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There isnt a lot of public polling on this so we really dont know whos going to rin tomorrow so i think the president getting involved in this kind of shows that republicans are nervous about having someone like this and having an alabama situation all over again. so well see what the president does in that case. west virginias really important here. we talk a lot about how republicans are facing head winds of course on the house side. >> but this is your blue wave. we keep getting candidates li...

>> reporter: and president obama acknowled -- president bush thanks everyone for sending their thoughts and prayers and well wishes to himself and the west of the bush family. dana? >> dana: certainly think that everyone is thinking of him. youre right. i will be live in houston to anchor "the daily briefing" tomorrow. i will be joined by former reagan and bush 41 press secretary marlon fitswater and texas governor greg abbott, as we continue to honor the life of barbara bush. rising gas prices ...

Mid term head winds. when your party is in control of the white house and you are running in congress, you will have head winds. that is how it works. the president as exacerbated that by what many voters feel is the polarizing leadership. he may help in the senate because of the map and states that are up. for the house, it is a 23-seat majority and runs through battle grounds with a lot of voters to vote republican, but not inclined to support trump. he spends so much time talking about the ru...

In first grade classes. i suggest we need a little less tweeting here, a little more listening. >> reporter: lawmakers floating a few proposals during congresss first day back in session, including the fix nix bill a plan to give insentstives to states and federal agencies to make more entries into the background check system. a universal background checks bill, a draft proposal to raise the purchase age for long guns and an assault weapons ban. president trump has a couple of meetings today wit...

So clearly the allegations are serious enough that republicans are instantly not even waiting to determine whether or not these allegations are true. they are just saying if true we have to dump him. brooke, we are now looking into the process by which if indeed roy moore either by himself said hes dropping out or the party withdrew his nomination, there is no way to remove his name from the alabama ballot. so what would happen then if he was a dropped out candidate ks his name would still appea...

Right. waiting for the president to walk off air force one, landing in d.c. following his events that he had in mar-a-lago, this is in maryland, hell eventually get to d.c. i want to ask you if there is any historical context for how americans might react to these missile strikes? obviously the president has had pretty tough poll numbers recently in terms of approval ratings in the 30s. might the american public respond positively in that theres sort of a rallying patriotism around what the pres...

Indiana, north carolina, pennsylvania and new hampshire. manu raju looks at what seems like a very real fear among republicans that they might lose the senate. ♪ god bless >> reporter: senate republicans planning a red-state fire wall to preserve their majority endangered by donald trumps campaign struggles. outside gop groups pouring in $30 million. in six states, including in missouri, north carolina and indiana. releasing tough new ads, including this one. targeting democratic deborah ross ...

Over my server, looking for opportunities to testify before congress. ive offered for nearly a year. finally the committee will give me a chance to testify in public at the -- towards the end of october. and im going to answer thesis questions and im also going to continue to talk about whats important to the people that i meet about this presidential campaign. because it really is critical that we renew the basic bargain of america so that if you work hard, you do your part you can get ahead an...

>> or lindsay lohan herself. >> i was wondering around -- suddenly a car taps me. >> oh, man. >> but i would say other republican candidates because weve had this great phrase this week i love so much, its an oxymoron reverse coat tails. scott brown is running as fast as he can from mitt romney, so are most of the other republican candidates and they had the worst week. >> head winds, maggie haberman. >> the original and say mitt romney. i wouldnt go quite that far yet. anything can happen. mike...

You see how president obama, despite these head winds, is currently leading and has the clear advantage heading into the conventions. >> and what about handling the economy, which is the biggest issue of all? >> mitt romney does end up holding an advantage there by six percentage points. he is actually seen as having better ideas for the economy. he also has a 6% point lead when it comes to who would actually be better changing washington. of course, somebody who doesnt have his handprints on th...