senator cruz? sen. cruz: good evening and welcome. this issue presents a stark divide between congressman o'rourke and me. my views on immigration are simple. and i have summed them up many times and just four words. legal, good. illegal, bad. i think the vast majority of texans agree with that. when it comes to immigration, we need to do everything humanly possible to secure the border. that means building a wall, that means technology, that means infrastructure, that means boots on the ground. we can do all of that at the same time a we are welcoming and celebrating legal immigrants. there's a right way to come in this country. you wait in line, you follow the rules like my father did in 1957. when he came from cuba, he fled oppression and he came to texas. he came seeking freedom. we're a state and we're a nation built by immigrants. but it's striking that congressman o'rourke over and over and over again his focus steams to be on fighting for illegal immigrant and forgetting the million of americans -- americans are dreamers also.

i thank you, senator cruz, for your public service. sen. cruz: thank you. i agree with those sentiments. i would express the very same sentiments back at congressman o'rourke. being a that of young -- being a father of young kids is hard. i know the sacrifice you are putting in. my girls, everyday, it is hard. there are a lot of tears and the cruise household. i am sure there is in the o'rourke too. that is the single hardest part of doing this. let me say beyond that, i think congressman o'rourke is passionate, energetic. he believes in what he is fighting for. very much the same sentiments. last year, i did three debates at the bernie sanders. bernie sanders believes in what he is fighting for. he believes in socialism. i think what he is fighting for doesn't work, but i think you are sincere like bernie, you believe in expanding government and higher taxes. i commend you for fighting for what you believe. we disagree on the outcome, but you are fighting for the principles you believe in and i respect that. rep. o'rourke: true to form. [laughter] >> befor

to get him elected so, yeah, now cruz will get trump's help and cruz may need it because the race has in a very red texas. that's next. >>> i take this as an indication of the fact that we are in contention in this race. the fact that ted cruz whose father was accused by the president of killing john fitzgerald kennedy, this president who made denigrating comments about his family, who personally attacked him, is coming this state to try to save his election means the people of trefls more than a match for the corporate spending, the political action committees, the special interests and the partisan politics. >> congressman o'rourke. let's bring in our contributor, evan, i'll start with you. i'm going to play evan smith for a second and you tell me if i have it right. you outsiders, you always have these fantasies that they will turn blue and then they get their butt whipped and you're doing it again. what do you think? >> i don't even need to be on the show. did you me perfectly. >> do you think we're looking at another situation here? >> i don't think there's a straight line if wen

number two, ted cruz is an easier opponent to knock down.e split voters. you might have someone who vote the top of the ballot and not vote the senate. they might stay home when they hear abbott is ahead by 20 points. i don't know what to do about cruz. some people have a gag reflex when they think about it. is he going to be nasty, crabby? >> so the bebait thing is interesting. usually the front-runner doesn't want any debates. it's strangely inverted although cruz wants it on friday nights in texas which is a little weird. this is texas, friday night is sacrosanc sacrosanct. it was friday night during college football season in mcallen and nobody saw it. the governor's race, friday night. >> the cruz bet is, look, ultimately the fundamentals are the fundamentals. the more i can get people hearing beto o'rourke, culture war, i want to talk about colin kaepernick for an hour, the more i can talk to him about stuff that will rile up the redness of your median tecxan voter -- >> >> beto is speaking untested, unexperienced, never done this. i w

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i don't know what i want to do about cruz.and getting people to affirmatively vote for ted cruz. some will have a gag reflex. i think it was a mistake to agree to five or ted cruz keep on mr. charming or that nasty, crashy guy we saw him in the preside presidential, strangely inverted. cruise wants them for football season. the last time we had a debate, friday night, during college football season. nobody saw it and the governor's race, again, only debate, friday night. >> the cruz bet s ultimately, the fundamentals are the fundamentals. the better shape i am in. is that strategy? >> he is a master gebaiter. cruz has been debating for years, back to years at princeton. he has never had to do this and may not have a command of issues, i would say that cruz people, i have seen betto, he talks in paragraphs, a better commuter, than they give him credit for it. is a risk for him to put himself o'rourke, may be better off not debatin debating, maybe, he would rather not debate. >> there are a ted cruz is dumping in a lot of negati

