he can help support the republican candidate, mike braun. much in others parts of the state, so both the president and the vice president. jonathan: as you recall from the bush-cheney era, they were constantly raising money, whether the campaign committees, house and senate, individual candidates for rnc. president trump does not do as much fundraising. when he does is for his own reelection and the rnc. why do you think that his, and forthat created a demand folks like you to be more aggressive or creative on the fundraising front? itven: i hadn't focused on much because it does not directly affect us, but i do sense an ever greater need for the work of outside groups like , just a greater need for that kind of activity because the party committees don't have the resources they have had in the past. with george w. bush, after , andn-feingold became law he did that effectively, which is why outside groups did not get formed until 2010, because president bush met the need himself. jonathan: you mention this earlier, but democrats do seem to h

-- nobody knows in indiana who mike braun is.uld be the new offensive coordinator for purdue. they have no idea. they don't know who he is and he's still winning. he is running basically as a asa hole in the water. he is just i'm the republican and between donald trump and mike pence, joan donnelly is probably going to lose. heidi heitkamp has a similar problem in north dakota with the partisan composition. kevin kramer has won and run four times and he has just as good name i.d. and he's going to lock himself in a silo at a norad base so he doesn't -- i'm a republican, just vote for may. >> martha: how does this impact their votes, . >> claire mccaskill is ahead and she is under increasing pressure to say no. she would probably like to say yes. if he could do anything that would serve her political needs, she would vote yes. she's at 44. she's got a lead on the much lesser known holly. she would love to be able to vote i'm sure but she has two big cities with lots of liberal democrats. >> martha: she could pick up some of those

think this will help crystallize it really is a republican-democrat decision here and likely help mike braun. there is bob dole's told adage that you don't get politically hurt if you vote yes for a bill that fails or no for a bill that passes. if he goes through, and he votes no, maybe the affect is weakened somewhat. if he is the one vote that is 51-49, thenit i think it could be very politically damaging. reid: let's talk about the guy who has now delayed this, senator jeff flake, who is retiring. he has a long relationship with you. one of the conservative members of the house and senate. what is your understanding of his role in the senate today, and has he changed? david: so, i think what we're seeing here is jeff flake's personality separate of politics coming out. i think he is sincere about what he is saying. this is two human beings that are being dragged through the mud on both sides. it gives him great, great angst to see that happen, because he has a good heart. he did maintain the whole time a he was there a very high score on our scorecard. he voted as a very economic conserva

indiana, mike braun has a very slight edge over donnelly. kevin kramer has a four-point lead over senator heidi hidecamp. and marsha blackburn just ahead of phil bredson. and sherrod brown with a 16 point lead in ohio. >> a lot of close races. ahead of the midterms, two democratic pacs are launching an add campaign to boost candidates in nine competitive senate race this is fall. the ads will run on social media and streaming services. the spots are focusing on taking aim at republicans over health care. over 18 million will be spent in several states. >> back with us now, a reporter from the "washington post" eugene scott. can you translate spending money on ads into getting votes? >> we'll see. this is such a unique election year where we are expecting turnout and interest at levels that we do not normally see during midterms. we are seeing democrats as well as republicans really trying to get people out to would who normally would not by using effective messages, scare tactics and just the idea of change in general. >> i got a two-part fo

marsha blackburn in tennessee, mike braun in indiana.washington post has outdone itself, blaming now president trump environmental policy for hurricane florence. incredible. by the way, they say it's a category three storm and it may be hovering off the carolina coast for more than a day. president trump said protection of life is his highest priority as president. please join us tomorrow for conversations with south carolina congressional candidate katie arrington as well as herman cain and a reminder, tonight on the fox news channel, just a matter of moments, thanks for being with us. see you tomorro >> this is not going to be a tropical storm. this is going to be a mike tyson fight to the carolina coast. cheryl: hurricane florence is on its way. downgraded to a category to overnight, but still set to hit the coast line with heavy rain, deadly storm surge and massive flooding. lauren: in the markets we have news stocks have a muted reaction to. cheryl: looking at pictures, another great start to the day with the dow into-- dow jones 31

mike braun just before we go, i have to ask you, how is that going to go?sident is putting his prestige on the line for him. >> he should. donnelly is 12 points ahead in the polls so the president has to come in an remind why he needs a republican in the senate. i think he will make a big difference. >> lou: you think he will win? >> yeah. i think that he shouldn't win today. >> lou: i know. but the election is november 2. i'm -- november 6. predict the future. >> this should be where you know of the high points of the president. this and florida. he can make a difference there and remind republicans why they need a republican senator. >> lou: is braun going to win? >> i think he can win. >> lou: the savant. >> the reason i'm savant, ten weeks to go and a lot can happen. if it were today he wouldn't win but in ten weeks he can win. if he does the right things. >> lou: i'm taking full notes on this and bring you back in the course of the next few weeks. thank you. >> good to see you. >> lou: ed rollins. president trump freezing pay raises for federal civilia

