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Republican position on the legislation is to block it. the hill reporting today, quote, senator majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked two election security measures on thursday, arguing democrats are trying to give themselves a political benefit. what? the table is back. what political benefit? unless you are so politically weak you need russia's help, what political benefit is there for keeping them out of our election elections? >> if vladimir putin was watching the hearings yesterday, and might have been, and meeting the hill and seeing mcconnell quashed these bipartisan bills, he's think...

Because especially with iowa voters, who can be very picky. they want to be courted and they certainly don't want anybody coming into that state assuming they've already won the primary he's got to be careful to demonstrate he's above the fray, above the primary voters and that he -- sorry, by the primary candidates. that he's able to strike into general election mode. >> "new york times" reporting today that president trump is keenly focused on vice president biden. he seems to have gotten into the president's head, at least for now. many of his private conversations aides say tend to center ...

This is a president that likes tear ifrs and y tariffs and you need to get used to it. >> how many of the fact opposed to it without approval from the other branch? >> reporter: he doesn't need congressional approval to make a threat or at least raise the specter of tariffs. as the president sees now, the very specter of tariffs, the threat, is something he can do unilaterally with his own twitter feed anytime he so chooses. >> hans nichols from the white house. thank you. we are on the road to miami. just 16 days away from the first democratic debate of the 2020 election. catch that here on...

State directors falls into place. everything is in perfect place the best part is the president is doing, again, such a good job. i always say it good job for the campaign our job is going to be easy. >> martha: still waiting to here whether or not joe biden will get into the race. "washington times" reporting today he is looking at creating a coalition that looks a lot like the coalition that elected four father-in-law. men, people who -- with high school educations in many cases. older voters, a coalition that we saw in parts of western pennsylvania and michigan. parts of ohio. what do you s...

They don't believe the presid t president's version of what's going on. >> julian, if only we had the cutaways of members of the administration and the white house sitting in the front rows listening to him. especially what might happen in the road ahead in the courts leak this moment. like this moment. >> we will have a national mental. we wiemergency. then we will be sued. then we will possibly get a bad ruling. then we'll get a bad ruling. then end up in the supreme court. and hopefully we'll get a fair shake. >> it was remarkable because he essentially, you know, was upstaging even "the wa...