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>> not unlike the huge field you had for republicans. you see a spread in terms of the ideological spectrum. the warren wing of the party, very liberal, reform minded. sherrod brown, a red state sitting senator. it will be a battle for the direction of the party but also for who democrats think would pose the greatest challenge to president trump? >> absolutely and you have what is shaping up to be a vast and diverse field of likely candidates but for democrats there are some issues that have become a litmus test for the party so many contenders or likely contenders have already embraced medic...

The white house. kelly, if i know anything, just as i have my suitcase loaded, as do you, this is president trump's last big push. >> reporter: it is. i would add to the spaghetti motif to say, do what you know. for president trump, immigration has been successful for him. we're seeing him hitting that in all ways, leading up to the midterm elections. and in part that is a base move to try to drive his own voters and supporters to mind certain they cast their ballots so there won't be an apathy quotient on his size when democrats have been so energized. when we look at the president's tweets, ...

Falsehood and an attempt from him to distract from his own problems. >> bob corker, senator bob corker was asked about this and he says, it appears to be a base stimulator. he's asked, what do you mean by that, and corker says, well, there are portions of those who support the president that are, pause, i'm sure that generates excitement, i mean it's, you know what i'm saying. and then he walks in the senate chamber. and just one more thing. david duke has endorsed this tweet and applauded the president for this tweet, saying, russia has already agreed to take in 15,000 white south africans. y...

It does sort of make a pushback against the media or against the outlethat attack the president. with that being said, cnn is a very popular station for republicans in south carolina. we run our ads, we put a lot of our news out there. so what i'll tell you is there is a sundry of ways when the president gets attacked, it does take a republican base that put him in, it gets them even -- even more supportive of him, but what i will tell you about presidential elections, the one thing that is in common with president obama and president trump was, neither base have we seen move yet, poppy. we ne...

In fact, we're not going to reopen negotiations on illegal immigration until they reopen the government and give you our soldiers and your families the benefits and wages you've earned. >> i'm sorry. we got the wrong tape there. gene, what do you make of this the fact that they're brutally using this, saying the soldiers are not getting paid, but the politicians were? >> well, a lot of tough talk. this was a base issue for trump. and whenever -- when he met with schumer, for example, and made a wall for daca, a deal, you heard the outcry on the right. you heard the outcry from his base saying ...