give their money to the rnc. that help people get better jobs and better pay and looking toward the future and innovation, donald trump is always looking to the past. he's manufacturing jobs, cold jobs. the kochs look to the future. >> do you think it's politics versus personality? >> sure. >> policy. >> pose, yealicy, yeah. >> if you support free market economics that's working well -- >> tariffs are not free market economics. >> they're working. >> tariffs are not. >> i just gave you two examples -- >> talk to the farmers and the contracts with china. >> let me say the koch brothers if they're supporting free market economics why are they supporting heidi heitkamp, that's not free market? >> what you just said, kaley, they're not supporting republicans. what they're saying, look, we're putting our policies, economic policies above personalities. and if republicans -- >> by supporting someone who voted against tax cuts. how does that make sense? >> because they support protectionism which is not pfre market econ

it's not the normal way that it's supposed to work and yet because of the way the rnc was structured i got to play this outsized role and lo and behold, we won. and the book, just it really talks about that partnership that we had with campaign. the data and the ground game and so many things that people in this room have toiled on through the years and on december 22 i get called phone call from the president-elect asking to serve as his rest secretary and i had visions of the west wing in my head. >> you study? >> and you know, the rest is kind of history so it was sort of my american dream. wanting to get involved in politics, doing anything to get involved in knowing behold getting to stand behind the podium. >> the great thing is you talk about the details of what happened during the transition network reported so when president was talking about who he was going tohave on his team , everybody remembers your first press briefing. >> i think everyone remembers area that is that. everyone remembers and you work, you're in your idea will, first day on the job you wanted to meet the

when the rnc within tremendous debt and work together and found a way in one cycle became another and another and i like to joke with folks having for summary people in this room that has been around politics the rnc and d&c play supporting roles in the presidential race and fast-forward to the book, i mean, here we are with donald trump as a nominee with an unconventional campaign, not only unconventional candidate and they really look to the rnc to be a great provider and provide resources and i think i should governor romney's hand twice during the campaign and in all seriousness that is not the normal way it's supposed to work and yet because of the way the rnc was structured i got to play this really outside wall and lo and behold we wanted and the book just really talks about that partnership we had with the campaign, the data, ground game in summary things many of the people in this room have toiled on through the years and that on december 22, i get a phone call from president elect asking me if i would like to serve as his press secretary and i just had visions of the west wi

the rnc plays a supporting role presidential campaigns and this outsized role in getting asked to be press secretary. it was a dream i didn't even know was possible that i was able to achieve through a variety of circumstances and here i was basically after just over six months putting an end to the dream. and whatever your partisan strikes are, whatever your personal ambitions are, for me this was making a decision and stepping down from her role that was so real to me. and knowing that there was no turning back. you can't un-resign. you can't take it back i knew it was the right thing to do for myself and for the president. it was an unbelievable honor to serve he wanted to change, i think rightly so. i had become the story too often and admittedly was a bit of distraction from what he was trying to communicate and get through and let the focus be on his agenda and his policies so he wanted someone new, i respect that and my view was i wanted to give the president and his choice, anthony, and opportunity for a clean slate. i walked in and i detailed that the oval office is probably

plus, we're digging into the escalates faceoff between the rnc and the koch brothers. we begin tonight with the daca ruling just hours ago. a dc-based federal judge ruling tonight that the trump administration must fully restart the obama-era program which provides some level of amnesty to immigrant who is came to the u.s. illegally as children though they're not kids anymore. what's the trump administration's next step? good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, shannon. it's certainly another legal blow for president trump on the issue of immigration. the president had moved to phase out the obama-era action which gives them two-year work permits. homeland security secretary filed a memo with the d.c. court in join, asserting that dhs have the discretion. but district judge john bates wrote, although the memo purports to offer further explanation, it fails to eli elaborate meaningful on the decision. and judge bates wrote that if the agency wants to rescind the program, quote, it must give a rational explanation for its decision, an assertion that a prior policy is ill

