cal cunningham was ahead. that has narrowed to where the presidential race is. race, ray cooper, the current governor, a democrat, this is a close race. i think it is going to be closer to 6% when it is down to it. it is not affecting the governor's race. the governor has been doing news conferences since march almost weekly. he has a clear advantage. host: why is it that the governor is running against his lieutenant governor? guest: they do not run together. they are separate elected positions. the lieutenant governor is a stepping stone to running for governor. we knew all along he wanted to run for governor. he does not believe in wearing masks. he has been critical of what the governor has done on covid-19 on the shutdowns. it is sort of the classic republican versus democrat in north carolina. host: we are talking with tim boyum. he will take your questions on campaign 2020 in north carolina. if you support the president and vice president, (202) 748-8001. if you are supporting joe biden and senator harris, (202) 748-8000. if you have another candidate in

. >> bret: there is a new poll out that still has cal cunningham, your democratic opponent, up by four points in north carolina. this is after basically a barrage by you on this issue of his affair and his sexting, you've called it, in an ad. is this the closing argument for you? >> the closing argument as a candidate who ran his entire campaign on the premise that the truth matters and it's about honor. now we know he wasn't truthful. this is not something that happened years ago. this is something that happened weeks ago in his own home with the wife of a combat soldier. he's under investigation with the army for a reason, and i think it completely undermines the concept that he is a truthful, honorable person, through his untruthful and dishonorable actions. >> bret: here is cal cunningham, responding to a question by a voter about this entire affair. take a listen. >> we can all agree that this is by far the most important election of our lifetime. but before we get into the issues that most affects of this campaign i want you to hear something directly from me. i am deeply sorry f

facing a challenge from cal cunningham.ning of september, cunningham was performing pretty well. a point ahead of tillis in the monmouth university poll which left a lot of people thinking, wow, this could happen. could this be a democratic senate pick-up. a week and a half ago, that all seemed to be upended pup on october 2nd, tillis' campaign confirmed the senator tested positive for coronavirus and later that very same day text messages surfaced between cal cunningham and a woman who is not his wife. after about a week of pretty brutal extramarital relationship accusations that started to look like, i don't know, maybe democrats were counting their chickens a little too early in the north carolina senate race. then new polling came out and guess what? the whole thing seems to have helped cal cunningham. in a monmouth university poll released today, his lead over senator tom tillis has now actually expanded. he is now up by four points where he was only up one year in september. it's a very, very weird year politically. d

i have been intrigued by the cal cunningham secret. he really does have a kind of generic democrat kind of bearing to him. what is driving the result in north carolina right now and more broadly the political terrain in these senate races? >> yeah, absolutely. so, we did a poll in north carolina that was actually fielded during the duration of the scandal and we found that cunningham's support, if anything, mildly increased, which is consistent with server usa. voters are upset about the fact that the senate is prioritizing a partisan supreme court pick over coronavirus relief. we've seen it consistently, voters want more spending on coronavirus even in the most conservative states when voters asked should we prioritize the supreme court appointment or more aid, only about a third say supreme court appointment. the other two-thirds are saying coronavirus aid. >> i know you're doing research and discussions and interfacing with different focus groups about where the issue space is for democrats right now and where the marginal voter can

it would be, can you trust cal cunningham?t is unquestiu unequivocally no. >> democrats aren't so sure, saying his platform is strong and cite president trump and his own scandals in 2014. >> they're making decisions about what's happening in the voters' home, in the people's home, and their ability to live and have the access to health care they need, especially during a time like covid. >> reporter: something voters at a get-out-the-vote event in charlotte echoed. >> i don't think sexting has anything to do with his ability to do anything in office. >> see how id edit not affect donald trump in the election four years ago. >> reporter: still, in a state that's been voting for more than a month with nearly 400,000 ballots already accepted, at least one voter told us she is now undecided. >> i'm not sure. too many things happened over the last couple of days. >> now, democrats have also been trying to lean on president trump for something else here in north carolina that perhaps he'll get the news cycle going, as if this will

that's why this race matters for the pure hypocrisy of cal cunningham.re a couple races to keep on your radar. >> tucker: thanks for that update come appreciate it. jason whitlock talked to the president today about his outreach efforts to african-american voters and how they are working out, here's part of that interview. >> we've seen ice cube work with you guys, 50-cent another popular rapper endorsed you, are we seeing a turn where people are starting to evaluate you on your record and policy and performance rather than personality? >> i think so, and what happened is for 100 years, the democrats have had the black vote, 100 years. it's been forever. look at the baltimore, look at oakland, look at all these places that are doing horribly. i think a lot of people are saying wait a minute, this is not right. it's almost like i don't know why they keep going, it's a habit to vote for a democrat. now you have a lot of people going into the republican party, black representatives, you have a young woman in baltimore -- she's fantastic, i don't know if she

