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Man and my wife texted me and said you've been pardoned. i thought she was messing with me. so i said okay, yeah, sure, and then she sent me a picture of the actual signed pardon and i couldn't believe it. it was pretty amazing. >> reporter: president trump tweeting congratulations to christian soucia, a man who served proudly in the navy. now you can go out and have the life you deserve. >> he was 22 years old at the time of his offenses and served out his 12 month sentence. he's been recognized for his dedication, skill and patriotic spirit. >> reporter: now that he's been pardoned, the firs...

On the issues that he says matter to voters and importantly, his campaign says, and take this with a grain of salt, that the volunteers i and conner lamb have visited 100,000 houses, knocking on doors, putting up the yard signs. he wants to stay way far away from the pol polarizing aspectst we see in national politics, putting him forward as the local candidate on local issues. >> eric: when i here people talking about this is a referendum on the president, terry's view is not so vast. terry, thank you for joining us. we'll talk to you on tuesday night. >> arthel: still president trump's tarif...

One, his opponent has been so anti-union since he's been in office. we've tried to talk to him. every time we do we get -- you've got to corner him to get him to talk to you. >> reporter: a lot of people watching the race trying to read the tea leaves. it may give us insight into the power of union organizations and also some insight into the influence the president may have in the district. he won the district in 2016 by just shy of 20 points. it will be interesting. and the results of this race will be one to watch as we look ahead to the mid-terms. >> eric: in 20 minutes we'll have terry mc...

Identity. >> eric: now we are awaiting the president's arrival in pennsylvania any moment now. he has a speech this evening at a rally in support of rick ciccone, just outside of pittsburgh. right now in the race, according to a new poll, it's razor thin, ciccone is 45%, conner lamb is 42%, all within the margin of error. for more insight, let's bring in the director of the franklin and marshall college poll, and terry is the dean of political prognostication and joins us now. terry, you really are, you know that state like the back of your hand. first, the president is expected to speak -- >>...

That's what the media is going to talk about. that's why they're not talking about tax reform and healthcare reform. >> leland: it's worth making con point before i turn the floor over to eric, who ronald reagan before he was elected had a back channel to iran about the hostages in paris, before the election. what does the president need to do? he's not going to change the media, the media isn't going to change, it appears in terms of the way the harvard study has pointed things out. what does he do? how does he win a fight that so far he's been losing at? >> sure. look, i think -- i disagree ...