The midterm elections are rapidly approaching. Members of Congress have those races in the backs of their heads as they make key policy decisions in Washington. J.D. Durkin brings us a special look at the race in Texas. J.D. also has the latest on President Trump's comments that that he would have run in to help students and teachers during the deadly mass shooting at a Florida High School, whether he had a gun or not. "You don't know until you're tested but I think," the President said at a White House Meeting, "I really believe, I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that too,"

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