cindy hyde-smith.ake in tomorrow's election or your medicare benefits. that is a big deal. democrats want to raid medicare to find socialism. -- to fund socialism. it won't last long. republicans will protect medicare for our great seniors who have earned it, and by the way, who have paid for it, just in case we forget. and republicans will always protect americans with pre-existing conditions. democrats will also destroy your health care by inviting caravan after caravan after caravan of illegal aliens to violate our borders, overwhelming our communities, and bankrupting our treasury. you look at what is happening on our border and you see people coming up by the thousands. and frankly, if we didn't show them strength and a strong border, and nobody has shown a stronger border. if we didn't do that, you would have hundreds of thousands of people pouring into our country. we are doing a job, and we will continue to do a job. we are doing what is right. [applause] so the wall has started, very substanti

cindy hyde-smith will win this race. will say it's possible the margin will get a little bit closer as the final votes come in. why do i say that? you see a lot of gray here in the western part of the state. there's blue all around it. this is where mike espy's old congressional district was out here. democratic areas that have yet to report. but they're pretty small. you look down here, jefferson county, less than 1% of the state population. adams county, just over 1% of the state population, and so on as you look out here at these democratic counties. cindy hyde-smith by running it up in these red areas here. this is biloxi where president trump was on the eve of the runoff. neighboring counties here, 60%. so in places where the president visited -- he was also in tupelo last night. nearly 70%, more than two-thirds of the vote there. only half in. so cindy hyde-smith could get more votes here as well. it is a double-digit margin right now. in the end we know it will be a win for the republicans. there will be a lot of

and the key elements of his campaign health care, he is really been saying cindy hyde smith does not support previous conditions and something democrats across the country have talked about he tries to pitch himself as a uniter that cindy hyde smith is a rubber stamp for donald trump she cannot represent for the democrats. that is what he said he will bring people together and make compromises but if you can do that in that environment on the hill right now i don't know that is a key part of his message. >> host: how do the viewers read the results as they come in tonight? what are you looking for to see if mike can pull off the upset? . >> the key part is the mississippi core door the delta and hinds county the state capital of jackson and south hinds county as well that is where they tend to be heavily concentrated he needs big numbers in those counties and then if key republican counties which is to the east or those to the north and the memphis area if they see lower republican turnout for those key counties. >> host: with the daily journal go check them out online we appreciate

cindy hyde-smith: i'm aware of the challenges there. i have met with the president and i support him in negotiating trade. all farmers want is a fair deal. i'm excited the president has stepped up three negotiate these deals so congress can have a fair trade and level the playing isld so we have the event and not other countries having a bigger advantage than us. >> rebuttal? cindy hyde-smith: ine espy: this is something an article in march. puttingident -- by terrorists -- tarrifs. i talked to soybean farmers in mississippi. soybeans and reserve because the price is too low. they have soybeans and reserve. think -- you have to have a senator who can see around the corner with division. -- with the vision. >> good evening. how can we balance the call for immigration reform and border security with the needs of farmers who rely on margaret workers as a sub -- migrant workers? mike espy: that is a good question. we have to have a strong immigration policy and secure borders for -- i do not like open borders. aspect is something that can h

cindy hyde-smith and mike espy.ave any doubt whichever candidates win -- and this is a race either candidate could win. cindy hyde-smith has the advantage, but mike espy could win this race. i don't have any doubt that both of these candidates would work well with whites and blacks because they've done that throughout their long record of public service. i don't think -- >> craig, respectfully to henry, i just can't sit here and allow that statement to go across to cindy hyde-smith has a record of working with african americans when you look at the fact that multiple times she's been spotted promoting the confederacy on her facebook page. she's dog whistled about suppressing voters. she's dog whistled about evil things we've seen in mississippi's past. if i was a mississippian, a democrat or a republican, i don't want -- i'd want to turn a page. i don't want this representing my state. it's more important that the rest of the country views our state as one focussed on the future. >> it does seem as if your candidate

mississippi and america need s cindy hyde-smith back in the united states senate. [applause] thank you all for coming out tonight. it's really great to be with you all. it is especially great to be here with a friend of mine. and a man who loves the state of mississippi, and the man that mississippi voted overwhelmingly to make the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] president trump and i are proud to stand with cindy hyde-smith, because she stood with us. we know that senator cindy hyde-smith is going to continue to be a champion for mississippi and our agenda when you send her back to the united states senate. [applause] you know, when you think about the past two years, it's just amazing. i think there's only one way you can describe the last two years. it has been two years of action. it has been two years of results. under president donald trump, it has been two years of promises made and promises kept. [applause] mississippi and we are just getting started. [applause] think about it. think about it. under preside

