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Im martha maccallum. mexican police in riot gear pushing some of the immigrants back across the border amid reports of tear gas and the rocks being thrown. and celebratory air horns blaring. the president says he will put a stop to all of this before it reaches the southern border suggesting this is nothing more than a political ploy 17 days before the midterm. >> president trump: now we are starting to find out -- i wont say it 100%. i will put a little tiny question mark at the end. but a lot ...

To the media. violated its own rules with respect to dealing with terminated sources like christopher steele and most importantly im more convinced and concerned that a bump of trump-hating agents and lawyers at the f.b.i. were telling president trump he wasnt under investigation when they were talking about investigating president trump. >> bill: more convinced than ever? thats a bit of a headline. >> more convinced. >> bill: james baker yesterday, nelly ohr today, rod rosenstein next week. im ...

It all means massive disruption to the car industry, cities, businesses and investors. ♪ ♪ >> president trump: im thrilled to be here in montana with thousands of loyal, hardworking, incredible american patriots. this is truly an incredible time for our country. the unemployment rate just fell to the lowest level in over 50 years. here in the montana, household incomes have reached an all-time high. think of that. >> melissa: it president trump hitting the campaign trail hard ahead of the mi...

And the white house has been telling us to focus very much on getting out the base. the way they explain it, migration, ms-13, media and mueller. sort of four things to definitely get republicans to the poll. mueller is falling off the radar screen now lately but immigration, ms-13, crime, the border, a key issue for donald trump and most motivated republican voters and hope to hit that over and over and over again in the days leading up to the midterm and a big issue for him. it was in 2016. it...

Honduras traveling by bus, truck and foot. it is now one of president trumps prime targets as part of the midterm strategy. the migrants say theyre fleeing extreme violence and poverty and told reporters they would rather risk the consequences of trumps immigration crackdown than stay in the country. heres why. in 2012, honduras was considered the murder capital of the world. with a rate of 90 murders per 100,000 people. according to the united nations, in 2017, the number was down to 46 murders...

What our fabulous guests and reporters are working on in their world, so eugene, what are your sources telling you? >> this has been a big week related to dna and native american communities, but ive been talking to lawmakers and activists in native american communities that are hoping this will pivot the conversation to real issues impacting them like job loss, the opioid epidemic, violence towards women, and so theyre trying to get that story before lawmakers right now. >> interesting. your so...

Press secretary says, "while we are passionate about solving the issue of illegal immigration, we are not angry at one another." david, it comes as the president, though, is ramping up his rhetoric on this issue. you mentioned that threat of military action along the border. the president has made clear, he thinks this issue excites his base and is good politics. the president tweeting, "great midterm issue for republicans." >> mary bruce live at the white house. thank you, mary. were watching...

The number of open seats, huge problem for republicans. were seeing open seats in places like florida, lakeland florida. looking at polls that suggest a race of republicans didnt care much about a month ago is now tied. >> which one? >> dennis ross. the democrat, they havent been the focus of a national fund raising fly and suddenly its a toss-up and seeing races coming on to the board for democrats lat and suggests there are clear favorites for house control. >> are we looking at just two midte...

Wave. waszerm its a gain of less than 40 seats and hard to call that a wave. sounds to me like a typical historical midterm. joining me is david wasserman, a nbc news contributor. i guess the big question is, where are we right now? because if it wasnt for kavanaugh and this same surge happened we would be calling it natural tightening and saying, well, you know. look. nobody said theyll win 55-45. because of kavanaugh and it was a loud tightening, we think its something else. what say you? >> i...

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