the president in houston tonight pulling for ted cruz. democratic challenger beth isso o'rourke making it competitive in the deeply red state. >> you all classify yourselves as evangelical. >> how many of you have plan on voting for beto o'rourke? >> while loyal cruz supporters stand by their senator. >> i love him because of his record. voting starting today, could texas turn blue? and tonight mega fever. americans hoping to hit it big in the country's largest jackpot ever. the mega millions now a record-setting $1.6 billion, but money create mega problems? but first here tonight "the nightline 5." >>> we're going to take you inside the human caravan heading north through mexico to the u.s. border. the images have become part of the often overheated political rhetoric as america barrels towards the mid-term elections, but as abc's matt guttman shows us, on the ground tonight there is intense human drama involving men, women, even children putting their lives on the line. >> reporter: tonight the mexican government saying it won't allow t

donald trump has never apologized for what he said about ted cruz but apparently that's okay for ted hat an indication of how transactional our politics have become and the degree to which republicans have been willing to swallow and look the other way, even when it comes to the most personal insults that you can possibly imagine. and by the way, you know, has donald trump changed? is he a different person from the time when ted cruz described him as a pathological liar? now it's apparently okay. >> kimberly, he is obviously in texas, a place where the immigration debate is always pretty much front and center but i think we can guess pretty easily that in addition to maybe saying nice things now about ted cruz and bad things for sure about o'rourke, he is going after the caravan and even though the fact checks have suggested that some of the most tough things that the president's had to say are incorrect this is again something that works with the base and fires up his base. >> yeah. you can see from his twitter account the signals that you can expect when he is in houston tonight and

ed is out front with our race of the day. >> senator ted cruz. >> reporter: ted cruz has mastered theal punch. >> if you want a big government gun-grabbing liberal, well, the democrats have given you one. >> reporter: the rapid fire jabs at democrat beto o'rourke are designed to deflate the el paso congressman's soaring campaign. >> on job-killing regulations, he's for them, i'm against them. guns. i'm for them, he's against them. on taxes, he's for them, i'm against them. >> reporter: in the last few weeks, senator cruz has unleashed a wave of television ads criticizing o'rourke, painting him as dangerous and radically liberal. o'rourke has been hesitant to fire back directly, saying he prefers to follow the positive path that has brought him to this point so far. >> beto o'rourke is no friend of texas energy. >> reporter: the cruz television campaign and laser-focused message seem to have halted o'rourke's forward march in the polls. a cnn poll shows o'rourke 7 points behind. >> beto o'rourke wants to be a senator. >> reporter: for weeks, as o'rourke has literally run and barn storm

why does ted cruz need your help? >> i think ted is going to be a big factor tonight. he's going to get up. he's going to make a great speech. i'm going to make a great speech. i can't believe you're not going to be there tonight. that's terrible. >> you called him lyin' ted. >> i think beto o'rourke is highly overrated. i think he must be something a little special, from what i heard. he's not. i thought he got beaten badly in the debates. i think he's a highly overrated guy. [ inaudible question ] >> say it. >> have you buried the hatchett with senator cruz? >> i have, yeah. ted and i got along very well late into the campaign. i then it became very nasty and then it was over. when it was over, we've gotten along great. i like ted. if you remember, he was the last one that we really had -- i mean, i went very late into the campaign. we actually held a rally together late into the campaign. i said it will end and it did and then it got back. no. we're very close. we've done great on tax cuts. we've done great on regulation cuts. he's been really terrific. if you look

how about ted cruz?. >> in washington i have as many democratic friends as i have republican friends. i get along with almost everybody. but i have never worked with a more miserable son of a [ bleep ] in my life. >> joining us now the deputy editor of "the houston chronicle." thank you very much for joining us tonight. and this editorial is extraordinary to me for a couple of reasons. one, you're the same newspaper that endorsed ted cruz for the united states senate six years ago. i don't think i've ever read more disappointment by an endorsing newspaper in the officeholder who they endorsed. >> well, the whole process really was guided by something that kay bailey hutchison told us in 2012 as she was the outgoing senator. that being a senator is like a parent, there's always something you have to deal with. and if you're dealing with state like kentucky, idaho, you can go on ideological crusades, and that's fine. but when you're representing texas, it has to be 100% texas. like the parent of a teenager

