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Major unions have not endorsed a candidate yet. how big is that union backing for someone in the democratic party to win and make it to the general? >> it's a big deal. you can win without big union backing. but you've got to win a piece of that. you've got to be competitive. very important constituency in democratic primaries. they provide a lot of the grass roots, foot soldiers, go out there and help you win the vote and get voters to polls and primary states. and look, you know, we don't have to be -- it's obvious what's going on here. hillary clinton comes out against a major trade deal th...

Staff or something like that? she doesn't have a lot of endorsements. she doesn't have big gains -- >> faction -- >> the establishment backing her is not the issue. >> but what she also does not have is younger people that are coming in to support her. and that is not there. you look at the interesting, that is going to bernie sanders. i think that's a problem for hillary clinton. passionate voters vote. >> okay. >> and those that are not so totally on somebody do not show up, and that is going to be a problem for her going -- >> absolutely. there is a 12-point enthusiasm gap in that poll. >> ...

Endorsements. that's not right. the establishment backing her is not the issue. >> what she also does not have is younger people coming in to support her. that is not there. you look 59 the interest and that is going to bernie sanders. that's a problem for hillary clinton. passionate voters vote. those that are not, did not show up. that is going to be a problem. >> there is a 12-point enthusiasm gap between sanders at the top and clinton below. let's take a break. none other than donald trump. highlights from the dynamic duo, next. ♪ ♪ if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track.

Candidate who really didn't have much or any establishment backing. so it all depends on how you interpret elections and people tend to see what they want to see in the returns. >> mark preston, for bill de blasio, apparently he's a red sox fan. how is that going to wash with "the new yorker"s? >> he wants to be part of red sox nation, he's been part of red sox nation. what's so refreshing is him talking am his love for the red sox, knowing it's not going to play well with the voters. that's a sense of authenticity you sew. every four years, when we see these republicans and democrats trekking...

The republican establishment in certainly the business community that's become alienated to some degree from the tea party will see both of these elections in virginia and alabama as a repudiation of the tea party. i can already tell just by watching twitter, the twitter feed, that tea party representatives and tea party members see it very differently. they think that ken cuccinelli was way behind. but because he refocused on tea party principles and particularly attacking obama care in the last few weeks closed the gap and made this a much closer race than it was expected to be. and in alaba...