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The 2018 election remains to be seen. >> joe? >> its -- theyre going to get savaged most likely in no and this only makes matters worse. bob costa, what is the mind set of the republicans and the democrats? im sure theres some democrats that are nervous right now. republicans who obviously know theyre facing long odds already in the fall. measure for us, if you will what is your take on how both parties are feeling as we go into a work week? >> joe, there are two meetings to pay attention to thi...

Also seems to show that there wasç no desire by president trp or the senior officials in his campaign to engage in any sort of collusion or information sharing. i think there was an appetite on the part of the russians to try to create this disruption, but theres no real evidence that there was an appetite with the president or his senior advisers to actually consummate that type of collusion. it didnt happen. collusion did happen where you had the dnc paying for the dossier and then that mone...

Things that a lot of people are discussing right now. molly: and what could this all mean for the midterms? theyve got the big win at the end of the year, but now theres this effort to show they can accomplish something together, both democrats and republicans. its tough to do in the runup to a midterm to see compromise where sides want to see that victory, right? >> yeah, absolutely. that should tell you how the winds are blowing, you have people like mitch mcconnell talking about more bipartis...

Be what would be deployed. could anthrax be deployed and could it work and kill a lot of people? >> yes, the soviet union did have warheads designed for biological weapons long-range missiles like the ss-18, but its really not necessary. you could deliver an anthrax attack in miami or new york covertly and strategic impact and kill tens of thousands of people. >> reporter: its impossible to determine because its regime is difficult to penetrate. and theyve been wrong about biological weapons in ...

Would be the most likely. >> could anthrax be deployed? could it work and could it kill people. >> yes, the soviet union did have weapons designed, but its not really necessary. you could deliver an attack in los angeles, miami or new york covertly and have strategic impact and kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. >> it is impossible to know for sure if north korea is creating these types of weapons because the regime is difficult to penetrate and jens is limited. and the i...

Losing a lot of seats. are republicans at risk of that happening and whos in charge of stopping the bleeding? >> they absolutely are. there are a lot of parallels. the way this is being passed and the timing. and we saw in the runup to the affordable care act, we saw the shock of scott brown winning in a deep blue state. >> right, right. >> and then the deep red state. so, they have a difficult sale job. and, you know, in additionally, you have to think about the timing of it, but they also do g...

Bias. and well let you know. because the inspector general is going to do that. it looks to us like there is when you just look at all those names and what eventually happened in the runup to the election. dan bongino says, look. this fbi investigation and he is a former law man, is a scam. >> im really terrified right now. i know that may sound hyperbowl lick to some of the democrats listening. i mean it, as a former federal agent who has been both inside the white house and the federal governm...

And attack the victims and accusers. this is about an attempt to muddy the truth and to try to pretend its about issues that it isnt. voters of alabama will decide in a few days. this is a very high stakes election. and it is the soul of the republican party or whats left. >> if they really cared about leaving it to the alabama voters, president trump wouldnt have endorsed anybody. if you want to leave it to them, stay out of it. you already backed somebody who lost against roy moore. that was y...

Telling a website that franken tried to kiss her at a 2006 event in the runup to his first senate campaign. so far franken has resisted all calls for him to step down. james holman author of the daily 202 in the washington post. you have been writing about this. your thoughts at this moment? >> sandra, it really is striking that there has been this paradigm shift. we saw nbc moving swiftly to get rid of lauer. on capitol hill, as weve heard over the last few minutes, there hasnt been the same le...

In the runup to the campaign, we asked trump question after question about russia. we did not understand the answers. we also asked about whether or not the dnc was rigging the election. we asked about debbie washerman schultz. we asked if hillary clinton had a message at all, and we focussed a great deal on her e-mails. the balance is there in the coverage at least here, and i think these questions are real. >> we did cover her e-mails, youre saying? >> oh, we hear on "morning joe" did. i was -...