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This would be armageddon because of this tax cut. here is the messaging as a republican, you make the best decisions with your money, not nancy pelosi and not the government. weve got to leave it there. >> dagen says yes, marie says no, were moving on. shes back and shes out of the woods. guess of it is? of course, hillary clinton. this fall she will headline events to raise money for the dnc and support some female candidates. whether she will help the party or shes just a painful render for de...

The vice president. how -- just read us in on your day. >> well, kasie, i should point out behind us the labor day parade here has just ended. right outside the steel workers building where it wrapped up. this is where joe biden wanted to be. this is -- theres no place joe biden would rather be on labor day than here. this is the kickoff of his campaigning for the midterm election. hes going to be one of the most active surrogates in terms of heading out there supporting congressional candidates...

Needs to be more representative? and how much does loyalty matter? >> reporter: key questions for voters in one of the bluest parts of the country. >> its time for somebody who is going to bring a new perspective n. >> experience and seniority hell have when the democrats take over in november. >> reporter: and since one has run unopposed for a generation, there are no reliable turnout models. meaning a typically dull midterm is now looking wildly unpredictable in boston. back with me, chris w...

Of holding the president accountable. theyre looking out for themselves. the president is looking out for himself. the democrats should run on the message that were looking out for you. hes going to be marching in this parade here in the next two hours. and also appearing at some of the picnics that are a staple of this annual tradition. this is his first stop, literally, after he was named to barack obamas ticket in 2008. were going to get out of the way here. the parade is literally going to b...

Brigade is about to walk by, so i hope you can hear me. when i was talking to the vice president last night ahead of the appearance at the parade, they said, theres no place hed rather be than at this labor day parade. one of the bilggest in the country. hes a strong supporter of labor. these are the joe biden democrats at the parade. what does this mean for 2020 is the question hanging over all of this. we havent heard a lot from joe biden all summer. this is the mkick-off for his midterm campa...

>> i wonder what youre expecting. again, you talked to staff members on both sides. theyre expecting fireworks. theyre fired up and loaded for bear. having said that, they can all make these statements and they can be very passionate about it. how much youll get out of kavanaugh, i dont know. what are you going to be watching for? >> i think the democrats have to try to cut through with a resonant message for the midterm campaign through the grandstanding of their own presidential contenders lik...

>> what they ought to do is show their respect for the people that helped secure the country -- >> maybe thats the social justice golden parachute calling one all along. >> some conservatives think they can get mileage out of putting a wedge between hollywood and liberals. there is a friend of "the beat," actor billy eichner recruiting stars for the opposite proposition, working with will and others to get younger people registered for the midterm. polls show theyre a threat to trump, 60% disapp...

And brown terms, there is is a possibility this helps the democrat a little more in the midterm than the republican. in the last presidential election, president trump had some very raw and difficult and tough rhetoric, which was widely viewed by a lot of people who were nonwhite as being racially charged. the thing is, in primaries, or in general elections, and florida in midterms, democratic voters, african-americans and hispanic voters, have had a tendency to underperform. now weve seen not o...

This and going into the midterm, it is going to cause the kind of the firestorm that almost ensure s the blue wave that people are talking about, and it is also going to tie up po ten slal the supreme court nomination process which is really what republicans want to the focus on, and finally, back to mueller, the obstruction issue is front and center from what we are hearing, so this could play directly into that part of the investigation. so there is many reasons not to do it. i dont know if it...

Potentially influence an election like the midterm? >> well, there is no rule. it is a custom, and it is a consideration of the department of justice so that when you are within 60 days of the election, you want to avoid do anything with the election, but it is not that you cant do something, and they have to weigh it. obviously, giuliani would love to have the investigation wrapped up as soon as possible and bring it to a close, and every defense attorney would love to say that the investigatio...