coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> just a little, you know, trip down memory lane for you. so when we watch these two share a stage tonight, what will happen? jim acosta certainly saw his fair share of that rivalry during the 2016 campaign. number one, great to see you in person. >> you, too. >> first of all, there's a lot of back and forth, lyin' ted, and ted cruz push back, but at the end of the day, this is politics and these are two men who want to get things done. should we be that surprised? >> and apparently a few moments ago, the president, when he was on his way out to this rally in houston, he was asked about ted cruz and now he says ted cruz is beautiful ted, according to the pool reports that are coming out from the white house press corps who were there for this departure. listen, this is all politics, of course. i remember during the campaign when ted cruz was at the republican national convention, almost trying to slam the brakes on a donald trump nomination. but, you know, what donald trump has found is that hays got a