what indication do you see that that's not the case that people that are coming out here in the mahoning valley which is a democrat stronghold is really really high and they're coming up the president front and to support the republican ticket which is unusual but that is a bellwether sign saying that the republicans still have momentum tracy do want to ask you before the two thousand and sixteen presidential election you had been on record as saying that donald trump had denigrated the republican party and also that he offends me as an african american and then you join the trump campaign team what changed your mind about the president adams following the media i was following what i heard and i was not researching the everything that i heard as i should that when i began to research what was going on when i began to look at president trump and his stance and when i sat on the convention floor and i listened to his speech and i said oh my god he must break the system what do you say heard that anything from the local level it's not too much well what is it that he said that convinced you tracy

as governor, here's somebody who represents, you know, the blue collar area of cleveland, the mahoning valley where president trump performed so well. there are arguments that that's the democrat that trump needs to model and performs so well in the environment we operate so well. kennedy: there are so many wings the party might take flight on its own. chad pergram, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. kennedy: coming up, cnn's jim acosta wouldn't let go of the microphone during the president's fiery news conference, and tonight they kicked him out of the white house! who's right and who's wrong? who overstepped their . kennedy: welcome back, we've got breaking news tonight, the white house suspended the credentials of cnn's jim acosta after he took his daily grandstanding routine too far at today's lengthy press conference. it happened after he pushed away the arm of a female intern who is trying to take back the microphone when he was playing ball hog, and as you will see, he was hardly the only one attacking the president. watch. >> here we go. reporter: well, if you don't mind, m

i remember when i was in college and had friends who lived in ohio, in that area, the mahoning valley was in many ways an iconic symbol of gm. it's a huge plant. 6 million square feet and, of course, it had been, you know, there were fewer and fewer jobs there over the years, and finally was down to, i think, just a couple thousand jobs. symbolic importance for the state of ohio, of the closing of the lordstown plant is huge. and it's something that better not escape president trump's notice. this is a very bad thing for him politically in ohio. >> first and foremost, it's devastating for these families. 14,000 to 15,000 families are going to have to wonder about their future right now and that can't get lost in this conversation. secondarily the context is important. people aren't buying these cars in the way gm thought they would be. gm had to make a free market decision about what to do about that. that's where you have a question what the government should do. first and foremost will the government come in and help these people out whether its through unemployment insurance or mea