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Doj and the fbi handling of the email case. big day in texas, texas voters will head to the polls as the first primary of the 2018 midterms kicks in but numbers show a blue wave hitting the lone star state. could we see the state turn blue and if so could that forecast what is to come and other midterm races? chris wilson, thanks for joining us this morning. a big day in texas and if we look at the early voting numbers democrats coming out on top. >> they are and it illustrates to every republic...

With something, we hear it from sarah sanders the president is living up the a promise. this is a promise president trump made a couple of months ago. if a promise is a promise, sir. >> a key aid has been given permission to work a second job with private clients. an epa ethics lawyer approved for outside work but noted there might be a financial conflict of interest. and nations first midterm primaries are officially underway in texas. why do we care so much? they are seen as early tests of d...

Not a great approval rating. thats not a great approval rating. ted crauz, look, only 40% approval rating this year. in a neutral year, you wouldnt say this states ready to flip blue, but in a midterm, if the national environment is moving strongly against trump, all these other factors we talked about maybe start to come into it. i dont think this is the top target by any means for democrats this year. but if we look up, the last couple of weeks, last couple of days in this campaign, and we see...

Presidential election that year. you got to go back to 1998. remember, these two guys, ben n benson, dukakis. they ran for president, vice president. lloyd benson, the last democrat to win a senate race in texas, 30 years ago. you got to go back to 1984 to find a single democrat who won any statewide election in texas. basically an entire generation without a democrat winning statewide. thats what democrats are up against. why would they think it might be different this year? mentioned it is a m...

There is not been any evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. i feel like we need to keep saying that. even maxine waters has said it. as this goes along, now we are getting into the midterm election season. and this is a complicated choice for democrats. i saw some recent polling, people dont care about this is much as you think they do. >> jessica: they care about the economy and health care than this. there are the diehards that want to hear about this all the time but el...

Immigration on top of the list? >> no. no one cares about russia except democrats and russians. the rest of the americans, there is so much more. real issues. those particular issues are real issues that americans are contending with. they sit around their kitchen table trying to figure out how to make ends meet. and fortunately republicans are leading the way on all of these issues. but where are democrats? theyre nowhere to be found. not one of them came to the table to vote for the tax cuts. ...

The white house or the administration about guns. i dont know when well get to that point. if you are asked as a reporter to make a projection, will there be action on guns as a result of what happened in florida? >> we could see tiny, incremental change. i think the midterm is playing a role in change in congress this year. we see on the ground or states, unlike many previous time of a real pressure from voters that something would be done. i think we can get a sense of that polls when donald t...

Checks a good many have had a chance to see that now, maybe more to come, but is that going to move the dial much midterm? what would it take to change that? >> i think a strong economy is always on the side of incumbent parties, always on the side of an incumbent president. not just focusing on the stock market, but also focusing on some of our economic indicators in terms of our labor market, in terms of wages, in terms of how american consumers are feeling about the economy, those things look...

If his policies and procedures failed, if his officers failed, he needs to fire everyone in that chain of command and then resign. ainsley: all right, sheriff. thank you so much. thanks for coming on on a saturday and most importantly thank you for your service. >> thank you for having me. thanks so much, ainsley, thank you. ainsley: youre welcome. come up, what is the midterm message for the rnc. ronna mcdaniel on that coming up. griff: they tried to block ben shapiro block from speaking on cam...

People that were polled, only 5 total said that russia was the most important issue for them going into the 2018 midterm. connell: the economy -- >> im like hey democrats continue to focus on that. you know where the voters favor republicans, economy, national security, jobs, all of these things where i think republicans are doing all of the right things. so i feel like the things are turning in the right direction. the congressional generic poll is turning in the right direction. lets not forge...