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For democrats, to adrians point, how much of this fight is really about creating a strong position with women in the mid-terms? >> oh, its vitally important. as i said before, this mid-term -- the message of this mid-term is about three things, women, women and women. they started by marching on washington after the inauguration. theyve been marching to the polls in special elections across the country. as ive said 257 women running for congress, that is a record breaker. and if we go into the n...

For thursday. and one of the points sticking for both sides is related to optics and thats whether outside counsel could question christine ford. because christine doesnt want outside counsel and republicans are very aware of the fact its not a great look for them if they have 11 women questioning a woman as she reveals these very personal details of a sexual assault and it is only men on the republican side of the judiciary committee. so as josh has said there are all sorts of other considerati...

There are fewer than 50 days until the november mid-terms and voting for the 2018 general election is already under way. voters in new jersey began casting absentee ballots today. minnesota, south vermont, and wyoming started yesterday, and president trump and former president barack obama are both out on the campaign trail this weekend urging their supporters to get out and vote this november. heres president trump at a rally last night in missouri telling the crowd not to be complacent. >> you...

Message is one of opposition, and his is one for him. >> jeff, let me play a little bit of tape of president obama on the campaign trail. here he is talking about the importance of the midterms. lets take a listen. >> on november 6th you have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics. on november 6th, you can tip the balance of power back to the people because theres only one real check on bad policy, and and theres only one real check on the abuse of power, and that is you, the american p...

These actors tonight, and ive had multiple sources confirming this and more information coming, they are hoping and praying that the president does just that. theyre hoping he gets mad, that he gets sick and tired of it and they can turn this politically into their equivalent of a friday night massacre. the president needs to know it is all a setup. >> accepting the challenge to try to make sense of this is are har har har harry litman, and mieke eoyang is back with us. so then an avalanche of c...

Praying that the president does just that. theyre hoping he gets mad, that he gets sick and tired of it and they can turn this politically into their equivalent of a friday night massacre. the president needs to know it is all a setup. >> accepting the challenge to try to make sense of this is are harry litman, and mieke eoyang is back with us. so then an avalanche of criticism would come down on the president for doing that before the mid-terms and then help turn out democratic voters for the m...

Team is far from definitive. quote this seems like another delay tactic adding we continue to see more efforts to change or renegotiate fair terms and blowing past deadlines. give us sense here of the white house position if you would, jeff. >> it seems like the white house is growing increasingly frustrated with the fact that this keeps dragging on. that said, there is some risk in that. there is some risk in the president having changed his sort of strategy in the last couple of days from tryi...

Spoke to this yesterday in an interview he gave to one of his allies. i think we have that video. if we can take a look at it. >> i think they have been very respectful of dr. ford. extremely respectful. its already been delayed a week. thats a long time. let her speak but brett kavanaugh is one of the finest people youll ever meet. top of the line in every way. this is a shame. this is actually a shame. >> look, it was just a few days ago, maybe four days ago the president in the oval office wh...

Have is believed that they can simply take back the majority in the house because there is so much anti-trump energy. so far from the idea that women are really motivated to vote democratic just across the board. they have to come up, dana, with a popular vote win of 7.5% or more. and thats just to take those 24 house seats back. structurally republicans retain an advantage, no matter what. so, they need a lot of energy across all sectors within their coalition. this new group of people who, you...

Being as cooperative as he is because he doesnt have a deal with a prosecutor, at least not one we know about it. >> can mr. trump still claim tis is ridiculous witch hunt as we head towards the mid-terms? >> maybe legitimately he cant claim that, natalie, but i think weve both watched president trump for long enough to know he will continue to claim that. doesnt matter what the facts are. and weve seen over and over and over again that his very large base in the country will support him. almost...