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The state of a lot of these races. i think still think its a jump ball. whoever does win it is likely by a very narrow amount which will present interesting governing problems and issues going ahead. paul: interesting "real clear politics," 203 democrats and 196 republican seats or likely republican safe seats. if that happens there are 30 sick toss ups. -- 36 tossups. five are in democratic districts. republicans have to win 22 of those 36. >> i think the map favors narrow democratic majority. ...

On the ticket? >> well, youre right. there are a hundred districts that republicans hold that are less republican than this one. and yet not all of them are going to be k-- competitive in the fall. conor lamb was a uniquely strong candidate. his life story resonated with the district and a young marine and prosecutor. republicans arent going to have that problem of running against basically a perfect candidate everywhere. so their only strategy or hope for winning and holding on to the house maj...

Theres so much that went on last week. this week is rivaling it, and if i may divert to what i think is the key issue here, and that is general kelly coming in as the new chief of staff for trump. there are lots of stories saying hes exercised discipline. i think he has in the white house. the big question is that speech in west virginia last night, which had no real connection to the governing problems that president trump and the administration are facing. whether the relationship between trum...

By an angry opposition. >> every since the election, i feel like a passenger in a car thats driven by a drunk driver. >> this week, mr. trump returned to a well-worn playbook, holding a 77 minute news conference and spent much of it defending his own performance. >> this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> and the president selected and target the enemies including the intelligence community. >> the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake. because so much of the news is f...

Your hands on the emergency brake. >> this week mr. trump returned to a well-worn playbook. he held a 77-minute flood the zone-style news conference and spent much of it defending his own performance. >> this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> and the president selected and targeted enemies, including the intelligence community. >> the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. >> and then theres the media. in a tweet on friday, the pres...

To president obama director of the university of chicagos institute of politics msnbc contributor david axelrod. good to have you all on board this hour. >> lets go around the table for those who got here. bob woodward, what is your take on last nights results? >> its expected. obviously, three years before a presidential election, it doesnt tell us much. i think the really interesting question is how christie governs in new jersey. what is he going to do? what is his agenda? can he show that th...

Have felt like a passenger in a car being driven by a drunk driver. >> this week mr. trump returned to a well worn play book. he held a 77-minute flood the zone style news conference and much of it defending his own performance. >> this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> and the president selected and targeted enemies, including the intelligence community. >> the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. >> and then there is the media. ...