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People are seeing on their airwaves but it doesnt rate when we ask the most important issue. when were asking folks to rank them, it doesnt come close to the economy. >> even abortion is lower than the economy, and thats a driving message for the democrats. we interviewed congresswoman elissa slotkin, shes been telling democrats our closing message cannot be on abortion. i think a question weve seen is the enthenthusiasm. whos more excited to vote? >> its an enthusiastic electorate, 28% say they...

Democrat this week. >> i think it should be the start of every press conference at the white house and there should be a task force. we have a responsibility in leadership to be honest with people and then chart the way forward. i think people can feel and see spin and i dont think they like it. >> just not feeling like theres a driving message on the economy from the white house. >> right. it is those front liners like slotkin nervous about raising taxes on the wealthy and going to be a hurdle ...

Hearing. it was scheduled for tomorrow. it was abruptly postponed. next steps in the senate on new gun legislation, when we could see actual text of a bill and most importantly a vote. we are going to start with the presidents address genny moment now, and the economic realities that the country is facing. msnbcs mike memoli at his post in philadelphia. hes traveling with the president. also joining me is nbcs tom costello and nbcs jake ward who is in half moon bay, california, keeping a close e...

He didnt break. >> melissa: his face isnt moving at all pray that a different subject. it was kind of distracting. >> harris: its nuance compared to what im hearing today from other people. >> jessica: when you played the clip, i think its important when he said "i left a good law firm to be a public defender." >> harris: i get it. >> jessica: its not taking a shot, its emphasizing his record and where he has been on civil rights. thats what john lewis was talking about when he defended him. >> ...

How might we stop it? what does the future look like? it was all what can we say about what we did and how it affects the election we just had. >> asha rangappa, as you listen to james comey and read all the excerpts that have come out, what do you think is behind what hes saying? what is his driving message here? >> the driving message is that the president didnt react the way that you would imagine the commander in chief who is in charge of protecting the country from foreign attacks would rea...

As you heard matthew cordle made a promise he would plead guilty and his attorneys say this is the one where he will make good on promise. despite the online video confession the currently the plea on the books is not guilty. the attorneys say this is matter of procedure. as quickly as it takes to talk about, cordle is expected to enter the courtroom and enter a guilty plea to aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of drunk driving and he will be consistent with that confession where you he...

Through debris searching for the nearly 300 people still unaccounted for. they could be isolated as areas are still cut off after the storm. damage to roadways and bridges made it very difficult to still get around. and houses are now questionably structural sound and looking into those homes and forecasters are expecting good weather for the rest of the week which should help the process. a guilty plea from the man who confessed in a youtube video causing a deadly drunk driving crash. 22-year...