Today, you have one spokesperson, in fact, denying that he said it. The president himself seems to be denying it, too. So for more on that, well go to jeff bennett who is at the white house. Geoff, the president had a serious of tweets duick durbin referred to. How is that changing what you are hearing from the white house spokespeople . Reporter Last Night The White House released a Statement Seeking to clarify the president s comments. They didnt deny the remarks or the context in which the president is said to have made them. Fastforward what, 12, 16 hours, the president tweeting this, the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made, a big setback for daca. The president then followed that up an hour later, hallie, with this. Never said anything derogatory about haitians, other than haiti is a very poor and troubled country. Never said take them out. I have a wonderful relationship
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happening out in arizona where congressman martha mcsally is announcing her u.s. senate run this morning. she s the third well-known republican to launch a bid to replace retiring u.s. senator jeff flake. this is a very closely watched race, expected to highlight the state s division over president trump s agenda. we have former sheriff joe apirro and senator warren in the running for the seat. and mcsally s house seat is one of a bunch the democrats are trying to flip come november. we ll bring in big board guru steve kornacki here with a district-by-district breakdown. dems need 24 seats to take back the house. there have been a ton of republican retirements announced this year. take us through the map and how it looks today. you talk about mcsally, it is an interesting situation that probably does help republicans in terms of the senate, if she can get that nomination, it would increase their odds. but what about that house seat she s giving up?