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Thinking when he joined white house chief of staff reince priebus at the conservative political action conference when the two went to great lengths to dispel any rumors that they don't get along. cnn's phil mattingly is covering cpac in national harbor, maryland for us. phil, what was the main point of what mr. bannon had to say today? what caught your eye? >> reporter: well, it was really him laying out his world view. jake, as you noted we all had a good sense of what it was coming into the white house, but nobody has really spoken to him at least publicly on a stage like this since he's be...

For a potential presidential run in 2016. now, the former florida governor had sort of a rocky relationship with the far right, especially on some of the real divisive issues such as immigration. attending this conservation political action commit se a gutsy move. i can tell you during that commercial break we heard a lot of cheers coming from that room. let's get to cnn's national political reporter covering cpac for us. another cheer right there in my ear. this conservative base has at times had little love for the former governor. what's standing out to you about what you're hearing right n...

Includes the second amendment. >> dr. carson getting a warm reception, as will sarah palin and bobby jindal. presidential candidate and moderate republican jeb bush may have a tougher town. brie ala keilar is covering cpac for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this is the big annual conservative revival yesterday, and it's also window shopping for these conservative activists. that's why it's so important that all these potential republican presidential candidates come here and wow this crowd. the thing that's going to be different this year that we're paying so much attentio...

He cannot do that today, do you go in and say, ep, i've seen the light, i agree with everything that you guys are for, come on, i'm so much better than the other guy? >> right. >> with this group, i liked that patricia talked about covering cpac, as a republican party, the establishment guys see you there, and they give you the nod, like oh, my god, these guys are crazy. you see the dynamic of the party. the establishment controlling the money and the various pockets they need the various states to get the victory. we have the contraceptive thing, the catholics are those people, let's get them...