we will rotate answers now and we start with kris kobach. mr. kobach: i've shown that i can reach across the aisle and gain broad bipartisan consensus. i went kansas to become the number one state in america in stopping voter fraud. i delivered on my promise which included photo hazy -- photo id am a proof of citizenship, and prosecuting voter fraud. i had bipartisan support including from senator kelly. i will making the case that our taxes are too high. the case to the democrats that we have to give relief to hard-working kansans. when our own kansas families are having trouble making ends meet. we have so much money to give to the illegal aliens. why are we not looking after kansas families? kris loves to say that i voted for his voter id bill. sooted for a compromise bill he would not get all of the authority he wanted in order to suppress the voters. i cosponsored a bill to repeal the voter id provision. i thought it was very clear in this campaign that i will be able to bring people together. i have done this across the board. hayden, u.s.

the kris kobach has received donations from white nationalists and has had ties with far right groups for at least a decade. kris kobach is in a tight race against democratic opponent laura kelly in what is considered a reliably red state. as kansas secretary of state, he has come under fire after the sole polling place for dodge city was moved outside of town, disproportionately affecting latin american voters. not near public transportation. as candidates made their closing arguments, president trump continued to rail against a caravan of central american migrants crossing mexico in order to seek political asylum in the united states. on friday, the first of thousands of active duty u.s. soldiers arrived at the

this year, the republican candidate for governor of kansas is the kansas secretary of state kris kobach, and he's way out there on the right. the democratic candidate is a well-known moderate, longtime state senator, named laura kelly. now, between kris and laura, the two of them, the race is excruciatingly close. the latest polling from emerson shows kobach ahead by one point. a new poll shows laura kelly up by two points. in kansas. where you basically can't fit a penny between the two candidates of the two major parties. but that race has been a little crowded, because that guy, greg orman, is also running for governor of kansas as an independent. in those same polls that show a one or two-point race, there's greg orman, polling at eight or nine points. greg orman from eight or nine points in the polls, he appears to have no chance at all to win or get anywhere close to winning. but he's definitely polling more than enough votes to change the outcome of this race. and because greg orman is running as a moderate, the candidate orman seems to be pulling votes from is the other moderate

electing kris kobach governor is one of the worst things that could happen for our state." that's the campaign treasurer for the spoiler candidate in kansas, he himself a republican and former state senator, saying he has no choice but to drop out for the independent candidate and switch to the democrat. he says it's the only way to stop kris kobach from taking office, which he says would be one of the worst things that could happen to our state. we're going to be talking with steve kornacki in a moment about that governor's race in kansas, and a whole bunch of others where the polling might surprise you. what is happening in kansas right now in the polls is basically tied in kansas. that is not a solo, like a -- that's not like a stand alone, weird result right now. it turns out there's a whole bunch of states that we think of as red states or strongly red leaning states where democrats right now stand more than a good chance of winning the governorship. if you haven't been following governor races closely, you'll be surprised how well democrats are looking in the polls in

kris kobach had his victory. wilson simmered. kris kobach came after me for an honest mistake. damn right i am upset! i'm a convicted man now. wilson however, was in many ways, a fluke. crosscheck is such a fundamentally flawed database that its success rate is actually an epic sale -- and epic fail for democracy. to me voters have been -- massive purges have wiped more than a million american citizens from the electoral map. in virginia, for example, 342,556 names seemed to be suspect. those on the inactive voters list, where removed, meaning a stunning 41,637 names were canceled from voter rolls. most just before election day in november 2014. texas set out to purge 80,000 voters. even though the crosscheck match was weak. only a court order prompted by a lawsuit from a man that the system had marked as dead, stopped the process. in ohio, cross checks flag close to half a million voters. north carolina secretary of state alerted the republican dominated that at least 35,750 dual voters were stocking the rules. in crosscheck seemed to identify a total of more than a million un

this was in august, he announced his full and total endorsement in that primary for kris kobach. kobach won that primary, presumably in part on the strength of the president's endorsement. kris kobach went onto the general election last night as the republican candidate for governor in kansas, and he is the republican candidate for governor who lost the kansas governorship to a democrat named laura kelly. and it wasn't even that close. and kris kobach's dead weight at the top of the ticket in kansas may have also been enough to cost kansas republican congressman kevin yoder his seat, as well. kris kobach lost to a democrat, congressman kevin yoder lost his congressional seat to a democrat, as well. to a gay native american female mma fighter named sharice davids, who is a democrat. because the president's political genius knows no bounds. republican congressman dave brat of virginia, remember when he complained during the campaign about all the women getting up in his grill? how much he hated his female constituents pressuring him to hold a town hall? how much he hated all that? l

