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good morning, one and all. it's the 10:00 eastern. straight to the money. the dow is up close to 200 points, and we've got a turn around now for the nasdaq and the s&p. both were lower a few minutes ago, now both are higher. there's some green, left-hand side of the screen. the 10-year treasury at 4.16%, down a little. the price of oil $91.12 the, and bitcoin yet again is in that $19-20,000 range, 19,4 as of right now. and now this. we're barely a few hours into election day, but but democrats are already conducting a postmortem. the finger pointing has begun. they are not happy with president biden's closing arguments attacking oil companies and stumbling all over a heckler's question on drilling. he was confused, and he looked it. last night in maryland he seemed

to forget the name of the candidate he was stumping for. in the last week, top democrats made much of the threat to them -- to democracy. voters did not buy it. when a politician brings hitler into the debate, you can almost feel the desperation. a democrat strategist on cnn of all places told democrats bluntly, stop talking about democracy being at stake. look at this headline in "the washington post," of all places, democrats are drowning in denial. ouch. the writer takes the democrats to task for conditioning inflation until it was the -- for denying inflation until it was way too late, and they just beat up the oil companies. really not good enough. and the border, oh, finger pointing goes a long way back to the days of kamala harris when she was telling us it was secure. there goes texas, maybe arizona too. by the end of the week, the left will be blaming the moderates

for their timidity, to moderates will be blaming the left for their socialism, and everyone will pile on the president. surely no second term. it will be quite a postmortem, won't it? second hour of "varney" just getting warmed up. ♪ ♪ stuart: well, look who's here, take a long shot at our few, big studio. charles hurt joins us this morning. even democrats are predicting a bad night. what's your prediction? >> oh, i think it's going to be a bloodbath. and it could wind up being worse than even the predictions. but i think it's so interesting, her starting their postmortem already which is always a good sign that they've got real problems and they realize it. they're talking about messaging. they want to talk about messaging like somehow joe biden was a bad messenger. their problems are not messaging right now. their messaging is terrible, but that's not their problem.

the problem the policies -- stuart: exactly. >> and just like 2016 this is a policy election. and whether we're talking about oil, the border or crime, all of the problems that americans feel in their daily lives can be drawn correctly from the policies -- directly from the policies embraced by this administration and democrats. stuart: it could be a pivotal election in the sense that the course we're on now, which i think is a leftward course, in the event of a gop sweep could be reversed not necessarily to a right-wing course, but certainly that leftward movement is finished. >> i could not agree more. this is the utopia that the socialists have been promising us. it doesn't work. it's horrible and people are realizing it. and they're also -- and democrats are doing real generational damage to their brand right now. and every day that joe biden goes out there and, you know, whether it's the oil drilling or whatever, the border or crime, he's -- not only is he damaging the product, the democrat

product, but he's also destroying his credibility and the credibility of everybody, all the leaders. jim clyburn, who's always been one of the soundest, smartest people in the party, is talking about hitler? stuart: yes. >> it's nuts. stuart: desperation, i say. >> total desperation. stuart: kevin mccarthy, he says if republicans take control of the house, their first order of business will be the border. watch in the. >> the first thing you'll see is a bill to control the border first. you've got to get control over the border. we'ved had almost 2 million people just year alone coming across. stuart: charles, here's the question: should border security be the first priority? >> absolutely. it's as basic as this, you don't have a country without borders. the border is a mockery now. it's been made a mockery by democrat policies and joe biden in particular, and republicans should address that first. and deal with it. it is the something that is manageable, they can do it. this lie that the border's unmanageable, with we know it's a lie because president trump

through his policies dealing with countries in south america and central america, specific create with mexico -- specifically with mexico, stopped the flow. the flow -- he solved that problem through negotiations with mexico. stuart: this is something hat republicans could do in congres- >> yes. stuart: they could come up with a bill to control the border -- >> not as completely -- stuart: but they have the president to veto it. >> yes. and they can't do it as completely and as easily as the executive can do it. stuart: true. >> but they can do it, and you're exactly right, they can also show -- they can force president biden to show his commitment to open borders by vetoing. stuart: or not. [laughter] >> exactly. stuart: charles, good stuff. thanks for being with us. >> happy election day. stuart: and to you as well. putin, vladimir putin, one of his closest allies has admitted to interfering in past u.s. elections, but what's worse is he says he's going to keep on