, they see that ted cruz is for ted cruz. 100%.ing the interests of texans. he's not in keeping with what people want to hear from their elected representatives. and certainly from their candidates. there is a poll that came out today that shows them only 3 points apart. and the good news about these polls is that they continue to trend upward in beto o'rourke's favor. and beto o'rourke has caught fire with a group of people who typically do not vote in midterm elections. that's why i think he's going to win. because we are seeing an extraordinary turnout. our democrats doubled their turnout, over a million more democratic voters voted in this primary than had voted in the midterm when i ran in 2014. i expect that that's going to get even stronger. and not just that democrats are going to be turning out in bigger numbers, but a lot of those moderate republicans and independents are going to come b beto's way -- >> i'm over on time, george, a final sentence. >> i was going to say, ted cruz didn't endorse john cornyn when he ran last

so i think that's one reason why cruz is weak. but cruz has lots of enemies.true in the u.s. senate. it's true out of the u.s. senate. >> ben. >> i think ted cruz, one of the main things about him, he's been very smart to stay close to home and talk to his constituents. he understands that jobs is the number one thing taxens were concerned about. and border security. those are two issue he's close to the president on. that's one of the reasons why trump is very popular in texas. at the end of the day, you have ted cruz, who's in a race with democrats who went all in. again, i give them a lot of credit. they've done a very good job in this campaign of getting out the vote. i think it's a midterm election year. there's a lot of democrats that don't like this president. it's a battle. but at the end of the day, ted cruz is loved by many, many people in texas. that's the reason why i think he's going to win this five, six, seven points up, eight points maybe. texas is just not california. and beto is a guy who wants to turn into california. or i should say robert

with ted cruz.ose voters for that. they're going to praise him for coming around to donald trump. and everyone knows that ted cruz is linked to donald trump. >> i wonder if he can tear off some republican voters -- hold on real fast. money is pouring in from other republican groups to help ted cruz if texas. is that at the expense of florida? >> that's at the expense of everybody. >> i don't think so. it won't hurt florida. florida, the money is still going to be there. you have a candidate running for senate that is self-funding. [ overlapping speakers ] >> money that goes to one place isn't going to another. >> in new jersey, they're looking for money there for a very blue state. we'll see. >> guys, thank you very much. >>> next, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. >> he goes, trump. i pick up, i said, hello. you remember me? i said, i don't know. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets y

to ted cruz this campaign the cycle.usand dollars in decembe december 2017. he works for the lobbying firm. one of the clients he was assigned to represent his defense contractor northrop. she remember what mick mulvaney say? didn't talk to you. if you're lobbyists to gave us money i might talk to you. on march 29, 2017 ed rogers donated $2700. he is chairman and cofounder of dgr group. he also gave money to ted cruz and lobbied on behalf of the kurdistan regional government. and lobbying on behalf of saudi arabia. did ted cruz talk to him? we don't know. meetings with lobbyists are not reported. ted cruz lectured endlessly while being paid up. he's taken money from lobbyist regulated by senate transportation committee. they're getting billions of dollars for his armed services committee. he's taken money from lobbyists for foreign governments. not to mention the revolving door. we reached out for, and that statement includes the following. while every member of congress engages in lobbyist in some capacity, the test is

ted cruz makes other republicans hate ted cruz. >> you've still got to consider that it was ted cruz,p and still >> also another state that i'm really watching because i think democrats are very likely to take a senate seat in tennessee, too. and it's crazy that we're talking about texas and tennessee in 2018. >> a thing about beto that reminds me of what people loved about the late, great john mccain. what he says doesn't come from something some aide hands him. no one does a poll and says say this. he gets asked a question and it reminds me of john mccain in new hampshire. he get s asked a question. no matter whether it's about nailing in the nfl, immigration, whether it's something that ted cruz is going to chop into some political ad or not, he answers the question. >> no one ever looks at ted cruz and says, wow, that guy is comfortable in his own skin. no one looks at ted cruz and says he's going to -- we're going to have an actual discussion. there's always machinery going on in his head. when you see beto. texas is a high hill for the democrats to climb. no matter what. he's a

