look out joe mansion.his is a tough general. >> joe mansion, remember he's the candidate who has gone in different directions. he's been very targeted with his votes. he's gone with the president. he's gone against the president. he was elected six years ago. he was a popular former governor. re-elected six years ago with that long gun ad. >> they're going to go after him on the gun issue too. that will be used against him by blankenship. he does a lot of media. he's likable guy. he may be identified with washington, the system, the establishment. i think the republican establishment is just as much in disrepair as the democratic. that's saying something. >> joe mansion had to be talked into running in a tough year given trump and trump's margin. they had to plead with him to run for re-election. he's the only democrat that could win. year after year, every six years you bounce off some republican that had some problem like picked up the last two weeks, going to peep shows. blown out of race. i think haspe

there's support she got from a democrat senator joe mansion. he's up for reelection.e's been criticized on torture. i talked to folks who said what about when mr. brennan, when democrats supported him, also someone involved in the interrogation techniques process after 9/11. according to the sources i'm talking with, they feel she has that momentum on her side. >>allie, rand paul voiced his opposition. he said her inability to answer the questions about her actual role in these interrogations is a problem. is the white house hoping they can per said rand paul at the last minute? >> they've done it before. there is definitely that hope. i think that joe mansion is a critical person to mention here, politics totally on display. he is going to want to go home and make the case to west virginians. kevin's right. rand paul gets to the heart of an important issue, repeatedly gina haspel was asked her personal view on torture and didn't give it. she said she wouldn't restart the program at cia now. there was really no personal, i believe that this is wrong. i think that's th

. >> i want to play a little bit of joe mansion committee member on his way in. i asked him exactly that. >> he wants to issue a statement? >> he has no voice in this process. you've done what you done. that's my advice to him. he can keep his mouth shut. >> he should keep his mouth shut. >> ksm. >> on the hearing and the whole issue. >> i think mike lighter homicide this right. i was here watching some people who aren't foreign policy geek, who aren't intelligence offers who have nothing to do with this business. they said to me i think she's doing well. she seems very sincere. i think that's an important point about gina haspel. she's a professional that came across in the hearing. i think to elaborate a bit on what michael lighter said, i think she got the balance just right in terms of correctly characterizing the world of 2002. i think in a fair way and the world of 2018. the very delicate line she has to walk here was to acknowledge the consensus today both in the congress and i assume in the country but at the same time acknowledge that her colleagues back

that i believe joe mansion is one of the most vulnerable democrats in the country.hink either one of these republicans will be very executivetive against joe mansion. most of all, anderson, they are happy. >> john king, thank you very much i aappreciate it. joining us is dana bash and david giant. dana, have you seen the west virginia race playing out tonight and the significance offense report? >> the significance of it, first of all is according to what john just said, that we are projecting right now is that the man that republican leaders here in washington were most worried about is not going to be their nominee. that's the headline. the other two depending on who wins, they're fine with because this is a senate seat that they feel is no reason they should not win the incumbent joe mansion has been in politics in west virginia for a very long time. he was governor before he has been senator. he was also somebody who indoorindoo enendorsed hillary clinton. what it means is that republicans are breathing a sigh of relief that this is still in play politically but

that issue has come up for him recently but look i think president trump has also been courting joe mansion quite a bit who knows what donald trump will do in this race he might support the republican he might stay out of it completely he and joe mansion of building quite the relationship over the last year or so to be interesting to see what happens in that state rather than concerning this president will you think it's all going to go nothing is predictable. no it's. it's anyone's guess right now larry i can't exactly put my finger on it i think at the end of the day donald trump mike again i go back to my gut instincts my gut instincts tell me that he himself may not have been directly involved in the clues and i don't think that he was but look at all of the people around him that have been indicted who are being called to testify who some who have already pled guilty i think think some of those people are going to to take the fall as they should if they were involved in anything untoward and but i think that donald trump himself i think personally democrats need to work more toward the

that is joe mansion in west virginia but also missouri and north dakota and joe donnelly in indiana. in each of those cases, it's a catch-22. it's bad because you get all of the crows come picking in your corn field when you get to the primaries. and the test for republicans in west virginia, in indiana, a lot of other places, can they avoid doing too much damage to each other in the primary so they stay viable in the general? >> yeah, it's always the story. everybody comes out bloodied and bruised. great to have you with us live from west virginia. >> all right. california's strict new gun and ammunition control laws were supposed to be the gutting edge in progressive gun control. we'll stick around to meet an olympic medallist. she's won six olympic medals. she is here to tell her side of the story next. you wouldn't believe what's in this kiester. a farmer's market. a fire truck. even a marching band. and if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it

