he said all he want to do was take his wife out to ruth chris' for dinner.rite rest rain. the final word of 91-year-old joe lefkin his last wish before suffering a major heart attack was to take his wife to dinner one last type. >> it seemed as though he loved her a great deal. >> his wife margie can't tell you how hard it is to lose the love of your life. can't tell you, because her husband's death was short-lived. >> oh, you are making me lunch. >> yes, darling. >> joe was gone ten minutes before medics restarted his heart. what amazed them was what he woke up shouting. >> he said, ruth chris. >> he's coming back from the dead. saying the same thing. >> he said the same thing. >> joe got his dinner with margie. on the house, of course. but they say the greater gift is still giving. >> we are just closer. if that's possible. is this true? >> oh, yeah. >> she is one in a million, steve. >> i can still make her swoon. >> you want to see it. >> yeah. >>> no, no. i take that back. okay. >>> are we too much? >> you are too much, yeah. >> this weekend, couples ac

. >> gregg: i did feel watching this i was at ruth chris because there was so much red meat.t's the audience. when you are going to cpac you give the red meat. the only difference is, he's interesting and funny. the democrats could use some of that. >> jesse: very gaining entertai. we think the democrats are funnier for a different reason. we are laughing at them not with them. he was there to tout his accomplish. s and also fire up the base. it's going to be a base election and traditionally the party in power doesn't do well. do you think he created any momentum for the base. >> dana: for the crowd there, absolutely. >> jesse: in the larger context? >> well, yeah. he has -- the three big things, the accomplishments he is going to point to are tax reform and the economy. the judges. >> jesse: yep. >> dana: for this crowd in particular. and then i think he would say second amendment protections. that's not really a proactive thing that he did. >> jesse: they love that. >> dana: those are the three things that he kept repeating. it's not so much a perspective thing like rook a

chris matthews, ruth marcus and mike memly. chris? >> i'm overwhelmed by the interview.hasn't been giving interviews for months now. i think the word comes through that most people don't talk about him. respect. the respect he has for the office of the presidency. it's old world, it's ethnic, it's the neighborhoods talking. that's the way regular people talk about the president of the united states. and that sense of respect. i think if you see it and hear it in a public official, you say, well, that guy or that woman is more like me than some elitest because he has respect for the office. and i think it counters the resentment so many working class white people have towards the democratic party today. they don't seem to have respect at the top like we were taught to have. and biden has, with all his limitations, he does share that regular person's respect and awe for this country. i think people like it. they say, he's like me, he shares my values. if he gets into that office, however he gets there, i trust him. >> interesting that he didn't choose to slam mike pence. b

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