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That president obama will have an impact this time? he is not on the balted and that is when he performs and gets his voters to come out. >> this is a different moment. most importantly, president trump is the focus in many ways of the midterm. a post-president he is playing a different role when he goes out on the campaign trail and speaks about the problems that the nation faces and urges this kind of enthusiasm. and also hillary clinton is not on the ticket. so i think its just a different mo...

Written and this new york times op-ed as more evidence of what they suspect in an administration run amok. for those that love him, this is kind of what you voted for. someone that will operate outside the box.we can have arguments about whether or not thats appropriate in this context. taking a member of the presidents desk? some of that just call that staffing. [laughter] >>chris: you may get a call from mitch mcconnell. if it wasnt for that, there were controversies this week that the preside...

Chris, its a reverse almost of 2016 where you had president trump, then candidate trump arguing culture issues so much and sort of continuing to hit president obama and hillary clinton and now youve got barack obama sort of leading the charge against president trump. >> well, on that point, first of all, leland, while i addressed from the -- dressed from the waist up, ive got underarmor sneakers on, in full disclosure, no nike, just want you to know that. leland: your sponsors thank you. lets mo...

Campaign trail this coming week. now less than two months to go before the election day. this is the chair of the republican democratic parties today, explain what they believe will sway midterm voters. >> i welcome president obama on the campaign trail because he is fighting for the issues that people care about. our healthcare is on the ballot. in our democracy as we know it is on the ballot. >> democrats will try and make it about the president. they will try and make it about personality. bu...

Those that hate president trump see what bob woodward had written and this new york times op-ed as more evidence of what they suspect in an administration run amok. for those that love him, this is kind of what you voted for. someone that will operate outside the box.we can have arguments about whether or not thats appropriate in this context. taking a member of the presidents desk? some of that just call that staffing. [laughter] >>chris: you may get a call from mitch mcconnell. if it wasnt for...

This is really an effort to aim squarely at some of these voters that are moderate republicans, maybe convincible independents. the theory being, those individuals are the ones who are going to swing the election in november. the challenge with the theory, of course, is midterm electorates traditionally have been base electorates. it is about getting out the republican base or the democratic base. this appeal really is something that, i think, will energize democrats, yes, but also republicans. ...

Significance beyond that. it was a relatively minor plea agreement. >> so harry, lets talk about the roger stone and creditco part of this. it seemed mueller is zeroing in on stone. sto stone has said he expects to be indicted. my question to you having worked in the justice department, do you think today which is 60 days to the midterm, duke the idea the justice department cant bring anything in that 60 day window applies to anything with stronger stone? >> the short answer is no. no as weve le...

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In two months we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. we have the chance to flip the house of representatives and make sure the real checks and balances in washington. >> well, 57 days until the midterm general elections and three more primaries just coming up this week by the way. and all sides are bringing out the big guns. you saw there this weekend former president barack obama after a year and a half away hitting the campaign trail. sharply criticized the policies, directly...

He has been patient, and he is going to go out there. listen, to the extent that the trump base needs barack obama to get themselves revved up, let them go. but we need obama in and all of our leaders out there for the midterm. >> van jones, thanks very much. >> thank you. coming up next, more on the echoes of watergate today. ill talk with the attorney who disclosed the real deep throat. later, what do alabamans think of how the president is treating their favorite son and former senator je...