amy walter national editor of the "cook political report" and cohost of wnyc's the take away.id nakamura from the "washington post." mark leibovich is chief national for "new york times" magazine out with brand new book, big games, the nfl in dangerous time and rachel bade covers congress for politico also a cnn political analyst. rachel i'll start r start off with you we were just forecast the races here. is ted cruz going to win in texas? are these seats something that you heard both party leaders predict accurately? >> you know, it's texas, come on. ted cruz is likely going to win. this shows the energy on the left right now and that is democrats are turning out. their energized they could really pose a threat particularly in the house, though. i think it was interesting m mcdaniel mentioned 50-50 that she thought chance they keep the house. i from capitol hill i've heard a change in tone in past couple of weeks where some republicans actually think the house is go gone. lot of it has to do with the noise that's going on. they have a story to tell, there was a great jobs re

four political panel, amy walter is national editor of the "cook political report" and a host of wnyc'ske away" reihan salam executive editor of the national review and contributing editor at the at lap particular and author of new book "melting pot or civil war" seung min kim has had very busy week chasing the kavanaugh story. and dan balz the chief correspondent at the "washington post", welcome to all of you. start with you the twisting and turning we heard from another person who was allegedly at this party last night give us the latest on where things are with this hearing and what is going to happen? >> so, it is somewhat confirmed that there will be a hearing, let's make it clear. there seems to be optimism from our sources last night who have been involved in these hearing negotiations that they might be tentatively, key word tentatively moving towards a thursday hearing but there are still differences between dr. ford's team, legal team and senate republicans who will run the committee in terms of how they want the hearing to proceed obviously they have been haggling over the d

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