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For re-election. and taking the temperatures on the democratic ground swell last night, garrett haake what are you hearing? >> reporter: republicans experiencing a huge wave of enthusiasm for this base to help carry them. last night a different story in some states. talking to republicans in the senate, its been really interesting. they have tried to essentially build a wall around virginia and new jersey. talking about them as essentially blue states now. heres john cornyn, number two republica...

Cornyn talking how trump plays into the races. the point is the same. talking about blue states, things get different oesh hevere house. significant republican, pennsylvania, west virginia, plenty from new york and new jersey. if all of those places are in danger and all of those republicans are seeing that donald trump could potentially be a drag in their suburban districts, its going to be a problem for these lawmakers and they need a way to counteract that. >> garrett, well keep on top of tha...

From general dunford about what happened in niger. you have the president locked in this discussion, i suppose wi, h a gold star widow. and an assessment this is a fight worth having. >> one cant ever figure out why one makes a decision to have these fights, but a tough one to be in with a gold star mother. more whats going on in the actual investigation what happened in niger, joined by hans nichols at the pentagon and garrett haake on capitol hill. hans, next hour as hallie said, general dunfo...

Anything about it. he said this is not the way he intended to do it, but this is the way its going because congress hasnt enacted. lots and lots of members of congress running against congress today and talking about how particularly the united states senate needs to change its rules and needs to get something done. and the president played exactly into that today by saying were going to get this done whatever the rules may be. >> garrett haake there inside the room there at a hotel in washingto...

$24,000 for married couples. $12,000 for individuals. and the marriage penalty as its called would also be eliminated. the child tax credit would go up for kids under 17 and also to be eliminated, the estate dax. also called the death tax. and the alternative minimum tax. the corporate tax rate for businesses would go down to 20% from 35%. the president wants it even lower. senator lindsey graham was walking through the hallways of the capitol this morning and our own garrett haake happened to c...

After the firestorm of the presidents complaints over hillary clintons e-mails, why do it? and protesters lining up for hours on capitol hill. look at this line. theyre making their voices heard on the newly revised republican bill to repeal obamacare. thats where our own garrett haake is right now. hey, garrett, whats going on? >> hey, chris, weve got hundreds of activist who is have been lined up here for hours, now surrounded by dozens of capitol police officers outside this one high-stakes...

Then. if anyone needs to get out, they have another hour here. thats about it. >> bill was just mentioning, people in st. martin looking for food. >> yup. >> richard branson put out an announcement this morning. remember, richard branson of virgin was in the british virgin islands. he is staying local. hes brought together several local organizations, as well as his foundation to assess the damage, figure out working with local governments, you know, what they can do in the short term and long t...

Lets brings in garrett haake at the white house. good morning. is this any sense that we might get word from the white house in a response to this? >> reporter: well, we certainly will get response at some point today. the presidents schedule is clear, no other pub lulic event. the white house set to respond at a time and place of nair choosing. it was only a week ago that the president responded in fairly short order to the north koreans launching a missile that flew over one of the islands of ...

Are still here are the most vulnerable. people who dont have a home to go back to who are still trying to locate missing relatives. if you walk in the hallways, you see still flyers for missing people. people who need mental health assist yabs, medical assistance. yesterday i was with garrett haake watching some of the foels who are trying to get back home, and the roads are still very hard to access. the homes are hard to access, and that just means that the road to recovery here in houston wil...

Theyve been responding to floods all over the place. any time floods come up, they just mount up and get out there with boats and we get people to safety. >> joshua lincoln, a member of the volunteer cajun navy as they call themselves. josh, thank you very much. keep us updated on whether you find that woman, any of her family members. that is certainly a story we want to be following. i want to go now to nbc garrett haake. you have been watching live pictures of people coming with boats and com...