if you would lou barletta, please, come out, lou barletta. lou barletta. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. this is amazing. you know, i never ever thought in my life i would become a politician, i first thought i would become a mayor, i never thought i would become a congressman. never in my wildest dreams did i believe that president of the united states would come to my home area, to help me win an election for the united states senate. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you. i'm grateful and hu humbled by t the economy is soaring under president trump's economy, soaring. the market is up over 20%. unemployment 4%, black unemployment all-time low, hispanic unemployment all-time low, women unemployment all-time loy, small business confident at all-time high, consumer confident at an all-time high, more jobs now than people that are unemployed, isis is practically gone, new york is th--new north korea is at the table, the wall is being built, why would we stop that, we're not tired of winning mr. president. i want to tell you whop who wano

we need lou barletta. he is tough. we do. he's tough. they are liking you, lou.hey are liking you. i could've told you that a long time -- all you have to do is meet them, all you have to do is see him. i hear that bob casey is afraid to debate lou barletta. he doesn't want to debate him. i hear he's afraid to debate. is that true? i hear he's afraid to debate. i want to watch the debate. i want to be -- is the president of the united states allowed to come into the debate format -- you probably have 25 people watching -- is he allowed to sit in the front row watching lou barletta destroy in the debate bob casey? am i allowed to do that? if i am, i will be there. i will be there. that will be great entertainmen entertainment. that will be great entertainment. i've seen this one before. he's tough. so, i want to thank republican leadership, because america is winning again. [cheers and applause] >> [cheers and applause]. >> the democrats got in that number would be 1.2. it could even turn negative. it was going to go down. because of the regulations. we would be c

lou barletta. loyal citizens like you help build this country. together we are taking back our country. we are returning power to where it belongs. to the american people. this is the state where our founding fathers declared our independence. signed our constitution. and testified our god-given rights. proud pennsylvania workers mind the coal. worked the railroads, and forged the steel that made america into the greatest and most of powerful nation in the history our world and not' more powerful and richer than ever before. and it's only going to get better. from valley forge to gettysburg to normandy, pennsylvania patriots gave their sweat, blood and very lives to protect our families, our freedom, and our great american flag. we stand on the shoulders of these american patriots who knew how to work, knew how to fight, and knew how to win. they knew how to win. with your help, your voice and your vote, we are going to keep on fighting and we are going to keep on winning. we are going to win so much perhaps some of you but not all will get tired

lou barletta. loyal citizens like you help build this country. together we are taking back our country. we are returning power to where it belongs. to the american people. this is the state where our founding fathers declared our independence. signed our constitution. and testified our god-given rights. proud pennsylvania workers mind the coal. worked the railroads, and forged the steel that made america into the greatest and most of powerful nation in the history our world and not' more powerful and richer than ever before. and it's only going to get better. from valley forge to gettysburg to normandy, pennsylvania patriots gave their sweat, blood and very lives to protect our families, our freedom, and our great american flag. we stand on the shoulders of these american patriots who knew how to work, knew how to fight, and knew how to win. they knew how to win. with your help, your voice and your vote, we are going to keep on fighting and we are going to keep on winning. we are going to win so much perhaps some of you but not all will get tired

joining us tonight, congressman and republican senate candidate lou barletta of pennsylvania. lou, i've got to make a full disclosure here. we've known each other for years and i am an unabashed fan of lou barletta and a great, a great fan of all that you've done for not only as mayor but as congressman and for the country. just extraordinary. good toaf you wit to have you w. >> good to talk to you again. lou: when you watched the president go five for five on endorsements as he did in yesterday's primaries, you must be feeling pretty good about november 6. >> well, i don't see a blue wave, lou. what i see is people who are on a desert and think they see water. when they get there, there's no water. it's a mirage. the president is keeping his promises. they couldn't be happier. we'll win pennsylvania by a bigger margin in 2020 than he won last time. lou: and you're working across the state to win the senate against an establishment figure and the president has made it pretty clear of what he thinks of casey. you are going to be campaigning effectively on assuring solidarity wit