, lyin' ted cruz!lyin'-- he can lie with the best of 'em! this is lyin' ted cruz! >> reporter: president trump thsisted today, the two had buried the hatchet. >> to me, he's no longer lyin' ted anymore, he's beautiful ted. >> reporter: but all those insults took a toll. the "houston chronicle" endorsed trourke friday, despite backing cruz in 2012. the paper cited o'rourke's "command of issues that mattered to the state," and faulted cruz's "repellent personality." ( cheers and applause ) o'rourke's personality and his refusal to move to the right have made him a progressive icon. >> school teachers, we will support you! ( cheers ) we will make sure you're paid a e.ving wage. >> reporter: progressives, however, rarely prevail in texas. 1 fact, the last time a democrat won a race for statewide office in texas was in 1994, jeff, 24 years ago. >> glor: all right. more on texas politics with you r just a moment, nancy, so stick around. our cbs news battleground tracker says if the elections r,re held today,

l lyin' ted. >> i have met much tougher people than ted cruz. he's like a baby. like a little baby. , weak, little baby. >> i don't want his endorsement. what difference does it make? i don't want his endorsement. i don't want his endorsement. ted, stay home, relax, enjoy yourself. >> that was, of course, then-candidate trump going after senator ted cruz. fast forward to tonight where president trump will be stumping for the senator in houston. despite their history, he went after cruz in a series of personal attacks. he also questioned his loyalty. he insulted cruz's wife, even seemed to imply that ted cruz's father was somehow involved in president kennedy's assassination. cruz avoiding criticizing the president, though he's not exactly praising him either. >> so friend? is he your friend? is he your foe? how do you describe the relationship? >> he's the president. he's the president. i work with the president. in delivering on our promises. >> joining us now, cnn senior political reporter nia-malika henderson. politics reporter chris cillizza. as we watch all of this play out, i f

donald trump or ted cruz?remember the latest polling but trump is doing pretty well in texas. better than most states. he's still -- it's pretty even. sometimes he's a little under water. i think it depaendsends on who as ask. how likely it for beto's campaign and how worried is the ted cruz campaign there's enough unlikely voters who have not been polled who will show up on election day for beto o'rourke. >> you worry right up until the race is called. right now it's a 7-9 point race. i'm told it's probably closer to 12. i don't know. we'll see what happens. it looks pretty solid for ted now. beto was a very unusual candidate. he positioned himself very well. many people don't know is-elected the same year that ted cruz was elected. people look at him like he was a barista at a starbucks who ran against ted cruz. he's won a very interesting, creative and good campaign. he gave ted a run for his money. >> lots of people are camped out for early voting across the country including in texas. there's a place in h

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here's how he spoke about ted cruz earlier today. >> what is he now? >> beautiful ted, i call him texas ted. >> texas ted. >> it just goes to show you that politics isn't necessarily based on loyalty or friendship. it's based upon expediency and situational awareness, and ted cruz is very aware that he needs the backing of donald trump specifically in texas, he does -- beto o'rourke came out of nowhere to give ted cruz a challenge. the fact that you have the president of the united states going into ruby red texas when republicans are trying to pick up seats in indiana, of wfr. holden, tennessee. >> i'm not shocked by cruz and trump getting together. remember, barack obama ran radio ads that aired, hillary clinton cannot be trusted with foreign policy. then he made her the secretary of state on foreign policy. he also said hillary clinton -- >> foreign policy is not -- >> he also said, she will say anything to get elected. i'm barack obama, vote for me. the idea that somehow this is shocking, that two republicans come together. they all do it. >> this i

shame on you, ted cruz. >> god bless you, ma'am. >> shame on you, ted cruz. shame on you, ted cruz!or ted cruz being heckled by protesters angry about his support of brett kavanaugh. in spite of the sexual allegations against kavanaugh. and it's not the first time that senator ted cruz has taken heat for it. >> we believe survivors. we believe survivors. we believe survivors. > excuse me. let my wife through. >> we believe survivors. we believe survivors. we believe survivors. we believe survivors. >> a crowd of chanting protesters drove cruz and his wife heidi out of a washington, d.c. restaurant friday. just ask mitch mcconnell if these are backfiring? >> our base is fired up. we finally discovered the one thing that would fire up the republican base. the virtual mob that's assaulted all of us in the course of this process has turned our base on fire. >> so, is that what this is all about, firing up the base? let's discuss now. adam is back. alice and aman da. you work if ted cruz this is the sektd time in three weeks he's been confronted like this in public. he had a good respons

