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Going into the midterm. >> i think the democrats should have picked a different issue because what they will end up doing, if republicans feel, because they are complacent right now, if republicans feel like the supreme court is going to be an issue, even those people that held their new know mike knows for trump, they will show up. if it seems like theres a chance that the democrats will block this nomination, thats not what democrats want. >> dana: indeed are probably not. matt bennett and lau...

White house as a judge. elena kagan and sonia sotomayor are, every single document, not just the public documents but private board meeting notes were turned over. he should be held to the same standards. >> harris: democrats know they cant stop this nomination. so my question early on before schumer and the others decided they would say it -- although the argument as they are only sitting, was why dont you have them in droves? you know elena kagan, the republican sat with her. we heard the talk...

Leave the country voluntarily f she doesnt, she could end up in the same detention center where she visits her clients. jack. >> thanks, rob, the midterm, democrats need 23 seats to take the house and momentum across the country is shifting, joining us now to break it down editor at large about media scott, thanks for joining us. >> first thing, democrats need 23 seats to win the house, right now they have 7-point advantage in ballot. they are favored to win control, but its not a sure thing. we...

Defense. it doesnt erase his past. >> i think -- i think thats wrong and bad and will hurt them in the midterm. think about it, not everyone is a conservative republican like me, but most americans who are in the middle, independent and apolitical, they dont want this. they want our country kept safe and they want our president to be able to make sure, as wells are members of congress, that our intelligence community is doing the right thing. this is clearly within the purview of the executive b...

Well maybe not on twitter. >> the danger for the trump team coming out talking about this stuff, about it being a witch hunt and paul manafort and all the stuff, it can impact jurors or it could be messages sent to other witnesses. i think thats the danger, we dont let the process take its natural course. it seems like its been a very long time but in reality if you judge it against other investigations, this has not been a long investigation at all and has actually returned some significant cha...

Our country. that security clearance is for our benefit. i asked a former secretary when donald trump was considering this, am i overreacting to this this is outrageous. did you ever use prior administration fishes to make decisions? he told me all the time. it makes us less safe. >> so to politics. you have said that youre potentially thinking about running for president in 2020? >> im going to do all i can to win my seat first, have a baby on november 4th. my wife. we have a daughter. ill be t...

Manafort saying, aha, im going to keep this money away from the irs. >> im going to launder these dollars. >> exactly. and i sort of wonder whether this jury is not riven by the same divisions the rest of us in society are. this jury is not sequestered. theyre wandering around the courtroom with reporters -- >> i was just going to ask you about that. how unusual is that? i thought juries, you were never supposed to talk to the jury. >> sequestering is rather rare, but it is unusual to have juror...

That office right now as the chief of staff, would that be worrying to you that the american people clearly dont trust your administration? the people who are operating it day to day? >> it would be concerning and unsettling, and i think to date at least president trumps overall approval ratings have been below prior presidents, and thats a concern as the midterm approaches. i think, krirks tchris, when yo the white house counsel testifying, which i think he did the right thing to do that, but y...

Paul: i have a hard time that if democrats take the house which nancy pelosi having lead the effort, raised a lot of money that the democrat party will throw to a side woman as speaker of the house after retain house, hard to believe. >> look, paul, i dont think the challenge is necessarily after the election if they win. this effort which you are seeing some folks like zeth molton, younger democrat from massachusetts, catherine from new york, they are pushing to get pelosi out now, they like fo...

Doing these reunifications. why? because the trump administration didnt have a plan to bring these families back together when they initially instituted this family separation policy so they have been playing catch up to come up with a plan in real time. >> its really unfathomable that there was no plan in the first place, and many of these kids are under 5 which is a very vulnerable time to be taken away from your mother. the trump administration is meanwhile honoring i.c.e. agents. what is you...