he's out-raising ted cruz. he doubled the money cruz is raising in the last quarter.campaign like we haven't seen in a long time in texas. he's not running to get close. he's running to win. i think the fact he is as close as he is, the kind of campaign he's running, and what he is building, that will be there for the future, that's what excites me. there's 1.2 million more voters in texas right now today than there was in 2014. the state is growing. those people are folks that, if we can get out to vote, it will become a blue state. >> thanks very much. jeremy and cal, thanks for the piece. >>> tonight's last word is next. as their spokesperson because apparently, i'm highly likable. see, they know it's confusing. i literally have no idea what i'm getting, dennis quaid. that's why they're making it simple, man in cafe. and more affordable. thank you, dennis quaid. you're welcome. that's a prop apple. i'd tell you more, but i only have 30 seconds. so here's a dramatic shot of their tagline so you'll remember it. esurance. it's surprisingly painless. so you'll remember

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ted cruz isn't tip and cool.o go to those places, hold a rally, get people to show up and say the things that they like to hear. >> i am concerned about the polls. i don't necessarily know where they're polling people out. >> there are people coming out in el paso. there are people coming out in fort davis. >> i don't see ted cruz signs. i'm concerned if ted cruz really wants to win this race, where is his people at. >> you go to some of the reddest places in texas, so reliably red you can see it glowing from outer space. there is really something very special happening in texas right now. >> i talk to a lot of people and nobody i have ever even talked, i never met one person. who are they polling, the illegal immigrants? >> to everyone in this kbhunty who gave me a chance to succeed, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke, better known as b-dub feels its very american to take a knee. >> i can think of anything more american than to peacefully

i'm really interested in the cruz/trump relationship, because cruz didn't officially endorse trump at convention. >> i was there. i was there. >> it's always -- >> so stunning to see that we've gone from that to now, the president bringing one of his favorite people in his life, his daughter to come campaign for him. you know, just very telling to see how that relationship went from so poorly and seen that with president trump and senator lindy graham. they were feuding with each other, and the president gave out his phone number at a rally and now they have somehow fix that had relationship and now we're seeing that here. >> also seen this happen in nevada. the president is going to leave any moment to go to a rally in las vegas for republican senator dean heller, the incumbent facing a contentious challenge, heller called him a great leader. no trump fan in 2016. he actually said he disagrees with president trump like 99% of the time is this just what you have to do if you're a republican to get re-elected? >> look, i'm not a republican, but part of this is -- >> really. i got a car

restaurant hounded cruz and his wife.supreme court controversy but adding insult to injury with this reference to his opponent's hotness. >> beto is way hotter than you. >> reporter: not everyone found the phone photos funny. "i have a problem with looking over someone's shoulder and reporting what documents they're reading." the texas democrats used the pictures to recruit volunteers. "even ted cruz is signing up to volunteer for @betoo'rourke." no, cruz was not really cruising his rival. it just looks like o'rourke is the wind beneath his wings. ♪ did i ever tell you you're my hero ♪ jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ you're everything, everything ♪ new york. >> and tonight cruz's campaign is having a little fun with this as well giving us this statement. "breaking news, the airline passenger paparazzi captured the senator reading news clips about his campaign." well played, senator cruz. thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. today one of the biggest celebrities of the last half century was handcuffed and taken

[laughter] awe ted cruz long a poster boy for purity poses city cruz was alpha dork of the fund. the text and elected in the wake of 2010 came into the 2016 race with conservative credit in the world. he was a darling of the mercer money clan, had talk radio singing on how he was leader of a bold conservative tomorrow. all of those qualities were in version portion to less obvious personal charms. more than almost any other member of the 2016 field ted cruz helped normalize trump. burning credibility it a toasty crisp. cruz who later hear trump accuse father of accomplice city in assassination of john f. kennedy then trump insulted cruz's wife and told fox news i like donald trump. i think he's terrific. i think he's pressure. i think he speaks the truth. ted even lost support of his long time sugar daddy robert merse and nodded politely through it all in 30 years never seen engage in great or self-humiliation. many of the republican candidates have again out of their way to take a two by four to donald trump i think it's a mistake cruz told of polito now look ted is a bright guy

