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In earnest with 4, 5, 6 people they are very serious about. by the time justice breyer retires, late june, early july, committed to the end of the term, well have a name quickly. all the considerations have already been going on. you also have to remember there are some out there who have posited, it could be a good midterm issue saying we have to hold on to the senate and the seat, its open now, you have to give us, democrats maintaining control, maybe even increasing control in the senate so w...

Republicans want to make it a battle but a battle they could win. so its very healthy, i think, for the democratic party as it looks toward the midterm. you have to have your base animated. this will help animate the most loyal base the democratic party has, which is black women. >> thats what i was curious about is how much of a difference you think this could make. and do you expect this future supreme court justice to be iconic in the black community like thurgood marshall was? >> absolutely....

Administration member. so important this training. heres what he told me. >> now we treat this security type training as we treat fire drills as we all grew up learning how to do a fire drill. unfortunately, that is where we are in a lot of communities, not just the jewish community. we have seen an increase in attacks over the last few years in houses of worship. >> reporter: hallie, the adl last year recorded some 2,100 plus incidents of anti-semitism. the group says it is the highest figure t...

Stephanie stephanie, the former white house press secretary. >> there were meetings taking place up there. i dont have visibility into what was discussed in all of the people who were there but i can say mark meadows would have been there as well as the legal team working on all of the little plans. >> telling cnn she revealed her testimony and now i want to turn to the senate minority leader. mitch mcconnell on the defense over comments he made after he and every single republican senator voted...

Elected joe biden to do. i want to take a listen to something that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell made when he said before that vote, take a listen. >> whats your message for voters of color who are concerned without the john lewis voting rights act theyre not going to be able to vote in the midterm. >> the concern is misplaced. if you look at the statistics, african american voters are voting in just as high a percentage as americans. recent survey, 94% of americans thought it was eas...

Handling inflation, sandra, 30% approved, 70% disapprove. on the economy overall, 38% approve, and 62% disapprove. in other words, my point is, he would have been better off leaving it alone. what juice the economy has comes from the trump tax cuts and the deregulation. we dont want to spend another 5 trillion. almost everybody outside the white house knows if you spend another $5 trillion, what it was scored, make 7% inflation much worse. ok. why do it. it is so unpopular. and thats bidens prob...

Callouts as blue city struggled to curb the crime crisis. plus, waiting to see the presidents response to russia as even more trouble for democrats heading into the midterm. >> todd: nypd detective and michael waltz and joe concha on deck. ♪ ♪ th you guys today, mr. and mrs. lopez. not a problem, josh. hey, you two. check out all these camera views in my silverado i can see in front of me, behind me, on either side of me. and it has this cam, so i can see if theres any funny business going o...

So, its more of a consumer problem than a demand problem. thats when they began to piv andt pivot hard. most economists missed it. you can say we started to see elevated inflation rates in november and -- >> hes underwater on his polling. 70% of the people in the poll, more than 70% believe were going in a wrong direction. thats a terrible number approaching a midterm. so, now do they begin to feel a lot of pressure? do they do things they shouldnt be doing in terms of the economy? do you think ...

And d.c. quote, democrats also voiced some optimism, saying they had identified more than a dozen new congressional districts they consider to be in play because of redistricting they can bring the total to 38. is there any chance that the democrats blocked the midterm -- losing seats in the midterms? we know, in recent memory, george bush, post 9/11, was able to buck that trend. is there any chance of joe bidens party doing this you think? >> no. in a word. it really isnt. this is -- george bus...

Right? so doocy said is inflation going to be a problem for you in the midterm, and instead of saying we are concerned about it and thats why im doing x, y, z, in fact, peter, thats why im having this meeting today, and im top of it, and then you wouldnt have had any of this this. howard: one of 27 ways he could have handled this. i know you remember when george w. bush, thinking he wasnt being heard, called a new york times reporter call -- >> but the best part of that exchange was he said it t...