. >> gary tuchman. >> one of my favorite people at cnn, gary tuchman and his amazing daughter lindseyin 2017. we're still here in 2017 in las vegas. i brought my daughter from new york. in between success our new friend. >> i just have to say, don, you're scaring me with that umbrella. it must be the donny name. >> donny osmond. because marie. donny and marie right across the street at the flamingo hotel. this their tenth year. >> we just signed our tenth year. we were supposed to be here six week. ten years with my brother. aluminum is the ten-year anniversary thing. and i told donny working with you for ten years i feel foiled. >> that's good. >> tell us about the show as you start your tenth year? which have people come from all over the world. well change the show up every year. right now thing is my favorite show that we're doing because because it's our tenth and new dancers and just got voted best choreography. we love the people. we're very personable. we have the longest meet and greets on the planet. >> people like that. >> they do. and whether you knew us as young kids in o

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here's gary tuchman. >> ready?ck and roll billiards bar in alabama is in the heart of trump country. and bob hollingsworth is a loyal republican that voted for trump. >> i want to ask you overall, what do you think of the job he's doing? >> i would give him overall a 7 out of 10. >> reporter: he doesn't get a higher grade because of some of his personal behavior, including what he just said. >> he used "shithole country." >> what do you think of the president using that term? >> he could have done better there, but i think he talked in more so in terms of voicing against the leadership of the country more so than the people of the country. >> reporter: but the fact he used that word at all to describe a country in any way, shape or form? >> not presidential, no. not presidential. shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: we found that to be the same with people who generally admired the president. rodney works in this restaurant. >> how do you feel about it with the president using that word? >> he should have been more

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our gary tuchman reports from one of mr.ump's electoral strongholds in alabama. >> are you ready? >> ready. give me a break. >> reporter: the wreck and roll billiards bar is in the heart of trump country, and bob is a loyal republican who voted for donald trump. i want to ask you overall what do you think donald trump has done? >> i would give him overall a 7 out of 10. >> reporter: he doesn't get a higher rating because of some of his personal behavior. including what he just said. >> he used shithole countries. >> reporter: so what do you think of the president using that term? >> we could have done better there. but i think he's talking more so in terms of voicing that against the leadership of the country, more so than the people of the country. >> reporter: or the fact that he used that to describe the country in any way shape or form? >> no, not presidential, no. shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: we found that to be a common sentiment in downtown aniston from people who admire the president. rodney works in a restau

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>> crude, but i can live with it. >> gary tuchman, cnn, alabama. >> joining me now, national politicalon examiner" and cnn contributor, salena zito. salena, to you first. you do a lot of reporting from trump country. i do a lot of reporting from there, too. are you hearing similar views from trump voters that they find these racist comments unbecoming and unpresidential? >> well, it's interesting. it's almost as if i'm at a time where these are some of the comments that he made ahead of the presidential campaign, people gave pause to and didn't like, yet they still voted for him. so, you know, i think they were able to forgive -- i don't know if forgive is the right term, but able to sort of overlook that because of things that they felt were more important and that they thought he would deliver on. and it's also interesting, i was out driving around talking to people yesterday, and they said to me, do you know how many times where i live that our area has been called that name? and so i don't know if that impacts how they sort of perceive what he said. they didn't go into depth about

our gary tuchman reports from one of mr.'s electoral strongholds in the state of alabama. >>> ready? >> ready. give me a break. >> reporter: the rack and roll billiards ball in alabama is in heart of trump country. and bob hollingsworth is a loyal republican who voted for donald trump. bob, i want to you ask, overall, what do you think of the job donald trump is doing so far? >> i would give him overall a seven. seven out of ten. >> reporter: he doesn't get a higher grade, says hollingsworth, because of some of his personal behavior including what he just said. >> oh, he used "shithole countri countries." >> reporter: what do you think of the president using that term? >> we could have done -- done better there. i think he talked in more so in terms of voicing that against the leadership of the country more so than the people of the country. >> reporter: the fact that high used that word at all -- that he used that word at all to describe any country in any way, shape, or form? >> not presidential, no. not presidential. shou