last week the ohio race for troy balderson, we noticed that the rnc, that balderson was only ahead bybout 176 absentee votes in the key delaware county. we told the white house we told the president, we told the campaign. the campaign says okay, well, send the president there sent the president to delaware county. in the end, after that rally, balderson was ahead by 5,000 votes. this is the kind of support that this president has. >> harris: so, let's look on the other side of the political aisle where they had some wins last night as well and looking forward you and i have talked about the intensity on the left side of the aisle. what do you see going down the pike? this president has promised six, seven days on the campaign trail. can he really do that and what does that do for the democrats? >> what it does for us and what it does to democrats is it increases republican turnout. last night we saw 77% increase in republican turnout over 2016 in minnesota appeared in wisconsin. wisconsin, of course, was a state where republicans hadn't won since 1980, this president won it he came wi

did overnight, because you used to run communications for the rnc. whoever has your job -- >> ryan mahoney, he's a very good guy. >> i want to know what you think of this strategy. that is to compare alexandra ocasio-cortez, a 28-year-old latino, who is a democratic socialist, but they compared her to the dictator in venezuela and put out an e-mail saying she's a -- this is comparing her to someone who has human rights abuse allegations, torture allegations. a bridge too far? would you have done it? >> i wouldn't have. the hard problem is when you are doing a lot of negative attacks, which is a big part of what the job at the rnc is. it was true when i was there. it's true for my predecessors and people who could come after. it's very easy to take that one step too far than you would. i would say, aoc does not need help from the rnc or any other organizations in bringing national publicity to herself. she does that very badly or well depending on your perspective. let her rise or fall on her own merits. >> thank you. nice to have you both. >>> right

the rnc has raked in $227 million since the beginning of the 2018 election cycle. the democratic national committee raising less than half that amount, $109 million. joining us tonight, the chair of the republican national committee, rhonda mcdaniel. first of all, congratulations on raising all about money. what is actually pretend, in your judgment, as far as the outcome of these midterm elections? >> well, the media keeps talking about the energy on the left. let me tell you, we see the energy on the right in this fund raising. a lot of it coming from small dollar donors to support president trump. they are fueling support of the rnc, which we are putting directly into our ground game in 28 states with 20,000 field organizers across the country preparing for these midterms. our base is energized, they are donating and realizing what is at stake in these midterms. lou: a lot of folks here you say 28 states and say wait a minute, we've got 50 of those. we are coming up about 22 short. what is the deal? >> we're focusing on states where we have competitive races. fi

in 2015 the rnc understood they are not beholden to conservatism. not the case with the koch brothers. >> saying this to fox, a long-term commitment to unite around issues that will help people improve their lives. and where we agree and disagree in a civil way, this is what it will take to make progress on the issues creating a society of mutual benefit where people succeed by helping others. they are more about specific policies, issues and agendas than any partisan commitment, that will never support anything but republicans. >> that might sound nice on paper we don't believe that. our chairwoman was clear they are putting their business interests above party interests, the president said they are worried about being taxed overseas because to benefit united states citizens, it is not about politics, it is sad but that is what the koch brothers have done. >> rick tyler used to work for ted cruz said the rnc distancing itself from the crotchs represents a repudiation of free-market economics and abrasive its newfound identity as a political cult. r

that's what the rnc is now about?to these fundamental fissures in the republican party. they're really breaking open, whether it's on trade, immigration, some of these issues where we've known this stuff exists. the question is how do you run in a competitive district, how do you run a race where you want to kind of forge your own pathway but doing so puts you at odds with the president and the expire republican apparatus. that's a big problem. >> michael steel, look, there is a penalty for opposing the president. i guess that's what the rnc is trying to warn other donors. is that why they took a shot at the kochs? >> well, the president always puts a firm imprinting on the rnc or dnc, whichever party they're in. i think this is probably unwise. i think that a successful coalition, a successful republican majority in the house and the senate -- >> you say these things in such an understated way, michael. i think it's probably unwise. it's like, dude! i think the word "unwise" is an understatement, but go ahead. >> i t

why is the rnc being so successful in raising all this money.ink this will be enough to stave off this so-called blue wave? >> president trump, you talk about small donors. our party has never seen more small donors. we have a president who got more small donors and bernie and hillary combined and more than baltimore second time around. secondly i would be remiss if i didn't mention our chairwoman. she is a working mom. every day she is in a different state. the combination of president trump and mcdaniel is a good combination. charles: this could have a remarkable impact on reshaping this country for many years to come. >> that's right. that was one of the president trump's promises to american voters. that he would prioritize appointments to the court. lots of decisions that come before the supreme court only come to the court because of decisions made at the circuit court level. like kayleigh is saying, americans recognize that. they like that americans are winning and they are rewarding the rnc for following through on the promise is to make