also tonight republican senate candidate lou barletta joints b candidate lou barletta joints b and we will be back in a matter capital one and hotels.com are giving venture cardholders 10 miles on every dollar they spend at thousands of hotels. brrrr! i have the chills. because of all those miles? and because ice... is cold. what's in your wallet? you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. president trump declaring that our economy is heating out. listen to the president. >> the gdp, nobody thought it would be close are about 4.1 elected for going much higher. this next quarter -- thursday it could be [inaudible] >> the president is looking for 5% gdp growth. he met with business leaders including the leaders of pepsic during his working vacation in new jersey. joining us tonight, congressman and republican senate candidate lou barletta of pennsylvania. i've got to

so if you would lou barletta, please come out. [applause] lou barletta. thank you. thank you.ust amazing. you know i never ever thought of my life that i would ever become a politician. i never thought that i would become a mayor. an effort.that i would become a congressman but never in my wildest dreams did i ever believe that the president of the united states would come to my home area to help me win an election for the united states senate. [cheers and applause] thank you. i am grateful and humbled by that. you know the economy is soaring under president trump to comment me. it is soaring. the market is up over 20%. unemployment is at 4%. black unemployment is at a low time -- all-time low. hispanic unemployment is at an all-time low. there are more jobs now than people who are unemployed. isis is practically gone. we are not tired of winning mr. president. but i wanted to tell you bob casey wants to stop that. he's become one of the most liberal senators in washington. he is so radical. he is so radical but he said no to no matter who president trump nominated to the supr

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joining us tonight, congressman and republican senate candidate lou barletta of pennsylvania.own each other for years . i am an unabashed fan of lou barletta and a great fan of all that you have done for not only as mayor, but as congressman up for the country. it's just extraordinary. good to have you with us. let's start with when you watch the president go 5-5 on a endorsement says he did yesterday, in yesterday's primary, you must be given pretty good about november 6. >> i don't see a blue wave. but i see people who are in the desert and think they see water when they get there it is a mirage. we will vote their pocketbooks but the president is keeping hi promises and they couldn't be happier. he'll win pennsylvania by a bigger margin in 2020 and he wo last time. and you are working across the state to win the senate against an establishment here. the president has made a pretty clear what he thinks. you're going to be campaigning campaigning effectively on assuring solidarity with the president, whether it be in the summit or whether it be just in general policy. give us

lou barletta was one of my first supporters. borders, will be a great senator from pennsylvania. his opponent is week on crime, ice and borders. we need lou. you trail in the polls. what does a trump campaign visit do for you, sir? >> it's a game changer here in pennsylvania. president trump is more popular today than when he won in 2016. especially here in northeastern pennsylvania where the blue collar trump democrats, those who waited maybe one to two hours to vote for donald trump will have another chance to go to an event where he will come back here and tell them why it's so important for them to come out again in the mid-term. >> bill: you're right about northeastern p.a. he won 12 of 14 counties in pennsylvania in 2016. won them by large margins. sometimes double digit numbers and narrowly lost the other two. the issue is like in philadelphia and in pittsburgh, in the cities. how do you counteract that? >> the same way he did. president trump went down there as candidate trump and told them what do you have to lose? he f

he will stump for lou barletta who struggled.he polling has them about 15 points apart, him behind democrat senator bob casey. given trump's recent success, the governor race in florida and the swing towards desantis there, do you -- how do you like barletta's odds having the president come here? is this a fight the president should wage? >> absolutely. i think pennsylvania is very much in play in this election. while charlie is right in one respect, casey is doing well among democrats, you know, lou could do better among republicans, in large part because he is not well-known outside of the region of the state he is from. bringing the president to campaign for him and giving lou some visibility will be a very good thing and solidify the republican base and closing the polls. i have seen polls that have this race closer. most of the polls have casey below 50%, which is not a great place for a democrat -- for any incumbent to be. >> the thing with desantis in florida is that he just went all things trump. he even has that new ad o

