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Job. i want to bring in political director at the magic wall to explain. so david, senator hatch seat doesn't seem to be in danger of going to democrats. but what senate races should we be keeping an eye on for next year? >> yeah, even though he doesn't run for re-election, that won't be in play for the democrats. but we wanted to look at the balance of power. doug jones won the race in alabama is sworn in, it's a two seat majority for republicans, 51-49 putting the democrats just two seats away from winning back majority. let's take a look though at who is up for re-election in the senate. yo...

And at every opportunity he lowers the bar for expectations. if you look into republican who were taking back majority. mcconnell said the bar for victory would be returning to regular order and no government shut down. that is the bear minimum. meanwhile huge opportunities like being able to tie spending reform to the debt ceiling increase. he's failed every single time. so donald trump has all of the reason in the world to expect more from mitch mcconnell and you will notice mcconnell did not return fire and he will not engage because he only cares about staying in power himself and he goes ...

Democratic congressman o'rourke is expected to announce plans to fight ted cruz for his seat next week. he would be the first democrat to enter the race against senator cruz. a competitive senate race in texas could benefit the embattled democratic party who are spread thin defending 25 seats in the 2018 elections. they would need three sits to win back majority. firefighters in brockton, massachusetts, are being hailed heroes after saving an elderly man from his burning apartment and it was caught on cameras witnesses alerted firefighters someone was trapped inside and they jumped into acti...

City, women in support of the government marched for peace. and pope francis appointed 19 new cardinals in a vatican ceremony today. they are the first such appointments made by pope francis since he was elected last march. nearly three dozen members of congress will not be running again in 2014. just this week, new jersey democrat rush holt and california democrat gloria mcleod said they won't run again. they need 17 seats to win back majority in the house. are we seeing members of congress flee in larger-than-normal numbers or is it really just business as usual? >> it's basically just b...

Yesterday. he said you can push us push us, and push us and we'll be accommodating but you have to compromise. as if to say republicans or the house members, house republicans are the ones who need to compromise in the upcoming legislative session? >> well, i'll tell you house republicans feel of two mind right now. they actually don't want to have a middle class tax hike on their shoulders if the president calls the bluff and let he is all of the tax cuts expire because republicans wouldn't raise taxes on the top brackets. they don't want that on their heads. they think that would be damaging...