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A bunch of democrats to rush out and vote on this, but they did. but it was not close as we saw a minute ago. the voters in texas rejected the effort to remote right to abortion. that was the question on the ballot. 59 to 41, thats when the vote was put to a vote in june. as mika said the kansas vote signals abortion will be an energizing issue. >> look at those numbers, willie. >> look at those. >> look at those numbers. beforehand, the predictions were that the yes vote would win by a couple o...

Usually, there is this panic among the establishment in france. there was this panic during the last election. macron won decisively. he won decisively this time, as well. not quite as decisively, but still. im wondering, it seems to be a reverse trump effect in france. in the united states, you always have to expect going into an election, donald trump is going to get more support than the pollsters suggest he is. a lot of people are embarrassed to admit to pollsters theyre supporting trump. in...

Critical right to vote. donald trump has turned that upside down. and to watch people that i know i may have political disagreements, i may have policy disagreements, but people who dont come to congress to just defend one person. they come here i hope for something bigger. and to watch the defense of this president continue to change and shift because the facts dont support it is hard to watch. >> congresswoman katherine clark, im glad you are making these statements on high broadcamy broadcast...

The lead. you have phil bredesen. lar two-term governor of the state. how is this one shaping up from where youre sitting? >> well, its going to be interesting. its almost a reverse trump effect, to some extent. if governor bredesen pulls this out. and whats on the ballot here, tennessee which is an upper south state has always prided itself that when alabama sent george wallace to the national stage, we sent howard baker he. thats kind of the dynamic here. its a complicated state. the eastern p...

Winnable. how about this? go out here to washington state. theres a district that clinton actually won last year. republican member of congress. he managed to get re-elected. republicans badly wanted him to run for re-election. hes not. huge opportunity there for democrats. see a bunch of them. mentioned dave trott there in michigan. texas, a good seat for republicans to hold on to. 14 points in a wave year, thats the kind of thing that could go. every one of these retirements, it could signal t...

Republicans who say they wont seek re-election is now rising. and this is important. michigan congressman dave trott became the third republican in the last week to announce his retirement. veteran pennsylvania republican congressman charlie dent and congressman dave reikert of washington state announced their decisions last week. this brings the number of open republican house seats to a total of seven so far. and as the democrats reassemble their party after 2016, some see an opening for 2018 ...

Entire house, of course, is up for election. our national political correspondent steve kornacki is at the big board to talk more about what may be a kind of reverse trump effect on the republican party. hey, steve. >> hey, brian. yeah, its true, the names you were just mentioning there like charl charlie dent, for instance, are names that have a lot of republicans in washington right now trying to defend the house in that midterm. theyre on edge. look, people leave the house for all sorts of re...

Reverse trump effect on the republican party. hey, steve. >> hey, brian. yeah, its true, the names you were just mentioning there like charlie dent, for instance, are names that have a lot of republicans in washington right now trying to defend the house in that midterm. theyre on edge. look, people leave the house for all sorts of reasons, sometimes they try to run for governor, try to run for senates, but what were looking at here is a very particular type of retirement. these are elected offi...

Republicans to hold on to. 14 points in a wave year, thats the kind of thing that could go. every one of these retirements, it could signal that theres fear on the part of the white house party of a wave coming. it also creates often some very real opportunities for the other party. remember, the number here for democrats is 24. thats the magic number. they need to flip 24 seats and if they can do that, theyd win back the house next year. >> steve, fascinating stuff. all that does is view mind m...