when you look maybe 20 years ago he had tom daschle, kim johnson, kent conrad, you had max baucus you had a good split in the great plains in terms of united states senators. that is all but evaporated. there's only one left which i would say in the great plains and that is jon tester and he is fortunate enough to have the region in montana that provides the kind of boost he needs to get over the finish line electorally. you have to ask yourself as a democrat in billy as an american what has happened in the great plains and what is happening in rural america whether it'sd rurl south or whether it's in the mid-atlantic regions where we see rural pennsylvania going hard red. what's happened in those regions that is really turn people? the easy enter a lot of people is it's all about donald trump. that is absolutely not true. we started losing votes during the tea party revolution right after barack obama was elected and we had been able to regain our footing since then. reelectee statistic for your viewers, when i was elected in 2012, probably about 20% of republicans would cross over a

you at max baucus. you had a good list in the great plains in terms of united states senators. that is all but evaporated. there's only one left in the great plains, and that is john castor -- that is john kester, and he is fortunate enough to have the mountain region in montana he needs to get over the finish line electoral relate. -- electorally. you have to ask is a democrat and as an american what has happened in the great plains and what has happened in rural america, whether it is the rural south or the mid-atlantic region where we see pennsylvania going hard red, what has happened in those reasons that has -- in those regions that has turned people? the easy answer is it is all about donald trump. that is not true. we started losing votes during the tea party revolution right after barack obama was elected and we have not been able to regain our footing since then. when i was unable to get reelected in 2018, just one statistic for your viewers, when i was elected in 2012, probably about 20% of republicans would cross over and vote for a democrat. when i ran into any 18,

. >> max baucus, thank you for joining us. >> you bet. >>> next, police say a georgia paramedic was drunken he crashed an ambulance, killing the patient he was transporting. we'll have details ahead. >>> and moments away from the opening bell on wall street. dow futures are up after strong earnings reports from both walmart and home depot. nasdaq and s&p, they're slightly down. in the last hour, listen to this economic news, we learned retail sales were up 1.7% in october to $638 billion. that beat analyst forecasts by a long way. a sign that americans so far have not slowed down their spending despite higher prices. sales are down from last quarter, but we're hoping things will pick up by q3. yeah... uhhh... doug? [children laughing] sorry about that. umm...what...it's uhh... you alright? [ding] never settle with power e*trade. it has powerful, easy-to-use tools to help you find opportunities, 24/7 support when you need answers, plus some of the lowest options in futures contract prices around. get e*trade and start trading today. - realtor.com's new collaboration tools made it easy for

you at max baucus. you had a good list in the great plains in terms of united states senators. but evaporated. there's only one left in the great plains, and that is john castor -- that is john kester, and he is fortunate enough to have the mountain region in montana he needs to get over the finish line electoral relate. -- electorally. you have to ask is a democrat and as an american what has happened in the great plains and what has happened in rural america, whether it is the rural south or the mid-atlantic region where we see pennsylvania going hard red, what has happened in those reasons that has -- in those regions that has turned people? the easy answer is it is all about donald trump. that is not true. we started losing votes during the tea party revolution right after barack obama was elected and we have not been able to regain our footing since then. when i was unable to get reelected in 2018, just one statistic for your viewers, when i was elected in 2012, probably about 20% of republicans would cross over and vote for a democrat. when i ran into any 18, that number