they lined up two days ago and it's very exciting. >> but why does ted cruz need your help? >> oh, i think ted will be a big factor tonight. he's going to get up, he's going to make a great speech. i'm going to get up, i'm going to make a great speech. are most of you going? you're not going? i can't believe it. you're not going to be there tonight. that's terrible. [ inaudible question ] >> beto o'rourke is now calling him lyin' ted. you started that. >> i think beto o'rourke is highly overrated. when i heard about him, i thought he must be something special, he's not. i think he's a highly overrated guy. [ inaudible question ] say it? >> have you buried the hatchet with senator cruz? >> oh, i have. ted and i get along very well. very late into the campaign, i said, don't worry about it, it's only a question of time, and then it became very nasty, and then it was over. and when it was over, we've gotten along great. no, i like ted. if you remember, he was the last one that we really had -- i mean, i went very late into the campaign. we actually held a rally together late int

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former presidential rival senator ted cruz. >> he is not lion ted anymore. he is beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. lou: beautiful texas ted and the president of the united states on stage tonight. we will be bringing you all of the news for what promises to be an important event in attaining night of politics. ed rollins is with us tonight and is there any limit on presidential power as president trump threatens to deal with the onslaught of tens of thousands of central american migrants if they reach our border. president trump says that mexico doesn't act responsibly the president will sentry to the board to stop the caravan that would clearly overwhelm our borders and less the president does take action. here's a take on the issues of presidential authority and how we as a nation can react to this national emergency and how we can fix our broken borders and disastrous immigration laws former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy one of the greatest legal minds in the country and showed the gym above. also tonight this promises to be an extraordinary hour. we turn first to the

clinging to him for ted cruz's own political survival. and the only reason -- the other reason donald trump had to go to texas tonight is because ted cruz's campaign is facing beto o'rourke, and it is -- it is trouble because ted cruz obvious spinelessness and especially as i said because of his opponent beto o'rourke. >> the pettiness, the division, the hatred, the polarization, our confidence, our strength, our big heart, our willingness to see past the differences and come together, that's what's going to allow us not only to win this election on the 6th of november, but to deliver every single day for the next six years for every single one of us to meet these very high expectations. and we are standing by and for one another. you all ready to win? >> joining our discussion now, eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prizewinning winner for "the washington post," and jennifer palmerry. and eugene, who does beto o'rourke remind you of. there were other reporters around and everybody immediately started talking about who he remi

the president took the stage at a rally in houston, texas on behalf of senator ted cruz. s speaking. this is a high-profile mid-term election in texas. he is neck and neck with baton rouge. -- beto o'rourke. we will continue to listen in. >> to all of my friends in the lone star state, a special place. thank you very much for

, with the words of president trump. >> in the case of lyin' ted cruz, lyin ted. oh, he lies. you know ted. he brings the bible, holds it high, puts it down, lies. >> ted cruz is for ted cruz. he's dishonest. it's why the president called him "lyin' ted," and it's why the nickname stuck, because it's true. >> reporter: cruz is leading in the polls, but o'rourke is hauling in the cash. a staggering $38 million in just three months. he's cultivated a nice guy image in these behind the scenes iphone campaign videos. o'rourke skateboarding and air drumming through the drive through. but now, as he sharpens his attacks, cruz is changing his tone, too. the conservative firebrand now calling for americans to come together. >> there is a loss of civility. there is an anger. there is a rage on the far-left that is really frightening. you know, the images -- hold on, let me answer. don't interrupt me, jason. the images of -- >> whoa. >> a left-wing mob beating on the doors oft.cour that's not good for our country. we can disagree while treating each other with respect, whil

