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Think theyre happy this morning. >> no doubt. they want and deserve credit making it happen, based on what we heard from the parties overnight. but sometimes in politics, its hard to get credit for things that didnt happen, isnt happening, so they may not get as much credit as they want. >> they may not get as much credit. but the alternative is worse, transit and supply chain disruptions moving into the fall stretch of the midterm campaigns would be very disruptive. especially because i think t...

Couple women who were sort of mixed, undecided, and also sort of had mixed feelings on abortion, said that the fact that the supreme court overturned roe v. wade has put them in the democrats camp and they were going to do that, especially the young voters i talked to, outraged about dobbs. we were having trouble finding young voter who is said they werent certain that they would vote in the midterm after the decision came out because so many more people were registered and said they were certai...

Overturning roe v. wade. an actual blow to tens of millions of women. the second thing is trump keeps hijacking the narrative, great for maga republicans but bad for the party. finally, republican selection has been abysmal, talking about some of those candidates out there. ed, i would add to bolster your argument this morning just a few minutes ago the associated press is out with a new poll showing president biden at 45% approval, 53% disapproval still, but that 45 number is up 9 points just s...

Get a sense of how people are digging into their own heritage and found the percentage of new customers who are of latino dissent rose by over 50%. and number two, there are an etc. mated 5 million people of hispanic ancestry who do not self-identify as hispanic and thats according to research. if politicians are trying to reach out to voters ahead of the midterm, they may have to speak to this community to learn how they describe themselves before they can actually address them. >> morgan radfo...

What the election will focus on, and the american people say theyre focused on inflation, public safety, and concerned about whats happening at the border. >> you see mitt romney trying to turn it back to the border. lisa, you are writing a book on abortion. >> its a mess. republicans are the dog who caught the car. for nearly half a century they pushed to overturn roe, the court did it, they overturned roe and they had no plan, no national policy and its hard to develop a national policy becaus...

He wants to show that as he says, over and over again, labor and union built the middle class he is standing for them and fighting for them as they fight for a stronger deal. >> shaving a labor secretary tht is a union official, theyve had good luck with labor. that is part of having marty walsh there. it is hard, when youre reading how this could have backed up the supply chain, this really could have been hugely problematic to the recovery that is still going on. >> it would be a blow. do you ...

Labor secretary says rail company, unions and the biden administration engaged in 20 hours of negotiations. i was struck by how quickly they put out statements praising the agreement as it came down. how important was this for the white house, for the president as well as the economy? >> well, this was incredibly important for the president. you know, if it ends up being averted which it looks like it will, there is a tentative deal, it is a victory, but it is less the victory that matters than ...

And now, youre lookings a chris pappas, probably in a lot better position, a democrat, now that he is running against someone who might be more to the right than the other candidate. >> 7 1/2 weeks is a ton of time. but the biggest dynamic is republicans will be on defense. not in a solid position they thought they would be. if you go back a few months, you can go back to wisconsin, a republican incumbent. if youre a republican incumbent in the first midterm, you hoped to have this lined up a lo...

Democrats see that anger is helping them in the midterm campaign. now, theres grumbling that one of their own might be giving the democrats a gift. lindsey graham just introduced legislation of banning abortions at 15 weeks. now, midterm fuel. >> if there is any doubt about republicans true intentions, about the extreme abortion plans, theres no question after this week. their plan is plain as day. republicans want to ban abortion in every single state and they want to punish doctors. >> patty m...

A strike that could shut down parts of the American economy? Great work, Mr. Biden.