said i'm not going to win this fight. >> we're going to straighten it out in a loving, loving way. >> stormy daniels is now suing the president. >> i don't think the american people care about that. they care about jobs and the economy. >> there is nothing to hush. >> march either comes in like a lamb or a lion. it is coming in like a pride of lions apparently. >> winter isn't over just yet. >> bracing for another nor'easter. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day". so u.s. stock futures are down sharply on the sudden resignation of the top economic adviser. gary cohn is the latest in serious high-profile departures. exiting after the president imposes tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. who will the president turn to to fill that critical post? meantime, porn star stormy

daniels is back. this time suing president trump over an alleged affair and hush agreement. the suit claims the nondisclosure agreement is void because the president never signed it. but the bigger question, did the the president know about this and, if so, does that break campaign finance laws? we are monitoring another powerful nor'easter. look at your screen. the east coast is going to get slammed today. you have 50 million people in the path. a lot of the same people are beat up from last week's storm. if you're traveling today, flights, a lot of them will be canceled. good morning, chris. the departure is sending debt futures tumbling this morning. and allies inside and outside the white house are now worried there is a rise of economic pop limp inside this white house. president trump's top economic adviser gary cohn becoming the latest to abandon ship after

butting heads over his decision to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. news coming hours after the president insisted that there is no chaos in his administration. >> gee, maybe people don't want to work for trump. believe me, everyone wants to work in the white house. they all want a piece of that oval office. they want a piece of the west wing. i could take any position in the white house and i'll have a choice of the ten top people having to do with that position. >> reporter: the president later reiterating this message on twitter, noting that he will be making a decision about cohn's replacement soon. sources say the president is considering tapping trade adviser peter know srar row, who is in favor of imposing tariffs. and larry kudlow lamented cohn's resignation. >> i think it is a turn for the worse. i'm really sorry he's leaving. >> reporter: less than a month

ago, cohn was being considered for a replacement for john kelly. sources say his feud with the president over tariffs was the last straw. he considered resigning last year after the president equated neonazis and those protesting them in charlottesville. >> very fine people, on on both sides. >> reporter: the revolving door may not stop there. speculation about h.r. mcmaster and chief of staff john kelly. cnn has learned that president trump has emboldened anthony scaramucci who was fired after 11 days on the job to continue attacking kelly publicly. >> this fear, culture of fear, culture of intimidation, people afraid to talk to each other. >> afraid of the president? >> no. i think it's the khaf of staff. >> reporter: president trump saying this tuesday. >> i like conflict. i like having two people with two different points of view. i certainly have that. and then i make a decision.

>> so the question today for president trump is who is going to replace gary cohn? he said that could come any day now. he is expected to peek before the legislative summit today. and his son-in-law jared kushner is headed to mexico after the tariff proposal and nafta hangs over the critical u.s./mexico relationship. >> a lot to watch today. thank you very much. so porn star stormy daniels suing president trump for the first time in public court documents she said candidate donald trump knew all about the hush money that she was paid over their alleged affair. sara sidner is live in los angeles with the full story. >> reporter: alisyn, lots of details in this lawsuit. it's kind of everything you might have wanted to know about this story, about the alleged affair and the nda, why she signed it and it has an alias

that sort of captured people's attention. porn star stormy daniels suing president trump, seeking to in valid aid the nondisclosure agreement she signed just days before the presidential election, preventing them from talking about their alleged sexual encounter. >> you can't say whether you have a nondisclosure agreement. but if you didn't have a nondisclosure agreement you could most certainly say i have awe nondisclosure agreement, yes? >> you're so smart, jimmy. >> reporter: she claims the agreement is null and void because incident was not signed by mr. trump referred to as a pseudonym, david denison. so he could later disavow the contract and miss daniels. the adult film star, whose real name is stephanie clifford,

