the modern republican party and that's where he has been republican the weakness in the primary. >> that is fascinating. and -- >> definitely fascinating. let's bring in who castro who is the former mayor of san antonio and the secretary of housing and urban development during the obama administration. and matthew dowd who -- dowd briefly ran as a democrat to challenge texas's lieutenant governor. he withdrew from the race in the summer. okay. i just want to start with julián castro, because i am fascinated by the cisneros resist cuellar race. so i guess the question, all what has happened around the issue of abortion in the state of texas, diverse sense of what how that issue motivated progressive voters to come out for cisneros? and if you think that is the case, why do you think that says about the strength of that issue and how in my play in the general? >> i think it did, joy.