to ted cruz this campaign the cycle.usand dollars in decembe december 2017. he works for the lobbying firm. one of the clients he was assigned to represent his defense contractor northrop. she remember what mick mulvaney say? didn't talk to you. if you're lobbyists to gave us money i might talk to you. on march 29, 2017 ed rogers donated $2700. he is chairman and cofounder of dgr group. he also gave money to ted cruz and lobbied on behalf of the kurdistan regional government. and lobbying on behalf of saudi arabia. did ted cruz talk to him? we don't know. meetings with lobbyists are not reported. ted cruz lectured endlessly while being paid up. he's taken money from lobbyist regulated by senate transportation committee. they're getting billions of dollars for his armed services committee. he's taken money from lobbyists for foreign governments. not to mention the revolving door. we reached out for, and that statement includes the following. while every member of congress engages in lobbyist in some capacity, the test is

with ted cruz.ose voters for that. they're going to praise him for coming around to donald trump. and everyone knows that ted cruz is linked to donald trump. >> i wonder if he can tear off some republican voters -- hold on real fast. money is pouring in from other republican groups to help ted cruz if texas. is that at the expense of florida? >> that's at the expense of everybody. >> i don't think so. it won't hurt florida. florida, the money is still going to be there. you have a candidate running for senate that is self-funding. [ overlapping speakers ] >> money that goes to one place isn't going to another. >> in new jersey, they're looking for money there for a very blue state. we'll see. >> guys, thank you very much. >>> next, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. >> he goes, trump. i pick up, i said, hello. you remember me? i said, i don't know. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets y

so the danger is in mobilization and getting people to affirmativively vote for ted cruz. an get through one debate. but five debates, can cruz keep on mr. charming? or will he be the nasty, aggressive guy we saw during the presidential race? i don't think it is a good idea for him to be out five debates. >> the debate thing is interesting. usually the front-runner doesn't want to debate and the challenger wants tunnel of debates and it has been shortly inverted. cruz wants them friday night during football season in texas which is a little weird. this is texas. >> friday night? sacrosanct. last time the one debate was friday night during college football season. and nobody saw it. and the governor's race again, the only debate, friday night. >> so here's the question. i think the cruz bet is, look. ultimately, the fundamentals are the fundamentals. the more that i can get female hear beto o'rourke, culture war, we were talking about colin kaepernick for an hour. the more i can talk to him about stuff that will rile up the redness of your media texas voter. is that the stra

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proven, quality sleep. >> in the case of lying ted cruz, lying ted, lies, oh, he lies. brings, the bible, holds it high, puts it down, lies. >> matter of principle -- >> you are the single biggest liar. you are the single biggest liar. he holds up the bible and then he lies. >> we learned today president trump will be holding a rally for senator ted cruz in october. trump tweeted he'll be picking the biggest stadium he can find. there's a lot of big ones in texas as senator cruz attempts to beat back an unexpectedly tough challenge from congressman beto o'rourke. the relationship between donald trump and ted cruz has been one of mutual contempt and mutual convenience. you may recall that when the two were both candidates for president in spring, 2016, and cruz was showing traction, trump retweeted a picture of heidi cruz and melania trump with the caption "the images are worth a thousand words." and cruz responded with this. >> i don't get angry often but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. donald you're a sniveling coward. leave he

it's a risk for ted cruz to put him on the stage with o'rourke. nties not phasing cruz. >> i think the problem is there are a large number of people who don't have an image. i'm not some crazy communist. i'm a pretty normal guy. ted cruz thinks he's a great debater but he doesn't wajt to win, if you want to put it that way. a single public debate in 20 debates he was in, when he gets on the stage he gets smirky, he didn't win any of those debates. so the question is can he control himself enough? can he sublimate enough to beto o'rourke enough to stay on that stage? >> i think beto should talk about the possibility of his father's involvement in the jfk assassination for an hour. >> thank you both. >> if you have a three day weekend what better time than to tka catch up on our podcast. if you have been listening, please rate and review the show. tweet us. that does it for "all in." >>> waiting for mueller's next move. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm steve k r kornacki in for chris matthews. we begin with a cloud hanging over the electi