considering sharing her story in 2016 after the "access hollywood" tape surfaced. >> you know i'm automatically attracted to beautiful. it's like a magnet. just kiss. i don't wait. grab them. you can do anything >> reporter: daniels says mr. trump knew about the payment which she calls hush money. last week cohen admitted to paying daniels but insisted tpaoerbgt the trump administration nor the trump campaign was a party to the transaction with ms. clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment directly or indirectly. february 27th, they filed without giving her notice of the

proceeding and basic due process. in the lawsuit, daniels alleges he coerced her into signing this in january that states reports of her relationship with mr. trump were false. now, there is already a complaint that has been filed from a group called common cause with the sec. if allegations in this lawsuit are true, do they violate federal election laws? >> sara, we will be exploring that with our legal analysts. thank you. the president said something so fascinating, david, about -- he admitted, i like conflict. i like seeing it, and i think it's the best way to go. truer words never spoken. >> he yeayeah. >> these are just the white house departures as we know,

this president has set a record for the amount of turnover. >> it sounds reasonable enough. but i think when he says he likes conflict, he means it in the reality show kind of way, which is disagree and then like a gladiator, i'll be thumbs up or thumbs down. it's not a good process. some of the reporting that i have been reviewing about gary cohn, who has been upset with his role and the president at various times, now wants to leave. that is not unusual. but the reality is that you now have moderating influences on the president who are now outside the white house. so you have a more nationalistic, a more hardlined group of people around the

president whose instincts trend that way anyway. and it could lead to bad policy and bad process which again is not insignificant. process in government really, really matters. it can make the difference between life and death when it comes to national security and just good policy. >> look, one problem he has is process. the other is principle. he doesn't really own his own head. that's a problem. the third is personnel. he's getting a pass on what is truly chaotic about this. which is if you put up that list of people who left, a lot of them have left because of marks on their own character, that they weren't qualified to be there. he said he would hire the best, and he hasn't. >> i think it gives those people a pass to make this about systemic chaos and lack of organization and process in the white house.

you are talking about people who have spousal abuse allegations who blew themselves in the press about things they said on the record of people with financial liabilities. this is an ongoing challenge as they try to replace all of those people. we are talking about chaos today. in a lot of ways it is greater chaos tomorrow. what the president said about having his pick of people coming to the white house, that is simply not true. i know a number of people who turned down jobs recently. they don't want any part -- going back a year republicans have been joking they don't know if they can join the white house because they don't know if they can afford the legal bills. that was a joke a year ago. today that is very literally a consideration. >> by the way, just talking about the national security establishment, we have totally been willing to give a pass to the idea that he has so many general generals, retired generals.

people hope and pray, serious people of all political persuasions hope jim mattis, h.r. mcmaster have a moderating influence on this president, who doesn't know his own mind, who is erratic, impulsive. that's where things have come to. gary cohn is in there. he is a populist. he got elect odd that. people will agree with it. it may be scary but he is entitled to be that if that's what he is. people saying, no, this is a horrible idea. and he is still going back and forth. he felt vindicated. now it is probably going to tank again today. he is riding this wave. that's not a serious policy position. >> here are the names being floated to replace. these are snapshots that change into ether. here it is.

larry kudlow, tv show host. peter navarrnavarro, hard linere tariffs. and andrew puzder. he has his own troubles. >> this is angel on on one shoulder, angel on the other. you can decide which is the devil. he goes with kudlow, that is this marriage of convenience with the president and the republican party. it would be calming in washington and potentially create greater friction down the line. >> how does he bring in kudlow if he is against the tariffs?

it could change every five minutes. >> and the people in washington have come to accept. i don't think we should just sort of overlook that you have enormous special interests on both sides of the political spectrum and the leadership in congress, especially the republican party, that basically wants to work with this president as long as he can be made to act against his own instincts. >> and the point is it's really important to have high-quality people and it's okay to have people who disagree on one condition, that you have a manner in which to arbitrate those disputes. if you have no measures of the on president or somebody close to you to make a decision close to that. his whole idea, i have treubgt conflict and then i just make a decision. based on what? we have seen where that breakdown in practice -- >> thunder dome is not the best policy. >> nor is stormy weather.

