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>> the conventional wisdom is that this will be a challenging year for our party and even the best of our candidates. but i think we all know what president donald trump thinks of conventional wisdom. we made history in 2016 in michigan and we are going to make history again in 2018 when we elect john james to the united states senate. are you ready? >> jon: thats vice president mike pence campaigning in michigan for john james telling the pundits this. underestimate president trump at your own ...

While some may find our friendship out of the ordinary, it was a perfect example of what made him an iconic figure of american politics and service to fellow man. he celebrated differences. he embraced humiliate, championed what was true and just, and saw people for who they were. >> again, that was larry fitzgerald at that memorial service today in phoenix. the mccain plane is on its way to washington, d.c., right now, expecting it to land any minute. my guests are sticking around. and up next,...

Better break for future. >> elise thats the question for your party. as we look towards the mid-terms can your party self-correct, or -- >> i dont know if i would call it my party any more. i think the rnc decided to dump hundreds of thousands of dollars into roy moores campaign is not really a party that stands very much for elise jordan believes in very much. >> are you leaving the party? >> im independent now. im not going support a political party thats engaging in actively funding men who h...

Potholes ahead for demonstrate as they overreact to the president. its hard not to for a lot of reasons. but as it pertains to the crisis in puerto rico and the suffering of people still today in the aftermath of hurricane maria, is there an opportune for democrats looking ahead to the mid-terms? >> oh, mika, i think theres a huge opportunity for democrats here and its basically, you know, dont overstate your case because they have a very compelling case when you think about everything we talk a...

The democrats, so many of the voters who knows to vote for donald trump were voting for what they considered the lesser of two evils and this is a phrase i heard countless times in over 50 focus groups across the country. and i know it really upsets hillary clinton supporters but thats just what i heard frequently from men and women who actually voted on the campaign trail. and so are those voters going to be motivated enough to go out and vote for other republicans in the mid-terms in support o...

Happened there coming up. in addition, that andrew gillum race last night, heres another weird turn also about electoral politics. one of the border trends that is happening in democratic party politics this year for the mid-terms is that there is a whole bunch of people running on the democratic side for congress, who are people that have national security background, people whose background is in law enforcement, intelligence, the diplomatic core, other national security roles, for example, in...

Reporting this person not granted immunity did not testify in front of a grand jury. does that mean that they didnt necessarily cooperate with prosecutors? or is there still a chance they may have contributed to the investigation in some capacity? >> it could mean one of two things, either one as you just said, they could have cooperate without an immunity agreement. witnesses do speak to prosecutors all the time. immunity is sort of a rare occasion in the criminal justice system. or it could be...

It would be a difficult time to change. down the lean you can see how things go after the mid-terms, that kind of thing. it may be a different story. its not uncommon in any administration to make changes in the cabinet as you go. we will see what the president wants to do and attorney general sessions wants to do down the line. >> that will be after the mid-term. i think thats what lindsey graham was referring to. >> are there any more rumblings we should know about in the halls there, where th...

Focus on this race. theyre thinking they may be able pull this off. >> the president is meeting earlier with evangelical leaders. we are learning he warned about the upcoming election, the mid-terms. he warned about democrats taking the house and the violence that would come with it. and that there would be a violent reaction. its an interesting message for the president. is it one, though, that could actually work? >> well, i think its interesting. i think as he noted when he is discussing tall...

Won the democratic nomination. he is backed by socialist bernie sanders. he beat graham the daughter of bob graham. this is a sign the democratic party is being pulled further left even in a swing state like florida. it pits this bernie sanders backed candidate gillum and ron desantis backed by president trump. this should be an epic clash in the mid-terms. sanders versus trump when you have desantis who was given no chance of winning just a few months ago. a dramatic victory today against adam ...