, i absolutely oppose joe mansion's re-election and i think we need to nominate someone who can beatt someone today before the primary is over thinking of supporting him. >> i appreciate it, attorney general morissey here in the down of berkeley springs. >> in morgan county. >> important to him, beautiful day. this is a primary that is a semi -close primary if you're a republican you can vote. if you're an independent you can vote in the republican primary but if you're a democrat you can't switch over so there won't be any of that foolishness going on and i leave you with this, neil. we'll decided to the voters of west virginia the republican voters will decide is it worse to be a former democrat that's evan jenkins, the guy who was born in brooklyn, that's mr. mor issey, or is it worse to be an ex-convict? i don't know they're going to have to decided to. neil: well that is fielder's choice right there but did blankenship say that he would definitely run the third party, because i thought they had that law in effect. they can't. neil: but people could write him in if he so chose, r

we know joe mansion won't do that, and he would vote for chuck schumer to be the leader.s make sure the voters have a chance to make that decision without weighing in before the vote is done. >> shepard: understood, but if he is the guy, you would still prefer him to joe mitch? >> i'm going to support people who support the president's agenda. joe mansion talks a good game but when it comes down to those votes, he voted no for higher wages, more jobs, a better economy. he has voted no against his state again and again. i think he is a nice guy, i have him over for a barbecue but don't send him back to the senate. i love these may primaries because it allows us to find who are enemies are going to be and coalesce around them. come together, we need all hands on deck because we need to beat that democrat incumbents and give the president more help in the senate. >> shepard: you probably hear the back and forth as john mccain has been planning his own funeral, apparently, suffering from brain cancer. you know the story. but he has apparently made known that he doesn't want t

an independent and pulled votes away from the more traditional republicans, i think that means joe mansion be the for the next six years. president trump is documenting the race correctly, everyone -- there's a lot of people who believe blankenship cannot beat joe mansion. president trump is kind of right about that. the weird part is the inability because he doesn't want to make either person mad in the rest of the republican primary to decide vote for "x" and pick a guy. and because of that there's thought they would split the primary vote. >> so this is a preview of the conversation we'll be having tomorrow on primary day. and it's not just republicans because it's democrats too. had you nancy pa laos she welost in the iowa last night. >> people always ask is it a sue namly -- tsunami or a wave? whatever that is, it's a lot of small droplets of water. this is not going to be big margins. this is going to be small margins many places. >> but here's the thing. you've got some democrats running away from nancy pelosi even though she talks about what an effective fundraisers she's been. gar

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joe mansion seems to be a vulnerable one. they have a battle in the primary. >> right. will be an effort to be the one with trump soonest. they were talking about it last night. in the end, i think that nancy wilmansonwill have a good conte. i think the a.g. conman will win and a big fight ahead for joe. that said, he won statewide. he was the governor. he's making the case at home falling on some deaf ears that he's tried to work with trump, voted for pompeo, gorsuch for the supreme court. he's in one of the best positions. >> stays like west virginia where the president has an 87% approval rating. if he dips his toe in the race, it's a difficult ballgame. >> i think the democrats will pick up two seat in the senate. with older supreme court justices, picking up two republican seats a big deal. we have you covered in all aspects. debate series continues across the country. we have you covered on all of the races. when we come back, a golfer gets goesed. ♪ ♪ (vo) i was born during the winter of '77. i first met james in 5th grade. we got married after college. and had t

joe mansion is a strong candidate. you have to have someone just as strong to run against him. >> one thing we do know, the wall street journal had a big piece, there are as many job seekers in the united states as there are job availabilities, that's full unemployment. never in my lifetime have we genuine full employment. that's extraordinary. if we focus just on the economy, i think it's a much better situation for republicans. >> harris: the president knows that. >> he does. november inches closer. we'll cover all of that. a new study finds that the media is still against trump. could it backfire? we'll debate. >> new questions whether president trump is getting fair treatment from the big three television networks, a new survey from the conservative media research center finds 90% of negative analysis on trump in broadcasts in all of their coverage during the first four months of the year. that's identical from last year, too. the study found the russia probe dominated the coverage of the president and his administ

