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Raise the risk of terrorism . Returning to devastation, families trying to get back to homes that no longer exist as thousands more homes are threatened by california deadly wildfires. Why is the governor calling this The New Normal . Im wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. [ Music Playing [ Music Playing ] Breaking News the white house is scrambling to diffuse the impact of a stung twitter rant from President Trump that called on Jeff Sessions to stop the russia investigation. Quote, right now. The white house claims the president was stating an penalties, not issuing an order to halt...

In the fwut? >> yeah. i think. so i think so. i think it will keep getting closer to the president. i can't tell you how close exactly, but i still think there are more based on what i've seen. >> how critical is the trial of paul manafort to robert mueller's investigation? >> i think it's quite important for a few reasons. because paul manafort decided to go to trial and didn't accept any kind of guilty plea or no contest plea, this will be athink an indicator to bob mueller and his team about how strong a case they are build against not only paul manafort but the other folks they are prosecu...

Hours later -- >> calling for the death of somebody. >> even before we've got a jury empanelled. anything happens, calling for his execution. >> well this guy is not going to get any sympathy from anybody here or anybody else, you are right the president of the united states has an obligation to come out and say let the system play out. but this is a different president i don't think we should expect anything. he guess for the most visceral, send to guantanamo bay i wouldn't be surprised if torture comes up. he knows it appeals to the fwut instinct of a lot of people of this country. >> but wh...

Agenda, a whole reform of institutions, wage subsidies, a whole series of things we felt could have worked, higher education. when do republican candidates talk about higher education reform? they never do. it's a huge issue for middle class republicans. my hope was this would be an election where that would happen. i think that was the right agenda, fwut came at the wrong moment. instead, they decided they wanted trump. >> thank you so much. great to have you on. >> thank you, pete. >> still ahead, the state of the race exactly two weeks to election day. we have some new numbers this morning....

Fwut but 65,000 people voted compared to general election, in the same district. 380,000. this is the side of a school board election. when you have turnout, that is low, extraordinary things can happen. you have two guys who got in the case, lightning struck. in fact. lightning struck. you have the gu guys. one of them is going to have to be the next congressman from the 7th district. >> unless something crazier happens. >> karen. mun team matters money matters a great deal. incumbency matters. incumbency its held against you. money can't buy you love. eric cantor had money, atepgs, name i.d....