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Trump won in 2016. in fact, that top row, those five senators, those democrats are from a states where donald trump won by double digits. so there is a lot of defense for democrats to play. >> and there are some playing offense? >> that is certainly true. namely in arizona jeff flake retiring, so democrats see potential optimistic outlook in that state. and senator heller the republican from nevada is the only republican running for re-election in a state that hillary clinton won. so he's clearly a target as well. and a couple of wild cards that popped on to the map. bob corker in tennessee an...

Democrats have to defend 25 seats, republicans only have to defend ten seats. the republicans are going to be playing offense, democrats are going to be playing defense and i find it hard to think that somebody is going to lose in a state a republican candidate who's got no charges of sexual harassment against him or frankly anything to do with the russian collusion because of people's feelings about trump, that may be on the issues they might vote against him, but if you are running as a republican incumbent in some state -- in a red state this time, i find it hard to think that if you don't ...

Trat ji is working. >> there is a g-20 next week and we've heard angela merkel tay to the effect, paraphrasing, we no longer count on america, which is stunning because she is someone who uses words very carefully. >> the other thing angela merkel came out this morning and gave a blistering speech about is the fact that she is calling out donald trump about protectionism. and there is rising concern in europe about this protectionist impulses coming out of the white house. we've already had flashpoints about things like lumber, wood from canada, now steel in the crosshairs. that in many ways i...

Issue at hand with russia collusion and interference in the election to and you were very good and the senator i thought was very good in terms of talking about the remaining fundamental issue. from the point of view from the trump white house which has not had good days, this was a better day than most. >> that's why we compared it to getting temporary relief. they made the pain go away today. susan rice is a subpoenaed witness in front of the senate intel committee can talk about what's in those. we have a cross cutting scandal allegation and not just one size playing offense and playing def...

Does not mean playing defense. it means playing offense." democrats blast of the health care legislation. >> this is not a health care bill. it's an ideological document, fantasy about freedom and choice in a market that doesn't exist. what israel is painfully real. >> this plan is a scam being perpetrated on an against the american people. if you are 50 to 64, you get clobbered. >> ryan a top administration officials try to find adjustments, what ryan calls the sweet spot to pass the bill in the house. >> bret: thank you. president trump's own words came back to haunt him as judges in hawaii ...