shep: donald trump rallying the crowd drumming up support for congressman lou barletta's senate bid. success slamming his opponents and calling for government shutdown. jillian: griff jenkins live with a highlights. >> reporter: he may have been barnstorming for barletta but he was burning down the barn on the media tearing into what he perceives as unfair coverage that diminishes his record as president. >> we are doing better in all of these states than we did on election night. only negative publicity, only negative stories from the fakers back there. >> reporter: the attack on the media isn't new, his nickname for barletta's opponents, senator bob casey, certainly is. >> i got to talk about bob casey, i will start falling asleep. don't fall asleep, sleeping bob. we need republicans. we need barletta. he is tough. >> reporter: he looked ahead to 2020 sitting sites on potential opponents, the new stars of the democratic party. >> maxine waters, very low iq. i am running against pocahontas or crazy bernie. i saw him up there the other day, hair getting wider and wider, getting crazie

. >> joining us now is republican congressman lou barletta from pennsylvania, he's on the homeland security commit ttee a the president traveled to pennsylvania to support his senate bid. congressman, great to have you on. >> hi, alisyn, good to have you on, too. >> thank you very much. >> good to talk to you. >> i understand exactly what you meant. so congressman, do you believe the national security officials or the president? >> here's one thing, serving on the homeland security committee, here's one thing we can all agree on, the biggest threat to the united states are cyber attacks and it's not only russia trying to hack into our elections it's china, iran. the biggest threat, alisyn, is a cyber attack to the power grid and i think we need to focus more on being prepared from from the federal government standpoint but to the local government. being a former mayor i think it's very important. this is a challenge everyday that attacks to the united states, cyber attacks is something we have to deal with. >> the d ni says the lights are blinking red, it sends a shiver down people's spines

you talk about lou barletta. i remember when he was the first person on capitol hill to endorse the president in 2016. the president clearly never forgot that. he started a whole trump caucus thing. the president's endorsement is the top prize for republicans, even though he doesn't have the greatest polling right now. if you look at the support amongst republicans, it's the greatest of any other president in recent modern history in terms of favoritabability ratin. it's the ultimate prize. >> he is incredibly popular. he is one of the most popular republican presidents that we've seen among republicans. he's polling at something like 84% among republicans. and you see that. that's why people want his endorsement. the other thing that's interesting, though, is if you look at the kind of enthusiasm he brings among republicans, he also brings out opposition among democrats. it's at an all-time high. the question is what's going to matter more? the opposition that democrats feel towards this president or the loyalty

earlier, he stumped in pennsylvania for lou barletta, going up for a seat against bob casey. but he spent time listing his grievances against the media and touting his accomplishments, and when talking about lou barletta's opponent, trump described that as the boring stuff because sources tell cnn that president trump is increasingly frustrated with the russia investigation, the fact that it's still going on and seemingly produced no evidence of collusion. but the probe could be far from over, as president trump's legal team is continuing to negotiate the final details of a potential sit-down interview between president trump and special counsel robert mueller. and aides tell cnn that they hope by filling trump's schedule with these political events, they can help take trump's mind off the investigation, can improve his worsening mood in the ohio special election could provide a crucial opportunity for president trump to do just that as republicans are really hoping to avoid another democratic victory in a district that trump won easily just two years ago. christi. >> all rig

the president spoke in support of pennsylvania up again lou barletta who is running for senate against democrat bob casey. he touted the economy and job creation slam taxes and regulations and attacked the fake news media and even came up with a new nickname for political adversary. >> we are at the white house with the details. edward - >> tom, president trump in his element here and the president came out firing just as he did for tuesday. this time he was talking about democrats in the election. the president for the second time this week in wilkesboro pennsylvania was bush and republican candidates for congress and also including lou barletta for senate and he came up with a new nickname for the senate senator for pennsylvania, sleeping bob casey. the president went on to tell the energetic crowd that the democrats are obstructionist and he touted the success of his economy and the jobs he created. >> were putting our steelworkers back to work at clips that no one would believe. you have dealers opening up seven plans, new brand-new 250 million dollar plant in florida. reporter: th

