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They had to speak up. and social media ran away with it. >> this is what steve king says in his defense. quote, americans all created equal by god. these attacks were organized by nasty, desperate and dishonest fake news. their ultimate goal is to flip the house and impeach donald trump. establishment never trumpers are complic complicit." this a ruby red district and at the end of day despite everything he says, will iowa voters come home to him next tuesday? >> you know, its a really million d...

The president in the general election. his numbers arent very good in those areas, you have to define yourself, develop your own brand. and sell, it has to be a separate and distinct brand. in some of these ruby red district notice south and maybe some rural areas. can you attach yourself to the president and youll be fine, but the seats not competitive, its the kpetive areas we have to watch, and i can look at the map right now. >> this goes to my initial question to you. a lot of those republi...

Manafort. and speaking of flipping today, ruby red district in ohio may be the latest to elect a democrat in a special election. we will get to that in a moment. first lets go outside of the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia, on the trial of paul manafort. joe johns is here with an update. good morning, joe. rick gates back on the stand, taking questions from prosecutors, laying out the government case. they say it is illegal conduct that goes all the way from 2008 to 2015. thats seve...

Poised to win this ruby red district, the 18th, where the president, his son, don junior, kellyanne conway all passed through to stump for the republican candidate. do you think the presidents presence on the trail was an asset or liability? >> his presence on the trail was an asset. his presidency has not been an asset. if you look at the overall -- how can you have one way oand oe the other? >> his policies are very popular in that area of the state, number one. but i do believe he has turned ...

Above water here. what happened to the president in this ruby red district? >> i think maria is correct that this is a very important seat, particularly for republicans. i think the burden is on us to win. but i also want to say that corner lamb as a democrat is not adopting the d.c. democratic agenda. this is a guy pro gun and pro tariff and actually reflects donald trumps agenda far more than he does nancy pelosi. if the democrats are going to be competitive, based on conor lamb to have anti-d...

When ossoff lost, some liberal commentators quickly played down its significance. >> the republican win in georgia, it should be breaking news. >> they should have one this. i dont think any republican is comfortable right now. >> within minutes, msnbc switched back to other news. there was this telling prediction from charles krauthammer. >> if the democrats win, there will be a referendum on trump. if he loses, the headlines will be "in a race that doesnt mean anything." turn out problematic, ...

The president only one by one, one and half percentage points. though this is a ruby red district. a tweet by a republican -- business as usual isnt working. time to stop rehashing 2016 and talk about the future. the future. 2018 mid-terms. how do democrats turn it around? >> brooke, democrats have to find their footing. they have to find some energy. theres been a lot of resist movement activity. theres been a lot of -- we are not happy with this -- but it did not translate in the polls last ni...

The republicans woke up to the threat is that was before them and donald trump jumped on the band wagon that end and no doubt will claim some credit. the question is in a one on one battle will we see karen handel fly to the district, campaign side by side or will she see him as more of somebody whos going to jin up the democratic base than deliver votes for her? >> you think hes going to campaign for her? >> i would be surprised if she wanted him to come. part of what were finding is that donal...

50% that we were able to make thet projection were headed for a run off. if he maintains that number at the end of the day will have performed even better than hillary clinton did when she made end roads into this district and that will give democrats some heart that theres a fight to fight. 95%, right? this is 95% of the vote in. so this is pretty much where its going to settle out. >> how did he get so close as weve been saying ruby red district, david? >> exactly what peter was gist discu...

I live there had for almost 10 years. it is a ruby red district. and georgia is a red state. someone whos not political. i was surprised to see a democrat getting this far. >> one other thing and you know i love jack but hes spinning his top off here. hillary clinton only lost this district by 1 1/2 points. thats hillary clinton in georgia. so this is a swing district. this is not -- thats why democrats are invested here. so this will be close all along and it will be continue to be a referendum...