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Ive had enough. its not unusual. historically the party in the white house loses seats in the midterm. i think republicans are looking at this going, hey, if youre not up for the fight, it might be a good idea to step down, see if we can maybe hold on to some of these swing districts. again, i think its about two dozen districts. were expecting to lose some of those, although i think democrats expectations of taking back the house, i think thats -- you know, well, it remains to be seen. the elec...

I think they have what they will put in a spending deal already done but fighting this down to the 19th is going to be some rough business. >> shannon: the funding runs out at midnight and thats when we are on. thats right before our friday night dance party. chris stirewalt, great to see you. the tax cuts and jobs act became law eight days ago, several major utility companies that will benefit from the lower taxes are passing savings along to consumers. washingtons own pepco are among the energ...

Midterm. the first talks in years between north and south korea, and report the u.s. is claiming to give kim jong un on the blood he knows. trace gallagher talks about what that means and what doesnt steve bannons latest fall from grace means to the trump revolution? to bake big guests coming up, the head of the border patrol union tells whether he thinks we need a wall and congresswoman martha mcsorley considering a run at fort jeff flake in the senate seat and she is not the only one making ne...

Assuming the republicans are going to lose control. >> bret: you mention the comparison. seats, gains, lost. some states like california, state and local tax issue and tax laws factoring in for republicans. >> its also just moving left. california provided the entire margin of popular vote victory for hillary clinton. in this last election. this is really bad news for republicans. a lot of republican strategists thought issa was a goner anyway. he barely won. popularity going down. they were rea...

Where the briefing is set to go any minute now. we have an extraordinary look at the inner workings on the immigration debate between president trump and both republicans and democrats. tv cameras stayed for nearly an hour, the president on lawmakers tried to reach a deal on the dreamers, 100s of thousands of immigrants who parents brought them to the united states without documents paid we will here with the white house says about that, why the president says he will sign it and why he thinks e...

Flip the house from republican control. his political group plans to push millennial voter turnout in ten states. including against house speaker paul ryan in wisconsin. white house reporter for the washington examiner, sara westwood. great to have you back with us once again. talk a little bit about the 2018 elections and looking ahead. do you foresee a democratic waive here or is it a little bit overstated. if so, only in the house or do you see that it could actually also favor them in the ...

And a lot more younger women getting involved in electoral politics and political grassroots organizing, i think youre right, david. both the midterm and going into 2020 really wont -- may or may not be the year where a woman got elected but it will be the year of the woman driving the agenda. >> it is easier when youre outside politics to be seen as a unifying figure. but when youre in the trenches and coming up with military and foreign policy where people start to think, oh, youre down in the...

Have said they want to get off the sidelines and get into politics. i think were seeing something we have not seen before. and it could dramatically change our politics. >> and then if you add on to that, the womens march and how that has kept going as an organization and a lot more younger women getting involved in both electoral politics and political grassroots organizing. i think youre absolutely right, david, both the midterm and then going into 2020 really wont -- may or may not be the yea...

We need fiscal discipline. i was skeptical saying the presidents appetite for the seems limited. he came out on the campaign trail hard against reform. will he really follow-up a tax bill with welfare reform. hes backing off of that with mitch mcconnell being his conduit talking about infrastructure spending. >> chris: the first midterm election for the party with the president in office is always tough with the exception of you in 2002 with george w. bush, how much trouble are republicans and a...

Were doing the tax cut and that we need fiscal discipline. i was skeptical saying the presidents appetite for the seems limited. he came out on the campaign trail hard against reform. will he really follow-up a tax bill with welfare reform. hes backing off of that with mitch mcconnell being his conduit talking about infrastructure spending. >> chris: the first midterm election for the party with the president in office is always tough with the exception of you in 2002 with george w. bush, how mu...