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Anyone too liberal. >> i think that that question, that fight is probably a post-2018 pre-2020 fight in the presidential race. as harry has noted, the most important thing here as it relates to midterms is the presidents approval rating. its been true for basically as long as we have had politics. there have been only three midterm elections since the 20th century where the presidents party picked up house seats. 1934 in the midst of the great depression, 1998, bill clinton impeachment, 2002 wit...

Himself, kayna? >> reporter: david, he lost more than $15 billion today, but also says that facebooks lower than expected earnings are due in part to the company reinvesting much of their money in security for the site. this, as their number of users is dropping. david? >> kayna, thank you. were going to turn now to the president tonight, asking american farmers to be patient, and just today, saying to them, youre not going to be too angry with trump. the president was in iowa today, we have h...

The u.s. government report back on the details and what theyre going to do to mitigate. why? because the link to the elections is, if you cut the critical energy grid or something on election day or you tamper with it in a way that affects, freezes voting or something like that, there can be a link. but its bigger than that, because thats how the russians would fight us if they ever had to, with critical infrastructure. >> people should be very concerned about the interference in our political s...

Brilliant, incisive questions to ask you, recognizing how intelligent and articulate you are and i ran out of everything. ran down for the first question and then by golly the president of the european union had an answer. i want to repeat it r. you seeing consequences of the trade proposals of the presidents particularly the 232 and tariffs being applied to having any impact on the united states of america? >> yes. >> i do, too. and the reason i brought it up is this. actions have consequences....

Hes facing 31 criminal counts, including murder and kidnapping, and he did not enter a plea tonight. david? >> kayna whitworth with us tonight. thank you, kayna. next this evening, president trump, after igniting what many consider to be a trade war, and american farmers, in some cases, paying the price, as other countries now slap tariffs to retaliate. well, the president tonight is now promising farmers $12 billion in taxpayer money to pay them back, after the affects of the presidents own t...

President imposes tariffs on other countries? >> can you imagine any other republican president saying, we understand that this is hurting you, farmers, and so to answer that were going to -- uncle sams going to write a check to help you. any other republican president -- there would be pitch forks outside the white house gates saying -- >> increase the national debt. >> are you kidding me? >> a band-aid on a wound we caused. its absurd. >> and its suggests hes doubling down on tariffs. this isn...

This will do for the midterm elections. but this is making republicans a little nervous with all this going on in the backdrop and russia going on in the backdrop. all together, i think that this is quite concerning for a lot of folks. >> mark, why does it matter when the president for two days in a row attacks the fed and inserts himself into monetary policy? >> it will have global affects. its going to affect the global economy. we shouldnt be surprised that he is doing this. he has done this ...

President trumps agreed to, which could be any number of things like, for example, acknowledging the seizure of crimea or a very unfavorable deal in syria. who knows what happened in the privacy of that meeting. >> you know, of course, the rank and file of the cia. these are public servants who risk their lives everyday to protect us, what do you think is going on inside the cia? how do you think they feel when they hear the president say something to the effect of, well, you know, america has b...

The sight for so many big meetings. >> that is a good question. this place is such a lineage, a legacy here, or historic meetings, but this one is different. we know that president trump enjoys a moment and that is what the singapore summit was about. the after affects have been disappointing to say the least. this is what he wants here today. our expectation is that it is a win just to be here. there are a lot of protests. they have a lot of concerns. theyre with thousands of people that took...

The russians will only stop their meddling. remember, theyre still meddling. they will only stop it today if our president is firm. >> evelyn farkas with the we will bury you reference. >> quickly. >> quickly and then ill play something. >> this shows why the special counsel affects and releasing this indictment today was selective. i dont know why they had to do it. i love this indictment from the point of view that were holding the russians accountable and i hope these people never enter the u...