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Tonight. it could be a late one. what would the win be for the rest of the presidents agenda in the midterm? s before you sold it, my friend. its before your turn. >> harris: more more democrats regret calling for al franken to rig design, and what that can mean for the apparent effort to take the moral high ground on sexual harassment. he did not effectively quit anytime soon. >> sandra: , all that and are #oneluckyguy. i just talked to him, he is ready to go. >> president trump touting the fig...

Humming. but why do you think that the presidents approval rating dont reflect that? >> yeah, it is unprecedented for a presidential approval rating to be so disconnected from good economic numbers. this is the challenge at the white house. a little bit of message discipline for the next year i think could reconnect the presidents job approval rating. its critical they do that. otherwise its going to be not good midterm. ive lived through one under president bush. >> but look at his ratings, bus...

China or a lot of different groups. knowing something about hacking, if you dont catch a hacker in the act, its very hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, ill go along with russia. could have been china. could have been a lot of different groups sf. >> its like david says, he hedges and makes it as vague as possible because he does feel it challenges his legitimacy. but all the intelligence communities came to the same conclusion. theres no doubt about this. its not even a debat...

Were going to continue to run on a positive message. i think the tax bill that looks like its about to be solidified is something that republican wills have a really difficult time running on because it will raise taxes on middle class families. and will give corporations a significant tax cut. i know these guys are looking for a win and some victory going into the holidays but will have a really hard time defending that in the midterm. democrats could run a negative campaign against donald trum...

Basis. >> the same week we hear the president saying he is going to rebuild the fbi. brian, we will talk about this more next hour. thank you for being with us. president trump wants to campaign during the midterm. not unusual for a sitting president to do that. but are gop candidates really looking for his endorsement? do they want to share the stage with him? we will ask our political experts next. and id really appreciate a ride to the stadium. yes! ...but, no, i have to stay here and wait ...

Its larger than a proportion in this state. if democrats can have that kind of turnout among non-white voters, then the electrorate ca look as much of a dream electorate as it did now. >> to which comes in the role of the president. the "washington post" says the president is going to be out there campaigning everywhere. you have to get invited to campaign, number one. the first one is usually bad. obama lost 63 house seats in his first midterm. heres what peggy noonan writes about the president...

Poll gives democrats their first double-digit lead among voters since the obama era. the numbers also show democrats lead republicans by 10% in their interest regarding the 2018 midterms. they also show the presidents disapproval rate at 56%. so, lets get into this. joining me to break it down, peter emerson, contributor at "the huffington post" and rachel brevard from the conservative partnership. welcome on this sunday evening. should republicans in congress be concerned about this? >> well, y...

And they know that. so, you know, i think the record, his record speaks for itself. i do expect to take back the house. i think we have a good shot at the senate now. >> okay. quickly, i want to get to the significant polling numbers out this morning from our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll which shows 50% of voters say they prefer a democrat controlled congress. 39% say stay republican. 59% of democrats reported a high level in next years elections compared to 49% of republicans. are republ...

President are getting what they want out of him in terms of some of the culture war issues hes brought up, some of the tone change hes brought in washington. he inherited a robust economy from president obama and it continues to be robust, so if the economy stays good, i dont think people will punish the president for this, even if they privately think its not changing. >> operative word immediate. january and february people might see more in their paycheck as a result, but its the long-term or...

The next person thats elected in the midterm for the president, is about the person and not the party. >> it better be. >> it should always be. >> in a perfect world. >> do you think this race had national implications? >> yes. >> it shows that the people are not really -- i think the raps a raps -- republicans are on their way out. as long as they are donald trump there, theyll continue to lose. >> you were all donald trumps voters, how many of you today regretted in part? >> three of you have ...