as for marsha black burn, she could use his support. she's in a dog fight of a race. so the president hoping to expend a bit of political capital during his time tonight. and as you can well imagine, we suspect he'll go off script adds he certainly does. we're looking to bring it all to you live. kennedy: we've seen the president address big crowds in pro-trump states, parts of florida and west virginia. what is the mood like at that rally in nashville tonight? reporter: well, listen. one of the things that you always know when you come to a rally style event like this, you expect there to be great energy, right, in the room. you're going to get that. but i think you get a little more than just great energy here tonight. you get a president speaking with a purpose. he's talking about something very important. he's always wanting to use the opportunity to again bolster the successes of his campaign. we're not just talking about during the runup to the election. we're talking about the trump administration from day one has been making this promise of bringing back jobs,

during a campaign rally in nashville for a republican congresswoman marsha black burn running for bob corker's seat, he told the crowd they need to turn out for the midterms or risk the safety of the nation. he defended his use of the word animals to describe gang members. >> i have to listen to pelosi and these people saying we have to respect them. they're human beings. they're not human beings. they're not human beings. and this is why we call the blood thirsty ms-13 gang members the name i used last week. what was the name? >> president trump used the word animals. i'm going to use the word liar. he was in his element at that rally. and he lied to the people in that arena and to america several times. so for fact's sake, let's clear up a few things. he's what the president of the united states said about job creation. >> if we would have said that before the election, that i'm going to create 3 .3 million new jobs, we would never have survived the onslaught from the fake news. they wouldn't have accepted it. they would have said there's no way you can do that. >> it was very possi