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Positions. usually the first midterm in a presidential term is a tough time. and when you look at this, you see that the respondents are saying they would prefer democrats over republicans in control of congress by substantial margins in those states. all of these signs put together show a troubling picture for the president where he does not have the approval or does not have the confidence of many people in the survey. richard? >> nbcs kelly odonnell with the president there in bridgewater, ne...

Reform or tax cuts by year end? . >> well, if it isnt, the republicans deserve to lose in the midterm, and a lot of these guys need to resign and say were too weak to get it done. 24hr protection from frequent heartburn. all day, and all night. now packed into a pill so small, we call it mini. new clearminis from nexium 24hr. see heartburn differently. steve chooses to walk over the26.2 miles,9 days... thats a marathon. and he does it with dr. scholls. only dr. scholls has massaging gel insoles ...

>> thats a really good point. governor what do you think john kelly has done to change the situation or improve things to the president? a couple weeks ago when general kelly was first put in as the chief of staff we all thought well hes going to put discipline and a new structure in the white house for the president, keep him sticking on message because it feels like the president gets thrown off to seize ill it. we know what the left is trying to do to him and to his administration. thats not ...

These are really force multipliers. basically isis would like -- isis and al qaeda would like their fellows to believe that theyre still standing. theyre still strong. my take on it -- and i could be wrong -- in the short term and midterm as isis loses the so-called caliphate in syria and libya, were going to see more attacks in the west, not just directed by isis but people who subscribe to this twisted ideology of jihadism. we have to show resilience, not accept it. we have to realize that the...

Presidency will include zero major legislative accomplishments. he has poisoned the well with republican senators but attacking mitch mcconnell, specifically, and then these other republican senators. the reservoir of support and goodwill among republican senators is exhausted. theres a trump exhaustion all over the town so even if they organizationally figure everything out at the white house, have they wasted so much time that its too late to get things done. i know its only august but the mid...

Evidence first both about the identity of the purpose traitors and also the in your opinion of the perpetrators, but in the short term and midterm, i would not be surprised if isis does not really carry out more attacks along similar lines. final point, brooke, we need to remember that vehicles now are the preferred weapon of extremist groups. whether youre talking about isis or al qaeda or western alt-right, the groups, theyre simple, theyre easy, theyre terrorizing instruments of terrorist org...

Hill. if he doesnt get anything done between now and thanksgiving, the likelihood hes going to do anything between now and midterm is likely zero. his approval rating will continue to fall, and members of congress will less want to work with him. youll turn the corner into next year, and its every man for himself at that point. whats the prospect, wes asked george this question. in this narrow window the chances of doing a big sweeping tax reform that historically has taken years of bipartisan a...

The day, it is not in conflict for a person to not vote for a candidate that president trump favors. because they favor president trump. we want our agenda, very conservative agenda passed. we feel confident we will bring another republican conservative. >> sandra: will this be a bellwether for the 2018 midterm? >> i dont think so. in my state, because we are so republican. this will be a republican seat that we will turn around. we dont like it is in danger in danger. >> sandra: president trump...

>> all right. senator been cardin, who is the top democrat in senate foreign relations and want to assume that you may get called up to bedminster if there is a bipartisan briefing on the foreign policy experts in congress. so we shall see. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> you got it. still ahead, sfiet the presidents soft approval ratings and republican infighting, democrats face their own problems with this midterm thats coming up. ill ask dnc chair tom perez if the party can overcome ...

All, the price tag is just unbelievably high. some of you were bernie sanders supporters. even with bernies numbers, i can tell you that the cost associated with that is about half of what it really will be. its -- you know, were looking at trillions of dollars. not billions of dollars. it has to be a tax -- >> on the rich. >> well, let me -- [ cheering ] >> if you can figure a way to tax the rich at 100% and pay for it, im willing to consider it. okay? im just telling you the numbers -- you can...