, they see that ted cruz is for ted cruz. 100%.ing the interests of texans. he's not in keeping with what people want to hear from their elected representatives. and certainly from their candidates. there is a poll that came out today that shows them only 3 points apart. and the good news about these polls is that they continue to trend upward in beto o'rourke's favor. and beto o'rourke has caught fire with a group of people who typically do not vote in midterm elections. that's why i think he's going to win. because we are seeing an extraordinary turnout. our democrats doubled their turnout, over a million more democratic voters voted in this primary than had voted in the midterm when i ran in 2014. i expect that that's going to get even stronger. and not just that democrats are going to be turning out in bigger numbers, but a lot of those moderate republicans and independents are going to come b beto's way -- >> i'm over on time, george, a final sentence. >> i was going to say, ted cruz didn't endorse john cornyn when he ran last

ted cruz makes other republicans hate ted cruz. >> you've still got to consider that it was ted cruz,p and still >> also another state that i'm really watching because i think democrats are very likely to take a senate seat in tennessee, too. and it's crazy that we're talking about texas and tennessee in 2018. >> a thing about beto that reminds me of what people loved about the late, great john mccain. what he says doesn't come from something some aide hands him. no one does a poll and says say this. he gets asked a question and it reminds me of john mccain in new hampshire. he get s asked a question. no matter whether it's about nailing in the nfl, immigration, whether it's something that ted cruz is going to chop into some political ad or not, he answers the question. >> no one ever looks at ted cruz and says, wow, that guy is comfortable in his own skin. no one looks at ted cruz and says he's going to -- we're going to have an actual discussion. there's always machinery going on in his head. when you see beto. texas is a high hill for the democrats to climb. no matter what. he's a

he's out-raising ted cruz. he doubled the money cruz is raising in the last quarter. like we haven't seen in a long time in texas. he's not running to get close. he's running to win. i think the fact he is as close as he is, the kind of campaign he's running, and what he is building, that will be there for the future, that's what excites me. there's 1.2 million more voters in texas right now today than there was in 2014. the state is growing. those people are folks that, if we can get out to vote, it will become a blue state. >> thanks very much. jeremy and cal, thanks for the piece. >>> tonight's last word is next. this is an insurance commercial. but let's be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance. which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i'm highly likable. see, they know it's confusing. i literally have no idea what i'm getting, dennis quaid. that's why they're making it simple, man in cafe. and more affordable. thank you, dennis quaid. you're welcome. that's a prop apple. i'd tell you more, but i only have 30 se

ted cruz isn't tip and cool.o go to those places, hold a rally, get people to show up and say the things that they like to hear. >> i am concerned about the polls. i don't necessarily know where they're polling people out. >> there are people coming out in el paso. there are people coming out in fort davis. >> i don't see ted cruz signs. i'm concerned if ted cruz really wants to win this race, where is his people at. >> you go to some of the reddest places in texas, so reliably red you can see it glowing from outer space. there is really something very special happening in texas right now. >> i talk to a lot of people and nobody i have ever even talked, i never met one person. who are they polling, the illegal immigrants? >> to everyone in this kbhunty who gave me a chance to succeed, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke, better known as b-dub feels its very american to take a knee. >> i can think of anything more american than to peacefully

ted cruz isn't him and cool. places, hold a rally, get people to show up and say the things that they like to hear. >> i am concerned about the polls. i don't necessarily know where they're polling people at. >> there are people coming out in el paso. there are people coming out in fort davis. >> i don't see one ted cruz sign. i see beto signs. >> i don't see ted cruz signs. i'm concerned if ted cruz really wants to win this race, where is his people at. >> you go to some of the reddest places in texas it, places like abilene, so reliably red you can see it glowing from outer space. there is really something very special happening in texas right now. >> i talk to a lot of people and nobody i have ever even talked to, i never met one person who, are they polling, the illegal immigrants? >> to everyone in this community who gave me a chance to succeed, i want to tell you, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke, better known as beto, feels it's v

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>> trevor: come on, people, don't kick ted cruz out of a restaurant.ow he's just going to be eating a stray cat. ( audience reacts ) no, don't feel bad for ted cruz, what was probably the best night of his life. in the car ride home, his wife was, like, why are you smiling? he's, like, we just got kicked out of that restaurant, last time just because i'm ted cruz, now it's cause of kavanaugh. i'm moving up, baby. ( laughter ) in news, a man hated almost as much as ted cruz, bill cosby. a judge sentenced america's dad to three to ten years in prison. the one upside is they're already making him a personalized jump suit. ( laughter ) moving on, nelson mandela. the south africa, he's a hero politician who fought for the rights of black people. ( cheering ) in america, he's a guy who had cool birthday concerts and, at the united nations, he's now a statue. >> the world leaders kicked off their annual gathering at the u.n. honoring the legacy of nelson mandela, a global icon of peace and reconciliation. the u.n. today unveiled the life size statue of mandel