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if you are conservative, you love what ted cruz was saying.ou love was o'rourke was saying. that's part of the re reason o'rourke caught fire. >> and the question is will he win. issues related to that as we at least nationally are looking at texas and georgia as those potential purple states, and we did it in the last cycle, this cycle, and the coming cycle. i am going to play sound related to the issues to the second amendment. let's take a listen. >> thoughts and prayers, senator cruz, are not going to cut it any more. the people of texas, children of texas deserve action. >> hold on a second. let me be very clear. more armed police officers in our schools is not thoughts and prayers. i'm sorry you don't like thoughts and prayers. i will pray for anyone in harm's way. >> patrick, sounded from the crowd there that was clearly an issue that the watchers were caring about. >> yeah, and obviously gun rights are always a national issue, but this hit close to home in texas with the santa fe high school shooting, and you saw cruz and o'rourke spli

ted cruz, i say this with a d.c.ount of authority, is not well liked with a lot of republicans. does beto have a chance of winning over independents and centrist republicans who swing election s? >> i think it remains to be seen how big it is, but whether it was before ted cruz ran for president, after ted cruz ran for president after the kind of 2016 trump endorsement controversy, there's always been some republicans in texas who have not been a huge fan of him either personally or because of his kind of brand of politics. you know, he is kind of this conservative fire brand and he's, you know, clearly made some enemies in washington and certainly enwithin his own party. >> one of the ways that i thought after the election that i should have known that donald trump was going to win was that costco, there were lots of trump/pence bumper stickers. i drove around the rural parts of connecticut, there were more yard signs. it is not scientific, sometimes after the fact you look at those anecdotal proof points i saw this

ted cruz said no.s clearly alarmed and well, this is interesting. >> we are seeing tens of millions of dollars flooding into the state of texas from liberals all over the country who desperately want to turn the state of texas blue. they want us to be just like california. right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair. >> tofu, silicon, and dyed hair. >> you make a joke, but you make a key point. is ted cruz running now in the texas that exists now? one of the reasons it's not just a strong candidacy by beto o'rourke, but texas is slowly becoming a different place and maybe tofu and silicon and dyed hair may not carry the day. >> he was in katy, texas. that's a suburb of houston and tends to be more conservative. that said, the idea that the hippies are coming in to take over texas is not going to be his biggest problem. it's going to be hispanics and women who are not pleased with what's going on in washington and perhaps in the trump administration. that's who he needs to worry about, not the hippies.

ted cruz, people remarked on twitter that ted cruz didn't sound like ted cruz today.ounded a little measured, a little more moderate, a little rueful about the current state of politics. had people wondering is that because of how tight things are with beto o'rourke? >> i think so. for ted cruz to be talking about the politics of personal destruction is pretty rich. when he came to the senate and what he specialized in and the reason he got such a bad reputation is he would just try to destroy people with completely unsubstantiated allegations, including members of the obama cabinet and even his colleagues. so he's scurrying back into some sort of zone. >> it wasn't democrats who didn't like ted cruz. it was republicans that didn't like ted cruz. >> right, right. the one that interests me is heidi heitkamp's race because her opponent, kevin cramer, he said that even if dr. ford, what happened to her actually happened. >> even if it was true. >> even if it was true that kavanaugh should still be confirmed. this is something that even the most conservative republican re

the race between ted cruz and beto o'rourke.last night in their first debate. we'll get you caught up. >>> president trump calls them violent animals. america's most feared and violent street gang is making headlines again with a series of killings on the east coast. lisa ling embeds with law enforcement to understand the real terror of mostly sunn-- of. >> reporter: armed with tactics of seduction, coercion, and threats, ms-13 has had no shortage of potential recruits. over 100,000 unaccompanied minors have arrived in the united states since 2014, and most are vulnerable to recruitment. under the cover of night, i met one such target. a young teen recently reunited with his mother after a decade apart. how old were you the first time you saw someone get killed? >> 9. >> you were 9 years old? did a lot of your friends join ms-13 in el salvador? >> yes. ten of my friends -- >> what happened to their lives? >> two of them are dead already. >> the season premiere of "this is life" airs tomorrow night at ten:15 p.m. -- 10:15 p.m. ea

