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Races that are still outstanding in the senate. you look at the margin, if things hold, 55 republicans, 45 democrats. things are not final. lets start with montana. incumbent democrat jon tester trailing by about 4,000 votes to republican matt rosendale, 84% reporting. key question, whats still outstanding. does jon tester have a pathway? theres four blue counties outstanding with vote. not a ton of vote in the counties. tester, im told, still does have a pathway but not a large one. democrats s...

Because of course, susan -- >> im saying this is not the way our system is supposed to work. youre not supposed to have the federal investigation of a president be dismantled and picked up by state attorney generals general. that would be a crisis of a whole new sort. and i think the question of whether the president goes ahead with what he seems to want to do. to fire rosenstein for the purposes of firing mueller. this will be the most significant firestorm that weve seen. >> and wray, who said...

His list of executive orders on thursday. launching a commission to look into alleged voter fraud and voter suppression. the presidents advisory commission on election integrity will be headed up by vice president mike pence. and the goal, to examine the presidents unsubstantiated claims of improper voting and voter fraud registration in novembers election. the commission is expected to report its findings back to the president some time next year. joining me now michael waldman. mike is a forme...

Concerned about having another black president. they think in the big long-term game plan, they can prevent that. stick around. rapid response panel is next. im sue herera with your cnbc market wrap. the dow surged 323 points as lawmakers appear to be on the verge of some sort of compromise to avoid a government default. the s&p gained 36. the nasdaq was up 82. new claims for jobless benefits hit a six-month high last week, up by 66,000. and a sign that the housing market is improving with for...

Board where he was tripped up by, quote, all this stuff twirling around in my head. well have much more on that coming up later in the show. herman cain, a satirical performance arts project. about how that you can be while still doing quite well in the race for the republican nomination for president. the herman cain tape, i have to tell you, is amazing. well have more on that coming up. one of the ways we first knew herman cain was a satire, herman cain was an art project and not a real candid...

By, quote, all this stuff twirling around in my head. well have more later on in the show. herman cain, a brilliant art performance project. and a performance art project about how -- what do you call it? how that you can be while still doing quite well in the race for the republican nomination for president? the herman cain tape is amazing. we have have mother coming up. one of the ways we knew that herman cain was a satire and an art project and the not a real candidacy is when all of the diff...

Of the polls. newt gingrich and herman cain are trading front-runner position with mitt romney. these are the top-tier candidates right now. newt gingrich, herman cain and mitt romney. herman cain, as you know, is an art project. which is a fact we got further evidence to support today. >> i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason. nope, thats a different one. i got to go back. got all this stuff twirling around in my head. specifically, what are you asking me did i agre...

It should be noted oftentimes once a generic candidate is replaced with a party specific candidate the numbers go a bit lower. by the way, only 35% of all respondents view the tea party movement favorably, 40% unfavorably. much of this summed up by vice president joe biden. >> sort of like some of the comments made are just so far sort of out there i just dont know where they come from, but she -- if youve met her, shes an engaging person. i understand why people like her. governor palin appeals...

Disintegration since november. even among republicans only 46% think she is qualified. 52% actually say unqualified. when asked in a gallup poll to name their partys preferred candidate former governor of massachusetts mitt romney led with 14%. palin second at 11% and newly elected scott brown in fourth place at 4%. perhaps it shouldnt come as a surprise that even with the economy struggling and disappointment president obama hasnt accomplished all he attempted in his first year in office he sti...

Much of this summed up by vice president joe biden. >> sort of like some of the comments made are just so far sort of out there i just dont know where they come from, but she -- if youve met her shes an engaging person. i understand why people like her. governor palin appeals to a group of people who are generally frustrated, feel disenfranchised, are very conservative, not all of them -- >> tea party people. >> tea party people but beyond that. she has appeal beyond that as well. but i dont kno...