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Advantage going into the election. in the senate, democrats are defending 10 seats in states that donald trump won, including five seats in states that he won by double digits. republicans are defending one seat in a state that hillary clinton won. so the odds of democrats making gains in the senate are not very likely and in fact likely republican also make divans. in the house there are only 66 seats in play. 46 of those lean republican. only 20 lean democrat. they need to gain 24 in order to ...

Chuck schumer and youre trying to figure it out, the goal in 2018 is to try to take back the senate and the house. but the senate in particular. hes got red state democrats having to run for reelection in ten states were president trump won some of those states by double digits. yet he has a base thats pulling them so far to the left, and they are energized. young people are energized by this type of hollywood thing. >> greg: they dont know about communism and socialism and how many millions of ...

Wave. the house appropriations committee chair is the 31st republican member of congress to retire or seek another office instead of running again. here is why. while free ling heisen won by double-digits in 2016, his district became one of the most competitive in the country. donald trump carried his new jersey district by one point. and new jerseys new democratic governor phil murphy won the district by eight points in november. this district is one of the most highly educated and wealthy dist...

Important revealing point by gloria, which is there are ten, reminder, ten senators, democrat senators up in states in 2018, this year, that donald trump won in 2016, including five that he won by double digits. joe mansion in west virginia. john tester. and yet on this and on health care and tax bill, these are things that you would think there would be some concern by the mansions, tester, high camps of the world, the tax bill and health care is remarkable they feel no compunction to throw a l...

>> the base of the democratic party where all the energy is, everything that has happened in the last year in responding to donald trump at the voting booth, the base is demanding that democrats put a stake in the ground now this is the most leverage you have. they are saying do not fund the government without a daca deal. the problem is there are some democrats running in very red states where donald trump won by double digits. joe mansion in west virginia. there are some -- they cant just be c...

If they give him the wall as part of this daca deal their base is going to be really angry. so its not as simple as just getting it done. >> its not. i would point out i think you have a fisher within the democratic caucus particularly in the senate. you do have the ten folks who are in seats that donald trump won who are up for reelection in 2018 including five of them in states that donald trump won by double digits. you have a democratic senator in missouri, north dakota, indiana, west virgin...

Yes, but those are deep red states donald trump won by double digits. this is the problem theyre grappling with this week, the politic goes of thi politics of this. some democrats may not want to make the case and shut down the government over this issue because they have to win over independents and republicans in their state to get elected. >> that put chuck schumer in a difficult position. he has to understand where those members are coming from before he does the same thing. >> we are gettin...

>> i think the united states has a big role to play and with the clear goal of denuclearizing north korea. they are saying they wont do that. thats why you have things like sanctions to basically force people to the table and achieving your goal. i still believe thats a possibility with the strongest sanctions we have ever seen on north korea and the alternative is very gory. the idea of going in there and basically getting into a war with a country again that we suspect has nuclear weapons and ...

We are going to see that maria, to your point about tax reform, republicans have been talking about this for 30 years, decades now. >> maria: they knew they had to do it. >> lisa: thats why they got it done. it wasnt about elections. it was simply about fulfilling a promise. one last point on that. in the house i think things are going to be much tougher for republicans. in the senate there is only one state that a republican incumbent is running in that hillary clinton won. thats the state of n...

Trump won in 2016. in fact, that top row, those five senators, those democrats are from a states where donald trump won by double digits. so there is a lot of defense for democrats to play. >> and there are some playing offense? >> that is certainly true. namely in arizona jeff flake retiring, so democrats see potential optimistic outlook in that state. and senator heller the republican from nevada is the only republican running for re-election in a state that hillary clinton won. so hes clearly...