novemb november? might kobach be a republican nominee in a general election context? you mentioned michigan and missouri as well as kansas. we're looking at the ocasio-cortez/sanders wing of the democratic party. many challengers there pit them against the more establishment wing of the democratic party and we'll see if the energy is playing out the way it did in ocasio-cortez's wing in new york. >> the manafort trial continues, rick gates back on the stand this morning. how do you think this will play or seep into the political discourse in the coming weeks? >> it's a good question. the thing we're learning time and again is that the russia investigation overall or the manafort trial, it is not big talk on the campaign trail. what i think it does is it feeds the president's mood and that overall environment is having an impact. i don't think you'll see one