minutes. i put up four minutes. there we go. i want to bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings, and special correspondent for vanity fair. thank you so much for being here guys. basically what we have heard scott, from republicans like matt yeas, and even congress and nancy is that there will be impeachment hearings. that is what republicans want. one of the saying that republicans want to do if they win back the house. w
it is really about controlling who can profit from it. again, we have to be very careful about the language here. because, trade marks are a little tricky. but, in terms of how it feels to be at the helm of this moment. i can say that it feels good to see people s reaction to it. to see people feel like they have a reason to smile. you know, the past few weeks have been heavy for a lot of people. been trickling for a lot of people. so that feels good. and again, we re gonna do right by folks. yeah, i don t think about. it yeah. go ahead. i was gonna say, seeing that phrase on a t-shirt. imagine i would like to paint a picture, sitting on your porch and someone walking up to your home. with a confederate flag over one shoulder, a trump flag over the other shoulder, make america great again hats on. a t-shirt that says white lives
beltway. but when he leaves and goes into these areas of the country where the support that david was talking about remains so many lid, it seems to give him energy. he received a standing ovation from the first moment that he was on stage. there were no protesters in this crowd. there were plenty of people with a make america great again hats on. he was well received. and i think that makes him feel as if the work that he is doing in washington is for the greater good. and what he told this crowd here is that when you are being deterred by people, embrace that outsider status. he said it s only outsiders that change the world. so he continues to view himself as an outsider. and if we can take anything from this message here today, i don t expect him to change vours acou anytime soon. so receptive audience there, but what about on the global stage. what are people thinking and feeling about all that has happened this week, the sequence
said go back to iraq. deb says he has never even been. joining me now, olivia nuzzi, political reporter for the daily beast. here s my first question. people talk about, you know, the iowa republican caucusgoers are not necessarily representative of the national party. but i ve got to think, i ve got to think even among them people don t like a white nationalist calling them up and saying we need more i mean, it it just seems like maybe there s going to be a backlash when like explicitly white they call themselves white nationalists. i will call them white supremacist groups. are cheering on a candidate. i m not as confident of that as you seem to be. i think donald trump may be the only candidate who is not going to be would not be negatively affected by white nationalists coming out to support him. i mean, anecdotally back in october i covered a white national involvement convention here in washington and i saw people coming in with make america great again hats on. anytime