they thought they fielded a strong candidate in cal cunningham who is a lieutenant colonel in the armyhowever he's been caught up in a sex scandal, take a listen. >> i am deeply sorry for the hurt that i have caused in my personal life and i also apologize to all of you. and i hope each of you watching at home will accept this sincere apology and we will continue to work together to change the direction of our country and to strengthen state. >> i'm sure a lot of people are saying we've seen a lot of sex scandals with politicians but the reason why this matters is cal cunningham has run on honor, integrity, values, he's put his family at the center of the campaign and it's all a lie. everything he's purported to be as a candidate is false, that's why this race matters for the pure hypocrisy of cal cunningham. those are a couple races to keep on your radar. >> tucker: thanks for that update, appreciate it. jason whitlock talked to the president today about his outreach efforts to african-american voters and how they are working out, here's part of that interview. >> we've seen ice cube

he is facing a competitive race against former state senator, cal cunningham. >> thank you.of the latest polls show him trailing by a slim margin, he says he hopes undecided voters will focus on how the next congress will induct the supreme court. >> the first advocate he will work for his chuck schumer and he will work to pack the court. and take this country in a direction it is never been. >> republicans on the race with cunningham's campaign spending 47 million compared to tillis' 22. he has avoided the media most of this month after admitting to having an inappropriate relationship with a woman outside of his marriage. political experts say the scandal does not appear to be impacting the race. >> he seems to be holding his own. voters who are voting for cal cunningham in this post jump world really don't see what the big issue is. >> north carolinians are voting in record numbers. they report more than 800,000 people have returned mail in ballots, by than 2.8 million have voted early in person. that's nearly half of the state's total number of registered voters. >> hell

on the senate race, i am looking at the slurs they are talking about on cal cunningham. is he the only one who has ever cheated on his wife and who knows if that is true or not? the other statement i would like to make is that there have been so many rumors -- we do not know about donald trump and all the cheating he did also. who is without sin, let him cast the first stone. i would like to give a heads up to the caller from tennessee this morning, because joe biden inherit a very, very bad economy. apparently people have forgotten. gas prices were almost four dollars a gallon. you could barely make groceries because you had to put gas in your car. and the caller from warrington, i would like to give him a heads up, because donald trump could very well be the antichrist. remember, he already warns you when he told that story about being the snake that bit the told -- he said, the snake the woman, you knew what i was when you picked me up, so we should not forget the past. if we forget the past, we are condemned to repeat it. host: thank you very much. professor? guest:

cal cunningham has premised his campaign on truth and honor.with the voters of north carolina. he's covered up an affair that included a veteran, a veteran of the army's wife. he's now tried to admit to it but not completely. i really feel sorry for his family, what they're going through right now. when you premise your entire campaign on truth and honor and what you were is untruthful and dishonorable, the people of north carolina need to understand that. cal cunningham will say anything to get elected. he has said anything to get elected. he lost in 2010. he changed his positions on things. so i don't think we can trust him. i think this is a very important thing for the people of north carolina to understand before their cast their ballots. >> we did reach out to kyle cunningham and yet to hear back. the big issue in north carolina and a tough one for the president, they're not feeling this commission boom that he talks about, maybe that you talk about. real quickly, are you worried about that? there's a disconnect here. >> i think there may

impacts on the senate race as well, kasie. >> so, let's talk about the senate race, thom tillis and cal cunninghamn track to probably pull that out, potentially flip the senate. then, of course, revelations that he was having a relationship outside of his marriage, which republicans, of course, have seized on. i mean, my question about this has been, you know, after years of getting messages from republican operatives and others that you shouldn't worry about this type of behavior because of what we've seen from president trump -- i mean, you ask these elected officials, is president trump doing the right thing in terms of his personal life? and they'll sort of try not to answer the question. oechd, well, i don't really like it, but you know, it is what it is. now they're trying to say to cal cunningham, hey, you're not conducting yourself the way that you should. i just wonder, after so many years of voters hearing that they shouldn't care about this kind of behavior, do they actually care now that republicans are trying to convince them they should think it's a problem? >> yeah, the president co

