now. if democrats can flip arizona from red to blue, maybe you look at a scenario republicans keep roll of the senate and gain one seat. it s 52-48. that s not taking into account what happens in a great race in florida about rick scott. in west virginia with joe manchin. this stuff will go into the potion and the porridge over the next five weeks or so. the other thing i was looking at a moment ago talking about the house race. in the midwest we tried to break it down according to regions. the president goes to minnesota today. half the state is considered a toss-up now. we have 30 toss-up seats in the house. could be a few more or less over the next five weeks. now in minnesota the 8th district around duluth, the iron range is a toss-up. so is minnesota three west of minneapolis. southeast of st. paul and minnesota one in rochester, minnesota. half the state right now is
to be at the roundtable, issues involving the mining industry and the economy as well. it s really important according to gop leaders for the president to be here at this particular time. there a number of congressional races that gop leaders are looking very closely at, specifically the 1st district and 8th district. going forward there seems to be a lot of concern in terms of what sort of tone the president here at this private roundtable and heads down to that rally in rochester. will he use the same type of tone he used in mississippi? in that rally where he mimicked ford seemed to rally the base but this is the midwest and leaders here are telling me a different type of tone will be needed to rally the base. this is the state of minnesota. many local leaders see the state
serious hearings. i ll take them seriously. i ll respect this witness. if there s anything, i will take my advice and consent on behalf of the american people and not my 2018 election chances as my first priority. this is a dangerous time. these are dangerous times when individuals would overlook someone, a witness, whoever it might be, that has new information and they would disgrard di disregard it in this manner. it s not a good approach for the american people to see her leaders of whom are supposed to be responsible for the safety and security of american people to disregard this p.m. mr. kavanaugh has every right to make his statement at any time but she has a right as well. on the breaking news this afternoon congressman from 18th district in texas, sheila jackson. thank you for your time. coming up deputy attorney general rod rosenstein once floated the idea of secretly recording president trump to expose chaos in the white house.
tactic. it s something that, obviously, worries me, but i do hear the grapevine says that, i mean, we have donald trump the twitterer and president trump who is trying to get a trade deal that s i mean, i want a trade deal that will help the working men and women of my district in this country. you can t we have to have some trade negotiations with canada. i am not sure where this is going. i am waiting to see the details. canada is too important a partner of ours. let s talk about midterm politics for a second. are there any surprises on your radar in michigan or races that you have noticed that you think we should be putting our focus on? well, i think we have a number of districts that are very competitive. two of the most likely pickups in the country are the 8th district, which has one of these veteran analysts, who is
fascinating. this is a blue state and increasingly you have republicans thinking 2020, can they flip it. i don t think there s any question about it and not just because you re from there. remember jesse ventura? it s a different dynamic and you hit on the key point, look at minnesota s 8th district that has been in the democratic hands for decades. in minnesota there are two very clear districts. someone who didn t, pawlenty, former governor of the state, obviously at one point a presidential candidate considered the future of the republican party expected to be the nominee of governor again. he got toasted last night and