doing it. lauren: sure did. he's making the first admission by someone implicated by washington for interfering in american politics. he wrote on russia's version of facebook, we've interfered, we're going to continue to interfere, and then he added cryptic comments, we're going to remove both kidneys and the liver at once. it's menacing, it's unnecessary. over the summer the state department offered a $10 million award for information on political interference, and they named him. the white house says they're not surprised that he has fezzed up, and they're -- fessed up, and they're not surprised he's vowing to do it again. be on the lookout for potential misinformation and disinformation this election. stuart: why is the justice department sending election monitors, i think it's to 24 states? lauren: half the country will have these in-person federal monitors at polling locations. they're looking for potential civil rights violations, voter

intimidation. they're going to be in 64 different jurisdictions in 24 states. that's more than in the presidential election, okay? some of this is we just want to have eyes on the ground simply monitoring for language or disability accessibility, but others are for violent acts especially in battleground states like colorado, pennsylvania, or even arizona. they've actually seen threats against the workers who work at the polling places. stuart: okay. so get in there and fix it. fair enough. the markets back, please. the dow is now up 200 points, and the nasdaq is up nearly 30. a bit of a turn-around there. david nicholas joins us this morning. the betting market sees a 70% chance the republicans take the house and the senate. all right. if that happens, what happens to the market? >> stuart, it's very likely, i think the markets head higher. here in georgia there was a momentum shift in the senate race a couple weeks ago. i'm a university of georgia grad, the same school herschel

walker went to, national champion, ran for over 5,000 yards. many had their concerns of his ability to beat raphael warnock, to actually beat him, and then the debates happened. we knew herschel could run the ball, but he ran circles around warnock in that debate. you saw the polls shift dramatically. at the same time, you had fetterman and oz debate, you saw how that went poorly for fetterman, so markets started to move after those two debates. i think republicans a take back the house and the senate. that gives us divided government. that's why we're putting money to work. stuart: thursday morning 8:30 eastern time we get the consumer price index. just suppose -- i don't know what's going to come, i don't know, but let's suppose it showed inflation still at the 8% level and actually gaining month over month. that would be a very negative inflation reading. would it really upset the stock market in -- market? >> yeah. that's the party inner for this

week, is -- ender. if we get a cpi print that's higher, it could send a shock to financial markets. that is the black swan. i'm by myself on this island, but i do i think kpi is peaking. -- cpi is peaking. i see used car prices coming down, rents coming down, i think medical services are going to come down. so i think even if we stay the same or get one or two tenths lower, very bullish for stock. but you're right, if that print is hot, it could send a shock to financial markets later this week. but i think we should be buyers, i've been consistent in this, you should use these dips as buying opportunities. we see a year-end target higher than we are today, stuart. stuart: give me the s&p 500. >> it's right at the 200-day moving average, right around 4,050. a little bit of upside. stuart: that'd be a nice upside move. happy election day to you, and let's see how we do today. see you later. all right. lauren's back, looking at some of the movers, in particular i

want to know about tesla. 4.8%. lauren: the latest is they recalled 40,000 model xs, potential loss of power steering. this year 17 recalls at tesla covering about 3.5 million vehicles. that's a bad look for tesla. i was talking to dan ives, he says twitter is being hurt by tesla. since elon musk actually bought twitter, tesla's stock is down almost 20%. he says twitter can be the next myspace. stuart: ooh. lauren: so this is affecting tesla, elon musk's other company. tour stuart ouch. let's move on to the party city. i know these places. that stock's down 40%. lauren: 93 cents a share. so balloons, the paper goods, they are just too expensive. consumer demand is down. the ceo, brad weston, says the cost of things, customers' willingness to spend, they saw that over halloween and are

estimating an even bigger loss for the full year. stuart: down it goes. 40%, good lord. i need a winner, solar edge technology. lauren: record third quarter revenue. they make solar power inverters. it's an israeli company. they want to establish a plant here in the u.s. and produce more in mexico to get around expensive tariffs on chinese imports. stuart: it's up 18 percent. some serious movers today. thanks, lauren. if democrats lose the house, speaker pelosi says there's one main factor that would decide if she will retire. msnbc anchor nicole wallace claims republicans are not running on anti-crime policy. roll tape. >> i haven't seen a campaign rooted in crime. i worked in the '90s when republicans were running on mandatory sentencing, they were running on -- no republican's running on anti-crime policies.

