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Of them may have had personal voter registration information hacked and nearly one in five of all the voters hit, 14,121 of them are residents of galesburg which authorities say was attacked because it had similar digital voting numbers. authorities want to prevent what happened in galesburg from happening to you. >> reporter: the russian assault on our election system prompted new measures to protect your vote in the midterm. >> you can add people to it, you can delete people and you can create...

Much potentially impacted. my last question is if we continue to see this back and forth and the retaliation take place, when we look at voters in red states are they going to be changing their minds and is it going to be impacting the midterm? >> i think the president is really cautious now with larry kudlow as his new economic advise or im very confident that hes been in the president s ear, theyre very well aware of the politics of states like missouri for instance where they won by almost 20...

Ralph northam and in other races, youll see more in the summer and the fall of him campaigning for democrats. i think the obamas recognize that the 2018 election is the most important midterm weve ever been through. every day we know republicans will not hold this president accountable. if we care about accountability, rule of law, democracy, we need people to vote on election day, and the president and mrs. obama can both inspire that kind of action. >> thanks to both of you for joining us toni...

I think the obamas recognize that the 2018 election is the most important midterm weve ever been through. every day we know republicans will not hold this president accountable. if we care about accountability, rule of law, democracy, we need people to vote on election day, and the president and mrs. obama can both inspire that kind of action. >> thanks to both of you for joining us tonight. tonights last word is up next. e for the big things in life, we tend to start small. less of this. cut ba...

Has for a long time. he seems to relish getting into a trade war with china even as his advisers like larry kudlow are like we dont want to do this. this may be one of the places where the president will be the president regardless of what the people around him are urging him not to do. >> so true, right, kevin? its been one of the presidents major drum beats during election perio periods. but the fact that these are steel and aluminum tariffs that are hurting his, trump, states and now were loo...

Welcome back to "hardball." 44 republicans are giving up their seats in 2018, creating an opening for democrats who need to pick up 24 seats to win a majority in the house of representatives. since world war ii, the presidents party has lost an average of 29 seats in his first midterm election and when that presidents job approval rating has fallen below 50%, his party has lost an average of 44 seats. in the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll 50% of registered voters say prefer a democra...

House. they will take control of the speakership, the chairmanship of all the committees, and most importantly perhaps the power of the subpoena. they will claim to an enormous amount of power, and with it, i believe an enormous amount of responsibility. a word first about the math. as i said earlier in the show, the democrats have control now of 194 house seats. they need to pick up 24 to get to the 218 majority. history suggests and the level of this presidents popularity suggests they will pi...

Republicans had was the slippery slope, as mcconnell noted, and president trump has injected so much volatility in the market, at least in the short-term. theres a fear that this economic moment that theyre experiencing could be jeopardized by a series of rash economic decisions the president is making because he wants to say that hes fulfilling certain promises, but economists say its bad policy. were in a state now where were looking at maybe a market correction at the moment, but people are a...

Their party but not really of their party. at the end of the day, he cares about his own base and his own electoral success. when you talk to advisers, both current and former bhit houwhit advisers, they say nothing rattles this president more than the thought of turning off the supporters who have stuck by his side through so many controversial fires, that is something he really fears. >> would he not be more influenced by pelosi? >> it was never about reaching out to anybody else. it was about...

Stronger workplace protections." she takes claim and says but its everybodys fault. that is the attitude. we saw with harvey weinstein. its horrible. society has donated service to women here. no, you did. congresswoman, you did it. if republicans can find a way to message on it and say its not our fault. we didnt do this. you did this, they can win. with scott talking about this, i had to check the year. is it 2016? you just replaced the name donald trump, make him the candidate. there is no wa...