high protein be up for life >>> in the deep red state of texas, the battle is raging over senator ted cruz'sast night in a fiery debate, democratic challenger o'rourke traded barbs with cruz over trump, immigration and who was the most texan. here's cnn's ed lavandera. >> i'm not going to repeat the slander. >> you're not going to say what you did say? >> a texas senate debate isn't the kind of political moment that generates a great deal of intrigue. republican ted cruz and democrat o'rourke wasted no time scraping it out over who was more texan. >> within months of being sworn to be your senator, ted cruz was not in texas, he was in iowa. >> congressman o'rourke doesn't seem to understand that representing texas is not doing a photo op in each county with reporters in tow but it's standing up and fighting for the people of texas. >> reporter: el paso congressman o'rourke has the political world wondering if he can topple the republican senator ted cruz. o'rourke has embraced a progressive agenda. universal health care, education reform, granting so-called dreamers citizenship status, as we

davis. >> i don't see ted cruz. i see beto. i'm concerned if ted cruz wants to win this race. of the reddest places in texas like abilene. so reliably red, you can see it glowing from outer space. there is really something very special happening in texas right now. now, it may be reflected in the polls. >> i talked to a lot of people and nobody i have ever talked to, i never met one person who has been poled. who are they polling? illegal immigrants? >> to everyone in the community who gave me a chance to succeed, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke, better known as beto, feels it's very american to take a knee. >> i can think of nothing more american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights any time, anywhere, any place. thank you very much for asking the question. >> ted cruz was attacking you on the nfl. >> no. my comments speak for themselves. >> thank you. >> robert francis beto hurt himself with the ramblings on and on and on about there is nothing more american than taking's knee

ted cruz said no.s clearly alarmed and well, this is interesting. >> we are seeing tens of millions of dollars flooding into the state of texas from liberals all over the country who desperately want to turn the state of texas blue. they want us to be just like california. right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair. >> tofu, silicon, and dyed hair. >> you make a joke, but you make a key point. is ted cruz running now in the texas that exists now? one of the reasons it's not just a strong candidacy by beto o'rourke, but texas is slowly becoming a different place and maybe tofu and silicon and dyed hair may not carry the day. >> he was in katy, texas. that's a suburb of houston and tends to be more conservative. that said, the idea that the hippies are coming in to take over texas is not going to be his biggest problem. it's going to be hispanics and women who are not pleased with what's going on in washington and perhaps in the trump administration. that's who he needs to worry about, not the hippies.

exciting news for ted cruz, the g.o.p.ave not won since 1878, hillary won of the district by 12 points, we won because of turnout. when republicans turn out, we win. >> harris: the president has not even gotten in the game, he's promised to do much more moving forward. he's promising six or seven days a week. we did not see that kind of bias with barack obama as president and even when he went he managed to lose 1,000 state national seats. >> i was the minority leader in 2010, you don't need to remind me. i am optimistic for democrats in the united states senate in particular, a number of candidates on the hunt, two open seats, one in arizona and one in tennessee, we are also looking at nevada as well as florida also within that one or two-point margin. while beto o'rourke is on the hunt, it's unlikely texas will abandon candidate like ted cruz. >> harris: go the president isn the schedule going to texas to shore up ted cruz. what does that look like? >> president trump is the game changer, he changes the trajectory of rac

just last night senator ted cruz of texas and his wife were targeted by a mob. watch this.survivor's! we believe survivors! >> tucker: well, this is what it looks like to live under tyranny by rich kids with poetry degrees. these are becoming increasingly common. just a few months ago the dhs secretary was targeted in exactly the same way. [chanting] shane! shame! no borders, no walls, sanctuary for all! if kids don't eat in peace, you don't eat in peace! >> tucker: you see where this is going, and it's not good. until, instead of trying to slow it down or calm their voters, democrats like maxine waters are trying to cheer this kind of behavior on. >> if you see anyone in that cabinet and a restaurant or department store, and a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd, and you tell them they are not welcome. >> tucker: david bernstein is a commentator and thank you for coming on. >> good to be with you. >> tucker: are your parents still around? >> my parents are still around, probably watching tonight. >> tucker: wants her home address so i can send people over

ted cruz. it doubles down to be antitrust crews. ted cruz. if anything, it gives him a little bit of a push. >> jon: typically, the economy is the most important issue when voters go to the polls. this economy seems to be on fire. does that get negated by some of the presidents to readings or feelings that voters might have? >> his base is always going to support the tweets about the economy and whatever else he wants to tweet that day. i think people like ted cruz will continue to voice that message and try to rev up republicans as well. trump is going out to texas and october 2 campaign for him. 's alex, capitol hill, thank you. >> 's a touching on/11 tribute to the heroic men and women of flight 93. plus, immigration taking center stage in another european election. north korea rolling out the tanks but leaving behind long range ballistic melissa cells during its prey. what it could mean for the rogue nation to get rid of its nukes. >> that is a signal they did not want to be provocative but

