campaign stretch yet. he's in michigan on wednesday to talk to union workers and california on friday and iowa on sunday. >> trump's visit to michigan will come one day after president biden will be there. the president plans to walk the picket line alongside uaw workers. joining us now is cnn national correspondent kristen holmes in south carolina and kayla tausche and jeff zeleny. kristen, first to you. we know trump's skipping a republican debate and spending his time instead in four important primary states and he doesn't think there is much competition for the gop nomination. >> well, jim, part of what we're seeing this week is early voting. the next couple of weeks, as well and these are gearing up this campaign is not just for the general election which is what we've been talk a lot about with this trip to michigan, in south carolina, iowa and new hampshire these are trips he's

doing to shore up the support in the early states and there is a comfortable lead in the nationwide poll, his is very aware of the fact that when cop serve tiffs are polled even if they say that they support donald trump many of them are still interested in alternative options and they're trying to get support and trying to rally up the team here with the people. the other thing i want to point out is michigan, talking about general versus the primary and he is looking towards the general election with this stop in michigan and particularly looking toward these union workers. i am told when he gets his prime time remarks outside of detroit and it will be to current and former union members and crurret uaw workers striking with their families and they have not endorsed in this race. in 2020 they endorsed joe biden. they have not endorsed in 2024 and donald trump has been

speaking about this on truth social and his team believes that while he's had complications with unions in the past, he can turn on the biden administration with the green electric vehicle plans saying that those are going to kill ons and then saying that donald trump himself is pro-union. whether or not that will work remains to be seen and this is a group of people that in a general election trump does believe he can siphon words off of. >> you're a pro. if it's that loud in your microphone, we've been there and we know. trump is in south carolina, he's got a couple of contenders, nikki haley and tim scott who are from south carolina. >> exactly, and nikki haley, the former governor of south carolina and who serve as u.n. ambassador in the tlurump administration has been gaining ground and she's in second place in the south carolina polls. as kristen was saying, yes, the former president has his eye on the long term hoping to have a

rematch with president biden and he has to win the primary first, and there was a sense of are they taking things for granted too much? but just the travel schedule in the last week or so, they're trying to knock down that idea by being in south carolina today, going to iowa on saturday. he's triing to essentially stop the potential rise of anyone, but the michigan trip is so interesting because in 2016, of course, the former president won michigan and he beat hillary clinton there in 2020. he lost by more than 120,000 votes and even though rank and file union member, some supported him, exit polls show that he didn't fare nearly as well as joe biden and that's why this is so fascinating tomorrow. the visit from president biden to michigan and then on wednesday a year from now, depending on what deal they get, god forbid the strike will be over, is this going to be a central piece of the map or is michigan sort of turning blue as we saw in the midterms last year? that's what happens tomorrow and

wednesday. it's actually pretty interesting and whatever resolution with the strike happens. >> michigan has been such an interesting place. i remember bernie sanders winning in the primary there unexpectedly. it was bizarre. >> you and i covered it. >> that's right. it's been such an interesting place that has been unconventional for itself and to that point, kayla tausche. you have president biden there on the picket line with uaw workers tomorrow. it's not just about autoworkers, right? they really set the pace for the middle class. this is about fighting for the heart and soul of the middle class. so what is the white house saying ahead of his big trip? >> brianna, this is president biden putting his money where his mouth is. he's long called himself the most pro-union president in history and the white house says that's why he is going to be doing something in their words, that is historic and joining the picket line directly with those workers and the white house took pains today to say that it is not to be seen as an endorsement

of the specific terms that uaw workers are seeking. here's how the president secretary put it in the last hour. >> i'm not going to get into negotiations and this is for the parties to negotiate and i'm want speaking to what's on the table. what we've said over and over again, we believe there is an opportunity for a win-win agreement. corporations having record, you know, making record, you know, deals, there should be a uaw should have a record contract and that's what the autoworkers deserve. that's what workers deserve more broadly. >> there's a reason the white house is walking such a fine line here. it's because since the early days of his presidency, biden has eked out a position that unlike donald trump he's not going to put his thumb on the scale of third-party negotiations be they justice department investigations or independent labor disputes and in this particular case, there's

