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Telling you? >> reporter: it's hard to believe we are only three weeks away from the next election that will largely happen in new jersey and virginia. both have governor races but they have the state legislature races as well. so i went to virginia to talk to some of the candidates there, and it really reflected on some of the people i talked to wisconsin who were voters who say they don't think the democratic party is hearing the message from the election of donald trump. so you've got this whole wave of new candidates, first-time candidates going out there, putting themselves on the line, a...

News radio a short time ago where he began by saying there's nothing to clarify. but here's what else he added. take a listen. >> well, they asked me that question, and for the most part best of my knowledge, i think i've called every family of somebody that's died. and it's the hardest call to make. and i said it very loud and clear yesterday. the hardest thing for me to do is do that. now, as far as other representatives, i don't know. i mean, you could ask general kelly. did he get a call from obama? you could ask other people. i don't know what obama's policy was? i write letters and i als...

Is the right thing. some of the people that he may be looking at, i'm going the see, if we talk him out of that, because franklythe they are great people. >> so our nbc news headline on this from our fantastic colleague jonathan allen is, quote, caught in a gop war. trump picks both sides. how much longer can he do that, dave? >> well, i think he'll do it as long as it serves his own personal needs and desires. but what has to be straightened out for the republicans in the senate seats is, they have to be able to go forward and know that they can hopefully keep a majority. but a key to that is...

Imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. so right now we're keeping a close eye on wall street. check out that number there, the dow jones closing in on another milestone, 23,000. less than 20 points away. stephanie ruhle is here. pretty significant. >> 23,000 is a big number, but it is not like it is one single story here. this is a slow grind higher. the rally didn't start when president trump was elected. we have seen this rally, this market recovery since the financial crisis. now, president trump after he won, there was some level of ...

>> you can't focus group your way out of this one. people don't want someone to agree with them 100%. they want somebody to take their concerns to heart and listen and appreciate them. >> reporter: it's a different kind of listening than we see on election day, because typically the party in power, in this case, the republicans, will lose legislative seats. this is the first big test of that. and for people like kellen squire, they are going out and knocking on doors and making phone calls. even when somebody slams the door in your face, he just had that happen this weekend, when somebody said...