cal cunningham was ahead. that has narrowed to where the presidential race is.e, ray cooper, the current governor, a democrat, this is a close race. i think it is going to be closer to 6% when it is down to it. it is not affecting the governor's race. the governor has been doing news conferences since march almost weekly. he has a clear advantage. host: why is it that the governor is running against his lieutenant governor? guest: they do not run together. they are separate elected positions. the lieutenant governor is a stepping stone to running for governor. we knew all along he wanted to run for governor. he does not believe in wearing masks. he has been critical of what the governor has done on covid-19 on the shutdowns. it is sort of the classic republican versus democrat in north carolina. host: we are talking with tim boyum. he will take your questions on campaign 2020 in north carolina. if you support the president and vice president, (202) 748-8001. if you are supporting joe biden and senator harris, (202) 748-8000. if you have another candidate in mind

standard surrounding cal cunningham his behavior was reprehensible, and it made him look like a hypocriteis character has been shattered, what i think this does in the bigger picture is allows thom tillis to bring this race closer to the top of the ticket. i'm going to go out in a prediction and say if president trump is able to keep north carolina close, then thom tillis is going to be able to keep it close because there is just so few split ticket voters. north korea -- north carolina is one of the states the trump campaign have been focussing on. that could make a difference in a close race. >> dana: marianne i'm interested in the new voter registration and your take on north carolina as a whole >>> as a wholly mean this is a state donald trump has to win and he needs tillis to win to keep the senate. if trump somehow gets back in the white house it's only good if he keeps the senate, thom tillis has never led, cunningham has led from wire to wire and joe biden has the same lead in north carolina, 3.1%. the other thing people are forgetting, when you look at the voter registration and

basically, cal cunningham has been running on being the, like a lot of these other democratic senate candidates, kind of a safe alternative to tom -- thom tillis. republicans think they have a point against him and his trustworthiness. we want to see how this will play out in the polling. after those messages end up being on the air for a few days. the reason why that race in particular is also because that could be a bellwether for the majority in the senate. but i will also be looking at individual members of congress, especially republicans, who have started to put a tiny bit of space between them and the president. we saw that with senator john cornyn, republican of texas a couple of days ago, saying that he preferred to talk to trump about his disagreements with him in private. we are beginning to see that some of these incumbents feel like they can't criticized trump, but they are starting to put just a bit of distance between him when asked things president?upport the i want to see about trend continues. it gives us a sense of whether republicans are seeing numbers that show t

wife. >> cal cunningham will not drop out of the race but did take accountability in the statement.ave hurt my family, disappointed my friends and i am deeply sorry, the first step of repairing relationships is taking complete responsibility which i do. the army reservist has been married 20 years and father of 2. a nationalfile.com released intimate text messages from candidate and a woman who is not his wife. it's not still waters on the other side of the ticket, thom tillis is among recent republicans to test positive for the coronavirus. the results, of course, halting any campaign event and shaky ground comes at a time that many people are starting to cast their ballots. the early voting will start there on october 15th. trace. trace: alex, what about the south carolina senate debate last night where apparently we saw quite a bit of political theatrics. alex: that's right, the challenger jamie harrison taking on senator lindsey graham in 60-minute debate, lindsey graham calling democrats not only radical but also saying that they're nuts. senator: this is a big-choice election

cal cunningham is running on character, tucker.nd about a month ago its surface that he's having an extramarital affair and he's been trying to hide from the media and not talk about that. that now raises probably within one point so north carolina is another one to watch. >> tucker: interesting. you think finally all three of the states will track the presidential results? >> i do think they probably will but i wanted to mention another one, a sleeper race that no one is really talking about. take a look at john james up in michigan. he's a republican. he's a black man that has been running very hard against the incumbent gary peters. gary peters doesn't have a great campaign. john james has a pretty exciting campaign and president trump when he was there this week really gave him a lift. they are also o on the ticket together. >> tucker: john james is an impressive guy, i think we had them on once. dana perino, thank you. we shown you footage of violence and looting, rioting in philadelphia this week that has gone on for days in

cal cunningham is the democrat, basically trying to take thom tillis out.unningham is running on character, tucker, and about a month ago it surfaced he is having an extramarital affair and has been hiding from the media not talking about that. that now raises probably within one point, so north carolina is another one to watch. >> tucker: interesting. all three of those states, those will track the presidential results? >> i do think that they probably will, but i also want to mention yone other one. kind of a sleeper race no one is really talking about, but take a look at john james up in michigan. he is the republican, and a he has a black man who has been running real hard against the incumbent,in gary peters. gary peters doesn't have a great -- he doesn't have a great campaign. john james has a pretty exciting campaign, and president trump, when he was there this week, really gave him a lift, so they are also on the ticket together. >> tucker: john james is an impressive guy. great to see you. dana perino, thank you. >> yeah, see you next week. >> tuck

