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They win and we may see in-fighting how far to go. >> reporter: absolutely. >> melanie, great reporting. thanks. this morning, there are several senate seats up for grabs, including in wisconsin, where republican senator ron johnson has announced he is running for a third term despite having pledged he would only serve two terms. what are johnsons xhchances? joining me, our reporter and whats a good way to look at ron johnsons chances for re-election? >> reporter: a good way, look at history a...

>> congressman dan crenshaw thank you for your service to our country. >> thank you, trey. >> senate and white house polls predict a brutal midterm for democrats.

Pontificate and ruminate about whats going on in the world -- that is at that point the man that we saw. but when a region and one of the countrys biggest foes is potentially on the brink of war and it is his job as commander in chief to stop that, that wasnt the answer that his staff intended. >> abbi, for the last -- since 2015, since donald trump came down that escalator, the idea of sowing doubt in election results has been something that democrats and reporters and the republican have not l...

Something we did get done and its of enormous consequence to the country. >> but voters are focused elsewhere heading into a critically important midterm year. 54% of americans now say the economy is getting worse. so, margaret, i think many of us would not have blamed the biden administration for thinking that infrastructure was an important priority, but voters are focused right now on the economy, on keeping schools open, you know, on this inflation that is affecting their day-to-day lives. d...

Are you saying that what president trump said about 2020 which you disavowed, because you say that it was good, okay, fine. so lets maybe ill try to agree on that or some agree on that. i agree with that. are you saying that this next one is not going to be? because what are the specifics, what they have never laid that out. and then you have press secretary coming out and saying, no, what he was saying is this and i can ever remember what her tweet said, but i can imagine that the white house c...

For their reluctance to get on board with democratic initiatives. its something i have heard from democratic lawmakers frequently, and i think thats why president bidens january 6th speech was such a hit with his party because he made that contact with his predecessor. i think as the midterm goes on, despite the natural contours of an election year, you will hear president biden make that contrast more and more. >> one of the challenges, though, is who are you talking to at any given moment? the...

W is the only exception here. if you look at bidens numbers theyre lower than a lot of these predecessors right here, you saw the big picture history and the thing that started in 94 is the chamber itself started flipping two years after every new presidency except for bush. so the history three of the last four have lost the house in that first midterm but then when you fast forward it two years later once that happens as you mention bill clinton bounced back, used that republican house that wa...

>> reporter: one more question, mr. president. >> president biden: im going to do this, if you asked me easy questions i will give you quick answers. >> reporter: there is increasing concern among democrats even if schools continue to open and i guess most of them are now open, republicans will weaponize this narrative of you and other leading democrats, allowing them to stay closed and the midterms next year. and obviously, that issue has a lot of traction with suburban parents. >> president bi...

Wave. >> i think youre going to see a big, big victory for republicans in the midterms. >> at stake, not just the biden presidency democrats argue, but democracy itself. will the voters agree? >> i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. >> we are the united states of america. >> its time to meet the midterms. this is your one-hour primer. its a big week, one-year anniversary of the inauguration, as you know, unofficial start of this campaign year. welcome to tuesday, im ...

Month. inflation, which is a good amount of time until the midterm, this should be where the pivot happens across the board. >> yeah, and kimberly, just over this weekend, senator sinema censured by arizona democrats for defending the filibuster and blocking voting rights. is there a danger in democrats going after their own? >> well, it seems to me that its democrats need to solidify around a message that is -- that answers to what the voters have been telling them. i think that that is exactly...