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>> on the weekends, the reason i havent returned your calls is im traveling, had a chance to go to grand rapids, indiana, virginia beach to tampa and had a speech at ford theater, the library offering grand rapids. around the midwest all across the country, 9 cities, one thing is clear. number one, people are passionate, they want to come out, afraid to say they are republican or democrats or trump in particular. and in 2016, they dont want to hear the blowback. where they might have greater sup...

On the democratic side, and for all those suburban women who are very, very concerned about the direction of the court and the civility and whats going on, its like, remember the alamo. they are mad about it and they are driving a lot -- >> theyre with dr. pickford. >> thats right. >> i was actually very surprised with what i heard going around for focus groups for the ash croft in america project, going from new hampshire all the way over to california. the portrayal of the rancor over the kava...

Neighborhoods and how they have to absorb the cost and the difficulty of new immigration thats not regulated. >>howard: of course all of that will happen after next tuesday. hbo is complaining the president is using the style and the typeface of game of thrones, they tweeted this picture. sanctions are coming. november 5 like its the coming attraction of a television show. november 5, i guess that would be the day before the election. when we come back, the war between the president the press is...

Is paul ryans seat going to flip? thats probably unlikely. you see the election so far doesnt seem to be as nationalized as coming into it. i think that the pundit class expected, we just finished up around focus groups across the country with polls and what surprise. its not the main issue and the voters have a perspective whether to vote for republicans in the district is to support trump. they actuallyfairly divided and see the stagnation if democrats take control of the house as something th...

Strongest country in the world, the idea this rag tag group thats clearly in trouble is a threat to us is simply not making sense. >> phil bredesen was speaking in the way that the culture that hes running and hes not in a state like new york. hes running like a tennessee democrat and thats why he had been so successful up until this point, until the kavanaugh hearings, which i do disagree. we did focus groups back in march in tennessee and it was the first time in a group we ever had trump supp...

Each party, what message theyd like to send with their votes. the more a word or phrase is used, the more it appears there in the cloud. for republicans we see if we can bring it. for republicans, immigration. do your jock. work together for democrats a lot of emphasis on trump but also health care. work together. those words featured prominently. lets bring in a former national press secretary for barack obamas 2012 reelection campaign. democratic strategist chris as well. chris does a lot of p...

Coverage about the impact on school systems. neighborhoods and how they have to absorb the cost and the difficulty of new immigration thats not regulated. >>howard: of course all of that will happen after next tuesday. hbo is complaining the president is using the style and the typeface of game of thrones, they tweeted this picture. sanctions are coming. november 5 like its the coming attraction of a television show. november 5, i guess that would be the day before the election. when we come bac...

Sacrificing. border security is national security. >> laura: some of our focus groups that we just did say its a big political stunt. >> we have -- i represent ranchers on the border and they have endorsed me and so have the border patrol agents representing 15,000 agents. they know the dangerous activities happening every single day on the border. >> laura: birthright citizenship, an important issue. arizona hospitals are affected by this. women, and have their children, automatic passport. >> ...

They are serving and sacrificing. border security is national security. >> laura: some of our focus groups that we just did say its a big political stunt. >> absolutely not. no, its not. look, we have cartels that are trafficking people and drugs through our communities right now. i represent ranchers on the border. they have endorsed me and so have the border patrol agents. representing 15,000 agents. they know the dangerous activities happening every single day on the border. >> laura: birthri...

Enthusiasm gaps close. the idea that republicans need to fire up their base more is misguided at the expense of turning off the voter who is maybe they like the tax bill and they generally like republican policies. they just cant give a stamp of approval to a president who they feel is not conducting him presidentially. >> about women and the economy there was interesting analysis in the "new york times" about how women dont feel as positive about the economy as men. that explains by party diffe...