and the fact that ted cruz is in trump country. is trump country and people, a lot of that trump base, remembers that the bitter feud between lying ted. that is labeled on his face, lying ted. >> still on twitter for those who want to go back and take a look. >> this is why it is so close. if he was going to have somebody wrap his arm around him and say this is the guy, i think that would be governor abbott. i think that will be a better play because they actually get along. look, when trump comes down and puts his arm around ted cruz and goes, this is my guy, this is my friend, people don't believe it. they're like, man, he hates that guy. >> one thing i noticed, we started the debate talking about the dreamer issue and then we went to policing violence and then the national anthem and then, of course, to dr. ford. and in all these issues, o'rourke was speaking to people of color. and mentioning what people of color want. even when his dwi was brought up, he turned it around to talk about white privilege, how he gets a second chanc

ted cruz said that summed up the entire election. ns, barbecue will be illegal. the protesters armed with signs that read republicans eat tofu too. cruz had said in part, quote, they want us to be just like california right down to tofu and silicone and dyed hair. it's worth noting that cruz's wife heidi is a vegetarian from california. >>> let's get a check on your weather with bill karins. >> here's what we're dealing with in north carolina. eastern north carolina, the remnants are just about cresting in most cases. then they're going to come down from here. the cape fear river is one of the biggest ones and also the noose river, the river that flooded new bern with the water that same from the sound. a lot of places still under what we call major flood stage. a couple gauges near the lumberton river also in record flood stage. it's continuing to come down in areas of the east. heavier downpours just outside of new york city. overnight we got about 2-3 inches of rain outside of binghamton. this is over the berkshires too. when you g

who he doesn't like and whom ted cruz shouldn't respect him.s the danger that i think the republican party is facing. but also i think this. i think at this point, you are starting to see levels of fear that were unheard of just a couple of months ago. georgia wasn't supposed to be in play. they're still tied. that's insane for georgia. you have got florida that's now in play. places that previously the republicans thought we can lock this up and put our money in other places. if they have a fight all over the map for the next 55 days, they're in trouble. no way you can cover that much ground. >> heidi, thank you so much. >>> when we come back, the two-track government in action. new reporting from nbc news reveals that the government has two very different reactions to north korea's decision to continue to make nuclear weapons. wool we'll tell you about it after the break. i can't believe it. that everything sticks to stefon diggs's hands? no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. cool, huh

. >> ted cruz isn't hip and cool. his new trick is the go to those place, poll a rally, get people the show up and say the things they like to hear. >> i'm concerned about the polls. i don't necessarily know where they are polling people at. dpl there a >> are people coming out in el paso. >> i don't see one ted cruz sign. i'm concerned if ted cruz wants to win this race where's his people at. >> you go to some of the reddest places in texas, places like abile abilene, so reliablely red, you can sew it glowing from outer space. there's really something very special happening in texas right now. it may be reflected in follows. >> i talk to a lot of people. i've never met one person who has been polled. who are they polling, the illegal immigrants? >> to every one who gave me a chance to succeed, i'm going to make the absolute most of it right now. >> three minutes after the hour, robert francis o'rourke feels it's very american to take a knee. >> i can think of nothing more more than than to peacefully stand up or take

but there are a lot of moderate voters and a lot of democratic voters who don't like ted cruz. a lot of them see him as somebody who is sort of prioritized his national ambitions over what he should be focusing on in texas. that's what a lot of democrats think. it could be a tough race. i think mulvaney is signaling to cruz and others this is going to come down to your candidacy, not the president's sniept it's an interesting race to watch. julia, president trump still talked about the alabama senate race. the president asks me all the time, why did roy moore lose? that's easy. because he was a terrible candidate. so julia, how are you reading into this on the part of the president? >> on the part of the president, i think this says what the president thought by him intervening in that race, he would be able to get the republican candidate across that finish line to victory. i think the president feels that when he gets involved in special elections, midterm elections, he's really able to make a difference. he does in many cases. so i think the president thought in roy moore's

"even ted cruz is signing up to volunteer for @betoo'rourke." lly cruising his rival. it just looks like o'rourke is the wind beneath his wings. ♪ did i ever tell you you're my hero ♪ jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ you're everything, everything ♪ new york. >> and tonight cruz's campaign is having a little fun with this as well giving us this statement. "breaking news, the airline passenger paparazzi captured the senator reading news clips about his campaign." well played, senator cruz. thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. today one of the biggest celebrities of the last half century was handcuffed and taken to prison for sexually assaulting a woman. bill cosby's sentencing, a landmark in so many ways, is not our lead story. it is part of a conversation about women, justice, and politics and the perception so many people are having right now. we begin with another part of that conversation, and the sfakz could not stakes could not be higher. we're talking about the fight over supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the two accusers