stuart: okay. we'll try to figure that one out for you. republican congresswoman liz cheney is backing democratic abigail spanberger in the virginia house race. her opponent, republican yesli vega, is here to respond. she's next. ♪ american woman, stay away from me. ♪ american woman, mama let me be ♪

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stuart: well, the word is that investors like the idea of a gop sweep in today's election. they're buying up stock the, and the dow is up 25 the 0, nasdaq's up 36, s&p up 17. plenty of green on election day. speaker pelosi was asked if

she'll retire should the democrats lose the house. what did she say? lauren: she said she's thinking about what happened to her husband paul a few weeks ago during that home break-in. >> i have to say my decision will be affected by what happened in the last week or two. >> >> your decision be impacted by the attack in any way? >> yes. lauren: of course. how could it not be? you know, she said immediately when she was alerted when the police came to her door, she was, like, what about my kids, my grandkids, you know? so she's nervous. and if you look politically, she's representing san francisco for 35 years. if there is ad mood in the country that there's a changing of the guard, if you will. stuart: and what happened was a terrible personal tragedy. lauren: awful. it would scare anybody. stuart: awful. walk away from it. now this, msnbc anchor nicole wallace says republicans are not running on anti-crime policies. roll it. >> we'll see tomorrow if they

understand that bashing democrats about inflation doesn't mean that republicans are promising to fix inflation. i haven't seen one promise to fix it. >> yeah. >> and bashing democrats about, i don't know, what else are they mad about, crime, doesn't mean -- i haven't seen a republican campaign rooted in ending crime. i worked in republican politics in the '90s when they were. you can hate the policies, they were running on mandatory sentencing. no republican is running on anti-crime policies. stuart: yesli vega joins me now. what is the republican answer, how do you fix inflation and how do you fix crime? >> look, you certainly can't tax your way out of inflation. we have a crisis here in this country when it comes to our economy, a government that keeps spending money that we don't have. and the people of this country, the people of the 7th district paying a high price for it. they're paying more for gas at the gas pump, they're paying

more for eggs, milk, and they've had enough. and that's why i believe that we're going to send a loud message when the polls close here tonight. i am a law enforcement officer, i can tell you that we're talking about crime here in this district, a crime wave like we've we've never seen before, and in the, again, is a direct result of failed democrat policy and leadership. stuart: if you're in law enforcement and you're standing for election today, what would you do, if elected, what would you do about crime? can you be specific? what would you do? >> absolutely. well, it starts with enforcing the laws that we have on the books. we have liberal prosecutors that are not doing their job. that's why we're seeing a revolving door where criminals are not being held accountable. they're facing zero consequences for their actions. so you're sending a loud message when you're failing to do your job, when you're not prosecuting. you can come here, commit if crime and nothing is going to happen. what is that going to cause? further crime to keep increasing. we also have to focus on restoring that relationship that a has been crushed by the

democrats' dangerous defund the police movement. we are not the enemy, folks. we are here to serve and to protect. we are willing to lay our lives for our communities, and it's time that we enable law enforcement officers with the resources and the manpower that they need to enforce the laws and to keep our communities safe. stuart: liz cheney crossed party lines and endorsed your democrat opponent, abigail span berger. what's your reaction to that in -- to that? >> this is another sign of desperation coming out of my opponent's camp. she knows she's found innerring. she doesn't want to talk about the issues because she has a horrible record that she cannot run on. she's voted with joe biden and nancy pelosi 100% of the time. she is responsible for the surge of crime that we're seeing in our communities, she's responsible for the humanitarian crisis at our southern border, and she is responsible for crumbling economy that is hurting virginia families. stuart: what's turnout like in virginia? >> it's been very steady. i had my first interview at 4 a.m., and this is my third

