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Comparison to where president clinton, president bush was, president obama was two years in, how does it compare? >> well, if you look at where president bush was at two years, he was doing extremely well. we were still in the patriotic fervor coming out of the war against terrorism and he actually gained seats in his midterm election. a more apt comparison might be the embattled bill clinton at this point in his presidency when he faced the disastrous loss of both the house and the senate in th...

Certainly after president trump took office, the hate crimes are up, with 17% increase last year compared to 2016, the bulk of it directed at black and jewish americans. and just weeks before the data released, we had a nationwide span of domestic terror attacks targeting both communities, culminating in the shooting at a pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 jewish senior citizens dead. all these attacks carried out by men reported to have expouzed racist views, partisans for president trump or bot...

Democrats won the midterm elections. what do you mean by that? >> now he has an antagonist, now he has a foil. that may be a cover-up for an election lost, but there is a point for this. he does like having a fight, he likes having something to go after. remember, both bill clinton and barack obama lost control of parts of congress in their first midterm elections like donald trump and yet went on to win reelection in part because they had somebody to play off of and tell the electorates, see, i...

Democra democrats, i heard langford say want 1.3 billion. he thinks that number will wind up somewhere in the middle. >> somewhere between zero and 5. that would be somewhere in the middle. >> exactly. theres always a deal to be had. president obama at this point in his presidency cut a deal with republicans on the hill to extend the bush tax credit in exchange for repealing dont ask, dont tell. that was weeks after he took the shellacking in the first midterm election. theres a deal to be done....

America. essentially those are the two buckets. and the approval rating for donald trump in middle america is still very, very strong. you saw that with the strong senate performances. >> they werent so good. >> there were some losses. >> a lot of losses. >> look, we gained in the senate and trump did a lot better than people thought. there was no blue wave whatsoever despite being outspent. outperformed obama in his first midterm. i reject the premise that he somehow doesnt have a mandate to go...

Was president. we have become such a bifurcated country where you have manhattan, malibu, and middle america. essentially those are the two buckets. and the approval rating for donald trump in middle america is still very, very strong. you saw that with the strong senate performances. >> they werent so good. >> there were some losses. >> a lot of losses. >> look, we gained in the senate and trump did a lot better than people thought. there was no blue wave whatsoever despite being outspent. outp...

Really got unlocked. >> the one person you probably didnt want to push away is the guy who knows everything about you. the thing that my friend from moveon.org, democrats are sort of focused already on, is projecting forward. you will now have nancy pelosi the most powerful moment and also who might lead the party in 2020. move on did an interesting poll. one of the results of the 2018 midterm is that couple of names really sort of shot to the forefront. stacey abrams, andrew gillum. none of whi...

War message there and the democrats sort of having that large victory certainly in the popular vote on the house side. yet here we are. from trumps standpoint, he needs to expand his base, probably, to win re-election, but at the same time, he needs the base. >> yeah, but hes got the base. look, the base loves president trump. the wall is not the only thing thats going to keep them with him. they are a very diehard base, more loyal than weve seen a base to any president. hes got them. what he do...

President. and i think the question tonight is the same as it always is when were in these chaotic situations. its not so much about trump. its what do other republicans do and say about this, people who can actually have some influence. trump will never change, but the grown ups in the republican party, if there are any left, really, really need to step up because things can always get worse tomorrow. >> well, lets talk to a republican now and a grown up. so, scott, youre pretty straight with m...

States senate voting step to bring to the floor of the senate. welcome to washington. thats what we call it. that would keep the government open. 11 hours away. about 420,000 federal employees affected. we believe the senate will not pass this measure. it includes $5 billion in new border wall funding the president demanded. the house went back and did that yesterday. lets come back into the room for a second. there are a number of things in play. will we have a partial government shut down? thi...