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texas senator ted cruz. now it's, you know, texas ted.he contrast could not have been greater. so let's discuss now. chris cillizza, ana navarro, and bill burton. funny we went from lyin' ted to texas ted. good evening, everybody. good to see you. ana, so president obama avoided mentioning trump by name today, but he did take some shots. watch this. >> they tell us that order and security is going to be restored as long as we don't let those people take over. the people who don't look like us or sound like us or pray like we do. they start talking about real americans as if some of us aren't real americans. no, no, no. it's an old playbook. and you see that the closer we get to election day, the more you're seeing folks resort to that. >> it sounds like, ana, a pretty direct attack on trump's fearmongering and what many see as race baiting. >> well, look, you know, there's been an unspoken agreement of sorts among presidents, in the club of presidents, of not attacking each other. the previous ones not attacking the succeeding ones. so wh

got to vote for ted cruz. democrats -- the democrats are a big risk to the american family and our country cannot afford to take those kind of risks. this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts, and common sense. >> so, i mean, bill, he's vilifying democrats as a big risk to the american family, blaming them for the caravan. is he playing to the base? and if he does -- i'm sure that's what he's doing, but does that make sense? >> first of all, the man needs some help with his alliteration. i don't think he even knows that kavanaugh doesn't start with a "c." but that aside, yes, this is exactly what he's trying to do. he's trying to play to people's fears and make this race about what is it you're most afraid of as opposed to what you saw president obama do today, which is look at who's on your side in these elections. they're all choices. if you look across the country, there's 60 or 70 competitive house races and even right here in california, there's a half dozen races that a

but i asked ted cruz if there was any bad blood between the two.id look, we have to work together. but there's not reason he says that is because he needs trump supporters to win the election. one white house official i talked to today said the president believes he and he alone could perhaps overturn the trajectory of that blue democratic wave. we'll find out in 15 days. >> just a reminder to the experts here and the folks at home, it's not just president trump having attacks on ted cruz himself. he suggested that cruz's father may have been involved in the kennedy assassination, which of course he was not. does it surprise you that you have this trump campaigning for cruz and cruz embracing him? >> i mean it's comical to watch. but i want to make a serious point. the great emasculation of trump, and i use one-time supporters, i think is a bigger picture is telling a story of the great amass of -- to see ted cruz, chris christy was the first, rand paul, turn tail and adore a person that you know fundamentally they don't trust, they dislike, they d

and if the polls show -- if it goes the way history has shown, it could be ted cruz. >> ted cruz will be campaigning with president trump. the two have had a tumultuous history to put it mildly. watch this. >> lyin' ted. >> the man cannot tell the truth but he combines it with big a narcissist. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> donald does one of four things -- he yells, screams, curses or insults. >> i think he's crazy. honestly i think he's crazy. >> donald you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> what happened, dana? is that water under the bridge right now? they'll be campaigning together. >> it has been at least in publ public. you heard beto o'rourke's add, he's questioning cruz's manhood saying how can you do this, how can you support a president who said these things about your wife, never mind your father. that is an example of how o'rourke has changed tactics in the past week to where he is becoming more of a traditional politician. he did accuse ted cruz of being l

trump. >> for ted cruz. lyin' ted. >> raised by a strong hard-working mother and a proud legal immigrant father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? >> a senator who is respected by all members of congress. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> ted cruz tells it like it is. >> this guy is a liar. >> he can't do it because he doesn't know how to tell the truth. >> senator ted cruz, a true american. >> he was done in canada! >> paid for by cruz for senate. >> i'm ted cruz and i approve this message. >> this guy will say anything. [ applause ] >> from a real ross and rachel type situation there. ted cruz has a narrow lead right now over his opponent beto o'rourke, and here's just a question for those of you in texas. whatever side you're on, democrat, republican, doesn't matter. imagine how hilarious it will be if ted cruz is forced to kiss his bully's ass in front of the

ted cruz has become a friend of mine.want to commend the president in the white house. i think we're moving towards a win-win solution on this. >> president trump and senator ted cruz will share the stage tomorrow as they try to fend off congressman beto o'rourke. it seems they have buried the hatchet and to be fair, it was a pretty big hatchet. >> lyin' ted. holds that bible high and puts it down and then he lies. >> the man is utterly amoral. >> i think he's crazy. honestly, i think he's crazy. >> this man is a path loologica level and a narcissist at a level i don't think this country has ever seen. >> we have to put him away tomorrow. >> donald, you're a sniffling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> ted cruz telling "the dallas morning news," bygones are bygones and it was a long time. >> it does feel like a long time. >> your reaction, there's inherent craftsmen to this, the indignities and the way ted cruz stood up for himself and for his wife. what do you make of this? >> you have to fall in line if you want

