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Supreme court? i think the growing impression over and over is that he was not completely forth right in his testimony. >> peter baker, as you cover this president, i know it is not lost on you that every so often this white house follows the book of presidential behavior. for all the times they dont, and one of the things that presidents do or avoid is opening the door to a plan b, a backup choice for a big nomination, a big job. the president avoided that today. he continued to support his guy...

I think the growing impression over and over is that he was not completely forthright in his testimony. >> peter baker, as you cover this president, i know it is not lost on you that every so often this white house follows the book of presidential behavior. for all the times they dont, and one of the things that presidents do or avoid is opening the door to a plan b, a backup choice for a big nomination, a big job. the president avoided that today. he continued to support his guy tonight at the ...

And one of the things that presidents do or avoid is opening the door to a plan b, a backup choice for a big nomination, a big job. the president avoided that today. he continued to support his guy tonight at the rally in tennessee. behind the scenes we all know there is a white board and there are backup names. there always are during this kind of selection process. so talk to me about the degree of confidence you are sensing in your contacts with those in the west wing. >> he did, in fact, avo...

That with respect to trump and cruz? >> second choice is a question that we always turn to because anything can happen, anything can change. kind of knowing what the backup choice is there. so many things in this poll show ted cruz and donald trump being kind of shadow images of each other. they have many of the same characteristics it is hard to separate them. there is not parody when it comes to second choice. 47% of trump supporters would vote for cruz as second choice. it is only 25% of dona...

To the young. this whole experience question is in a sense i think irrelevant. hes not running against barack obama, hes running against other republicans. hes going to win against hillary clinton who would win an experience argument hands-down. but shes framing the debate in a different way. her question is who stands up for the middle class. who stands up for everyday americans. this is a guy, as you point out whos against the minimum wage. he has a tax plan that massively redistributes wealth...

Will allow firing squad as a method of execution. it would be used only as a backup choice if no lethal drugs are available. opponents say firing squads are barbaric, the aclu of utah says it makes the state look back ward and back woods. now to that deadly construction accident in north carolina. three workers killed when scaffolding collapsed at this building in downtown raleigh. osha is now looking in to possible safety violations. heres abcs steve osunsami. >> fire and ems. 500 fayettevill...

Warring republicans sat together. mitt romney is the backup choice to ron paul. paul-romn paul-romney? 2012? probably not. then you have chris christie, and he ties for third place with gary johnson. and sarah palin isnt even on the board. wait. back up. whos gary johnson and how the hell did he finish third? hes a libertarian or an old school conservative, whatever you want to call it. but hes for gay rights and legalizing pot. and he beat out sarah palin, mike huckabee and even establishment h...