>> well, because, i saw today that carlos cabella from florida condemned this latest ad where they were saying democrats were looking the other way, or opening the borders so this terrible guy could come in, at least these what the chyrons were on the ad. it's completely and totally inappropriate. in the end we have to pick up the pieces after these campaigns. when your objective is to win -- there are ethical lines you should not cross. and i think there have been ethical lines that have been crossed. >> yeah, i don't think there are any lines -- >> somebody sent me -- >> i don't think there are any lines. >> somebody sent me -- look, chris, what is happening is wrong, it's repelling people, polarizing people, and i think another thing as well. i think that this kind of heated rhetoric isn't going to win elections. >> what if it wins in the midterms. trump's going to be even more of a hero? >> look, i have to tell you, i don't think this tactic is working. i live out here in a congressional district that is usually won overwhelmingly by republicans. raiser thin in a special election. y

carlos cabella. mike kaufman. too bad mike. mia love gave me no love and she lost.a comstock was another one. i think she could have lost that race. eric didn't want the to embrace. >> whose fault was it that there were so many retirements? >> it's me. i retired him. i'm very proud of it. if the republicans won and let's say we held on by one or two or three. it would have been very hard having that many republicans to ever even get -- and the closer it is, the worse it is. i'll be honest, i thought it was a very close to complete victory. from a deal making standpoint, we are all much better off the way it turned out. >> delusional. they lose a third of the seats in two years nationwide, 333. the worst defeat for republicans since watergate. this guy was so bad, he was so horrible, so toxic that you would have to go back to richard nixon committing crimes and republicaning having to run under that scenario. >> this took work. >> he had to work hard to offense as many voters as he did. he's not well. i just -- i was worried about him yesterday. what? willie, it was

it would have been more competitive and we'll be watcng for the other south florida replican carlos ca cabella. i think this is going to be a very very close race for the house. the fact that th virginia races we have one, the virginia for wexton that was almost a la up for democrats, they had to win that. but these other raes in virginia, the second that are very competitive, ook right now very very close but the republican is up by a littl bit in both of those masses. so these virginia florida democrats were hong to come out with a pretty good cushion. i'm waiting for new jsey and pennsylvania to get a better sense what the house will look n like but rig it's breaking really this is sort of a best case scenario right now for republicans that they are only losing the most most most vulnerable and they are not losing that sort ofecond tier of vulnerable whatever it is. >> woodruff: it's 8:25 east coast and we should point out we have half the country the lls have closed in haf the country they closed in 16 states including a couple of the ones amy was mentioning in pennsylvania and new jersey.