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part of the republican party. and he will continue to do that. >> reporter: and joining us now is washington post national political reporter isaac ards. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with the piece that you co-authored entitled trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in gop as double-edged sword. so could you mean by the double edged swords. >> in the primary, what we heard was trump's first general election rally. in the primaries he was the envy of all. his endorsement, his backing, every candidate wanted that and what you started to see almost immediat...

Thankfully it is 40% contained. so firefighters have gotten a little bit of a hold on it. but they're still dealing with the separate fire to the north, the mountain fire. much larger. close to 9,000 acres. thankfully that fire burning in a much more rural area. but imagine fighting these fires in 100 plus degree heat. that is what firefighters are dealing with. we're not even in the worst of it and speaking of that heat wave, it is across the entire west, 50 million under excessive heat warnings. as we speak, the heat is just devastating to so many communities here. so dangerous that it is --...