katie brit. he called her the assistant, i believe, to senator shelby in that one statement. gabby orring. >> reporter: thank you. >>> joining us is s.e.c. upp and mara sciavacampo. what more could he do for donald trump? >> i'm sure for trump this is a little personal. but i'm pleasantly surprised by this reporting. trump is looking at real things. like her polling numbers and her fund-raising ability, his spending, not whether she will go out and call muslim members of congress terrorists or whether she believes in jewish space lasers. these are things that matter in a competitive gop primary race. to their credit, they are also talking about issues. remember those, things like a farm bill, and supporting a gas tax increase, which katie brit did. so this is all i think normal which is weird and abnormal now, for this race to be kind of going through these kinds of issues. i'm impressed for today. >> i think trump -- >> we will check back. i think trump has been burned in alabama when it comes to the senate races. he endorsed luther strange. of course that didn't pan out. he endorsed