>> pretty good, thanks. >> reporter: in kansas, secretary of state kris kobach had his day in court, o support his claims of widespread voter fraud. >> even kobach's own expert witnesses, his own witnesses who were supposed to testify about the prevalence of fraud in this country, agreed that there was no evidence for his assertions. >> reporter: perhaps the most startling moment in the trial came when the aclu's dale ho challenged his methodology for finding non-citizens. >> one of his samples he adjusted statistically based upon whether or not people had foreign-sounding names. i put a hypothetical to him. i said what if you came across the name carlos mergea? he said that's probably a foreign name. i said you're aware, are you not, carlos margea is the name of a federal judge who sits in the same courthouse that this trial is taking place? >> reporter: and this science is being used to pull the ear of the president? >> this science is being used to advocate for these restrictions on voting all around the country. >> reporter: kobach was held in contempt of court repeatedly during p

and kris kobach's dead weight at the top of the ticket in kansas may have been enough to cost kansas republican congressman kevin yoder his seat, as well. criskris kobach lost to a cat, congressman kevin yoder lost to a democrat, as well. to a guy native american female mma fighter named shareece davis, who is a democrat. because the president's political genius knows no bounds. republican congressman dave brat of virginia, remember when he complained about all the women getting up in his grill? how much he hated his female constituents to hold a town natural last night, dave brat got all of the women out of his grill. that won't be a problem anymore. last night, he lost his seat in congress to a democratic woman, who is a cia veteran. do you remember all the indivisible protests against the congressman in new jersey? last night, that seat also flipped to a democratic woman veteran. do you remember the individual protests against congressman darrell issa? california? last night his seat went to a democrat named mike leaven. republican congressman scott taylor in virginia, you might re

. >> the question goes to t13 first kris kobach denies that schools are well-funded and we have not found any evidence of him saying that so do you stand by that statement? . >> absolutely. i think he has made it clear from the beginning of his campaign that he wants to take us back to the brownback tax experiment because that would happen if we would go back. yes i absolutely. he certainly hasn't told us how he would fund but also he was hypercritical of the governor who did fund the bill to increase funding for schools. he would not defend that if he was governor. >> i'm not going to get in between that fight but my wife is a public school teacher and my running mates was a teacher and a coach for 20 years in the vice chair of the education committee in the senate we absolutely support legislation in kansas and the only campaign with a detailed plan to do that on our website. but here we get to the point because of the supreme court ruling we will not have the resources which is why have a detailed plan that we can save money in our budget to invest in priorities and technical education

and kris kobach, who a lot of republicans were embarrassed by, won the republican nomination. it was a very close election, but he won it. and now he's defeated. and so that's just an interesting sub-theme going on tonight as well. >> the republicans often do that. they get somebody who wins a primary who is way too much to the right even for people in some pretty much red states. >> yes, although i've heard that argument made against ron desantis, who currently is leading in the florida governor's race and against brian kemp, who is currently leading in the georgia governor's race. so there's no hard and fast rule. >> right. we got some major projections right now. take a look at this. cnn projects that shardice davis will be the next representative from kansas. she's one of the first native-american women that will be in the united states congress. let's go to pennsylvania right now. chrissy houlahan, a u.s. air force veteran. she's the winner in the 6th district of pennsylvania. she defeats greg mccauley. let's go to minnesota right now. dean phillips, another democrat, he

