steve: a number of high profile republicans say we want immigration and build the wall. behind the scenes they say that s not a good idea. poor investment. the president last night big rally in wicks burry, pennsylvania. he made it very clear. is he out to get more republicans. that would help him in the senate and in the congress as well. but, he is willing to use immigration as a campaign issue. people in that room were fired up about it. take a poll, probably 99% want a wall built. but, nonetheless, the president said you know, they have talked me in to waiting. i m not going to shut down the government over it before the mid terms but he could. we re fighting a war. and we are fighting a war on drugs. they are bringing in drugs. they are bringing in lots of bad people. we are going to start to get very nasty over the wall. the democrats, anything i want, they want to oppose.
important issues to voters and that s the economy. number two they can t say anything derogatory because voters in these states are actually feeling the economic progress. this message of a powerful economy is powerfully unifying and really good for republicans. gail, i would just tell you this. 4.1 g.d.p. that we saw a few days ago from the president, that ranks fifth highest as obama presidency. keep in mind we had 5.1% g.d.p. during the obama presidency. but the economy would not be the only issue on the ballot. what america knows that we are in a battle for america s soul and what most americans know we can t afford to lose. there will be things on the ballot that may not be measured from a policy standpoint like how do we protect our democracy? how do we make sure our children can effectively compete in ever changing global society simple things like affordable housing. access to this thing called the american experiment. in a lot of cases this president and this congress have f
finally, $1,000. that s the tip a couple left for a waitress on their $32 bill. the woman is a single mom working three jobs to make ends meet in indiana. she donated the money so her community can bailed skate park for kids. here s steve who cannot skate but talk. steve: i can skate. brian: can you skate? steve: absolutely. brian: i want to see the video. steve: thanks so much, brian. president trump taking message to voters in wicks barry, pennsylvania. america is winning again. last week we announced that the u.s. economy grew at 4.1% last quarter. nobody thought that was possible. and if the democrats got in, that number would be 1.2, it would even turn negative it was going to go down job report being released 65 minutes from now. could trump s economy be bad news for democrats in the midterm election.
text messages are things where people who know us. yes. brian: now getting more strangers text us. they act like they are very familiar. they act like they know you. and you get fooled. it s very brilliant. get trapped right into it. ainsley: this might be an old friend that is trying to get in touch with me. they are honest about it way getting around loopholes in the law prevents campaigns from sending giant spam messages from machines. instead of volunteers getting on the phone banks to call individually, they have volunteers in a room that are sending individual text messages which are permitted. steve: if you would like more information on how to stop it, go to cyberguy.com. kurt just posted that. thank you. ainsley: hey, brian. brian: goodbye, get rid of her. steve: straight ahead on this friday, the economy is booming under president trump. just how bad is that for democrats in the mid terms? a debate is coming up in the next hour. brian: plus, geraldo rivera will be her