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the general election. plus, republicans in north carolinas 11th congressional district run out of patience with madison cawthorn as trumps pick in that race is voted out. well break down those results. and speaking in the wake of the buffalo tragedy, president biden vowed to, quote, expose those who use power and prestige to spread hate. but the question this morning, will he name names? ♪♪ good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, may 18th. im jonathan lemi...

♪ ♪ it is the top of the hour. im brianna keilar with boris sanchez in washington. wolf blitzer is live from tel aviv. intense talks are under way to try to extend the truce between israel and hamas. here in just hours the current deal is set to expire. >> we want to show you some video with a red cross convoy entering the rafah crossing. this, as we wait for hamas to release in the group of hostages today. wolf? >> as these critical talks continue, we know the top u.s. hostage e...

Runner, first-time candidate for office, but she has come on strong. she has a great story to tell. a former marine combat pilot. who really broke ground for women in the armed services. taking on a candidate with more establishment backing who got actually recruited, the former mayor of lexington, kentucky, recruited to run by the establishment. that is a race we will see whether a new woman candidate does well. and whether the energy is with the establishment or some more grassroots candidates...

>> eboni: she did. >> the fbi director james comey for doing things that she felt undermines security. >> eric: there are us that think she overstepped her bounds. >> she went to general flynn for lying to the vice president. we would have never known. >> eboni: eric, let me push back on this, too. if you are saying that some the leaks that may or may not be in the white house or greater executive board are obama foldovers why at some point doesnt the president say forget it, gut them out if tha...

>> what about marco rubio resonate in this discussion? >> marco rubio is a strong candidate because he has a lot of establishment backing, which cruz does not. he called mitch mcconnell who is the leader in the senate, a -- this a man whats disliked not only in the republican party, but in the democratic party. >> ted cruz launched his cam pane at iowa university. i was there to cover it for to the blaze. this was an audience that they liked him and he showed this comfort level in an evangelical...

Major unions have not endorsed a candidate yet. how big is that union backing for someone in the democratic party to win and make it to the general? >> its a big deal. you can win without big union backing. but youve got to win a piece of that. youve got to be competitive. very important constituency in democratic primaries. they provide a lot of the grass roots, foot soldiers, go out there and help you win the vote and get voters to polls and primary states. and look, you know, we dont have to ...

Staff or something like that? she doesnt have a lot of endorsements. she doesnt have big gains -- >> faction -- >> the establishment backing her is not the issue. >> but what she also does not have is younger people that are coming in to support her. and that is not there. you look at the interesting, that is going to bernie sanders. i think thats a problem for hillary clinton. passionate voters vote. >> okay. >> and those that are not so totally on somebody do not show up, and that is going to ...

Endorsements. thats not right. the establishment backing her is not the issue. >> what she also does not have is younger people coming in to support her. that is not there. you look 59 the interest and that is going to bernie sanders. thats a problem for hillary clinton. passionate voters vote. those that are not, did not show up. that is going to be a problem. >> there is a 12-point enthusiasm gap between sanders at the top and clinton below. lets take a break. none other than donald trump. hig...

Candidate who really didnt have much or any establishment backing. so it all depends on how you interpret elections and people tend to see what they want to see in the returns. >> mark preston, for bill de blasio, apparently hes a red sox fan. how is that going to wash with "the new yorker"s? >> he wants to be part of red sox nation, hes been part of red sox nation. whats so refreshing is him talking am his love for the red sox, knowing its not going to play well with the voters. thats a sense o...

The republican establishment in certainly the business community thats become alienated to some degree from the tea party will see both of these elections in virginia and alabama as a repudiation of the tea party. i can already tell just by watching twitter, the twitter feed, that tea party representatives and tea party members see it very differently. they think that ken cuccinelli was way behind. but because he refocused on tea party principles and particularly attacking obama care in the last...