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Election, the special election. millions of dollars being spent for both sides today as youre watching here on the split screen. the president is heading there for troy balderson. what are voters saying ahead of this going into the polls? are they reacting to this type of advertising so far? >> is a very good question and a hard one to answer because no one really knows whats getting through here. i think a lot of voters in the district didnt know until couple weeks so that there would be a spec...

All of whom at different times said before that russia had interfered in the 2016 election might be doing so in 2018. they obviously felt like their message wasnt getting out. they banded together, wept to the white house briefing room, gave this stunning sort of condemnation of washington continuing to have this ongoing effort to undermine american democracy and then you have the president of the united states split screen going there saying never mind what my top aides are saying. never mind a...

Moments and that the pressure to end the investigation are only going to accelerate. >> as we watch that, we watch his position on all things russia hardening sharply. >> right and again in contrast to what we saw with the officials, all of whom at different times said russia had interfered in the 2016 election and might be doing so in 2018, they felt like they banded together and went to the white house briefing room and gave this stunning condemn nation of russia continuing to have this ongoin...

She absolutely would not have gotten a correct, she was correct when she said this, if it she had made the exact same statement that ivanka did. it highlights the strangeness of having family members serving side by side with regular staffers and the limitations on one and not the other. i think the whole split screen between the two of them was very awkward internally today. >> it was, as much as you want to see women in the public space, in any field, in politics or anywhere else, these were n...

One and not the other. i think the whole split screen between the two of them was very awkward internally today. >> it was, as much as you want to see women in the public space, in any field, in politics or anywhere else, these were not women that appeared to be, i dont know, speaking their mind or standing up for anything that would distinguish them. i want to ask you about this moment in the intersection of the white house and the media, because i dont want to romanticize anything about the bu...

Statement that ivanka did. it highlights the strangeness of having family members serving side by side with regular staffers and the limitations on one and not the other. i think the whole split screen between the two of them was very awkward internally today. >> it was, as much as you want to see women in the public space, in any field, in politics or anywhere else, these were not women that appeared to be, i dont know, speaking their mind or standing up for anything that would distinguish them...

Very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. >> well thats a far cry from what putin himself said in helsinki. >> did you direct any of your officials help him do that. >> translator: yes, i did. because he talked about using the u.s./russia relationship back to normal. >> joining us now. and malcolm nance, msnbc analyst. first to the reporters, michael and then john. isnt that what is going on, this split screen? >> they had to show they were doing something and it left them exposed to cri...

A little bit of a mistake. they analyze every word. they say did he say that. could it have been. did he say something positive about russia. i think he loves russia. thats okay. >> all right. how was your day with the president? how did he seem to you? >> i think this trip was a very welcomed distraction for the president. it created this incredible split screen. he was in illinois and iowa. this was the kind of trip his staff love to organize for him. they took him to community

Could it have been. did he say something positive about russia. i think he loves russia. thats okay. >> all right. how was your day with the president? how did he seem to you? >> i think this trip was a very welcomed distraction for the president. it created this incredible split screen. he was in illinois and iowa. this was the kind of trip his staff love to organize for him. they took him to community college. the center where students learn to manufacture and he was playing with various thing...

They will muddy the waters and they think they can get through it. >> you were on the presidents trip to the midwest today. i want to share with our audience a brief snippet. this was the president in granite city, illinois. even though its brief, it may speak to his state of mind. well discuss it on the other side. >> they are dying to see us make a little bit of a mistake. they analyze every word. they say did he say that. could it have been. did he say something positive about russia. i think...