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A poll the other day from our friends at cnn. they took their temperature on 2020 and biden finished first, 33%. sanders the only other in double digits. kamala harris, elizabeth warren, cory booker. if the message of joe biden to democratic voters in 2020 is i was a loyal vice president to barack obama and i can win pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin back because im scranton joe, is this going to be a message to democratic voters. >> i think from that interview he sounds like he may run for p...

Cycle. he will be campaigning for the state auditor. hes the republican who is trying to unseat democratic senator john tester. joining me now msnbc senior national correspondent chris jansen. she just traveled to montana to find out if a democratic with win in a state donald trump won. >> its going to be very tight. tester knows this. that may be the most obvious referendum because hes running and saying im his guy. ill do what he wants me to do. the question now really is how many of the peopl...

We get past the midterm there could be more criminal indictments coming. what they will say and who they will involvehe big question is n are we getting this report and what is going to entail. >> and stone and manafort were business partners at one time. these folks are all tied together. >> >> what do you make of this. rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general of the united states gives an interview of the "wall street journal" says very positive things, upbeat things about the mueller inves...

Mcconnell said no one that he knows wants to strip away protections for those with pre-existing conditions. phil, repealing obamacare, we went through that a lot. its been a republican prior to forever but in this midterm environment, is that what mcconnell should talk about? >> democrats appreciate it and republicans in the house and senate who are running in races right now, even in the reddest sta of states dont appreciate it. democrats have been laser focused on health care and making pre-ex...

They dont like borders. you see whats happening with the border where people are coming up in caravans and we need to stop them even the laws are terrible. >> here to discuss it, huds secretary under president obama and his new book is "an unlikely journey: waking up from you heard -- this is scare tactic, right? hes using to rev up supporters before the midterm. >> absolutely. hes done that to rev up his campaign. its been his bread and butter issue. its no surprise hes going back to it. my hop...

On the president for whats happening in congressional races is just not accurate. a lot of republicans dont share that view. they see this as clearly a referendum on the president. midterms typically are the first midterm election after the president is sworn in is a referendum of sorts of that new president. it hurts the party in power, at least it has historically. while it may have been an uptick as of late, hes down compared to other predecessors. hes expected to lose seats. its also a sign ...

♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> melissa: a migrant caravan up to 3,000 central americans is right now slowly marching toward our countrys southern border you the president tweeting hard to believe thousands of people south of the border walking unimpeded toward our country in the form of large caravan that the democrats wont approve legislation that will allow laws for protection of our country. great midterm issue for republicans. yesterday president trump threatening to end fina...

Thats on dredge right now. go to the associated press thing trump tells ap he wont accept blame if republicans loses the house. he did not say that. ainsley: the question to the president was do you bear responsibility if the g.o.p. loses the house? and this is really what he said. he said no. i think im helping people and i will say that we have a very big impact. i dont believe anybody has ever had this kind of an impact. how do you get that he is not going to accept blame out of what he reall...

Number with the refined focused on russia, they say the president has broad powers to hire and fire. heres the president on fox business network last night. >> i imagine we are going to hear more after midterm -- >> there was no collusion, do you think id call russia -- i need help in idaho, iowa, lets call russia. its a con job. its a total con job, its a disgrace. >> the expectation is that mueller will present his boss to rod rosenstein, in the last few minutes weve confirmed through a republ...

>> dana: just 20 days out from the midterm, concerns exist about just how secure our elections are. many looking at colorado as it rolls out a series of changes after concerns about foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election. what could other states learn from colorado? >> reporter: actually, quite a bit, according to the department of homeland security. back in september, colorados secretary of state hosted a training session attended by many of our countrys election officials. secr...