polling location, so i'm really excited. we're having great conversations with voters. they're excited, they're energized, and i believe that once these polls close here, we are headed towards the victory. stuart: would you say that republicans tend to vote in person on election day, democrats sometimes go more towards mail-in ballots? would you agree with that? >> yeah, i think for the most part that is an accurate statement. but, you know, there's a little bit of everything. i think that we're seeing democrats voting on election day just as much as we saw republicans also voting early. so we're really happy on the turnout that we saw during early voting, and we're excited for the turnout today. stuart: yesli vega, thanks very much for taking time on a very busy day to come and speak with us. we do appreciate that. best of luck, see you later. >> thank you. thanks for having me. stuart: midterm election spending expected to reach a record $16.7 billion. hey, good morning, ashley. now, here's the question, which

party spent the most? ashley: i'll tell you right away, we see the dollars flying down on that video. the gop has raised the most. the latest data showing republican spending total $4.6 billion, remarkable, compared to the democrats' $3.9 billion. outside spending in the four battleground states really speaks to how much is at stake. for instance, in pennsylvania where republican dr. oz takes on democrat john fetterman, the total outside spending totals just north of $194 million. and if you break that down even further, an estimated close to $83 million was spent against democrats while $68.6 million was spent against republicans. all sorts of money. in the georgia senate race between warnock and walker, outside spending there has totaled just over $139 million, and in the kelly v. masters senate race in arizona, outside groups have spent a whopping

$101.6 million. same story in nevada. it's going to be interesting, stu, to see how all of this spending has paid off, and today will be the test, and then tomorrow we'll have the results or maybe later tonight. stuart: i like the sound of that. ashley, thanks very much. ashley: yeah. stuart: crispy creme getting into the -- krispy kreme getting into the election day spirit. they're giving away a free glazed doughnutted today. you do not need to show proof that you societied. voted. still ahead, election day is here. poms -- polls are open all across the country. guy benson says we should anticipate republican gains. question is, how big of a red wave? guy will give us his midterm predictions. in georgia, senator raphael warnock is neck and neck with herschel walker. that senate race could be headed for a runoff. uh-oh. connell mcshane has that story from georgia, next.

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♪ ♪ stuart: okay. now, that is tampa, or florida, 78 degrees. we're playing that surfing usa because today's election day, and we are, indeed, expecting a red wave. surf that. check the markets. again, apparently investors like the idea of a gop clean sweep. dow's up 300, nasdaq's up nearly 50. lauren's looking at some movers, and one of them is really going down. that's lyft. lauren: ever corp. cut their price target by more than half saying there's real potential that ongoing consumer softness which hasn't impacted ride-sharing as a whole yet will next year. stuart: okay. lordstown motors, what's happening? lauren: the stock's up # 1. they reaffirmed the start of the delivery of the cyber truck competitor, the e endurance, for the fourth quarter, and they're seeking more partnerships

including deepening their partnership with foxconn, chip maker. stuart: caravan that was very much in the news lately. it's up, what have we got, down 99 percent. lauren: -- 9%. lauren: another 9%. remember when the stock was over $300? they keep going down. it's -- used car prices are going down, but they're still expensive, and the cost of financing them has gone straight up. jpmorgan has slashed their price target to 10 is from 20. this is a freefall. stuart: ouch. looks line it too. control of the senate could come town to georgia's race between raphael warnock and herschel walker. connell mcshane is in the atlanta suburbs. what's the turnout like, connell? >> reporter: i would say it's, it's been a constant flow here where we are throughout the day. not overwhelming though, there's never been a point where people have had to wait on a long line behind me to vote so far at least. they come in, they wait online,

there's an id check, then they go to those blue booths where there's a touch screen. that's where you vote, you print the ballot out and put it through a scanner. things seem to be going pretty well. we've seen just a few people, maybe a handful get rejected, not be able to vote, but each time it seems they simply went to the wrong location. as for the campaign here, the georgia senate race in pennsylvania has been off the charts. i mean, there's been over $240 million spent just on that race. and we've been talking to some of the voters about that. some say they're fine if they never see another political ad. >> if it were up to me, i would ban ads on digital media. >> there should be a law against tv ads, that those -- that money should go to something better. >> i'm, hopefully, we're going to get more than 50%, because i'm tired of ads on both parties. >> reporter: tired of ads. now, the big political question

