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And we have seen donald trump endorse a few people, make some adjustments in the primaries but i think you will see him endorsing pretty much the whole republican slate in the general election. i think he is starting to realize how important this election is to him if the republicans lose the house all the sudden you have the ability of the house to bring impeachment charges for example. >> right. >> right away. i think it is starting to become apparent to president trump. he is realizing that h...

Was 90% on other issues, 10% on the midterm coming up where he was speaking. how much of this was geared toward ohioans, how much was he talking about issues they care about? >> mr. balderson got about five minutes of speaking time at the podium. he had a few attacks on the democratic candidate, oconnor. kind of taking a page out of trumps playbook, calling him dishonest danny and trump had his own attacks. but i would say, same percentage. about 90% was trump talking about really any issue that...

Shadow of it, how is that working out for him so far? >> you just got -- weigh in on that, that no black athlete who want to sit across from the president. >> we havent seen that at all. and one of trumps advisors, darrell scott, one of his black advisors has been working really hard to get a summit going to get black athletes to come to the white house. that has not happened because no one wants to because the president has not shown himself interested in the issues. the issues lebron has talke...

Was very much responsible for election meddling in 2016? >> look, i think its simple. when the president was in helsinki, he got a lot of blowback from even republicans. republicans on the hill, republican national security experts, republican commentators. i mean, there was a lot of blowback. and i think he looks at that, again, focusing on keeping the house in republican hands. and he says, ive got a problem. if that red wave thats not really developing is going to happen even in donald trumps...

The way in which hes going about it, the strategy. its kind of a good guy/bad guy strategy. >> to be honest, his base is solid. it doesnt matter what he says or what he tweets or what he does. the base is with him. the base is moving with him. attached to him. just like a jacket that hes wearing. its that moderate. its that republican that was for mitt romney. or the republican that was more jeb bush or the establishment, you know, republican. its that. and theyre going to hold their nose and go...

Enthusiasm on their side which could give them han advantaan a the house and give them an advantage in the senate. i think when you think about this time line and the totality, we know the president dictated this statement. jay came out and said the president did not. we found out that is a lie. we found out the president admitteded it is about opposition research. they maintained it is merely about adoptions. so what i wonder now, when did the president find out this meeting was about oppositio...

The ninth year of the obama economic expansion. while it seems to be slowing down, im glad its at least continuing under this president. but the reality is if you look at the tax cut that they just passed, its the first tax cut to have higher disapproval than approval ratings in american history. because the american people know that 83% of the tax cut went to the wealthiest 1%. thats wrong. they also know that the republicans spent the first year of this administration attempting to take away h...

Agree with it or not which is why he was elected, they decide to come out and say we do not support this president, were not going to support republicans in this midterm and vis-a-vis this midterm will control whether or not this president will be impeached. >> its subpoena power. no one knows what the demes will do with subpoena power. >> its going to control the house and control subpoena power and oversight. this white house will be greatly affected. the kochs will certainly not have the type...

Perspectives will be on the ticket. the question is which is on the top of the ticket. >> before miguels piece i mentioned the word impeachment. i want you to listen to something rudy giuliani, the presidents personal attorney said this week while stumping for a republican congressional candidate in new hampshire. >> i have to say this. and i say this in my role not as a lawyer but as a -- as a concerned citizen and republican, but this election is going to be about impeachment or no impeachment...

Points down. we understand were in a fight and we understand that history is against us. only once after 9/11 in 2002 has the presidents party gained seats in the house in their first midterm election. however, theres a reason for optimism. i talked about it at length. soaring economy, great candidates like troy, and members across the country like barba barbara comstock, and also nancy pelosi, the most unpopular politician in every district in the country. thats a fact. theres a clear choice be...