gives them and turn that into a win. it's going to just be -- if the gop loses, the house majority seems likely. if there is a real wave, it's possibility that it's less likely and there will be fast pirouetting happening on the republican side of the aisles and shore up resources and confidence in the party before you get to 2020 which is when the president himself is up for reelection. if they win, then it will seem like the president can take that and run with that and build momentum because he doesn't have clear opponents for 2020 himself. whatever the president said or doesn't say, it's a revereferen on how satisfied the country is with his presidency and he acknowledged that by saying that himself. >> the president is focussed on 2020 and he's thinking about that. he took a swipe at the field of democrats that could possibly make a run. take a listen.