, but trump only endorsed lou barletta 'cause he thought he was the guy who sang "mambo number 5." [ter ] [ applause ] ♪ ♪ a little bit of melania in my life little bit of stormy would be ♪ no. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: guys, i heard that this week at the white house, trump met with a group of pastors. apparently the pastors wanted to see what it is like to meet someone who's broken all ten commandments. [ laughter and applause ] eleven. i saw that this mornin fox business network. this is really funny. he was talking so slowly that they actually cut to commercial before he was done speaking. [ light laughter ] this is real. watch this. >> what i do know is that if the press reports are true, this is another sign of china using government intervention to influence what should be purely commercial decisions. >> right. great point. secretary, good to -- >> that's exactly -- >> yeah. >> from the beginning, wells fargo has supported community organization. >> jimmy: what is -- [ applause ] wow. anyway the point of it all is i love oatmeal. can we check back in on wilbur ross? >>

bob casey can sleep because he's 250b9 points ahead of lou barletta in his race. >> that doesn't worry? that's the thing that trump does. he gives a nickname, makes people laugh, democrats didn't figure out what to do with it, republicans didn't figure out what to do with it and he crushed them all. >> he didn't crush hillary clinton, she won by three million votes, the popular vote. >> but we're an electoral college country. >> that's not what decides elections, joan, you know that very well. >> steve, stop yelling in my ear. >> i didn't yell but we have a constitution -- >> he won the electoral college, i agree. he did not crush hillary clinton. >> we have a constitution. >> he didn't crush anybody. >> he did electorally and that's all that matters. >> and lou barletta is not -- >> is anybody ready for this? this is the way trump beats people. he comes in and everybody laugh s. >> all of these vulnerable senators like bob casey, like sherrod brown, like tammy baldwin, like joe manchin, they're up in their races, erin. that was supposed to be a baghdad bath for democrats, especially t

he was stumping for congressman lou barletta in lkes-barre, pennsylvania, yesterday. >> during the rally, that president touched on the border wall policy he wants, the possible government shutdown and his meeting lastonth wit russian president vladimir putin. >> we're being hindered by the ruian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? i'llell you what, russia's very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. but i got along great with him. >> president trump's comments came hours after the untry's top national security chiefs warned that russia is still trying to interfere in the u.s. elections. >> tracie potts is following the latest developments on capitol hill. what are officials saying about russia's interference this time? >> reporter: thet' presid national security team says that russia is behind pervasivees messhat's designed to weaken ourhiountry going in election. where is this coming from? fbi, homeland securi national intelligence, national security adviser, all of them including the national security agency, saying t theeat is real. last night, the president, as you just heard, called it

president trump rallying in pennsylvania in support of congressman lou barletta's campaign to unseattor bob casey. the president tackling democrats talking points head on. >> when bernie tells how wonderful things are, think about it, he wants to raise your taxes, he wants to create massive amounts of crime, he wants to open your borders. think about it. think about it. when he goes out, and says one thing, african-american, hispanic, asian, you have the lowest level of unemployment and history of our country. how does somebody fight that? right? >> shannon: as the president is doing more to energize the democrat base, fox news contributor, karl rove joins us from texas. good evening, karl braids pick a good evening. >> shannon: let's talk about this. i want to read something from an article in "the hill," democrats are near gleeful with the idea of trump commanding the spotlight. they nod his approval ratings are mediocre even if they ticked up modestly in recent weeks. they contend that his involvement will choose democratic turnout, a factor they think will outweigh any beneficial

