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Midterm with voters. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having us. coming up, while the republicans talk lawsuits, well tell you what the president actually did today, he was governing, believe it or not. today also marks a pretty extraordinary kind of anniversary in presidential history. it involves nixon and it involves the oval office, and an action that no one knew about at the time. on this day in history, it was revealed -- well, well explain it. and later, what made ...

Presidents approval rating is just 40%. in iowa and new hampshire its even lower, but republicans fair even worse. the republicans dont break 21% approval in any of the four states polled by nbc. joe, its sort of hard -- chuck is calling it a race to the bottom? >> right. >> i feel like im not sure -- >> you guys need to change your breakfast cereal. elections are still a choice. i think this is always the case when you head into a midterm. each partys base is more animated than the general elec...

Ive seen the difference, is, again, engaging individuals on their level. talking about them on a personal level first. we need our male colleagues to understand that if you can bring it down to the womans level and everything she is balancing in her life, thats the way to go. >> so theres some more context on that. now, whether that changes the impact of the words that were initially reported, well, you can be the judge of that. the democratic advantage among women voters is a very real thing. i...

Ive seen the difference, is, again, engaging individuals on their level. talking about them on a personal level first. we need our male colleagues to understand that if you can bring it down to the womans level and everything she is balancing in her life, thats the way to go. >> so theres some more context on that. now, whether that changes the impact of the words that were initially reported, well, you can be the judge of that. the democratic advantage among women voters is a very real thing. i...

Political analyst. what about it, juan? the article suggested that polling on immigration is a flash in the pan and holds peoples interest for a short time and then they move on to other issues. is this something that the people are fired up in november. >> there is no way to be certain, john. but it fires them up if you go back to 2010 and arizona changed the laws and fired them up and when president obama tried to pass immigration reform. and historical leif you have a situation which voters a...

Carolinas draconian voter i.d. law set to take effect this midterm. considered one of the most severe in the country, the law helped to inspire this years moral mondays protests in the state and would include a number of onerous demands. this year voters could see an end to same-date voter remember strags and a prohibition of counting provisional ballots accidently cast in the wrong precinct. by 2016, this could see demands for shvoters to show a state-issued voter i.d. if schroeder rules agains...

But i think that its going to be very tight. i think we might be looking at an extension but obviously secretary kerry is there today trying to again pull out a deal. >> bobby ghosh, indira thanks to both of you, appreciate it. coming up, the midterm election looming large over our nations governors. details on their final meeting before most of them face voters this fall with delaware governor jack markel live. and its a slam dunk for cleveland, thats for sure, but can the return of lebron ...

And so obviously im going to the political question. are democrats going to capitalize on this in the midterm? >> i dont even think they need to, right? 90-up-ish percent have taken birth control. were flatly on the side of being able to make our own decisions. again, republicans and conservatives are drawing the line for us on this. this is something theyre doing themselves. >> 95% of women have used birth control, but does that mean that theyre all going to side with democrats on this issue? c...

>> donna, we saw the illustration in the way in which this is used by both parties to stoke their respective base in the mid term. if the status quo continues, who wins and who loses politically speaking? >> i want to say this, as an american, this is about our values. this is not about our partisan politics. it is about who we are as a country. you have refugees from central america, many children, they are human beings. they are like our own children. we need a surge of values and dealing with...

Huge implications with how florida handles its elections. obviously, florida, huge swing state. but even if they are redrawn, i do expect that democrats will still keep the majority in the state. but again, its right before a midterm, redistricting, you know, never a good look for a state to have that. >> indeed. and floridas had its problems in the past. all right, kevin. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> which celebrity is tagging the wrong people on twitter? find out next. on my count. .....