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You spoke to o'rourke about it earlier today, what was his reaction? >> reporter: well, let's think about it in a minute, ali, here in el paso to commemorate 31 lives loss in mass murders. the president chose to spent his time this morning on twitter attacking beto o'rourke because of his name and because of his rally sizes here in el paso. i asked the congresswoman this morning about why congressman o'rourke chose to respond to the president and this is what he told me. >> he's trying to intimidate this community, make us afraid of one another of our differences and the border i an immigrants...

Now. over here to my left, you have some pro-trump and over to the right, this is a bluer situation. >> the crowd trying to say the last 20 or 30 minutes or so. it has been down significantly. a lot of people were anticipating and the president coming through here, one lady is holding a sign that says no violence and unity and respect. the conversation has shifted to a political one and ali, as you mention this is where the shooting took place. a lot of people that we spoke with once honored the nine lives

A couple of them in particular, low in the polls. if you look at dayton, that was a person that supported i guess you would say bernie sanders, i understand and elizabeth warren, i understood, it had nothing to do with president trump. so these are people that are looking for political gain, i don't think they're getting it and as much as possible, i try to stay out of that. >> joining me now from dayton, our kathy park where a large crowd has gathered. what's the crowd's message to the president? >> ali, good afternoon to you. we have been on the ground for the past couple of days, i have to ...

Fight to end politically gerrymandered congressional districts. the case that's seen as the most viable to end gerrymandering in this country involves the wisconsin legislative map. it was sent back to the lower court this term. any future arguments will go before a likely five-justice conservative majority. plus w the recent ruling to uphold the president's travel ban, the administration could be emboldened to go further if a more conservative justice is confirmed. finally, a potential legal ballots with the special counsel's office a. fifth conservative young could well play in the president...

And i'm afraid. >> we're seeing it in the polling numbers. it is starting -- people's faith in these institutions is starting to deteriorate. rob, thanks for the work you're doing. >> thanks for having me ali. >> i don't give the introduction you should have because everybody knows rob reiner. up next, an nbc exclusive outlining how russia successfully penetrated state voter rolls between the 2016 presidential election. we'll keep monitoring the mashts and bring you updates as we need. roit now the dow is up 2 2/3%. i'll keep an eye on it for you. regularly with our ameriprise advisor. we pl...