the gop reportedly launching a rescue operation to save ted cruz.s after a top trump official said the senator is at risk of losing his seat in texas. are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> republicans are said to be launching a full on rescue mission for ted cruz's senate seat in texas. politico reporting that dan patrick traveled to the white house to make an urgent plea to send president trump to texas and he came through announcing a rally for ted cruz. cruz fighting for his political life against beto o'rourke who is closing a very narrow gap in the polls. a top white house official mick mulvaney told a group of donors that cruz was not likeable enough and losing his seat was at least a possibility. alex is a reporter for politico.com and broke the rescue stories. dan patrick goes to washington issuing i suppose a nervous plea here. what's that based on? they were looking at the numbers. >> everywhere is looking at the numbers and saying th

senate against ted cruz. please welcome congressman beto o'rourke!me. >> stephen: welcome to "the late show." >> thank you. >> stephen: welcome to "the late show." >> thank you. >> stephen: nice to have you here ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: people are pretty excited. >> yes. >> stephen: were you aware people outside of texas were following your campaign because i assume-- are people here-- who is here from texas? ( cheers ) >> that was pretty impressive. >> stephen: do they come with you everywhere you go? >> they do, my wife is here, two of her brothers are here, and some members of our team. hey, amy. ( applause ). >> stephen: now, beto is-- beto-- yes, hello, amy, hello. now, i understand that beto-- beto is not your real name. what is your real name? >> i was born robert francis o'rourke, but like many people born robert or albert in el paso, my nickname is beto. not uncommon for your mailman to be named bell betteo, or your member of congress be named beto o'rourke. >> stephen: this has been a longtime thing here, because what year are w

>> what an absolute about face for ted cruz. do we remember 2016 when ted cruz was literally clashing heads with donald trump and now to see these political alliance that has developed, it shows how competitive of a race this is. this is part of the 40 days on the campaign trail the president has spent. but, the president going all in for senator ted cruz who is now in an increasingly tight race with the democratic challenger and what was once a republican stronghold. >> jonathan, how do you see this? >> i think this is an appropriate opportunity to point to the terrapins who beat the university of texas. >> are you kidding me? >> i will say this, look, cruz and trump have similar bases. there's a lot of overlap there. i think they both see good opportunity and a bear hug to reinforce their political strongholds. >> we will continue the talk. this time, trump and canada. stay with us. everyone else, grab a cup of coffee. it's going to get better. what one democrat is calling a friday night massacre when it comes to brett kavanau

but there are a lot of moderate voters and a lot of democratic voters who don't like ted cruz. a lot of them see him as somebody who is sort of prioritized his national ambitions over what he should be focusing on in texas. that's what a lot of democrats think. it could be a tough race. i think mulvaney is signaling to cruz and others this is going to come down to your candidacy, not the president's sniept it's an interesting race to watch. julia, president trump still talked about the alabama senate race. the president asks me all the time, why did roy moore lose? that's easy. because he was a terrible candidate. so julia, how are you reading into this on the part of the president? >> on the part of the president, i think this says what the president thought by him intervening in that race, he would be able to get the republican candidate across that finish line to victory. i think the president feels that when he gets involved in special elections, midterm elections, he's really able to make a difference. he does in many cases. so i think the president thought in roy moore's

>> trevor: come on, people, don't kick ted cruz out of a restaurant.ow he's just going to be eating a stray cat. ( audience reacts ) no, don't feel bad for ted cruz, what was probably the best night of his life. in the car ride home, his wife was, like, why are you smiling? he's, like, we just got kicked out of that restaurant, last time just because i'm ted cruz, now it's cause of kavanaugh. i'm moving up, baby. ( laughter ) in news, a man hated almost as much as ted cruz, bill cosby. a judge sentenced america's dad to three to ten years in prison. the one upside is they're already making him a personalized jump suit. ( laughter ) moving on, nelson mandela. the south africa, he's a hero politician who fought for the rights of black people. ( cheering ) in america, he's a guy who had cool birthday concerts and, at the united nations, he's now a statue. >> the world leaders kicked off their annual gathering at the u.n. honoring the legacy of nelson mandela, a global icon of peace and reconciliation. the u.n. today unveiled the life size statue of mandel

