enthusiasm, wild over enthusiasms for republicans in 2017 would carry through 2018, and so far we don t see that much evidence of that. i say that the democratic enthusiasm is still greater than the republicans , and democrats are turning out, and there was this result in a state senate race in missouri that was carried by that no one thought a democrat would carry, and theemtarried it. there s bits and pieces to suggest this, but if i were a democratic political consultant or person in the congressional or senate campaign commiti tonid wee on our i me, i don t think you say, oh, my god, baton down the hatches it s a disaster, but thatjason, this idea that the blue wave, post-alabama, post-2018, do you feel it s receded? no. t s still going, steve. here s the thing. it s like in sports, hey, score board.
side, but depress the enthusiasm of the other side, and if republicans continue to feel pretty good about where the country is, that s going to be t to helpful to them and is going to mitigate effects of the democratic e enthusiasm seen since the election of 2016. so interesting. we get metrics, generic ballot looking at that one, tightening, trump s approval ratings, it s going to take awhile, as we say, for the california results to come in. we ll see what the lessons are there, hints are with respect to party energy, but there s so many variables, and you start to see, especially when california all comes in, a picture for the fall, a more clear picture taking shape, so we re going to continue to follow t emerging in california the next few hours, john, jason, thank you for joining us. i m steve and will be back for more updates later, and lawrence
immigrants like protective status people and resending daca, the trump administration is on a journey to create close to a million people that are currently documented undocumented overnight by 2020. by de facto, he s creating a new class of undocumented people. he s also creating a whole class of trauma among children. the united nations had a right. this is a violation of children s rights. this is not who we are. we are the ones, if anything, on a global on the global war on the global stage often telling people what we expect on how you treat minorities and treat the most vulnerable among us. this is not leadership. and jeff merkley has shown leadership on this by going down there to the border to learn what s going on. leaving it there, maria, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. thank you for covering this. as you know and can tell on the screen, it s election night in america tonight. that means steve j us next
lot of celebrities. absolutely. it is a invitation only guest list. many of the celebrities you have heard are attending oprah winfrey, elton john, bill cosby, kevin costner. aretha franklin and steve j wonder are expected to give musical tribute. kevin costner her body guard co-star will also speak today many people plain folks attended this church watched her grow. grew up with her. they will be here as well. very quickly the burial plans? the burial will be in a cemetery not far from her. she will be buried next to her father. lauren green live in newark. thank you, lauren. mexico s president taking unusual step to stop the flow of weapons from the u.s. into mexico. billboard made of crushed rifles and handguns. the sign put up across the u.s. border. you remember the justice