jack fitzpatrick? guest: mitch mcconnell sat down with some bloomberg reported last week and brought up, when we asked about the debt and his plans to address it or what he hopes to do to address it, he specifically brought up entitlement spending, medicare, medicaid, and social security, and said that is where it had to be from, you cannot make it up through tax increases. but he did say this is such a hot button issue that anything that would significantly cut socialg, especially on security, medicare, and medicaid, would get so much pushback that you will probably not see a unified republican government take that on and that he really would have preferred if they could have done something under the obama administration. the difference was the obama administration did not want to do that so you see, especially republicans, kind of between a rock and a hard place. they do not want to raise taxes to make up for the difference. but they want to cut spending, somehow, or at least impose limitations, rais

host: jack fitzpatrick, president obama will be in las vegas today to campaign for democrats there. take us to nevada. what are you looking for? guest: so the combination of obama campaigning there and that ad tells you a lot about republicans like to focus on. as we mentioned earlier, pelosi, for a long time, has been a long standing feature in republican ads against democrats. l

jack fitzpatrick?uest: mitch mcconnell sat down with some bloomberg reported last week and brought up, when we asked about the debt and his plans to address it or what he hopes to do to address it, he specifically brought up entitlement spending, medicare, medicaid, and social security, and said that is where it had to be from, you cannot make it up through tax increases. but he did say this is such a hot button issue that anything that would significantly cut socialg, especially on security, medicare, and medicaid, would get so much pushback that you will probably not see a unified republican government take that on and that he really would have preferred if they could have done something under the obama administration. the difference was the obama administration did not want to do that so you see, especially republicans, kind of between a rock and a hard place. they do not want to raise taxes to make up for the difference. but they want to cut spending, somehow, or at least impose limitations, raise

jack fitzpatrick talk about how congress and its leaders might change after the midterm elections. and maya mcguiness, president for the committee of the a federal budget on fiscal policy and the growing deficit. he sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. now, incumbent republican congressman dana rohrabacher debates democrat harley rouda for the race in california's 48 congressional district. the debate is considered a tossup by real clear politics and the cook political report. this is 25 minutes. rick: i'm hosting this debate between the candidates in california's 48th congressional district. the district makes up most of the oc coast and includes parts of 14 cities including huntington beach, were beach, and costa mesa. it has been solidly republican, but hillary clinton out donald trump in the district in 2016. here are the candidates. dana rohrabacher is a republican incumbent. he has represented the district for 30 years. harley rouda is the democratic challenger, a real estate executive who is running for the first time. both m

washington examiner political reporter out weaver and bloomberg government congressional reporter jack fitzpatrick talk about how congress and its leaders might change after the midterm elections. also maya mcguiness, president of committee for responsible federal budget on fiscal policy and the growing federal deficit. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern i do morning. join the discussion. >> in california's 39th district, the democrat debated republican young kim in the race to receive republican congressman ed royce who is retiring. the contest is considered a tossup by the cook political report. this is 25 minutes. >> i'm rick reason i'm here with the candidates in california's 39th congressional district. the district covers the north spills orange county and into los angeles and san bernardino counties. includes fullerton, more than a dozen cities in all. the area has usually gone republican, but hillary clinton carried it in 2016. so here are the

host: jack fitzpatrick, president obama will be in las vegas today to campaign for democrats there. take us to nevada. what are you looking for? guest: so the combination of obama campaigning there and that ad tells you a lot about republicans like to focus on. as we mentioned earlier, pelosi, for a long time, has been a long standing feature in republican ads against democrats. l > good afternoon, las vegas! looking good out there. i start every rally with a little bit after cheer and most people know your part is woo. can i hear you say woo? >> woo! >> all right. follow me after this. ain't no party like the democratic party 'cuz the democratic party don't stop! >> woo! >> there you go. that's a las vegas cheer. and i want to thank steve so much for that introduction. i got to tell you, steve as fighter for better schools. he's a champion for affordable healthcare. i can't wait to work with him as our next governor from the great state of nevada. so i say this out here at unlv. you ready to vote? >> yes! >> you ready to turn nevada blue? >> yes! >> we're going to do it. and today

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washington examiner political reporter al weaver and bloomberg governor congressional reporter jack fitzpatrickalk about how congress and its leaders might change after the midterm elections. and maya mcguiness, president for the committee of the a federal budget on fiscal policy and the growing deficit. he sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. now, incumbent republican congressman dana rohrabacher debates democrat harley rouda for the race in california's 48 congressional district. the debate is considered a tossup by real clear politics and the cook political report. this is 25 minutes. rick: i'm hosting this debate between the candidates in california's 48th congressional district. the district makes up most of the oc coast and includes parts of 14 cities including huntington beach, were

we also have a first timer jack fitzpatrick.th the bloomberg government thank you for joining us. let's start with you. what is the latest. what are you hearing about control of the house. the house still expectation is. there is a little bit of hesitation as far as the talk of a total wave election year and this will be important when it comes to the margins in the house and senate and they're going to matter almost as much as who wins each chamber. it will matter for nancy pelosi if she wants to be speaker and it will be maybe a closer call than initially expected for democrats. with the washington examiner speaking with the story. the republicans could get as many as 56. what are you hearing? i think right now the more likelihood is there are 51 with that outcomes. it almost seems like they have the north dakota race in the bag. she has really fallen off. and they've really taken advantage of the kavanaugh situation. the republicans are really looking at. in montana there is a surprise. with the attorney general running again