we just did a segment on ted cruz's wife being confronted and i got this text.nfront ryan zinke?fr "a good question. i think we know. the fight over brett kavanaugh feels like something brand-new in american politics in someodst ways. the willingness to destroy him personally andre to overthrow every norm of fairness and due process to do that seems like a sign of sickness, honestly, in our society come overkn maybe oe that is building for a while.t' victor davis hanson has been following this, a senior fellow at hoover, he just wrote a piece entitled "we are living 1984." what you mean, we are living "1984"? >> i think what we are doing a systematically destroying 2500 years of western jurisprudence and three centuries of american law onwe the basis that if the supreme court, so it special, where it's not a criminal case, so these rules don't apply and we forget that thes constitution is our secular bible. whether you are are under examination in little league or grammar school, we get inspiration for every process in our country, daily lives are based on the i

ted cruz, people remarked on twitter that ted cruz didn't sound like ted cruz today.ounded a little measured, a little more moderate, a little rueful about the current state of politics. had people wondering is that because of how tight things are with beto o'rourke? >> i think so. for ted cruz to be talking about the politics of personal destruction is pretty rich. when he came to the senate and what he specialized in and the reason he got such a bad reputation is he would just try to destroy people with completely unsubstantiated allegations, including members of the obama cabinet and even his colleagues. so he's scurrying back into some sort of zone. >> it wasn't democrats who didn't like ted cruz. it was republicans that didn't like ted cruz. >> right, right. the one that interests me is heidi heitkamp's race because her opponent, kevin cramer, he said that even if dr. ford, what happened to her actually happened. >> even if it was true. >> even if it was true that kavanaugh should still be confirmed. this is something that even the most conservative republican re

he's got even coffers, it seems with ted cruz.state that glows red, that should not happen. >> so is trump going to hurt him or help him? in terms of cruz? >> yeah, i'm not sure he's going to help him. with the approval rating for donald trump around 47. this is a state he carried by nine points. i'm not sure. add to that, this race is becoming the thing that people are descending on, as the opposition. we heard from michael cohen he will today. he said he will hold his own rally in texas, the day donald trump holds his. so a lot of national attention on what people are saying. now, could be sort of a coming blue wave, led by congressman o'rourke, who may or may not be the face of the blue wave. certainly he is an energizing face for the democratic party. >> he is heading into the corners of conservism unabashedly with messages that one does not do necessarily typically or historically. >> he's been on the road for 34 days straight, visited all 254 counties in texas. three are usually democratic. he's going to the red areas, as he

make an urgent plea to send president trump to texas and he came through announcing a rally for ted cruzuz fighting for his political life against beto o'rourke who is closing a very narrow gap in the polls. a top white house official mick mulvaney told a group of donors that cruz was not likeable enough and losing his seat was at least a possibility. alex is a reporter for politico.com and broke the rescue stories. dan patrick goes to washington issuing i suppose a nervous plea here. what's that based on? they were looking at the numbers. >> everywhere is looking at the numbers and saying this is a conservative state and this this race is closer than it should be. they want to accepted the president out there and the president will go out and the president's son is going out there to camp up conservative enthusiasm in the final weeks of the race. >> folks of democrats have eyed texas with relish in the past. is this one -- are these concerns now more substantial? >> potentially, you talked to people from both parties and it's going to be very hard for beto o'rourke to win the race. cruz

>> ted cruz is likely to win this race. we held all along, he's more likely than not to win this race. we held all along in our power rankings that this, the preponderance of evidence, just because of who the texas electorate is that ted cruz will win. we cite as close as one. we are entering the phase when you get to the end and people who have been withholding, i am not sure, as you get close to the end you expect to see them revert to partisan norms. that is good news for republicans in texas for ted cruz who aspect when borrowing a change in the course of the race but bad news for minnesota and wisconsin where the electorate is more democratic and as you squeeze the orange out it is going to be that flavor. shannon: news about the internal report for republicans, looking at the report because the president so talking about the red wave, they will make people feel more secure and stay home. and a reporter does gop officials to yank their voters back to reality, make real the threat the democrats have a good shot of winni

more than almost any other member of the 2016 field ted cruz helped normalize trump. burning credibility it a toasty crisp. cruz who later hear trump accuse father of accomplice city in assassination of john f. kennedy then trump insulted cruz's wife and told fox news i like donald trump. i think he's terrific. i think he's pressure. i think he speaks the truth. ted even lost support of his long time sugar daddy robert merse and nodded politely through it all in 30 years never seen engage in great or self-humiliation. many of the republican candidates have again out of their way to take a two by four to donald trump i think it's a mistake cruz told of polito now look ted is a bright guy. there's no question much, much smarter than average bear. however, like quite a few smart people cruz has a massive spot when it comes to playground bullies obtained for entirety of his life. trump saw him from the jump as a mark. the tragedy of ted cruz sounds like a play, the bargain cruise made in efforts to win over trump voters reduced him from rock star to something can do, toler

