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Susan ferrechio joins us. she is chief congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner." good to see you. >> hey, eric. eric: susan collins has been a bellwether on healthcare. she has voted twice kill the republican repeal and replace efforts? whats the significance when she says the president should look at what congress is doing? can that mean there is some bipartisan effort that will be successful. >> there almost has to be. because there is no way that the cost-sharing subsidies ar...

But what i think is fascinating this is the fourth republican congressman in pennsylvania to not be seeking reelection for their seat, either taken an appointment in the white house or seeking another higher office, or decided they dont want to do this anymore or get caught in a scandal. 13 of t 1 seats. this could make pennsylvania something to watch during the entire midterm elections as a bellwether as to what happened in the majorities. >> bit of a national trend too. all right. internatio...

Their bellwether. them main overseas highway, only way in and out, officials are not letting anybody back and until engineers can inspect all the bridges and tunnels. how are things? >> pretty bad in a lot of parts of the keys, especially here in key largo. this man over here we just met, you are okay you said, right? he just came out of his trailer. it is everybody okay back there? how many houseboats were destroyed in here, how many homes? >> four, five, six. h. >> glad you are okay, be carefu...

American people, going back to the earlier point about how the party will look at this, is they go into next year, theyre going to make an evaluation not just about the individual senator or congressional candidate before them. but theyre going to be making an evaluation about the party behind them and the president behind that. and its all tied together. and they will decide for themselves whether or not they want to make a change in the leadership to curtail and control and to begin to wrap in...

And they will decide for themselves whether or not they want to make a change in the leadership to curtail and control and to begin to wrap in a president that they may see as a little bit out of control, unable to stand in the job, make those kinds of individual decisions. and that certainly will be the case by the time we get to 2020, but the bellwether will begin next year because youll see it reflected in a number of elections around the country. whats really going to turn it on its head is ...

Party will look at this, is they go into next year, theyre going to be making an evaluation not just about the individual senator or congressional candidate before them. but theyre going to be making an evaluation about the party behind them and the president behind that. and its all tied together. and they will decide for themselves whether or not they want to make a change in the leadership to curtail and control and to begin to wrap in a president that they may see as a little bit out of cont...

We say we want to grow the economy and our strategy of skills, better skills, better wages, better jobs is more likely to produce economic growth than the less taxes less regulation. what democrats need is a crisp economic message thats about growth. and so if were -- were progrowth progressives in virginia. weve gone blue three in a row. it is for the health of the democratic party, watch the virginia race. 100 rays up. two years ago we could only get 60 democrats to run in 100 seats. this year...

The day, it is not in conflict for a person to not vote for a candidate that president trump favors. because they favor president trump. we want our agenda, very conservative agenda passed. we feel confident we will bring another republican conservative. >> sandra: will this be a bellwether for the 2018 midterm? >> i dont think so. in my state, because we are so republican. this will be a republican seat that we will turn around. we dont like it is in danger in danger. >> sandra: president trump...

Only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® if he fired bob mueller, i think hed see a tremendous backlash from democrats but house republicans. >> welcome back. time now for the lids. the panel is back. that was congressman mccall talking to andrea mitchell. do you think hes a bellwether for republicans? >> we could be. hes a prominent member of the

Msnbc correspondent. whether are they doing to block the bill and how much can they do in this case? >> the senate democrats are in a difficult position. theyre in the minority. and because this bill is a reconciliation bill, thats insider jargon for all fiscally related to health care. because of that, the democrats are in a limited position. theyre trying to get the democratic base activated. but its a tough week for them. they lost the special election in georgia, in the house, and so theyre ...