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one of the few remaining swing congressional districts new york's 19th went democratic. at least far moment in time, he was a snapshot of america's political mood. a swing district won by obama and then trump and then biden voted to send democrat pat ryan to washington. ryan ran on abortion right. his republican opponent focussed on the economy and crime. and now a midterm election that is just 73 days away and once seemed a fore gone conclusion, a republican takeover of the house and the senate, is much more uncertain. as jonathan weissman pointed out "the new york times" this week,...

Ages 18 to 29 voted in the 2020 presidential election. that was an 11% increase from 2016. that compares to 66.8% of all citizens who voted in 2020, according to the census. but, might the gratitude of debtors be outmatched by the anger of others? like that guy in 2020 who confronted elizabeth warren during a campaign stop in grimes, iowa. you remember? this father of a daughter whose tuition he paid wanted to know if he would get a refund if others got a bailout. >> i want to ask one question. my daughter is getting out of school. i saved all my money. am i going to get my money back? >> of c...

Proposal kept getting pushed back so they couldn't work on voting rights. the pressure got so intense from the left that chuck schumer, who along with the president has raised expectations that that is going to get done. i don't know how it gets done when you need all of these senators on the democratic side to unite. on this issue, i don't see it. raising expectations and the snub from abrams is only creating worse headlines for democrats. charles, remember, for mid-terms, you have to have the base fired up. the republican base is fired up. they're hungry. the left is frustrated. they may not...

Adults in the united states by the fourth of july. that's a goal the country's just not going to meet. currently only 2/3. 66.8% of adults have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. >> remember, the concern this morning are the delta variant. the white house is set to deploy response teams to low vaccinated areas to assist however they can. jasmine wright is with us. happy holiday to you. i know it's been a busy weekend for the biden white house. what is on tap? >> good morning. >> good morning. the message is the same as president biden heads to michigan and that is to get as ma...

Vaccinated by then, and more headwind after the cdc announced that -- the cdc announced that covid-19 cases are up 10% this week because of the delta variant. nbc news white house correspondent now from traverse city, michigan, where the president is heading. good morning to you, mike. this trip is part of the administration's tour to celebrate the country's progress against the virus. so what is the president's view on potentially missing that fourth of july target? >> reporter: well, the white house is calling this the america is back tour. you could maybe even call it the rounding the num...