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Flickers of daylight between nielsen and president trump. >> technology, as you know, plays a key part and we can't forget it. >> reporter: telling congress one of the president's prize goals, wall with mexico, isn't entirely necessary. >> there is no need for a wall from sea to shining sea. >> reporter: nielsen has clashed with president trump, who has reportedly accused her of being softer on immigration than he would like, including over the child separation policy. in may, "the new york times" reported that nielsen had been driven to the brink of resignation, even prompting her to draft a ...

Terrorism. >> to distract the american people from the president's own problems. >> reporter: for all her loyalty, there have been flickers of daylight between nielsen and president trump. >> technology, as you know, plays a key part and we can't forget it. >> reporter: telling congress one of the president's prize goals, wall with mexico, isn't entirely necessary. >> there is no need for a wall from sea to shining sea. >> reporter: nielsen has clashed with president trump, who has reportedly accused her of being softer on immigration than he would like, including over the child separation pol...

New this morning, starbucks says the two african-american men arrested at a philadelphia store last week have agreed to meet with the company's ceo. a racial firestorm was what set off the reaction after the two men were arrested for trespassing. police say they were called by an employee after the two refused to leave the store. protesters have been filling this local starbucks this morning. this after weekend protests kicked off once footage of the arrests went viral. alex marquart joins us now with more on this story. >> we understand there were 100 people protesting, they said they saw the...

President trump hosted an event for saccone saturday night and tweeting his support just moments ago, cnn's alex marquart is in canonsburg outside pittsburgh with more on that. what is the president saying right now? >> reporter: fred, it is absolutely should be a slam dunk for rick saccone, the republican. this is a deeply red district. the president and republicans know how much is on the line for them. they know that if this race goes badly for them, this is going to be seen as a sign of things to come in the midterms, so the president is really coming out hard for rick saccone. in addition...

Trump actually talked about saccone, much like this race, the rest of that rally was mostly about the president. but the president's right there. this shouldn't be a tight race. he won by 20 points. just to give you a sense of how deeply red this congressional district is, during last two congressional races in 2014 and 2016, the democrats didn't even field a candidate. to show you how panicked they are about this, outside republican groups have spent $10 million, more than $10 million supporting saccone. because he has been wildly outfund-raised by conor lamb. so the thinking now is that even...