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Endangered incumbents. if its not going to be a winning battle at any event, why would you risk their seats? thats also crazy. >> were losing a lot. we have heard that a lot tonight. mark, final question before we go. what is your sense of what conservatives want the court to look like after this particular choice has gone through? you referred to it as a primary. what are the primary voters looking for here? >> i think any of the four, they will be happy with. even though they might have some, ...

Decision. ive not made it official yet obviously. ive not made it final, but were very close to making a decision. lets say its the four people. theyre excellent, everyone. you cant go wrong. im getting very close to making a final decision. ill probably be decided tonight or tomorrow sometime by 12:00 and were going to all be meeting at 9:00, and we have a great country, folks. we have a great country. >> a great country. id like to welcome in my panel. chief washington reporter boston herald...

Weekend overture. republicans like, hes from pennsylvania, used to drive a taxi, has a great story. now hes back in the mix as somebody who the president can really get behind and so could possibly -- >> we should also mention his secret weapon, judge hardimans secret weapon which is the presidents sister. on the third circuit court of appeals and recommended him to the president and one thing we know about president trump is he kind of relies on family. >> i would point out, though, that senato...

His fans were in favor of his strong message the u.s. is in unfair trade deals, we need to fix them, we need to get tough with countries like china. but in the actual starting of a trade war, maybe not this initial salvo may not be felt across the country. but if it escalates and they do more and more and he said hes willing to go up to $500 billion in tariffs on china, thats really going to have an impact on farmers, on consumers, on businesses. if people start feeling it in their pocketbook, t...

For a president who is looking to create american jobs, bring them back and highlight manufacturing, a lot of workers are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place here, kasie. >> yeah, some reporters have been looking at anecdotal impacts in key midterm races. they interviewed a hog farmer. they said tosh, a third generation farmer who always votes republican said hes voting for black burns democratic republican in part because trumps trade wars are hurting his family business. a sizea...

Democrats, if they vote for the presidents nominee, whomever that nominee is, theyre going to lose their base. theyre going to lose their donors. a lot of their activists who knock on doors, make phone calls. if they oppose it, theyre going to lose the voters they need to attract. in trump states, to winn win election. >> there was a good analysis on the front page of the times. they may have to be making a decision between do we hold the senate now in favor at the expense of a court for 40 year...

Other strands of inquiry that could go on. imagine what an actual functioning house that was going to be willing to engage in oversight could have done with the late lamented scott pruitt. >> i was just going to say there was reporting in "the new york times" today, mark lauder, before we go, officials said there was no way wed be prepared to fight against those investigations. >> lets remember when the democrats took control during president george w. bushs presidency, they established a war ro...

Up, not down. well see how it affects us. >> reporter: it had been a booming open market for the fishermen. the rising tide had exploded in recent years. lifting all boats with it. >> how many lobsters are you sending out a day? >> we probably send out 15 to 20,000 lobsters, almost every day. >> reporter: and how much of that is going overseas? >> overseas, over 60% of our b lobsters. >> reporter: how much to china? >> china alone is 20%. >> reporter: tom adams is a major lobster distributor. he...

I have canceled theugust recess. we have a lot of important work to do as a of unprecedented oon. i hope we will greater coopion but everybody anticipate that we will be here as i a today. >> jon: that senate majority leader mitch mcconnells explanation for his decision to call off most of the august to tackle key bills before the f the fiscal year. but the move a will keep vulnerable democrats off the campaign trail right before the november mid-terms. lets talk about the reasoning here with ji...

Spending on the appropriations bills so there is n wiggle room on how much is going to spent. so that was settled long ago. they already have an agreement on that. mitch mcconnell has the right to do this. he has a right to keep people there. he knows it helps them because democrats want to be back home. lets not pretend, lets not spin it as anything other than that. its a political move. its his right to do it but not his right to win the spin on this. >> jon: all right, jim and mark, good disc...