j. trump. plenty of praise for president donald j. trump in alabama tonight. hearing that, you wouldn t guess that vice president mike pence and steve bannon are actually endorsing different candidates in the senate race there. trump administration is backing luther strange. he is trailing right now. it was luther strange that trump was campaigning for on friday. mike pence, as you saw there, for strange tonight. strange is the incumbent senator for now. remember, he was appointed to fill jeff sessions seat when sessions went to washington as attorney general prior to his public humiliation at the hands of donald trump. strange is running against roy moore. he has earned the support of steve bannon and others. bannon maintains he still supports his former boss s agenda but not his candidate. back with us, caroline ryan, matthew nussbaum, and just in the last couple of minutes,