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Polls, down about 30 points. at least one democratic analyst says despite a strong performance during the debate, nixon probably cannot make up the difference by next month i primary. an upset is unlikely with cuomo targeting the hot button issues to win over more liberal voters. governor cuomo was asked if he was planning a run for the white house. he said he will serve his full four year term for governor. he said the only caveat is if god strikes me dead. neil? >> neil: that could be a career...

Rob: a 60 minute slugfest, hot temperatures outside not the only thing he did in new york, andrew cuomo and cynthia nixon going head to head in their first and only primary debate. >> access to drivers licenses to undocumented new yorkers. >> my opponent lives in the world of fiction, i live in the world affect. can you stop interrupting? new york state is the state, they are a bunch of thugs. >> the big debate in new york last lay things got heated with a few high profile candidates with the su...

Hesitating to fire him. even beyond the russia situation, it would be really tough to get anyone confirmed into attorney general. the democrats are going to use -- they would use that confirmation process to litigate all sorts of other policy things. so the travel ban, the family separation, what is going on at the border, and not to mention other hot button legal and flash point issues. it is wrapped up in a lot of stuff that goes beyond. >> thank you for being with us. he pulled off a giant ...

Have these administration officials caught between saying yes theyre looking at some of the people from the russian spy agency that mueller indicted about being sanctioned. yet at the same time trying to defend the presidents calling the mueller investigation a witch hunt. theyre put in a very difficult position. >> the national security adviser just this weekend said that its russia, its china. instead of spreading the blame. as did the president in an interview with reuters last night. >> list...

Speech about bringing the country together, dealing with issues of race. thats the kind of thing we expect of presidents. thats what is typical when presidents are confronted with these hot button social issues. instead, he sent a tweet that was controversial in and of itself. >> until today, id also say it seems the white houses strategy had been to not have the president get directly involved in the situation with omarosa and the race issues. this morning he has a lot to say about it. over the...

Right that it says something significant that this rally was repeated even with the violence here last year, and it means that there is a group of people, americans in the country that feel the anxiety about the changing face of the country and the fear and being active and no doubt that our current political climate has kind of not produced these, but it has encouraged them to come forward and be more public about the events. i still think that the thing that we all need to reckon here with is ...

Button issue for midterm elections. we thought tax cuts would be a hot button. seems thats not a big topic for the midterm election. possibly the economy because weve seen growth there and the president wanting to tout his presidency for that. what else to we see as a hot button issue when it comes to mid terms that the gop will grab hold of? >> reporter: the gop were supposed to grab hold of the tax issue. that was supposed to be their saving grace. there was in absolute panic to try to get the...

Thank you. and more breaking news to report. lets go to nbc news national political reporter mike memoli on capitol hill. >> reporter: facebook is briefing congressional leadership about new suspicious activity its identified on its platform, were talking about pages and accounts, designed to promote political instability, political divisive issues in our elections. a public announcement will be coming officially from facebook within the next hour. let me give you an example of the kinds of th...

They realize hes behind it. people say i really think that we need to stand tough on trade, we need to have good tough trading negotiations especially with china, but they also say you cant really start a multiple front war on trade and expect to win and thats kind of the situation were in. >> senator, isnt the other thing and obviously in your state trade but in all of the democratic polling its health care, health care, health care, thats the constant. its one thing we dont have. when you give...

Easy -- not easy, but it would have been a very powerful symbol of a new day, a new relationship. if they do begin this some time soon, that will send an important signal were on track toward something better than we had when president trump came into office. >> of course another theme to be expected was of course his usual focus on pretty hot button cultural issues. in this case, the national anthem. he made a reference to the nfl. lets take a look at that. well talk about it on the other side....