lyin' ted cruz. he's lyin' ted. he's no good, i'm telling you. sitiostrophe. >> then trump suggesting cruz's father was somehow linked to the assassination of jfk. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >> and going after cruz's wife, heidi, threatening in a tweet to, quote, spill the beans on her. and then retweeting this unflattering photo, comparing her to melania. >> it is no the acceptable for a big, loud new york bully to attack my wife. 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 sniffling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> which led to this at the republican national convention. >> god bless each and every one of you. and god bless the united states of america. >> what you heard there at the moment was senator cruz getting booed at the republican national convention, because he did not explicitly endorse donald trump for president during his speech. but we're in a different period now. that w

look at this. >> someone left a note on my door the other day, is ted cruz

. >> embracing senator ted cruz. >> endorsing ted cruz. >> giving a full-throated endorsement to ted ( applause ) >> i'm donald trump. and i must tell you one thing about ted cruz, i have never, ever met a person that lies more than ted cruz. ( cheers )n the great liars ofl time. we call him "liin ted, liin ted." he holds the bible high and then he lies. >> he truly does lie. and he lies badly. and you know what? that's what i do! vote

got to vote for ted cruz.eering] democrats are a big risk to the american family and our country. we cannot afford to take those kind of risks. this will be the election of the , kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts, and common sense. [cheering] ted opponent in this race is a stone cold phony. [booing] he pretends to be a moderate. he is actually a radical open borders left winger. i know texas well. do not forget, they tried to convince you on election night that texas is in play. remember the lies? you, i think the lies are bigger tonight than two years ago. because i produced. [cheering] because i produced. tonight and bigger it is easier. , i had to say, people give you tax cuts, cut regulations. it was all words. now i have produced so this is easily. [cheering] in fact, some of those guys will say i produced more than i promised, which is true. which is true, actually. orville -- over voted against the tax cuts and went against tax cuts with job killing regulations and taxes that were really hurting jobs a

he was calling ted cruz lying ted. he was going after ted cruz's wife.ruz' dad and now you have a guy tweeting in favor of ted cruz heading to houston to back him. the donald trump really what you think ted cruz needs and wants right now? >> i think what ted cruz needs and republicans across the state of texas and all across the country need are turn out. you can say this is unfortunate. you can have a different opinion on it but the reality is where we are today in most of these races is it's a turn out game. there's very few people remaining who are actually persuaded by the arguments being made and in the state of texas, the liberal positions of beto rork a o'rourke and he needs to win this race. president trump does help with turn out. >> abby, where do you see this race going in these last 20 days before election day? >> it's been very stable in the high single digits. i think this is cruz's race to lose. he's in the driver's position. i don't have a handle on who will turn out. these polls are indicative. for right now i would bet money cruz is goi

this is lyin' ted cruz. >> reporter: president trump insisted today the two had buried the hatchet. >> to me he's not lyin' ted any more. he's beautiful ted. >> reporter: but all those insults took a toll. the houston chronicle endorsed o o'rourke friday despite backing cruz in 2012. the paper cited o'rourke's command of issues that matter to the state and faulted cruz's, quote, repellent personality. o'rourke's personality and his refusal to move to the right have made him a progressive icon. >> even school teachers, we will support you. we'll make sure that you're paid a living wage. >> overseas it is day one of the big investment conference in saudi arabia. but the murder of jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in turkey has cast a paul over the gathering and a flood of cancellations. meanwhile there is new evidence of a saudi cover up. holly williams reports from turkey. >> reporter: what appears to be a surveillance video seems to show this man walking into the saudi consulate around 11:00 a.m. on october 2nd, two hours before jamal khashoggi entered the building and then l

vote for ted cruz. >> i'm ted cruz. donald, you're a sniffling coward. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert."an, , stepom "pod save america" and charlamagne tha god featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: come on! wooo! hello! how are you? beautiful! thank you, sir. hey, everybody! oh, oh, what a lovely crowd. what a lovely crowd right he. welcomo " i'm ur host, ste sid a lovely crowd. as of tonight, the midterm elections are just two weeks away, so if you're going to quit america, you got to put in your notice now. otherwise, you have to stay here and you have to vote. ( cheers and applause ) no excuses! got to. got to. >> jon: yeah, you got to. >> stephen: of course, on election night, you guys know, "the late show" will be live. from the ed sullivan theater ( cheers and applause ) they're excited! they're excited! i'm excited. we'll have a ticker down here. we're going to have actual ele