cal cunningham and tom tillis.'m going to make a scandal reference because both have had their own form of scandals in the last few weeks. tom tillis was at the rose garden ceremony that turned itself into a superspreader event. he was tested positive for covid-19. and cal cunningham, he is in the midst of his own scandal, because he was caught with illicit text messages he hasn't denied, either. both of these campaigns are fighting their uphill battle in a state that is a key battleground in the senate and in the contest itself. biden will be making that pitch, telling them that it's so important to vote. >> i guess kerry washington just walked into the state and said, it's okay. it's handled. it's been handled. >> ali vitali, in durham, north carolina. listen to that laugh you got. >> i got a bunch of these dad jokes. >> here all night, everybody. tip your waiters. >> it's 6:05. thanks, ali. let's go live to the white house and kara lee. let's explore that moment that upset the governor of michigan. it is an impo

cal cunningham got into a bit of hot water about a week or so ago, texts came out that he was sharingwoman who is not his wife but here's what's interesting, talk about that was going to hurt his chances in the senate race but what is really interesting w we had a poll come out from abc-"washington post" in north carolina when they asked voters in north carolina whether cunningham's scandal was important to them or important to them at all, 26% said yes but when asked if thom tillis is support for trump, more than half said yes, is control of the senate most important issue for you come 81% said yes, this is one of those races with a nationalist going to trump the local. >> bret: there is a pull out today that has that race tied, the presidential race tied there, we were looking at the real clear politics average of polls over recent weeks. >> since i'm sitting in north carolina just a word, one other thing about cunningham -- he wasn't just sleeping with another man's wife, that man served in the military with cunningham and the code of military justice applies here, he may be court-

nobody cares about what they're saying about cal cunningham. tillis is down. i can go and do this all day. you know, charlie, at this point, is there a strategy by which donald trump -- because i don't know how you close it if the other person is over 50 because that means all the undecided can come your way and you still lose. what are you seeing out there? >> no, i'm seeing the same thing. donald trump has been very lucky in the past and his luck has run out. and to the -- to the point about the voter -- the reliance on voter suppression, i do think it is backfiring big time and we saw that in wisconsin earlier this year, skin care you'and i seeing it in the massive numbers that are turning out right now. the president in the final three weeks of the campaign begging for votes from women, please vote for me. when he's insulting the senior citizens -- which is obviously a key thing. insulting navy s.e.a.l.s suggesting they didn't really kill osama bin laden when he's dodging debates and hiding out in town hall meetings. when he's relying on voter suppression.

cal cunningham, the senate candidate, he's disappeared.ll because he doesn't want to answer any questions regarding his personal matters. >> brad woodhouse, i'm going to guess that you don't think the lead is as big as our new poll shows. frankly, i'm surprised by the margins. i'm going to be honest with folks. it is a little bigger than i thought. i think the race is a lot tighter than that but it's possible we're finding something here. the surprising thing to me is the senate race. it just never did close the way republicans thought it might. >> well, i think that's right. and, look, i do agree, i think the margin here is definitely larger than i think. i agree with governor mccory there. but i think if you look at the early vote, and we've had 4.1 million north carolinans vote already in north carolina. 4.7 million voted in the entire election in 2016. and if you think about the suburbs and how important the suburban vote is in this election, how important it is to vice president biden, you see such a surge of votes in orange county, d

. >> quickly, i want to ask about cal cunningham, the democratic nominee for south carolina, a state you brought up just now, earlier in the conversation. he's dealing with some allegations of an extramarital affair, some texts that came out. are you comfortable the way he's handled this? do you think he needs to provide further clarification? >> i haven't followed it that closely, other than the headlines in washington papers and chicago papers. i think he has admitted wrongdoing, apologized for it, and the campaign continues. i don't know the impact on voters in north carolina. they make the final judgment. but he's not been evasive when it was brought to light and he's faced it squarely. i think at this point that's the best he can do. >> senator dick durbin, democrat from illinois, thank you for coming on and sharing your perspective with us. appreciate it. >> thanks, chuck. >>> very few saw the 1980 reagan landslide coming before election night. could another one be brewing right under our noses? could another one be brewing right under our noses? >>> welcome back. the panel is

guest: even the senate race, i'm from north carolina, cal cunningham, the people in the do not talklikeou about all of the sexual innuendos and lack of trust that cal cunningham has injected into the campaign. what you have is false narratives like somebody voted to disallow health care for veterans. if they were an actual veteran , or could go to the v.a. that they voted four times to get rid of pre-existing conditions, that's incorrect, they voted to repeal the cares act, which in essence was an extension of medicaid. these are the things that the people vote on, what you tell them. and the things you tell them are not accurate. host: jacob let's talk about the north carolina race guest:. guest:--the north carolina race. guest: to answer larry's question it happened three times before. once in 2000, 1 in 1886, -- once in 2001, 1 to 1986, and of course hillary clinton won the popular vote and donald trump h-1b electoral college. thirdly happen again, if donald trump wins again it will likely happen while losing the popular vote. admissionnningham's of infidelity in the scandalous text