that is a play on what's happening today. stormy daniels. you're welcome. michael cohen was paying stormy daniels so it didn't leak out before the election so they didn't lose. >> if it can be shown that donald trump knew about this, yeah. >> and that michael cohen intended the payment, one, to be reimbursed. >> why does it have to be reimbursed? >> because it's why he paid them. >> so donald trump could win. >> michael cohen has done himself no favors by saying pretty explicitly, i will do whatever i can to protect mr. trump, right? that's quite a confession of motive of a kind. but the most explosive -- there are a whole bunch of explosive statements in the filing last night. maybe the most important is the

phrase that donald trump knew about this, right? with donald trump knowingly authorizing this. if that can actually be demonstrating. >> cohen has to explain why there is a signature line. what was his line? >> david denison. >> david denison is the name he used. the fec is one potential. i'll give you that. >> okay. >> the bigger owe potential, is boy, oh, boy, would this send a chill up my spine. remember how we got there. whitewater was about real estate transactions. they got him lying and it wound up everything. can his lawyers allow it if they don't cut a deal that mueller and his people won't ask about this. will they trust the president to

sit down and tell the truth about this even though he knows lying would carry a penalty. >> and they're already so worried about him lying in other areas, let alone this. and i think the thing that screams out to me, i have talked with lawyers about michael cohen's statements about all of this, trump's lawyer, he didn't know anything about it. yet how do you have a material change in a case that you didn't tell the client about. that seems unusual. number two, that this was the allegation -- untpouplded allegation they felt had to be dealt with. whereas none of the others did. this one had to be dealt with. there was a reason they were concerned. >> cohen needs to come on out and explain all of these things. >> he was on tv so much for so long. >> thank you very much. all right. another nor'easter hammering the east coast. this is the second time in just a week. take a look at the screen. more than 50 million people in the storm's path.

so many of those same people beat up from the last storm. let's get to cnn's chad myers live from ft. lee, new jersey with more. uh-oh. white stuff. what are you seeing? >> we only moved from 10 miles from where we were last hour. it was just raining. a little bit of elevation and the snow is already starting. and this and points west and north are where we expect the big snow to take place. this is heavy snow. let me tell you, if you have to shovel this stuff, this is heavy, heavy stuff. it is almost a half inch. i can almost squeeze the water out of it. there is so much moisture in there. this is what we will see because it is 34 degrees. the streets are fine. the grass is covered up. so far so good. but this storm is just beginning. don't take this storm lightly. you wake up and go, be ah, it didn't happen. it didn't happen yet. there will be six inches in the city.

another six or 12 from eastern and central new jersey, upstate new york, all the way through new england. i-95 is going to stay at 34 degrees the entire time. but it is going to snow the entire time. it may snow two to three inches an hour. and there may be some thundersnow. certainly a possibility. the snow will be coming down that hard, guys. >> wow. i like thundersnow. that is dramatic. chad, thank you very much. speaking of stormy weather, how does porn star stormy daniels make her case against trump?

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analyst laura coates. great to have both of you. laura, the fact that it was not signed, this contract we have in front of us, was never signed by donald trump, does that make it null and void is and does that give her permission to speak freely about her experience? >> the legal answer is it depends. it is is not an unusual thing. it is unusual but it is not going to null and void a contract simply because both parties did not sign it. ultimately, it has to be an offer and acceptance and some consideration in the form of, hey, i'm giving you an offer of $130,000, you're going to agree not to speak. as part, you're going to cash the check. it was valued for more than a year, two years at the present time is going to go against any court binding saying, wait, it was null and void. what she may be trying to say is

there are provisions that are voidable. meaning if one of the parties of the contract is somehow undermining a provision, meaning they are speaking out against it, they're talking about its existence, buying the terms of the nda, that may make the rest of it voidable. but not initially because of one absent signature. >> jim or the bigger question, how does this not violate campaign finance laws? >> the payment itself doesn't violate campaign finance laws if the payment wasn't made to influence the election. so it really goes to the intent of the payment in these types of situations. what was the purpose of the payment? in this case, michael cohen has said to the news media that he did it in order to protect his client. >> right. >> he made the payment in order to -- >> doesn't that influence the --

