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Congress, donald trump the deal maker could find some sort of deal. but im going the lean here with more with susan in that i think that he needs this as a foil. he needs the democrats to compare and con tratrast in say look, he has all of these criminals, bad hombres coming over. you need to keep me in office past 2020. immigration, even though he may make noises of finding a resolution, he needs to keep there it. he is definitely not going to get money for the border wall with the democratic c...

Took care of his base. he still thinks thats the key going forward. i think there will be some markmark measured attempts at bipartisanship, but largely he is going to use the democrats as a foil. the white house hopes to rebut these investigations. they know its a worry. you heard kellyanne conway tonight. she told reporters at the white house late this evening that she feels that the democrats who have come to power, that thats not what they should be focusing on. thats not why voters put them...

Very fine people on both sides. today you saw in all of his glory a tired donald trump who feels, i think, cornered because today he woke up for the first time in his entire life with a chance that somebody may hold him accountable and have the power to do so. and i think that is terrifying him. >> for the first time in his entire life, somebody may be able to see his tax returns. >> thats exactly right. somebody outside of his inner core. i think what you saw today is this is donald trump despe...

In 2016 because he had a clear foil. his clear foil was hillary clinton. it was the establishment. it helped him win 2016. in the past two years he hasnt had as clear a foil. he hasnt been able to easily blame democrats, even though hes tried, on what has not happened on congress. or in congress. republicans have controlled everything, so his arguments kind of fell flat there. now hes going to have a very clear foil in the house. so when he goes to his voters or voters across this country, indep...

Its something that resonated with his base of supporters in large swaths of this country. what struck me most in this news conference on this specific topic is when the president sort of addressed the new democratic majority in the house and he said, you know, if i was given the choice of us having -- the republicans having a slim margin or the democrats having the margin, i think id prefer the democrats have the margin. the bottom line is he now knows that he has that foil in the democrats that...

It, they need to model what that looks like for congress to do its job. the true health of our democratic institutions is at stake. >> irony, lisa hill, the irony is if this goes the way -- the way it looks pre-election, the remaining house republicans are going to be trumpy. theyre going to be the freedom caucus, it isnt going to be the moderates. >> right, if the republicans get swept out of the house, the people that will lose their seats are the moderates and people that deal with the center...

Judiciary committee. is he in charge. this is maybe where the impeachment begins? >> exactly. this is the committee where impeachment proceedings and articles of impeachment would originate. he has already said if trump lied about russia, then he thinks that would be grounds for impeachment also another issue of immigration he has been critical of president trump with zero tolerance policy. expect for him to go after president trump on immigration and looking in to zero tolerance and relation to...

Already been done. theyre not going to have veto proof majority. the good news in terms of precedence, midterm elections are very good for the market. you have volatility september and october. november and december tend to be good. thats the thing to key on. understand that we get this behind us. >> neil: greg, how do you feel about that? >> i agree 100%. i think trumps veto was good. i cant see 67 votes to override a trump veto. his economic agenda will stay in place. secondly, i think trump m...

Arizona, what do you think is going to be the factor that puts sinema or mcsally over the edge. >> its how people feel about john mccain in the past. he was a trump opponent, foil, i guess i could say, what are the lingering feelings, and obviously when you look at the southwest states upyou want to look at the hispanic turnout. thats the big x factor when you go west of the mississippi. >> president trump has not visited arizona. he did mention martha mcsally at that rally over the weekend. she...

Trying to be the next republican businessman doing a surprise victory over a democratic favori favorite. john cox is challenging gavin hs foil, his enemy over the last two years. but this is california, after all. real clear politics lists the race as likely dem. they list newsom ahead by nearly 17 points. we invited gavin newsom to appear today. our request was declined. joining me from san francisco, john cox. governor -- well, would-be governor, john, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, katy. g...