kris kobach is backed by president trump, who won kansas in 2016.lly and said they share issues like immigration and voter fraud. a third-party candidate, greg orman. they touched on a lot of issues candidates touched on on the trail, immigration, taxes and sam brownback. much of the race, people talking about what he did for tax policy and what these candidate may do differently. kris kobach says he and the president agree on a lot of things, we'll see if that helps or hurts today. shep. >> shepard: reporting live. in new jersey, democrats have launched last-minute rescue for menendez after his trial on charges of corruption ended last year in a mistrial. wealthy republican pharmaceutical executive named bob hugin is running to unseat him. david lee miller is live in mountainside. >> we are at a restaurant in mountainside, new jersey, the republican, bob hugin will be holding a watch party he hopes will become a victory party. just a short time ago, president trump sent out a tweet about hugin, it said, quoting now, bob hugin, successful all his li

the race for governor, republican secretary of state kris kobach against state senator laura kelly. gained momentum. she has wracked up endorsements. kobach is backed by president trump who won kansas by 20 points in 2016. he served as the vice chair of the administration's voter fraud panel before it was disbanded and welcomed the president to kansas just last month for a rally. there's a third party candidate worth watching. greg orman, he's a multimillionaire and he's polling enough to be a significant factor. but still, far behind his competitors. >> shepard: thanks. on this day in 1940, president franklin roosevelt won a third term in office. he wasn't sure that he should run again because of an unwritten rule that president shouldn't serve more than two terms. with the start of world war ii in europe, and the chance to further u.s. involvement, he agreed to accept the nomination. he won 449 electoral votes. beating his republican challenger in a landslide. the two term limit is now in the constitution. but voters would end up electing roosevelt to a record four terms. after he

because he just likes his views, kris kobach is a bigot. >> kris kobach has devoted his career from stoppinglack people and poor people from voting. that's been your goal for decades. >> that's an outrageous accusation. >> is completely true. >> also if you like photo i.d., you are trying to stop people of color from voting? >> chris, is there an argument -- and we've done this topic a couple times but i don't fully understand it. so if you are trying to make certain that people vote legally and ask for i.d., that's bigotry. flesh out that argument if you would. >> the org event itself is a racist one. the argument is, because of your skin color you are less likely to have in your wallet a photo i.d. or you are less likely to be able to go to a government office and get a photo i.d. it's been disproven empirically state after state but she -- and now the entire left keeps making the argument. i went into that program thinking we were going to have -- he out of the blue says, you've devoted your career to stopping people of color from voting. it's crazy, and it just showed up. >> tucker: it b

>> absolutely. >> that is outrageous. >> tucker: kris kobach joins us tonight. is, thanks a lot for coming on. is there an argument -- and we've done this topic a couple times, but i don't fully understand it. so the idea is what you've just said, if you are trying to make certain that people vote legally and ask for i.d., that's an act of bigotry. flesh out that argument, if you would. i don't understand it. >> the argument itself is a racist one. the argument is, somehow because of your skin color, you are lest likely to have in your wallett a photo i.d. or you are less likely to be able to go to a government office and get a free photo i.d. it's a ridiculous argument. it's been disproven empirically in state after state. but the hard left and now, increasingly, the entire left, keeps making the argument. tucker, i went into that program thinking we were going to have a cordial debate about birthrighte citizenship. but as soon as jeffrey toobin started losing the argument, he just out of the blue says, you've devoted your career to stopping people of color from

not only that, but kris kobach. they are not really wins for the president. when he wakes up in a couple of hours or he may not be asleep yet, he will see the front pages and it says democrats seize the house and democrats win big. he will have a hard time spinning that into a positive message. they are going to have all lost their governor races to democrats. michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, those three are critical to why donald trump is in the white house. what does that mean going forward? >> we saw records as well. you talk about michigan. gretchen whitmer sending her to the governor's mansion. 16 women. that was a record. if you look at the way democrats have flipped the states, women were the ones who put them. in new mexico, laura kelly in kansas with kris kobach going down to defeat. the story of women to the extent that they did well in the house and in governor's races powered by women. >> he will have two big questions about the house. we all know that him focusing on the senate, he didn't care about the house. that's spin. that's all it is. he

