the final example if you read john alison spoke now he is the head of the cater institute he opposed it then one day he basically said that is a great bank i would hate to see us change a the capital requirements that would render you insolvent so you might want to think about that. so that is what did happen if you talk back against the government. there is so many ways it can destroy your business it is understandable about politicians. of with the to see more businesses stand up if they can get away with it and to say to hell with you is a separate question. by wed like to see them do more. but they're making life difficult for themselves if they do. >> this made me think of a question of government, fcc and the redskins. why it is your comments regarding pat? because he has power with radio stations to force them to change their name? >> certainly the sec should have no power over broadcasters have all. but i have to take more about that. is it an example of government using its improper authority to censors speech it does not like gore is that an attack on a person? ion not sure

he vote with his wife and said he is not worried about keeping his john, the 30 year incumbent has an advantage over alison lundergan grimes, his challenger. >> if you are trying to sort out the races and the issues, download the abc app and look for "voter resources," page with the frequently asked question. we will have real time election coverage from around the country starting at 5:00 p.m. this evening and local coverage begins when the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on coffee tv 20 at nine and right here at eleven. >>> developing news in sonoma, a fire destroyed a victorian house this morning. it broke out at 8:45 at the to story home. the fire department says it may have started in a fire chief and firefighters knocked it down in an hour but not before it put a lot of smoke in the area. no reports of injuries. >> there is a new determination in pleasanton on the nature of an overnight fire that destroyed several homes under construction. amy hollyfield is at the scene. neighbors have theories. >> yes, arson or not, kristen? people thought it was or san because of the political landscape here in pleasanton

but first he has to get past the democratic challenger alison lundergan grimes. joe johnsoins us from lexington, kentucky. stet the scene over there. this is still considered a very close race. >> reporter: yes, it was. but i have to tell you, over the weekend a lot of the polls we were seeing suggested that mcconnell was beginning to pull away. look, there's a picture circulating right this morning, this afternoon, on social media that sort of says it all about senator mcconnell. he's voting in louisville, kentucky, behind him right over his shoulder is a man giving him the thumbs-down sign. that's kind of what we found here in the state of kentucky. we've talked to a lot of people who say they don't like senator mcconnell that well. he's not the guy people want to sit down and have a beer with. but they admire him and his political skills. and that's very much what counts, not so much in the population centers of lexington, of louisville, of frankfort. but out in the country, the rural areas, that's where mcconnell's support is so strong. alison lundergan grimes, the dem

use one of the few people who had obama come in to campaign with them, unlike alison lundergan grimes, for example. johnichols, thank you for being with us. we willing to your report, "obama need not accept 'lame duck' status." we're going to get a break in here from bernie sanders, the independent governor of vermont, and also look at how the issue of obamacare and single-payer has played into the vermont race. very interestingly. the popular governor peter shumlin facing a serious crisis now. it looks like that governor's race will be decided by the legislature. it is the only state, i believe, in the country where when a -- forte doesn't get 50% example, louisiana, they will have a runoff. in vermont, the legislature decides who will be the next governor. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. last night tuesday night during democracy now! five hour special broadcast, we spoke with independent senator bernie sanders of vermont, just as it started to become clear from early election results of the senate was clearly going t

alison lundergan grimes. with help from the national party and some powerful friends named clinton, she's made this thing a horse race. my cnn colleague joe johns watching the final stretch in lexington. horse race, to say the very least. what do things look like right now? how's the turnout? >> reporter: well, turnout seems to be pretty good. alison lundergan grimes, the democrat running against mitch mcconnell, also happens to be the state election officer. she's the secretary of state and she told my colleague, deborah feyerick, just a little while ago that turnout was higher than usual here in kentucky. she voted here in the city of lexington, as a matter of fact. senator mcconnell with his wife, elaine chow, also voted today in louisville, kentucky. he stands to become the next majority leader. that is if republicans overtake the united states senate. it's been a real uphill climb for alison lundergan grimes in the state, very conservative state in a lot of ways. the last polls actually showed that mcconnell was up by as much as nine points. but the question, of course, is what's that turnout going to look like here in the bluegrass state

the people live where joe johns was in jefferson county, here in fayette county, these are the two big places for alison she has to run it up where you have large population centers. also the african-american base of the party. mitch mcconnell likes to say the smaller i do, the better i do. you go to floyd county, not even 1% of the population. that's a pretty close race right now. so in these small towns, he needs run it off. there will be some places where alison grimes does okay but it is only 100 votes, right? this is what he needs. as you get to the sxhuns the thousand. mitch mcconnell always has close races. 53% in 2008. let's just take math. look where he has to be red. he has to be red all down in hear. and it has to be that way. it has to be this way in rural kentucky. he has to run up huge numbers. the democrat will get big numbers hear. we just talked about jefferson county. bruce lunsford at 56%. not just the percentage, she has to turn out the vote where you get to that county. down near fayette county. she has to run up the math and mitch mcconnell has to not only win them all but by good

alison lundergan grimes to win a sixth term in the u.s. senate. with the republicans taking control of the senate, mcconnell expected to become the next majority leader. john> so there are two senate races where the outcome is still not known this morning. in louisiana, neither senator larry la mary landrieu or her opponents got above the threshold there will be a runoff in november 6th. in alaska, the polls didn't really close until 1:00 a.m. eastern time. they are still counting at this hour. so we want to start in anchorage where cnn's drew griffin is standing by live. good morning, drew. what is the latest up there? >> 70% in that senate race, and the republican challenger to democrat mark begich is leeing, dan sullivan over mark begich, 54 to 40%. you may ask why this race hasn't been called. the politicians say here voting counting is quirky. you don't know where it's coming in from. so they wait and wait and wait before they call this election. but john, you know, given the tone of the evening, what's happened nationally, the fact that alaska really is a red state, and quite frankly, the ground game i've seen here in alaska over the last couple of d