tonight s burning question, what was ted cruz looking at on his flight? here s jeanne moos. reporter: senator ted cruz likes to schmooze about being tech savvy. so i pulled out my phone, i sent a tweet. reporter: but when he pulled out his phone aboard a flight to d.c. he got nabbed gazing at his senate race rival beto o rourke. politico posted the photo, inspiring mockery like this diary entry. i wonder if he thinks about me. someone else called it humanizing. who among us has not stared at a picture of beto o rourke and gently caressed the picture with our thumb in another? just like senator cruz seemed to do. get a grip. cruz is probably reading a news article about the race featuring his opponent s face. it s not tinder. but there were plenty of tinder jokes. swipe left, swipe right. hmm. beto o rourke supporters look on him as having the charisma of a bobby kennedy.
defiant hillary clinton. i m not sitting here as some little woman standing by my man like tammy wynette. i m sitting here because i love him and i respect him. i know brad. i ve known him for 17 years. he s decent. he s kind. he s good. i know his heart. this is not consistent with brad. reporter: words of support as stories continue to swirl. following that unprecedented interview on monday, ashley kavanaugh has kept a low profile. and now the countdown is on to thursday, when her husband and christine blasey ford are set to appear before the senate judiciary committee. kate? that s exactly right. erica, thanks so much. coming up next for you, jeanne moos on what senator ted cruz was looking at on his phone. is that beto o rourke?
playing air drums to the who as he drives through a watta burger. thank you. you too. reporter: while ted cruz suffers the slings and arrows of late-night comedians. i noticed he looked like a blobfish. reporter: the same day the in flight photos were snapped protesters at a d.c. restaurant hounded cruz and his wife. chanting about the supreme court controversy but adding insult to injury with this reference to his opponent s hotness. beto is way hotter than you. reporter: not everyone found the phone photos funny. i have a problem with looking over someone s shoulder and reporting what documents they re reading. the texas democrats used the pictures to recruit volunteers. even ted cruz is signing up to volunteer for @betoo rourke. no, cruz was not really cruising his rival. it just looks like o rourke is the wind beneath his wings. did i ever tell you you re my