. >> our gary tuchman was there as well the walking members of the president's audience. >> reporter:g up in the conference center in nashville, tennessee, to see president trump in learn{caption period}. >> how do you feel he's doing so far? >> i would give him an a, or a plus. >> this is the national convention. american farm bureau federation. but the people going to watch the president speak with "are m big fans of his. >> i don't know. >> when he says, like, really smart, if you're really smart, do you need to tweet it and say that to everybody? >> i don't know but part time with higher intellect wul levels than me, they can speak above my level something almost everybody we talked to wants to defend dwufrp. >> are you a mother? ? >> yes, i am. >> do you think it would be good for them to be tweeting something like? >> that i wouldn't want them to be brag docious. >> that's okay if you're president? >> well, not really, but. >> so you do or you don't think it's a good thing for him to do? >> i want him to be confident. you don't want him to appear brag docious but sometimes we ne

gary tuchman was out on the road just yesterday talking to trump voters and they don't like it when the president says things like this, but they're remarkably loyal. >> we could have done -- done -- done better there, but i think he talked in more -- more so in terms of voicing that against the leadership of the country, more so than the people of the country. >> reporter: but the fact that he used that word at all to describe a country in any way, shape, or form? >> not presidential, no. not presidential. >> i don't think that he would have intentionally insulted any country, and that just came out of his mouth, and that's the way he operates. he operates from the hip. >> so a lot of his voters, they kind of wish it didn't happen, but they're loyal to him personally. if you're a republican member of congress, and those people live in your district, you fight with the press and say you're wrong to the president, you risk losing them. if you don't stand up to the president and all the democrats come out to play, you're in trouble. boom. >> and republicans say they are noticing higher en

. >> gary tuchman was in nashville today and people didn't care. >> you're polling supporters. sure that's fair. >> look, donald trump has been accused of being mentally unfit for office. so is he a genius? >> he's been saying the i'm really smart thing during the campaign. >> but he's mentally fetit. how could he not be mentally fit? he's a guy who won an incredible campaign. he's built up an incredibly successful business. he's helped rebuild the economy. i mean, david, you worked for reagan, you remember in the late '70s people would make this charge agast reagan thinking ketchup was a vegetable. anybody who doesn't think donald trump is fit to be president after what he's achieved over the last two years is smoking something. >> seriously? really? >> i know him. >> michael? >> there's a categorical difference between reagan and donald trump. going there doesn't make any sense. ronald reagan was governor of the state of california and he ran successful presidential campaigns and won the majority of the votes. trump didn't win the majority of the votes. nothing of what he cla

. >> our gary tuchman was at the president's speech in nashville and nobody cared.y said if that's the way he wants to do it -- >> well, you're polling supporters. >> how many of those people you're talking about have had their intellect challenged? look, donald trump has been accused of being mentally unfit for office so he comes back, is he a genius? >> he's been saying i'm really smart thing during his campaign. >> right. >> but he is mentally fit. we spent a week on this ridiculous charge. how could he not be mentally fit? he's a guy who won an incredible presidential campaign, he has built up an incredibly successful business. he's helped rebuild the economy. i mean, david, you work for ronald reagan. you remember people would make this charge against ronald reagan and thinks kechup is a vegetable and things like that. i just think they're scoreless charges and anybody who doesn't think that donald trump is fit to be president after what he's achieved over the last two years, and his whole life, i think is smoking something. >> seriously? really? >> i know him.

and gary tuchman is in las vegas.long with miss daughthis daugh lindsay, crashing an elvis wedding. >> i don't know what that is. >> richard quest is down in times square. i don't know why he pulled the short straw and got that assi assignme assignment. it's so freaking cold outside. we're in the "r" lounge overlooking it all at the renaissance hotel where there's a party -- >> it's great. let me, so, no alcohol, we're not drinking. am i to understand that? >> yeah. >> okay. >> although i think i felt like i saw a bottle of alcohol in a bag here -- >> i did bring some tequila. okay? so literally you're telling me i can't pee for 4 1/2 hours, is that what's happening? >> that is what happens, yes. >> let me ask you this. if news breaks and i certainly hope that it doesn't -- >> right. >> -- can i read the -- >> no. absolutely not. >> if it's in the prompter? >> andy and i have known each other for 25 years. we were actually set up on a blind date that never happened. you may have heard the story. basically we had a pho