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Walters in california, they are trailing their democratic opponents because this midterm has become a referendum to trump. the upside for republicans is that helps republican incumbents in some districts that trump carried. >> guy, cecil, you guys have been waiting here patiently while we sort out everything. >> is it sorted? >> i think so. how do you see the senate map in all of this.

The wrong way. he misunderstood it. it wasnt criticism coming from jim mattis. jim mattis knows the president knows why nato exist and what its done for the last 70 years. its been indispensable, a political and military alliance to provide peace and security in the world. >> martha: he said that it was his area, theres a financial -- biko he changed it. >> martha: if general mattis decided to leave, would you be interested in that position, general? >> im... um, not thinking about becoming secr...

National conversation like it was in 2014 for republicans who are obsessively focused on retaking the levers of government. i do not see that among republicans. i see cultural issues and a lot of them have almost nothing to do with electoral politics. i see them receding from the conversation. the cable news environment which i loved very much is not like the national environment. i dont see the kind of enthusiasm that i see on cable news in the general electorate. >> to his point about what con...

A lot of strategists say this house will be won or lost. look at numbers theyre significant. you talked about the certainty to vote but enthusiasm is up and its up among key demographics, young women, women, minority, all likely to benefit democrats but the but, but, but, polls never mattered for trump in the general election. will they matter in the midterritories? trump wants to make the race about him and hes doing a pretty good job. >> gene, as you know, if there is going to be a congression...

Lets see what a republican congress or new -- >> the first thing you do is end this whats it called, uh to be -- autocracy. you have to stop trump. just 22 days out from the midterm, three weeks from tomorrow, early voting already underway. vote if you can early. i believe in early voting in case you dont make it election day. were going to look at who is up and who is down in key western states. the concerns have always owned the south, dixiecrats. they own the cowboy part of the country. in th...

>> juan: three weeks from tomorrow voters head to the polls and one of our nations fiercest midterm battles ever. president trump touting republican enthusiasm during his campaign blitz in battleground states. the president also ramping up his attack against democrats. >> >> president trump: if nancy pelosi... [boos] >> president trump: crying chuck schumer and the radical democrats take over congress, they will try to raise your taxes. they will immediately restore job killing regulations. they...

>> what is most disturbing about this is the saudis are not in this position because of some plan that went wrong. theyre in this position because of a plan that went right which may be worst geo political miscalculation. >> there are other countries coming to support the saudis. we have a list pulled up saying we believe what they are saying. >> host are either subsidiaries are very close allies. you look at the list. we know how much kmmoney they ge to jordanians. thats not a surprising list. ...

Coming into a country, namely our country, illegally. >> worked for him in 2016 making it all about him. donald trumps indicators are that it will work for him again. is it so -- are you so confident that its not going to? that something like immigration, even though it might turn off some republican women, wont fire up enough hard core respects, more republican men maybe, to get them or even independents who hate immigration to get them to the polls to make sure they vote down the republican li...

Thats about to happen, and even if it does, that its some indication of ousting or not seeing on the same page on issues versus just being time. more plenty of folks who worked for mattis who thinks hes not going anywhere any time soon. >> thank you all. mob mentality. as the president tries to paint democratic voters as an angry mob, i have a former dnc chair standing by to talk about her partys best defense and the big step that elizabeth warren might have taken toward 2020. plus trump on th...

Blue wave. >> dave wasserman, your take on that? >> look, i dont think the popularity of individual republican members is counting for much this year. there are some cases where republicans are staying above water because theyve been vocally opposed to trump in blue districts for quite some time. people like barbara comstock, mike kaufman, peter roskam, mimi walters in california, they are trailing their democratic opponents because this midterm has become a referendum to trump. the upside for r...