an independent labor board that has two dozen cases filed by the united autoworkers that are currently pending and that board is a pointed by president biden, and even so, the white house knows the politics of this are very powerful especially with the endorsement of uaw hanging in the balance and the direct invitation from the union's president outstanding. >> so, jeff, we have both biden and trump planning to visit union workers in michigan and what's interesting is the support for union workers is fairly bipartisan around the country. so will they approach it similarly or differently? >> i think, by and large, it's been historically more of a democratic vote and this popular strain that's been coursing through the party in the era of trump certainly has been up for grabs, if you will, and some of those very areas there north of detroit and mccomb county and of course, the home of the reagan democrat, if you will. a lot of those reagan democrats are trump republicans and they

will approach it differently in the sense that president biden has tools at his disposal that will help negotiate and they pulled back somewhat from that and the acting secretary and gene sperling who has been tasked with this, but the former president is just going there to give a speech at a rally and he has no skin in the game in terms of what he can do to resolve this. >> that's a very good point and back to kristen holmes at the trump campaign event, yeah, he has some fans, the former president does among these union workers. there's no doubt about that. he did get very harshly rebuked by the uaw president sean fain who essentially characterized donald trump as part of this billionaire set that is profiting off of the labor of people like the autoworkers. i wonder if you think he'll address anything like that or if he has to push back on any kind of narrative like that.

>> this is what you will hear from donald trump and what i'm hearing from his advisers is the narrative of pro-worker and not necessarily pro-union and what he says and what his team says to me is yes, they understand that the president of the uaw came out and rebuked his trip calling him a billionaire and they're not trying to appeal to the president of uaw. they believe that the people that they are going to try to appeal for -- appeal to are the rank and file. they understand that as jeff noted that traditionally democrat union workers, the working class have voted democrat. they know that they are not going to win over every single worker, but what they are trying to do is to paint themselves as pro-worker and pro-job and a lot of this will be focused on the biden policies particularly around the environment those green policies and talking about electric vehicles. i'm sure you noticed that donald trump who speaks regularly about electric vehicles just in the last several weeks has started

all of the time about how they are killing jobs. that is all part of the strategy to paint him as pro-job, pro-wokker to say essentially that all he wants is to keep jobs here in america and just to give you an idea. just moments ago he continued talking in south carolina how they were going to start drilling for oil in the u.s. something obviously trying to appeal to his base here and talking about, again, getting the jobs here in the u.s. this is something that he is going to be hammering home particularly when he is in michigan and particularly in the middle of this strike when again, they believe that this is a block of voters that they cannot win every single one, but can they just take some of them away from joe biden in a general election? that is where they're going to be looking at several different pockets of demographics and this is one that they believe they can get voters from. >> it is a battleground, kristen holmes, thank you so much, jeff, kayla, thank you, as well, to you. still to come, embattled senator

bob menendez remains defiant after being indicted on bribery charges and he's calling it the biggest fight yet and how he's attempting to explain some of the evidence against him next. plus, the historic hollywood writers strike may be ending and the writers guild of america reaching a tentative deal with the studios. how soon can the writers be back at work? we'll have that and more on "cnn news central."

with six kaydays to go unti the government shuts down, speaker mccarthy averts a shutdown by working with democrats which could cost him his speaker's gavel. the other route he caves to gop hard liners which ensures that he'll keep his job as speaker, but would make any house bill dead on arrival on the senate side. with mccarthy's power struggle set to tie up uncle sam's cash flow, the white house is pouncing on the plan to

extremist republicans. cnn's melanie zanona, are the hardliners call the shots here? >> that's the reality of the razor thin majority that speaker mccarthy has been working on all year and that is why we've seen a consistent pattern from the speaker where he consistently caves to his right flank and gives them nearly every concession and this time it might not be enough. kevin mccarthy has been trying to rally his members over the short-term spending bill that is loaded up with conservative priorities and he has argued that they need to strengthen their hand in the negotiations with the senate in order not to get jammed with something they're not going to like from chuck schumer, but hard liners are digging in and they're also using donald trump to justify -- he is jumping on the fray calling for a government shutdown. because kevin mckarthy is trying to deploy his message and he's

trying to ramp up pressure on his members to fall in line. let's take a listen. >> well, you have to keep the government open. if people want to close the government it only makes them weaker. why would they want to start paying the troops, the border agents or the coast guard? i don't understand how that makes you stronger and i don't understand what point you're trying to make. we have a border that's wide open today. they say it's getting worse each month under joe biden. we have border agents, you saw this morning bloodied. why would you want to stop paying those individuals? i couldn't understand somebody that would want to do that. >> and of course, one way out of this would be for kevin mccarthy to work with democrats and work with the senate and in fact, chuck schumer has taken steps for the senate to pass their own short-term spending bill that would likely include things like disaster aid and ukraine money which would potentially tee up a massive showdown with the house, and for kevin mccarthy it may ultimately to come down to him

