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>> i think it will be hard because were in an even-numbered year and closer to the election. the democrats view it as a wedge issue to use in an election season, which is unfortunate. this is an issue that cries out for a solution. >> bill: top republican senator john thune attacking democrats to use the immigration issue to score points for the mid-terms. dont move. were coming right back after this. prices of the season with savings on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses and automati...

Between trump and putin. in the context of the meeting with chairman kim in singapore now you could have a summit with vladimir putin and now you are back on the international stage yet again. >> interesting timing. very interesting timing. there is still some questions we have from president trumps meeting with putin last year in light of the trump tower meeting coming in the middle of the responses. that could be something that comes under greater scrutiny from robert mueller. the president ca...

And bed capacity is being reached. back to you. >> trace: yeah, its notable the "wall street journal" saying the issue here, the backlog in the courts for immigration, 700,000 strock. william la jeunesse life on the other side of the border in tijuana. analysts say the battle over thousands of kids already separated from their parents could drag on for months and years. so what does it mean for those families and for republicans heading into the mid-terms? well look at where all of this goes fro...

Look, this is a bad situation of creation by the white house. the white house now is trying to backtrack away from it so that its the politics of it dont impinge upon what it hopes to accomplish in the mid-terms. seems to be getting more confusing and worse as time goes on only because the white house because the white house has not articulated how they will reunite the kids with their parents. seems to be confused and uncertain. >> trace: really, a.b. a good point. youre talking about the facil...

Liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. trace: back to foxs top story. first lady melania trump visiting a facility in texas taking care of children. theres still a bunch of questions even after the president signed the order to stop breaking up families at the border. lets bring in a.b. stoddard. shes from real clear politics and john bussey from the "wall street journal." apparently a.b. is not on the deck just yet. when she gets here, well bring her in. trump says the worse this lo...

News, you seem to anger them somehow. i think this was miscalculation on their part. the reason trump won in 2016 was not just his base was energized but rather democrats were disaffected. i dont think theyre going to be disaffected this time and certainly not after listening to that audio. >> i think i just gave unwittingly the democrats their campaign ad. because i guarantee you you will see those pictures like that of house members with the audio of those children in campaign ads. am i wrong ...

Economy with less than 4% unemployment that has not somehow managed to start new wars, is potentially trying to negotiate peace with north korea nonetheless gets wiped out because no one trusts him at this point. >> i think its important to note dan is right about this. the republicans and members in congress have different ideas how to win in mid-terms. the president believed in a cultural war. congressional republicans want to focus on more topics they think are unifying and so you have a clas...

Mean politicians and i mean particularly republican politicians. >> and theyve had the chance. theyve had the chance to confront the president tonight on the hill about what many are saying is an appalling policy, and it seems like an opportunity yet again to have confronted him on this. and they didnt. some of them released -- they released a strongly worded statement. what the heck is a strongly worded statement mean anymore when youre not going to take any action? i can give you a strongly wo...

Being ripped away from their parents? >> luteally. the photos that have come out its all stomach turning at this point. and trump likes to claim he has a big heart and he feels for these kids and he just wants those democrats to repeal their imaginary law and then all will be well. and then you see these kind of propaganda photos coming out which suggests hes reveling in the situation were in or at the very least is callus to it. >> so how do you feel if youre running or running in the mid-terms...

When you look at the battle for the senate, and i was talking to senate republican candidates today who tested in a lot of these red tastes where democrats are vulnerable, they are sticking with the president because they look at the republican electorate. they see support for the president and his immigration policies, and theyre not doing what house republicans are doing. theyre not contesting the president on this. yes, senate republicans are. but the ones on the ballot in these targeted stat...