o'rourke trails ted cruz by five points in the latest polling. a super pack released this ad directed by an oscar nominee attacking cruz. >> somebody left open my door the other dash ted cruz, tough as texas. if somebody called my wife a dog and sad my daddy was in on the kennedy assassination, i wouldn't be kissing their ass. you stick a finger in their crest and give them a few choice words or you drag their ass out by the wood shed and kick their ass, ted. come on, ted. >> joining me now is texas congressman and democratic senate candidate beto o'rourke. congressman, i should be clear you do not approve of that message. that is an independent group spending on your behalf. we're running this one with people. no packs, no spreshl interests, no outside interests, going to everyone in the 254 counties of texas, today at texas southern university here in houston, after that at rice, yesterday at lone star community college, we are with people who have been counted out or written off, young people not expected to vote, we're with them so when when

caller: ted cruz not only is a hypocrite. first, he insulted the president because the president insulted his wife and father. now he is going to get the president to come with him to help him? a bunch of liars. host: thank you, rosie. guest: i think what rosie is describing is an interesting trend in texas. there is polling in texas that suggests there are voters like -- that like ted cruz when he stands apart from president trump and there are voters that like president trump. there do not seem to be many republican voters who like both. that is tricky because ted cruz has to be able to get those trump voters. i do think ted cruz ultimately will pull this out, but i think he will not have as big a win as he ought to because he has that strange dynamic he has to deal with and he has an opponent that raised a heck of a lot of money. i don'tnd of the day, think this will look like wendy davis versus greg abbott. i think this will be different and it will show that democrats are making inroads in texas. part of the reason it wi

ted cruz linking up with -- timing, come on. if somebody called my wife the dog, said my daddy was in on the kennedy assassination, i would be kissing there as. you give him a few choice words. or you drag there asked out by the woodshed and kick there asked, ted. come on. , ted. guest: i think that's one of the best ads of the cycle. it's negative even know he delivers these lines with a smile on his face. it's not very often that you are watching a 32nd political had and you're wishing it's a 62nd. guest: it's a fantastic at no matter what. i think just about everybody laughed at that. it is one of those answers where the message is so effective because voters don't realize that they are being delivered a political message. it's not until you start thinking about it later that the ad hits you at a gut level. it is not an intellectual message. is at an emotional level and the best advertising there is. guest: when you think about a political campaign, you break it down, performance attributes, did they do their job well? does h

we need a leader to stop the chaos at the border. >> this one gets tons of attention because ted cruz ran for president. liberals don't like cruz -- republicans don't like ted cruz, but all the money, all the attention, you look at the polling numbers and it looks like three weeks out texas is texas. that's not a huge margin phenomenon cruz, but he's ahead. >> one of the interesting things was talking to people on both sides of this on the national level saying if we're spending money, if you're a republican and you're a national group spending money in texas, you have a lot bigger problems than whether you're going to win north dakota or hold tennessee. like you're in a world of hurt. that seems to line up. same on the democratic side. if the national party is spending in texas. texas doesn't align like that despite other groups that have tried to turn it blue. it's not there yet, and we don't know when it's going to be there. i continue to think -- i know everybody is focussed on this and the candidates, and they're two candidates to pay attention. whether it's o'roarke's money or t

the gloves come off in texas, ted cruz and o'rourke sparring. what happened, ed?porter: good morning, alisyn. the newest cnn poll shows ted cruz is up over o'rourke by ten points, but that's not a lot here in texas. with three weeks left in the texas senate campaign, o'rourke left behind the nice-guy approach, and the goal was to draw a starker contrast between himself and the republican senator, and it shows o'rourke's rise is stalling out. >> he will not be honest with you. he's dishonest. that's why the president called him lyin' ted. >> it's clear his pollsters have told him to come out on the attack, and that's fine, but john adam's famously said, facts are stubborn things. >> there's stark contrasts between issues, and the affects the tax cuts will have on the federal budget deficit. this debate was the last time both candidates would share a stage before election day, a final chance to deliver face-to-face political jabs. >> congressman o'rourke sides with liberal extremist on the national level instead of the people of texas, and the jobs in texas. >> you

