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Getting anything done on the budget end of things. the republicans wanted to work on entitlement reform. thats what theyre talking about with paul ryan if he wants to retire from congress as goes the rumor in town, thats really what they want to tackle first. quite honestly, democrats want to actually get some stuff done, but its just going to be pretty much of a problem when you have republicans saying that they want to work at the table but every time they do pretty much on health care, pretty...

Time for "the lid" as we said earlier. the republican campaign, if you want to call it or house against special counsel mueller has taken a toll on mueller. back in june, the special counsel had a net positive rating of 13 points among both democrats and republicans. a net positive. by the time december rolled around, it shrunk to 7 points. and among republicans, it went from plus 1 in june to now underwater by 18 points. so the panel is back. all right. a bill pointed out, its not as if mueller...

Wants to make sure people can get that access. i think he can hold his own in these rural pockets that hes not going to get to 50 plus 1, but he doesnt have to. if these early turnout projections are there, at 30% for african-american turnout, thats certainly promising. very early, and i hope again, people in line, you need to stay in line because every vote counts. >> we have all been burned by exit polls before. well see what actually happens. >> the fact that the democratic national committee...

Interviewing that arden is talking about is terrific. why will would you be interested in looking at special election? i think some of the bias that exists when you go to a person handling an exit poll after theyve come out of the polls, weve seen it difficult in the past to get an accurate picture. i think our early picture is going to be more accurate, more reliable in combination. >> dana: let me ask you about this. fox news poll came out. it had jones at plus ten. democrat at plus ten. the e...

Agree, when it cams to repealing and replacing of obamacare, president trump had a hands off approach, let the congress do what they want. on tax reform, hes been to the hill at least three teams, since i have been doing this show. hes really been the head coach on this issue. that might make the difference for them to get this to pass. >> hes been active on twitter, which he often is. hes been on the phone talking to senators, trying to get into the weeds to figure this out. what is going to be...

So there are plenty of lessons following tuesdays election in virginia. joining me, virginia congressman tom davis a longtime strategist as well. former chair of the national republican congressional committee. he knows how one election can extrapolate to a lock. >> good to be back. >> seems to me how do republicans get to 50% plus 1 in a state that is perhaps virginias too blew. blue. is a 50% plus 1 coalition viable in some of these places? >> these races are ultimately about turnout. particul...

Foreign affairs committee. thanks for coming in. you said the deal is imperfect, not a perfect deal, but wrote a letter to the president asking him to recertify. he is not going to do that. what does todays announcement mean? >> it is very worrying. i worry about todays announcement because what the president says matters. see, what people have to realize first, the reason for the deal was for one reason, to stop iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and the only way we were able to do that, not...

Jillian: but, lets say that the president reneges on the deal, he said that part of his motivation for doing this -- part of his opposition to the deal is that he thinks he can hatch a better deal with the europeans, with the p-5 plus 1 countries that signed onto the original deal. the iranians have already put a stake in the sand. they said if the united states reneges on this deal, thats it. we are not coming back to the table in any way, shape, or form. this dialogue over nuclear development ...

Obligations to impose sanctions. we like to bash the un when it makes mistakes on the human rights downs il and they occasionally overreach and try to fault the united states which is ridiculous, but on the other hand we need them occasionally for peace keeping and really need them for sanctions enfor enforcement on north korea which is the biggest issue. >> is this an opportunity where perhaps the president will either solidify his position on the iran deal or if there will be modifications on ...

Regrettably that has not been easy given the disruptive outside influences that profit from increased polarization and ideological rigidity. arent you and i talking about the same people in the monologue who said they dont want democrats and republicans working together, they want dysfunction. as mccain said, their incapacity is our livelihood. >> yes, you and senator mccain are absolutely spot on. look, these groups are fighting for market share. theyre not going to pat us on the back and congr...