there cruz doesn't have it. as what he does. >> donald doesn't like strong women. strong women scare them. real men don't try to bully women. it's an action of a small and petty man who is intimidated by strong women. >> he don't have one republican for backing you, not one. you don't have the endorsement. you work with these people. you should be ashamed of yourself. >> are you all talk and no action. >> what i seen up, here, first of all this guy is a joke artist and a liar. >> there was the time that trump also accused ted cruz' father of being involved in the kennedy assassination. i'm not making that up. now they seem to have put those differences aside, can trump help? is he helping cruz in texas? >> i'll say politics makes for australian him bed fellows, that for sure. look, trump's numbers, in fact, really aren't that good, in fact, if you look at that quinnipiac poll that had cruz ahead, trump's net approval rating was exactly zero or plus one or minus one. so i don't think trump is a real help to cruz

anna wiernicki: texas republican senator ted cruz was once considered a shoo-in for re-election-ted cruzt's a closer race than anyone would have imagined at this point.anna wiernicki: cruz and fellow texas republican john cornyn have watched cruz's opponent, democratic congressman beto o'rourke gain ground in the reliably-red state.nats pop anna wiernicki: recent polls show o'rourke within striking distance of cruza little too close for the senator's comfort.ted cruz: that's dangerous, and we are taking that very, very seriously.anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:29- 0:39senator cruz's republican colleagues in washington say it's critical that cruz keep his seat. democrats need to pick up only 2 seats this november to become the majority party in the senate... anna wiernicki: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says it'll be closeábut he thinks cruz will prevail.mitch mcconnellu.s. senator, r-kentuckytake cg @ 0:42-0:49we certainly expect to win texas, but i think he does have a competitive race. anna wiernicki: cornyn says texas áis a red state and hasn't had a demo

on the other hand, ted cruz worried about cash.that ohio governor's race between richard cordrey and mike dewine. people will be watching that closely. the rest of the axios 8 are house races and here is the story of this election. most of those are held by republicans. that's why this is all edge of your seat for republicans. the blue wave. they are hoping that had it's a cat 4. they know it's getting stronger. >> mike, before i you go, i have to ask you about this sleeper issue for the next presidential election. tell us about that. >> so this is the vast number of jobs taken by machines. we have a new report up. the white house has been trying to get ahead of this. we saw at the white house yesterday with ivanka trump looking at the future workforce. but here is why this matters. a lot of these jobs are in trump country, places that the president won. he knows dissatisfaction with wages and work is part of what fueled his rise. he realizes he's not going to be able to solve that and these new numbers show it will happen faster t

you worked for ted cruz. republicans tend to have in the state of texas at least in a generation. president is planning on going down there next month. he wants to have a giant rally for him. >> texas has big stadiums. >> you probably remember that he said some not such nice things about senator cruz. about his father. about his wife. what do you think about this? >> well, putting on my political hat, i know that voters in texas want to know that the drama is behind those two. cruz was known as the tea party candidate coming on the scene in 2012 and won his election and now things have changed. it is now trump's republican party and people need to be assured they're on the same team and cruz will be there to fight because a lot of republican voters, not limited to texas. they don't like the republican infighting. they get upset seeing republicans trashing the republican candidate. they say there's enough people that do that. why don't you just help donald trump? and so, they're going to have unity rally. i th

at this point, he has raised more money than ted cruz. still the latest poll suggests cruz holds a nine point lead over the congressman but still plenty of time for those numbers to tighten up before the midterms. interestingly enough the political report which watches these races very closely originally called this one as likely g.o.p. and then it went to lean g.o.p. and as of yesterday they are now calling this a toss up. back to you. arthel: a texas toss-up. >> very nice. arthel: you know, i try. anita, thank you. [laughter] eric: the president's wall, it turns out construction of a four mile long portion of the border wall began today in el paso. customs and border protections says the metal fence will be replaced with an 18 foot high wall. the project is expected to be completed in april and the cost of this tiny little bit about 22 million dollars. arthel? arthel: well, eric, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is actively considering a run for the white house in 2020, as a democrat. the 76-year-old also plans to spend at l

a new poll shows cruz is up nine points in that race. >> ted cruz is doing what we always thought hen handedly. exciting news for ted cruz, the g.o.p. won a state senate seat we have not won since 1878, hillary won of the district by 12 points, we won because of turnout. when republicans turn out, we win. >> harris: the president has not even gotten in the game, he's promised to do much more moving forward. he's promising six or seven days a week. we did not see that kind of bias with barack obama as president and even when he went he managed to lose 1,000 state national seats. >> i was the minority leader in 2010, you don't need to remind me. i am optimistic for democrats in the united states senate in particular, a number of candidates on the hunt, two open seats, one in arizona and one in tennessee, we are also looking at nevada as well as florida also within that one or two-point margin. while beto o'rourke is on the hunt, it's unlikely texas will abandon candidate like ted cruz. >> harris: go the president isn the schedule going to texas to shore up ted cruz. what does that look