here is cindy hyde-smith, and the more you talk, the more you get yourself in trouble. maybe the goal right now is to make to it the finish line, even if you have to run out the back door, purchase sued bs byu byed reporters. republicans are worried enough to be pouring money and resources into a race that ought to be a cakewalk. donald trump is currently in the midst of his second rally of the day in mississippi to get out the vote for hyde-smith, this one is in biloxi. this afternoon was his first. he was in tupelo, tupelo where hyde-smith talked about going to a public hanging. mississippi's own william faulkner famously wrote "the past is never dead." it's not even past. today at the mississippi capitol, seven nooses were found hanging from trees, initially assumed to be a racist threat. it turned out the people who left the nooses intended them to be a reminder, a sign they left with the nooses read on tuesday, november 27, thousands of mississippians will vote for a senator. we need someone who respects the lives of lynch victims. we're hanging nooses to remind pe

yes, cindy hyde-smith was a lwa ys imagining. hyde-smith was always the favourite to win this senate seat. her campaign was briefly derailed by those comments she made, in which she said that she would turn up at a public hanging and sit in the front row if she was invited by a supporter. that caused a lot of controversy here in mississippi, not because it dredged up mississippi, not because it dredged up the past of racially motivated lynchings that took place in this state. it also made it a much more competitive battle. however, she has ove i’co m e competitive battle. however, she has overcome that and she has, according to the opinion polls and the results, really managed to make it a decisive victory here. this will be regarded as a win notjust for her, but also for donald trump, who came on the eve of the election and held two rallies in support of nikkei —— cindy hyde—smith. he also tweeted that this is a big win, it is big for him because it extends his majority inside the us senate, it means that he has 53 of the 100 se

certainly if you look at the polls, indications are that cindy hyde-smith is far ahead. but it is the difficulty of working out just how these comments will play. talking to people at polling stations this morninere are many who have been motivated by it. certainly there are democrats re is a chance, that these controversial comments could put some of her vote in doubt. at the same time, president trump has been here, hol rallies in the state, all toth also suggests -- also trsuggests that he ing to get his base support out, too, and that is having something of an impact as well. there were queues outside polling stations this money. -- this morning. it seems to have gone prettyle steady as peontinue to vote here. e ne: has this election become all about race or ere other factors? chris: there are always other uctors, and certainly if listen to cindy hyde-smith during those rallies, she was talking about the conservative values that e believes republicans here hold very dear and very important in their hearts. nonetheless, you get this real sense that race is overs this.

and let's learn more about cindy hyde smith.starting her second year as a mississippi state senator and she arrived at the state capitol in jackson in 2001 to file her earliest pieces of legislation which is senate bill 2604 and she proposed it would have renamed a stretch of the highway to the title it had been in the 1930s. jefferson davis memorial highway. the bill died in committee. here is mike espy's ad in which he is responding to all of this confluence of information about cindy hyde smith including joking about denying the people the right to vote and thinking that was funny. take a listen. >> how embarrassing is cindy hyde smith. walmart said her recent comments clearly do not reflect the values of our company. now at&t, union pacific and other fortune 500 companies, company after company has rejected her divisive words. we've worked hard to over come the stereo types that hurt our economy and cost us jobs. her words should not reflect mississippi's values either. cindy hyde smith so embarrassing she'd be a disaster fo

so, cindy hyde-smith's comments.duals say she maybe didn't intend to have them be so distasteful or have that conentation to them. at the same time, it's still very raw. this is a place that donald trump won by 18 percentage points and the question is, how many republicans are ultimately mike espy going to be able to poll off. a new tv ad released today and on the air waves here in mississippi from the espy campaign. >> we worked hard to overcome the stereotypes that hurt our econo economy. cindy hyde-smith so embarrass g embarrassing. >> a lot of the comparisons we have been making in this race is to what extent are we seeing here in mississippi what we saw with doug jones, the democrat in alabama one year ago. i have to be frank with you at this point,an anecdotally over e last week a lot of republican voters in the state that we talked to that said they found cindy hyde-smith's comments inappropriate and ultimately when it comes down to it, they have every intention to vote for her because she is the conservative

