Page 250 - Mid Terms News Today

Applicable statute of limitations then they are going to make sure they build the case methodically. >> do you think the special counsel is taking into consideration the mid-terms? do you think they are factoring this into this whole investigation? >> everything we have seen about robert mueller to date indicates that he is as by the book as it comes and that he does everything ke to insulate himself from partisan politics. i would expect that his guide is essentially the u.s. attorneys manual a...

Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with in-depth reporting and investigations.

Saw these things how theyre going to try to stop russia meddling in the 2018 mid-terms. you heard the fbi director and homeland security secretary all saying there are these new initiatives and task forces aimed at stopping cyber attacks on our democracy. what was missing in all of this was to have the president of the united states, to have an anonymous official to say the president sent them out there. i dont think thats good enough. when the president had this opportunity this evening to say,...

Gingrich. you know districts as well as if not better than anybody i know. i reminded this audience i was the mc the night you became speaker. it was the first time that the republicans took the house in 40 years. in mid-terms, the party in power at the white house usually loses 15 seats. some years its more. some years its less. there are 100 competitive races. 86 are deemed republican defend districts. thats a lot of defending. they have to win 61 of those seats does 3 of the 14 democratsic se...

Which is good in anyones books. kudlow says the economy is looking good, the job numbers are strong and the forecast for economic growth in the future is looking good as well. listen to what he said. >> were at a high plateau. manufacturing was strong. professional services, unemployment went down. very nice report. the atlanta fed, gdp model, preliminary, predicting 5% for q3. i would be happy with 3. theyre predicting 5. were off to a good start. >> the unemployment numbers dropped before 4% t...

I want you to argue with them and get in their face. >> sean: sean hannity goes high and they go low. tear me up? get in their face? wow! all of the out rage is concocted by the fake news media. hell bent to wake up every day to malign the president. and despite all of this the president is polling better than ever before. a poll out today. the presidents approval rating is a solid 50% which is 5 points higher than obama during the same time frame. this is huge news with the mid-terms around the...

You hear that a lot in washington where a lot of times nothing is whats going on. it is a low bar for the administration. so while better than nothing, as you say, without the president there, doesnt it still look like the cyber security plan is sort of a headless body where these various agency folks do what they can but we all know and see that the head of the government is undercutting them before and after? >> yes. and the biggest evidence of that is that theyre having this news conference 1...

Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories.

State of mind watching that rally last night, and with that we go to the major developments yesterday. willie? >> i mentioned those national security directors in the white house yesterday. they gathered in the briefing room reportedly at the presidents personal instruction, top national security and intel officials delivering a strong and clear message about russias continued interference in the u.s. election process. >> this threat is not going away. as i have said consistently, russia attempt...

Conference 100 days before the mid-terms. bits a year and a half too late. none of this behavior by the russians stopped at all after the 2016 election. particularly the intervention on facebook and twitter, the attempt to divide americans by creating false personas and stirring up trouble. thats been going on. and dan coats gave a speech where he said the system is blinking red. so yes. youre right. we can shore up our cyber defenses and we can do a lot of things on try to defend. but the russi...