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>> in right, in georgia you have one republicans for one democrat, if you add the votes, ossoff and democrats got 93,000, and handel and others got 97,000. i think they will hold the seat. a republican there said we have a base problem. there is not much enthusiasm, they like trump, they have not turned on him, but failure to get anything done with healthcare, they see this size a gang that could not shoot straight. it is a congressional election. and a smaller victory in kansas, this is somethi...

There is a lot of vulgar, tacky, racist people in this country, more than i thought. i knew there were some. but its the proverbial lifting up of a rock and what we found when we lifted it up was the basket of deplorables. i know we hate that term, but if the basket fits, and it does. >> a lot of people talk about the dislocation, the pain. you dont buy that. >> we found out it was a myth. the typical trump voter in the primaries made, i think, $72,000. theyre not hurting economically like they ...

Joining me are congresswoman and iraq war veteran and congress manage tim murphy, a clinical psychologist in the navy reserve who treats soldiers with pts. thank you both so much for joining us this morning. im sorry it is on this subject because it seems like we do it pretty regularly here. i want to first start out with a statement that came from the father of the shooter, now deceased. he had this to say friday. "this situation is very painful. i seek prayers for all the families affected. mo...

Republicans in congress are doing. when two-thirds of your own partys base says they dont like the job youre doing, thats the real base problem. >> and i do want to talk about republicans here a little bit. i know thats a shocker to you. >> i love to. >> 80% of americans dont trust republicans in congress to make good decisions for the country. democrats in congress polls better, the president polls better. even the affordable care act polls better. >> even the affordable care act. >> great, we ...

Republican groups that have from both sides that have poured into this race now in the last week. this is a test, governor whitman, i think of where -- if anything has changed in your party nationally and especially among the base of the party in the wake of the shutdown, the disaster that was for republicans. >> i think as you defined the base today, it probably hasnt changed much. the base, we are looking at a small pluerality of people. the average turnout of primaries in this country is 10%....

Carolina had democratic governors. but enter the first republican governor of 14 years, pat mccrory, three months after taking office he closes it down. thats republican outreach to the fastest growing ethnic community in the state of north carolina. thats how that goes. the republican party has a deep, deep problem. an image problem, a deep problem with latino voters. the the base problem, it isnt the real don juans of the world. although that is a problem. but they dont like what republican pa...

We need to understand where the disconnect is where the veteran goes to develop their claim. once that is solved we can work on decreasing the backlog. >> this is not just the beginning of the war in iraq and afghanistan. this is the third v.a. secretary to try to tackle the problem. they didnt start in ernest until 2009. lets talk about what the average vet is looking for. if im post 9/11 veteran and will wait on a national average 300 days if im in a major city 600 days. what impetus do i have...

From church to church, from pew to pew, family to family, preacher to preacher, and they -- you know what, because i know, these are people who voted for me and people i still talk to a lot. five, ten years, theyre like these republicans i guess ill vote for them, but they dont believe in anything. doesnt that compound this problem. >> youre making the case its a bad idea? im im making the case this is more of an internal crisis than -- forget the news coverage. >> yeah. >> the republican -- and...

scene of the alleged crime. >> hernandez described to the detectives how he lured young etan from the school bus stop. at west broadway and prince street. with the promise of a soda. he then let him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. >> earlier today a law enforcement source said that hernandez was interviewed briefly years ago in connection with the case an that his claims were bein...

commissioner kelly said hernandez has confessed to choking etan in basement of that store and that after being questioned last night hernandez took police officers to the scene of the alleged crime. >> hernandez described to the detectives how he lured young etan from the school bus stop. at west broadway and prince street. with the promise of a soda. he then let him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing ...