keeping the president s hopes alive. prior to mr. trump taking the stage that morning, he was under the impression via mr. meadows that it was still possible. at the rally the president had a more immediate familiar concern, crowd size. when we were in the off stage announce area tent behind the stage, he was very concerned about the shot. usa! usa! for the pictures that were shared, he wanted to make sure that the rally space was full. so he s being told it s not that people are waiting to get through these mags, through these metal detectors, people don t want to go through them because they have weapons with them. during the hearings, the select committee showed a secret service report that quote, some members of the crowd are wearing ballistic helmets, body armor and carrying radio equipment and military grade backpacks.
that is just fun, fun, fun. off stage, barker faced some battles. in 1981, he lost his wife of 36 years to lung cancer. she was mrs. bob barker. to me, she always has been and always will be. he faced struggles of his own, including a stroke and a sexual harassment case brought by a female employee of the price is right. it was eventually dismissed, but tarnished barker s silver image for a time. through it all he remained focused on his work and philanthropic efforts. signing off each show with this tag game. help control the pet population, have your pets spayed or neutered. he donated millions to animal rescue and rights groups. if i m remembered at all in the years to come, they ll refer to me as that old man who was always talking about spaying or
television. [ buzzer ] truth or consequences. reporter: barker s run on the comedic game show lasted 18 years. that s beautiful! reporter: his smooth hosting style got noticed by game show producer mark goodson. he saw me working on truth or consequences, and he liked my work. and he told me that he would like to have me do the new price is right. he said two reporter: the mix of savvy shopper guessing games and big prizes have made the price is right america s longest running game show, and barker its most memorable ringleader. being on that stage, reaching out and gathering those folks in and making this thing work, getting up, build them up as quickly as possible to a pitch that is just fun, fun, fun. reporter: off stage, barker faced some battles.
moments after they walked off the stage. you have to feel good about your performance tonight. what was your mindset going in and at what point did you say to yourself this feels good? i think my mindset was how do we go and address the american people and talk to them about the truth of the issues and what we need to do to move america forward. i thought we all had a good vigorous debate but, you know, frankly i people that know me well know that i m a fighter. i fight for what i believe in. i think we re just getting warmed up. i think we ve been doing well in the preseason, the regular season started tonight. we had a nice home run tonight but i think that we re just getting warmed up and loading up the bases. carley: brian kilmeade joins us now from the original pancake house just outside milwaukee. brian you were in the middle of it all and experienced the candidates right after they walked off stage. so what stood out to you about how they reacted to the night? bria
to grow the republican brand into the largest growing groups of voters. joining me now is former texas congressman and republican presidential candidate will hurd. will, there s quite a contrast in those two clips i just showed. i wanted to ask you, you were in iowa about a month ago for criticizing trump. but on friday, as we saw, you ve got some cheers for doing exactly that. are you noticing a shift on the trail, and how people are receiving you? well, jen, i want to make one slight correction to what you said. i think, i didn t get booed off stage. there was still a few folks fair. there with folks that clap. and there was people that didn t. it was the end of my speech. here s what happened. at the next day, i was in the airport. people said, hey, thank you. when i was walking around the iowa state fair a lot of people would pat me on the back and say, thank you for being honest. and so, yes, i feel like things