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Depart from justice department guidelines. an attorney stated that officials should not select the timing that could affect an election. many alleged that was at least the result of comeys october surprise. and last night he alleged there arent any rules at all on action before election day. >> despite what youve heard or read there arent any rules on how we act in the run up to an election. theres a norm. you avoid any action in the run up to an election that might have an impact if you can. wh...

At some point this isnt right. and the only courage youve seen out of house republicans these days, where they actually have some power what happens at the white house, is -- its unfortunate you dont have the conservative icons who are willing to stand up and be strong even as they go off into retirement and their next phase of life and actually say all this is wrong, we need to do something to stand up and stop this. >> thanks to both of you. i want to turn now to a related topic and report. ...

In 1992 a grand jury in the iran contrau case came out just days before. >> in the final days of the campaign the last thing george bush needs is a reminder of the arms for hostages deal with iran. >> a former indictment places bush at a key meeting. >> that was a huge deal. nowadays a key from mueller is that he does have to follow those doj rules or norms if you want to call it that which would appear to include the 2012 memo. because the rules that give mueller his power still say he has to n...

Economy, creating jobs, allowing small businesses the borrow money so they can either start or expand and thats how you have optimism because reality for those critical voters that are still very much on the fence. >> and when it comes to government shut downs, theres mixed reviews on what that means and how it affects the everyday person outside washington d.c. september is pretty close to the mid-terms. that might play so political by well. >> youre right. but the republicans will get blamed f...

What the federal government can do and again putting that pressure on congress as the white house has been doing for months to try to get something on the table for the law to change. im not so confident that congress will take up any kind of immigration bill or enforcement bill before the mid-terms but they will go there to amplify the things agents are saying on the ground and what theyre seeing and the kinds of resources they need from the federal government. >> sandra: katie pavlich. good to...

Over the wall could backfire with the critical mid-terms this fall. >> i dont believe we should shut the government down. its never worked in the past. with elections coming up a month after that, that would enable the democrats to do. the first thing they will do is impeach president trump. >> kennedy, the president felt like the omnibus bill he got was misleading and he didnt get everything he wanted when it comes to border security. its far out to be talking about a government shut down. mayb...

Dollar figure? >> they did. we have that exclusive. my colleague reported that this morning. analysts are saying its a significant amount of money for an outside group to throw in this early. it comes after a $48 million investment in ads across the country in more than 30 different districts what we can catch is the districts theyre investing in to see which theyre more worried about and which are the most competitive. >> shepard: so i understand, will the ads run in the next couple weeks or is...

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We are going to win the house. now, historically when you win the presidency, the person that wins, the party that wins does poorly in what they call the mid-terms. the reason is i guess you take it easy. something happens. 93%, 94% of the time. you get complacent. we cannot be complacent. we have got to go out, we have got to go out and fight like hell and we have to win the house and win the senate. and i think well do great in the senate. i think well do great in the house because the economy...

The mid-terms are going to turn out. the generic ballot and real clear politics averages about six points for the democrats but we dont know and the enthusiasm right now is on the democratic side we see it in these special elections where more democrats stand to turn out than do republicans even though republicans have won five of the six special congressional elections, the democrats are pressing, but weve got a long time between now and the election, but yeah, youve got to balance the question...