trump was in pennsylvania to campaign for congressman lou barletta.e's running against incumbent democrat bob casey in november's general election. >>> the president trump's weighing in and the abduction from reagan national. "the new york times" reports ivanka trump disagreed with her father on weather journalists are the enemy of the people. in an interview with the axios news site, his daughter shared some of his complaints about the media, but she stoppedrt of condemning journalists. >> i have some sensitivity around why people have concerns and gripe, especially when they sort of feel targeted, but, no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. >> ivanka trump also said that the immigration policy on separating children from their parents was a low point during her time at the white house. >>> "the hill" reports later in the day white house press secretary sarah sanders and reporter were completely understandable. >>> the "washington post" reports an amber alert was issued after a 12-year-old girl was abducted outside reagan nation

it was anything but quiet last night at the rally for lou barletta. the president spoke more than an hour last night criticizing fake news for underplaying the success of his summits. the press would have preferred a boxing match with the russian leader and talked how the polls were wrong in 2016 and called them suppression polls to keep people from voting and he celebrated the economy with the market booming and unemployment low. >> president trump: since the election we've added a number nobody would have believed. 3.7 million new jobs, including close to 400,000 jobs in the manufacturing world. >> he also talked last night about the importance of building that wall and keeping dangerous gang members out of the u.s. and supporting ice and he is pledging to do just that. >> sandra: things got pretty heated yesterday at that white house briefing. what happened? >> yeah, sarah huckabee sanders squaring off with jim acosta over a question he asked whether the media is an enemy of the people. >> they've attacked me personally. as far as i know i'm the fi

i'm surprised lou barletta didn't work that into his little advertisement. anyway. we have a busy friday. thank you very much for joining us. we have lots more coming up regarding the breaking news of the day. we have the big thing. we have the barbecue. we have singers and we have got some headlines. jillian: that's right. we are following a number of stories this morning. fox news alert right now. five year veteran of the colorado springs police force is fighting for his life after being shot in the head. the suspect is due in court this morning. officer jim responding to a call when a suspect opened fire. he also was shot but will be okay. he was already out on bond for a weapons charge. the fbi issuing an amber alert for a girl who may have been abducted. investigators safe jing jing was taking at reagan international airport in washington, d.c. by this woman that you see on your screen in the surveillance video. the 12-year-old from china was traveling with a group touring american disools. police say she is in extreme danger. >> we believe there is evidence to

rob: drumming up support for lou barletta's senate bid. >> reporter: in classic form, in his campaign to unseat bob casey. it was an unfulfilled campaign promise the president made in the same arena at the top of his mind and is willing to go to great lengths to fulfill it. >> we are going to start to get very nasty over the wall. the democrats, anything i want they want to oppose. we are going to be taking some very tough actions. we are closing down government. we need border security. >> reporter: rallying support behind barletta who trails by double digits in the polls, the president coined a new nickname for two term incumbent bob casey. >> i got to talk about bob casey i will start falling asleep. don't fall asleep as we talked about sleeping bob. we need republicans. we need lubar letter. he is tough. >> reporter: he looked ahead to 2020, those he sees as new stars of the democratic party. >> maxine waters, very low iq. running against pocahontas or crazy bernie. i saw him up there the other day. that hair is getting wider and wider, he is getting crazier and crazier. >> report

evening president trump is holding a rally in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, to support congressman lou barletta's bid for u.s. senate seat. it starts at seven ago p.m. eastern. and tonight, ivanka trump discusses workforce issues at an axios atsted by 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. point,igh

. >> lou barletta is a guest on "new day." ohio is a good indication of where we are headed.eet about the 12th congressional race, but mixed up candidates deleted the tweet. let's under score how crucial the race is on tuesday. set the stage. >> this is a congressional district represented by republicans since the '80s. john kasich represented it before. this is a district that donald trump won by double digits. we have seen this in the special elections where you have the deeply republican districts and they seem to be going democrats. historically speaking, when you see the shift we have been seeing in the special elections, it tends to forecast good news for the democratic party in this particular year. >> is that similar to tennessee? the president won by 26 points there and it looks like phil bredesen has a legit shot there statewide. is that just a different race all together? bredesen can appeal in a lot of those moderate districts? >> you know, phil bredesen is a character. a twice elected governor in that state. make most mistake, this is partially about phil bred se

