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Elite? we beat them in every category. lets let them be elite and we are super elite, right? griff: president making it very clear have you got a choice here. traditionally it is perhaps the strongest message of people trying to get elect saying elect me because i will be a check on president x. he had a land slide bleeding of 63 seats that he lost in first midterm. goes back to bush and clinton. always campaign message. the president is saying, look, if you want to continue to have progress. if...

Independents that are, you know, registered than republicans or democrats. that belies the numbers people may identify why one party or another. the independents, people maybe not crazy what democrats are doing and not crazy about trump, they have to make the decision, do we want to vote for democrats simply because we believe its necessary to place a check on donald trump in the last two years of his presidency? i think thats where this comes in. and you know, weve seen a bunch of polling sayin...

Campaign money for personal expenses. a settlement with a person who wants to keep quiet detail the of a personal relationship -- details of a personal relationship is personal expenses. finish i think a jury would find that, and thats been the history so far. so i think were down to, again, something very far away from collusion and not, not something that historically has been criminal. paul: kim, what about this point about the political peril here. and i want to talk about two senses. first,...

Democrats thinking capitalize on the residence badly. hoping they can bring a blue wave 73 days from today when the americans vote in the midterm. chicago there is a meeting underway with a focus on how to tailor the message across each congressional district. democrats say theres a reason to be hopeful. just look at these polls. fox news shows 50 percent of clinton supporters are more excited to vote in the midterms in the 2018 midterms then compared to in the past elections. trump supporters a...

We finally have an official winner the last special election of the 2018 cycle. republican troy balderson was today named the winner ohios special house election with a margin of victory of less than a point. its technical a win for republicans, but not much of one. this is a district trump carried by 12 percentage point which is the gop had to spend $5 million to narrowly hang on to and it will be contested once again in a few months in november. joining me for more on the midterm landscape w...

One. this is a district trump carried by 12 percentage point which is the gop had to spend $5 million to narrowly hang on to and it will be contested once again in a few months in november. joining me for more on the midterm landscape with 74 days until the election, former republican congressman david jolly of florida, also former democratic senator barbara boxer of california, host of fight back with barbara boxer. david, let me start with you. two interesting things happening in the way thi...

>> great to see you. >> harris: the ball may have moved on that, if there is opening for capitol hill, lawmakers on capitol hill to take a look at making some time for any sort of confirmation and replacement of jeff sessions, that may have changed the game. your thoughts? >> well, it could very well do that, obviously the senate warned for a while they have a full calendar right now and one that would open up for a appointment of a new attorney general and in the meantime, rosenstein would be t...

So now it seems a matter of time. lindsey graham is cautioning the president to do it after the midterm because he thinks its politically disruptive beforehand but the president is now given leeway where he wasnt relieving it previously from the republicans on capitol hill. >> you write when they are together, they had a meeting together at the white house yesterday which must have been awkward, it doesnt come up? how does it happen? >> you would think so. the sessions people went in there, sess...

Him. he just said that with the justice department. its all about loyalty, its all about him, its all about protecting him. thats what you heard from senator rounds. thats what you heard from people on the hill this week, saying that he is the president. what do you want us to do? you could launch investigations. you could do this. you could do that. we are ahead of a midterm. they want to talk about the economy. they want to talk about taxes. right now, all theyre doing is spending their time t...

Republicans on the other hand, are encouraging incumbents in the tightest races to call out convictions and corruptions and distance themselves from the president despite his ability to fire up the base. we have congressional correspondent phil mattingly, whos on capitol hill. its very much gut check time for both parties on the hill. >> no question about it. 12 days until labor day, which has always kind of been the official launch of the midterm blitz. maybe thats less relevant this day and ag...