that race hit the secretary of state here, the republican secretary of state, kris kobach, best knownlly as an ardent advocate of strict voting requirements against democratic state senator laura kelly. she has gained momentum after securing support from every living former republican governor in the state except sam brownback, who resigned in january, to accept an investor ship. >> they feel like i'm the one, the leader who can get us where we need to go, which is back to our roots is a great state to live in, greets jay to her again. the great, great state to raise your kids. >> kris kobach is backed by president trump, who won kansas by 20 points in 2016. he welcomed the president to geo baker last month for a big rally and believes many gubernatorial races around the country will be seen as a referendum on the president. >> particularly in my case, since i am the president to share the same views on illegal immigration, voter fraud, on so many issues, i think some people are motivated by that fact. >> there is a third-party candidate in this race, multimillionaire greg gorman, urg

kansas, kris kobach going down, this is going to reshape the electorate in ways still to come.hink that democrats need to start thinking like republicans 20 years ago, and look at those state house wins as well. and, you know, they have something to build on at this point. >> we're going to talk about these governor's races on the other side of the break. what warms my heart, the gift president trump gave us, think about all the people in this country who are engaged, people have never cared this much about politics or policy, at least in my lifetime, and that is extraordinary. we're going to leave it there. we'll be back in just two minutes. stick around, i want to talk about governor's races. michigan went yes for weed and the power of women. today, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and customer service are critical to business success. like the ones we teach here, every day. i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt like my heart was skipping beats. they said i had afib. what's afib? i knew that meant i was at

steve bannon told wilbur ross, talk to kris kobach about a addg the e citizenship quesestion. it started with steve bannon, a white nationalist, and kris kobach, the architect of anti-immigration and voters oppression laws, then they talked to jeff sessions, long record of anti-immigrant sentiment. that is how the question got on the census. amy: the supupreme court d decin this week about whether wrubel ross could be deposed? the supreme court s said he does not have to be deposed. amy: is this one of the first decisions of judge kavanaugh? >> yes, but it was just procedural. we get read too much into it. they did say john gore had to testify. a lot of documents have been released undercutting with the trump administration said. this had nothing to do with enforcing the voting rights act. this is all about suppressing protect the patient from immigrants so there is with lots of immigrants have less political power. the census will ship political power for the gop instead of being a fair and accurate document of all americans. amy: ari berman, thank you for being with us, seni

we have two legal views from kansas secretary of state and republican candidate for governor, kris kobach, and jeffrey toobin. i spoke to both of them earlier today. >> jeff, the president doubling down on this, saying that he can move this by executive order. can he? >> no, he can't. he can't do it by executive order and he can't even do it by legislation. conservatives have been talking for decades about the need to follow the text of the constitution. justice scalia called him a texturlist. the text couldn't be more clear. if you're born in the united states, you're a citizen. it's a settled issue and it's not complicated. >> kris, text is all persons born or naturalized are subject to the jurisdictions thereof and are citizens in the state wherein they reside. where is that not correct? where does that not apply to aliens? >> the key is and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. as jeffrey know, all words in the constitution have meaning. you can't read words out of the constitution. and so the question is what does and subject to the jurisdiction thereof mean. and if you look at the de

what are hogan and baker doing right and what are kris kobach and mr. stitt doing wrong? >> i think one thing to remember in all of this, while the senate races turn into red jerseys versus blue jerseys, the governors' races are different. you made a great point in new england. we right now have maine, vermont, new hampshire, massachusetts, maryland. we have a really good shot to winning connecticut. i think i tell people all the time that surprisingly bernie sanders' governor is a republican, but i think what you're seeing is people look at the practical aspects of electing a governor who's going to create jobs here, who's going to produce the best schools and who's going to run our state's budget in a way that works. so it's a lot different decision voting for your governor than it is for your senator and definitely for your house member. >> i want to ask you about two in particular because they both feature republican secretaries of state who are republican nominees. and there's some democrats who don't think the vote will be counted fairly, talking about georgia in br

