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The reality we're in. >> it's one of the core messages. it's this or nothing which is a very interesting argument when the president is saying, maybe it's an opening bid. it's really interesting to watch how this white house is ramping up its pressure campaign. with the exception of the president's tweets. it's a lot of regional interviews from the white house grounds. presidential and vice presidential travel. vice president pence is going to kentucky this weekend. and it's this. this is another component of this multipronged attack. stand by. we're going to talk more about the meat of this...

Him to do that? >> reporter: frances, that is the big question. as you pointed out, he will be campaigning in michigan today. he will be trying to turn a page. polls show he is still the republican front-runner. in addition to the scandal that you just talked about, we also know that there has been internal strife within his campaign. former top adviser roger stone saying he quit the trump campaign because there were too many controversies, too many distractions from what he thought were trump's core messages. he appeared on the "today" show and msnbc to talk about that decision and encouraged...

That was a significant part. if they don't have that come forward this year, we don't have a problem. >> romney was down 25%. we have 22,000 votes and 16,000 last time. >> we know where you guys are and you are trying to help the president get reelected and how important is this to your records? >> it's all the core messages. they don't trust him and don't like his message and think he is not empathetic to people in the middle class and fighting to rejuvenate america. all the core messages for why people don't like him in the gop party. >> if you believe the polls, he is the lesser of two evil...

thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bull's-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and let's begin with word of a new endorsement we're hearing about this morning. >> reporter: that's right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark to help his campaign, he may have gotten it this morning. former minnesota governor tim pawlent...

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