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Welcome back. with less than six months to go until election day senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is warning that the upper chamber is absolutely in play in the mid terms despite a challenging map for the democrats. while democrats have historical trend on their side to win back the house the race appears to have tightened nationally since the start of this race. republicans had a 13 point lead on the generic ballot compared to just 3 points these days and they are not out of the woods with primaries just yesterday. so many democrats are running in districts that the state's top two prim...

So, you have one guy has a deportation truck. so another guy has a deportation bus. and then this guy says he will do. and then this guy is going to, you know,is he going to legalize 50 caliber machine guns. they are going to push each other and keep pushing each other. part of this is about trump, yes. another part of is this. our primary system rewards pandering. we have a primary system that encourages pandering because have you got to find the lowest common denominator because that's where the bucket of votes that you need is. >> very interesting. as we head into this 2018. is there anythi...

Shannon: time for your real news roundup, tom stier targeting middle america with his latest round of ad buys, he bought advertising on roseann set to air later this month in pennsylvania, michigan, ohio and wisconsin, he pledge support of $30 million into the midterms races on ads this mother's day warning which compares young republicans to neo-nazis. >> it wasn't until i met his college buddies that i realized it might be too late. only a mother can catch the signs early. this mother's day, talk to your child about the gop. i wish i had. shannon: worried they will get shut out of the top tw...

Elect people from the extremes. most people in the country are in the center. they find themselves waking up everyday thinking about things other than politics. when they do think about it, they want a congress that can work together, can compromise and get things done. that's not what we have. we have a system where we elect people on the extremes, and the people in washington are not representative of those people who just want a congress that can get things done. >> when you get gerrymandering at the top of the list? >> i lost my seat in large part because of that. i did have the feeling --...

Disruption. people were seriously looking for disruption. i've got to wonder personally about the empty coffee can they chose to shake things up in. they were looking to shake things up. there was no way that hillary, master of every detail in the universe. i was at her campaign events she would explain and explain and explain and explain and explain. and trump just showed up. you know, with a lot of noisy rolling stone tapes and flag e waving and hugs and promise of greatness. >> all right. in your book, look forward to 2020. here is what you tell us, maybe in 2020 we'll select our two major ...