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>> this issue will destroy new york city. destroy new york city. and an nbc news exclusive, what secretary of state antony blinken told our very own richard engel about a possible meeting between putin and kim jong-un. and we begin the hour with the latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. the judge overseeing the georgia election interference case says he remains very skeptical of a plan by prosecutors to put all 19 defendants, including trump, on trial...

From democrat leaning areas yet to be counted but one to watch for sure. >> we will talk about this all morning long. some other elections to tell you about, in ohio, the trump endorsed candidate beating alex russo for the states fifteenth district seat, replacing longtime republican who stepped down in may. in the states eleventh district, democrat brenner, the seat remaining blue. >> democrat eric adams claiming victory in new york citys mayoral race defeating republican curtis sliwa. >> we ar...

The texting where he kind of missed the mark we all saw. but thats not fatal for his campaign. and hes still the only candidate beating donald trump in ohio. thats what theyre going to go back to and he is in a far better place now than he was a couple days ago in my view. >> one of the things you do is i draw it on a piece of paper, this is your home base. so every answer you find a way to get back to that home base. joe bidens home base should be to clear us, which is thats why im the guy who ...

But i think also what people looked at was the fact that the polling came out that shows biden beating trump handedly, especially in battleground states, popular vote and in early primary states. so i think the fact that hes winning michigan, that he is -- he was up four in texas and in north carolina. when people see that, they say, you know what, were playing in the super bowl, we need to put our best player on the field. so that is why i think you see people coming back to him. hes consistent...

In the last couple of minutes in how they impacts the way they are not only looking at this for a republican versus democrat issue but also when it came to the primary. one woman here says shes been long registered republican but voted for doug jones back in 2017 and she said it was the abortion measure passed by this alabama legislature this spring that could lead her to vote for a democrat for president of the united states. she said that not only she but she said she looked at her own daughte...

Make it about the more social issues it is a more effective strategy.this election is about the economy. im confident youll see donald trump be reelected in 2020. arthel: doug? >> and theres another social issue emerging which is abortion. most americans support the right to abortion. they dont support third trimester abortions. but seven or eight states having passed extreme legislation in the last few weeks, that gives us an opening with the suburban swing voters who voted for donald trump in ...

The tensions mount as the early numbers start to come in. >> compared to the last time he ran, roy moore, is the blue filling in where its supposed to be blue and the red where its supposed to be red? significant changes so far early in the contest. >> david chalian was making this point earlier. lets go back to the history first. 2016, donald trump wins. lets go back to 2012, mitt romney wins and wins comfortably. remember, 61 to 38 in the presidential race. this is the last time roy moore was ...