>> not so fast. it could mean -- michael cohen has been his lawyer for a long time, represented donald trump a long time. he's been his lawyer. he's cared for him. he's represented him. and just because there may have been a payment made, in order to protect his client doesn't mean it was made to influence the outcome of this election. >> even if it was made just weeks before the election? >> it doesn't matter what the timing was. all of that will factor into it. what is important is why of the payment made? >> why was the payment made? what was the trail that led to the payment? >> why do you think he would have paid a $130,000 payment? >> the $130,000 payment. look, they have denied any of the allegations were ever true. but that doesn't mean -- they are made day in and day out. complaints are filed day in and

day out. they settle suits for a variety of reasons and do not admit liability. in this particular instance, what we have heard from cohen so far is none of these allegations are true. but this payment was made. >> laura, what do you think of that argument? >> the thing is that it's not just an issue of semantics. a lot does change if your client is joe schmo versus someone running for office. there are campaign finance reform laws. they actually kick in if it is a candidate for office. it many belies all logic that someone would simply say, well, i'm trying to protect this person. it so happens in two weeks he is up for election as president of the united states of america. it raises eyebrows and suspicion. it raises eyebrows because it's been reported that cohen was complained about not having been reimbursed by either the trump administration or the trump

campaign. though he has now said it was not for those things. you have behind-the-scenes reporting saying he was complaining about the absence of that reimbursement. those things combine to have a little more contextual clues than you're alluding to. campaign election laws are all geared towards ensuring transparency. it's not a crime to try to get someone to keep quiet about a matter of personal concern can. what can transform it into a crime is if the payments are being made to effect an election. and, again, the timing is very, very crucial in that consideration. ultimately, it may be a toothless endeavor, given the fact that the fec may not prosecute and the doj may say we don't want to touch it either. >> another legal matter in the white house. kellyanne conway, counselor to the president, she is now being investigated by office of special counsel, different than robert mueller. separate and apart.

completely distinct. the office of special counsel is a totally independent federal investigative agency that look into whether federal employees are violating regulations or being discriminated against or in trouble for whistle blowing. she has come to that now. they believe she might have violated the hatch act when she came on our show and made these statements during the roy moore/doug jones election. watch this moment. >> the only endorsement that matters in this race is president trump's. when he careful out questioning the ideology and the vote of doug jones, he'll be a reliable vote for tax hikes, against national security and keeping isis and reliable vote against the second amendment, against life. he's a step for alabama voters according to the president. >> so, jim, how is that not an

endorsement for moore and a criticism of jones that she is not allowed to be doing because of the hatch act. >> they did make a finding concerns conway yesterday on this issue. but i don't think they necessarily got it right here. two other times we looked at cases, kathleen sebelius came out and endorsed the president, said how important it was that he got re-elected and endorsed candidate for governor in north carolina. that was in her official capacity, official event. >> isn't that what this is? >> no. here's why it was different. kellyanne was on the front lawn in an interview discussing what the president's views were relative to tax reform. >> yeah. >> and the impact that a

candidate winning the election could have on tax reform. that is strikingly different than coming out and saying you need to vote for this candidate. republicans need to come out and vote. she was very careful in her wording not to say this is what i feel. i'm discussing what the president thinks. that's strikingly different than what happened on prior occasions. >> do you agree with that? >> well, jim, i don't think she was careful enough. she is hanging her hat on the words according to the president. all the words that came before the according to the president. the hatch act says just because you're a federal employee doesn't mean you can't have private views on politics. it just means in your official capacity when you stood on the white house lawn, as opposed to in front of your own home as just kellyanne conway, you go into territory that violates the hatch act. it cannot extend to kellyanne conway who had already been

schooled on the hatch act when it came to the ivanka trump clothing looine, scavino. it is a problem and the violation is there. >> thank you. it is up to the president to punish her. >> right. and there was no one punished in the obama administration for much more grave violations. >> jim schultz, laura coates, thank you very much. texas kicking things off. big turnout there. big implications. senator ted cruz coasted in the state's primary. but he's already mocking his challenger in a new ad. senator cruz joins us to take on on the news of day, next. (upbeat string music)

