the problem now that the democrats are in the house they are oef not going to go for tax returns. they can walk and chew gum at the same time. they can come up. they don t want to play ball. the democrats now have power in the house. they have will they re not in the majority. democrats in the senate. they had the meeting. it comes down to democrats have a choice here. are they going to deprive the american people of wins that are good for the american people like paid family leave simply because they do not want to give president trump a victory? i hope that s not where we at. i hope they can work with the american people. sandra: that s an a-team. ladies. thank you very much. a skating new report out on facebook showed how they failed to respond to russian activity
investigating and subpoenaing the administration they won t get cooperation from us. the american people want us to work together, get results and solutions, lasting solutions to make lives better for people at home. that s what i m committed to doing. sandra: you mentioned nancy pelosi the 17 democrats vowing to vote no for pelosi s speakership. do you see her becoming the next speaker? i don t know how they ll make their decisions over there. i know i m willing to work with people on either side of the aisle in the best interest of the american people to continue to move the country ahead. i think the last two years under the under president trump and republicans in the house and senate working together in a bipartisan way have been the most the economy is growing and stronger and healthier. we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in 50 years,
they re in charge and get into positions of powers but i will say every republican this cycle ran an ad saying if my opponent wins nancy pelosi will be speaker and you know what? almost 40 of those republicans lost. so i do think she is unpopular but i also think we shouldn t overplay that. democrats took the house by a ton of seats and every one of those races nancy pelosi was a factor and a lot of them went for the democrats. jon: are you as eager to see chuck schumer retain his leadership in the senate as pelosi in the house? what i would note, though, is that krysten sinema. we were making case at the republican party to voters saying this will be someone is a chuck schumer lap dog. don t listen on the campaign trail. she has been in washington one day and is embracing chuck schumer. sandra: throw out the picture with her and schumer yesterday.
chairs, to younger members. i do think it s time in the democratic party for new leadership to step up. i have been critical of nancy pelosi and i do think she is such a lightning rod for many people in this country. but she also helped win almost 40 seats back in the electoral cycle. if anyone can herd the cats in the progressive caucus and moderates who won races it might be nancy pelosi honestly. what i don t want from my party is a nasty leadership fight as the first thing we do upon taking the house. sandra: it could be shaping up. we haven t seen the letter. 17 democrats have signed this and one of the cases they make is we need new younger democratic leadership in the house. democrats absolutely need that. should nancy pelosi be a few votes short president trump has gracefully said we ll provide the extra votes for nancy pelosi. we would love to see her there, right? we would love nothing more than
consumer confidence at an all-time high and gotten rid of burdensome regulations from previous administrations to unleash american know how and energy. i think it s a very good day and good future ahead for the country. sandra: that was all done under a republican-controlled house and senate. what happens now with split congress? final thoughts from you a few seconds left. priority for you. priorities for me is to twork in a bipartisan way to move the country ahead to strengthen the economy more. more people working. better jobs, higher wages and basically keeping this country safe and strong and free. sandra: senator barrasso, thank you for your time this morning, sir. nice to have you on the program. jon: he is best known as the attorney for stormy daniels as well as one of the kavanaugh accusers. now michael avenatti himself is facing a charge of domestic violence. why he says he will be exonerated. details on that straight ahead. sandra: plus a storm smacking parts of the