WEBVTT - CBS News Correspondent Margaret Brennan Talks 'Face the Nation'

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<v Speaker 1>I was so thrilled last night to listen to John

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<v Speaker 1>Dickersons with with Steve Colbert, and I really can't say

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<v Speaker 1>enough about John Dickerson slicing and dicing is the chief

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<v Speaker 1>political correspondent at CBS and all that they're doing with

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<v Speaker 1>the nightly news here in the future and joining us now.

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<v Speaker 1>Margaret Brennan and knows John Dickerson so well. I'm absolutely fascinated.

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<v Speaker 1>Margaret Brennan of our CBS regroups off of the first

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday of November and reaches out to America with a

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<v Speaker 1>heritage of Walter Cronkite being Midwest, not being New York.

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<v Speaker 1>How will CBS reach out to America in the coming

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<v Speaker 1>days and weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, on Sunday, we'll try to understand what's coming next.

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<v Speaker 2>So we will speak to Bill Haggerty, the Center from Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 2>who is widely expected to become a cabinet member and

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<v Speaker 2>a future Trump administration. He was a US ambassador to

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<v Speaker 2>Japan for Donald Trump and the first term had a

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<v Speaker 2>role in the transition. We want to talk to him

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<v Speaker 2>about what reality looks like. You know, there's one thing

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<v Speaker 2>to say things on the campaign trail. There's another thing

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to actual governance. But what is this

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<v Speaker 2>mandate that Republicans have with the Senate majority and possibly

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<v Speaker 2>control of the House. What will it indicate for delivering

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<v Speaker 2>on some of the campaign promises.

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<v Speaker 1>I look at this, Margaret, and you know, everybody of

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<v Speaker 1>all different persuasions just sort of thunderstruck by how America spoke.

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<v Speaker 1>What have you learned in your reporting from your correspondence

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<v Speaker 1>in the last four days. What sticks out to you

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<v Speaker 1>is that one conversation you had with the CBS team.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Anthony's Toronto, our head of Elections and Surveys.

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<v Speaker 2>I've fought back a few times to things he said

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<v Speaker 2>in recent weeks that were, in hindsight, clear warnings for Democrats,

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<v Speaker 2>like they had topped out their support on the issues

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<v Speaker 2>of reproductive healthcare, states democracy, they weren't growing support. He

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<v Speaker 2>consistently for months was telling us it's the economy, economy, economy,

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<v Speaker 2>and inflation very much in Trump for we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>a scenario with a Republican wave, but you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>polling bill was showing this race gone either way. I

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<v Speaker 2>think we all Republicans as party members themselves, were surprised

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<v Speaker 2>at how much they had grown support among men of color,

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<v Speaker 2>Latino men in particular. We already knew they had the

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<v Speaker 2>white working class vote, that that you know, so called

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<v Speaker 2>bro vote had gone to the Trump team a long

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<v Speaker 2>time ago. But I think we need to talk more

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<v Speaker 2>about that disconnect. We've try to do it on face

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<v Speaker 2>the nation, but the disconnect between telling people the economic

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<v Speaker 2>data is good and that not necessarily translating to it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to get three books right your life. Margaret, let's

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<v Speaker 2>me more reportings be done on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me bring in my colleague David David with Margaret Brenton.

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<v Speaker 3>Margaret, nice to speak with you. And you mentioned Bill Haggerty,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, I think of him on the Senate

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<v Speaker 3>Banking Committee, which of course has been chaired for these

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<v Speaker 3>last few years by Shared Brown of Ohio. And I'm

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<v Speaker 3>curious to hear your perspective on sort of how the

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<v Speaker 3>shape of the Senate changes in light of what we

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<v Speaker 3>had happened this week. So Shared Brown of course no

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<v Speaker 3>longer on that committee, no longer in the Senate. What

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<v Speaker 3>did you hear from miss McConnell yesterday as he took

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<v Speaker 3>that victory lap and sort of what's your sense of

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<v Speaker 3>the direction of this Republican Senate and sort of how

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<v Speaker 3>it buffets whatever agenda President Trump puts forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, I think we're seeing have been in

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<v Speaker 2>the midst of a massive realignment. So like these old

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of Republican and Democrats really aren't traditional conservative

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<v Speaker 2>any longer. Shared Brown was one of those examples of

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who you know, trying to straddle the divide in

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<v Speaker 2>many ways, as Democrat lost that seat to a Colombian

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<v Speaker 2>American Bernie Uh you know there in Ohio and so

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<v Speaker 2>together Ohio seat will become empty soon as Jade Vans

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<v Speaker 2>moves into the vice see but look that that we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to watch this race for control and Senate leadership

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<v Speaker 2>right passing the tour mean that this is their quote

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<v Speaker 2>unquote the place where stupid stuff goes to die. Does

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<v Speaker 2>it become a fast track for for Trump policies? Will

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<v Speaker 2>it be that bar Mitch McConnell had it be Margaret.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to jump in, Margaret jump in. We're having

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<v Speaker 1>trouble with the audio. You're up in your helicopter and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just now working out that right now. But Margaret

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<v Speaker 1>Brennan is the host of Face Nation. Look for that

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