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For our great vets and the v.a. i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i don't care about this, i didn't get thank you. that's okay. but i wasn't a fan of john mccain. >> that did not get the big applause lines that you sometimes hear at these appearances from the president. in fact our reporters who were in the audience said especially from the military members that were there, absolute stoic silence as the president was attacking a war hero. at alone one republican senator has had enough of the attacks on mccain calling hcomments deplorable. linds...

On his first weekend of campaigning. his campaign kicked off four months after his loss to senator ted cruz which yesterday was one of his favorite applause lines because it's one of the best cases he could make. because it was the best showing a democrat had in texas in decades in an election. >> when i heard you saying, you came up short. what if you hadn't? would you be in waterloo? >> i might be in waterloo. i don't know if i would be in waterloo and all of the communities i've been in, to run for president. i was running to serve my state in the united states senate. and i made the commit...

This is kind of an elite audience, in a way. it is a young audience. influencers attack in media, film and, you know, the things that get the biggest applause lines are really when people talk about beating donald trump. >> interesting. so, alliice, among the influencs we are talking democratic hopefuls under the age of 40. they might be very attractive, particularly to the very important young voter base. how will republicans counter either that potential advantage on the left of, you know, those who are rather young? >> i think focusing your message to the young people is critical, certainly...

The democratic party backing his side. he actually made a note earlier today to say that he does expect to win but if he does not win, he does plan on supporting the democratic nominee. that was something that's notable because he's received criticism from some who say that he didn't come out for secretary clinton after he lost in 2016, that he didn't come out for her forcefully or quickly enough. it's interesting to see that change in tone. back to you. >> it certainly has been the rub on him for the last two years or so. i do want to ask you this, at least with ashley and in that particular ...

America. i can't imagine any democrat running for president that would have made that gesture. >> i covered cpac for 23 years and in an off-election year cpac doesn't get as much attention. there aren't candidates and you have an incumbent republican president. so any expec expectations that anything was going to happen at cpac were low until donald trump proved he's got full command of the media and the power of what to do. he gives this speech. >> cpac can be a contentious place. it can. >> it's where new conservativeses will make their way in. one of the biggest applause lines, free speec...