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Democrats one hundred ninety three all eyes are on the thirty or so toss ups races that polling data have is too close to call. on the senate side republicans rule with the slimmest of majority fifty one of one hundred seats but polling data suggest maybe just six seats are toss ups. if the democrats win the house the senate or both they could block trump's agenda. they could investigate allegations of abuse and misconduct facing trouble in the senate democrats could reject trump appointees and they could even have the numbers to start the long and fraught process of and teaching trump. the de...

You focus a huge amount of energy and activity on a very small target, it produces all sorts of outcomes. they are often hard to replicate whether you have a whole national election which we'll be have having three months from. >> now the senate is going to be a different sphere from the house. where on the house side republicans have to defend a lot of close swing districts including districts that voted for hillary clinton in 2016. on the senate sidon 00 other hand, have you got a lot of republican seats that are completely safe. we have got three that are potentially at risk, tennessee, ari...

Impression the president doesn't understa understand or willfully disregards. they are not his personal lawyers. that's right check put it more bluntly. >> he can't be a wing man for a president. he's got to be very independent. and work for the people of the country. >> over on the house side republicans also voicing concerns. here's what idaho gop congressman said. quote i don't pay any attention because i don't care. they're a distraction. the family is a distraction, the president is a distraction. at first this is the guy we elected. he'll learn. not from -- republicans are a president so...

Everyone will get back the foreign minister secretary of state kerry will go back to switzerland and resume negotiations. they have a march 31st deadline for at least a framework. deal or no deal? >> i think they're very close. i think the biggest part of the disagreement is over iran's insistence that the majority of sanctions should be lifted something that's not easy to do. i think also both sides know that they have a tough job dealing with the hard liners or critiques or conservatives and on this side republicans at home. therefore, they're trying to get the best -- the best deal on the t...

What do you make of it? >> well, nothing tells you more about where people stand in congress than a budget. this election is going to be about whose side you're on and this budget is going to reveal what side republicans are on. they're on the side of the special interests. even if it weaken it is middle-class. so here's what you'll see, ed, in this budget -- you will see a budget that actually increases taxes on middle-class families and decreases taxes on the very wealthy. you're going to see a budget that makes it more expensive for people to send their kids to college, but also increases s...