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Republican senate nominee don balance duck. chances of defeating magsy hassan. the decision comes as new hampshire republicans have suddenly become united. cnnsgoria borger has that. >> repo . >> new hampshire, home to the first the presidential primaries and now home to a crucial senate race. attracting voters with fiercely held views. >> i mean, who doesnt want to make america great? >> reporter: thats the goal, of course. but watching republicans try to unify this election season is like watc...

Incumbent governor with a senate candidate calling for a new breed of outsiders. >> what would you call yourself? >> were patriots. >> reporter: thats retired general don bolden who narrowly won a packed primary as a border protecting and election denying conservative. >> the establishment has become the problem and people want a solution to that. >> reporter: what exactly is the republican problem? >> theyre not audacious enough, aggressive enough. >> trump was like a hand grenade into the part...

System. what you are talking about right now, it seems like you are saying that the democracy we are currently living in doesnt work, it is broken, which calls for foundational change. but you are not a foundational change candidate. why are you not a candidate calling for medicare for all like some of the other candidates? why are you not a candidate coming out there and saying we need to fix washington, and in order to fix it we have got to change it from the ground up? why are you still so in...

Every other 2020 candidate calling for buybacks, and quitting beto orourke, who insist that texans actually really like the idea. >> even from those texans who own ar-15s, they told me this themselves, i dont need this. i dont need it to hunt or protect myself. it was fun to use. i like taking it out to the range. but if getting this back or cutting it to pieces or selling it to the government helps to keep us safe, then by all means, lets do it. >> martha: here now, michael knowles, and juan wi...

Across the country. >> i want to bring in a former member of the crowded 2020 democratic field, california congressman eric swalwell. good to see you. thanks for being here. >> good afternoon. thanks for having me back. >> you just heard what a lot of your former rivals are saying about gun control. heres what you told me back in june when you were still running for president. >> and i stood today in front of gun violence survivors, trauma surgeons, community leaders, people from chicago, housto...

How do you envision that in states? >> keep your pistols and rifles and shotguns, but we can take the most dangerous weapons from the most dangerous people. we have the nra on the ropes because of moms and march for our lives and brady group. im the only candidate calling for a ban and buy back of every assault weapon in america. i have seen the plans of the other candidates. they would leave 15 million assault weapons in the communities and wouldnt do a thing to save a single in parkland. i wil...

Unique position. you are proposing that the government should buy back every assault weapon in america and it should be mandatory. how do you envision that in states? >> keep your pistols and rifles and shotguns, but we can take the most dangerous weapons from the most dangerous people. we have the nra on the ropes because of moms and march for our lives and brady group. im the only candidate calling for a ban and buy back of every assault weapon in america. i have seen the plans of the other ca...

Too many are running in place and not seeing it add up to anything. its going to take the next generation to address these issues. im the only candidate calling for a ban. i did a city tour across america. >> i was just on the south side of chicago, in baltimore, houston and see block by block that our failure to invest there has caused a lot of violence that a background check or an assault weapons ban wont address. those folks are not asking for a crime bill, they want someone whos going to br...

Finally, my top priority, my top priority is to believe that we can end gun violence in america. we can honor the emmanuel 9 and every person in every city whose name we never heard and whose story was never told by taking action, and believing that your right, your right to hug your kids when they come home, your right to dance at a concert, laugh at a theater, pray at a mosque, a church and a synagogue is greater than any other right in the constitution. so lets pass background checks on every...

Students and the parents picked themselves up and they organized. and they marched. and you told them you had their back. and they beat 17 nra-endorsed members of congress. we did that. so as president -- as president, im not going to negotiate down anymore. im going to negotiate up. so, yes, well pass background checks. we already did that in the house. ill come here to georgia. im going to help you elect a senator so we can pass it in the senate. im the only candidate calling for a ban and buy...