wasn't enough, then we have a scandal that broke with the democratic nominee former state senate cal cunningham admitted that he's sent elicit text to a woman not his wife, you know if you want to get out the news i think friday night if you want to get out bad news friday night was probably best time to do it buts this was on front page of charlotte observer over the weekend raleigh news observer i think it's still he canceled at a -- forum last night that he was supposed to be at so we haven't seensu him in public answering questions since then so puts into doubt i think in north carolina was sort of the tipping point state for democrats to win the majority how much does this scandal affect that? we really haven't seen a quality poll coming out since then. live collar poll that can sort of test the fallout of this. you know, ting there's a big question you know if -- is there l more to drop, of course, of this scandal of this. was there -- you know, more than just texting was there an affair? how long did this go on because some of the text messages suggest he was talking about 100 days from

right now in north carolina, democrat cal cunningham is running narrowly ahead of incumbent republican senator thom tillis. republican senator lindsey graham has been publicly hysterical over how much his democratic opponent jaime harrison has outraised him in terms of fund-raising. harrison is running a very good point in a red state. that polling has pinged back and forth between a graham lead and a few different polls that have shown harrison and graham in a tie. up in maine, where the democratic party is now making signs that say "trump/ collins" -- the democratic party is making those signs -- susan collins is facing a very strong challenge from sara gideon. this is the recent polling on that senate race in maine. it looks like susan collins is going to lose to democrat sara gideon there, i mean at least according to current polling. still time to go of course. the senate races in georgia, interestingly in georgia, there are two senate races in georgia up at the same time this year. we just had a little breaking news on something appearing to go very wrong in one of those georgia

cal cunningham brought in more in the third quarter than the last democratic incumbent did in her entire campaign. ditto for the democratic challenger in colorado. in iowa, not only did the democratic challenger just raise more than joni ernst's 2014 opponent, but she is earned both ernst and her challenger did combined. >>> challengers this texas and georgia also reported huge hauls. republicans are looking at the polls, looking at the money and hedges their bets. they're still on the s.s. trump, but edging toward the lifeboats. we are going to know whether they're thrown a lifeline in weeks. >>> charlie dent, thank you for being here. clearly they still need him. how do you see trump impacting down-ballot races? it's going to be very hard for a lot of these members to distance themselves from the president. i think it will have very little effect you want to be seen as a check, not a rubber stamp. that's a challenge. if you're serving the party of the president, you better be very careful you can demonstrate you have some independence from that executive, even in your own party, even i

wasn't enough, we had a scandal that broke with the democratic nominee, the former state senator cal cunningham, where he admitted he had sent illicit text to a woman who is not his wife. ,f you want to get out the news bad news, friday night was probably the time to do it. this was on the front page of "the charlotte observer" "the raleigh news and observer." he canceled at a forum last mike that he was supposed to be at. we really have not seen him in public answering questions since then. i think this really puts into doubt -- like i said, i think north carolina was the tipping point state for democrats to win the majority. how much does this scandal affect that? we really have not seen a quality pole coming out since can, alive collar poll that -- a live caller poll that can test it. is there more to draw from a scandal like this? was there more than just texting? was there an affair? how long did this go on because some of the messages seemed to talk about 100 days away from the campaign. there is also even the possibility of a court-martial perhaps because he is in the reserves. -- the hu

given cal cunningham's shenanigans in north carolina, his incredibly poor explanation of what seems tofensible behavior, i do think there is a possibility that donald trump could lose that state. if you look at south carolina, the number for jamie harrison versus lindsey graham are basically exactly the same as the numbers for president trump versus joe biden. there is not a lot of ticket splitting going on right now. kevin: what is the risk politically with both parties as the judge amy coney barrett hearings begin the q&a portion tomorrow in washington? republicans, the danger is you are rushing forward too quickly, you are jamming this through before the election. that is a popular message, but not an overwhelmingly popular message and not one that many people are going to vote on. the danger for the democrats is they are seen as attacking her faith, attacking her family, supporting some fairly unpopular positions on issues that will be coming before the court. i think the president and his team and a lot of republicans are hoping that democrats overstepped some gloves -- oversteppe