ted cruz and beto o'rourke. lying ted cruz. beautiful ted cruz. that ted cruz. also the proposal for a 10% tax cut that he first was going to do before congress was even in session. that he now says is going to happen after the midterms. those will be covered next. ♪ place, the xfinity xfi gateway. and it's strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. >> shepard: two topics left from lyin' ted to beautiful ted. giving the president a new nickname. the president on his way to campaign for ted cruz. 15 days away from midterm elections could change which party controls either or both houses of congress. we will see. get back to jean cummings now deputy bureau chief for the "wall street journal" fox news parent company share common ownership. nothing new for a complete flip flop by any politician of any stripe. we have been watching this for a long time. the last cycle we pointed ou

this is 2018 ted cruz, doing what 2016 cruz would find unthinkable, asking trump to save his career intate of texas. rarely do you see a politician's claims diluted in the span of one election system. >> the man is a pathological liar. donald is a sore loser. is proud of being a serial fi landrer. i'm very glad the president is coming down. let me say in particular, don, thank you for your father standing up in the face of that hatred that is directed at president trump. >> cruz shouting out president trump and his family there, a total opposite of how trump treated cruz, defaming his father by accusing him of murdering a president, and launching sexist attacks on cruz's wife and unloading on cruz himself. >> he's a nasty guy, nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know them. you are the single biggest liar. you are probably worse than jeb bush. lying ted. holds that bible high, puts it down and lies. i think he's crazy. >> critics say tonight's rally reveals two things about cruz. politically, he's in trouble with a close race with b

, once his better rival. >> ted cruz, i call him lying ted cruz. 's lying ted. >> reporter: months of attacks that included then candidate trump falsely accusing cruz' father of being involved in the kennedy assassination and mocking the appearance of his wife heidi. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> reporter: times have changed and so has the president's tune. >> to me, he's not lying ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. t i call him tex. >> reporter: the two now unlikely allies fighting to hold on to power in washington with mr. to fend off a tough challeng democratic upstart beto oc'rourke. with early voting d.nderway, texans are energi >> i think you have energy on both sides. no doubt. we would be stupid to think you're not goi h e a lot of energy on the left. >> reporter: in a boost for the president, our latest nbc newsall street journal poll shows his approval rating is at %, that's two points higher than former president obama d at is point in 2010 just before democrats got badly beaten in the midterms. les

ted cruz and i had a very nasty, tough campaign. very competitive. >> jesse: overrated o'rourke and beautiful ted. >> dana: he was trying something out there and he said texas ted. he wants the alliteration. i don't think i would've gone with overrated or work. i would've gone with beto. it's an interesting topic. >> greg: beto male or just call him the master. >> jesse: i have no idea. >> greg: really good at his job. >> juan: it's too late. >> dana: i've got it. >> juan: lying ted is going nowhere. he has regrets. he is wanting to live in the moment and say beautiful ted. get out of here. >> lawrence: the problem with beto is that he's running a national campaign. texas hates that. the fact that he wants to make it a social media campaign and appeal to a national politics, he doesn't understand texas. >> juan: oh, imagine donald trump running a social media campaign. >> lawrence: he is the president. you are making the point. >> jesse: saying that i hear texas is its own country. up next, a massive migrant caravan headed to the u.

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we begin with a fox news alert, donald trump at a campaign rally with senator ted cruz. the president said the blue wave is dissipating and he is enjoying the highest paul numbers of his presidency. we talk about that with britt human the midterms just two weeks away the president shifted his focus immigration including tough talk on the migrant caravan heading to the us from central america, 7000, some say much more, strong and growing, donald trump says blame the democrats and who is part of the caravan. the new york times claims transgender could be defined out of existence by the trump administration. a lot more, we investigate what the administration isn't isn't planning to do. we begin with kristin fisher live in houston, the scene of the latest m aga rally. >> this was quite a rally today, two years ago no one would've believe donald trump would be campaigning for senator ted cruz, lying ted but now donald trump has a new nickname for him, texas ted, he debuted it beating the white house on the way here to houston and when he walks on the stage tonight inside impa