Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Nancy Pelosi airs on CNN International at 7 p.m. CET and 10 p.m. ET, and on PBS across the United States at 10 p.m. ET.

(CNN) Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who served as the first woman Speaker of the US House of Representatives, told CNN that while "it's time for new blood" in her party, she also thinks it's a gamble in the current political climate for her not to be at the negotiating table.

"If Hillary Clinton had won, and the Affordable Care Act was protected -- I feel very proprietary about that -- I was happy to go my way," Pelosi told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Friday in an interview for her new hour-long program, which premieres on CNN International and PBS on Monday.

Pelosi added that it's "up to the caucus" to determine who leads her party, "but to have no woman at the table and to have the Affordable Care Act at risk, I said 'As long as (Trump's) here, I'm here.'"

Pelosi also said that if this fall's midterms were held immediately that her party would take back control of the chamber and that "women would lead the way."

"If the election were held today, we would win overwhelmingly and women would lead the way," she said. "We have so many excellent women candidates from women across the country. Women marched and then they ran, and now they're running and now they're going to be members of Congress."

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