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Lets go straight to jim acosta, at the white house with us today. jim, reading some of your reporting, there was a quote talking about a perfect storm scenario against the president, based on the midterm outcome. what did they say? >> thats right, brooke. a lot of angst inside the white house. the president tweeting about don mcgahn. the one thread we have been following today, brooke, there is concern about what is going to happen up on capitol hill should the democrats take control with the up...

Reduce the amount of worrying that youre going to have after the fact. >> david gergen, i cut you off. go ahead. >> yeah, i just want to say, look, i think what all of this portends, john, were ten weeks away from the midterms, and not much is -- i think the white house is going to be careful not to rock the boat too much between now and the midterm. but afterwards what this suggests whats going on right now is president trump has cleared away one of the main barriers in mcgahn who would have ob...

President trump and senator sanders. its happening in the nations largest swing state, just two years before the next presidential election. shannon, this is going to be one of the biggest races nationwide. >> with a big senate race thered rick scott as well, florida will be want to watch. kristin, thank you very much. a scandal erupted in less than 24 hours after the party nominees were locked in for the florida gubernatorial race. the trump endorsed geo. now many is facing an attempt on backla...

Particularly on the right, but also on the extreme left, the development of people who live in an alternative reality, do not accept whats going on in the world, and that has been a core part of how trump got elected. the manipulation of voters by the russians and the voter suppression done by the trump campaign itself were both highly dependent on those filter bubbles. last people on earth who politically people should be complaining is the trump family. >> were glad we have you to help us out ...

>> great to have your insight and you here with us. >> thanks, danny. appreciate it all right. so we have reported on the warning from president trump to evangelicals there would be violence if republicans lose the midterm. he told evangelicals during a closed door meeting that they were violent people that would overturn the gains made during his administration violently. yesterday the president struggled to clarify those remarks. take a listen. >> i just hope there wont be violence. i can te...

Meaning a typically dull midterm is now looking wildly unpredictable in boston. >> some wild turkeys. this is certainly not predictable. chris, i want to thank you. shes been dominating. i mean, you got such an upgrade on this anchor desk for the last week, thank you. chris, you mentioned these two candidates, they agree on almost everything. what is this about? >> so, look, if you look at the statistics, we have right now in congress the most diverse ever. the most diverse is less than 20% fema...

Midterm that will be violence? >> look, i dont know where he was going with the violence comment. im really not sure about that. but what we do know is this. the most important thing to conservatives is judges. the presidents done a very good job at appointing conservative judges. if the senate goes the other way, its going to be very, very difficult to do what he has done -- what he continues to do as it relates to judges and united states supreme court justices. as it relates to the house. the...

Have been endeared to donald trump throughout his presidency because of the policy initiatives they think he is championing. judges being a key component of that. whats interesting to me is that the republican party and donald trump have some things to sell the american people, right? the economy is relatively good on paper, seems to be humming along, they have the tax cuts they passed last year that they hoped would be centerpiece to their midterm message but youre not seeing the president talk...

Robert mueller, if that person will pledge not to fire them. i dont think the white house wants this problem. >> i do wonder if it happens after the midterm. but if republicans keep the senate, and programs the republicans keep the house, the president will feel -- it will be proportional as to how emboldened he feels. now, i would not put it past the president to fire jeff sessions in 20 minutes. >> by tweet. >> by tweet. so there is always that. it didnt seem like he is going to do it before t...

Even close. the president tweeted not only did ron desantis when the republican primary but, and, this is not what florida wants or needs. matthew continetti, editor in chief of the washington free bacon. a.b. stoddard, and jonathan swann, national political reporter for axios. matthew, this quite a show down down there. >> mtthew: already, we didnt waste any time to getting to what the 2018 midterm will be about. and one thing, of all the states, florida is perhaps the most my guy east. the dem...