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The president admitted russia meddled in the last application -- election but there was no evidence they influenced. she claimed cyber experts told her they cant say if voting machines were hacked. when press she admitted she doesnt have evidence. democrats jumped on the reports that the trump state department is not spend any money to counter interference in the mid-terms. he admitted there is not a coherent strategy. the president vowed russia will be stopped. >> the russians had no impact on

Mike rogers who suggested that the white house did not give them additional go ahead to disrupt any russian interference with the 2008 mid term. heres the president. watch. >> are you worried about russians trying to meddle in the mid-term elections? >> no, because we are counter it very strongly. we have strong back up systems. its old fashions but its always good to have a paperback up system. its called paper. >> martha: election day is just 8 months away until the mid-terms. ed henry joins u...

Steel stray great. and how about china? >> trish: yeah, it will help republicans mid-terms. they may not realize that. art, is our friend larry kudlow going to take the job? >> i hope so. isnt he the best ever? i know how much you like him, trish. and hes one of my best friends ever. ive known him 30 years. he would be perfect. >> trish: he doesnt like tariffs. >> you dont have to like tariffs to take a job with donald trump? youre there to provide a better country, give advice to a person. you ...

Mid-terms, a lot on the table. back to you. >> trish: indeed. interesting to see who this goes to. i know larry well, have known him for many years. i like him very much. but hes a free trade guy. i cant see him signing on to the idea of tariffs here. in fact, he was just out with an op-ed with art laffer wrote as well. art will join the program in a little bit. theyre very against this idea of tariffs. well see where it goes. thanks, deidra. gary cohn bolting after losing the battle over tariff...

The president now has to work his way through all of the details of what he announced last week. >> dana: the "wall street journal" has said that saturday, monday and tuesday. what i take it from it, its not that youre against the president or you dont want the president to succeed. you want the president to succeed and worried this could hurt the good economic news hes been having. >> thats right, dana. weve been talking about the mid-terms in november. i took a close look at the mid-terms. typ...

Others say asking the questions creates fear and robbing only states of money they deserve. >> so this is a boring story, but dana, its an important one. one in six households are asked that citizen question. the doj says they need it on the full census for more accurate account. the commerce department has until the and of the month to decide. >> dana: i dont think its boring. i think its interesting. thanks. appreciate it. you love that sound. the first primary of the 2018 mid-terms underway r...

Saw the data, they saw something unusual in it that indicated hacking. that doesnt prove it conclusively or who it was as far as i know. maybe it does. they really changed the language and it kind of -- it strikes me as a point that you made before where its president obama said that its ludicrous to think that the russians could influence the election. and then all of a sudden the right doesnt care about influencing the election. on every side, weaving back and forth. we care about this stuff o...

>> i want to ask you though. republicans have a problem with a number of house members retiring early. getting out of these districts that hillary clinton won or maybe they see will be flipped to blue in the mid-terms. they have a problem on their hands when it comes to getting voters to turn out what do you think will happen? >> extremely daunting statistics when it comes to an incumbent party in the first mid-term on retirements. its like 90 plus percent of the seats flip. that is a huge conce...

Could it improve their chances? dont forget, a lot of these states that are up for grabs have working people that may be have lost their job in manufacturing sectors. feel a little left out in the cold and want a politician, some politician, to defend them. rather than being detrimental to the party, something that could be helpful? >> i think this absolutely could be helpful, trish, to the republicans in the 2018 mid-terms. they hold the house. theyre playing defense in the industrial midwest. ...

Any executive action taken by the white house, the administration about guns. and i dont know when well get to that point. >> if you were asked as a reporter to make a projection will there be action on guns as a result of what happened down in florida, will there be any action? anything? >> we could see very tiny incremental change. theres more pressure. and i think the mid-terms are playing a role in a change in congress this year. we see on the ground in states, unlike in previous times a rea...