around here today is whether or not the republican, herschel walker, in that senate race can turn out enough in-person voters today to defeat senator raphael warnock. now, we're, of course, watching the governor's race as well. governor brian kemp voted a short time ago, matched up against stacey abrams. what you can expect throughout the day and the evening, polls close at 7 p.m. eastern time. remember, more than 2.5 million people voted before today. officials are telling us they should be done with the counting by 5 p.m. tomorrow. but remember, even if that speeds things up, you've got to get to 50% to avoid a runoff, and we'll see whether it happens in either one of those races. otherwise, stuart, we're back here december the 6th talking about another georgia election. we'll watch it throughout the day. stuart: watch out for that. december 6th, that's a long way away. thanks very much, connell. we'll see you later. thanks. i want to bring in guy benson.

guy is a very famous pundit, and he's going to give us his prediction -- [laughter] for the election results today. so, guy, is going to be a red ripple, a red wave or ad red tsunami? >> well, stuart, the factors that i've been looking at to inform that exact opinion that i've formed are, number one, head-to-head polling in these individual races, the national polling overall, the movement of prognosticators and money into various races and then, most importantly i think, the fundamentals of this cycle. they all favor the republicans to varying extents. i think that we are looking at a good to very good night probably for the republicans ahead. i would imagine that they will end up in the ballpark of where the democrats did after their blue wave of 2018 in the terms of the number of seats controlled. i do think republicans are slightly favored to win back the senate, 51, maybe 52 seats. if it really blows out, 53 or 54. i think republicans stand to gain one net governorship when

you look across the country and control 30 out of the 50 across the nation. i'm tired of all the prognostications, all the pre-analysis. i want some actual results. waves don't make themselves, stuart. people have to go out, be the wave, vote. stuart: i think you're referring here to a red wave, somewhere between a ripple and a tsunami, i think you'd be comfortable with that. >> yep. stuart: if that's what we get, does it amount to a turning point in american politics? the end of a leftward drift towards a more centrist, maybe even a rightward drift from congress? what do you think? >> i think it would very much be a turning point, obviously, in the administration because they've been trying to push everything that they can, all the left-wing stuff imaginable, with the very thin margins they've had in both houses. that would be just gone, right? dead as a door nail. even if the republicans only win back the house, the legislative agenda is basically dead. biden would have to pivot to the center and be the sort of

president he campaigned on being, frankly. if the republicans also win the senate and if i had to err on one side or the other, more optimistic or more pessimistic, i would lean in the more optimistic direction based on some of the things that i'm seeing. if the republicans win both houses, stuart, which is entirely plausible, then the administration really has a tough dilemma on its hands because they either have to work with republicans and really cross the aisle on a lot of things or just watch a stalemate for the remainder of this term which might end up being the only term for this president. some interesting moves in the white house should the democrats lose and also democrat leadership in congress, especially on the house side, i think big changes are probably coming. stuart: okay, got it. by the way, the betting markets give a 70% chance of the complete sweep of the house and the senate for republicans. there you have it. guy benson, thanks very much, indeed. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: major tax policy changes are on the ballot in some states.

ashley, come in again. break it down for us, will you? ashley: yeah. it includes hiking rates paid by the richest americans, and i know you're going to be shocked by this, stu, no big surprise it includes california. voters in the golden state voting on proposition 30 that would hike taxes on those earning $2 million per year, and that's for both single and joint filers, creating a so-called marriage penalty. if approved, wealthy californians would see the top marginal rate on their wage income climb to 16.15%. and, by the way, the bulk of the new tax money goes to programs that help people buy electric cars and install charging stations. let the rich pay for it. in colorado a proposition on the ballot would raise income taxes for people with a federal taxable income of $300,000 or more by limiting state or standard deductions that they can take. and in massachusetts voters deciding whether to pass a measure that would crypt a 4%

tax on annual income above $1 million. by the way, that's on top of the state's 5% flat income tax. just keep taxing those wealthier individuals. they'll pay for everything. stuart: gee, i've heard that before, tax the rich. i've heard that so many times, you know? ashley: yep. stuart: more states could soon legalize recreational marijuana. we'll tell you where it's on the ballot. pennsylvania, the second largest energy the-producing state in the country, by the way, and president biden's promise to shut down coal and oil production is not going over well. jeff flock has the latest on pennsylvania's key senate race. jeff is next. ♪ bigger, better, stronger, power ♪