choosing to keep the government open or keep his speaker's gavel, brianna? >> are democrats inclined to help him out or is he inclined to help them out? >> kevin mccarthy will not go down the path and he said he has refused to work with democrats and whether they will step in to protect him from a vote to remove him which is what hardliners are threatening if he votes with democrats it's a risky gamut for them, as well. they don't want to be seen as saving kevin mccarthy especially after kevin mccarthy launched an impeachment and they'd be willing to protect mccarthy if and this is a big if, if he's willing to put a good faith effort to put a bipartisan deal on the floor. yes, some of them would be willing to help him, but it would come at a cost. >> it would. one he may not pay.

melanie, thank you very much for that. jim? later this week senator bob menendez will be in court on bribery charges. today, though, he made his first public comments in the face of this federal indictment. in short, he is staying put, he says, despite growing calls for him to resign including from members of his own party in the state of new jersey and congress, as well. he also responded to the most salacious piece of evidence in that indictment, the stacks of cash found in his home. >> for 30 years i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. this may seem old-fashioned, but these were monies drawn from my personal savings account based on the income that i have lawfully derived over those 30 years. i look forward to addressing other issues at trial.

>> cnn's kara scannell, she was at that briefing. that's how he explains the cash. did he explain the gold bars or the mercedes convertible? >> no, he did not explain the gold bars or the mercedes convertible or the other allegations in this indictment. he did try to say that some of his actions and the allegations t that he had received hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid through new jersey businessmen and also to aid the government of egypt. he did address the issue of egypt saying his record on capitol hill has been one to try to hold egypt accountable and not doing things that would aid them saying he was holding the line on giving them military aid. he was trying to draw a distinction between the allegations and what his public record is, but certainly, that is going to be a fight that he will have in court. he made clear today that he is not going anywhere, and that he's not backing down and saying this will be the big of the fight that he's had to face

despite already facing corruption charges in 2018 and ultimately surviving them politically and both legally. menendez saying he's not going anywhere. here's more of what he said. >> i understand how deeply concerning this can be, however, the allegations leveled against me are just that. allegations. i recognize this will be the biggest fight yet, but as i have stated throughout this whole process, i firmly believe that when all of the facts are presented, not only will i be exonerated, but i still be new jersey's senior senator. >> and as you heard he's saying that he believes he will be the senior senator when all of this is over and that he is not stepping down despite facing she's serious allegations, and jim, you know, the big question here is he's up for reelection next year. is he going to run? menendez would not answer that question as numerous reporters

were shouting it at him as he was leaving that briefing. >> what's the time line for his various appearances and upcoming trial? >> so menendez, his wife and those three new jersey businessmen are due in court on wednesday where they will face charges and go before a judge. that will be the potentially the first time that he'll be asked to sht a plea in this case and he'll enter a plea of not guilty. from there, the way that this plays out with these cases is it will go through this process, a legal process and it will be months or perhaps a year before we have a trial date if he does continue to fight this. so this trial will be overlapping with any potential reelection campaign, if he also goes to move forward with that route, too, jim. >> it will be quite a story to watch, kara scannell on top of it. thank so much. breonna? >> let's talk with jamil, the former assistant to national security and pertinent to this conversation. you worked for senator corker when he was on the senate

foreign relations committee and when bob menendez was the chairman of the committee then during his prior indictment troubles, this particular indictment details a meeting where senator menendez met with egyptian military officials in his senate office with only his then-girlfriend, now his wife, and an egyptian-american businessman, will hannah who is also under indictment here, no senate staffers. the indictment alleges the meeting included discussions of foreign military financing to egypt. why is that problematic? >> it is unusual, i think, certainly, that a senator would meet with foreign government officials without staff present and without members of -- sometimes they'll bring in the state department if they want to have the u.s. government's view of it, but it's unusual and given what they said was disgust, right? given what they said discussed and that senator menendez was taking different happenings and he's innocent until guilty and

