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White house. they will not say when the confirmation hearings will start but does say theyre not likely to september which is getting close to the mid-terms themselves. if today is any indication whats to come, there could be a lot more bumps on that road. >> there ♪

Like a total fantasy, but there is this poll out of texas. the democrat running against ted cruz trailing now by 6 points. that is tight for texas. now, the race has an upset potential for democrats. the flip side if you follow the news or know in texas, everyone loves ted cruz. thats just an issue any time you run against him. having said that, there is a bat signal going on for the democrat partys biggest cheerleader, former president barack obama using today to release his list of endorsement...

During the campaign season around 2016, there wasnt a bipartisan appetite to address this problem. i hope that that will be slightly different heading into the 2018 mid-terms. >> one thing that has changed, i noticed, its been noted, that when john bolton came on as national security advisor in may, he eliminated the position of cyber security coordinator at the white house. do you think that position would be making a difference today? >> i think that regardless of whether theres a cyber securi...

About cyber security as a growing challenge, then actually not placing personnel on the white house that are working on those issues. >> can you put it finally in perspective for me? dan coats is saying that the warning lights are flashing again with regard to russian interference. how under threat is the mid-term election? >> so i think the mid-term elections are a top threat target. the way that we would talk about that is, it is a target for cyber-enabled activity. i think that youve seen act...

Month or in this memo and does he make recommendations to the house of representatives. thats what you get into, who controls the house of representatives? is there going to be democrats? a blue wave that sweeps republicans away and puts democrats in office. if you look at how democratic voters feel, 65%, according to latest quinnipiac poll think if democrats take over the house they should begin impeachment proceedings. as we know, no president has been moved from office with impeachment. two h...

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The case. >> thank you both, robby, doug, thank you for being with us and pivoting on the breaking news. less than 100 days until the mid-terms. facebook this morning is sounding the alarm. social media giant says it is pulling suspected russian-linked accounts trying to influence the elections. are you one of them? ahead. this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffn...

Panls th pages that were organizing political influence campaigns to disrupt the mid-term elections. the tech giant briefed lawmakers about all this and says that they cant say for sure whos behind it all but say the signs are there that it could be russia. cnns senior reporter dylan byers is following all this for us. this is, with regard to what facebook is doing and saying, this is a really big deal. what exactly did facebook do? >> this is a really big deal for a few reasons, kate. one reaso...

Identify ties to russia. part of the reason for that is that the efforts of the people behind these misinformation campaigns, theyve grown much more sophisticated. so when sheryl sandberg says, this is an arms race, this is something that isnt going to end, it is for that very reason. so facebook powers time, money, manpower into this issue. 20,000 staffers dedicated to this issue, to combating misinformation. even then, it is a game of whack a mole. they can only monitor problems like this and ...

Days are over. america first. america first. >> bill: doug mcelway live with more now. good morning. >> good morning. with last nights rally in tampa, florida, another coming up tomorrow in wilkes berry, pennsylvania and another one in ohio next week the president is setting a precedent as a never-ending campaigner and with gop control of congress at stake in novembers mid-terms he is making every opportunity to campaign for republican candidates who support his policies like congressman ron des...