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Aspen security conference, that her senate staff had phishing from the same -- i think it was fancy bear, the same operatives who were trying to hack and successfully did hack the dnc and john podesta. how ominous is this, going into the midterm? >> well, its really ominous, to consider that the same russian actors may have been involved in trying to hack a vulnerable democratic senators campaign right around the same time that president trump called for her ouster from the senate. what is also ...

Sort of best swing state indicator in the midwest for decades. has president trump lost those farmers yet, or no? >> he hasnt lost a lot of them, but he will lose some when it hits their pocket books. when your friends and neighbors are losing their farm because of tariffs, its going to be hard to go into the voting booth and cast a vote for him, cast a vote for republicans in the midterm. one of the things that people forget is that iowa had 31 or 33 pivot counties. those are counties that ball...

Poorly-considered, many say, putin summit in the fall is not going to be held, in fact. this after a meeting with republican leaders and the president, saying the last thing they need before a tough midterm election for republicans is to have a rather toxic meeting, a return summit with vladimir putin at the white house. >> reporter: theres no doubt political pressure played a role in the decision to postpone that summit with vladimir putin. as you mentioned, we are anticipating theres going to ...

Election interference, waiving of sanctions. we want to know exactly what was agreed to and, quite frankly, we hope that mr. pompeo is in a position to give us clear answers in that regard. >> the president now says he is concerned. he is concerned, he says, that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm congressional elections here in the united states in november but not to help him or to help republicans but actually, he says now that the russians want to help the democrats, your party. do...

Worked for her in new york. what clair mccaskill is going to do in missouri will work for clair mccaskill in missouri. what will work in the 32nd district in dallas will work for him. when we talk about the midterm, were talking about very specific districts. i think there is a separate conversation to be had about a presidential campaign. but we are a little over 100 days out from midterm elections and i think thats what democratic voters, democratic strategists and candidates alike are focused...

Who think you just got rid of a popular president. >> dana: 65% of democrats do not want to push for impeachment. its like theyve gotten the memo. if it looks like you take away the presidency from somebody for a campaign finance violation, im not saying thats going to happen. but if that is the perception, you wont recover. >> jedediah: they are thinking about reelection, and they are saying if we dont have something substantive here to impeach him on, you have to think about his potential for ...

Continues to sort of toy around with the idea that a divided government is good for him. he likes the idea of running against a democratic congress. if you get into next year and he has a democratic held congress and theyre fighting the subpoena fight, i think he doesnt think any of that is necessarily bad for him unless he loses. the precedent, his folks argue, is on his side. >> i think two years is a lifetime for trump to fight something like this. meaning if this gets carried over into the n...

Evidence -- have you seen any evidence at all, senator, that the russians right now are working to help democrats? forget about sowing discord or chaos, but to help democrats win the midterm contest. >> the most recent reports that weve had have simply been theyll do everything they can to undermine the confidence in the election process. they do not like democracy. they do not like free elections. they dont like it when the united states has confidence in the outcomes of elections. so what youl...

Should apologize. credential a brand is getting ready for 2020 with those comments and thats fine but in terms of the midterm, i will say there are democrats, we used to call them blue dog democrats, democrats who fit their district were given republicans a run for their money in ohio and michigan and pennsylvania can i keep saying to people i know the liberal wing of the party gets a lot of national press attention because i agree, its interesting. but if republicans dont see this undercurrent ...

♪ >> jason: democrats are seeing the swing and the number of americans who say their party has gone off course. in a new pool, 56% of voters say democratic candidates are out of step with the mainstream thinking. thats a big increase from two years ago when 42% said the same thing, a 14-point swing. nearly identical numbers say republicans are out of step over that has remained constant. this comes as a political analyst larry sabatino predicts for the first time democrats are favorites to ret...