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They had to speak up. and social media ran away with it. >> this is what steve king says in his defense. quote, americans all created equal by god. these attacks were organized by nasty, desperate and dishonest fake news. their ultimate goal is to flip the house and impeach donald trump. establishment never trumpers are complic complicit." this a ruby red district and at the end of day despite everything he says, will iowa voters come home to him next tuesday? >> you know, it's a really million dollar question and i am waiting with baited breath for the outcome.

The president in the general election. his numbers aren't very good in those areas, you have to define yourself, develop your own brand. and sell, it has to be a separate and distinct brand. in some of these ruby red district notice south and maybe some rural areas. can you attach yourself to the president and you'll be fine, but the seat's not competitive, it's the kpetive areas we have to watch, and i can look at the map right now. >> this goes to my initial question to you. a lot of those republicans aren't running, like you. in those districts? >> i was never worried about re-election in m...

Manafort. and speaking of flipping today, ruby red district in ohio may be the latest to elect a democrat in a special election. we will get to that in a moment. first let's go outside of the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia, on the trial of paul manafort. joe johns is here with an update. good morning, joe. rick gates back on the stand, taking questions from prosecutors, laying out the government case. they say it is illegal conduct that goes all the way from 2008 to 2015. that's seven years. meanwhile, in 2016, mr. manafort took over as the campaign chairman for the trump campaig...

Poised to win this ruby red district, the 18th, where the president, his son, don junior, kellyanne conway all passed through to stump for the republican candidate. do you think the president's presence on the trail was an asset or liability? >> his presence on the trail was an asset. his presidency has not been an asset. if you look at the overall -- how can you have one way oand oe the other? >> his policies are very popular in that area of the state, number one. but i do believe he has turned off a lot of voters who voted for president trump, particularly that section up and allegheny count...

Above water here. what happened to the president in this ruby red district? >> i think maria is correct that this is a very important seat, particularly for republicans. i think the burden is on us to win. but i also want to say that corner lamb as a democrat is not adopting the d.c. democratic agenda. this is a guy pro gun and pro tariff and actually reflects donald trump's agenda far more than he does nancy pelosi. if the democrats are going to be competitive, based on conor lamb to have anti-democrat establishment for a platform and i think difficult for a blue wave to take place because th...