brawl, use whatever adjective you want to use their come up between senator thom tillis against cal cunninghamthe democratic challenger. they are in a brawl. there's a texting scandal with the democrat. it is playing out on the local newspapers. so goes north carolina, that could be a clear indicator of the tightening of this race. we are looking at the national polls. we got to throw out the national polls right now. this is about battleground polls. this about a 2% spread in north carolina, a 3% to 4% spread in michigan, and a tightening of the race in wisconsin. tom: as a proxy, do these two candidates want there to presidential candidates on the same podium with them at a social distance? kevin: look, i don't have the reporting. i haven't reached out to either campaign. but i think the president, who is going to be appearing likely in south carolina, is sending a clear signal to senate judiciary thatman lindsey graham this is when the chips are falling where they are. you are either with him or against him. that is baked into both sides of the perception. i want to go even more granular. i

basically, cal cunningham has been running on being the, like a lot of these other democratic senatetes, kind of a safe alternative to tom -- thom tillis. republicans think they have a point against him and his trustworthiness. we want to see how this will play out in the polling. after those messages end up being on the air for a few days. the reason why that race in particular is also because that could be a bellwether for the majority in the senate. but i will also be looking at individual members of congress, especially republicans, who have started to put a tiny bit of space between them and the president. we saw that with senator john cornyn, republican of texas a couple of days ago, saying that he preferred to talk to trump about his disagreements with him in private. we are beginning to see that some of these incumbents feel like they can't criticized trump, but they are starting to put just a bit of distance between him when asked things president?upport the i want to see about trend continues. it gives us a sense of whether republicans are seeing numbers that show trump's n

competitive united states senate race between republican senator thom tillis and the democratic nominee cal cunningham. what i also think is interesting, and it tells a larger story, is i believe the congressman richard hudson, the republican, is at the president's rally today. now four years ago, president trump won hudson's 8th district by nine points. right now, based on the data that we're seeing, the presidential race is virtually even. that's not a good sign for the president if he is underperforming by that much. but that's what we're seeing nationwide, fred. we're looking at these competitive house districts where the president is underperforming or far underperforming his 2016 totals. and that makes sense about why these states are competitive statewide. because in the competitive house districts, he's not doing as well as he did last time. >> in neighboring south carolina, we have heard about record fundraising for jaime harrison. the dollar numbers are impressive, but does that give him an advantage over lindsey graham? >> well, i think that it's certainly telling that lindsey graham is in

he's running against democratic contender cal cunningham in fix income. another white house staffer who worked as the president's body man, a man named nick luna has tested positive for covid as has a military valet who is not being named but who reportedly was in direct contact with the president. bloomberg news has named another specific military valet who that news organization says is also positive. but nbc news has not confirmed that reporting from bloomberg news. other people who have attended white house events in recent days or participated in travel with the president in recent days have tested positive, including the president of the university of notre dame john jenkins and the pastor of the harvest church in southern california who attended a white house event this past week but also attended a big mostly mask free, no social distancing prayer march with vice president pence on saturday. also "new york times" white house reporter michael sheer has tested positive. he has told axios today his wife has now tested positive as well. the white hous

so you see in a place like north carolina where you have cal cunningham, the democrat's kind of sexting scandal going on. can this kind of surgical approach of a targeted ad buy, can that be a difference? because that could be a close election. >> juan: joe biden is not for medicare for all. he has a different plan. >> greg: we don't know what he's for. >> juan: no, we do know what he's for. but to your answer about philly, what you're saying is black voters, our black voters going to turn out in philly? but i think in part, white suburban women in montgomery county, a huge number of voters, how do they feel? so far, what you see his big turnout from black voters so far in terms of the early lines that sneak all around and suburban women are pretty convinced. i'm not sure we are still persuading people at this point. it's about turnout. >> jesse: the candidate that has the most enthusiasm and the better ground game usually wins the turnout. coming up, is there more trouble ahead for hunter biden? president trump says the doj and bill barr, what he says they should do. stay restless with

and north carolina has been rocked there by cal cunningham who has an extramarital affair scandal.t doesn't seem to even be moving the numbers. mayor thom tillis is one of those positioning himself, saying outright he would be a check on a biden administration. so you are seeing these incumbents more subtly than usual say looks like this presidential race may be baked, do you want unified government giving democrats control and possibly eliminating the filibuster or adding seats to the supreme court. i think still differentiating yourself from this president is tough because it doesn't make it easy. if you criticize him, you're going to get a tweet or criticism. susan collins got that last week because she has broken with them on the supreme court. but even after that, the fact that we have a dozen republican house seats we consider competitive at this point, so after iowa you have montana that's very much in a margin of error race. you have not one but two seats in georgia. look, they're headed to runoffs in january as well. >> and one seat we're watching, it would be a wow in a y

