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Rhode island. he had pleaded not guilty to those charges. today, apparently dead by suicide. we are countdown to the mid term elections. this tuesday, washington state will hold its senate primary. 15 candidates go head to head to advance to the november election. from a sitting senator to a former profootball player turned politician. joining us is larry sabato to break it down. washington has a unique primary system. it is not done by party. explain what it going to happen on tuesday. >> an ...

Very ripe targets this november. these are seven republican-held seats. these are seven dtricts tt all voted for hillary clinton in 2016. the question, california, theyve got this top two primary system, everybody, regardless of party on the same ballot, top two regardless of party advance. were democrats, are democrats going to get shut out of any of these distri let us take you throug results. in the 48th district, the incumbent is dana rohrabacher. hes pulled well into first place. top two ma...

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Good news for the new jersey governor. the debate stage will look like this right now. thats not all. in a few minutes, well roll out a brand new poll from bloomberg politics youll see "morning joe" coming up. many thought donald trumps dust-up with john mccain would hurt him among republican voters. a poll says otherwise. among republicans, trumps favorability have gone up. the poll finds a majority of gop voters have a favorable opinion. it may be the reason scott walker said this last night...

>> its a weird primary system. >> it always is. >> not this weird. >> no listen are you telling me it wasnt as win when her man cane was wing nationally or michelle bachman? this happens. >> trump is casting himself as the straight talk guys hes the one telling the truth. >> listen donald is telling his version of the truth. >> only the loudest voice or outrageous voice gets heard. >> thats part of the candidate and part of the media. some people are feeling the pressure to try to be outrageous ...

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System. and guess what? thats why the system works because there are ups and downs. there are rough -- like weve been talking around this table about the 1%, the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, the disconnect between wall street and main street where you can make money on wall street and still hurt main street. thats not what private equity is. private equity goes to main street. they make money for turning a business around that is headed towards bankruptcy. theyre not creating so...