>> so look, ted cruz, i do remember during the 2016 election he called him a sni sniveling cow ward. it was a retweet. he suggested melania trump was more attractive than heidi cruz. it is a little bit of a strange bed fellow setup. this is like dean heller, he needs him. donald trump is the most popular figure in republican politics, not even close. ted cruz needs the republican base to come out, but one thing we -- >> they need each other i guess, too. >> absolutely. look, because donald trump needs ted cruz and dean heller because he needs a senate majority. texas so republican, so republican, donald trump won by nine. he won tennessee, a state that also has a competitive senate race by 26. so there is a significant democratic base in that state. the question is, is there enough? can they turn out? can ted cruz win? it's still hard for o'rourke. my gosh he's gotten a lot closer than anybody thought. >> that's what makes it exciting. chris, good to have you with us. thank you for being here on the weekend. we want to let you know every week chris is cutting through the spin, he is t

and you once worked for ted cruz camp and how does this come about?>> this is something where the president realizes or the republicans realize that he has popularity, and he can energize people, and really connect with the base. it is valuable no the candidate who is not running for office and valuable to the republicans overall. look, i was in the midst of the back and forth with the president trump and senator cruz on the presidential campaign trail, but politics is hard. and when you are running in a high stakes very heated presidential campaign, all bets are off, and you will do anything and everything to the win, and that is -- >> not to sound like it is playground stuff, but the president started it, right? he started with the lying ted and then going after his wife, and placing blame and that ted cruz' dad had something to do with the assassination of jfk, and that is heavy and deep stuff, and for ted cruz to be embracing or seeing it as an attribute for the president to campaign for him, that is confusing. >> that is whether this debate is a

as well to campaign for senator ted cruz. l remember that brutal campaign primary and the republicans back in 2016. it came up in last night's debate senator cruz said he had a choice to work with president trump or not. he says he does. i was struck by the economic case that o'rourke made particularly on immigration. we haven't heard many democrats make the economic case in recent months and weeks. obviously, there's been a lot of other cases that they made on the issue of immigration. he noted the importance immigrants play to the economy. i thought that was interesting. congressman o'rourke did something else. he tried to make a centrist argument on the issue of the second amendment. >> last question here. you look at the polling and i wonder what it tells you at this point. we have the cook political report moving this. many democrats in texas are optimistic think it can go their way. what your looking for >> turn out, turn out, turn out. and who gets their folks to the polls especially if the progressive left decide to ba

ted cruz is likely going to win.s shows the energy on the left right now and that is democrats are turning out. their energized they could really pose a threat particularly in the house, though. i think it was interesting m mcdaniel mentioned 50-50 that she thought chance they keep the house. i from capitol hill i've heard a change in tone in past couple of weeks where some republicans actually think the house is go gone. lot of it has to do with the noise that's going on. they have a story to tell, there was a great jobs report that came out friday, record wage increases since 2009 they want to talk about the economy. but everyone right now is focused on what's going on, the drama of the scandal in the white house, the president hitting back, the russia investigation, that is really drowning out the republican message it's a big problem for them. >> brennan: is that also what you're seeing, amy? >> the energy is really the key part of this. the president is very good at ginning up his base and making sure that as th

plan is a celebrity endorsement from the herpes virus. ( laughter ) here's how-- here's how scared ted cruz show tonight to counter his interview. i assume-- i assume it's for his campaign and not for his patented line of reptile moisturizers, cruz's oozes. ( laughter ) "no more dry leg, johnny iguana!" >> jon: wow! >> stephen: and he does seem-- cruz does seem moist all time. and the texas g.o.p. has been launching personal attacks on o'rourke, like two weeks ago, when they tweeted, "maybe beto can't debate ted cruz because he already had plans," alongside this photo of beto from his punk rock days. yes, his plans were being smoking hot in a naughty but approachable sort of way, like your best friend's older brother who smells like weed and listens to radiohead. read us your poems, beto! ( laughter ) people online seemed to like the fact that beto was in a cool punk band and pointed out that ted cruz played adam in a mime performance of the christian creation story when he was in high school. ( laughter ) and they included this picture. ( laughter ) how do you do a mime performance of the

office is about barbs. >> reporter: beto o'rourke wondering if he can topple the republican senator, ted cruzhealth care, education reform, granting dreamers citizenship status, as well as criminal justice remember and legalizing marijuana. >> god bless texas. >> reporter: cruz is on a mission to paint o'rourke as a dangerous leftist. >> one, two, three -- >> reporter: and is fully embracing donald trump, a strong economy, and increased border securit security. even in this debate, escaping the shadow of thank you very much was impossible. cruz was asked if he had lost his dignity by praising the president after trump insulted his father and wife. >> i've got a responsibility which is to fight for every person here and every person in this state. and so i have worked hand in hand with the president on substance, and we have delivered remarkable victories. >> listen, if the president attacks you personally, your wife, your father, how you respond is your business. >> thank you. >> when the president attacks our institutions, this country, allows a foreign power to invade our democracy, that is

