steve: bill allison? bill: so at the donor's summit, it was announced that charles and david koch and the network they have put together will be spending $400 million in this cycle at all levels, and they have spent some money and your group has been out promoting things like the republican tax plan and some of the issues in washington. how much of that total has already been spent and how much are you going to be targeting house races in the midterms in terms of the dollar figure? mr. phillips: you make a great point. that number includes both 2017 and 2018. you are exactly right. and it also includes policy efforts. so we announced roughly up to a $20 million, maybe more effort to explain the benefit of the tax bill that passed to the american people. so it is not just the politics, it is also involving a lot of policy. that is an important point. and we probably spent 35%, 40% of that in 2017. so it is important that is a two-year number, and it also includes state-level efforts as well, with the state

and joining us with the questioning is maggie severns, reporter for politico, and bill allison, who covers campaigns for bloomberg news. thank you all for being with us. let me begin with an opening question regarding the economy and the midterm elections. will the economy be enough for the republicans to maintain their majority in the house and the senate? mr. phillips: off-year elections, especially the first one for the party in power, are always tough. you know the numbers historically. obama lost 63 seats in 2010, clinton lost 54 house seats in 1994, even reagan lost 26 seats,

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i am allison gormly reporting for "chasing news." bill: in 1991, young man kevin mcgowan was killed by his foe on say right before their wedding the woman sentenced to 40 years ends were forn the murder. and in the last few days, governor christie's term, he commuted her sentence she served 25 years but interestingly enough, family found out that the killer was released on social media. what is even more complexity and disappointment to the story purchase the former prosecutor involved in the case said he proved beyond any doubt this woman was not battered, was not beaten, was not a victim of domestic violence. we got his brother frank mcgowan now on "chasing news." frank, welcome. >> thanks. bill: so let me ask you this. your brother was murdered. i can't wrap my head around what your family went through. so also take about what did you go through now? you hear that your brother's killer out. >> well, we are reliving the merd all over again. yous with a shock back then. it is even bigger shock now she has been released. we had no input i

telling fox news the report gives are looking at passing a short-term bill that funds the government through march 203rd. >> allisonngton tonight. let's bring kelly jane back, managing editor at the weekly standard. let's pick up what on allison was talking about. yes, we could have shut down part two by thursday how you see all of this playing out which market seemed like the democrats that the worst of it pr wise during the first one and how does that change the dynamic this time around? reporter: i think the democrats are a little less likely for setup. they tried to paint the last shutdown as a win and i remember hearing chuck schumer say we got mitch mcconnell to agree that we have a debate and a vote on daca. well, you know, they could of got that without the shutdown so despite them trying to paint it as when it was not and you think what else did he get out of that and that was it. nothing. nothing except we will try to have that vote and i think for them to be willing to shut down the government again they would have to get something better out of it and i don't think republicans will give them anything be

bill. >>> we're learning more tonight on the democrats' fbi memo released late yesterday. allison barber reports democrats are pushing back on gop claims of surveillance abuses in the fbi's russia probe. >> reporter: the memo is 10 pages long, a rebuttal to the 4 page memo the republicans released a few weeks ago. unlike the republican memo, this one has redactions on every page, and the democrats claim their information shows fbi and doj fishes did not abuse their surveillance authority when they sought a warrant to spy on carter page. >> he was of interest because of his connections to the russians for years before 2016. before october of 2016. he'd been interviewed by the fbi. >> reporter: republicans claim the anti-trump dossier prepared by christopher steel formed an essential part of application, and the initial application and three renewals. they claim the hillary clinton campaign helped fund the dossier. the democrats say raw intelligence reporting did not inform the fbi's investigation into late july 2016. it claims investigators received steel's reporting in mid-septemb

bill spadea. a local city in our area having problem. not just a few. 30,000 crow crowes but going to get rid them. how about this. lasers and fireworks. allisons the store friday trenton. what do you got, allison? >> pan ny are hoping that pyrotechnics and lasers are the solution. the u.s. department offing a ry culture in conjunction with the trenton police department are using pyrotechnic, laser, spotlights and recordings of pros distress calls to machinage the estimated 30,000 crows. the goal is to break up the larm population into small less concentrated flocks. u.s. department offing a gry can ture's district supervise climb clap are said it formed and has been in this area for years. >> in the winter months they do group in in these and, a. they will pk up a well lit elevated area, maybe an area near some water or even a wooded area. the problem here, though, is that, you know, they have chosen an area that is highly populated this. >> the usda workers load what looks like a small water pistol and aim it. the bird then react to the noise and fly away. for some residents, relief cannot come soon enough. scott millioner has been being for

bill. again, we expect to see a short- term resolution for this week. daca is set to expire march 5. in washington, allison barber, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> they proposed was so -- whistle blowing, those who report doings will be protected. she says that this year's me too movement has produced the momentum to get this past. >> there is no more work that could be done without this protection in place. and if people are too afraid to come forward, we will never know. >> reporter: it passed the a assembly on a number of 46-0. it will go into effect immediately if governor brown signs it. >>> at 7:40 pm, police responded to a laundry mat near the panhandle. a woman was arguing with a man and then he grabbed her and threw her in the car, police found blood and other physical evidence there. they later located the woman, the suspect, and a child at a gas station. the two victims appear to be okay. >>> police are investigating a rash of vehicle burglaries. they were targeting tools inside the trucks, all of these thefts happened yesterday. five trucks were stolen, three were later stolen without the tools inside and