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To the domestic agenda and politicking ahead of the midterm campaigns. they want to try to remind voters whats biden actually signed into law last year. theres been so much media attention on the failure of the build back better, which is the centerpiece of his domestic agenda that has pale to failed to pass the senate. little attention relatively speaking paid to the pair of successes, the big infrastructure bill that passed near the end of last year and that covid economic stimulus relief pack...

Down. 357,000 new cases yesterday. the question is, can you sustain it, right? is there another variant out there or does it keep coming? the other key point -- the key point is number one, in a midterm election year, the president is the north star. his approval rating is the north star. its a referendum in the first midterm on the president. but the other side, first, i want to show a senate mab. these are the 34 senate seats. and you focus on these races. 14 currently held by democrats. repub...

Case counts are declineing and science has changed, responsibility should shift from government mandate imposed from the state or local district and shift to individual responsibility by the family. >> ashley: it is constant shifting. you cant keep track of what they say, does this have something to do with the midterm? >> joe: oh, ashley, science has not changed whatsoever, political calculation has changed. ive watched that medical analyst on cnn for the past two years. she has been as pro-mfk...

Nominee. and i hope that never happens again. dana: was not what back into the airport. thank you, senator cotton watching any football game you want to see. hope that your team wins whoever it may be, thank you. >> thank you dana. support next will bring in our send a group we talk but justice breyers retirement throws a curveball into the midterm. ♪

Particularly later this year for the midterm. this is going to be something that is going to continue to echo and resonate. >> and tolu, on that point, is this tension in the republican party focused specifically on the midterms and the direction that some republicans want to take the narrative in, that is focusing more on the biden administration and the economy as opposed to what has happened in the past, in 2020, and the election that former president trump continues to want to focus on. >> y...

Place and crafting and it stuck for thats the gridlock we dont need. with this needs is very strong response from the biden administration. i certainly hope they get because the messages sends to xis extremist significant. martha: this is i was getting a lot of tension overseas but one of the biggest things here is a crime. the president came to new york there is an that came out in the "new york post" which basically said the president needs eric adams a new mayor of new york is talking tough a...

Again or its a really bad flu season or another pathogen. we need to be ready. one thing the world learned is the world was not ready for this pandemic and therefore the first year especially before we got the vaccine was a lot worse than it had to be. >> so, youve been in many ways, like i said, being sort of one of the leading voices in the democratic party trying to say, okay, we have to pivot covid recovery is an economic issue as much as you keep describing. we had our health emergency. in ...

>> so were heading in to a midterm where the pandemic continues to be a major player alongside the economy which you cannot separate it from. if there is a sense that we have moved in on a new phase of this virus, how much does that change the political landscape going into that midterm? >> substantially. and i think it comes down to another simple reduction nis message which is given that weve made progress in an era where we have vaccines and treatments, you have to consider which party do you...

There is no political upside for them doing that they are stuck with the people they have. they are stuck with that team. anything they do to change it would be a sign of such weakness they wont nullify anybody. they will antagonize everybody. >> mara do you expect any changes whether in messaging or personnel as an effort to stave off what hugh talked about historically is going to be a bad midterm for democrats? >> yeah. messaging, yes. the president himself has talked about that. he wants to ...

She was not talking about the violent spread she was talking about everything before. but clearly everything that happened before and during this episode is defined by the violence police being hit with the bear spray, speared with flagpoles, people dying. that is not legitimate political discourse. and again i dont think this is helping the republican party going forward. i think it opens them up. >> president trump discuss politics and midterm realities with a republican cant for the u.s. sena...