.
. >>> NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN TO THIS EARLIER IN THE
SHOW.
SHOW. THERE’S A LOT OF NEWS.
WE JUST HAD THE FIRST ELECTION
SINCE THE IMPEACHMENT PROBE
BEGAN.
BEGAN. THE RESULTS OUT OF KENTUCKY AND
VIRGINIA HAVE SOME REPUBLICANS
CONCERNED, AND DONALD TRUMP
REPORTEDLY QUOTE, EMBARRASSED.
CONSIDER THE TOP REPUBLICAN IN
RED KENTUCKY FARING ABOUT 14
POINTS WORSE THAN TRUMP DID IN
2016.
2016. THAT’S KENTUCKY’S CURRENT
GOVERNOR, MATT BEVIN, A TRUMP
SUPPORTER WHO HAD SLAMMED
IMPEACHMENT THE MORNING OF THIS
VOTE.
VOTE. >> TALK TO THE AVERAGE PERSON.
ASK THE NEXT 100 PEOPLE WHO COME
IN HERE IF THEY CARE ABOUT THIS
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS, AND THEY
WILL TELL YOU ALMOST TO A PERSON
THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY FIND
IT TO BE A CHARADE.
IT’S AN ABSOLUTE SHAM.
>> NBC NEWS NOW PROJECTING
DEMOCRAT ANDY BESHEAR THE
APPARENT WINNER BUT IT IS
CERTAINLY CLOSE.
CERTAINLY CLOSE. BESHEAR RUNNING ON AMONG OTHER
THINGS PROTECTING OBAMACARE.
THE OTHER HEADLINE OUT OF
VIRGINIA, IF THE FIRST TIME IN A
GENERATION, DEMOCRATS HAVE TOTAL
CONTROL OF THAT STATE’S
GOVERNMENT PAVING THE WAY FOR
PROGRESSIVE ACTION ON A HOST OF
ISSUES INCLUDING HEALTH CARE AND
GUN REFORM.
GUN REFORM. WE ARE JOINED BY SOMEONE WHO
KNOWS THESE ISSUES INSIDE AND
OUT, FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
FROM MISSOURI, CLAIRE McCASKILL.
>> WE ARE ALWAYS LUCKY TO HAVE
YOU IN OUR NEWSROOM.
I WAS WITH YOU FOR THE HISTORIC
IMPEACHMENT VOTE.
IMPEACHMENT VOTE. THE ARGUMENTS WE JUST HEARD FROM
REPUBLICANS IN KENTUCKY IS IT
WOULD HELP THEM IN THAT RED
STATE.
STATE. I THINK
I THINK HELP THEM IN THAT RED STATE.
I THINK IT SOUNDED LIKE A
POTENTIALLYROPIABLE ARGUMENT,
POTENTIALLYROPIABLE ARGUMENT, AND YET IT DIDN’T SEEM TO BE
TRUE.
TRUE. >> I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING
TO TAKE OUT OF OF KENTUCKY IS
TRUMP COULDN’T SAVE A VERY
UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT -- I MEAN,
EXCUSE ME ME, GUVOVERNOR.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T DO IS ATTACK
THE TEACHERS IN YOUR STATE WITH
THE REASONABLE ACCUSATIONS WHEN
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET BETTER
WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS.
TRUMP THOUGHT HE COULD SAVE HIM,
HE COULD NOT.
THE BIGGEST STORY OBVIOUSLY IS
WHAT HAPPENED IN VIRGINIA.
THAT YOU HAVE A TOTAL DOMINATION
OF THAT STATE.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED TO THE
SENATE, I REMEMBER JIM WEBB IN
MY CLASS BEING ELECTED TO THE
SENATE OF VIRGINIA BY THIS MUCH.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A PURPLE STATE
BACK THEN.
BACK THEN. NOT ANYMORE.
NOT ANYMORE. >> AND YOU AND WEBB WERE SEEN AS
REAL BREAK OUT STARS OF THAT
YEAR WHETHER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
MODERATE OR DEMOCRATS IN REDDER
AREAS WHO HAD SHOWN HOW TO WIN
STATEWIDE.
STATEWIDE. >> AND I THINK DEMOCRATS ALSO
ESPECIALLY THOSE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT LOOK AT WHAT BESHEAR
CAMPAIGNED ON.
CAMPAIGNED ON. THE SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRAT IN
KENTUCKY DID NOT CAMPAIGN ON
DOING AWAY WITH PRIVATE HEALTH
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. HE CAMPAIGNED ON FIXING
OBAMACARE AND MAKING SURE THAT
MEDICAID REMAINS AVAILABLE TO
PEOPLE WHO CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH
CARE.
CARE. AND IT WAS THE KIND OF THE BREAD
AND BUTTER ISSUES THAT OUR
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES HAVE
BEAT REPUBLICANS IN 2018 ALSO
RAN ON.
RAN ON. IT WASN’T SOME OF THE BIG TICKET
STRUCTURAL CHANGE THINGS THAT
ARE DOMINATING SOME OF THE
DISCUSSIONS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL.
>> ARE YOU DIPLOMATICALLY SAYING
STAY FOCUSED ON JOBS AND HEALTH
CARE AND DON’T JUST TALK ABOUT
REFORMING DEMOCRACY?
REFORMING DEMOCRACY? >> PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, JOBS AND
HEALTH CARE, GUN SAFETY, MAKING
SURE THAT WE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
FINANCE.
FINANCE. THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE
THAT WILL DECIDE THIS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AGREE WITH
US ON.
US ON. THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. AND I THINK IN SOME WAYS HE’S
RIGHT, THE IMPEACHMENT IS
DISTRACTING, BUT WE HAVE TO DO
IT BECAUSE THE FACTS ARE THERE.
BUT I HOPE THAT THE CANDIDATES
REMEMBER THAT WHAT FAMILIES WANT
TO HEAR ABOUT IS HOW WE’RE GOING
TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER, NOT
ABOUT PLANS THAT PROBABLY AREN’T
GOING TO COME TRUE.
>> AND YOU’RE SAYING YOU
ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE
POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF KENTUCKY
REPUBLICANS WHO SAID IMPEACHMENT
HELPED HIP A BIT, IT JUST DIDN’T
HELP HIM ENOUGH.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.
ABOUT GEOGRAPHY. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE STILL HAS
A LOT OF POCKETS THAT WORK FOR
DONALD TRUMP MORE THAN IF YOU
JUST HAD ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE.
AND YET THE SUBURBS ARE
INCREASINGLY A WEAK SPOT.
READING TO YOU FROM A REPORT
FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" FROM
VIRGINIA, DEMOCRATS AND THE
QUOTE SUBURBANS OF THE STATE AND
BEVIN THERE IN KENTUCKY WAS
POWERED BY THAT STATE’S SUBURBAN
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. >> I THINK FOR WOMEN IN THE
SUBURBS SENDING THEIR CHILDREN
TO SCHOOL FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER
DRILLS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND
WHY NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
THE PARTY THAT IS SPEAKING TO
THEM ON GUN SAFETY, SPEAKING TO
THEM ON OTHER ISSUES THEY CARE
ABOUT AT THEIR KITCHEN TABLE IS
NAGT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE FACT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
PARTY ARE LOSING SUBURBAN WOMEN
IN RECORD NUMBERS, WOMEN WHO