cal cunningham said that, he's founded an entire campaign on it and now we know that these affairs wereth the wife of a combat veteran while he's in the midst of this campaign. it's a hypocrisy that north carolina voters will reject. >> bret: senator thom tillis, the polls have cunningham up but the latest polls didn't start coming out with this affair that cunningham is having a hard time dealing with. >> and he had a press conference today refusing to answer questions if there were additional women which the implication would be there might and why this matters is what senator thom tillis is saying, he has ran as a candidate of honor and integrity, this directly undercuts the narrative he has presented about himself and calls into question his authenticity. i think that's worth matters and you see groups like the senate leadership fund with attack ads against him. >> bret: let's go to bill's pick which is michigan -- take a listen. >> as you know, it's a battleground state, essential to the presidential race and we have a very real shot to take the majority in the senate but we have t

. >> beyond this statement, democratic candidate cal cunningham has avoided the public and the canceledign events. fox news has obtained text messages disclosing his affair with public relations strategist arlene guzman todd -- he's married with turtle children. in one, he writes "would make my day to roll over and kiss you about now." and then he revealed he is nervous about the next 100 days. in another text, he writes he wants to see her again, she replies "i don't think you realize the magnitude of what you're doing." and when he slows his communications, she texts another person "i'm just going to send his opponent his naked photos." he's a lieutenant colonel in the army reserves and extramarital affairs violate the uniform code of military justice. his campaign says the candidate will participate in the inquiry. he said last night his republican opponent republican senator thom tillis is losing this race and trying to make the campaign about something other than the issues. tom tillis says this is an issue. >> you can't found a whole campaign on truth, duty, honor and be guilty of

democrats are hoping cal cunningham can pull it out. that would do it. what happen, let's say if joni ernst hangs on? they're back at 50. and what happens if indeed thom tillis hangs on to north carolina? look at georgia. i want to show you this senate race in georgia. there are two of them. but this senate race between david perdue and jon ossoff, it is a margin of error race. just tonight we have learned that david perdue, the incumbent, has pulled out of the final debate scheduled for sunday. he said he would show up with donald trump and welcome him to georgia at donald trump's planned campaign rally on sunday in the final 48 hours of this campaign. that's where david perdue would rather be than on the debate stage with jon ossoff. this is a race where this incumbent is really trying to hug the president now to get every last trump-supporting, republican-supporting vote possible, because he is in a real race for his job. >> the battle for the u.s. senate is going to be really, really critical. david chalian, thank you very, very much. >>> coming up,

cal cunningham is leading over thom tillis but right now cunningham has a slight advantage in that race republicans must have one chance to pick up a seat? >> they got one really good shot to pick up a seat down in alabama. doug jones, obviously, won that special senate lelection in 201 and he is down to tommy tuberville who is the former coach of the auburn football program. i'm fairly certain this seat will flip no matter what happens nationwide even if democrats have a very good night. the other second best pickup opportunity for republicans is in michigan. notice here it's their second best pickup opportunity and john james, the republican, is still down six points to the better gary peterso. i think this speaks to the breadth of the democratic advantage in the senate and they have a lot of seats they can pick up if biden wins the presidency and republicans don't have that many pickup opportunities. >> that is the senate. let's get your reaction to a claim that president trump made last night about the house. >> we might have the house by that time and i think we are going to win th

cal cunningham is up 46.9% over thom tillis, about a 6% lead. but there has been that news that could change the tenor of this race. how do you see that going? >> i think that both of the races in the carolinas we will win each of those races. and we've got great senators. they are running great campaigns. and they are on the path to win. and we look forward to that. >> those incumbents include senator martha mcsally, she's battling to retain the seat she was appointed to in arizona. david purdue in georgia, joanie ernst in iowa, susan collins in maine has been running behind her democratic challenger and senator gary peters is actually facing a tough race in michigan against his republican challenger. steve danes in montana, thom tillis in north carolina and lindsey graham we mentioned. how confident are you that republicans will maintain control of the senate? >> i have to tell you, i feel really good. the american people want to see us do our job, confirming a supreme court justice is doing our job. president trump has done a great job with b

north carolina, for example, where senator tom tillis is locked in a dead heat battle against cal cunningham, the democratic challenger, it is a tough position for many of these republican incumbents to begin. the president has delivered mixed messages as best in terms of his negotiations on fiscal stimulus. tom: we have just been talking with the newly minted nobel laureate robert wilson. auctionou studied his work back in school. kevin: all weekend. [laughter] tom: the information gap is what they won this award for. how blind are these candidates and their teams right now? what is the information gap they have 22 days to the election? spoke with some sources last week in utah on biden's campaign, and they were uneasy. they are looking around, trying to figure out, we have been here before in 2016, when they thought they had it in the bag with hillary, and it turned out not to be the case. i think there is an uneasiness and an angst. tom: but is there a plan? the president is going to wander down to florida now. he's going to do his thing. i get that. but do you get the feeling that there