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stuart: let's call it ad modest rally, no, a strong rally at

least for the dow on this election day. the dow is up over 1%, 366 points. it's back above 3 3,000. nasdaq up 68. the legalization of recreational a marijuana is on the ballot in five states. come back in again, ashley, and tell us which states. ashley: all right, here we go. maryland, north dakota, south dakota, and arkansas all have legal pot referendums that could change state law for more than 17 million people in all of those states. in maryland voters will decide whether to amend their constitution to make marijuana legal. it's the only blue state, by the way, with a pot-related ballot question and is considered the most likely to see its measure pass. efforts to legalize recreational marijuana in north dakota have been going on for years. a 2018 ballot measure on that issue failed, but today they try again. same story in south dakota. while in missouri the measure would establish a 6% tax on retail sales of recreational pot. and in arkansas the state

supreme court overturned a lower court ruling that the marijuana ballot was misleading and allowed the measure to be voted on today. and, of coursing, we'll follow up with the results. stuart: got it. ashley, thanks very much. diesel shortages being reported across pennsylvania as president biden keeps up his attacks on the oil and gas industry. jeff flock is in hazelton, p.a., is energy top of mind for voters there? >> reporter: well, it absolutely is where i'm standing. you know, there may be people in pennsylvania that don't like fracking and don't like oil and gas, but they don't live around here. hazelton, this is a polling place here, by the way, was built on the coal industry the, and energy is huge. now as to the candidates, first of all, their positions on fracking, john fetterman, you know, he's a guy who was opposed to frack being initially -- got pictures of him as he was voting this morning -- and then has changed his position.

now he says he's firmly for it. dr. oz, pictures of him voting as well, he initially also had concerns, health concerns about fracking, but he now also says he's firmly behind it. you almost have to be in pennsylvania because, as you pointed out earlier, number two the state in the nation when it comes to natural gas production, and most of that comes from fracking. and gas and oil produce about half a million jobs in pennsylvania, about $40 billion in wages and twice that in economic impact. we've been talking to people outside this polling place all day today and, yeah, top of mind is energy. >> it's a turning points in this country here, and, you know, we need to make changes. that's why this one is very important. >> why the hell are we stopping, slowing down the drilling and causing more expense to everyday americans? >> i have oil heat in my house, and i'm on disability.

so it makes it very hard to pay $6 a gallon. >> we have a lot of people employed by the industry and, therefore, they lose hair jobs -- their jobs. and so it hurts on multiple levels. >> reporter: one note on the race or a couple notes on the race tonight, stuart. you know, we've got mail-in ballots being huge in pennsylvania. i just checked the numbers. we don't have them to put up on the screen, but the mail-in ballots are 1.1 million so far. 800,000 of those are democrat ballots, 250,000 republicans. and the fetterman campaign is pointing out that tonight the first ones to get counted are the in-person voting. so it's likely that oz is going to be leading as the night starts. fetterman thinks he'll come on later once the mail-ins come many. so we'll see how it goes. stay up late. stuart: hold your breath. jeff flock, see you later. a pennsylvania judge says election officials, election

officials can help voters fix errors on mail-in ballots. okay, what kind of errors, ashley? ashley: well, the kind of errors that include incorrect or missing dates, those kinds of things. republicans in monroe county had asked a judge there to block the election board from actually sorting through mail ballots and, yes, helping voters resolve problems with their ballots. but the judge said that implementing an injunction the day before the election would cause more harm than refusing it. now, earlier the pennsylvania supreme court had ordered local officials to set aside all those mail-in ballots with date-related errors rather than count them with correctly-filled-out ballots. the gop argues it amounts to basically an illegal pre-canvas of mail ballots which are supposed to be kept in secure locations before being counted by the court -- before being counted. but, of course, in this case the court disagreed, and it goes on.