earlier, ted cruz was up nine points. here any universe you see moving this from republican to toss up? >> not yet. not yet. yes, our poll did show o'rourke up by two over cruz, which caused some ripples. >> some ripples? >> somewhere in the margin of error. look at the polling averages. it has cruz up. what's significant, it's an actual race. who would have thought a year ago, two years ago, the senate race in texas with an incumben it would be. six weeks ahead of the election is what matters. >> republicans are going to be competitive if you have glowing media profiles on o'rourke, cruz and i know some of the people who are allies of his say he's been vilified in the media. no surprise it would be this close. >> they are trying to make themselves feel better. there's no secret, the republicans are not happy about the resources putting into texas to save ted cruz, who the president doesn't like and they could be in missouri or north dakota, west virginia. these democratic held senate seats they want to pick off instead of

did you see what happened to ted cruz last night. ted cruz got heckled out of a restaurant last night. he and his wife heidi were at an italian restaurant in washington, d.c. someone got it often tape. all of these people showed up to express their displeasure with his support of judge kavanaugh. it got ugly so they got up to leave. they didn't even get bread sticks. that's how badly things went. he and his wife, they packed up their stuff and they got out of the restaurant as quickly as they could, but this has been happening a lot lately. i mean, people are going to have to start eating in their homes. you can see it's a very nice restaurant, and, of course, the door was locked so they weren't able to get out. poor guy, guy left so hungry his wife had to feed him three freezed dried mice when he got home. i looked up the yelp page, a lot of reviews from angry right wingers. witnessed u.s. senator ted cruz chased out of your restaurants by out-of-control leftist snowflake protesters. you should be ashamed allowing such action. peopl

tomorrow marks the first of three debate between ted cruz and beto o'rourke.is anybody's guess how long this will take the conventional wisdom was the delay would favor the democrats but nbc political reporter on the bill press show thinks it could be worse for the left. >> delay get another weekend putting it closer to the midterms will not be helpful to them because republicans historically been much more motivated by supreme court nomination then democrats. shannon: former clinton pollster doug shoen. who does the favor? democrats would love to delay it beyond the midterms and retake the senate but what does the delay do? >> as of literally today the wall street journal is out with a poll that shows not surprisingly republican attitudes are hardening for brett kavanaugh. democratic attitudes particularly democratic women against brett kavanaugh and independents moving against brett kavanaugh as well. i think it could probably with the partisans benefit both sides. the independents being the key group. right now they are moving anti-brett kavanaugh. it depen

with se are activists senator ted cruz and his wife at dinner. they're chanting we believe survivors and cruz can be heard saying god bless you as he and his wif leave that restaurant and now to capitol hill where dozens ofs protest were arrested yesterday. those protestors also chanting their support of dr. christine blasey ford and urging the senator to not vote for judge kavanaugh. it turns out that one of em, senator cruz, actually and susan collin c issidered a swing vote and could decide whether judge kavanaugh becomes a supreme court justice. back in to you. >> live for us there, justin, thank you. >>> today bill cosby, the man once dubbed america's dad will be sentenced for drugging a sexually assaulting a woman. prosecutors are askingor 5 to 10 years in prison. the defense asked for a sentence of house arrest citing his advanced age and blindness. the victim in this case gave an impact statement during the first day of sentencing. she says, s quote, wants justice as the court sees fit. cosby was convicted in april. >>> 5:07. happening now

if you are conservative, you love what ted cruz was saying.ou love was o'rourke was saying. that's part of the re reason o'rourke caught fire. >> and the question is will he win. issues related to that as we at least nationally are looking at texas and georgia as those potential purple states, and we did it in the last cycle, this cycle, and the coming cycle. i am going to play sound related to the issues to the second amendment. let's take a listen. >> thoughts and prayers, senator cruz, are not going to cut it any more. the people of texas, children of texas deserve action. >> hold on a second. let me be very clear. more armed police officers in our schools is not thoughts and prayers. i'm sorry you don't like thoughts and prayers. i will pray for anyone in harm's way. >> patrick, sounded from the crowd there that was clearly an issue that the watchers were caring about. >> yeah, and obviously gun rights are always a national issue, but this hit close to home in texas with the santa fe high school shooting, and you saw cruz and o'rourke spli

