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Initially counted because of after effects of the storm. he calls that fake news and rails against that. and even some of his formered advisers have said they wish he would focus on florence, show more empathy, that some of these tweets make it seem he cares more about his own image than thousands of people who died. >> on that point were just two months away from the mid-term elections and how theyre approaching both those things as they hit their home districts, how big an issue is this, the p...

You really need to go after the democrats, say, if democrats take the house. theyll go after impeachment. they will go after i.c.e. theyll do these extreme policies that youre not in favor of. they need to motivate republicans that way. we havent seen a sustained effort to do that. >> youre seeing that in the ads for corey bliss and others where theyre personal. >> and ads you normally see in october. so seeing them now really tells you something about how nervous the republicans are. and i also...

Missouri, indiana, tennessee. if, and if is always a big if -- if the elections were held today and president trumps numbers are where they are nationally democrats stand a good chance of taking back the senate in november. >> hes been back on the campaign trail. weve seen him in illinois, in california as well. hows that translating when you look at the polling data? >> look, i think the number one objective for both parties in a mid-term election -- actually, three objectives. turnout, turnout...

If she does that thats, you know, thats got a good chance of changing things. now even if she -- if kavanaugh does get confirmed, i think one thing we can say thats also going to have a big impact is the effect on the midterms. >> right. >> and control of the senate. were at about a ten-point generic ballot advantage for democrats right now. i think 538 says they need about 11 to have a good shot at control of the senate. that can certainly come into play if she comes to testify and this becomes...

Appropriate manner. and up next, the polling numbers for the batting for congress and the impact former president obama may have on the mid-terms just two months away. your hair is so soft! did you use head and shoulders two in one? i did mom. wanna try it? yes.

The midterms. republican congressman tom cole tells "the new york times," quote, this is very much a referendum on the president. if we had to fight this campaign on what we accomplished in congress and the state of the economy, i the state of the economy, i think wed almost certainly keep the majority. congressman cole joins me now. congressman, thank you for being here tonight. its good to see crow. i want to pick up on what we were just showing there and lisa mayer mentioned this, a poll was ...

Hard to see how they get someone else in and confirmed before the midterms and who knows what happens. >> it would be nearly impossible to confirm a different nominee before the midterms. how does the white house view this? are they watching this with trepidation? whats the outreach to the hill right now? >> the folks ive talked to as this has come out and were all processing it, they are standing firmly behind kavanaugh. they dont want to see any delay and theyre strongly pushing back on the al...

You see this is having an impact. and i think watching the strategy of the trump team play out is really interesting because they just -- it feels like they fundamentally do not understand muellers strategy which is silence. silence and subpoenas. and thats something theyre sort of unfamiliar with. its not how they do it, right? and its -- >> i think this is going back to -- >> its a black box. >> you just dont know how much he knows. how big this is. where this is going. and were clearly not go...

Right now the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on kavanaugh and get him out of the committee and onto the senate floor on thursday. i think its difficult when we have charges that are one decades old and two the accuser want to remain anonymous. if more facts come out in the next few days and i know reporters certainly are working hard to get them, then we may know more and republicans may be in a position where they have to just hold off. but i think barring any big revelation, t...

Plea agreement. the plea agreement will get him out of spending a lot of money on a trial, and it will help president trump by avoiding all these horrible facts coming out just before the mid-terms. so that would be a reason why he might plead even if it was without a cooperation agreement, which means that he would be sentenced for the crimes that he admits in court and wouldnt get any special recommendation from the prosecutors to remove any part of the sentencing that he might get. and hes al...