the government has the burden of proof. he was there and made promises to do certain things and this meeting was about what they wanted him to do and he and his wife were getting paid for it and that's hugely problematic and if the government can prove that. >> he also allegedly texted his then-girlfriend now wife and now also under indictment non-public, sensitive information about embassy staffing at the u.s. embassy in cairo, information that he obtained himself. he didn't have a staffer get this for him which was then relayed to an egyptian official. what do you see going on here? can he hide behind i was just doing my job as we see him trying to do? >> well, look, i think that there are a lot of legitimate reasons why a member of congress might ask for staffing levels at embassy and they might want to understand spend and they might want to understand whether the appropriate staffing levels are there. we saw what happened? libya back in the day, and that might be a good reason why a

senator might ask. if he's taking that information and psing it on to his wife or knowing if she was intomorrow he going to pass it on to an egyptian government official. they may want here her to stay more to the security hefls because who can they exploit. the numbers alone -- who those staffers are and are there intelligence officials around that are aware of and these are all things that you wouldn't know that information. >> that particular detail is one of the most serious things in this indictment. at what point does it rise to the seriousness that he's working outside of the interest of the u.s. i don't know -- would you call it spying? at what point does it get to a level of something like that? >> sharing sensitive and not public information isn't spying in the sense of giving

classified information, right? but it is sharing information that you have in your official capacity and he can argue, i didn't know it was sensitive and just a number of personnel, right? but then the question, why didn't you ask your staff to get it, right? why was it behind closed doors? why were the text messages deleted? >> why did you seek it out? >> why did you seek it out? exactly. so all these questions will come up. menendez has legitimacy for arguing, approving transactions and pushing them through, and at the time egypt is a strong and still is today an ally of the united states. we have provided them a significant amount of military financing and aid. that's not surprising. the question is why was he doing it at the time and was he or someone around him getting paid to do this? if that's the case and the government can prove that that is hugely problematic and it will be a problem for senator menendez. >> these charges being brought up by a biden-appointed u.s. attorney. we should be clear about that. we are still hearing republicans

talking about this two-tiered justice system which is a talking point that they have held to when it comes to hunter biden even in the face of this indictment and now the hunter biden indictment. what are you seeing? just fact check that talking point for us. >> well, look, obviously they're going after hunter biden, the president's son and they're going after a sitting senior democratic u.s. senator who has been in office a long time and a senior member of the party, and at the same time, right? there are a lot of republicans who feel, look, you are still after a republican president, right? during the time when the current president is running for re-election and donald trump has chosen to run for office and it makes it hard for the justice department to say that may be the case and it's easy to say,

man, this doesn't look good and you will hear republicans continue to say that even though hunter biden can't be charged and there's more that people might want to be brought against hunter biden. >> there could still be. we don't know, but thus far, we haven't seen significant charges about burisma being brought and the like. >> there likely be, and we don't know what the investigation the governments have done or not done, and i think respect reps will continue to be earn kr abouted pursuit of republicans and specifically, today did donald trump do the things he alleged they allege he did. did he store them inappropriately, if he did, he's still guilty of violation of the law and you can't stop the justice department from doing its job, as well. >> jamil, always great to have you. thank you so much. >> jim?

>> america's highest-ranking military officer is retiring and leaving what some say is a controversial legacy. why mark milley is considered by some divisive and also political nimble joint chiefs chairman in modern history. that's coming up.

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military adviser and the highest ranking uniformed member of the military. general mark milley departs after four years as chairman of the joint chief of staff and he served under president trump, a republican, appointed in late 2018 and now president biden. he had a relationship with trump during those final days of the administration and sometimes tenuous. he also drew criticism from this moment when he appeared briefly alongside trump as he walked to a church across lafayette square for a photo-op this during the george floyd protest. milley in uniform at the time, he did later apologize for creating the perception that the military was involved in what was essentially a domestic political event there. cnn's katie joins us for more. you write in your piece that some see him as the most politicized chairman of the joint chiefs in recent history. i wonder do you hear that from inside the building, along the hill and what is the essential

criticism? >> great question. so the chairman of the joint chiefs, the president's top military adviser, right? he's outside of the chain of command and like all u.s. generals he's supposed to operate independent of domestic politics, and milley were sucked into some of the toxic politics of the trump era, right? milley in particular in the wake of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol taking some pretty extraordinary actions to safeguard against what he saw as some of the president's more sort of outlandish impulses and the chaos of the moment. he's also become really the face of the so-called woke military for critics on the right. one detail that we learned that kind speaks to how a tuned milley has been pto domestic politics is his staff every mor morning pull the transcripts from sean hannity and tucker carlson to monitor if they are talking about mark milley.

