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Russians. >> the president went over there, he had a moment to be strong and to be courageous and to call out putin, the kgb post soviet that he is, and he did not appear >> shannon: let me play something from senator, hes 11 of the top republican senators, here is what he said today. >> better wake up, but her than the blame game and pointing fingers, we better get ready for the next election, the midterm election in 2018. >> shannon: do you agree customer could we be doing more? >> of course w...

Our media. >> they influenced our election and the president went over there, he had a moment to be strong and call out vladimir putin, the kgb -- shannon: let me play something from john cornyn, here is what he said today. >> better wake up and rather than the blame game is pointing fingers we better get ready for the next election, the midterm election in 2018. >> do you agree? >> of course we should. the russians are always going to act like the russians, 6 years ago when mitt romney was warn...

Policy wise he is sending the right signals. >> harris: thank you very much, great to have you here. a one-time trump critic survives a g.o.p. primary fight after getting an 11th hour endorsement from president trump. what this says about the president among his base as we look towards the midterm. the power panel holding in, nex next. high protein

Potentially she gets unseated. >> dagen: the people are worried about in their own party of this, putting this mood, giving bonuses to people because of tax reform crumbs and then doubling down a tripling down on it. they were afraid of that being a commercial that somebody cuts in the midterm. >> josh: shes long been a liability for democrats and not because they believe in exactly what they said. they all believe its crumbs and they all believe in open borders and abolish ice and impeaching pr...

Take back those authorities. >> the senate majority leader issued this morning to the kremlin. >> russians need to know that there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016 and it really better not happen again in 2018. >> the senate democratic leader issued this call for action. >> our republican colleagues need to join us in demanding testimony from the presidents national security team that was in helsinki, and we need to do that immediately. we need hearings as soon as possi...

Okay. [laughter] >> marie: she is not entirely wrong. she didnt look prepared for that interview. but she is young, which i think its a plus politically particularly in this midterm. if you are young, you cant look unprepared. she looked off guard and kind of meandered through an answer. >> dana: she doesnt have to do all these interviews. she can win back her district and then we will see. >> charlie: you dont have to be an expert on these things. she went to college. she had some kind of inter...

Mentioned or even this new putin idea with the investigator swap which of course would help undermine the mueller probe. >> i think were asking the wrong question. i think this idea that he was supposed to push back, i read today in the "washington post" they gave him 100 pages. therein lies your problem. so maybe give him two. give him pictures. but are asking the wrong question? maybe they talked about how can you help me in the midterm. and listen, i understand and i accept sort of the increm...

To show it to the american people. i hope he does it before the midterm because we can survive two years of trump. we may -- our institutions may hold for four. we cannot survive eight years of this man. he will destroy the norms and institutions of this country. >> which, of course, as we know world leaders are watching so closely every single day with baited breath, as one said recently. thanks so much, tom friedman. >> pleasure. next, trolling trump. the message one newspaper sent to the pr...

Intelligence community, the right thing to do is send a message saying he could not serve this president. >> i suspect a lot of officials are thinking about doing precisely that. will russia feel emboldened to continue the cyberattacks on the united states going into the midterm in elections? >> it is more than feeling emboldened. i mean, theres no doubt putin feels emboldened after today and go back and tell the gru, russian intelligence yunits to unleash the dogs. go for it. the american presi...

Is part of the problem, politically maybe youre part of the problem. >> thanks for that. i was talking about the electoral college and i think most people know what i meant. the point is the next political phase, whether there are enough republicans in the senate, not in the house, because the house isnt where its going to count, are there enough republicans who regard this behavior as sufficiently anti-american to act? weve all known its in their hands, the state of our nation, in terms of whet...