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The economy, juan. wage growth highest in a decade. consumer confidence highest since 1998. someone very smart on neil cavutos show said in 1988 was the last time consumer confidence was this high and bill clintons party did very well in the midterm elections. how do you see the economy playing in this years midterms? >> juan: i think its obvious. the republicans cant run on it thats why the president has to resort to fear and loathing in fright night early. sending troops to the border. gangste...

Border. why so much change in the democratic party regarding immigration issues? >> juan: i dont think its necessarily change. i dont think that harry reid necessarily speaking for all democrats, lisa. i do think in this moment when you have the president, you know, making the caravan into an approaching army of invaders, that he brings this up, again, to press the fear button with regard to immigration as a political campaign issue for the midterms. i think thats what we are doing here. he has ...

Censor speech. there are things on the internet and facebook that arent true. its a huge problem. do we want government to get onto facebook? its a private company. if they want to censor their company, they can do that. getting the government to look at things people post and say what can go out, thats dangerous stuff. >> its dangerous already. youve had problems with twitter already doing that. its a big conversation to have. thank you. the facebook dilemma continues tonight on pbs. still ah...

Also stuck in this place where theyre bound by the presidents words. you saw chris wray today, when did you brief the white house? a typical question you would get, we briefed the white house immediately. most white houses want the public to know theyre on top of this and managing it. he couldnt give that answer because the answer is if we briefed the white house last night, the president would be spreading conspiracy theory this morning. the presidents failure to treat this seriously and saying...

Did you brief the white house? a typical question you would get, we briefed the white house immediately. most white houses want the public to know theyre on top of this and managing it. he couldnt give that answer because the answer is if we briefed the white house last night, the president would be spreading conspiracy theory this morning. the presidents failure to treat this seriously and saying things that arent true, permeate the administration where other people are stuck covering up the th...

It into cnn. right into the mailroom. there would be only one response to this and chastising the media wouldnt be it. trump blamed the media for negative news. in the audience, reporters yelled cnn sucks. its okay to think so. its not okay to imply because a media organization doesnt share your views that its employees should face possible death from a bomb. more than 1300 journalists had been killed worldwide since 1992 according to the committee to protect journalists. jamal khashoggi, killed...

>> reporter: nationalism is a racially loaded term. in the oval office today, he was asked if he was trying to appeal to white nationalists. >> ive never even heard that. i cannot imagine that. you mean -- im a nationalist, no, i never heard that theory about being a nationalist. ive heard them all. but im somebody that loves our country. >> reporter: as he makes the final push, the president is unleashing a torrent of exaggerations and claims that just arent true. for example, on taxes -- >> we...

So it would make sense, i think, to offer the assistance of the fbi. but then were somewhat dependant on whether turkey or saudi arabia accepts it. >> thanks very much. it is a story we will continue to follow and look out for. appreciate your time. here at home, we are exactly two weeks ago today from the midterms and the presidents political battle cry riddled with claims that frankly, often arent true, stoking fear with warnings like this one. >> youre going to find ms-13. you are going to ...

Arent true? >> i dont think he is. think the president is laying out a clear case of the difference between republicans and democrats. weve seen him do that a lot over the last couple of days. i think well see that over the next 15 days. >> is this just republicans acquiescing and saying, you know what, im with him no matter what? >> to some extent. i like to say i believe this is president trump not saying, giving forward these lies because he cares about the candidates hes campaigning for. he ...

Protect americans with pre-existing conditions. >> you think californians are rioting over the sanctuary city issue, where? >> many places in california want to get out. >> rioting? >> it is rioting in some cases. >> where are the riots? >> why is he saying things that arent true? >> i dont think he is. i think the president is laying out a clear case of the difference between republicans and democrats. >> they have a word. it sort of became old-fashioned. its called a nationalist. i say, really...