dana bash, politico's nicholas wu and npr's alisha rasco. this is what leader mcconnell said about the alaska race. we'll be in alaska helping lisamer president and i have a disagreement. he calls it the one place. but to the point manu was just making, if -- if mcconnell is successful, and he can get governor ducey in the arizona race, and if he is successful and he can get governor hogan, former governor hogan in the maryland race, especially in the case of doug ducey, that's one of trump's hand grenade states, if you will. he thinks governor ducey was supposed to help him cheat in arizona and he didn't. mcconnell wants to be hohum. mostly on the same page as donald trump but that's going to be sorely tested. >> they're very much connected, john. my understanding in talking to republican sources is that a big reason if not the big reason, governor ducey isn't already in the senate race is because he understands the incoming he would get undoubtedly from former president donald trump because, as you said, ducey daned to stand up for the truth and the rule of law and not bend to his election lies. that's a very real dynamic. for