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President trump, who represents the office of the president was it appropriate for him to do what he did. >> if he leaned on the attorney general on behalf of the president to not recuse himself, that would raise suspicion. if he merely communicated the presidents feelings about it, so the attorney general could crank that into his decision. thats probably a little less offensive. one of the things i think he should put in context, and remember when we talk about obstruction of justice. its an e...

Race a referendum on president trump. hoping it could be the first ripple in 2018 wave. its because thats one of the reasons republicans and as president continue to win time and time again. >> hopefully it will give new momentum to his legislative agenda. democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with republicans on health care, tax cuts, obstruction doesnt work. the presidents trip to iowa is in part to reassure nervous voters, independents in particular that despite distr...

Shed not that. its time for change and these election results show that. >> who would you like to be lead of the democratic party? is there a specific person. >> no, there is no one who announced that he or she. i supported tim rinl when he challenged nancy pelosi in the fall, but and working for the trust to millions of faemds across america. >> trump tweeted after the results in georgia saying, democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with americans on health care, tax cu...

Republicans won the most expensive house race in u.s. history on tuesday, denying democrats their first triumph of the trump era. >> a special thanks to the president of the united states of america. [cheering and applauding] >> reporter: karen handel didnt mention mr. trump by name after keeping him at an arms length in a reliably republican georgia district. yet democrats failed in their multi-million dollar effort of tying handel to trump. the president said the win held a lesson for his crit...

Saver the sweet taste of victory. >> i said, i think im going to win this state and i won the state easily. breaking news, donald trump has won north carolina. that was unbelievable. you remember ohio, oh boy. it was supposed to be close. it wasnt close. >> it wasnt actually trump who notched a win tuesday evening. that would be karen handle who picked up a house seat. but trump and his aids are still rejoicing, noting a race that was billed by some as a referendum on trumps presidency broke for...

In it and exactly what the cbo says about it. >> the president is tweeting about this, this morning, tweeting, democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with republicans on health care, tax cuts, security, obstruction doesnt work. this -- the back story here also, of course, is the fact that theyre bragging on their victory in the georgia 6th and is that a bellwether of what will happen in 2018? >> im not going to spin the georgia 6th for you. we should be disappointed. a...

And there are republican-leaning voters more open to voting democratic than usual because of president trump. dont forget well get another read this fall in new jersey and virginia governor races where donald trumps approval rating is significantly lower than in this district. in the end, the republican ran close to his approval rating. thats going to be a problem in some places and an asset in others. >> there was a tweet this morning from the president, john avlon -- i dont know if youve check...

As a party if they got together with republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, security. obstruction doesnt work. >> its about donald trump and hes winning. >> reporter: democrats are 0 and is 4 on special elections, but theyre still insisting hope is alive and argued the midterm election map could still work in their favor. >> there are positions held by republicans that arent nearly as ruby red as either of these two districts last night. so cutting down that margin should actually give comfort to ...

There guys. thanks for coming on. president trump coming back to americas heartland in iowa. he will speak at a community college where he will highlight new advances in high-tech agriculture. we are live in cedar rapids, iowa, . is he doing a victory lap after the winds last night? >> yes, of course. the president very excited by the job the g.o.p. did last night. he took two social media right away. the president saying the democrats would do much better in the party if they got together with ...

Got together with the republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, security, obstruction doesnt work. so clearly, as mitch mcconnell unveils to the public his healthcare plan tomorrow, you would like to get some democrats on board. although is that really possible? >> look, i think there are some democrats in the u.s. senate who are up for re-election next year who want to work with the president. have you got 10 democrat incumbents sitting in states where donald trump carried their stated just last yea...