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Joe biden, potential 2020 contender is in the region this week in the first half as well. this is a special election heading up in just a couple weeks in early, two weeks, march 13th, around them, around the march. and so this could be a bellwhether for the 2018 midterms. while a lot of folks dont like it, it could play well to his base in the region among a key constituency of republicans. >> jonathan, how about you? where do they start? >> im sorry, where does which start, the midterms? >> whe...

Right now. so the white house said that this has nothing to do with any of that. it had nothing to do with the nine-hour testimony before the house intelligence committee yesterday or the porter situation. something that she had been thinking about for a long time. the timing is certain liqueur -- certainly curious to a lot of people. >> shepard: are there any names that are in the hop something. >> mercedes schlepp is said to be someone that worked in the bush white house, has a lot of experien...

No. i actually went into prayer about it. god, if you think i am supposed to run, youve got to tell me that it has to be so clear that not even i could miss it. >> juan: kimberly, she says billionaires are reaching out to her to say she can have money. people who want to run her campaign. >> kimberly: i think somebody i know read an article about it. you are sort of making the case, right? people think shes a strong candidate, that she could be a contender. shes quite popular. she has broad appe...

In the turbulent white house. everybody is going to be replaced. and i think that mercedes schlapp, who is already over in the white house communications shop would be a leading contender. she is professional. she knows washington inside and out arent i think that she could fill those shoes but they are going to be big shoes to fill. >> jon: obviously earning the presidents trust is a big part of the job and hope hicks obviously had that. bob cusack, thanks. >> thanks, jon. >> julie: new informa...

. the faa is without an administrator and one contender had been flying under the radar until now. here is jeanne moos. >> personal pilots can be pretty memorable. >> just how personal is that? im a damn good pilot. >> reporter: when axios reported president trump wants his personal pilot to head the faa reaction was less gold finger and more airplane. >> surely you cant be serious. i am serious and dont call me shirley. >> reporter: he flew trump one during the campaign and told the smithsoni...

>> the senate race in tennessee is in a sudden state of flux. top republicans have thrown their support behind representative marsha blackburn, who is running for bob corkers seat. but theres a new twist. corker is reportedly rethinking his retirement. and with a serious democratic contender in the race, there is some concern that the seat could slip from republican hands. heres tonights state of play. >> the last time a democrat won a u.s. senate seat here in season, al gore. but as voters have...

Has been doing for the past week other than filing these 89 new felony criminal charges against 17 people, but even just that activity of his that we can see in public, i would say that makes this a pretty good contender for busy week when it comes to the special counsels investigation. just today alone has been head snapping in terms of how much happened all at once. just since yesterday, just rick gates have been charged with 23 new felonies on top of the eight he was already facing. he then h...

Felony criminal charges against 17 people but even just that activity of his that we can see in public, i would say that makes this a pretty good contender for busy week when it comes to the special counsels investigation. just today alone has been head snapping in terms of how much happened all at once, just since yesterday. just rick gates has been charged with 23 new felonies on top of the eight he was already facing. he then had his entire legal team replaced. then he got a new lawyer. then ...

Loyalty he really has to the nra. they pitched in early with his campaign and gave him more money than any other presidential contender in the history of american politics. from their organization. well, the nra, that is just not who they are. that is not their strategy. are they going to realize their current strategy is politically untenable at this moment? >> it would be a genius move for the nra to say lets give a crumb, we all have made a decision about what the nra is. if they gave somethi...

Had help. i think the 2020 election will be close. i dont think trumps an easy guy to beat if he runs again. i dont see a strong democratic contender yet. if the russians push a few buttons, they can affect the election again. >> its difficult to determine. did they make an impact in this state or that state. frankly, i thought some of the stuff was rather uns unsophisticated. they had to travel to west virginia to find out what were purple states. you can find that online. the fact they were wi...