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Ryan back with us as well, assistant managing editor for the "new york times" and a veteran political journalist. so caroline, what does it say about these midterms that these two guys, lets speak english, who hate each other, were side by side and lovey-dovey at this rally tonight in texas? what does that say about any of this? >> in a midterm when you have incumbent senators running for re-election, theres always a little bit of a dance, am i with the president on some issues, do i depart from...

Former communications director for ted cruz, also with us is former rnc and white house spokesman alex conan. alice, texas, cruz and trump back together again. could you have envisioned this a few months ago, even? >> a few months ago, yes. last year at this time, no. the reality is, presidential politics is tough. its rough and tumble, and when it gets down to it, people do anything they need to to win, and this is exactly what happened here. at the end of the day, ted realizes that while you c...

Divergence. it is the dominant force in the final stage of this election. if you look at the nbc/wall street journal poll it is striking, john, democrats are up 70 points among african-americans, and 46 between white educated voters. in particular, that gap between college and noncollege white voters is, by far, the widest we have measured in a modern midterm. that points to an election where theyre facing enormous diversity. but democrats given the republican strength in blue collar communities...

Democrats are also worried that all this talk about a blue wave, a pickup of 30, 40, 50 seats in the house has really put the party in a difficult position. it builds some overconfidence into the system here. >> maybe expectations management, right? if they take it back but its only 20, 30 seats. the president would claim that as a victory. >> exactly. even if its only a couple of seats, probably more what were looking like. this talk of a blue wave seems to be overstated. the president thinks t...

Joe bidden, as you mentioned, as well as president trump. he was in a rules section of nevada, trying to frame this as, they need to bring out the rule vote. that that is where republicans see as their path in trying to keep congressman -- senator dean heller in office. so, we -- it is very, very early so far, erica. but what we can tell you is after just three days of early vote, the democrats here in clark county are feeling very good. they are having very strong turnout. a very different pict...

Of stone? >> gosh, its really hard to predict. the one thing about robert muellers investigation is he keeps it close to the vest. you dont see a lot of leaks coming out of his investigation. its hard know what to expect. if you look at the progression as hes worked his way through, high ranking official in the trump campaign or close to trump, michael cohen, paul manafort and others, its not unreasonable to expect that is next step. >> we have now seen the first charges of russian interference ...

Brett kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order and common sense. >>chris: president trump now into his final midterm election blitz, trying to fire up his pace with what he thinks are the hot button issues. speaker gingrich, what do you think of the presidents strategy before the election? and the effort is made saying, when you go to the voting booths, pretend and act as if im on the ballot. >> normally i would say thats not a good idea but in this environment with this president, its the only way...

Come in. they are a process to get you to the goals you really want. do you like prosperity. thats where tax cuts do it. they have got to be marginal tax cuts. the president stangsdz it very well that. tax bill we had last year that took effect this year was the most amazing tax bill. it cut marginal race is. >> are you surprise i had it is not getting the pulling down the road not being received that way but by a lot of folks who think into the i. >> i think the economy is getting polling stuff...

Man screaming at the senator. [shouting] [inaudible conversations] jillian: never ending, democratic robin byro and kimberly. >> unfortunately we live in a society where we dont know between the difference between a political activist and someone with a mental condition. >> i really think that the public has gone weary and tired of this, two weeks after the midterm i dont think its doing us any favors. jillian: witnesses say that the hecklers even tossed his food out of the restaurant. rob: form...

At that level of corruption that cant be overstated. i also want to point out briefly for readers that there has been talk based on the presidents comments about putting the military at the border, whether or not it is lawful. i want to point out that there are exceptions and exclusions, and the bottom line is that if the military is providing a support and not law enforcement roles, that is when it is legal and there is lots of other aspects to it, as well. >> harris: there is precedent for tha...