lou barletta. >> [cheers and applause]. >> loyal citizens like you help build this country. together, we are taking back our country. we are returning power to where it belongs to the american people. >> [cheers and applause]. >> this is the state where our founding fathers declared our independence. signed our constitution, and defended our god-given rights. >> [cheers and applause]. >> proud pennsylvania workers mine the coal, work the railroads and forged the steel that made america into the greatest and most powerful nation in the history of our world. now it's more powerful and richer than ever before. it's only to get better! >> [cheers and applause]. >> from valley forge to getsburg to normandy, they sweated their blood and their very lives to protect our families, our freedom and our great american flag. >> [cheers and applause]. >> we stand on the shoulders of these american patriots who knew how to work, knew how to fight and knew how to win. they knew how to win. >> [cheers and applause]. >> with your help, your voice and your vote, we are going to keep on fightin

donald trump on the campaign trail and miscellaneous something for current congressman lou barletta and how the administration's successes. >> you have the lowest level of unemployment in history of our country but how does somebody fight that? how does somebody fight that? shannon: getting more fired up on the campaign trail, conservatives or the anti-trump resistance, karl rove live with analysis next. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. maybe not. maybe you could trust you won't have to actually talk to your neighbor. are you watching the game tonight? or... ...you could just trust duracell. ♪ when you barely clip a tpassing car.duracell. minor accident - no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it to sign up with a different insurance company. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't

the president touted and pushed republican candidates for elected office, this time it was for lou barlettang others for senators created new name for democrat from pennsylvania sleeping bob casey, we told energetic crowd democrats want to be obstructionists an touted the successes of the company including jobs the administration created. >> we are putting steel workers back to work at clip that is nobody would believe. u.s. steel is opening up 7 plants, new cars opening up a brand-new 250 million-dollar plant in florida. the president highlighted how other administrations have not been able to handle north korea and his administration has done more to win around the globe. >> i have a long great with chairman king, it's a good thing and not a bad thing, by the way. i got along with and you know what, baby i've got the hostages back, didn't have to pay anything. and you know what, honey, they are not testing anymore nuclear, they haven't had a test in nine months and you know what else, they're not sending rockets over japan and they're not sending missiles over japan. >> he went onto say h

. >> the other thing about this, though, was that he was actually doing something for lou barletta, one of his favorite republican congressmembers. but barletta is running against a very popular democratic senator, bob casey, and casey has a long, the, his family roots are in that district. but you have to win the suburbs of philadelphia in that state. michael steele, as a former republican chair, you know that's not the way to reach out to the people in the suburbs. >> it is not. and i think that's one of the -- pennsylvania is a bellwether for a number of important races coming up this fall. and the fact that the president is so narrowly playing to a base, he feels good in that setting, he's having fun, he's riffing and cussing and doing this and the folks are loving it. to charlie's point, the rest of the country, the independent voters, center/right democrats and republicans, are looking at this and going, what is this all about? there is nonan inclination right now, i think, andrea, to empower that kind of mindset in washington any longer. and that's why you see the numbers for the

the event was intended to drum up support for republican congressman lou barletta in his bit to unseat democrat senator bob casey but it featured some of the president's greatest hits, including criticizing nato and his new favorite, justifying shutting down the federal government to get funding for his border wall. >> the united states is not going to continue to spend our money, our sweat, our tears, our blood on people that aren't. you know, i don't know if you know it, and i said to them as a room. i said, look, i'm all for nato. one thing i know is that nato, which protects europe, is better for europe than it is for the united states. we're way far away. you know, you listen to some of the generals, sir, they are an ally, we must protect them. they're a long way away. >> we're going to be taking some very tough actions. it will be taken, some tough actions. i don't know if it is before the election or after the election. you know, a lot of the republicans say -- and they're good. they're good. we need more republicans, but they're friends of mine. they say, president, you know --