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senator ted cruz easily winning the republican primary in texas. he got well over 80% of the vote. cruz will be challenged by beto o'rourke. the cruz campaign already getting into the swing of things. they have a new ad mocking

o'rourke for his name. take a listen. ♪ >> if the senator could sing that way. joining us is ted cruz of texas. thank you for taking the invitation. congratulations on the win. >> thank you, chris. good to be with you. >> what do you make of the turnout numbers? there was a boost for republicans as well. you see it a as a signal? >> well, listen, there's no doubt the extreme left right now is energized. they are angry. they hate the president. we're seeing that in the fund-raising numbers for democrats all across the country. we are seeing that in turnout. that being said in texas last night, we had a strong turnout

for conservatives. it was encouraging. early vote numbers were quite good for democrats. at the end of the night, i was very gratified to win over 85% of the vote to win 1.3 million votes, which is more than double what my democratic opponent got. that doesn't quite fit the narrative that a lot of folks in the media want to tell because every two years, every four years texas is always fixing to turn blue. but the nice value of it is in texas at least there are a lot more conservatives than liberals >> so you are subscribe to go a blue wave hitting a red wall. o'rourke will be your challenger. but you're already going after him. why? if you don't take it seriously and you have twice the votes. why go after him? >> we absolutely take the race seriously. we take nothing for granted. i will do everything i can to continue to earn the support of every one of 28 million texans across the state. and i will say for the voters there is a clear contrast, a

clear contrast on substance, policy and ideas. congressman o'rourke is running hard to the left. he is embracing positions like open borders, like amnesty. he's embracing positions like aggressive advocacy of gun control and undermining our second amendment. now, those are wonderfully popular position tps you're running for the senate in massachusetts or california. but this is texas. those are not the views of the vast majority of texans. and i think that's why you saw the overwhelming election results last night. >> are you concerned about your poll numbers? i'm looking at one from february 1st to 12th, has you about 40/is 40, approve/disapprove. ten points higher with strong disapprove. >> there are always online polls that end up oversampling a bunch of democrats. we live in a polarized world right now.

the numbers are pretty low. you know, i will say, though, for anyone that follows texas politics, we all remember back four years ago when wendy davis was the next big thing in the national media. she filibustered and supported late term abortion. the national media loved her. on primary day she lost in the democratic primaries either 22 or 23 counties, all in south texas against an unknown democrat with no money at all. and that really caressaged that. last night we saw something very similar. congressman o'rourke won barely 60% of the democratic primary against two opponents with no name, no money. just like wendy davis, he lost south texas, he lost the valley badly. and i think that underscores that most texans look at a candidate who brags about his f

rating from the nra. just a couple weeks ago he tweeted out to the world how proud he was to have an f rating from the nra. not a d, c minus, c. an f. i said we have a choice. if you're running to succeed nancy pelosi, those are the great things to be twaoegt out. those are the values of that district's voters. but those are not the values of texans. at the end of the day, that's why we will see a strong election day. >> we will get into these policy issues. you have a challenge too. you still have your eyes on the prize of a national race, you have to be careful. you would have to win points in california and new york as well. but the ad, you go after beto for his name. beto is obviously a nickname. why? one, you didn't like that dirty pool when you were running for president when the president called you lying ted. your name is raphael. you go by ted.

your middle name is edward. he went the other way and has a more ethnic name. why go after him? you are doing the same thing. >> you're absolutely right. i am the son of my father raphael cruz, immigrant from cuba who came to texas with nothing. i had $100 in his underwear, couldn't speak english. making 50 cents an hour. and my dad's journey of an immigrant coming to texas technical seeking freedom, that's the american story. that's who we are. in terms of the jingle, some of it is just having a sense of humor. you actually missed the title of the song which is if you're going to run in texas, you can't run as a liberal man. >> that's a catchy title, by the way, senator. >> we had some fun with it. because, listen, texans, there is a common sense conservative practicality about texas. texans, we understand low taxes, low regulations produce jobs.

