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Donald trump? >> northern virginia, which the democrats won in unbelievable numbers, is a microcosm of the united states in many ways. northern virginia has a lot of first and second-generation immigrants, a lot of brown individuals, a lot of democrats. and so i believe, based on the exit polling that ive seen, theyve said, look, this is not what were interested in. this is not why we came to this country, this is not what this countrys all about. so theres three things that i believe put the de...

They opened at 6:00. a big race here. a big bellwether, frankly, depending on how ed gillespie does. going to tell us how much embracing trump is going to benefit production orepublicansd to tell me a couple times you run a surf shop as minnesotan i didnt relate to that in myrtle beach do you that all the time. you describe yourself as grassroots antiestablishment conservative. ed gillespie came from that world, embraced president trumps policy issues. do you believe him on that? >> yeah. i beli...

From texas where this tragedy occurred. so republicans across the spectrum, those like scalise who have dealt with it personally and those whoits just another policy issues. republicans dont have support for policy changes to gun laws. democrats believe that more laws arent necessarily the answer. in the case like this, the laws were on the book. >> its not just republicans. when president obama, after sandy hook, tried to get serious, comprehensive gun control packaged through, he was stymied b...

Empathy. they want him to be the unifier. they need him to have that strength both internally and externally. the power of the presidency is very real and so the ability to effect yut policy on hard issues relies on the presidents credibility and viability, especially abroad. and then they worry about the fact that the policy issues that theyre working on very hard, some of which, and nicole, you and i have talked about, are going the right direction. the afghan policy review was well done, i th...

Investors cheering strong quarterly results from alphabet. maryland is investigating one of the kushner family real estate businesses. poor conditions at some of its properties there. kushner companies said it is cooperating. they are in compliance with allstate and local laws. jared kushner stepped down when he joined the white house in january. he is president trumps son-in-law and top adviser to the president. kushner recused himself on certain policy issues. but they remain under increased...

Attention to them while they try to do this. washington these days is not predictable. they cant plan for that. democrats are not going to see this and just talk about indictments not tax reform, no the pressure is quadrupled and they know they have to pass tax reform. fascinating all sides. >> belies the standard story of the civil war in the gop, as if something happening between the trump folks and folks in congress when theres alignment in policy issues. donald trump goes away, but group of ...

Local laws. jared kushner stepped down from kushner properties when he joined the white house. he has recused himself on certain policy issues. his familys real estate business remains under increased scrutiny given his proximity to the president. facebook is outlining new steps to make ads more transparent. the move comes amid ongoing concerns that russia used facebook to influence last years election. social media giant will label who paid for the ad. users can click on the discloche tore se...

White house. kristen, lets start with the fight that seems to have faded, if you will. bob corker, jeff flake, donald trump. where does that stand this morning? >> well, the president has been downplaying the impact of that divide, hallie. you and i were on the south lawn when the president had a love fest earlier this week when he talked about tax reform. he makes the point, you dont hear a lot of other voices joining with corker and flake. but corker and flake not letting up and continuing the...

Things are moving ahead. we have a lot of challenges ahead. i work well with my colleagues and look forward to doing so for the next 14 months. >> you dont feel like persona non grata? >> no. ive worked with republican presidents and democratic presidents on policy issues. thats the way it used to be. thats the way it needs to be in the future instead of this personalized tweeting against members you dont like or gold star families you want to have an argument with. thats not normal behavior. th...

Hes got a 93% lifetime approval rating from the american conservative union. is this about policy? because it doesnt seem like it could possibly be about policy given that regardless of where he -- what he says about the president he still votes in line with the president. >> well, it depends on who you ask and what policies youre talking about. but its a very good question and fair question. i was asking some people in bannon world this very thing, which is they are trying to run rye mare chall...