runoff election with cindy hyde-smith. we will take you across town to jackson, mississippi to the westin hotel where senator elect sydn cindy hyde-smith is giving her remarks. sen. hyde-smith: thank you so much. this has been an unbelievable campaign. got above is the reason we are here and i am going to give him glory every single day for it. no doubt. [applause] sen. hyde-smith: i actually brought notes because this is so important. i don't want to miss anything. i want to cover everybody, everybody out here. first, i want to thank god for this opportunity. my wonderful family. you both deserve a round of applause right now. [applause] governor-smith: the and deborah have been so gracious. he has worked as hard as i have ever seen him work at anything to get me elected. he got into the capital today, make you the yoto united states senator. he's got you and me. we were successful tonight due to the hard work of the governor . the president -- mr. president, i know he's watching -- thank you so much for everything, for t

senate, senator cindy hyde-smith wins that runoff in mississippi. keeping the seat in republican hands and giving the gop senate a 53-47 advantage. we're all going to have a live report right before hyde-smith's remarks later in the hour after little marvel removal from my mouth. here to react is andrew mccarthy. a former chief assistant and u.s. attorney and fox news contributor. the fox news alert, very important of course, it got in the way that great intro to you. i have two picks, christy and you. >> i thought the alert was that you nominated me. >> laura: this is how we roll. andy, what do you make of -- you know, what i think about you. you will be phenomenal. setting you aside for a moment, what about this need to have an attorney general in place given all of these critical issues that i outlined facing this administration. >> laura, when you were giving that synopsis, which was terrific and really hit exactly what we need to have right now which is very strong hand at the justice department and it's been lacking for a long time. i'm jeff se

republican cindy hyde-smith and mike espy remain confident. ate has deep red roots going to trump by 18 percentage points. that should give hyde-smith an edge. democrats hope espy can pull off a shocker. few polls out there. what's the sense of the gap, the separation that the two candidates have between each other? >> reporter: it's a great question. what you're looking at is race that doesn't have very good polling here. it would be an upset if mike espy were to overcome the advantage that cindy hyde-smith has here. i want to juxtapose the situation that we're having a conversation that the mississippi senate race is even close to begin with. that's in large part because of those comments from cindy hyde-smith. i talked to a woman who considers herself a republican who told us she's going to be voting for mike espy because of the direction the republican party who says she has 100% voting record for the president and this is what barbara mile, republican here in columbus just told us. >> the ways of the old south need to stay in the past and

charles b johnson is under fire after making donations to mississippi senator cindy hyde- smith. her comments anne johnson's campaign contribution have led to calls for a boycott of the giants. larry baer released a statement yesterday saying the giants have more than 30 owners, just like our fans, they come from different backgrounds and have their own political views. christien kafton has a local reaction on this controversy that stretches from mississippi to the bay area. >> reporter: civil rights leaders in san francisco including reverend amos brown who grew up in mississippi called for a boycott of the san francisco giants saying the team co-owner charles johnson's donations to senate candidate cindy hyde-smith are unacceptable. >> for me, it takes me back to the horror and the that i experienced in my native state of mississippi. >> reporter: hyde-smith is faced firestorm of controversy after saying she wouldn't -- attend a public hanging. she also said she would support voter suppression saying she was joking. charles johnson, one of the corners of the giants and his wife

condemn cindy hyde-smith and condemn donald trump for his racist tactics. i'd like to hear you do that. >> okay. >> no, please. go on. >> thank you all. i appreciate it. >> you're not doing it, scott. >> thank you. the anti-defamation league says anti-semitic hate crimes have spiked 57% since last year. we've got a cnn special report that investigates what's behind this shocking rise of hate crimes. it's right after this. ♪ carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, live

and he had very much put his own support behind cindy hyde—smith.the senate as opposed to 52. 0f determined to get 53 seats in the senate as opposed to 52. of course, republicans need 50 seats at least in the 100 seat senate in order to make sure that they can pass laws, they can push forward president trump's policy. of course, while he can be comfortable for the senate, what is a real problem for him coming up is the house of representatives, which is now going to bea representatives, which is now going to be a democrat majority. that is where he could find himself struggling to get legislation passed and where he could find a lot of investigation is being launched in committees into his dealings and india's policy. chris buckler in mississippi, thank you very much, and we will keep an eye on those results in the coming hours here on bbc news. efforts to tackle climate change are way off track, according to the united nations, which is hosting a major climate conference in poland next week. last year, greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high

