jeff greenfield calling out cnn and less anti-trump panels, lack of reporting. eally shocked cnn. coming up, we've got that. but first, supporting arizona senator jeff flake made a bombshell confession. he said he would not have pushed for an fbi probe if he was running for reelection. bringing in republican jason chaffetza en masse. see you then. when you're a mom and an entrepreneur. with more businesses starting every day, how do they plan for their financial wellness? i am very mindful of the sacrifices that i make. so i have to manage my time wisely. ♪ plan your financial life with prudential. bring your challenges. >> i have to say that when i heard him, i heard someone i hope i would sound like if i had been unjustly accused. and to see his family behind him at chris said, it was anger. if i were unjustly accused, that is how i would feel as well. >> could you have done this? >> not a chance. not a chance. politics has become too sharp, too partisan. there's no value value to reach across the aisle. there's no incentive. elizabeth: republican senator arizo

journalist jeff greenfield calling out cnn for endless antitrust panels and not doing reporting heres journalist ted koppel, battling cnn brian stelter saying that cnn ratings would be quote - in the toilet without president trump. watch. >> the ratings are up, it means that you can't do without donald trump. you would be lost without donald trump. cnn 's ratings would be in the toilet without donald trump. >> you know that's not true. elizabeth: what is your take on this? you know, with ted koppel and also, the mounting criticism of cnn here? >> respectfully, as a former journalist, i have a lot of respect for ted koppel. but i will disagree with him he cnn ratings are already in the toilet even with president trump. i just look at some of the most recent ratings. they're getting beaten regularly by reruns of spongebob squarepants. they have a real issue. when ted turner also questioned their balance, you have got jeff greenfield and ted koppel, something has got to change that cnn or they will continue to bottom out. elizabeth: here's a question, two respected journalists, do they

before the midterm elections on november sixth, newshour wkend special correspondent jeff greenfield will be hding out for a look at some key races. he recently joined me for a preview of what's at stake. let's start with the overall terrain, the general mood about the mid terms. do the dems have good reason to be optimistic? >> well, the first thing is that just a president's party almosts aloses seats in a mid term election. there have been like twoth exceptions inlast 80 years am seconds, a party's prospects are generally inked to their president's approval rating. lrrently trump's appro rating is about 2 points lower than obama in 2010 when democrats suffered a disastrous mid ter >> but there are specific problems this time for republicans. first some 40 republican incumbents areleaving while only 18 democrats announced their retirements and it is easier to flip an open seatment secretary, 25 house republicans are in disrtricts cried by hill rae clinton two years ago. mainly in suburban districts literally from coast to coast. only 13 democratic seets are i trump-friendly distric

newshour weekend special correspondent jeff greenfield explains. >> reporter: it may not look like it, but these quiet neighborhoods are battlegrounds, where the republican party's total control of the congress will be won or lost. more than 40% of all members of ttihe house of represens live in suburban areas, and dozens of republican districts are at risk. and no state more dramatically demonstrates this than new jersey, the very symbol of the massive middle-class migration that began after world war ii. nea w jersey ieply blue state. it hasn't voted for a republican presidential candidate in 30 years. it hasn't sent a republican to the u.s. senate since 1972. but, five of new jersey's 12 house seats are held by republicans, mostly in the suburbs, and democrats believe that winning those kinds of districts in new jersey, andac ss the country, is the key to winning back control of the u.s. house of representatives. 30 miles west of manhattan lies new jgrersey's 11th csional district. >> white collar, some blue collar, a lot of commutersbunto new yorkalso people with commutes inside o

>> i'll let jeff greenfield who is with cnn, abc, cbs, he's been in the business for decades, pretty well respected. here's what he told brian on reliable sources last sunday. when i look at cnn, hour after hour after hour i see panels rather than reporting, exchanging opinions. the overwhelming majority of which on this network i regard as quite critical or hostile to trump. this is a guest in the former employee of the network telling a cnn anchor this is who you are now. >> but i actually think --. >> as you said ted turner and koppel as well criticized the network all in one week. you're not just noticing that. and we've seen it for a while, i used to go on the network quite often. it's a different network than three years ago, donald trump came onto the scene. they used to film empty podiums during the campaign instead of hillary clinton giving a speech because he rated and thought he would never win. once he won they've gone overwhelmingly anti-trump and harvard came out with a study, they are 91% negative towards the president. how do you say you're objective when numbers like