marsha blackburn in tennessee, mike braun in indiana.he washington post has outdone itself, blaming now president trump environmental policy for hurricane florence. incredible. by the way, they say it's a category three storm and it may be hovering off the carolina coast for more than a day. president trump said protection of life is his highest priority as president. please join us tomorrow for conversations with south carolina congressional candidate katie arrington as well as herman cain and a reminder, tonight on the fox news channel, just a matter of moments, thanks for being with us. see you tomorroairspace. thoughts and prayers from all our friends from north carolina and south carolina. charles: you got it. lou: good evening, everybody. our top story. hurricane florence bearing down on the east coast more than 10 million people are now under warnings or watches, and the carolinas and virginia. the category 3 storm generating 80-foot waves and could strengthen, we're told, back to a category 4 storm by the time it makes landfall.

another possible republican flip, the hoosier state, donald trump campaigned for mike braun who is just by two percentage points but 32% of voters said they could change their mind in this contest. both mccaskill and donnelly won the election in 2012 because republicans felt they damaged candidates. a place that shouldn't be in play but is is tennessee, democrats have an outside shot at winning the senate. the former governor is striking marsha blackburn. donald trump's approval rating in the state is a staggering 58%. that makes this a challenge for democrats. >> thank you so much. fox news exclusive. more text messages between peter stzrok and lisa page revealing others were leaking like mad. the exchange from 2016 indicates other government officials were leaking about the russia probe a month after the presidential election. one text said leaking like a mad, scorn and worried politicals kicking into overdrive, two former fbi agent someone who work directly with stzrok said the word sisters refers to the cia. we don't know. alleged media leaks strategy to is trove of new brett kavana

marsha blackburn in tennessee, mike braun in indiana. washington post has outdone itself, blaming now president trump environmental policy for hurricane florence. incredible. by the way, they say it's a category three storm and it may be hovering off the carolina coast for more than a day. president trump said protection of life is his highest priority as president. please join us tomorrow for conversations with south carolina congressional candidate katie arrington as well as herman cain and a reminder, tonight on the fox news channel, just a matter of moments, thanks for being with us. see you tomorrow. good night from new york. this is going to be a mike tyson punch. that came from a top official at fema as the hurricane barrels toward the coast. i'm filling in for kennedy. it's good to be with you as we talk about this category three storm expected to hit land late tomorrow night. forecasters say it has weakened, but just slightly. it's still what they described as an extremely dangerous storm. massive storm surge expected up to 13 f

and mike braun has 45%. >> i think he faces the challenges that strong democrats face in states thatident trump carried strongly in 2016. indiana is a republican state. they've elected republicans. but senator donnelly is a strong candidate. he not only is a senator now, he representatived a very republican area of indiana before he got to the u.s. senate. he's gotten the republican votes he need to win elections. look, indiana and texas and some others states will be the bellwethers. >> let's go to another state where an incumbent seems to be facing difficulty and that's in north dakota. she's somebody who enjoyed some favor of the president here for these last many months. what are the challenges of her candidacy, her re-election here, trying to appeal to republicans who may have voted for him back in 2016. >> i think she faces challenges a lot of democrats face in these red slash states. the challenge for our democrats in 2018 are these are also states obviously president trump carried by big margins in 2016. again, going back a couple of questions ago, it's about turnout, turnout

president trump recently campaigned for a republican, mike braun, just ahead of democratic indiana senatorlly by two percentage points. 32% of voters say they could change their mind in this contrast. remember that both mccaskill and connolly won the election of 2012 because republicans feel damaged candidates. a place that shouldn't be in play, but it is, tennessee. this is why democrats have an outside shot at winning the senate. former governor phil bredesen is within striking distance of republican representative marsha blackburn. president trump's approval rating in the state is at a staggering 58%. that is what makes this a challenge for democrats. shannon? >> shannon: chad pergram, thank you so much. fox news exclusive. more text messages between former fbi employees peter strzok and lisa page reveal others were "leaking like mad." the text chain from december 2016 indicates other government officials were apparently leaking about the russia probe a month after the presidential election. one of the texts from stzrok said, "they have become leaking like mad. scorned and worried and p

in indiana republican mike braun has a slight edge over democratic senator joe donnelly.congressman kevin cramer has a four point lead over heidi heitkamp. in missouri, mccaskill leads the republican. and mash shah blackburn just ahead of phil bredesen. new political aarp poll shows sherrod brown with a 16-point lead in ohio where president trump won decisively. which ones do you think will be most surprising on election day? >> i think mash shah blackburn might be the big surprise she could go down in tennessee would be crazy. that should not be happening. she should be running away with this race. that's where we're seeing the poll on donald trump is taking on these candidates without question. we see consistently poll after poll, people feel that the economy is going in the right direction. and yet republicans are not getting the credit that they probably should. >> you look at states, west virginia, joe manchin, feeling pretty comfortable in west virginia. arizona, democrats have a good shot at winning that good one. nevada we didn't even put that one up. heller is in