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I think its a big concern. see going forward, one thing we know, donald trump will turn on a dime and come out with a new position. >> hes already said if strange loses, ill be there for moore. this poll came out from emerson, they found something interesting looking ahead to general election. moore leads the democrats in their poll by nine points more than strange does. what i think that might be getting at, talk nationally about roy moore as lightning rod figure, strange as establishment choic...

Today the u.s. has not given up find ago diplomatic solution. >> we will continue our efforts in the diplomate fik arena, but all of our military options is on the table. and once we can assess the nature of this threat, the president will make a decision regarding the appropriate actions. >> reporter: a mid the rising threat from north korea. >> russia is fake news. >> reporter: the president taking to twitter to reprize his long running complaints about the russia probe. writing the russia hoa...

There about throwing his endorsement behind him because this is a mitch mcconnell-backed candidate. this is the establishment choice. so, you could imagine the scenario where if luther strange doesnt do well, trump then points the finger at mitch mcconnell. we have seen him be upset with the health care battle and wouldnt be surprised if it takes a turn for that. this has been a race about who can endear himself to donald trump and be that voice in washington, which a lot of voters feel have bee...

>> yeah. i mean, glen da, one of the sort of glaring things that came out of the dnc race not only that tom perez won and he was the establishment choice, he was the person that the sort of writ large establishment preferred and of course he won. but also black women did not wind up in the leadership at least that we could see. theyre saying they have a c.o.o. i think whos a black woman. but the key staff positions did not go to black women. do you get the sense that the party understands that t...

I mean, glen da, one of the sort of glaring things that came out of the dnc race not only that tom perez won and he was the establishment choice, he was the person that the sort of writ large establishment preferred but also black women did not wind up in the leadership at least that we could see. theyre saying they have a c.o.o. i think that is a black woman, but the key staff positions did not go to black women. do you get the sense that the party understands that that might have been a mistak...

Same way all of us did, via the presidents twitter feed. laura is joining us now. what can you tell us about christopher wray and the reaction to his nomination? >> wolf, the praise so far has been nearly universal. everyone from his old boss john ashcroft to other candidates say this is a person with integrity, whip smart, someone who puts justice before politics. while rwray never worked in the fbi, this is an establishment choice. he was a yale law grad, served as a top official leading the c...

The media construct of the first 100 days benchmark because he watches television. he is planning an event around that to tout all of the things he accomplished. at the top of the list is number one the confirmation of neil gorsuch. that was done by mitch mcconnell. the most establishment republican in town. this is donald trump the anti-establishment firebrand who would come to washington and drain the swamp and change the way things worked. not yet. >> david gregory. >> i think neil gorsuch wa...

After the last debate. >> with cruiz, he has to do wha he did last time, to have one moment that is the moment -- as you said, sean, theyll be teaching in debate school for years to come. thats the side of cruz that is -- separates him from the crowd. he can think on his feet. hes brilliantly nimble. he has this terrific memory. all he has to do is just punch through and have one moment like that that is the moment thats replayed over and over again. >> and marco? >> and i think -- and marco rub...

After the last debate. >> with cruiz, he has to do wha he did last time, to have one moment that is the moment -- as you said, sean, theyll be teaching in debate school for years to come. thats the side of cruz that is -- separates him from the crowd. he can think on his feet. hes brilliantly nimble. he has this terrific memory. all he has to do is just punch through and have one moment like that that is the moment thats replayed over and over again. >> and marco? >> and i think -- and marco rub...

By way of comparison the establishment choice for who will win if donald trump doesnt, jeb bush, at 4% in pennsylvania right now. not for lack of trying. just this week, the jeb bush, one of the jeb bush supporting super pacs made a $9.9 million ad spending that much just this week. that is roughly the same amount that mr. trump has spent so far on his entire campaign total in terms of his staff spending and everything else. $2 million which includes zero spending by mr. trump on the ads. now, i...