peter king, lou barletta, and the ivanka trump. mr. trump, you have done so much to drive attention to this issue at this point. thank you all for being here and for your interest. now to our senate colleague. our first panel has two distinguished colleagues. first, let's hear from sen. of iowa, followed by senator gillibrand, of new york. they have both displayed leadership in their advocacy for american workers and families. we are pleased to welcome you here. senator ernst? sen. ernst: thank you. ranking member, chair cassidy, think for inviting me to testify before you today. i also want to thank my dear friend and colleague, kirsten gillibran of new york. thank you for being an important voice on this issue. the issue of paid leave is incredibly important. fathers,of mothers, ran parents, and families across the country struggle with the realities of child birth and infant care, while hard to put food on the table and raise strong and healthy families. it is long overdue that congress not just have a conversation on these matters,

i'm thinking of prominent immigrant row shows like lou barletta, joe arpaio actually discouraging. >>t's the story of a country i think. if you look at my second generation at home, i find very few of my nieces, my nephews who feel that kind of affinity. i mean, when we're having a barbecue, my mom pulls out the -- you can see them rolled her eyes like come on. i think it's part of the assimilation that some people question whether mexicans are as assimilated as of the country or other cultures. i think they are wrong. i think it's such a powerful assimilation, and hence, i mean, i'm not coming getting back to "homelands," but i think if young people can pick up this book and feel that you don't have to forget the mexican side of you or that part of you can still be able to embrace both sides, and hopefully i have done my job. there have been studies cited in the book just about how fast this assimilation process has taken over. i don't know, i hope, i mean, even though we are not separated by oceans, the process of becoming american, it's not that different if your a mexican or centr

president trump attended last night in northeastern pesylvania, to boost republican congressman lou barletta's for the u.s. senate. the president's free-wheeling remarks included this characterization about his summit last month with russian president vladimir putin. >> i had a great meeting with putin. we discussed everything. i had a great meeting. now, we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? i'll tell you what: russia's very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you.uf >> woo putin said in helsinki last month that he favored mr. trump's election. and u.s. intelligence officials have said repeatedly that russia's efforts in 2016 were intended to help mr. trump, and hurt the campaign of hillary clinton. remarks last's night also stood in contrast to this warning from his own director of national intelligence, dan coats, yesterday in the white house briefing room. >> in regards toinussian lvement in the midterm elections, we continue to see a pervasive meaging-- messaging campaign by russtria tto weaken and divide the united states these efforts are not exclusive to this

this is going to rev up the 35% who love donald trump, but is this the way a lou barletta wins pennsylvania? a district hillary clinton won in 2016, is this the kind of message that motivates the voters they needed? >> i don't think so. first of all, you've got deal with the motive. the two things he tries to discredit at all rallies is mueller and the press because he's trying to destabilize anything that cops out that may point to him being guilty of anything. so he wants to really bury in everyone's psyche, don't believe the press. don't believe mueller. so that's the motive. the act, though, is wearing thin. i said right after he was elected when i was a kid james brown, the singer, used to help my youth civil rights work. james brown told me the first time he took me to las vegas, the difference between a lounge act and an act that goes in the main room. he says you get attention in the lounge act. you do silly things because you're competing with people drinking and talking and paying you no mind. when you go in the main teenage, you've got to perform. because they paid $100 a seat at

congressman peter king, lou barletta, and ivanka trump. ms. trump, you have done so much to drive attention to this issue to this point. thank you all for being here and your interest in the role. now to our senate colleagues. our first panel, first from senator ernst of iowa followed by senator gillibrand from new york. they have demonstrated leadership in their advocacy for american workers and families. we are pleased to welcome you here and look forward to your perspective. sen. ernst: chairman cassidy, ranking member brown and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. and i also want to thank my dear friend and colleague kirsten gillibrand. thank you for being an important voice on this issue. the issue of paid leave is incredibly important. millions of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and families across the country struggle with the realities of childbirth and infant care while also working hard to put food on the table and raise strong and healthy families. it is long overdue that congress not j