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Ca kacie, lets start with you. do they have to change the rules. >> he has said repeatedly over and over again gorsuch will be confirmed, and if thats going to happen at the end of the week, that will mean invoking the nuclear option. that kick-starts a complicated set of procedures on the senate floor. were likely to see this reported out of the judiciary committee today. that means senator mcconnell tomorrow could begin closing the debate. its called filing cloture in senate terminology. then ...

Decide what? >> they have to decide that that authority has limits, and the limits are imposed by statutes and the constitution. its important to remember this is not just a constitutional case. the 1965 immigration law, which is really the most important immigration law in the history of the country said you cant discriminate against people coming into the country on the basis of national origin. that remains the law of the land. an executive order cannot trump a statute. this case could be dec...

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New battleground map. shifts two states to lean republican. utah and ohio. weve moved new hampshire from lean democratic back to battleground or tossup. thats whats going on. new map means new math. hillary clinton just short of the 270 electoral votes she would need to win the white house. she would now need to flip or take just one battleground state to get back at 270 or above. trump has a much steeper climb. even though this map looks better for him than it has, his path is still narrow. he ...

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>> so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common. take a look at st. louis. take a look at philadelphia. take a look at chicago. >> hillary clinton has been often the campaign trail, debating, preparing for the debate. but yesterday president obama in the rose garden slammed donald trump for being a, quote, whiner. >> id advise mr. trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes. >> nbcs kelly odonnell is covering the trump campaign for us this morning. she joins us...

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If the tax code were made short and simple with a handful of deductions, politicians would have little to offer people as a quid pro quo. you could still pay them for ideas and personality but i suspect the flow of money would slow to a trickle. it is the simple single exclusion to the cancer in american politics. for more go to my washington post column this week. and lets get started. ♪ lets get straight to the dos and donts of debating. what should donald trump and hillary clinton do in t...