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>> reporter: as the father of four, bob motta appreciates a placid night of slumber. but on tuesday, july 16th, 2013, he woke up at 4:00 a.m. unable to sleep, the chicago area criminal attorney checked his office voicemail. that's when he saw that someone from california had left him a message -- >> the guy starts out, well, my brother got arrested down in southern illinois tore a dui. and i'm, like, "dui? i'm not driving down there for a dui." within the next minute he says, "but it sounds like what they're actually arresting him for is murder," so then obviously my interest was piqued. >> re...

Murder," so then obviously my interest was piqued. >> reporter: it was a stroke of luck. anthony garcia's family had been cold calling lawyers looking for someone to defend anthony. bob motta was the first to call back. it was 2:00 a.m. california time when he got anthony garcia's brother on the phone. 30 minutes later, bob motta was retained to handle his first murder case. >> i go upstairs. i wake my wife up, who is my law partner, alison motta. and i'm, like, "we got a murder case. we gotta get up and go to jackson county. you gotta find a sitter for the kids." >> reporter: when anthony gar...

Different college educated voter voting this time versus last time. >> there's no question about that. look, midterms are about referendum on the president but also about energy. when i chair the democratic congressional campaign committee we had a cold call voters and beg them to show up at the polls. there was no cold calling. this was just white hot energy -- >> people were in three-hour lines in california when there was ten minutes before the polls were closing. >> who propelled that energy? it was women. john said this is not the 1950s anymore. we have a president who believes it's the 1...

Within the next minute he says, "but it sounds like what they're actually arresting him for is murder," so then obviously my interest was piqued. >> reporter: it was a stroke of luck. anthony garcia's family had been cold calling lawyers looking for someone to defend anthony. bob motta was the first to call back. it was 2:00 a.m. california time when he got anthony garcia's brother on the phone. 30 minutes later, bob motta was retained to handle his first murder case. >> i go upstairs. i wake my wife up, who is my law partner, alison motta. and i'm, like, "we got a murder case. we gotta get up...

Appropriations bills. the senate has gotten ready to go with 9 out of the 12. and the president then says let's shut down the government. it just makes no sense. >> should democrats be worried this is a potent issue for him to be raising this close to the midterms? >> well, let me give you historic context. i was the chairman, as you said, of the democratic congressional campaign committee. october 2013 when house republicans shut down the government over the affordable care act. and i know linda remembers this well. and i will tell you, we were going into a really tough midterm election. bara...