snapshot in time we are seeing a high level of engagement. >> maeve when joe johns asked larry elder about these comments, he first said he didn't remember making them, but then if he did make them they were a joke. and he said, i'm quoting him, i have a great deal of respect for women. my mom was a woman. i had her on my show every friday. >> not sure that's is going to mean anything to women who are concerned about this pattern of behavior. he several time this week in his -- when he was asked about these kinds of comments he has said that women have nothing to worry about in electing him. that he would be fair to both men and women, but there's such a long pattern here that it is really i think freaked out a lot of democratic women voters. and obviously as you know, we have a 2-0-1 advantage for democrats in party registration here. so in order for republicans to pull this off, they have got to