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Moment, trumps top diplomat is a thousand miles away like its a sin. the purpose of the visit is to security the release of three american prisoners. the times is not impressed by that. mike pompeo works for trump so it must be bad. what ever else hes done, trump has driven the democratic party off the deep end and its showing in the polls. and christy, youve been around the democratic party a long time. she joins us tonight. youve heard tom bevins saying their message is not getting automatic. ...

Talking with us about this now is washington post, aaron blake. a senior political reporter and you say the decision carries potentially major political ramifications, especially when it comes to jerrymandering. especially for democrats. explain that. >> the most obvious impact is it might dissuade non-citizens from taking the census. it might hurt a state like california which may lose a congressional district because of non-citizens not responding to the census and being included in this count...

Effects of tax cut carrying them through but is that enough? paul: i dont know. >> used to be an old basketball coach called dean smith who perfected something called the four-corner offense. at the end of the day would have players throw ball for five minutes until the clocks run out. do they have to put some more numbers on the board? >> we also have the special elections that we have seen in recent months that have not gone the republicans way, virginia, georgia, we had a special election in ...

>> as president trump has said, we will honor ottos memory with resolve. we will not allow north korean propaganda to hijack the message and imagery of the olympic games. we will not allow north korea to hide behind the olympic banner. the reality that they enslave their people and threaten the wider region. >> well watch the vice president as he leads the delegation, including if hell have any face-to-face conversations with north koreans. i want to come back to this missouri race. it is the 35...

Revenue. >> maria: is there any reason to believe that congressman as much as this hurts and you are going to see your constituency higher taxes since they cant use that deduction any more is there any reason to believe this is actually the right thing to do because these high tax states hide behind the fact that they could use that deduction? i mean look at new jersey. the new state legislative comes in and first thing mr. murphy said when he won governor of new jersey is im going to get going ...

Brianna keilar is live on capitol hill with more. whats the latest there? >> reporter: well, the timing could not be worse for republicans because what they want to be focused on is their tax reform proposals, those coming out from both chambers yesterday. but also theyre facing tremendous political headwinds. this came apparent on tuesday night when democrats across the country really had a sweep when it came to gubernatorial, mayoral, state legislative and even ballot referendums. they did so ...

On the koch brothers, are you? >> im blaming it on lack of participation and lack of a plan. i know president obama is in charge in terms of focusing the efforts in state legislative house races so we can get back into the game in state legislatures around the country. focussing on winning the governor races, the silver bullet to help us in reapportionment coming up in 2020 and 2022. >> i know ben asked -- youve been asked this question before. what does somebody in the deep south or midwest, wh...

Admitting people. >> david, there is the meaning of the one person, one vote. tell us the meaning of this. >> this is another texas case and in this case its about whether state legislative -- we all know since the 1960s, the principle of one person, one vote. in other words, legislative districts are supposed to be drawn with an equivalent number of people. not voters but people. and the supreme court is now willing to consider at least at a state legislative level whether that should be true a...

Mccarthy of california. he is a one-time deli own and state legislative. he is conservative, but not as conservative as cantor. to the right is raul labder and he is tea party favorite but some republicans oppose him because of his immigration stance. he thinks he has a chance. >> we are close. we have a lot of work and they are excited to have someone challenging the establishment. it is important to show we need a new direction in the party. >> three people are in the running to proceed. there...

For people that would like to see the restrictions like the 60% who think you should not have an abortion after three months could be tapped into the republican benefit if they are willing to go there? >> there is certainly an unprecedented wave of attacks of state legislative going after reproductive rights. but i am heartened by there fact 6-10 of all millions believe they should have access to abortion. it was young people that pushed back the 20-week abortion ban. young people packed the tex...