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And then this district will be gone. >> and help me fill in the blanks on a bio of conner lamb. i know this, he's a u.s. marine corps captain. i know he is considered a pro-gun rights democrat who is personally opposed to abortion. and what else should we know about him? >> that's the basics, brian. this is a candidate who is trying to show that a democrat who fits the cultural values of western pennsylvania can still win in that part of the country. somebody with a prosecutorial background as well. you know, that's -- that's who conner lamb is. he's sort of the type of candidate that democrat...

Polls show that the democrat conner lamb is narrowing the gap. politico wrote earlier this week, with trump set to campaign with saccone on saturday evening, some white house officials have questioned whether the president should scrap the trip fearful that a saccone loss could be a rebuke to the president, but the president told aides in recent days he's going anyway, convinced he'll likely be blamed for a defeat regardless. we asked jonathan allen, our national reporter and veteran of campaign reporting to stick around to talk us through this. so jonathan, let's do this as a lightning round....

Big problem for republicans in a district that voted for trump by 19 points. and at this point, i might be slightly more surprised if rick sackone wins than if conner lamb wins because even though this is a trump district, these are trump democrats. and -- >> and this is the word democrat. that they are more comfortable with the democratic party in some ways? >> they are. still in some respects. and they are not enamored with congressional republicans, never have been. they did vote for republicans for -- for a long time, tim murphy with close ties to labor but rick saccone took some right to ...

Xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. welcome back. today in meet the midterms, we're looking ahead to the next election. happening next tuesday in pennsylvania. and it is not just any election, a very special election and offering a preview of what a joe biden 2020 campaign might look like if he goes up against donald trump. former vice president hit the trail yesterday in southwestern pennsylvania for conner lamb that could pull off a win. >> what brothers me most today beyond the policies this administration and republicans th...

Sherrod brown, very tough on trade. they think you've got to help the steelworkers, geojury regard. these are tough guys angry about what they see as the dying of our steel industry and they've got a president leaning in their direction. this is a strange political division we're looking at, working class democrats and trump. looks like. >> the weird thing about it, chris, is we had a pro labor republican tim murphy who was forced from office over a personal sexual scandal. now the republicans have put up ach anti-labor republican. trump's trying to help him here. he's embraced tariffs but so ...