julie: doug mckelway is live in baltimore with more. high doug. high julie. there is a growing sense among republicans that their work in preparation for all the 2020 races is being made easier by what the democrats are saying and doing an infected democrats are handing the republicans a platform for the 2020 races. take for example what beto o rourke said about gun confiscation. it s red meat to republicans. yes were going to take your ar-15. that and the general shift of the democratic party to the far left towards more government, more regulation, more taxes as a gift to republicans. here is chair of the republican conference liz cheney speaking at the retreat. one of the democratic candidates announced yes he was going to advocate confiscating people s firearms. i think you re going to continue to see a very clear contrast between the democratic party that is absolutely in the throes