resources and huge name identification to drive voters back to the point but he's interested in beating joe mansionthe resources and toughness to do it. he has to put himself against the national republican party and you know who that worked for? donald trump. not like that is a model that doesn't have precedent especially in west virginia where donald trump had an 87% favorability rating among republicans. >> do not forget about us and come back and talk about this in a broader sense tomorrow night. a lot of other senate races. >> maybe, but i will definitely bring you a pepperoni roll too. >> this is a verbal binding contract, it is on the air. thank you very much. do not forget tomorrow night the west virginia gop senate debate moderated by bret baer and martha maccallum starts at 6:30 eastern, you don't want to miss it. donald trump facing a midnight deadline to make a decision about a steel and aluminum tariff, latebreaking news on that front next and controversy and fallout from the white house correspondents dinner, and the reaction tonight for the real news roundup. of hotels. brrr! i have

joe mansion is concerned how lit be looked politically. it will be a question for the chairman of committee. both would say whether that report could come out before november. on this key issue of collusion, appears a sticking point. it may not be resolved before november. >> thank you. joining us now, congress eric swallwell. thanks so much for joining us. let me get to that issue of collusion. legally, all the legal experts suggest it isn't necessarily a crime. how do you reach a definition that members of both parties can agree on? >> great question. the way i see it is you have to separate this from what you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that's bob mueller's job and just general collusion which is offensive and concerning. i've seen plenty evidence of collusion. you don't need to be a lawyer and have access to classified information. when the russians offered hacking and offered to preview the family memb to trump family members, campaign, and the candidate goes on stage and says russia, please do more. they were eager to work w

joe mansion is setting up to be his top target this fall. president told senators in a closed-door meeting on capitol hill this week that he plans to spend significant time campaigning against manchin. republicans are not just hoping to maintain their 51-49 seat majority in november but perhaps, pick up a few seats as well. colorado senator cory gardner is the man in charge of that effort. he's chairman of the national republican senatorial committe . >> thank you for having me. >>paul: mitch mcconnell, your majority leader warned republicans that this is going to be a real fight to keep the senate majority. how precarious do you feel it is? >> if you go by historical standards, the midterm losses. when it shares the majority with the white house and the party of the white house can be substantial. but nothing really has followed history over the past couple years with the election of this president and some of the things that's been accomplished. i don't see why we should start following history. i feel optimistic about this election cycle.

learned that joe donnelly says he's going to back the nomination and other democrats on board being joe mansion and west virginia. >> i think the odds are extremely high that she gets confirmed and i think i understand the frustration of some democratic senators as knowledgeable competence and somebody changed her view of the interrogation methods. even though she did not say the words that some democrats wanted but i think she will be confirmed. >> it is problematic that she's unable to say that torture is immoral and it comes down to what kind of country we want to be. i believe that she will narrowly be confirmed. >> laura bassett and john harwood. thank you very much. >> what the secretary of state says is now on the table with north korea. next. born during the winter of '77. i first met james in 5th grade. we got married after college. and had twin boys. but then one night, a truck didn't stop. but thanks to our forester, neither did our story. and that's why we'll always drive a subaru. this is bill's yard. and bill has a "no-weeds, not in my yard" policy. but with scotts turf builder we

that, though, i want -- i want hillary clinton to go down to west virginia and help campaign for joe mansionfter she said on the campaign trail look at coal miners, we're going to put you out of work, but we'll find you other jobs. >> i love seeing bill clinton right now. i just think #metoo. it's an incredible time to send out out there to do anything. >> i think they should put her back on the campaign trail. i think she should be the nominee in 2020. the more clinton, the better. if you look at inspiring the republican base, plaster her face everywhere in these states. >> the gop just recently started showing up in polls, just generic ballot. off your midterm election is unusual. i think it's significant. you could have a red wave instead of a blue wave. >> what else is really significant, a lot of these progressive candidates have been doing well in the house primaries. and they have won. so going into the general election, they're not going to want hillary clinton around. and they're still -- there's still a big split -- >> they need to learn the lessons of 2016 within that party. i thi

the lobby is so powerful and so successful in keeping this from law senator joe mansion said last week afraid of how powerful they are. the america medical association says prescriptions should be between doctors and patients. all that said this just highlights how difficult and complicated it is to really solve this problem in america. >> if there is one thing maybe this can come together for in an election year. the fire directed at the deputy attorney general is now partisan. after months of praising some democrats are complaining he is bowing to oval office pressure and sharing investigative details that are supposed to be kept secret. we know rosenstein has been a pinata for the president and for himself. it is a spot light the justice department veteran does not want and does not cherish. a long time friend describes him as clearly under stress but remarkably calm. rod is rooted in the process and the law. he says he is okay. we'll see if that lasts through the summer. thanks for sharing your sunday morning. hope to see you back here week days. dana bash sits down with rudy giuli

