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She talked about she would sooner have her teeth pulled than without anesthesia than be there. they think that can come back to haunt them. theres a bit of a blowback there. thats the soap opera in a district of all the districts in the country, this is the one democrats are most hopeful about and one of the most barometers nationally. >> does beta orourke have a chance against ted cruz? >> in a neutral year in texas, its probably not time for democrats to win. but in an anti-trump wave and ted ...

15%. when theres an election and we want to crunch the numbers, who do we turn to? we turn to nbc national political correspondent, steve kornacki. does it matter that these early numbers are so much in favor of the democrats? >> well, well find out. look, the early vote numbers can sometimes be very misleading. but we do know there have been a lot of signs in all of these special elections weve been seeing as an enthusiasm surge for democrats. and in texas, there are a couple of incumbent repub...

The past, suburban, white collar, college educated. and guess what? not too fond of donald trump. mitt romney had in problem winning this district in 2012. in 2016, trump couldnt even carry it. this is the kind of district democrats look at and say, hey, in an anti-trump wave, if thats what they could get this year, this is the kind of district that could go. again, you look at this. a whole bunch of numbers here. what does this mean? these are all the congressional districts in texas, ranked by...

Primary day in texas. the lone star state holding the nations first primary on tuesday, and democrats are already looking for reasons to be excited. congressman betto orourke, a democrat, hoping to unseat republican senator ted cruz, has reportedly raised triple the amount cruz has raised this year. as politicians gear up for a big battle in the midterms, lets go to austin, texas. tell us a bit about this race, this senate race, between the gentleman from the 16th district, orourke, and ted cruz...

The government shouldnt compel somebody to buy insurance so there are going to be people, as there are now under obamacare, they choose to pay the penalty instead of the coverage, that will choose not to take it, so, you know, thats a top line score. i want to get in and read the details. whats it going to do to premiums because in the 16th district of illinois a number of my count its only have one insurance provider to people now and i know their costs are skyrocketing, their deductibles are s...

Into the plan. that allows an organic lowering of the cost of care. its very powerful. lasik surgery has decreased in cost over the years because theres price transparency. we need to give patients the power of knowledge, one of those, if you will, knowledge factors is the price of the good theyre consuming. >> for the audience lasik surgery is lieser eye surgery, has become much more popular. senator, thank you so much. please come back on the show as we learn more about what changes are going ...

To discussing the basics of trade. 25% of the worlds goods are manufactured in the united states and we only have 5% of the population. we have to export, this is how you do it. i have a very manufacturing intensive district. its one thing to go rid of tpp, fine, he promised he would. hopefully he enters bilateral negotiations with these countries to ensure we have good market access because thats the way those that live in the 16th district of illinois will export it to other countries. >> one ...

>> well, you know, look, i will be very supportive of donald trump in areas where i agree. but just as i was elected to do, to represent the 16th district of illinois, i will no matter who is president, stand strong for what i think is a strong u.s. foreign policy, strong commitment to nato, pushing back against russian encroachment in europe and elsewhere, solving the situation in syria. i am supportive now of donald trump as president because we have an opportunity to do a lot of great things....

Reconcile $39 billion in cuts in legislation with $4 billion in cuts on senate side. snap sip yents have a more immediate concern. beginning tomorrow it will be cut by $5 billion as stimulus spending expires. >> its shameful but will happen friday. we have a hunger problem in this country. its not fashionable to talk about it. its not a comfortable conversation to have. its a fact. its hard to be poor. its very hard to be poor. we must not make a bad situation worse by piling on deeper cuts. >> ...

While the presidents speech last night may not have changed any minds t certainly lowered the temperature on capitol hill where congress has been granted a reprieve from a difficult vote. but it remains unclear how long the cool spell will last. afterall, delayed is not the same as done. indeed, while a senate vote on the current resolution seems highly unlikely, at least three new resolutions are making the rounds on capitol hill, all of which call for a limited military strike if syria fails t...