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>> hi, everyone. im dana perino live from the nations capitol. moments from now, president trump unveils his plan to lower prescription drug prices. well have that live. lawmakers working on a plan b for saving work done in the mueller problem. and president trump zeroing in on the mid-terms in indiana. all top of the hour on "the daily briefing." >> harris: double dose of the panel today. president trump is calling on republicans to mobilize ahead of the mid-terms. in indiana last night, heres ...

Out of the way, putting them first, putting tax cuts, job creation, a strong national presence and strong international presence and someone to listen to them. we have our best message. we want to go forward. >> harris: what does it mean for the november elections, the mid-terms? >> it means cutting through the clutter of the democratic misinformation and cutting through the democrats on a malaise tour. we are on a positive tour and we will move forward while they look backwards. that is what wi...

You have two nuclear issues here. >> harris: literally. >> north korea and iran and possibly heading to negotiations on both of them. >> harris: i wrote down what you said. "three-dimensional chess" with the allies. fascinating way to put it. i will see you at 6:00 p.m. eastern with "special report." >> thank you. >> harris: thank you. president trump and the republican leaders are launching a big win last night in west virginia. we are talking about after patrick morrisey prevailed in the g.o.p...

The senate, there are ten democrats up in states president trump carried. five he carried by 18 points or more. in the book we followed trump voters that switch from obama to trump. id see those voters will go republican in the senate races. i think democrats are behind the 8 ball in the rust belt great lakes states. the generic ballot is still good. >> what do you make of bill rutger said this today, that the president has been able to bury some of his domestic problems with the -- i think he s...

Again. simone, good to talk to you again. we saw both republicans and democratic voters in four states vote in primaries yesterday. did you see any sort of surprises, things that stood out to you in yesterdays results? >> probably the biggest surprise is the first incumbent of the cycle to lose as north carolina in the ninth district, not a shock he had a competitive primary. narrowly defeated his challenger mark harris in 2016 only in a recount by 130 votes. lot of people thought he was doing b...

>> i think you mean with the mid-terms. you closed this out with a plain view exception reference to fourth seizure laws. >> i hope i get credit for that. >> we dont do cle credit here. thankfully, were past. that thats a reference to continuing education to someone who is not already turned off by the legal references. coming up, new reporting on putins oligarchs. we will show the history that shed so much light. how investigators are following the money. well have an expert on trumps world. ...

Mid-terms. primary voting in four different states. what is your sense how it goes for your party come november today? >> i really dont know. ive read all the articles and seen polls. well have to wait and see. our country is divided. we have some people upset with president trump. we always have people upset with congress. but ill tell you in the last year and a half i think weve accomplished a lot and i think the american people are smart enough to understand that. so well see. >> bill: youll ...

Not a lawyer, if i were his attorney i would say maybe you dont testify at all and just let this investigation run its course and let it be. the fact that having a debate whether or not he is going to testify is problematic for this president. we know he has a problem with the truth. >> jon: ill let that statement stand and not going to endorse that. a lot of people are saying that its not necessarily even legal to compel testimony from a president in front of a grand jury. >> in 2000 the office...

President congratulates him and looks forward to a time when we can hopefully have a good relationship with russia. however, the united states believes that everyone has a right to be heard and assemble peacefully. >> reporter: thank you. the president said in the past of the russia investigation its an excuse for democrats losing the 2016 election. but today he appears to look forward to the 2018 mid-terms and he tweeted out, "is this phony witch hunt going to go on even longer so it wrongfully...

Suddenly hearing all of these republicans trying to create zero distance between themselves and president trump. it makes me wonder about the overall map. for so long democrats said it would be a bloodbath. more unpopular than any president has ever been. all of a sudden he is not so unpopular. what has turned the tide? >> first of all, some of these states like west virginia he has always been popular and a large chunk of the republican party he is still popular. the problem for republicans the...