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And now they have no real clear direction. >> the policy aspect aside, were in a midterm where the republicans are running for re-election in congress. others are running to join congress. democrats will take this and say look, we need more democrats to have a check on power in this white house and ive talked to a few campaigns in which bannon was operating already. and some of them say this is good for, you know, either the incumbents or those being challenged by the bannon wing, by mitch mccon...

>> sandra: i saw you turn around because of the noises. i have think its snowplows. >> harris: they are behind the live wall here. they can see it. >> its a drink in new orleans not a bombshell. >> harris: i like that. >> sandra: we fall out from that explosive white house tell all it might be dimming steve bannons star power as a republican kingmaker. so candidates he is backing are now distancing themselves from him and aligning with president trump. what it all means as we march towards the m...

Im not sure why hes speaking out now and why he didnt do anything about it then if thats what believed. >> fair point? >> no. you very rarely throw a grenade if its going to create casualties among your friends. and steve bannon and donald trump are friends. steve bannon was the architect of the trump campaign. what youre hearing and what you just heard from my former colleague jim jordan is not a desire to get to the truth, its a desire to get past the midterm elections. its a year of a midterm...

Investigation by the house intelligence committee as a cudgel to defuse or deflate the mueller investigation. all of this adds up to, at the end of the day, and i spoke to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, a house intelligence committee report that is likely to have dissenting views, that is likely to say that day is night, and night is day. starkly different interpretations. and the hope that the republicans will retain the majority in the midterm and be able to further squelch any kind...

Little bit to make it much more realistic to talk about how the senate and house are in play. particularly the historical trend, that usually the presidents party loses seats in the first midterm of their first term. and so i think those historical trends along with a lot of the political undercurrents here give democrats reason to be optimistic. >> the question i have is, is president trump an asset or a liability? maggie haberman pointed out on twitter, i notice that president trump campaigned...

Polls and voters come november, and there are 124 planned days of actual work this year. even as these men and women are working on getting elected here. >> just that it is interesting, in keeping that midterm in mind, there are at least 34, 35 republican that is wrote to the gop leaders ahead of $in t-- in middle of december to say, we need to do something about daca and the dreamers. as david knows, you wont get all the conservatives or liberals. >> david knows that well, right. >> and the thi...

Daca, thats going to be one of the most important issues as congress tries to continue to fund the government. we only have three weeks until government funding expires, president trump is demanding funding for his wall and also some reforms to immigration policy as it is. democrats clearly want a permanent fix. this is so important because this is the issue that brought republican base voters out to the polls. while, yes, they were able to get gorsuch to the supreme court ant tax reform to the ...

We will have more jobs, more money in her pocket, and will see it by the midterm? >> yes, the people who currently dona jobs, they will find jobs. most of those people will get the low level jobs that are not the high-paying one, but they will get jobs that they otherwise did not have. those people who do have jobs will get higher paying jobs, more responsible jobs, and i too will happen there. both of these groups together are going to be much, much better off. that may not lead to an increase ...

Washington. and finally, protests rock iran. >> the iranian people are angry at the rising tide of corruption in their daily lives. >> reporter: president trump warns the u.s. is watching. whats the next move? this is mtp daily, and it starts right now. ♪ good evening im chuck todd here in washington. welcome to mtp daily and welcome to 2018. we begin the year with a president who probably feels like he could do everything. but we could end the year with a midterm wave that prevents him fr...

Should also mention, poppy, there were also two other people in the apartment complex, the roommate, not among them. they were also hit by bullets, and luckily they were also released from the hospital yesterday. >> scott mclean, we appreciate the update. were wishing all of them the best. good to hear those officers are at least in stable condition this morning. thank you. so also this morning, an investigation into a deadly plane crash in costa rica. 12 people were killed, ten of them are am...