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>> reporter: the gop cavalry has been key. surrogate visits, tv ads and millions of dollars spent by supportive super pacs. republicans hope saturdays presidential visit brought a last-minute boost of unthesism. >> major excitement. they were excited to see him up there. >> reporter: but excitement democrats here have in spades. about 31-year-old candidate dannyoconnor. >> this district has been republican since before you were born. why would it change now? >> i think because were having conver...

♪ we are back with the "hardball" roundtable. tell me something i dont know. >> the trump campaign recently said they were going to give money. some are people who dont support donald trump. they oppose them on policy issues and spoken out against him and he is giving these people checks. >> what is the theme in this soup. >> trump loyalist or people that are vulnerable. he would rather have these republicans that dont support him. >> when eric cantor was booted out of the house, many of us ...

About that this week, members of both sides were visibly frustrated that he was not divulging more information about what happened when he was asked specific questions about policy issues that came up in the meeting, whether or not the president talked about drawing down troops in sooyria, for instance. pompeo pushed back and said thats not the question at issue here. the question is whether u.s. policy has changed, and it hasnt. its not clear to anybody what they agreed to and why the second su...

>> the question has been, this is the same group that john boehner finally said, forget it, im done, i cant deal with this anymore. a lot of people think its the source of paul ryans frustration as he goes. even if he doesnt succeed, just doing it causes a divide within the house republican conference. some people say, why would you do that? why would you get everybody in a circular firing squad or looking over their shoulder when the biggest single dynamic in a midterm election year is to try t...

Criticism is fine. at news max we have criticism of the president but as long as its policy issues and not -- i disagreed with his health care plan, for instance, but i think hes done a tremendous job on the economy. he gets sever credit. >> he gets a lot of credit for that. >> where? >> all over the press. >> you dont talk about it on prime time. when was the last time you had larry kudlow on talking about 4.5% growth rates. >> larry kudlow should do more interviews, i agree with you. >> ill ca...

Policy issues. they didnt get into that at this dinner. it was, i think, a celebration of the very special relationship the united states -- >> the united states wants to spend a lot of money on defense. it is the most powerful and richest country in the world. so it winds up spending most. >> right. >> its always been that way in nato as you know. >> well, its unfair, and weve always said and complained about it. and as were seeing today and in the past two days. and i think the brits basically...

He claimed victory after that even though we dont see any proof that anything is any different in a good way because of what he said. but lets get some perspective from someone who knows the president, spends a lot of time with him, and is a confidant and close adviser. he attended the black tie dinner tonight with president trump in the united kingdom, so lets get his take. christopher ruddy, ceo of newsmax, thank you so much for joining us. i know you didnt put that tuxedo on for me. good for ...

Chance to meet with this nominee before i pass judgment on them. >> beyond the supreme court, there have been so many flash points, as the democrats struggle against the president on a number of policy issues. one is a number of your colleagues have called to abolish the immigration and customs enforcement agency, i.c.e. and some of them who are saying that this should go away are potential 2020 presidential contenders. elizabeth warren, kirsten gillibrand. are you with them? >> im not in favor ...

Very good one. a very excellent election. i was fate even better than anticipated. >> you think of a good relationship, but i want to talk a little bit about their personalities because they do have some similarities. they have been personalities, nationalist. they also had a lot of policy issues. a lot of inconsistencies during the campaign and of course thats president trump did indeed come president. i do think their personalities are going to mash or not mesh going forward? >> well, i think ...

As affected by the mass shootings as everyone else. like the one in florida. when it february 17 people were murdered on the grounds of marjory stoneman douglas high school by a former student with an ar-15 style rifle. that attack prompted survivors to call for action by lawmakers and the march for our lives events held nationwide to begin in march. millions turning out to demand stricter gun laws and it putting an end to the violence. todays events are in response to the march for our lives. m...