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You mentioned the magic number, look, 24. if democrats get a net gain of 24 seats, this november in the midterm elections, they win back the house. and you just said it there, martha mcsally is one of 23 republicans from districts, republican-held house districts, that hillary clinton carry in the 2016 election. so when you think of these as these districts here are collectively are the first tier of targets for democrats. they say, look, if hillary clinton could beat trump in these districts, m...

Aspects of the iran deal need to be changed. that there are many activities outside of the iran deal, whether it be ballistic missiles, other issues, that we will continue to sanction that are outside the jcpoa. human rights violations. we couldnt be more focused. we have as many sanctions on iran today as we have on any other country in the process, and well continue to look at things. >> mr. secretary, thank you, two quick follow ups. deck charge abo democrat charge about issues that could com...

Be changed, that there are many activities outside of the iran deal, whether it be ballistic missiles, whether it be other issues that we will continue to sanction that are the gc poa, human rights violations. we cannot be more focused. we have as many sanctions on iran today as we have on any other country in the process. we will continue to look at things. >> mr. secretary -- -- >> thank you, mr. secretary, and the question related to the emma craddick charge to the issues next year. are there...

Resulted in people coming into this country and have done harm to americans in recent months. we have got to make these changes. if i traveled across this country not only over the last year, but during the course of the campaign, i heard from one american after another that the flow of illegal immigration, the flow of illicit drugs is tearing apart families and communities, has got to end. and border security and a wall are central to that, and president trumps gonna accomplish it. >> martha: y...

We are probably a year and a half away from the presidential primaries starting to get going. so what is the utility of a poll now doing a matchup for 2020? how likely is a head to head matchup gonna tell us what will happen in three years? i think its down near 0. 0. >> martha: i think thats what you said when donald trump took the ride down the escalator, too, with all due respect. its too far away. it will never happen. >> i said it would never happen. i didnt say it was too far away. >> mart...

Civil rights that they would lose that funding? >> the support we provide egypt is an element of our relationship. my message will be, how can we find ways to strengthen the ties between the united states and egypt and make it possible for us to move forward in a way that advances the security of both of our countries and the security of the region. >> martha: okay. congress just hopping forward to your visit to nevada this week. youll be there to support them. how do you see your role in the 20...

Election, bill clintons irrelevant. the republicans are counting on clinton being a one-termer. you cant necessarily correlate the midterm with the next presidential. >> i do -- i like when youre going and what larry is saying, too, which is look at the states that went for trump by 20, 30, 40,000 votes. the wisconsins, the pennsylvanias, the michigans and see -- also what turnout looks like. i think this is a challenge for so many of these state-wide candidates and the candidates sitting in the...

Companies, businesses updating payrolls and figuring this all out in the next couple months, right? >> they have to get the w-2 forms by january 31st which tells everybody how much money they made the prior year so they can pay their taxes in april of this year but make all these changes for millions and millions of workers by february to get those paychecks changed. it is going to be very fast. >> democrats are saying this is a rush, republicans and wanting to get this in before the midterm so ...

Ruth marcus. we were going to do campaign politics first and then a little about the hill and reversed that. so michael steele, you were here in 2010. on the, on one side of this and you saw i believe a big red wave building and were taking advantage of it. how familiar does this look to you, just 2010-wise? >> our friend amy walters has a saying, been here since 1992 and never seen a normal midterm. >> im with her. >> so. >> what is normal? >> well what would be normal right now is if democrats...

Difficult topic. he was very receptive to ideas from both sides of the aisle. even you saw this in the press briefing, the daily press briefing from sarah sanders that followed. all of this focus on the president bringing both parties together to facilitate a compromise and get things done. and that was the message they wanted to send. i dont think that this meeting is going to change any minds. look, for people that want to believe that michael wolffs book is the bible on a trump whos lost his ...