. >> you're inside there in the rnc.'s saying republicans can use this, try to use this to galvanize the vote have is that part of the plan? >> we just look at the facts. the facts you have had some house democrats try to bring the charges to a floor. >> two or three. not the party. it's not the party saying that. >> at this point but -- >> they're not saying that. >> trying to run away from this because impeachment is a baseless charge, no high crimes or misdemeanors committed. baseless to bring it up. make no mistake democrats tried to bring it to the floor if they take over the floor -- twonchts or three democrats. that is not the position of the democratic party. where the debate is going, that republicans are trying to make it seem as if impeachment is the position of the democratic party. that's just another lie in this -- >> it's not a lie. >> it is. that is not the position of the democratic party. you should stop saying that. i'm not -- >> glad you're admitting there are no high creams or misdemeanors there. >>

the rnc is going into the best place in the midterms.e have to be because there is a historical trend against us. trish: that's clear. i'm looking forward to talking to you more and more as we get closer to the dates, rona. >> look forward to it. thank you. trish: to ken langone, the evidence all around the world socialism clearly doesn't work. watch. >> go to cuba, go to venezuela, go to hungary, go to all the places that embraced socialism and ask yourself the question, how well is that society doing? trish: not so well. fox news had exclusive tv access to u.n. ambassador nicky hail visit to the colombia-venezuela border where so many venezuelans are desperate for food and desperate for medicines they're going there to create a refugee crisis. live from boeing ga -- bogota, hi be rich. reporter: we're across a footbridge from venezuelas where thousands of people were lined up, looking for food, medicine, clean water. tens of thousands of people cross that footbridge every day, according to the government. they stay sometimes in colombi

if she had joined the campaign or gone to work for the rnc, she would have been the first person in the president's orbit to do. so these high level trump appointees left this trump administration to sign up with trump-related political groups. we know one of them, keith schiller who is the president's confidante for years is being paid the exact same amount, $15,000 allegedly offered to manigault newman to help provide security for the 20th 20th republican convention. another name on that list is carl higgbie, resigned and again from the nonprofit that supports the president in early jean after cnn reported on his history of anti-muslim, racist and anti-gay comments he made. jim schultz, former lawyer in the trump administration and amanda carpenter, author of the book "gaslighting america." jim, were you involved with getting trump white house staffers to sign ndas? talking blanket ndas. sarah sanders says that's been standard operating procedure even though your former boss don mcgahn told people they're basically unenforceable. >> so i'm not going to get into what was discussed whil

the rnc has just put out a statement basically declaring victory.the republican national committee saying, this is proof that the so-called blue wave is just a ripple. they need to make sure that everything is counted and they've got all the provisional ballots. in terms of the ballots 100% in, balderson, the republican you just saw, is winning by 1,754 votes. that is a wider margin than we had seen just an hour or so ago. at one point these two candidates, danny o'connor, the democrat, and troy balderson the republican, were separated by 155 votes. so a 1754-vote lead is sort of massive for balderson right now in the context of how close this race is. one quick note that hasn't been noted a lot tonight. the green party got 1,127 votes. so not enough to tip the ballots, but without the green party candidates and those votes on the left, the democrat candidate o'connor would have been even closer. so there might be some frustration on the democratic side as well when you talk about socialists and others pulling the party to the left. the green party

the rnc and the dnc, they play supporting roleplayedsupportinge presidential race and just fast forward in the book, here we are with donald trump as the nominee with an unconventional campaign not only as an unconventional candidate but they looked to be a great partner and provide resources and i think that i shook governor mitt romney's hand twice during the campaign in all seriousness. that's just not the normal way that it's supposed to work that just because of the way that it was structured the last cycle, i got to play this outside rolling up and behold, the win one and e book just really talks about the partnership we had, the data into so many things people have toiled with through the years. then i get a phone call from the president elect asking if i would like to serve as the press secretary. i had visions of the west wing in my head. [inaudible] the rest is kind of history. it was sort of my american dream wanting to get involved in politics, doing anything to get involved and over and behold i ended up behind the podium. >> you talk about the details of what happened in t