good to have to run a competitive race and i think ultimately the senate will be better be with ted cruz sitting back in again in twenty nineteen chris is a good conservative and strong republican. are you concerned or does it bother you with all the bub bub woodward's book seer. that you know i. should write. it does bother me i think others are a lot of reasons why does bother me but i want to be can with you larry i haven't read it yet i've read the excerpts i did download it you know used to be you go to the bookstore and buy it i downloaded it as soon as the became available and had every intention to start last night but i fell asleep instead so i could be honest but having said that i think you know bob woodward has made a career off of a really solid journalistic. success seven years ago and since then he is really further that career by writing books that are very critical of republican astray sions and very and do a lot of praising of democratic ministrations and i the my challenge the problem i have with this book from what i'm aware of right now and i want to keep stating tha

rob: under threat from republicans from the same protesters who harassed ted cruz and his wife. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ care for a good time ♪ bring the sunshine with the red line and moonshine ♪ >> clouds in new york city.nort. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. rob: epic weather. we know a good nap. don't ever questions that. thanks for getting up early with us. enough is enough, senator chuck grassley denying calls to delay brett kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. jillian: a blockbuster day of testimony before a fiery confirmation vote. griff jenkins in washington with the latest. >> reporter: the judge and his accuser will go before the judiciary committee tomorrow morning, chuck grassley writing the letter to diane feinstein, quote, i'm not going to silence doctor ford after i promised her that i would provide a safe and dignified opportunity to testify continuing there is no reason to delay any further. grassley says this includes statements by 5-minute rounds of questioning for each senator. republicans bringing in a pro

even he has said is ted cruz, i just don't like him.ot come across well and he's done a lot of things to alienate and anger people. the x factor is we don't know how deep into texas conservatism this sort of dissatisfaction with trump is cutting but if it happens that the suburban, you know, white females and other folks in suburbia don't vote for him, i think something might happen here that is unexpected. if you had asked me if he had a chance three months ago, it would have been absolutely not. i think we could be surprised on election day and i never thought i would say that. >> this is the surprise rate of the night. it's not impossible to happen. the republicans are making o'rourke more likeable. this is mitch mcconnell talking about these races and how tight they are because control of the senate, which is not in play before, might be. here's mitch mcconnell. >> all of them too close to call and every one of them like a knife fight in an alley. i mean, just a brawl and everyone of those places. i hope when the smoke clears, we'll

it's a fierce battle between incumbent, ted cruz and democrat o'rourke. he has been getting positive press with esquire saying he could be, the next obama. vanity fair calling him, kennedy like. ted cruz said his policies will help him beat out the young congressman. >> they all talk about his hair and his teeth. they talk about no substance. nothing about his record. they don't talk about him being open to abolishing ice or wanting to impeach the president. >> it's about the future of this country. the big things we want to go. going from the leased insured state to the one that leads on universal healthcare. >> o'rourke currently has a $10 million fundraising advantage over ted cruz recent polls shows ted cruz has a narrow lead by 3%. >>> the texas board of education has voted to remove hillary clinton from the states social studies curriculum. according to the dallas morning news, a 15 member board voted yesterday on which historical figures were, essential to learn about and who are not. the board also voted to remove helen keller from the curriculum

his opponent ted cruz is worried as polls show a narrowing margin. stephen colbert made last night before interviewing the democratic candidate. >> in order to save the cruz campaign, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick showed up in washington to deliver an urgent plea to white house officials. send president donald trump. you know it's bad when you need backup from a man with a 36% approval rating. here's how scared ted cruz is of beto o'rourke. he bought ads on my show tonight to counter his interview. >> joining us now is patrick, political reporter for the "texas tribune." we've been talking about the moments that have gone viral, have certainly captured our imaginations. we thought it was time for some ground truth. what is happening on the ground in what is thought to be deep red texas? >> yeah, we're obviously seeing a lot of enthusiasm surrounding his campaign. it's been sustained and growing enthusiasm which has been somewhat impressive considering that he has been campaigning now for well over a year, traveling across the state, pretty mu

at this point, he has raised more money than ted cruz. still the latest poll suggests cruz holds a nine point lead over the congressman but still plenty of time for those numbers to tighten up before the midterms. interestingly enough the political report which watches these races very closely originally called this one as likely g.o.p. and then it went to lean g.o.p. and as of yesterday they are now calling this a toss up. back to you. arthel: a texas toss-up. >> very nice. arthel: you know, i try. anita, thank you. [laughter] eric: the president's wall, it turns out construction of a four mile long portion of the border wall began today in el paso. customs and border protections says the metal fence will be replaced with an 18 foot high wall. the project is expected to be completed in april and the cost of this tiny little bit about 22 million dollars. arthel? arthel: well, eric, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is actively considering a run for the white house in 2020, as a democrat. the 76-year-old also plans to spend at le