there's a reason 1,000 people a day move to texas. we have jobs everywhere. texans don't want to see a return to the high tax, high regulation, high spending days of barack obama and the economic stagnation that came with it. texans value jobs, low taxes and freedom. we see obamacare doing devastation. congressman o'rourke supports high taxes, high regulation, obamacare. and texans value our freedoms, our constitutional liberties, religious liberty, our second amendment. >> right. i am never going to talk law with you. i remember the professor telling me you were the best mind he ever taught. even you know some of the things that you won't give a position on right now, like bump stocks, like the nics fix, do you think you can argue in favor of bump stocks of not having background checks cover all sales? >> i think we need to be serious about stopping mass murders and

crime. i spent a lot of my professional career working in law enforcement, working to keep behind bars murderers, rapists and violent criminals. we need to talk about what works and what doesn't. every time you have a mass murder, you see a lot of democratic politicians posturing and advocating all sorts of gun control. un6th tab un6th ta un6th tably, dismiss like chicago, washington, d.c., they have the highest crime rates, highest murder rates. >> that's not true. there states that have the strictist have the lowest rates of guns. look at connecticut. look how they brought the numbers down. >> except you're citing sources from a partisan source that is not reliable.

gun control -- >> where are you citing them from? the nra? where are you getting them from? >> sir, when you disarm law abiding citizens, the consequence is the criminals have the guns. let me finish. i said we need to be effective. so there is a lot we can do to be effective in stopping crime. just yesterday i reintroduced legislation that i introduced in 2013 grassley/cruz in the wake of newtown. instead of the democratic talking points of going after law abiding citizens, it focuses on criminals. we increased safety by $300. obama administration cut $300 million for school safety f. that had been in place, that might have meant another armed police officer could have been at parkland. >> you did have an armed guard there. there is a legitimate argument that school safety is part of it. why ignore the other part?

just like covering all sales. it's always bothered me. i know how your mind works on some of these issues. why wouldn't you cover all sales? you know in texas if you talk to responsible gun owners, they're not against people checking whether they buy person to person, gun show or internet. they're for safety. >> the back ground check needs to be a lot more effective. if you look at grassley/cruz, it strengthened. it incentivized states to report convictions to the background check system. >> right. >> many states don't do that. number two, it directed the attorney general to audit federal agencies. >> right. >> to make sure their reporting -- >> it didn't cover all sales. >> sir, why does that matter? in tux tux, souther land springs, we had the worst church shooting. i was in that sanctuary the day after the shooting. i was with the victims of that crime. the shooter in south utherland

springs, he had a felony conviction and domestic violence conviction. why was he able to buy a firearm? because the air force, under president obama, never reported the conviction. grassley/cruz would have prevented that. it would have directed the department of justice to prosecute felons and fugitives who try to illegally buy guns. so the shooter when he went in, he lied on the background check. checked say box, saying he wasn't a felon. that's a lie. another felony. he checked the box that he didn't have a domestic violence conviction. that's another lie and another felony. he would have been put in prison and he would have been in the penitentiary. >> the cornyn bill and fix nics, you have to figure out how to be

against it. when you do, come back on the show. i'm caught for time. >> let me ask one quick question. >> grassley/cruz had the most bipartisan support but harry reid and the democrats filibustered it even though it targeted criminals and could have perhaps prevented these attacks. >> right. >> what i would ask is next time you have a democrat on on, have you ever asked a democrat why did you filibuster grassley/cruz which targeted violent criminals and try to put them in jail. we ought to be focused on substance and actually getting the job done. >> we will do exactly that. please come back on the show to make the case when you take a position on these bills. thank you for being with us, senator. congratulations on your win. >> thank you, chris. alisyn? we just heard from senator ted cruz. we have beto o'rourke with us live, next.

