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Want the next congress to stand up to president trump. >> that includes one in five republicans say they want him to cooperate. >> there is always this belief that people vote their pocketbook and pockbook only. >> that certainly happens when the economy is doing poorly. right now you are seeing the stockmarkets continue to rise. thats certainly positive for a lot of americans and business owners. you are seeing the right track go in the wrong direction. i remember 1994, bill clinton had a prett...

Its a long-term governance issue to improve the government to control their territory. >> melissa: the russia investigation expands as the senate intelligence committee says it has yet to find any evidence of collusion. the chairman of that senate intel committee saying himself that well, they arent going to share what they have so far. it doesnt mean they should stop looking. what do you think about that? >> look, i have think the senate is really hard pressed to justify why it has an investiga...

Conference yesterday with senators burr and warner. theres two directions. its looking back at what happened in the campaign and trying to decide whether there was some collusion. that is an open question right now. its also looking forward. right? were at the precipice of another campaign here, the 2018 mid-terms. so this is -- its a huge expansive investigation going on right now. multiple probes going on. you know, every time you get facebook comes out, reveals ads. every one of those things ...

That the investigation into possible collusion between members of the trump campaign and the russian government is still going on. >> its literally found zero evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. i think that the american people would like them to focus on some other things. i know that we certainly have said this all along and were glad that as they continue this process theyre coming to the same conclusion. >> shepard: they havent come to that conclusion. this comes aft...

>> i think it will take time and think they have no choice whatso >> in this year of the republ party, this coalit there was not a lot of unifying issue. to have an accomplishment going to the mid-terms, i think this will happen. its going to be something signed into law next year. >> is hard when the republ establishment has proble its own base. republ establishment has proble its own base. the president is trying to sell it to his voters. especi the trump voters as a good thing for you. it wil...

So there have been profound differences but there have been times when republicans and democrats have joined together to pass specific reforms. 1981, 1986, you look at early tax cuts in the bush years, there was some democratic support for that. the question i think will be do democrats think theyre better off politically heading into the 2018 mid-terms opposing everything donald trump says. you would think some red state democratic senators up for reelection might be enticed by this kind of pac...

Where he said the new boogie man is republican congressional leadership. that is striking to me, and the fact that law says its president trump who is actually driving that message home for those voters just shows that this election of trump and the fact that republicans to go over the majority in congress didnt solve the partys internal problems. it magnified them. that puts this party in a tough position going forward. >> and we were shown a vote from bob corker which suggests tax reform may b...

Much narrower than what they laid out. they know they have to pass something. they are petrified of heading into the mid-terms with nothing to run on and thats where they are right now. with the two failures on health care, with no movement on infrastructure, they literally have nothing to go to voters and say, this is what we accomplished being in the majority. >> that is the main motivator on taxes right now. even if it ends up being something narrower, something that doesnt accomplish what th...

>> i fought in a war for the constitution and fought the courts and ill fight for you in the united states senate and fight for the people of this state and of this nation who want to bring our country back to its greatness. >> shannon: roy moore speaking after his win in the alabama senate primarily runoff last night. his victory over luther strange has a lots of people looking for the mid-terms wondering if it spells trouble for the gop. well bring in charlie hurt. lets start with the fact tha...

Its a fun game we play. >> i was in school in pennsylvania. i remember. >> does wofford have a walk-on role? >> thank you, harold. >> bob roberts? >> no, gorvitol the rule of harris, bob roberts. i think he played that type character. >> okay. way to obscure. >> thats true. >> not for people that watch this show, its not way to obscure, mika. i push back. >> you obviously do have to be careful extrapolateing any given race. but you had people watching last night. chris mcdaniels, state senator i...