i remember there was a point in the 2016 campaign after the rnc when don gave a speech and everybodys talking about how he had political instincts of his own and real political potential of his own and there were whispers suddenly not so soft whispers about him running for mayor of new york against bill de blasio. and these weren't things don was quashing. he was keeping his options open. a few days later during that infamous press conference when the president said russia, if you're listening. he was also asked about his son don junior and the speech he gave with the rnc and about whether he'd consider running for mayor. don wasn't quashing this at the moment but donald trump immediately quashed it. just put him off to the side. it seemed in that moment and struck me as odd in the moment that he didn't want don to share the spotlight at all. but as time has gone on, as the campaign went on and now as the presidency has evolved, don has proven to be an asset for him politically speaking in terms of supporters. he can speak to the gun crowd, the hunter crowd. the way donald trump can'

gone on to be quite gainfully employed, getting cushy, well paid jobs, getting funding either from the rnc or the trump campaign. johnny mcentee, who left in a cloud of scandal. that's keith schiller, the president's former security guard, who is paid by the rnc and gotten a significant amount of money that way. these types of payments are unusual. they aren't the way white houses tend to operate. omarosa's allegations that this is sort of glorified hush money is the kind of thing that you think donors might pause about, if that's the way their money is being spent. >> it is within the m.o. of the way we know donald trump ran his company, certainly michael cohen and those payments that we know were made, that they've already acknowledged, right? >> right, exactly. this is something that's out of the norm when we think of politics, but something very much in the norm for donald trump. you mentioned michael cohen, keeping people like that close with the expectation of loyalty. when you read about lara's statement, it talks about the betrayal of omarosa but doesn't talk about the allegations

today the rnc said that event is what carried balderson across the finish line. >> do you think the visit on saturday even kept this thing close? >> the visit on saturday is why we won. >> well, the president also took credit for the apparent victory today as you might expect he would, but that suggests that the situation is even worse than some republicans feared, because that kind of rescue mission will be impossible to replicate in 435 races this november. if you had a base turnout problem in this district, then you have a major problem. so that's why i'm not sure i buy that. but for his part the president insisted as long as i campaign and or support senate and house candidates within reason they will win. and if i find the time, which i must, we will have a giant red wave. a few hours later, this tweet. red wave! but the results from last night suggest that a suburban rebellion is what's actually brewing right now and it's brewing against this president. the democratic candidate surge in ohio 12 was powered by voters close to columbus and the suburbs of columbus, ohio. democrats sign

the rnc says it wouldn't have made a big difference to have the president on the ballot. special elections are different. >> special elections, on the ballot, turnout is a huge issue in august and ohio a week before school starts, turning out that vote is critical. donald trump would win this district today and in november. >> what do you think? >> this is another case of donald trump pulling a republican candidate's fat out of the fire, the president won this race for mister balderson. there is an issue, and upholding, republicans need to take this as a wake-up call, and in the midterm elections, another issue here, democrats have trouble on their hands. i imagine miss ocasio-cortez will be crying into her pillow tonight because the democrat, o'connor, when you look how he ran, he ran not as a progressive but a centrist. that is a big problem for the democrats. >> he did because he ran is someone much more to the center, like we have seen with connor lamb in pennsylvania. troy balderson the gop nominee, getting ready to take to the mike in ohio 12, the district where the

joining us tonight, rnc committee women for the great state of new york. great to have you with us. >> thanks, lou. this spreadsheet, whose office to supposedly thought? >> well, i have my sis nations, but it not crazy for the republicans to be preparing for what happens in case they fail to motivate the voters and hold onto congress. lou: now wait a minute. i've got to ask you about that. they were preparing for how many years two and obamacare, to wipe it out, careful planning there by the republicans. i've not seen a correlation between house republicans and their careful preparation and results at all in anything. >> i can't disagree with you, lou. the reality is they did fail to do a lot of the things they promised. obamacare is front and center at the event and start being the president's agenda on the front and now they're looking out for their own highs. that is that democrats are looking for. the president seems to be impervious to their bowling, but all of these other people are not. democrats are counting on taking control of the house in using

