the president seems more than happy to exploit it all. the fear, the anxiety, the raw emotions. he doesn't have to. he's got a booming economy to gloat about. but instead, it's lies about the caravan. lies about the media. lies about his own policies and it just might work. okay, here to discuss this and a lot more is cnn senior political commentator and the host of the ax files, david axelrod. democratic senator jon tester is liked there. he was one of the topmost ten popular senators in the country and yet, he's fighting for his life right now. what do you make of the fact that montana is so tight? >> look, donald trump carried that state by 20 points. the the senasenate races often the presidential reference in these kind of elections so tester was bound to have a close race. president is obviously working