so now, jim, i think there's this very active debate over whether or not milley stretched the bounds of the chairmanship in ways that may have sort of changed the apolitical nature. >> let's talk about that. if you served or anyone served as chairman of the joint chiefs under trump and biden, a democrat and republican, some will accuse him of politics and particularly during the time of january 6th and there were some who look at those moves as protecting the republic and more in trump's camp who view that as more as interference and what specific issues in january 6th as going outside the bounds of the chairman of the joint chiefs? >> so i think one sort of big episode that really drew a lot of attention was milley testified before the house arms services committee in sort of defense of what at the time was being -- it was a big controversy over whether or not there was a course being taught to military cadets that was

related to sort of -- i'm sorry, excuse me, to diversity issues within the u.s. military and milley gave this sort of very impassioned defense of studying the area of white rage. i'm a white man, what is wrong with understanding the country that we are here to defend. for some members of the military and not just partisan republican critics this was milley stepping too far into a domestic political issue. >> how about on base naming? because i know that's another one that for some was controversial. i speak to a lot of folks in the building and there's general agreement among many particularly uniform that taking the names of confederate generals off of bases is not the worst thing in the world. where did he get criticism in that space? >> milley was supportive of the idea of renaming the bases in the south that were named after confederate generals and that's another one where you've seen him be attacked pretty vociferously from the right. the other one that, i think, has drawn a lot attention and this

is sort of one that i think you've seen former trump officials kind of turn on its head a little bit, in the wake of january 6th, milley had a call with his chinese counterpart in which he reassured him we're not going to attack you and trump accusing milley of treason for this. >> trump said treason in a different time would bring the death penalty. >> despite the fact that we should note that trump administration officials at the time had been looped into the fact that this call was taken place and this was coordinated with policy. >> understood. military and military communications typically a thing that is considered bipartisan. listen, it's a great piece, great reporting katie bo lillis, thanks so much. boy, what a four years to be chairman of the joint chiefs. >> a wild ride. brianna? >> they have a deal after a months' long strike. the studios and write verse

reached a tentative agreement. what is next for the striking righters? just ahead.

cue the closing credits. it looks like the saga of the hollywood writers strike could be over after they reached a tentative agreement. the writers guild of america celebrated. >> thank you, america! thank you, america! >> they were chanting nedcom which is what they call their negotiating committee and this is the second longest strike in guild history, 145 days and not clear when they'll get back to work since the actors union is still working on their own deal. cnn's camila bernal is in los

angeles. camila, the writers' union is calling this exceptional they seem to have made based on the reporting progress on some of the biggest issues. >> jim, when will they haven't made this contract public, a lot of the writers that i talk to feel like most likely the studios met them where they wanted to be met in terms of their wages especially when it came to residuals and streaming. also how many writers needed to be in the room and then ai. that was such a big issue for the writers and sources telling cnn that that was really the last sticking point, the artificial intelligence and so a lot of people just excited because they believe they got what they wanted. of course, we have to see all of the details, but everyone telling me they're ready to go back to work. the union, though, saying not yet. they want to be able to finalize the language of the contract first. that's what they're working on right now and after they do that we expect a vote from the leadership tomorrow and once that vote happens then we'll likely see the details in terms

of what they agreed on and then the writers are going to be able to ask questions and try to figure out exactly if they like it or not and then they have to vote to ratify. so it still takes a while and keep in mind, the actors are also on strike. so even if this gets ratified and the writers are no longer in strike, well, then you still have to deal with the actors and sag-aftra saying they're still at the picket lines and the writers are actually being encouraged to go out in the streets and join the picket lines with the actors. they're essentially one big family and while you may see some, like, talk shows and late-night shows go back to normal in the coming days and weeks. for movies and tv shows this year we still don't know. it all depends on the actor, jim. >> yeah. see if this is modeled for the actors union, or punitive agreement. brianna? >> to the other news this hour, migrant crossings at the

u.s.-mexico border seeing no signs of slowing down. more than 16,000 people were taken into custody over the weekend mp new shelters slated to open in el paso, but hundreds of migrants have been sleeping on the streets. the u.s. reached agreement -- an agreement for mexico to deport migrants from its northern border cities to depressurize those areas. also all of the students who were injured on thursday when their bus crashed in new york are expected to recover. the superintendent of the farmingdale school district on long island says that some of the students are still struggling, but that they will return when they are ready. two adults were killed in the crash and both were beloved members of the school's music community and sign-ups are now open for another round of free covid tests from the government. people can receive four tests per household. shipping will begin the week of october 2nd. the program had been suspended since may, but covid cases have been rising in the past several

weeks. jim? >> coming up, just for the second time ever, doctors have transplanted a pig's heart into a living recipient, just amazing medicine here. we'll have an update on the patient's condition right ahead. .

