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I've had nothing but tough re-elections and when it comes time for residence to go into that voting booth and grade my paper i get a passing grade and i'm confident that will happen in 2018. >> congressman hurd who won his district by 2700 points, i think, last time around. thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. all morning, we are coming to you live from the stockyards here in ft. worth, texas. also known as cow town. to this day, these stockyards host the world's only twice-daily cattle drive. check it out. thousands of heads of cattle sold by satellite video every single week....

Batting about 40%. and when you and i were in school, 40% is not a passing grade. >> and the gmd is still small. the u.s. defense official familiar with the program says it was designed to defend against a rogue missile, not a full scale attack. at the end of this year, there will still be fewer than 50 of these defensive missiles in place. so that means if a barrage of icbms were launched towards the united states, even if everything worked perfectly, the system would be simply overwhelmed. so this is a gene yun race with the north koreans rushing to expand and improve their arsenal and the u...

Very grateful for that. >> reporter: while there is growth, some manufacturing towns in indiana and nationwide are still struggling. and some economists wonder what's the president's plan for those areas. >> the president and the congress are going to need to do is create actual policies that drive the economy, not just look at one deal here or one deal there and try to save jobs that way. >> reporter: there's also concern about the future of job retraining. the president's early budget proposal would cut back on some of those programs. but for now are you feeling optimistic or pessimistic? >>...

Drive the economy, not just look at one deal here or one deal there and try to save jobs that way. >> reporter: there's also concern about the future of job retraining. the president's early budget proposal would cut back on some of those programs. but for now -- are you feeling optimistic or pessimistic. >> >> i'm feeling optimistic, definitely. >> reporter: students learning new skills here are giving the president the passing grade. >> i think he is doing the right beginning steps. i don't agree with everything but i do believe he's going the right way. >> reporter: these students are learn...

The 800 jobs saved was lower than trump claimed, he counts himself among the lucky. >> i can general lly sayy we ar grateful for that. >> while there is growth, nationwide we are still struggling. economists wonder what is the president's plan for those areas. >> the president and the congress are creating actual policies that drive the economy not just to look at one deal here or there and try to save jobs that way. >> there is concern about the future of job retraining. the president's early budget proposal would cut back on the programs. >> hold it straight up. >> are you optimister or pess...