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See where this goes next for mueller. >> frank, let's go there on the monkey wrench, the x factor. is what flynn lied because of, is that the same as underlying reason for the continuing kindness from the trump white house, which after all today criminalized the fbi again. flynn was ambushed, they said, from the lectern in the white house press room. >> yeah. there's something to this. you don't have the president of the united states wishing you luck on the day you're going to be sentenced for a crime you pled guilty to and admitted to. something's up with this, and something is being -- flyn...

Monkey wrench, the x factor. is what flynn lied because of, is that the same as underlying reason for the continuing kindness from the trump white house, which after all today criminalized the fbi again. flynn was ambushed, they said, from the lectern in the white house press room. >> yeah. there's something to this. you don't have the president of the united states wishing you luck on the day you're going to be sentenced for a crime you pled guilty to and admitted to. something's up with this, and something is being -- flynn's holding something out. you saw the prosecutor today try to answer ...

Are people who discount that election because it was ultimately decided by the u.s. supreme court. if we get into challenges, if we get courts involved and we end this in any other way without the votes being counted, that will have long-lasting damage and people's trust in the electoral system moving forward. >> the x factor is president trump. he has the biggest megaphone and claiming fraud without specific evidence and trying to muddy the waters here as the process is unfolding in florida and there is a potential he will really sew doubts about the outcome of the election. >> i want to ask ...

Especially because texas is seen as a place where you can be a senator for life, right? ted cruz was able to win a texas senate primary. he was able to get into that senate seat. he did very, very well in the republican presidential primaries against donald trump. he has never campaigned as a politician on being a guy who you'd like to be around. he has campaigned as a sort of world wrestling villain, right? your hate makes me stronger. so we're all talking than like that's a weakness. ted cruz knows that he has a repellent personality. he has just turned it to his advantage, up until now. >> ...

Does his support stay steady? does it even go up a few points? i think it may be the single biggest variable to watch in the closing two weeks of this campaign, brian. >> you are so right. right at the end of that graph is the x factor, and there's the unknown. steve kornacki, that's why we ask you to come on during the late shift to give us the latest numbers. we so appreciate it. thanks. coming up for us, why presidential historian doris kerns goodwin is calling this week yet another opportunity missed for donald trump when we continue. i'm alex trebek here to tell you