so, senator joe mansion of west virginia, has a tough reelection coming up he's democrat in the statesident trump won by 25 points maybe more than that. he came out and said he will vote for her. she'll get confirmed. what i thought was remarkable today -- i should give you full credit. >> because of the election. >> but she lived her life behind the scenes. her entire career. most of it was spent undercover now she has to go in front these people that live their life for cable news spotlight hits and she did remarkably well and super calm about ten i wonder when diane finestein goes after her about destruction vl videotapes. she didn't order him he was chief taff to hoe a-rod reeing are he's who ordered and the implication there were 92 videotapes of different interrogations of different terrorists and corrected the record and said, no, there were 92 tapes of interrogations of one terrorist. so the misinformation about this entire program was gotten entirely out of control and i would ask this, for the democrats they're saying she is not qualified, did they ever think to ask nancy pe

joe donnelly from indiana is joining joe mansion from west virginia in announcing their yes votes.rand paul and john mccain are the only no votes on the republicans. gop senator jeff flake says right now he is still undecided. >>leland: after the break, president trump touting his withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal as keeping one of his major campaign promises. our fair and balanced panel and how this will affect the midterms. >> the united states no longer makes empty threats. when i make promises, i keep them. alright, i brought in new max protein ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors. new ensure max protein. it's just my eczema again,. but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you okay? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day. myeczemaexposed.com. your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. maybe you should ask your doctor

there is a democrat, joe mansion, in the senate now who is up for reelection and his fate might have something to do with which party controls the senate and i'm sure he was hoping that blankenship would win so that he could run against him and but from your boots on the ground field reporting what is happening in west virginia in relation with the attitude for the president and is there still room for a character like mansion who was one a couple of the times as democrat and who seems to be the most vulnerable defending incumbent out there in that party. >> well, right, i gave up in 2016 predicting politics. [laughter] honestly, it's difficult to say because when i am in there in west virginia and talking with guys about their jobs. it's basic justice and fairness. were not talking about that. what you hear and i hear a lot of people who are opposed to environmental regulations and regulation in general but they also appreciate the fact that the affordable care act gave them a crucial provision that restored a presumption in the law that ronald reagan had taken away in 1982 that mad

joe donnelly is joining joe mansion in endorsing her.statement donnelly says he believes that haskell has learned from her past involvement. saying that she has expressed to me her commitment to be responsive to congressional oversight and to provide her from furnished -- for those in after careful consideration, i will support her nomination to lead the agency to it she has dedicated her career. this week, senate donnelly found himself the target of president trump. >> this november, indiana will face an important choice. you can send an incredible swamp person back to the senate, like joe donnelly, or you can send republicans like mike to drain the swamp. [applause] >> joining me now is alan smith. i'm from louisiana, i'm a swamp person, we are good people. seriously, how big of a deal is all of this? >> donnelly announcing that he will support haspel is a big deal. unless another wool come out against or she will be confirmed. it just nearly moves the needle to get her over the 50 vote margin with mccain having setting out. donnelly a

tonight we're going to look at one democrat who did not decline , west virginia democratic senator joe mansionst on your world today he got by in his primary, in fact easily, but the questions about whether he can survive a general election right now the polls are tight and he's in the race of his life, more of that coming up at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. ♪ with expedia you could book a flight, hotel, car and activity all in one place. ♪ copd makes it hard to breathe. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way, with anoro." ♪ go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. anoro is not for asthma. it contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. the risk is unknown in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition, high blood pressure, glaucoma, prostate, bladder, or urinary

still run on in states like north g northa with kevin cramer and montana and west virginia against joe mansionn, against tammy baldwin, those are states where tax cuts have been proven to work. those are all great pick-up opportunities for us. there's 10 trump democrats or trump states that democrat versus to run for re-election. if we had the opportunity to contrast republican success on tax cuts against democrats and nancy pelosi saying they're going to repeal them, i like that fight. >> neil: what are your sense of the midterms. the widely held views are a lot of times wrong. the view was that republicans would get hammered and there was a good chance the senate could fall as well as the house. now it looks like if anything, republicans could pick up seats in the senate and i don't think that it's going to be a turnover in the house. but again, i could be wrong. but your thoughts? >> you're right, the generic ballot is the best it's been since january of 2013. that's no small feat. you've seen it close. republicans are closer right now than they've ever been. whici wouldcredit tax cuts for