democrat cal cunningham married but had an affair. we'll see how that sits with voters. in maine we're looking at susan collins. republican, she's behind the democrat by an average of 3.7 points. collins has a reputation of being more of a moderate. coronavirus cost states a lot of money. they need to figure out how they're going to raise revenue. we're watching illinois because in that state the constitution calls for a flat tax rate of 4.95%. voters are asked to approve an amendment that would make it more progressive. if you make over a million in that state it would jump to 7.9%. colorado in play. residential property taxes are limited by the gallagher amendment. voters will decide if it should be repealed. that would mean paying higher rates. if you're in california -- sorry about that -- about proposition 13 from the 1970's, residential and commercial real estate owners pay tax based on what they originally paid for the property with increased capped at 2%. lawmakers want the cap removed for businesses. finally i want to look at alaska. home to big oil. the questio

in the north, democratic challenger cal cunningham was polling well ahead of senator thom tillis for much of the summer, but as election day draws near, the race is essentially deadlocked. in the south, senator lindsey graham has experienced a major change of foreigtunes in recent months, mainly because of his decision to associate so closely with the trump administration's covid-19 response. prior to the pandemic, graham was ahead of his challenger, jamie harrison, by double digits and now the race is a dead heat. the carolinas are extremely important to joe biden. they played a pivotal role in securing the democratic nomination for him and he has a large and loyal following among black voters here. while joe biden is polling ahead of trump by a handful of points in north carolina, it's the exact opposite story in south carolina. perhaps trying to change his fortunes, donald trump held a rally yesterday in lumberton, north carolina, which by the way was officially billed as a way for trump to present, quote, his vision for native american communities, but rhetorically, was almost id

influence on the senate showdown between republican incumbent thom tillis and democratic challenger cal cunninghamthe lumbees -- who voted for donald trump in 2016 -- could also prove to be a key vote in the presidential race. the lumbee tribe is one of two tribes inorth calina, buit lackfederal cognitio both j biden a donald ump ve pledg to recoize the ibe if ected. onaturday,rump camigned in lumberton, northarolina. pres. trump: with us today are members of the incredible lumbee tribe, which has been wrongly denied federal recognition for more than a century. when i'm reelected, i will probably sign the lumbee recognition act. it should have been signed a long time ago. amy: another state to watch is montana, where republican incumbent u.s. senator steve daines is running against the state's governor steve bullock. native voters make up 7% of montana's electorate. well, for more on these races, voter suppression in indian country, and the record number of native candidates running for office from local to national races, we go to santa fe, new mexico, where we're joined by investigative journali

in north carolina, just in the last hour the democratic candidate cal cunningham is under an extramarital affair scandal. he was asked, do you have additional extramarital affairs to talk about and he refused to answer the question. he was asked it several times. that race now in north carolina looks like it could stay in the republican's hands. >> possibly. it doesn't help that senator tillis has to go on the sidelines. family man, obviously there is something more there. he's in trouble with the military, too. >> judge perino: he's running on character. >> that's the problem. whatever you want to say about president trump and living the highlight and it's a different era, not really. it depend on who you are. he never came in and say i have an idea, i've run for president, never made a mistake. he might have said that but nobody would have believed it. this is a different situation. that could close the gap. the other thing to keep in mind, no one ever went up to donald trump and say what do you stand for, when he was asked, do you want to build a wall? yes. what if he said maybe. what

and in north carolina, democrat cal cunningham is statistically tied with incumbent thom tillis, 41%-o politics reporter for "the toledo blade," liz skalka. liz, good morning! thank you so much for being here. let me start with the state that you cover day to day, which is ohio. it's not really a state any of us expected to be on the map this time around. we expected it to be relatively easy for president trump to win there and for joe biden to not have too much of a shot. how do you explain what's going on? i mean, we've seen the entire midwest seem to break for besidebesididen, but what are you seeing in ohio specifically? >> well, it's very interesting. you know, we saw this q poll, which is another example of the trend we've been seeing over the last few weeks in ohio, which is a poll that shows a race essentially too close to call in a swing state that had almost been written off after donald trump's eight-point win here in 2016. so, a lot of the voters that i've talked to are people who maybe did not vote in 2016 or voted third party in 2016, who are now coming back into the dem