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2018 mid-terms. this is the thing he hopes to get the base out to vote for the republican ticket. >> something relating to this that we heard last night from the president is his willingness to shut down the government if money isnt allocated to built the wall he wants built on the u.s.-mexico border. i know in the past this has been a point of controversy even from members of his own party who arent happy with him using this as a card to play. >> still, this is the thing the president keeps ret...

Nature. so this is going to make it very, very difficult -- at least a lot more difficult than it was a few days ago for john tester to win conservative voters in a state that voted very, very conservatively in the presidential election. >> melanie, the president was also talking about mid-terms, projecting more confidence than really members of his own party who, according to a new report, are really concerned about the president down playing the threat of them losing the majority. how does tha...

His impeachment. will the democrats take action if they sweep the mid-terms? >> look, i think this has an impact on the elections. i think the american public understands exactly whats taken place. since this investigation was shut down, weve learned of the presidents attorney talking about pardoning some of these people who have been indicted, people who are cooperating? what was the intent of that? to try to throttle the investigation? i trust the american public to understand what the white h...

Any impeachment efforts by the left are really just a political opportunity for the far left, people like maxine waters and nancy pelosi, to make a political statement. thats all this is. >> well, when it comes to impeachment though, adrian, look at quinnipiac university, a new poll is out there saying that if democrats regain control of the house, you got 71% of democratic voters would want them to start the impeachment proceedings. so how do you think that should factor in to the strategies in...

Given president trump carried the district by 21 points in 2016. should republicans be concerned as we approach the november mid-term elections. joining us now is ronna mcdaniels, chairwoman of the rnc. the congresswoman elect said a win is a win. it was just under 5% margin of victory. is that a story here? >> its a huge win and lets look at these congressional special elections. weve won five out of six, 100,000 less voters turn out than in 2016 for the presidential and you lose incumbents. th...

Look, check the leader board. but they are performing expectations in every single one. is the question now how big will the wave be or do you think were getting ahead of ourselves here? >> they certainly have the wind ottheir back now, but let me remind you they lost last night. and a win for republicans in arizona is a win. they certainly have the wind at their backs. but let me just tell you this, the republican party, the rnc, the congressional committee and the senate committee they underst...

Margins seriously. >> no, and i think the republican party played it well in terms of defining the candidate and defining the issues, educating voters on polling information. early voting was critical in arizona, and theyre going to continue to do that in all the key races as we get up to mid-term. >> so mike, let me bring you in. cnns analysis says that the average improvement for democrats has been 17 percentage points versus the prior baseline. thats better than any party out of power has don...

To the mid-terms i think since at least 1994. is there a way to read this other than a massive backlash against the president? >> well, there is. there certainly is motivation on the left. and we know theyre angry with the president and theyre going to show up. so that distorts things in special elections. and as you know i work to elect republicans in the house, and i worked on karen handles campaign in georgia, so ive been watching this. when you have a lot of energy on the left when most peop...

Understand that mid-terms are difficult for the party in power. and they know that history is not to the party in power in the first term of a presidential administration. so theyre working hard. they did it in arizona. they worked hard to put the resources necessary there on the ground early, to educate voters on the candidate and the issues. >> are you not concerned about the margin in arizona? >> a wins a win. >> i agree with you but on the margins seriously. >> no, and i think the republican...

Fuel standards. mr. flores and mr. shimkus and others. >> rick: he is under fire or lavish spending and ethics violation. well continue to monitor. >> sandra: we continue to follow one of the senate races in the mid-terms to unseat senator joe manchin is virginia. a fox news poll shows our next guest at 16% support. he is running for senate in west virginia. thank you for your time this morning. a lot of people watching this race and the country is watching this race. whats the status at this mo...