kris kobach was a controversial figure, i think it is fair to say.nsas had its downs recently for the republican party, and this is not a huge surprise. >> this was a race where there was a republican governor who was running for reelection and kris kobach was the insurgent primary challenger and president trump got involved and i imagine the number of people in the white house are wishing he did not weigh in on behalf of his strong supporter, kris kobach, now that it looks like the democrats are going to win in kansas. a red state, even though they have had democratic governors in the past. david: now the midterm markets check. joe weisenthal. joe: you know what is a striking to me, we see futures not doing anything. darlier the eu raised -- erase losses, then gains. it is like the election is turning out how people thought it would. and we are seeing so little volatility. but we will dig into it a little bit more. we have our asset reporter with us, as well as our currency reporter. that is the thing, it is like any old night in futures, pretty qui

kris kobach is losing big to laura. know a lot of people in kansas who feel like they're blue dots in a red sea. both the house race going to sherisse davids and the governorship going to laura kelly is going to be seen as an epic moment for that state. >> interesting stuff happening in the middle of the country. >> there are so many trump-era de d debacles we don't pay enough attention. no republican states wanted to turnover their voter rolls either. this is one of those instances where, out in the country, democrats and republicans roundly rejected what was clearly a blatant suppression effort. >> look at that graphic. that would indicate we have poll closings. here we are 10:00 eastern time. a name you might recall from the modern history of american politics, that name is going to the u.s. senate in utah. let's put it on this -- we don't have the board, okay. we'll do this verbally. mitt romney is going to the u.s. senate. there's the music. there's the building. there's the pan up, the stars, and mitt romney will

among the frontal system are retiring florida attorney general pam bondi and kris kobach, who just lost a bid for kansas governor. >>> the other story this morning, cnn reporter jim acosta is banned from the white house. >> this is jim acosta. i am in front of the white house. secret service officer is asking for my hard pass. obviously, no hard feelings to the officer. but i am now giving my hard pass to the secret service. >> acosta tweeted out this video after being denied entrance to the white house last night. here's the incident that started it. >> that's enough. that's enough. >> mr. president -- >> that's enough. >> that's enough. >> pardon me, ma'am. i'm -- mr. president -- >> thenough. i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. >> after that exchange, press secretary sarah sanders tweeted this out saying president trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his administration. he will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing st trying

and in kansas kris kobach lost despite rigging that thing every which way but all right also all third party candidates were carefully plucked away like the hairs on a male porn star. that's what every news reporter brave but instead the job of our corporate media is to manufacture celebration for a ridiculous and corrupted alike toral process how do you feel like you. were all come on we can now start the news from behind and say oh the midterms have been taking up a lot of this country's attention but have no fear we can multitask right we can bicker about political nonsense and pretend climate change isn't happening at the same time. we can pay millions of dollars to malign political opponents hopefully crushing any future they may have and making their families hate them while also undermining possible peace talks and half a dozen countries simultaneously. we can surprised voters of color at the exact same moment we drone bomb people of color we can lie about foreign policy wall when a law about domestic policy is you know how do we do it how do we have such stamina you ask we do i

or who strongly favor trump like kris kobach they got their tails handed to them and the fact of the matter is once you become somebody who is not defined by principles or policies or politics of the republican party or the conservative movement you become to find out what comes out of donald trump's twitter feed that day you become contingent upon donald trump's rise and fall given every mood and every impulse he has and so a lot of people learned that lesson in the party and they don't understand. why the power he has over the base so shrunken as it is has remained so strong no matter what happens the they can't understand that they are in a cult now not a party. indeed and really you mention the democrats shouldn't chase off the shiny objects people who have chased off the shiny objects a report since i think it's fair to say how much is donald trump being able to play the media and how much is going to change before the next election and twenty twenty the challenge is that and the media has this argument that he's the present united states and so his words matter now there's no q

or who strongly favor trump like kris kobach they got their tails handed to them and the fact the matter is once you become somebody who is not defined by principles or policies or politics of the republican party or the conservative movement you become to find out what comes out of donald trump's twitter feed that day you become contingent upon donald trump's rise and fall given every mood and every impulse he has and so a lot of people learned that lesson in the party and they don't understand. why the power he has over the base so shrunken as it is has remained so strong no matter what happens the they can't understand that they are in a cult now not a party. indeed and really you mentioned a democrat shouldn't chase off the shiny objects people who have chased off the shiny objects or reporters i think it's fair to say how much is donald trump being able to play the media and how much is going to change before the next election in twenty twenty the challenge is that and the media has this argument that he's the present united states and so his words matter now there's no question tha

