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There is new reaction and outrage this morning as president trump doubles down on his twitter attack on house oversight chair elijah cummings, calling his baltimore district a rat and rodent infested mess. taking jabs and retweeting videos allegedly showing trash in cummings' district. also suggesting the congressman should focus on his district rather than congressional oversight. this response, the #we are baltimore began trending on twitter and the bault mo sun editorial board writing better to have a few rats than be one. nancy pelosi quick to support their democratic colleague. >> my moth...

>> reaction is pouring in because, again, this wasn't just a personal attack against congressman elijah cummings, the president called his district a rat and rodent-infested mess. i want to show you this tweet from jenna bush hager. she says this, i taught in west baltimore. i adore my kids, parents, and grandparents. they all want the same thing i want for my kids, the chance for their which i shall to have safe, happy and productive lives. let's think about the language we use, who it hurts. and this from baltimore's mayor, it's completely unacceptable for the political leader of our country...

If i was in the senate, i would speak until my voice wouldn't let me and i would stand until my legs gave in to do all i could to get checks passed in the senate. >> do you own a gun? >> no, but i shoot. i took a couple of veterans in my district a couple of months ago to the range. we do this with our veterans to talk about mental health issues. i brought shannon watts, the founder of moms demand action. what i found, when we had veterans and nra members and moms who demand action on gun violence, there wasn't much we disagreed on. 72% of nra members who are polled say they want background ch...

A time in which there is a lot of conflict focused in this area so in a sense i mean it is true that this is a partial indorsement i think of the united arab emirates in terms of the religious politics even human rights politics which is really what the controversy is because actually the record is really quite dismal but at the very same time the fact that the united arab emirates opened itself to this kind of politics so you know i think that overall the balance is quite possible. affairs correspondent thank you for a welcome. check of some other stories making news around the world authorit...

Ohio governor, too early to call at 7:30 eastern time. and one of the big races, we keep touching on. so many people are following, georgia governor, too early to call. over to steve kornacki at the board. what do you have. >> steve, i understand we've got new important numbers out of some of those virginia house districts we've been looking at. >> we said, remember, there are four. four republican held seats. democrats are really going after it in virginia where we've got the most votes in. right now outside of washington, d.c. tenth district a name you've been hearing. a lot of that this yea...