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Over to the give em hell harry stage. truman going into the midterms, actually in 48, his own re-election, started giving them hell, talking about the do-nothing republicans. i think it is interesting that he has spent -- his last two speeches have been speeches the likes of which we havent seen since hes become president. hes in the give em hell harry mode. >> we are, i think were in the mode. one of the most interesting questions, and i think it drives out of something you said a minute ago. i...

>> bret: so different phrasing there and there was obviously a lot of pushback even within his own party about that original speech in atlanta. >> yeah that original speech a lot of people in the media loved it but it went over like a led balloon on capitol hill calling people racist for opposing his fairly radical voting changes legislation. the thing is this whole issue, whether he is softer on the rhetoric or not has been extreme gaslighting of america. nobody thinks that we have a voting rig...

Mail-in balloting, people need to have confidence that its not just that people are free to vote but also that it is difficult to cheat. so this is a very salient issue and republicans are finding that despite all of the propaganda press in favor of democrats plan its not very popular with the people. so they are happy to keep talking about it because they know that the voters really do prevent basic election integrity measures such as voter i.d. >> mike: jason, final thought from you? >> there ...

tackle the victim. six victims dead along with the gunman. david mattingly, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, heres what we know this morning. we have a law enforcement source who is involved in the investigation telling us that the shooter was an army veteran and at one time it was believed to be a white supremacist. we know the witnesses at the temple describe him as a white male, bald, wearing a t-shirt, dark pants with april tattoo that says 9/11. all of that together, we have...