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To overgeneralize, but the deep red part of america, turns out thats not so true. why is it so unpopular there. >> its a lot about medicaid. its about the numbers. they have obamacare as something that is helping their families, helping their communities, helping their neighbors. these are real people having real health care because of what president obama did, if you take that away from them, theyre going to be upset about it. we saw yesterday there was a town hall in kansas where half of the t...

Investigation, which is what this investigation into the time warner merger was. if its just an aide mouthing off to a reporter its one thing. its gross stupidity. if the white house actually has contact with the department of justice and urged them to do something with respect to this review, its something much, much more serious. >> yeah, i dont know if its cnn, fox news, headline news, the notion of misuse of government resources to effect chill or bully the free press is serious. thank you b...

Watergate where the deputy was ordered by nixon to drop an antitrust investigation which is what the review into the at&t time warner merger was. . there are big questions for the justice department when whether theyve been contacted about this. if its just an aide mouthing off its one thing. if the white house has contacted the department of justice and urged them to do something with respect to this review, its something much much more serious. >> yeah, i dont care if its cnn, fox news headlin...

Bully the free press is extraordinary. we need to get more to the bottom of what that aide was suggesting as you say. thank you both. >> thank you. >> coming up from deep red to deep blue, the one trump administration ask that is uniting states from coast to coast. well be right back. one second i was driving and then the next... they just didnt stop and then... im really sorry. i wrecked the subaru. i wrecked it. youre ok. thats all that matters. (vo) a lifetime commitment to getting them home ...

Period. >> ive been on the road for four days talking to people. one of the first questions is, is there any hope for cooperation, for things actually getting done and not if both sides, but in this case the democrats, are going to enforce an autocratic agenda on their candidates. youre exactly right about red state democrats. when i was growing up in tennessee in the 80s, we had nine congressmen, seven democrats, two republicans, al gore was the senator, jim sasser was the senator. a democratic...

National correspondent william la jeunesse shows us. >> i am running for u.s. congress. i am a fighter, and i dont back down. >> he sounds like an independent. >> things arent working, no matter who is in charge. >> even a conservative. but make no mistake, james thompson is a democrat aiming for an upset. >> we have the opportunity to flip this flu. >> if theyre going to win districts like this, democrats are probably going to be on the march nationwide, not because democrats are necessarily po...

Unexpectedly tough fight there, national correspondent william la jeunesse shows us. >> i am running for u.s. congress. i am a fighter, and i dont back down. >> he sounds like an independent. >> things arent working, no matter who is in charge. >> even a conservative. but make no mistake, james thompson is a democrat aiming for an upset. >> we have the opportunity to flip this flu. >> if theyre going to win districts like this, democrats are probably going to be on the march nationwide, not beca...

Because three of alabamas last six governors have been sent to jail. i dont even think thats a streak that lsu can touch right now. youve got edwin edwards, a multipurpose, hall of fame felon. >> and proud of it. >> triple threat. >> he is a triple threat. >> i think louisiana, in perpetuity, they have the crown because of ed edwards. >> right now alabama is giving them a run. >> currently. >> illinois at one point had 3 of 6 -- >> thats just jailed. still ahead on "morning joe," could a democ...

Conservative areas, places that voted 80% by those margins for donald trump, what you hear is still a demand for greater health care coverage. they believe the affordable care act ultimately increased premiums, increased deductibles and they did not like the fact that they were required to buy health insurance. a lot of these places, they dont have a hospital within 45 minutes of where they are. if you go out to a place like sayer, oklahoma, they had their hospital closed a year ago. they have o...

Look at virginia. virginia is a blue state now in many ways. went for obama in 08, went for obama in 2012, went for hillary clinton by more than five points. but a lot of virginia is deep red. the legislature is still republican by a little bit in the senate and a lot in the house. virginia holds their elections in odd-numbered years so their legislature is up in 2015. theyre up again this year, 2017. southern democratic parties, including virginia, have become notorious in recent years for not ...