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Top of a busy news morning. >> it has been a busy first hour. beto o'rourke almost captured ted cruz's senate seat is officially in. if you want proof, he just wrapped up his first campaign event in iowa. here he is. >> it is the first stop in our campaign to be president of the united states. >> o'rourke has the cover of the latest "vanity fair." such a coincidence on the timing there. in the field of democratic presidential hopefuls, he is one face in a big, big crowd. we'll weigh in his chances. we are watching the senate where republicans are expected to help pass a repeal of the preside...

That's our america. and that's the america i believe in. that's the america i know we believe in. >> and she really hit that we right there also. mark mckinnon, how would you assess how she did and what do you think she did exactly yesterday. >> a-plus. three times during a presidential candidacy where you have an opportunity to really focus public attention on your candidacy. one is your announcement, and the nomination at the convention and your debates. there's lots of things that can go wrong in a presidential announcement. nothing really went wrong. focused message. turned out a big, big ...

President to walk away. steve: in the "wall street journal" article it talked about so, mr. president, would you go for a barrier? would you go for a wall? what are you talking about? he said, quote: i have to see what it is. as long as it can stop criminals, gangs, human trafficking and drugs, i'm open to anything. the only thing that will work is a very strong form of a physical barrier. that's exactly where the friction is going to be. what is the physical barrier? ainsley: it's a hot topic. we are one year away from 2020 when all of these folks are putting their hat -- their name in the ha...

There steps in places that hillary won overwhelmingly. he should stay away from those. there is no universal player that is going to be the be-all and end-all to win. enthusiasm matters, he does rile a big crowd, but he's not the primetime ratings winner that used to be. we are seeing less coverage of israelis because they are not bringing in the viewership they used to. i don't think israelis has the same effect they did going to the 2016 -- >> dagen: they would rather show you the rehearsed smearing and the glottal stops. >> alex: it's a lot of local media. it's even better. as long as they'...

Hillary never got it. that's why she lost. anything else? >> midterms are in four weeks. what's your prediction right now for the gop and how is your stamina out on the campaign trail? >> i think we're going to do well. you people would say, i guess you saw if there was a 5% dropoff, you would say there's something wrong with the president, you would say, but i'm going to iowa tonight. we have a big, big crowd. going to make a big announcement tonight, by the way, in iowa. we're going to be making a very big announcement. and i have to say, the farmers are so thrilled with the ucmca, the new a...