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>> todd: do i snow blow or get my guy lee to plow. lees wife watches. get me up. we got to plan. time now 28 minutes after the hour now. dozens of democrats bailing before the midterm, guess who is sticking around? >> this election is crucial and that is why im running for the election to congress. tokd pelosi never-ending quest hurt the party? >> carley: find out what joe concha thinks next. ♪

Not trying to do the best job they can. i feel like theyve been way too befuddled. >> nbc found the gop has much liar levels of enthusiasm. 61% of republicans versus only 47% of democrats saying theyre very interested in the midterms. i am a poll nerd. i know youre a poll nerd. you look at lots of polls. theyre all the sort of caveats we say about these are the numbers you see. how much of that is true? how much of that is just the context of this could be any midterm, and how much of is this th...

Like this, crime and destruction, murder at 25 year highs and inflation is spiking, the realities of america today pushing more americans than ever before as joe biden attacks republicans. >> what are republicans for cracks what are they for? name me one thing they are for. maria: former speaker of the house newt gingrich on the gop priorities ahead with the midterm primaries one month away and a new survey reporting more americans now favor the republican party and then you will not see any of ...

The court has proven to be an issue that galvanizes gop voters more than it galvanizes democratic voters. it gives them enthusiasm. it gives them messaging and fundraising -- but heading into the midterm, yes its a win that they can point to, which is something that democrats need, certainly and the white house needs right now. certain political lifelines. but long term, looking ahead to november, im not sure changes much. >> how should we assess justice breyers legacy after 20 years on the benc...

Willing to do. so fundamentally, all of us have to understand, this is not a donald trump problem. this is a republican base problem. and the longer that goes on and the misinformation and everything that is consumed by that, the more danger it is, in my view, to our democracy. >> weve only got a couple of seconds left, juanita, but do you make anything of the fact that while donald trump continues to raise huge amounts of money, the people who voted for impeachment are raising more money than t...

They dont have an initiative. they dont have an exit strategy to stop red wave that is building and i dont know how they can come up with one. >> shannon: the gallup polling has not been good for democrats lately especially with self-identifying party afill united states. the poll shows just how much trouble democrats are in when joe biden took over from donald trump a year ago, democrats held a 49-40 advantage in that gallup poll party identification from 9 points up to 5 points down in less th...

Think about this. what are republicans for? what are they for? >> what is your reaction to that? i mean one reaction could be, well, thats why now he needs to score some victories, some wins, and thats why he conceded last night, the reality, that theyre going to break up build back better and try to pass individual popular pieces of it. it reminds me of some of the, you know, some of the things that bill clinton was able to do for his re-election after a devastating midterm. you know, small pop...

>> yeah. and she was nominated for a d.c. circuit seat and was postponed because shes under consideration. i want to focus more broadly on the administration. youre close to the administration. youre critical to the president. the recent time cover marking president bidens first year shows the stack of challenges facing him. covid, inflation. what were seeing on the ukraine border with russia. key to the presidents turnaround when he was candidate, in this midterm, he cites you when he talks abo...

When they get rid of them, right? why is my son, who already had -- double vaccinated, and already had corona, masking 40 hours a week, thats another thing, i think democrats have been too dogmatic about that. >> reporter: youre an involved mom in a swing state who was a democrat and now what are you? >> i -- probably im still a democrat, but i think im a lot closer to the independent category. where as before i would not have even considered voting for a republican, now im just looking for the ...

Welcome back to "the sunday show." rene, cleve and tara are back with me. there are a lot of things to discuss on the sunday shows. i want to go back in time, and back in time to something that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had to say. >> whats your message for voters of color who are concerned that without the john l. lewis voting rights act theyre not going to be able to vote in the midterm? >> well, the concern is misplaced. if you look at statistics, african american voters are voti...