Washington. Im elizabeth prann. Leland im trying to figure out a saturday that wasnt busy in recent memory. Nice to be with you. Im leland vittert. Its the weekend, but President Trump is getting ready for the election mode. We have endorsements for republicans ahead of primary elections this year and new details for the president s plan for hitting the Campaign Trail for some g. O. P. Candidates in vulnerable districts around the country. Ellison barber travelling with the president up in new jersey at his golf club. Hi, ellison. Hey, leland, President Trump has spent a lot of time on the road of late. Hes set to head to tampa on tuesday for a Campaign Rally there. Traditionally in election mid term years, the party, no matter who it is, whoever is in the oval office, their party tends to lose seats, but President Trump says he is confident that this year republicans can buck that trend. I am going to work very hard. Ill go six or seven days a week
when were 60 days out and i will be
when we re 60 days out and i will be campaigning for all of these great people that do have a difficult race, and we think we re going to bring them over the line and i believe that because we re doing so well as a country and so well with the economy, i think we re going to be surprising a lot of people. the president says a big selling point is the economy. that s what the white house is trying to keep the focus on in general, the economy. but a number of other stories are muddying the messaging waters, new questions about the 2016 meeting at trump tower and the president s former lawyer michael cohen, the decision to bar a cnn reporter from an event after she tried to ask questions mostly about cohen and the oval office. and this morning i asked a communications advisor about that decision. here is a little of our explain. bill shinen and sarah sanders