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New role. >> you know what? michael steele -- maybe we should end it there. jake? unless you want to tell viewers and listeners the title of your unwritten book? >> i dont want to but add one thing. disagree slightly. i dont think theres anybody in the house that thinks this is a good thing for republicans going into the midterm to have the speaker cut ties and announce his retirement 220 days before election day. i dont think anyone thinks its a good narrative. michael is doing a good job tryin...

In personal exposure. >> thats right. >> so, yes, you know hes concerned about the fate of the republicans in the midterm election and whether this will jeopardize him. hes more concerned about himself. >> im saying impeachment is something where -- do they have the votes? no. its a political process. high crimes and misdemeanors doesnt really mean anything, but its a proposition going into the midterms where youre okay with everything he did, now you want me toote for him. thats a sensitivity. ...

Hes done it. there is a lot of pressure and pressure behind the scenes and they are hoping cooler heads inside of the white house will prevail. but weve seen a lot of people leave this white house. who are the cooler heads? the lawyers are changing and a fired national security adviser now and there is a sense of we hope so, but i dont they they know. >> and let me ask bee anna how she sees it. >> they have a midterm to consider in the next few months and one of the gambles could be how voters w...

>> i thought you were going to ask me questions about that. >> laura: i didnt prepare for. this im on the wrong network. >> laura: speaking of elections. good segue way to you. lets talk about where we are going for the midterm election cycle. you studied voting booths. midterm are usually brutal for the party in power start with the house of representatives. what do you think. >> challenge for the g.o.p. is three hold. one, the public does not know what they have done. number two they do not kn...

About the strong values and you said you wanted to be a positive force in the community and the world. and you were hijacked by cambridge analytica for political purposes. are you angry about that? >> absolutely. >> and you are determined, and i assume you want changes made in the law. thats what you talked about today. >> senator, the most important thing i care about right now is making sure that no one interferes in the various 2018 elections around the world. we have an extremely important u...

Mike lupica, howell raines, thank you. up next, we go inside the michael cohen raid, how it went down, why its so unusual. thats my special report. then the story we were just discussing later this hour. if its the beat you know well give you the key highlights from mark zuckerbergs testimony today. he says sorry but will that cut it? then later, a little political fun with the comedian billy eichner on his midterm secrets for the democrats. each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. thats the heigh...

This maybe doesnt come up every day. but it comes up offensive. what is your view of the events tonight, chris? >> as you saw there, whether its coming up, it is definitely on the presidents mind and how could it not be. you saw his response there very visceral. very emotional response from the president. of course, done in the context of those folks sitting around that room where have you military brass in uniform. your national security advisor. this is not the kind of setting in which you wou...

Is different from any other president doing it, quite frankly. >> chris: lets turn to the midterms. president trump says your party is vulnerable in november. here he is. >> democrats havent learned, they still think the loyal citizens who care about jobs and borders and security are deplorable. >> chris: how confident are you that democrats will win in november and take back control of the house? >> were a long way from november. lets be clear about that. im confident the american people want t...

>> i hope so. i think they are uniquely inspiring not just to democrats but to the whole country. i think the contrast between the demeanor and adulthood, i think michelle obama would call it, and what were experiencing every day with donald trump. i think youll see them campaigning for democrats. the 2018 election is the most important midterm we ever been through. every day we know republicans will not hold this president accountable. we need people to vote on election day and the president

Tariftariff s china has imposed on u.s. goods. not to mention a lot of iowan companies hurt by the fact we have imposed tariffs on chinese steel and aluminum, which they use for creating tractors and lots of other products. so look, both countries stand to get hurt by this, but only one of the countries has a midterm come november. so china can kind of wait this out for a little while longer than the united states can. particularly since they can target the industries that are most politically s...