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Supporter as well. happy 4th to you. welcome. >> happy fourth to you. >> eboni: looking to mid-terms, many were expecting an enthusiasm gap and oftentimes this happens after a major general election but now there is a supreme court vacancy and so i will pop up on the screen a quote from a writer from the "national review" charlie cook and in this quote charlie cook speaks of the enthusiasm gap. well pull it up for you in just a moment here. well get it up there. here we go. they went on to say, ...

We read national things into these districts. but in terms of electing a new speaker or im sorry, a new party leader or speakfer they get the majority, what type of democrat do you think the body would elect? is its one of these more left candidates that is younger, has energy but happens to be pretty left in the party or somebody that is more moderate? who would get the votes among those elected officials in the house? >> a great question. it needs to be someone younger, the next generation tha...

Back and they want to raise the hell out of your taxes and the whole thing will go boom. >> president trump touting economic growth under his administration in minnesota. a new poll showing a majority americans agree with the commander-in-chief, that he deserves credit for the progress. the cnbc survey finding 51% approve of the presidents handling of the economy and a record-breaking 54% say the u.s. economy is excellent or good. the president retweeting this post from his son, eric, boasting a...

From us, where a new temporary shelter will be opened for migrants and the same at good fellows air base in texas. those two military installations recently identified after the department of homeland security asked the pentagon to prepare for another 12,000 migrants, 2,000 of those beds needed to be ready inside the next 45 days. mike? >> mike: our casey stegall doing a great job on a very complicated issue, many thanks, casey. >> oh, thank you. >> eboni: and some analysts pointing to the retir...

As overseas, thank you for your insight. >> leland: this coming just before the july 4th holiday. a white house decision renewing the debate over race in college admissions. the trump administration revoking affirmative action guidance from the obama years. what that means for the mid-terms and for kids heading to college campuses. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "ill go my own way, with anoro." ♪ go your own way once-daily an...

A gift to trump going into the mid-terms. >> leland: this perhaps could turn into a gift especially if this kind of sentiment continues. pictures out of nebraska had these, among others, of a nebraska gop office that was vandalized. you can see a brick there through one of the windows over this controversy abolish ice found at that scene. tiffany, to you, is there a danger in this really galvanizing republicans and fellow democrats like yourselves saying look, we may have overstepped on this one...

He thought he would be the next house speaker for the democrats. joe crowley. what happened? >> i wanted him to be the next speaker. before i get to joe crowley, lets talk about the gallup possible. the president for independents is 38%. the republican numbers are high. you cant win elections just with the base. >> not just the base. 90% of republicans goes beyond the base. >> the independent numbers are low. well be watching that number as we get closer to the mid-terms. when it comes to joe cr...

The 90% republican number is higher than it was on election day. he was 83% republican support when he won in november. that was pretty high. so hes gained support among republicans for a couple of reasons. the first is i think theyre getting to know his style a little bit. style some people that are off put about the attitude and the way that sometimes he handles things. but they understand how he operates now. the other is that hes getting results. its a matter of packing the judiciary with co...

>> shes looking at herself on television right now. are you feel something can you put it into words? >> no. >> neil: everybody is taking a new look at the democratic party after alexandria cortez taking down joe crawly in a primary battle and taking that party on a hard left turn heading into the mid-terms. what does this mean for a potential blue wave? lets ask shelby and patrice here and robin. robin, end with you, begin with you. does this alter the blue wave, give it extra octane or maybe m...

Participation. the other thing, chuck, thats really interesting about it. if you want your opponents 2nd place votes, it tends to make you more civil. you dont want to dump on your opponent with negative ads because you want their voters to give you the 2nd place. thats a kind of hidden benefit that we will watch play out over the next ten years. >> one more hidden benefit. if we do extrapolate this out to our presidential campaigns all over the country, it will make exit polls useless for calli...