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Effusive with the north koreans in that in that they studied him and they found a way to sell something that they wanted to him in terms that he had used and could understand and i think they rolled him on this issue. i think they got him. kim dozier and sam vinograd. >> what message does it send to those who want to break with the president ahead of the midterm? also republican leaders breathing a sigh of relief after dodging a battle royale over immigration. well talk to one of those republica...

He gets crazy crazy. they dont want to say we disavow him. >> do you think it will happen? >> i he no idea what is going to happen. i wouldnt have told you he would have a bilateral summit in singapore with kim jong anythissible. shannon: several races we are watching. we love having you on so come back. polls close in a short while ago is sharp the contested nevada primary, voters making the choices into the midterm but all kinds of important races. jonathan hunt with results coming in, hes tak...

Before the midterm elections. and you have, you know, the muller investigation which is sort of like this cloud that follows tmun but it is one of the most exciting times of any presidency this summer before the first midterm. >> bret: its truly amazing. usually here as you know in washington, august is a very tired, sleepy time. i dont think there has been one of those weeks since this president has taken office: and i expect that all the way to the mid termswery have that kind of drinking from...

Votes for the midterm ballot. gop strategist and former obama campaign advisor david morey. does this happen? should it happen? >> this has been date since 1859 and rightfully so. when you look at california it does not have adequate representation in the senate, to have 4 to 20,000 votes, if you look at the way the map is drawn, it will break down into 3 large liberal ups, horrible conservative voices. im not sure the way it is drawn is fair but it is fair to give it a look. >> do you agree? >>...

Were talking about tonight. and coming out of what rachel just said, lets agree to two things. number one, that this is a regime that craves being relevant, craves being in the conversation. number two, none of us would be here, they wouldnt be here if there iso nuclear weapons in north korea. >> and number three, you talked about not sugarcoating things, lets not sugarcoat the fact that were all doing this because donald trump wants us to. donald trump is there because he knew wed be here. this...

Nonsense. >> melissa: mr. hanson tough steph. >> harris: a very long hashtag hashtag. anyway, the countdown is on a for the release of the justice department internal watchdogs report on the fbi and the dojs handling of the hillary clinton email probe. now the presidents lawyer says former fbi director james comey could be prosecuted once the report is out. so is comey really at risk and what would his procuti mean head of the midterm?

Encroachment of nato on its borders. they didnt like protest of ukraine friendly to . they developed this information warfare capability they first used in ukraine, social media bots, creating fake news. >> they all follow me on twitter now. >> my they brought it to the united states. why would putin do this? does he want sanctions relief? he wants what we just saw at the g7. thats the return on their investment. >> an american president talking about adding him back to the g7, make it the g8. >...

A health care plan, republicans began undercutting it and now president trump is trying to make it so that you dont have the health care that you were promised. who wins that fights. and it is a high stakes fight, but president trump -- >> and by traditional rules, and most things under candidate trump have not followed traditional rules, but the presidents numbers are up. his handling of north korea, 52% approve. 49% on the economy. that is moving up a bit about that foreign policy, immigration...

Numbers now close to where obama was right before his first midterm. why do you believe trump will suffer the same fate obama do d or akin to it where the out party, the democrats, regain the majority? >> i think for a couple of reasons. one of the reasons the poll numbers are going up is the economy is very strong. worldwide, what we are seeing now is relatively low unemployment rates, japan and germany, canada has the lowest unemployment rate of 40 years. mexicos unemployment rate is very, ver...