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Races. in the house races, he could drive across the bridge to see barbara comstock. she would hide. >> no thank you. the president saying he cant think of a reason why republicans wont do well. well, republicans can think of so many reasons and most of them are on his twitter feed every single morning. the president i think doesnt quite understand that the midterm dynamics are going to be different from what he was experiencing when he ran and won very narrowly in 2016. he also often forgets th...

Everything can change based on a tweet. >> ill go with the view of the kavanaugh fight from the states. theres been a $1.5 million ad buy by judicial crisis network targeting west virginia, north dakota, indiana and alabama. obviously that will play into this and the midterm is coming up and what that vote looks like for red state democrats. there are poll numbers from those states in alabama, indiana, north dakota and west virginia, double digits in favor of confirming which is going to make th...

Selling out and putting their special interests and donors first. >> look at where we were in january, where we are now, 12 races since we last did this a couple months ago. 12 more races moving toward the democrats which is the great tug of war in american politics. we talked about the booming economy, something the president and his party should be able to sell to the american people, but then you have the a first, the traditional midterm namics, the president eefs party almost always loses in...

For the fed to raise rates. >> i think it is in the market expected. there is inflation and obviously with two percent inflation, we have to heavily slightly higher interest rates to manage through that. >> he also said he expects three percent growth and continues for four or five years into the future. he is not too worried about american tech giants taking a tumble earlier in the week. >> im not concerned about this at all. and again, investors should have diversified portfolios for theyve ha...

Fire. >> i think thats a rare possibility. i dont know thats going to happen. i think based on what we know now -- >> dont know whats going to happen. >> that he comes back with nothing. we know enough now to know i think the president knew something. we dont know exactly the extent. >> suppose mueller comes back and says all of this -- >> we cant indict him. >> i cant indict him. you dont think donald trump will use that for a victory lap? >> absolutely. >> will that not affect the midterm. >> ...

Merit. we need great people coming into our country. this is something weve seen from him before. >> yes. >> we have seen members of his own party react strongly to this rhetoric. ill put a flag down. we are 100 days away from the midterm elections. how are members of his own party going to process what he tweeted this morning about his willingness to take us to the brink once again? >> there are few republicans in congress who want to shut down the government ahead of the critical midterm elect...

Not been productive if the president is hoping to turn down the temperature. he has only turned it up. >> i want to ask you about some of the other tweets we saw from the president today. lets focus on bone here about polling. wow, highest poll numbers in the history of the republican party. that includes honest abe lincoln and ronald reagan. there must be something wrong. plees reche please recheck that poll. i dont have my hands on the springfield illinois poll from the 19th century. this is n...

>> looking ahead to the midterm the president said he was to be very active on the campaign trail. here is what he told sean hannity on the radio yesterday. >> i said to general kelly, i said, to a whole group of people we have to get a group together. give me the top 25 congresspeople that or you know, could go either way. and i want to go out and campaign for those people. likewise with the senate. because were going to fix everything once we have -- >> considering your district and being from...

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Russia, the kids being locked in cages. that doesnt make people happy during a midterm. if the economy got worse, it would damage trump and the republicans but a good economy is not enough to save them this fall and not enough to save this president. >> donald trumps win is attributed to economic anxiety. is that a word that was mask something else thats still there? >> that is a word that was masking something else. as somebody teaching in ohio at the time, donald trump support ran across all s...