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Their leaders. jesse: the democratic brains have come to the conclusion this will be a wave election in the mid-terms. they dont have to do much and just run on trump hatred. donald trumps arofl rating skyrocketed. hes up at 42%. a 10-point jump since the last poll. i believe the tracking poll, rasmussen has him at 49%. there is another poll that shows a tie in the congressional generic ballot between republicans and democrats. its not a lock the democrats are going to take back the house. >> do...

Their leaders. jesse: the democratic brains have come to the conclusion this will be a wave election in the mid-terms. they dont have to do much and just run on trump hatred. donald trumps arofl rating skyrocketed. hes up at 42%. a 10-point jump since the last poll. i believe the tracking poll, rasmussen has him at 49%. there is another poll that shows a tie in the congressional generic ballot between republicans and democrats. its not a lock the democrats are going to take back the house. >> do...

Recent tax reform package. they think tax reform will be the winner in the mid-terms much more than what they can do with daca and a border wall if anything. shep? >> shepard: peter, have a great weekend. thank you. lawyers for the former trump campaign aide facing criminal charges in the russia investigation are asking to quit the case. analysts say that could mean that rick gates is trying to cut a plea deal. it could. what could that mean for his co-defendant, paul manafort? well talk to a fe...

Away yet. >> bill: republicans face a imagine or political battle in the mid-terms trying to keep house and senate. bernie goldberg writing about a secret weapon for the gop. the article is called the gops ace in the hole. he writes there she was, nancy pelosi dressed in black and looking miserable as if she were attending a funeral. ouch. bernie goldberg with me. explain yourself. >> nobody is expecting nancy pelosi to stand up and cheer for a republican president. were not expecting that. but ...

Items on the horizon. the elected officials kept trying to get to their left field talking points with limited success. at one point during a press conference with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell where almost all the questions were about this memo, a reporter at the end as this thing was wrapping up stood up and shouted out, some of us have questions that are not about the memo! ryan and mcconnell exited the stage left anyway. >> shepard: how big a factor are the upcoming mid-terms in the decision...

The south carolina congress member will not run for a fifth term. a former federal prosecutor and he plans to return to the justice amousystem. there has been a spike of republicans heading for the exits ahead of the mid terms. 38 have announced they are leaving their seats. unlike others, gowdy is not facing a tough re-election campaign. the gop retreat in west virginia going on as planned today after a train carrying dozens of republican lawmakers hit a truck wednesday. the driver of that ve...

President is expected to declassify that controversial gop memo and its release to the public could quickly follow. the partisan battle now over it all has gotten, well, even sharper. >> the president set to speak at the annual republican winter retreat next hour. what does the president need to tell lawmakers as the mid-terms loom large? >> well take it live for you plus our guy in the middle "outnumbered". youll find out at the top of the hour moments away. >> were in the process of retrieving...

But i just want to say i didnt get time to get to the producers but there have been 3 1/2 times more republicans on top that have left than have democrats. so i think there is a concern here especially headed into the mid-terms. and i dont want to use some cheap pot shots but democrat friends who say its rats jumping a ship. i dont want to go that low. the numbers dont lie. >> melissa: kevin, what do you think about that? if you think to mitch mcconnell who told martha maccallum he said 2017 was...

In popularity. it was one thing when it was well underwater last month but people have been starting to see the effects. the economy continues to improve and has been improving for a long time. you cant message an election on that. for the mid-terms the congressional is sinking the lead for democrats which is concerning for us. >> bill: you saw the numbers we shared. do you share charlies concern he doesnt think nancy pelosis leadership survives? >> there is one thing that she does really well a...

Week ago. he chose not to speak today. you just wonder with the fewer tweets over the past four days we had two earlier today. it seems like they are finding a different rhythm than what weve watched for the past 12 months and whether or not its a permanent change we do not know. i think it is a fundamental difference for this white house and how it wants to communicate its message and be clear on what it wants to get out to the american people and how general kelly is running the schedule in th...