libya's attorney general said that 16 top officials have been detained in the investigation into the deadly flooding in the town of derna. thousands of people died earlier this month when two dams burst after torrential rains hit a

massive wave into the town. those detains were responsible for maintaining the dams. according to the mayor, the last time they had maintenance was back in 2002, more than 20 years ago. there were prior warnings of flooding if maintenance was not carried out. p important developments there, brianna. for the second time ever, a pig heart has been transplanted into a living recipient. this is done at the university of maryland center. i do want to warn some people it is not for the faint hearted. recipient of the pig heard, 58-year-old lauren faucet had heart disease. jacqueline howard is joining us. as i mentioned, the picture are a little graphic but this is important stuff. how is the patient doing, how does this work? >> reporter: yeah, it is definitely important, brianna. what we know is that after the

surgery, the patient was breathing on his own, his heart was functioning without assistance and we know that the medical team is now monitoring him closely. and how this kind of procedure works, the pig that donated its heart was genetically modified. some pig genes were edited to help reduce the risk of the patient rejecting the organ or having a severe reaction and to control the growth of the organ and some human genes were inserted to reduce the risks as well. and this is the second time that we've seen this kind of proc procedure performed successfully. the last time was last year. the same medical team performed a surgery on a previous patient and they lived for two months after the procedure. he did eventually die of heart failure. now that we've seen the second successful surgery it gives hope

for this kind of science. especially at a type where the nation is having a shortage of organ donors. we no he that nationwide, more than 100,000 patients are on organ weight list. and more than 3,000 are in need of hearts and so this kind of procedure in the future if it continues to evolve could be a possible solution to the organ shortage in the u.s. right now, brianna. >> some people will take this chance when you look at these numbers of this organ shortage that we see. j jacqueline, thank you so much. jim. well, the biggest star at the bears-chiefs nfl game on sunday didn't even touch the ball. could taylor swift be travis kelce's biggest catch yet? we'll have more. stay with us.

the kansas city chiefs put on quite the show yesterday. they crushed the chicago bears 41-10 at arrowhead stadium. but the biggest star in the stadium was not even on the field. everyone just about lost their minds after seeing taylor swift at game cheering on the chiefs' travis kelce. >> he invited him to watch her play after seeing her perform at arrowhead and catching three yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. >> social media had a field day as you could imagine. the nfl official tiktok account changing the bio to taylor was here. we have cnn's world sports don riddell who has been following all of the action.

i don't know if you thought you'd ever be covering this one. >> i didn't. >> but this is quite a night. >> yeah, for sure. taylor swift is known to be an eagles fan. her philadelphia team was beaten by travis kelce and the chiefs in the super bowl this year. but you know what they say, all is fair in love and war and she caused quite the stir by showing up at arrowhead stadium. maybe cupid's arrow was at play. sitting alongside his mom and travis wanted to light up the stage and he did so as you just showed catching that touchdown from patrick mahomes. all bad news for the bears. they were thrashed. but the post game questions weren't really interested in the result. more so the score. >> i heard that she was in the house. >> did you feel it? did you feel the pressure? >> i felt a little bit of pressure and so i know you had to give it to travis and he does his own thing and makes up a route and i throw it to him. and so i think i wanted to get

in the end zone just as much as all of the twisties wanted him to. >> i've met her before. and i set them up. >> of course, he did. after the game travis and taylor were seen heading out together looking for a getaway car sult sugging that perhaps the rumors are true, maybe they are dating. for now millions of swifties could only wonder. but there is no doubt that it is all of the that you can of the town. even the legendary patriots coach bill belichick couldn't resist saying it could be his biggest catch yet. and who knows where this is all heading. i will say this, usher has just been confirmed for the super bowl halftime show. taylor swift has never performed at the game. maybe if the chiefs make it again, maybe she'll be tempted to get involved because she might be in the house any way. what do you think? >> i have to say the pressure of making that catch with your