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Plotting their own midterm strategies, even as there are these fissures in the republican party. nbc news reporting that president obama said to listen to voters decisions and express empathy. >> alicia, for months, i have been saying democrats should have started doing that. every jobs report that came out, every metric that they touted, every historic number that they did, they should give it all context in the reality that people arent yet feeling the benefits of these positive trends. so i t...

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...

Democrats hoping to be elected or re-elected to congress, and theyre tough at every level, right? one thing you can look at is enthusiasm. 51% of republicans say they are enthusiastic. 43% of democrats. >> you have a single democrat, about 150 years of political history distilled there. republicans need five seats to win the house. if you go back to the civil war in every midterm since 1870, except four of them, the party out of the white house has won at least five seats in the house. you know,...

Making plans to hold clinton accountable in the midterm, ohio congressman mike turner was asked directly if he would move to hold hearings on capitol hill if he was in charge of the house intelligence committee. here is what he had to say . >> absolutely. this is a threat to our democracy itself. this is so wrong. >> brooke: and a new poll shows 66% of democrats wants clinton questioned in an attempt to tie him to the kremlin, the former president responding to the filing say whatting hillary cl...

Do good in this midterm electio he would have said i want to combine with whatever political capital eric adams has and im going to ask the dch to start cracking down. im going to say we back the cops and im going to give everybody a federal funds $15,000 raise, do you know scop start at $32,000 and now theyr making them live in the city? there is no way to do that. for everyone that is called for that, hes got to call them out or hes complacent great. >> katz, he is complacent, what say you? to...

The point im trying to put distance between this administration and the faction of the democratic party once a defined police for the often talk about the initiatives from the department of justice to crack down things like the ghost guns. crime is happening in cities that is an issue that people vote on. you are going to need to see the white house take a more serious look at that going into the midterms of the one have any impact on the midterm races. this is something that is going to come ba...

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...

On peters point about this being an opportunity for democrats, its a unifying force, were going to ask jim psaki about the nomination in just a few minutes. is there a plan emerging within the west wing to use this nomination? this confirmation hearings thats coming out as a way of winning votes in the midterms? as a way of energizing the base? >> i think to the extent that it gives them a boost, right? it gives them some breathing room as peter suggested after a number of setbacks on their agen...

No problem because he can hold his breath. [laughter] but de blasio and garcetti the three worst mayors. i will tell you i was in a state in which they do not recognize or acknowledge the science but for newsom the elites in the democratic party they do not follow the rules they set for us. in fact no vaccine requirements at the oscars. you dont even have to have the shot. it is totally political. and they feel entitled. i will tell you right now the solution is the midterm in the local election...

You can see that. theres no doubt-- the state department today is trying to reopen the consulate in jerusalem. its not only illegal, its immoral. we have a embassy in jerusalem today and they are trying to reopen the consulate. its indicative of a pro- palestinian view that sits inside of so many of our foreign policy elites and establishments. we should not permit that to happen. the trump administration to the right thing by israel and by the us to protect our friend and ally and build out fur...