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Murphy, republican strategist and former campaign adviser for george w. bush, mitt romney, john mccain, everybody nels the world. jeremy bash still with us. guys, weve sat here in america land as the kavanaugh hearings played out, midterm elections played out. mueller not stopping his work but in the background doing whatever hes doing. the one thing prediction, jeff sessions going, has happened. the other thing were waiting for is the possibility that bob mueller, that the indictments, he doesn...

Against him a bit. but yet, he acted like i have new power in the executive branch. im going to utilize it now against my enemies. >> its -- i feel like hes getting either reckless or hard ball in some way. and i cant quite tell. i thought, by the way, that the house vote, the congressional vote, might be much more strongly a rebuke of 40, 50, 60 seats, than it turned into. maybe there was -- i mean, i talked to somebody at the white house who said were relieved it was not so terrible. >> that i...

Are a diametrically opposed country. we are as divided as i have seen in my lifetime and yours. the president did well, where he has done well, in the way that hes done well. but the base shrunk and he got rejected in the overall vote more than he did in the 2016 election. i think those are just the raw facts. but i want to ask you about something else. im happy to get into the election. >> the participation is down. he himself wasnt on the ballot. >> participation was down? he was on the ballot...

Because we like extremes when we cover things. but people came out. you may have had historic turnout in a midterm. thats an unqualified good. >> you had ayanna pressley on earlier. very impressive. i have a young lady on tonight who is one of two native-american candidates who won. there are a lot of firsts, especially for women. and if you look at some of the places that maybe -- georgia has not been called yet -- where people may perceive them as losses, theyre losses because they didnt get i...

Department a short time ago. administration officials told cnn sessions wanted to try to stay until the end of the week but was told, in fact, he had to leave today. the news broke shortly after president was asked about his beleaguered attorney general at the conference at the white house. heres what he said. >> can you give us clarity, sir, on your thinking now after the midterms about your attorney general and deputy attorney general? do they have long-term job security? >> id rather answer t...

There was something for everybody. people wanted bigger numbers. why? because we like extremes when we cover things. but people came out. you may have had historic turnout in a midterm. thats an unqualified good. >> you had ayanna pressley on earlier. very impressive. i have a young lady on tonight who is one of two native-american candidates who won. there are a lot of firsts, especially for women. and if you look at some of the places that maybe -- georgia has not been called yet -- where peop...

Down, anthony? >> im talking about off the 2016 campaign. >> this is the midterm. it always is. >> he himself was not on the ballot. >> he said he was. he told your candidates and the rallies, vote for me like i was on it. >> of course, he said that, but he wasnt on the ballot and so we both know that. and so thats why the data that youre looking at, i dont think is 100% accurate. >> here we go. >> if you want to use that data, the democrats will be set up to lose again in 2020. >> how so? they ...

Liberals are embracing session. >> i asked richard blumenthal about that. he said that he -- >> believe me, hes about as right wing as they get. >> in this day and age, stranger things have happened. for a president that takes pride in taking no ones advice, why did he wait until after the midterm? if he was so mad at sessions and he really wanted to get this done, this seems entirely calculated because of the timing to be changing the conversation from bad news, you had a bad night. >> terrible...

Go in and mess around with this investigation? >> let me ask you this. >> that would be an abuse of power. >> let me ask you this before we go back to the other, guys. what about the timing here, right? on the day that he -- the day after he loses control of the congress, he makes this decision. he could have done it before. he could have done it anytime. he could do it a week from now. what does the timing say about you? >> hes got past the midterm. theres no immediate political ramifications a...

Go in and mess around with this investigation? >> let me ask you this. >> that would be an abuse of power. >> let me ask you this before we go back to the other, guys. what about the timing here, right? on the day that he -- the day after he loses control of the congress, he makes this decision. he could have done it before. he could have done it anytime. he could do it a week from now. what does the timing say about you? >> hes got past the midterm. theres no immediate political ramifications a...