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the rnc decision coming out thursday, not expecting a move in monetary policy.is up there and we had the kiwi -- the bloomberg dollar index falling after three days of gains. sydney futures looking brighter, .3% higher ahead of the rba, expected to keep rates at that record low 1.5%, the aussie dollar shy of the debt market. we will get more of the downside opposed for the aussie dollar, treating into the second half of the year. this is how we look with dollar-yen. 111. we have the summary of opinions out, scrutinizing that for the tweaking of the yield curve from the end of july meeting. sterling 130.02. we had positive data expected later this week which could add more support for the boe decision to hike last week. the u.s. 10-year yield shy of 3% . this was closing up higher .5%. close before we had the announcement from beijing of another potential tariffs on $60 million worth of u.s. goods. let's get more on what to watch on trading in asia. adam haigh is with us. in addition to the new tariffs, we also have this 20% reserve requirement being put on forwa

we're doing better than democrat at rnc. times advantage over the dnc. we're doing great. stuart: wait a second. that is billion dollars. are you telling me that the republicans raised more than a billion already? >> we are on pace with the democrats when you add up everything. i looked on opensecrets.org. party structure at 625 million. democratic party structure 525 million. that doesn't count candidates. yes we are on pace with them. if not exceeding them. we have 200 million-dollar data operation we built over last few years. democrats have nothing close to that. stuart: can you tell us, three months to the election in november, can you tell us where you might put some of that money? you got a lot of money there. i think you have some input on where it goes, into which candidates. what would be your strategy? >> we have deployed 500 men and women across the country throughout the states. so, people on the ground, is number one. number two, our data and ground operation. this is so important, stuart. people don't realize,

at the rnc we sent a letter enumerating multiple grievances.ur chairwoman had been blocked. guy: twitter did address that pretty quickly. candace foreign minister arrived in washington to resume trade talks following the president's ultimatum to our friendly neighbors up north. the trump administration is giving canada until friday to hash out a deal. so will the president's tactics work and is the mexico deal a winner for americans. marie, i'll start with you. i asked this to adrienne elrod last night, another democrat. if the president works out a better deal for the american people, will the american people give him credit? >> we have a -- i think it's a good trade deal good for american farmers and american businesses. we don't have details about the mexican trade deal. there is no canadian trade deal and it's an open question whether we'll get one. i'm glad they are negotiating. the wildcard politically is anything will have to go through congress. congress needs to be able to get very little done, particularly before the election. we need

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attorney at rnc committeewoman for california and great alliance cochairman and republican strategistu for joining us. i will start with you. what you think of the holdup over kavanaugh? they make the case that will come of president trump will have things of personal interest before the supreme court. the idea is he's putting someone in there who will tip the scales in his favor. >> yeah, it is a big stretch first of all the president trump will have anything of interest before the same country and supreme court. that is number one. number two, dishes the extreme desperation of the democrats because from the point of view of relative extremism versus being mainstream, and justice kavanaugh will be a very mainstream justice. so you know, they'll not to do better justice than the republican president. this is just delay and desperation. i think it is unfortunate because americans deserve a full supreme court that can hear these cases and make decisions for all of us. so you know, if they have messaging and something substantive to complain about, they would be focusing on that. they do

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now the rnc choosing to stick with the trump voter. the same thing with stire on the democratic side. >> with the kochs in particular, they have a clear and consistent viewpoint on everything from immigration to trade. there is no obligation to put money on candidates who disagree with them. >> president trump did want their endorsement and he didn't get it. charles: i don't remember trump wanting their endorsement. in 2016 did he do anything with the coke brothers? >> they didn't want anything to do with him. charles: did he win without them? >> but that's not the point. >> that's the points much this segment. the big money boys don't control the average voter anymore. they are telling you your vote doesn't count because i'm a billionaire. i think think politician who follows that will lose. >> this is driving schism on the right. i do think there is a schism over basic beliefs. i will say many of the things the kochs have pushed for from tax reforms to originalist judges. when the trump administration mirrors their view it has been m

