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Signs in various districts and states across the country of republicans starting to creep away a bit from president trump on specific things. so i think you might see her take discrete steps away from him. it will be interesting to see how she calibrates on issues like repealing the affordable care act and core issues where the republicans have been struggling. i do think there were a lot of warning signs from last night's vote. this was not a district trump performed particularly well in. i don't think you can take it strictly as an anti-trump issue. more broadly, there is frustration among v...

Cafeteria. we wanted to talk to congress gres's biggest earmarker, thad cochran, a republican from mississippi. he declined our request for a formal interview. we went to catch up with him a couple floors from here as he went into a subcommittee hearing. >> critics say you're a prolific porker. how do you respond to that? >> my goodness. i don't know what that is. >> reporter: $490 million in earmarks. you obviously think they're important. why do you think they're important. >> congress has an obligation to direct the spending of appropriations under the constitution. we're exercising our con...