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Now to the summit going on in washington d.c.. i think it is former education secretary addressing the group. indeed it is. from ronald reagan. he was a big conservative icon. mike pence is going to be addressing the group a little later on. today, tony perkins and also he knows a thing or two about how all of this is going down. the crosscurrents over potential supreme court justice, under fire. and so much more happening concurrently. tony, good to have you. >> good morning, how are you? >> ...

Self polls. pete: beto orourke is tough candidate in tough year of republicans. >> having said that, gravity of texas, it is republican state that tends to support the president. a lot of people in texas are maybe uncomfortable with senator cruz because of some things he said or way he treated the president in 2016 or something else. at the end of the day, when the election getsç closer, im goig to put aside those concerns. pete: interesting crosscurrents at play but ultimately it consolidates...

Violent protest breaks out in the nations capital over rising gas prices. u.s. airlines canceled all flights leaving some americans stranded, including a number of missionary groups. the government has since suspended the fuel price hike. >> bill: awaiting president trump to await his choice to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. it will happen at 9:00 east coast time tonight. some democrats getting ready for tough questioning arguing anyone he selects would help roll back abortion rights....

Crosscurrents, the communications that i was involved with by the various groups lobbying for or against the four finalists. one of the deciding factors in the presidents decision. i could be wrong. well know in 12 hours, was confirmability. and senator mitch mcconnell the republican leader on the senate said to him well have issues with judge barrett and judge kavanaugh that we wont have with the other two. >> bill: suggesting republicans would have a problem. >> yes, concerned about the percep...

Its almost like dating. its complicated and theres enthusiasm on the democratic side and the economys in a great position and voters are crediting trump more and more about that. it means that six months out, its always hard to make predictions and i think we know that there will be crosscurrents that will be tough to make substantive predictions until we get to election day. >> do not bring your dating status into this segment. >> i didnt say mine. >> we will go way, way, over time. >> its not ...

Tom dupree, former justice department official. dow at 293 points. if its worried about the crosscurrents, not exactly showing it. "the five" is next. whoooo. when it comes to travel, i sweat the details.

Nobody cares about. >> jesse: thats why we are doing it on "the five." >> dana: i think a lot of people do care about it. >> greg: a few important people. >> dana: interesting crosscurrents. the left is mad at facebook because they are saying facebook helped president trump. the right is magic facebook for the either reality or the perception of the suppression of conservative viewpoints based on the algorithm that has suppressed the amount of conservative news you might get in your feed. the so...

Mentioned, the democratic candidate is kind of cute. and the republican candidate this kind of a frumpy guy. that adds into the mix. i dont think that in a race like this with so many crosscurrents for an election they said its going to be repeated come fall, that you can draw that many conclusions from it. if the democrats win, they will claim theyve got the momentum for a huge blue wave in the fall. if the republicans managed to hold the seat with the president having come in over the weekend ...

Lets not have a chance to have a hearing. lets just lynch him. when we get done lynching him, well be so pure. >> hes unwilling to fight for his reputation. i happen to think this is a bad decision. and i pretty much dont agree with him on anything. this was a crass political ploy. democrats dumping franken overboard because now that they can claim, hey, the moral high ground for 2018 and pursue allegations against donald trump and roy moore. >> yeah. so, again, some interesting crosscurrents ye...

Leadership, far left. and hes got the republican establishment on top of which mitch mcconnell sets. mitch mcconnell and to some extent paul ryan, i would say in the united states today we actually have a three party situation. weve got democrats, republicans, and then we got donald trump. what is happening out in the republican party, the reason donald trump became the nominee and was ultimately elected was he was able to maximize and exploit these extraordinary crosscurrents happening in the u...