davis. >> i don't see ted cruz. i see beto. i'm concerned if ted cruz wants to win this race. of the reddest places in texas like abilene. so reliably red, you can see it glowing from outer space. there is really something very special happening in texas right now. now, it may be reflected in the polls. >> i talked to a lot of people and nobody i have ever talked to, i never met one person who has been poled. who are they polling? illegal immigrants? >> to everyone in the community who gave me a chance to succeed, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke, better known as beto, feels it's very american to take a knee. >> i can think of nothing more american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights any time, anywhere, any place. thank you very much for asking the question. >> ted cruz was attacking you on the nfl. >> no. my comments speak for themselves. >> thank you. >> robert francis beto hurt himself with the ramblings on and on and on about there is nothing more american than taking's knee

earlier, ted cruz was up nine points.there any universe you see moving this from republican to toss up? >> not yet. not yet. yes, our poll did show o'rourke up by two over cruz, which caused some ripples. >> some ripples? >> somewhere in the margin of error. look at the polling averages. it has cruz up. what's significant, it's an actual race. who would have thought a year ago, two years ago, the senate race in texas with an incumben it would be. six weeks ahead of the election is what matters. >> republicans are going to be competitive if you have glowing media profiles on o'rourke, cruz and i know some of the people who are allies of his say he's been vilified in the media. no surprise it would be this close. >> they are trying to make themselves feel better. there's no secret, the republicans are not happy about the resources putting into texas to save ted cruz, who the president doesn't like and they could be in missouri or north dakota, west virginia. these democratic held senate seats they want to pick off instead o

and the fact that ted cruz is in trump country. is trump country and people, a lot of that trump base, remembers that the bitter feud between lying ted. that is labeled on his face, lying ted. >> still on twitter for those who want to go back and take a look. >> this is why it is so close. if he was going to have somebody wrap his arm around him and say this is the guy, i think that would be governor abbott. i think that will be a better play because they actually get along. look, when trump comes down and puts his arm around ted cruz and goes, this is my guy, this is my friend, people don't believe it. they're like, man, he hates that guy. >> one thing i noticed, we started the debate talking about the dreamer issue and then we went to policing violence and then the national anthem and then, of course, to dr. ford. and in all these issues, o'rourke was speaking to people of color. and mentioning what people of color want. even when his dwi was brought up, he turned it around to talk about white privilege, how he gets a second chan

. >> ted cruz isn't hip and cool. his new trick is the go to those place, poll a rally, get people the show up and say the things they like to hear. >> i'm concerned about the polls. i don't necessarily know where they are polling people at. dpl there a >> are people coming out in el paso. >> i don't see one ted cruz sign. i'm concerned if ted cruz wants to win this race where's his people at. >> you go to some of the reddest places in texas, places like abile abilene, so reliablely red, you can sew it glowing from outer space. there's really something very special happening in texas right now. it may be reflected in follows. >> i talk to a lot of people. i've never met one person who has been polled. who are they polling, the illegal immigrants? >> to every one who gave me a chance to succeed, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke feels it's very american to take a knee. >> i can think of nothing more more than than to peacefully stand up or take

with se are activists senator ted cruz and his wife at dinner. they're chanting we believe survivors and cruz can be heard saying god bless you as he and his wif leave that restaurant and now to capitol hill where dozens ofs protest were arrested yesterday. those protestors also chanting their support of dr. christine blasey ford and urging the senator to not vote for judge kavanaugh. it turns out that one of em, senator cruz, actually and susan collin c issidered a swing vote and could decide whether judge kavanaugh becomes a supreme court justice. back in to you. >> live for us there, justin, thank you. >>> today bill cosby, the man once dubbed america's dad will be sentenced for drugging a sexually assaulting a woman. prosecutors are askingor 5 to 10 years in prison. the defense asked for a sentence of house arrest citing his advanced age and blindness. the victim in this case gave an impact statement during the first day of sentencing. she says, s quote, wants justice as the court sees fit. cosby was convicted in april. >>> 5:07. happening no