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>> it can only be a good thing for our state which is historically been not a red state but a state that just doesn't vote. people are getting off the sidelines and into the game. our strategy of going to each one of the 254 counties, listening to people and making their concerns and their fight our concerns and our fight is going to work. the good thing is we have eight months to continue to work with and listen to the texans that we want to serve and represent in the united states senate. we're doing it without a dime of

pac money, corporate cash, special interest contributions. it's just people, the people of texas who we want to serve and represent. >> we heard from your future opponent, senator ted cruz, he pointed out you lost south texas and he thinks it's impossible for you to win in texas because of your nra rating. he says you have an f rating with the nra. let's face it, texas is a gun culture. how can you win in texas with that rating? >> i think a lot of texans are wondering who it is that ted cruz represents in the senate. he's taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nra. as people are begging us to take action and dispense with the prayers and thoughts and make sure we have comprehensive universal background checks and save the lives of our fellow americans and fellow texans. as they ask us to ensure that we don't allow people to buy weapons of war designed for the

sole purpose of killing people as effectively and efficiently, they're going to see in us a campaign that is responsive to only people i want to serve and represent in texas. you're right, we have a great tradition and culture of gun ownership and gun safety for hunting, for sport, for self-defense. i think that can allow texas to take the lead on a really tough issue which is country is waiting for leadership and action on. and so i'm just -- i'm grateful that the people of texas are going to give us a chance to do that. i'm following their orders, taking their lead. i'm going to make sure we do the right thing by texas and by this country. >> just out of curiosity, when you do go out of those countries and you're saying south texas is more conservative, what do people say about your desire to ban ar-15? is that a bridge too far for them? realistically with that -- i understand everybody wants background checks and certainly polls suggest that. not everybody is for banning the ar-15. do you think realistically that

could cost you the election? >> i was at brown wood, texas. at a town hall a woman said born and raised in brown wood with a 22 in my hands, but also the grandmother to 46 children. i want to know you're going to stand up to the nra. listen, i've got to face my kids and my conscience and do the right thing when i have the opportunity to do the right thing. we can save more lives many this country and in our state. i'm going to do everything i can to do that. i think texas wants to do that. texas, given our tradition of gun ownership and safety and responsibility is in a perfect place to be able to do that. >> your opponent, ted cruz, has put out a catchy jingle campaign ad attacking you on a couple of different things including your name. here it is. ♪ i rememb♪

>> congressman, i know you have a punk rock past. do you plan to compose a punk rock song to counter that jingle? >> i'm going to continue to meet with and work with my fellow texans on the big issues that we want texas to lead on. we are the defining immigrant state. we should be leading the way on immigration reform, not being the sole senator, as ted cruz was, to turn his back on texas and his opportunity to lead on an issue that we know better than anyone else better than any other part of the country. i want to make sure texas goes from being the least insured state in the country to make sure that every single american can see a doctor or fill prescriptions so they can finish their education, go to work, pay taxes, hire more americans. i want to make sure we get our

democracy back and return it to the people and get corporations and pacs and lobbyists and special interests out of the halls of congress and running this campaign in the most grassroots way, relying on people instead of pacs and corporations, that's the way to do it. >> why aren't you taking my punk rock bait? >> because i just don't think that's what folks in texas want us to focus on. we can get into name calling and talk about why the other person is such an awful guy, or we can focus on the good things we want to do for the future of our country, for the generations that will succeed us. this is the most critical moment in the most important year of our life times. we've absolutely got to get it ride. we can focus on the small, mean, petty stuff, or we can be build, bold, courageous and confident. that's our distinction as a state. that's our opportunity to lead, and that's the way i'm going to stay focused going forward in

this campaign. >> i'm saying as a jersey girl, punk rock, own it. congressman beto o'rourke, thank you. >> thank you. >> "new day" will be right back. ♪ ♪ run your business at cloud speed. and do more with systems you have in place. the ibm cloud. the cloud for smarter business.

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