people together, marijuana. we ll look at that, but we start with the fear and falsehood election. exactly two weeks before the midterms, president trump is pulling out a slew of unsubstantiated attack lines. phantom riots, attacks on muslims and latinos, mystery tax cuts all perfectly truthful perhaps inside the trump bubble, but one difference from 2016, though? republican candidates show less hesitation about using the trump play book. here to dig in our two reporters, nbc s peter alexander at the white house, mariana atencio in the southern part of mexico near the border of guatema guatemala, also from austin, texas, our analyst chris wilson, republican pollster who worked for the ted cruz campaigns. also worked for george w. davis. wendy davis, a democratic, she was a gubernatorial candidate four years ago. peter let me start with you at the white house.