the best thing that ever happened to joe donnelly, to john tester, to joe mansion is donald trump gettinglinton had been elected democrats would now be on the verge of being wiped out in the senate. instead they are in the game to get the majority. >> still ahead -- you're going to stay? >> sure. >> what a difference two weeks makes. marco rubio stood with the president and thanked him for fighting for the american worker. but now he's thinking differently about those tax cuts. we'll explain next on "morning joe." when you've got... ...nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea! nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea! here's pepto bismol! ah. nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. you can do it. we can do this. at fidelity, our online planning tools are clear and straightforward so you can plan for retirement while saving for the things you want to do today. -whoo! >>> too many took over my duty at the tweet desk. >> you're not sore about it, are you? >> i've been told it's quote, cute. let's check it out. this is a 3-year-old kid playing ve

donald trump won west virginia by 42 points and yet it is represented by a democrat, joe manchin in the senate. mansionp for reelection. so republicans, this really at or near the top of their list when they talk about seats they think they can flip to hang onto that senate majority. a very vulnerable democrat there. we'll see if that, if blankenship does get competitive tuesday night, though, what would that do to scramble potentially the general election? that is a big question on tuesday. not the only state with that kind of dynamic, though, where you have a primary on tuesday. joe donley, democratic senator from indiana, he's up, republicans picking a nominee in a state that trump won by 19 points in 2016. so, again, on paper for republicans, a big pickup opportunity. so, on paper, if republicans could pick off two, three of these, boy that senate majority becomes very difficult for democrats to break even if they got a good year nationally. so, these are the most vulnerable. the one thing we would add, though, is this. in a normal election year, all this has been a favorable -- that wasn't suppose

mansion land? >> gianno: i think the president has learned a lesson when it comes to roy moore in alabama. i think joein who is currently visiting senator there is a very popular and i know that there's two seats being targeted by republicans in areas that democrats -- where president trump win and democrat areas. by a lot so this is a very important seat. and just the fact that this is a great example as to what we can do in terms of moving forward with a strategy, this impeachment talk that's been coming up across the spectrum is something that is very serious. i spoke with a member of the house of representatives recently who said that if we don't get the senate, if we don't keep the senate and we lose the house, there can lead to very serious implications. so this is beyond just moving the president's agenda forward. if this can go into the impeachment conversation if we don't pick up seats or maintain control of the senate. >> harris: 's is a place where the president should or should not step in? what he did is draw attention to a race that now is split among three people statistically. i think

heidi heitkamp in west virginia, and joe manchin have traded places with heidi heitkamp at fourth and mansionh. democrats would have inhabited faced on lincoln ship that they are not getting representative evan jenkins who they spent nearly $2 million against in the primary. the biggest changes in florida, senator bill nelson moving up from eight to six with governor rick scott entering into the race pushing montana senator jon tester and sherrod brown down to seventh and eighth respectively. this list is compiled after a consultation with strategists on both sides of the aisle and inside elections with nathan gonzales. is the only public enough for reelection in a state that hillary carried. dannyial candidate tankard and is running for the house at trump surging. the top 10 vulnerable house incumbents, rolled all -- roll call it together that list. public and skill of the list with the gop on defense in a difficult national environments, the 10 most honorable incumbents six months out are all republicans. the biggest change from when we last compiled a list here out, most vulnerable member,

will lead him to come hard against mansion, who is someone that you know the president wants cultivated as a possible cabinet pick. the other side is this how does joeremendous enthusiasm on the democratic side to make it was not much of a race. manchin got 70% of the vote against liberal environmentalists was rubble running against him. the turnout on the democratic side was higher than it was on the hotly contested republican side. manchin has to figure out how can he suck up to trump without alienating too many parts of his base. he's got to figure out the way to play this one. >> shannon: i know when you know having spent a great deal of time in west virginia i've never seen a more popular politician across party lines. there's a lot of love for joe manchin there. before we go on that because i want to get the other two states, i think we may have this tweet that was put up by teammates, a twitter account that is linked to his official senate run. thanks for playing, at don blankenship. there's some powder there. i don't want to get into that, i don't know is happening. but it's gotten really ugly between these two. blankenship has said all alon