can ted cruz win? it's still hard for o'rourke. my gosh he's gotten a lot closer than anybody thought. >> that's what makes it exciting. chris, good to have you with us. thank you for being here on the weekend. we want to let you know every week chris is cutting through the spin, he is tackling the surreal of politics in the age of trump. he has a new youtube show every thursday is there a specific time? >> we will try in the morning. we will go twice weekly. youtube.com/cnn. it's me talking with good graphics. emphasis on the good graphics. you don't have to look at this mug too much. >> thanks, chris. talk to you. look forward to your new show. >>> after the storm, cnn's kaylee hartau is live in south carolina now. it is not over there. people are still in flood waters there. there's kaylee riding along with the cajun navy after hurricane florence. take it away, kaylee. >> reporter: ana, the volunteers of the cajun navy continue to do work, fill in holes and help the people who need it the most. coming up we'll tell you about the

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o'rourke repeated by attacked cruz on tax cuts.use republicans thought it would be the winning issue at the beginning of this year but the issues in texas at that debate are the national issues we hear everyone in the country everywhere in the country. >> you talk about the motivation that you haven't seen since anne richards, it all determines on voter turn out how will it play out. >> we need to look at texas hispanics and college educated women in the suburbs and neither group breaks down cleanly on party lines, how each man makes the case will determine who cops to the polls in this who comes to the polls in this election. cruz is the only republican with a tough reelection ahead of him. this is the world he's lived in and he's known judge kavanaugh a very long time and he's walking a very careful line. back home the conservative anti-abortion choice groups are holding the line for kavanaugh and you can tell cruz is being carrybackful not alienate them or women in the suburbs. >> how about the tv ad wars. >> the money o'rourke

ted cruz. it doubles down to be antitrust crews. ted cruz. if anything, it gives him a little bit of a push. >> jon: typically, the economy is the most important issue when voters go to the polls. this economy seems to be on fire. does that get negated by some of the presidents to readings or feelings that voters might have? >> his base is always going to support the tweets about the economy and whatever else he wants to tweet that day. i think people like ted cruz will continue to voice that message and try to rev up republicans as well. trump is going out to texas and october 2 campaign for him. 's alex, capitol hill, thank you. >> 's a touching on/11 tribute to the heroic men and women of flight 93. plus, immigration taking center stage in another european election. north korea rolling out the tanks but leaving behind long range ballistic melissa cells during its prey. what it could mean for the rogue nation to get rid of its nukes. >> that is a signal they did not want to be provocative but

cruz has this message, though, for democrats or for voters about democrats. he said over the weekend, and i quote the senator, they want us to be just like california, right down to tofu, silicone, and dyed hair. meanwhile, politico reports after lobbying by a state official, the president is coming to the rescue of his former rival in the 2016 campaign and will headline a rally for cruz in texas next month, but we're learning an official behind closed doors said this race may be closer because of one thing, like ability. our senior political writer and analyst is with me. there's so much to chew on here, but let's begin with the cruz statement over the weekend, trying to rally voters by saying democrats want us to be just like california right down to tofu, silicone, and dyed hair. you think he's talking to an old texas. what do you mean? >> i think he's talking to an old texas. look, where is texas growing? in the suburbs of dallas and houston. this is where hillary clinton made major strides over barack obama. remember, she did better in texas relative to

just last night senator ted cruz of texas and his wife were targeted by a mob. watch this.survivor's! we believe survivors! >> tucker: well, this is what it looks like to live under tyranny by rich kids with poetry degrees. these are becoming increasingly common. just a few months ago the dhs secretary was targeted in exactly the same way. [chanting] shane! shame! no borders, no walls, sanctuary for all! if kids don't eat in peace, you don't eat in peace! >> tucker: you see where this is going, and it's not good. until, instead of trying to slow it down or calm their voters, democrats like maxine waters are trying to cheer this kind of behavior on. >> if you see anyone in that cabinet and a restaurant or department store, and a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd, and you tell them they are not welcome. >> tucker: david bernstein is a commentator and thank you for coming on. >> good to be with you. >> tucker: are your parents still around? >> my parents are still around, probably watching tonight. >> tucker: wants her home address so i can send people over