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Laura Coates Live

Interview with Rep. Gregory Meeks

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:00.0

Erica Hill, thank you very much. Mary Christmas everybody, happy holy days.

0:05.0

Maybe we all be touched by the reason for this season. I am Chris Cuomo. Welcome to prime time.

0:11.7

The president was talking about being better one moment than was at his worst the next.

0:17.4

Pounding Pelosi about impeachment. We know that game. He is all about heat.

0:22.6

Question is, where is the light at the end of the tunnel for the Democrats? We're going to ask

0:27.3

a senior member of the caucus tonight. And presidential candidate Tom Steyer is here to debate if the

0:34.0

money that he and Bloomberg are shilling out is proof of a solution or a problem in our politics.

0:41.0

What do you say? Let's get after it.

0:48.6

All right, look, here's a little piece of what the president told us. Together, we must strive to

0:53.2

foster a culture of deeper understanding and respect. Traits that exemplify the teachings of Christ.

1:02.8

I suspect those words were written by somebody else and put into the mouth of this president as a

1:08.1

Christmas message. Why? Because then we got reality just a couple hours later. Why should crazy

1:14.5

Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority in the house, be allowed to impeach the president?

1:21.4

We get the president's play, okay? The question is, what will the Democrats do after the break?

1:28.5

Where does this leave them and leave them? Let's ask a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

1:34.4

Congressman Gregory makes of New York. Bless for Christmas. I hope for you and your family.

1:39.4

Absolutely. Thank you for helping us out on this show as often as you do.

1:42.4

Good being with you, Chris. Thank you, sir. So, the president's message, let's put him to the side.

1:49.1

In the new year, do you believe there is any chance of Democrats and Republicans working together

1:56.7

on things that matter for the American people? I'm talking laws, not bills in the House.

2:01.3

Well, you saw at the end of the year, we worked on certain things together. That's how we passed

2:08.4

USMCA. That was a tremendously big and important bill. There were other bills that we were able to

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