. >> kris kobach could not have been further up donald trump. >> these incumbents did and dave brat lost in the virginia -- in virginia 7 and kris kobach lost. >> there are plenty of ways that everything trump touches dies theory played out last night. donald trump endorsed 31 house candidates and 28 of them lost. >> but he also endorsed two senate candidates and they won. >> in red states though, katy. he's taking away the wrong message from last night. when elections happen every two years in the house, it's the whole country telling us what they think about the state and the direction of the country. when it's senate races in predominantly red states, that's a whole different calculation. >> first read calls it more of a realignment, not a blue wave. they describe, and i think this is borne out of what we saw last night, suburban and urban areas getting bluer, rejecting donald trump, and the rural and red areas getting even redder. in fact this country becoming even more divided. >> if i were donald trump, i would be very concerned about 2020 paubecause we saw in pennsylvania a hard b

final midterm that's exciting write the last one we did a last minute job oh so some good news kris kobach who was the king of election fraud and so. walker who was the king of sucking koch brothers. they thought. of rover that news all over my zell the backyard you newspaper with a reporter there yes thank you. thank you for the sun don't shine yet. oh no. possible to get good help these. also also come close to be over here also recreational marijuana passed in michigan and medical marijuana in utah in the desert a. closing rights were restored to past felons in florida and i say and i say past felons but rather than felons because you should not necessarily be defined by something in your past i mean. i mean how would i feel of every time i was introduced on the show i was called a host of redacted and i and bedwetter leak am. i have no longer a bed wetter and i don't want to be defined by something that happened way back in july. and i give you one more piece of good news from these midterms before i fall over them because the democrats have won the house of representatives that means

our final midterms that's exciting right the last one we get a last minute time so some good news kris kobach who was the king of election fraud and scott walker who was the king of sucking koch brothers. there was nothing nothing yes i did did i give you the wrong that news all over my zell but the back yard you have a newspaper with a reporter there yes thank you oh oh oh oh yes i get up when the sun don't shine yeah oh rather. possible to get good help these. also i also know some folks they were also recreational marijuana passed in michigan and medical marijuana passed in utah and missouri. non-smoking rights were restored to pass felons in florida and i. and i say patch felons rather than felons because you should not necessarily be defined by something in your past i mean. i mean how would i feel if every time i was introduced on the show i was called a host of redacted and nice and bad weather really can. no longer a bedwetter alright and i don't want to be defined by something that happened way back in july. and i'll give you one more piece of good news from these midterms before i f

races kansas is a great example of that laura kelly the democrat appears to be poised to win over kris kobach the republican for for governor of kansas which is a very red state. and so that's an example of you know republicans not necessarily being moved by this this focus on immigration likewise in texas where you would think they would care about immigration issues you often find people are actually more liberal on the immigration issues in texas than than trumps rhetoric now bedo roark has lost his senate challenge against ted cruz but you could almost call it the bedo effect if we were seeing districts flipping in texas that is part of the fifteen plus districts that we've already seen flipping from the republicans to the democrats we have texas thirty to possibly texas seven. flipping for the democrats maybe because only lost by about three percentage points or so and he got a lot of people out in these districts to to vote for democrats now really would have to check on its axis twenty three that's a that's an outside chance but we might see the better effect there as well the best eff

and red kansas could see a democratic shift, with republican secretary of state kris kobach, who led the voter fraud commission, in tight contest against democrat laura kelly. in a state energized by oprah -- >> here in georgia, there's been long lines at polling places, and voters could make history tonight, where there's been controversy surroundg the republican candidate. and the woman who could become the nation's first black female governor. >> reporter: with 2020 on the horizon, pitical control of states vitally important.y kenders, nbc news, tallahassee. >>> president trump has been crisscrossing the country in the closing days of this election, trying to put himself on the ballot, telling voters in fact that casting a ballot for his preferred candidate is like ing a ballot for him. now comes the waiting game at jahe white house. hallson is there for us tonight. what's the mood inside? >> reporter: the ad ne so far, lester, no regrets from president trump. that's what we're hearing from sources,hat the president feels like his closing strategy on immigration was the right way

