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In the special election. i think this is the most encouraging one for democrats. >> that's the trent franks race. >> and this was recent. trump had won the district by 21. a republican won the special by five. but here's why that is significant, and if you're a democrat, encouraging. the republicans like to say, this is about energy. this is about democrats circling the date of the special election, being out, going out, and republican voters not doing that. arizona 8 is a mail-in voting district -- a state where they do mail-in voting. everybody gets a ballot. republicans got ballots there. r...

Supreme court where less than an hour from now, justices will take up a case that could have a major impact on the future of elections. they're focusing on gerrymandering, the act of manipulating the boundaries of a voting district to favor one party over another. nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me from outside the supreme court, pete, what will the justices be looking at? >> reporter: it's a simple question, chris, how much partisanship is too much, gerrymandering the drawing of congressional boundaries for legislative districts has always been a political exercise done by the m...

Both of those presidents, the democrat and republican are stiending bind the tariffs of the president. while they see republicans and several -- i talked to a gentleman yesterday who is a republican voter, he says he is against the tariffs because of the the outlie that the runs are saying. there's 18,000 union steel household members in that voting district. so despite what republican lawmakers are saying this is very much of a constituent and steel worker issue here for these people. >> there's another reason to be watching that race which is fascinating. vaughn thank you so much for that in...

Than one in 20 votes. 4.6%. they end up with 56.6. how does that work? >> just 26,000 votes per seat. for the nationalists. nearly 4 million votes. and just one seat in the parliament. that's because the united kingdom independence party support was just spread too thinly across the country. britain's voting system is first pass the post in each voting district. each parliamentary consistency. do it by one vote. and you are there. if you are a party like the democrats have been through their history. whose support has spread. whose support is significant in total terms. it spread thinly across...

Generational divide that twists in cuba. the older folks are staunch in the support of the embargo but younger people are not. they're changing their perspective. it's time to see that the new generation sees things differently. you represent the youngest voting district in the state of florida. you're not a old guy yourself. >> i'm 364. >> tell me about the again rational divide that exists between cuban-americans. >> what upset most people in my generation is to see our country, the united states in a position of weakness. to see our country give up three convicted spies. one of whom was fou...