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Speaker pelosi and economic stagnation.democrats bring more dysfunction to washington. grind dc to a halt we need to keep her progress for two more years of gop house majority. >> as a look at the house races coming up that youve given us each a list of some of the races you find most fascinating. i want to start with yours because this is a race that both parties will be watching carefully. >> exactly. kentucky, andy barr and amy mcgrath. this is a tight hard-fought race. 6:00 p.m. on the east ...

These are all races they thought they had well in hand. we learned this in 2016. races break late. spending money to house candidates while wisconsin and michigan were on fire. look, were going to keep our pedal on the gas and not take anything for granted. early vote looks good, but were going to keep working. >> dana: meredith, i do hear from republicans the amount of money democrats are putting into these house races is just swamping their ability to just get on air. was that a plan all along...

Now when you go out, you cash in. whats in your wallet? >> dana: a new poll by "the washington post" show voters who dislike both parties but have to choose one favor the democrats by 15 point. now, four years ago the same dissatisfied voters named republicans by 17 points. also today the cook political report moves ten races. eight of them shifting left, including two closely watched open seats in florida. im joined by the communications director for the democratic congressional campaign commit...

>> reporter: two days before she was murdered, michelle phoned her sister meredith to report yet another blowup with jason. >> she was just, "ive had it." she said, "you know, more than one time, i just cant do this anymore." >> reporter: jason was telling one of his close friends the same thing. and prosecutors said just days before michelle was murdered, he had indulged in one last transgression. a casual hook-up with an old friend named carol ann sauerby in his own living room. michelle was a...

Is she breathing? >> i dont think so. shes cold. >> reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, feet from where her mother lay. cassidys voice chattering to her aunt. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? >> you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. >> reporter: by now, wake county investigators w...

Verdict. we are confident it will stay. >> reporter: a raleigh man is getting a third trial in the death of his pregnant women. >> reporter: in april, 2014, the judges ruled unanimously that testimony about the civil cases prejudiced the jury. and they took particular exception to the fact that the prosecutor was allowed to tell the jurors it was their trial judge who signed the civil judgment against jason, which said that he killed his wife. in fact, said the appeals court, introducing evidenc...

>> reporter: the second trip he testified was to smoke a cigar. >> i had to go outside to smoke a cigar. i also wanted to look at sports schedules and some standings and so i wanted to see if i could pick up the "usa today" as well. >> reporter: the newspaper run explains why he was seen at the lobby round midnight. >> between the time you smoked the cigar, went back upstairs and went to sleep, did you leave the room until the next morning? >> no, sir. >> reporter: the next morning he realized h...

>> reporter: but was it? a year and a half ticked by. and then this. >> attorneys for jason young demanding a new trial saying the trial that led to his conviction had significant errors. >> reporter: december 2013. jason youngs new attorneys launched his appeal. >> who is the killer? is jason young the person responsible for ms. youngs death? it seems fundamentally unfair. >> reporter: what was fundamentally unfair? remember during the trial, the attorney pointed out, the prosecution introduced...

>> the jury hearing that, it is just something that is going to carry a lot of weight. >> this is the complaint that was filed in december seeking custody of cassidy. >> reporter: prosecutors also called the attorney involved in that custody case over daughter cassidy, and those same allegations were repeated yet again. >> the jury heard several times through these two civil complaints that jason young brutally murdered michelle fisher young. >> reporter: but the headline came when prosecutors p...

Democrats have major advantage. >> dana: matt, i notice today the the former governor of kansas and health and human services secretary under president obama,shes not stumping with democratic candidates. which is a turn around. obamacare which is what brought all the republicans to vote in 2010 and also in 2014. but now you see a republican sort of back on their heels on this healthcare issue? >> well, i guess im perplexed. meredith talks about the cost of health care but doesnt care about the c...