or who strongly favor trump like kris kobach they got their tails handed to them and the fact of the matter is once you become somebody who is not defined by principles or policies or politics of the republican party of the conservative movement you become to find out what comes out of donald trump's twitter feed that day you become contingent upon donald trump's rise and fall given every mood and at every impulse he has and so a lot of people learned that lesson in the party and they don't understand. why the power he has over the base so shrunken as it is has remained so strong no matter what happens the they can't understand that they are in a cult now not a party. indeed really you mentioned the democrats shouldn't chase off the shiny objects people who have chased off the shiny objects are reporters i think it's fair to say how much is donald trump being able to play the media and how much is going to change before the next election in twenty twenty the challenge is that and the media has this argument that he's the present united states and so his words matter now there's no qu

or who strongly favor trump like kris kobach they got their tails handed to them and the fact of the matter is once you become somebody who is not defined by principles or policies or politics of the republican party or the conservative movement you become to find out what comes out of donald trump's twitter feed that day you become contingent upon donald trump's rise and fall given every mood and at every impulse he has and so a lot of people learned that lesson in the party and they don't understand. why the power he has over the base so shrunken as it is has remained so strong no matter what happens the they can't understand that they're in a cult now not a party. indeed and really you mentioned a democrat shouldn't chase off the shiny objects people who have chased off the shiny objects a report since i think it's fair to say how much is donald trump being able to play the media and how much is going to change before the next election and twenty twenty the challenge is that and the media has this argument that he's the present united states and so his words matter now there's no

gray again he's here with us in the studio that's an interesting one is that people were watching kris kobach he was accused of voter suppression and this has been quite an issue in this midterm election especially in this game where we see kind of the divisions lying on the democrat side there's been a major emphasis that voter suppression is going on through. gerrymandering through the cleaning up of through the the removing of people from ballots and somewhat of a moving people from registers and so forth. on the republican side the main emphasis has been on voter fraud so for instance and this is where we get some of the debates about how this is perceived so voter registration is a good example removal of individuals from a voter registration effectively means that they wouldn't be able to vote you have to register to be able to vote this could be a matter of suppression you're trying to prevent people from voting one of the reasons for these types of things however is to prevent voter fraud so for instance so in my own cases and anecdotal example when i was younger i was registered in t

who've been talked about as potentially being on a short list for, say, homeland security, like kris kobach who just lost the governor's race in kansas, it's difficult to imagine he gets easy senate approval. now, it would likely be easier than in the current senate because there are now more conservative members who've been elected that have replaced moderates like in tennessee and missouri. but nonetheless, the president is not going to have carte blanche to get whoever he wants through the senate. there's likely to be a considerable degree of scrutiny that the senate continues to place on him even though it's more firmly in republican hands. >> peter baker, i wanted to read you a trip that -- a quote, rather, about the trip to france that is totally in line with the reporting from "the new york times." this happens to be from rucker and dawsey at the "washington post". "the president was frustrated about the trip and itching to make some changes, said one white house official. this is a week where things could get really dicey." i was thinking about the quote and thinking about what week

you went against the guy, who's running, i believe kris kobach, running in kansas, for governor of kansased people because you don't like their political positions and you pour hundreds, hundreds of thousands of dollars into these campaigns. the first thing to say is yes we are engaged in electoral politics, but principally, most of our investments are on ballot initiatives, for example, restoring the rights of formally convicted people who have been denied the right to vote in florida. that is a principle position. 0r opposing ballot initiatives to try to take away protections from transgender individuals or from women, with respect to abortion. those are principle. and with respect to candidate elections, we are also engaged ina very... yes, you are. ..in a very small number of candidate elections... listen, if nonpartisa nship is so important to you — simple question — why are you spending $800,000, at least, on a television ad campaign boosting the democrat stacey abrams in her very close race for governor of georgia against republican brian kemp? we're not boosting stacey abrams. wha