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In that state. he had current governor rick scott who has been a vocal supporter of president trump along the way, performing much more strongly than the gubernatorial candidate who, as you saw, ran that ad sort of saying like i am trump light. i think governor scott has won his record as governor to run on there, where for ron desantis i think hes mostly known in the state of florida as someone who has a strong presence on fox news, but is struggling to make that pivot away from the guy he need...

Lefts, government employees that dont like the president. 15 seconds. how do you navigate the fact that the republican president is not popular in your district? >> honestly, listen, the federal only employees decades, and, you know, i have national security folks. fbi, the cia is in my district. we have a lot of support there. i have been endorsed, supported by the employees pack because i fight for my federal employees. we focus on the priorities of the district thats why they are coming in. e...

A bellwether for you know what on the federal level for for national politics in the country and the fact that you know you are live in bavaria right now that were doing a special programming on this youre our chief political editor how do you see the implications of this election for the federal government. look this is not the turning point that everybody is looking for you this is another point that shows that the conservative support is crumbling that questions are being raised also to wards...

A regional election i mean this is really being seen as as a bellwether generally for for national politics people analyzing this to see any clues in terms of you know where that this factitious nature that the political fragmentation that weve seen as of late on the political sphere here in germany is going constantine what do you think the implications are going to be well weve been talking back and forth about this this issue you know for the past hour and a half and i think the main issue is...

You have to get out the vote. i think thats where the democratic party is getting really energized to simones point, is they feel like they have a chance because republicans may be asleep at the wheel. thats why youre seeing a lot of people, thats why youre seeing these close polls that you just showed. these polls are too close for comfort. look at texas. look at ted cruz. that is way too close. that is a red meat, red state. so yes, republicans are worried. and i think rightfully so. and thats...

When i presided over the senate moments ago and she delivered her riveting speech. my hope moving forward is that we can, as she said, develop a more perfect union coming out of this process, recognizing that perhaps weve hit rock bottom. >> neil: senator, were getting tweets from george h.w. bush among them saying of senator collins political courage and class. i salute my wonderful friend and her principle leadership. democrats saying as you know, this will cost you guys at the polls just abou...

>> manchin is the bellwether leading the men. we talked about this many times before, this nomination is an intensifier on the left and right. if you are a republican in a district or state with a lot of democrats this is bad news but if youre a democrat with a lot of republicans, claire mccaskill, the four endorsement for the democrats, if youre in one of the states donald trump won by 15 points, 20 points, shooting to the top of the pack, if youre in one of those states this is difficult becau...

But brett kavanaugh when they said they will do an investigation -- >> he is the bellwether. joe manchin. lets her with the basic assumption that we have talked about before, this nomination is a massive intensifier on the left. if you are public in any district or state with a lot of democrats this is bad news. if youre democrat in a state with a lot of republicans, like all three of those in claire mccaskill or is the fourth for the democrats there. if you were in one of those states that dona...

Process. and if they care about doing the right thing here and treating this seriously, as they have said, then they will do the right thing and they will properly investigate this and she will work with them in that investigation and also to share her story with the committee. however that happens. >> lets go straight to our congressional correspondent phil mattingly. and i want to go back to senator collins. not on the committee, i misspoke. but she would be a key vote confirming potentially t...

Find out why. first of all, sir, whats so special about new hampshire first? >> craig, for whatever reason, its been almost a perfect bellwether for the country as a whole, at least going back over that last decade. now this time around, theres a huge field of candidates competing. everybody from trump allies on one side to true progressives on the other. tonight, new hampshires triumphantly historically proudly independent voters will winnow that field down. call it the swingiest district in th...