your thoughts on what the head of the 2020 campaign says we're looking at rnc numbers going into the states into doing it in a very targeted way. >> the trump campaign was much more sophisticated in its use of data than most people thought in 2016. they're going to be at least that good now. when he went to ohio, the president went to delaware county and not to some other county in the ohio 12th district, it wasn't an accident at all. we know the president's approval ratings we know they are generally about in the 40s. he wants to target those people who are well disposed toward him, who voted for him, and get them back out. the biggest thing they are worried about is this intensity gap. democrats are going to come to the polls, the president tends to turn out to people on both sides when he goes anywhere. they've got to get their side out and getting closer to them as a way to do that. >> martha: one of the groups they have to work on our suburban voters who went for trump and now they need to shore up that a group because some of those people particularly women have drifted away an

and now, with more reaction is rnc chair woman ron that mcdaniel. good evening.t's good to have you here. i don't know if you heard the last few minutes where we were talking about the mainstream media, media on the left is doing everything they can to criticize the president what he's doing, continually calling him every name in the book while all of this evidence comes out about the real collusion about the fbi, doj, fusion gps, hillary clinton and the dnc. >> yeah i mean their playbook is the same as it was leading up to the 2016 election, when they said he couldn't win. they were saying he had no chance to an electoral victory. we in the heart rand, i'm from michigan, we saw something completely different. we saw people, candidate talking about higher wages and better trade and a country that was lifted up for all people. and that's why donald trump won and again the left wing mainstream media continues to ignore the american people and what we're seeing because of this president, unemployment at a record low, wages are up, our country is rising again. good,

and now, with more reaction is rnc chair woman ron that mcdaniel. good evening.t's good to have you here. i don't know if you heard the last few minutes where we were talking about the mainstream media, media on the left is doing everything they can to criticize the president what he's doing, continually calling him every name in the book while all of this evidence comes out about the real collusion about the fbi, doj, fusion gps, hillary clinton and the dnc. >> yeah i mean their playbook is the same as it was leading up to the 2016 election, when they said he couldn't win. they were saying he had no chance to an electoral victory. we in the heart rand, i'm from michigan, we saw something completely different. we saw people, candidate talking about higher wages and better trade and a country that was lifted up for all people. and that's why donald trump won and again the left wing mainstream media continues to ignore the american people and what we're seeing because of this president, unemployment at a record low, wages are up, our country is rising again. good,

. >> that is money that people are contributing to the rnc.rect mail to people who are trump supporters and telling them you have to fight the democrats and send in your $25. people do go for that. >> do you think any of them would care? i think anything donald trump would do. >> you think somebody on the other side not just laura trump. there is a chair of the rnc. >> it does add up. >> half a million dollars over three years. keith schiller, the former body guard security guy for donald trump is also being paid. >> i think you hear her talking about this. all of this will be public so this is all we can get away with paying you without looking really, really shady. if you are omarosa you probably know you can make much more. donald trump says this to omarosa at one point, he says to her that omarosa you made me a star. >> she was in the first season. she was in three all together. >> are you sure you didn't represent her. >> she is aware of her star power. i'm sure she is like you just came to the party. i think she meets eric trump in 2007

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that seems to be that the rnc is uses hush money. there should be questions of michael cohen's role where he orchestrated hush money payments and he paid a former play mate. there is a lot going on. >> as these non-disclosure agreements applied to official work is appalling. not only the president would ask taxpayer employees to sign non-disclosures. they work for the united states of america and not personal brand ambassador for the president. i don't think these mdas work are enforceable. they are successful because they put a price on anyone who speaks out against the president. the question is how much will they pay? any time he says something that could be in the category of demeaning or disparaging the president, you may have to think about calling the lawyer. that bleeds through of all s you are the surrogates. maybe we are getting better explanations of why they act in these bizarre ways because they had these contaracts over their heads and people seem to disappear and there is a lot of them being paid. as a matter of fact f

the rnc has been raising a lot.g equal if not more but enthusiasm, how are you going to get them out there. >> where was the enthusiasm 90 days from the election last time. the trump voters that need to turn out, and there's every indication they will, the next 90 days will be very important. i don't think we'll be able to make a judgment until the last couple weeks. i don't think you can predict three months in advance. >> neil: a good economy doesn't guarantee a party in power. >> i would argue, where a missed opportunity is we had 25 democratic senate seats. i think probably 10 of them are somewhat in play. three or four, we could have made a big in-road there which would have been important. >> neil: you still see republicans hanging onto the house. >> i think it will be close and i think we will. >> neil: i want to get your reaction, the whole andrew cuomo dust-up here. some in the gop in new york are urging to get a bus ticket for him to get out and go to canada. take a look at this, his comments about we were

