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T the first lady is in new hampshire. new hampshire seat is critical to the democrat chances of holding control of the senate. our team of reporters are located around the country following the latest on key races. i'm go first to omar in wisconsin. president obama hit the campaign trail in the midwest. what did he focus on in his message? >> reporter: pamela, first of all, here in wisconsin the program is under way. we'll hear from the democratic governor, senate hopeful and president obama who will be here fresh off of his trip to michigan where he campaigned on behalf of democratic governor...

First lady dr. jill biden rallied in new hampshire with the senator there, maggie hassan, in a tight race with republican challenger don baldic. new hampshire's seat is critical to the democrats' chances of holding control of the senate. also tonight, house minority leader kevin mccarthy speaking out today about the brutal attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul, calling it wrong. we're hearing from him about the incident for the first time. let's listen. >> let me be very clear. violence or threats of violence have no place in our society. what happened to paul pelosi was wrong...

Grounds making phone calls. prosecutors say that at that moment he was basically saying son, you need to sell. you need to sell. those indictments landed in the middle of the run-up to the congressional midterm elections. and president trump took that coincidence of events to opine about exactly how he believes the rule of law should be employed and enforced as long as he's in power. he publicly attacked attorney general jeff sessions for those two members of congress being indicted saying it would hurt republican chances of holding control of the house of representatives. the president said, ...

Attorney general jeff sessions for those two members of congress being indicted, saying it would hurt republican chances of holding control of the house of representatives. the president said, quote, two long running obama era investigations of two very popular republican congressmen were brought to a well-publicized charge by the jeff sessions justice department. two easy wins now in doubt because there's not enough time. good job, jeff. rule of law! rule of law! as it happens, congress collins and congressman hunter each plead not guilty at the time. remarkably, after pleading not guilty, bo...

And certainly this one because he tends to terminate everything. i think the white house is still fairly pessimistic about what the republican party's chances are of holding control of the house and keeping their majority. i think they have seen signs that clearly trump voters have elevated certain people, certainly in the primary in minnesota with pawlenty, you saw that last night. so there is a danger to distancing yourself too far from this president in a republican primary, that doesn't mean in a general election but certainly in a republican primary. the president's approval with republic...