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Very early day, so we will keep an eye on the skies. heather: yeah, you would definitely have to only deliver certain time of type, i dont know if you can deliver tacos because they would break on the down i think but taco bell handing out free food. tracee: doesnt math who you are rooting for in the world series, taco promotion, the first base that is stolen during the world series which does start tomorrow between the la dodgers and the boston red sox, everyone gets free taco, this is a dorito...

Democrat in this statewide race. joining us, brett stevens and karine jean-pierre? do i say that right? >> its perfect. >> senior adviser to moveon.org and mike who will be the first to notice and call me out on my bad french. veteran columnist who also joins the table. let me start with you. i feel like if it were so sure that ted cruz had this in the bag, air force one wouldnt be landing in texas today. >> if six months ago, if i was sitting at this table and i was telling you, hey, the last t...

For the last eight years has been staunchly against obamacare. >> all right. two weeks with just over two weeks until election day, some democrats seem concerned about the absence of a singular unifying figure or unifying message. >> its not enough for it to show who they are. we got to tell them who we are. what do we stand for? do we stand for? what does the democratic party stand for today? >> but some are encouraged by the fact the party let candidates focus on local issues and let conner la...

The president faces an escalating international crisis. >> over the disappearance of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. >> do you find that credible? >> absolutely not. >> i dont find it credible at all. >> it stretches to believe the crown prince wasnt involved in this. >> obviously, there was intent. >> there has to be a conquince. >> the president should go all the way on this. >> the saudi i ambassador to th united states. >> discontinue arm sales. >> im not rushing to judge. do i ...

Tight anyway. and i think that whats happening here is republicans obviously are consolidating and the key for democrats is to continue to keep their heads down, focus on their districts and turn out their voters. thats what this next 15 days is going to be about. thats why you see president obama out. you see joe biden out, because we know that thats what its going to take to energize our base, and to turn voters out. >> john mentioned the polling out. let me look with you at the new nbc news w...

So this had been the story all year. over the summer. in our poll. democrats had a double-digit advantage. on that question there of are you really into the midterm elections for democrats in 11-point edge over the summer. heres the new number, though, polling it again in mid-october. the democratic energy, it is not going away. it is still there and jumped up but the republican energy has also jumped up. pretty dramatically. you have a democratic advantage on energy. four points now. it was 11 ...

52% disapprove. but among registered voters you have the president at 47% approval. thats the highest rating in our entire poll since trumps presidency. and i go back to the 45% number. to me thats a very important demarcation line. were look agent the exit polls and looking at congressional districts and states, places where trump is above 45%, i think hes going to be a help or a neutral for republicans but when hes below 45%, thats trouble for republican incumbents and republicans on the ballo...

Final weeks? >> so when i see that poll, it says to me, okay, republicans are probably coming home, which would make sense as we head closer to the midterm elections, 16, 15 days tomorrow. and so it actually makes sense. what is worrisome, i would -- if i were a republican is the independents. theyre still losing independents and women. so, yeah, this number at 47, still historically low. but there are pockets in there that i would be really concerned. but the thing that when i look at just what...

Now conveniently trump trefrien. and i think it speaks to how completely donald trump has taken over the republican party. he hits houston tonight and then four other state this is coming week. he goes to wisconsin on wednesday, he will campaign for republican governor scott walker. and then he goes to charlotte, north carolina on friday and rounds things now the murfeesboro on saturday. as the president hits the trail, he is doing it with an applooro rating that is the best job. among registere...

Midterm because historically that has been true. which means that over half of americans choose not to vote in a midterm election like the one coming up in two week. and our whole point is to get out and organize at a grass roots basis to talk to people about the issues they care the most about. and to make it -- to give them all the information, not just on the issues, but also where to vote, what they have to do to be registered -- to register, to engage them as much as possible and make it po...