in an e-mail to supporters after that op-ed by the rnc co chair saying the president and his allies areor and know his message works. the governor's approval rating is 9 points higher than the president's in ohio. it's also worth noting that a quinnipiac pole in june that in his home state, governor kasich is polling higher than democrats and independents. he has very favorable numbers, shep. >> shepard: garrett tenney live for us. columbus, ohio. the president and the first lady make their way for events of the day. the california republican congressman duncan hunter is throwing his wife under the bus. appearing to blame her on this network as the two face charges of spending campaign cash on themselves. the feds say the couple used more than $250,000 of campaign funds on personal expenses including vacations, school tuition, theater tickets, fast food. last night congressman hunter told martha maccallum that his wife was in charge of the campaign and the finances. >> i gave her power of attorney when i went to iraq. she handled my finances throughout my military career and continued o

washington to say the least, and while the legal troubles surrounding the president's former lawyer and rnc deputy finance chair michael: and the president's former campaign manager paul manafort was capturing the spotlight, it's easy to miss some of the policy changes the trump administration is implementing. for example, hud chief dr. ben carson gutted on obama era regulation designed to combat dissemination in housing. a coalition of housing advocates sued hud. lisa rice was one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. so nice to have you with us. let's talk about the fair housing68 into law hnson. what is fair housing? ms. rice: fair housing simply means that people have the right to live where they want to live in their community of choice free from discrimination. soledad: you had hoped that dr. ben carson who runs hud would challenge and aggressively challenge housing discrimination. has he done that? ms. rice: not when it comes to lifting up and enforcing a key part of the fair housing act, which is affirmatively furthering fair housing. soledad: what does that mean? ms. rice: no federal

used to be the rnc and dnc did not get involved in primaries until someone won the primary onto the general election. >> melissa: meanwhile closing arguments underway in paul manafort's tax evasion trial. the prosecution just wrapping up on their side. defense is up next. and the jury could begin deliberating as early as today. but, right now, the court is in recess before the defense gets one last chance to argue its case. this, after manafort's team rested its case yesterday without calling any witnesses. including paul manafort himself to the stand. they say they are confident the prosecution failed to meet the necessary burden of proof. ellison barber is outside of the courthouse in alexandria, virginia with the very latest. ellison? >> good morning to awful you, the court we are all out of court for recess. we will head back in about 1:30 p.m. as you said, the prosecution just rested their closing remarks. they spoke for about two hours. the judge told both sides he did not want them to speak for more than two hours. the prosecution felt they had enough evidence to go beyond that priew

rnc chairwoman mcdaniel in a memo to donors yesterday wrote, quote, some groups who claim to support they decide their business interests are more important than the country. meanwhile, an online fundraising platform has surged past the $1 billion mark in donations this election cycle. usa today reports that act blue predicts donations will top 1.5 billion by years end. an average donation is $34. over 13,000 candidates and groups raise money on this platform. >> i feel that republican fight has really escalated fast between the rnc and the koch brothers. >> oh, my god, absolutely. let's bring in daniel lippman once again from "politico", co-author of "the political playbook." good to talk to you again. >> thank you. >> let's talk about ivanka trump breaking from her father's controversial border separation policy, to say the least. what are people saying about the timing of her comments to axios yesterday? >> i think people feel like too little, too late sometimes. if she had spoken out during the time of the separations a couple of months ago or gone to the border as melania trump,

i almost think these are paid to performers working for the rnc because it's so damaging to the democrats. they are always targeting conservatives and for what? because they are organizing a bunch of young conservative people across the country? what's their beef with candace owens? what their beef with her? >> if there's a bigger issue than just their beef with candace owens. it's not just about candace owens. it's about the radical left. i'm not talking about all democrats. there are a lot of democrats that are fed up with this too and are trying to move away from this because they realize, like you said, that they should be an rnc add up all the time. no one wants to be associated with this kind of insanity but the radical left, this is who they are. this is who they've always been. understand there is no emergency brake on their behavior. they are godless people who believe in the brutal force of the state and when they lose state power, which they have, their only outlet is violence. this does not apply to conservatives who have that emergency brake. they believe in the rights grante