you can be sure we're not hearing the last of that issue, i guarantee you. stuart: the governor of new york, kathy hochul, once again brushing off crime concerns. watch this. >> he has been hyperventilating, trying to scare people for months. and new yorkers are on to it. stuart: all right. brian kilmeade will deal with the new york governor's race. brian is next. ♪ relax, take it easy ♪

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kathy hochul brushes off crime and says zeldin has been, quote, hyperventilating. roll it, please. >> he has been hypervent9lating, trying to scare people for months, and new yorkers are on to it. all the relegitimate media organizations have called him out for what he is doing, fear mongering, and i'm not even talking about the statistics. you can check it out yourself. stuart: brian, i think crime got to her, and she's realizing it. what do you say? >> 20-year high in subway crime, it's a fact. bill clinton thought it was funny to be cartoonish about it. nobody else does. one day after bill clinton makes his comment, two people were stabbed in the subway. one got stabbed in the arm, the other in the neck in the subway. so continue to say it's funny when bill clinton comes out and says what do you think can, she's going to hand out billy clubs and bats before people go innocent subway, and the crowd

roars? if you have to have extreme extremely inept especially opponent, and zeldin has it in hochul. you have to have somebody that is good at raising money and nothing else, who doesn't have good aides to let them now that inflation and crime matter. both things have donors calling her up saying, what are you doing? stuart: yeah. >> you've got to understand what the people are going through. where's lee zeldin today? he's actually all in new york city at subway stations walking around. when i was going to penn station, they're handing me forms as i go down into long island railroad, i'm thinking to myself, lee zeldin, a republican governor candidate, has enough wherewithal to understand that these long islanders commute and new yorkers sometimes they go back and forth in the subway, let them know we matter and we care. he also did a good job with the new york jewish vote. stuart: i think lee zeldin has a very good chance in today's election. i want to bring up trump. he attacked governor ron desantis in florida. this was during a rally.

desantis' name is on the ballot today. will trump's comments, his attack, hurt desantis' chances at all. >> he did say reelect ron desantis yesterday when he was campaigning for marco rubio, and there's a little bit of tension between the them right now because he feels as hoe he gave ron desantis the boost he needed to get the nomination, ultimately, to become governor. but ron desantis' performance has been nothing short of sensational. i mean, what he has done as governor and the confidence with which he did it and now again after that horrible hurricane ian, the way he just sat there rebuilding bridges, grinded it out, put bipartisanship into play, never said a cross word about the president, understand republican -- understood republican and democrats have to come together the, almost everything he's done has been correct. but i think president trump is trying to clear the field. he's trying to let everybody know, i'm running, you don't want any of this.

i'm very curious to see what'll happen because either way, think about, stuart, even if he runs, they know it's it. and if you're tom cotton in your 40s, 44-year-old ron desantis, mike pompeo is 56, i think, you've got your best years ahead of you. you could wait it out and fight it out in a jungle primary as opposed to taking on somebody ooh -- somebody who's the most popular republican although has bag am. stuart: politics is fascinating and fun, isn't it? brian, thank you very much, indeed, for being here. >> i always appreciate the invitation. lauren: long island railroad, that surprised me. [laughter] stuart: he's well known for that. new york city early voting numbers, we've got them. very low turnout. does that mean there's just a total lack of enthusiasm in this state? lauren: yeah. i think that does bode well for the republican, lee zeldin. i just checked the polls, he is

down 7 points. but i want to show you this, early votinger turnout in the city, 432,000 votes were cast out of 5.5 million that are registered. that's nothing. then you go to, like, heavily democrat the bronx, 39,000 votes cast early. that's it. so, yes, entirely possible democrats show up today in big numbers, and it's also possible that democrats cross over and quietly, because they're concerned about crime, vote for lee zeldin and vote for a republican. stuart: lee zeldin thinks if he gets 30% of the new york city vote, he wins the state because -- 30% win in the city would be prick for him. all right. thanks, lauren. still ahead, shannon bream, bill hemmer and and our election day panel. we'll be speaking to nine voters from all different states and backgrounds on what issues matter to them the most. stay with us, the 11:00 hour of "varney," very special hour coming up next. ♪ ♪ only in america ♪

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