and he had very much put his own support behind cindy hyde—smith.enate, as opposed to 52. of course, republicans need 50 seats at least in the 100—seat senate in order to make sure that they can pass laws, they can push forward president trump's policy. of course, while he can be comfortable for the senate, what's a real problem for him coming up is the house of representatives, which is now going to be a democrat majority. that's where he could find himself struggling to get legislation passed, and where he could find a lot of investigations being launched in committees into his dealings and into his policies. chris buckler in mississippi. us secretary of state mike pompeo will meet his counterpart from mexico's new government on sunday for talks over a possible deal that would see asylum seekers wait in mexico while their claims are processed. a caravan of thousands of migrants, made up largely of hondurans, has in recent days started to arrive at the us border. our correspondent will grant has sent this update from a migrant camp in tijuana. the

this should be a safe republican seat, but cindy hyde-smith's coents have made the outco of the vote anything but certain. this campaign, this election, it is not aboute, it is about the people of mississippi, it is about what you believe in and what you care about. chris: that is a direct appeal to the values of cservative voters. >> i'm voting for the best candidate that the lord has put on my mind. i'm not happy with some things she has said or done, but she is the better candidate.he >> is a difference in a public hanging and a lynching. this narrative that has beent drawn abr use of the term "public hanging" -- she is referring to a lawful execution. the way she made her comment, if the gentleman invited her to a public hanging, she would be in the front row. chris: we don't have public hangings. >> we need to. we need to. chris: some feel america has still face up to its past. in mississippi, that history could have an impact on today's vote. jane: a short time ago i spoke withis, who is in mississippi. how close is this race, and why is mike espy even with a chance against som

when the president was working to shore up his base for cindy hyde-smith, i brought this up because i it matters. what do you think he meant when he said this? >> cindy's far left opponent, he is far left, oh, he is out there. how does he fit in with mississippi? how does he fit? >> in fairs on the me, there is more to that quote. and if you look at it, you can see the president was struggling about whether or not he really wanted to go somewhere. and remember who he is backing in cindy hyde-smith. remember what she said in that  election when she refused to apologize for specifically. the fool that he backed in virginia. what he did with roy moore in alabama. this is a president who hasn't shied away from supporting people who support causes that are way too akin to bigotry that we've ever seen with a republican in the modern era, a president back them. was it just us versus them of politics, or was it something else? let's bring in d. lemon. what did you hear in terms of the reference to mike espy, by the way, born in mississippi, family successful there, served in congress there?

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steve, what's fairly speaking if all things were equal cindy hyde-smith is running ahead in this race >> if republicans somehow lose this race tonight, this is -- it is a body blow to republicans if cindy hyde-smith can't win because for the democrats to challenge, i will take it through here, espy-shyde-smith, that's the runoff. in the preliminary, espy was up against two republicans splitting the republican vote and still finished a few thousand votes behind cindy hyde-smith. chris mcdaniel, the other republican in the race is eliminated for this runoff so it's espy versus hyde-smith. you see that 41% or so that espy got. this is the challenge democrats have in mississippi. this is about where they can get to and then they start hitting a ceiling really quickly, really fast in mississippi. here's what it looks like, that 41% compared to hillary clinton in 2016, she got 40% in mississippi. how about barack obama, you just heard his voice, 2012 he got 44%, 2008 he got 43%. that 2012 number, that's about as good as it gets these days for a democrat in mississippi. why is that? there's

senate and senator cindy hyde-smith wins the run-off in mississippi keeping the seat and giving the gop senate a 53-47 advantage. we're going to have a live report right before hyde-smith's remarks later in the hour after a little marble removal from my mouth. now to react to my angle is andrew mccarthy, a former assistant u.s. attorney and fox news contributor. fox news alert, very important alert. it got in the way of the great intro to you. i have two picks. christie and you. come on. >> i thought the alert. you nominated me. >> laura: i was like wait a second. the alert coming out of that. this is how we roll. it is live news. andy, what do you make -- look, you know what i think about you. you would be phenomenal. i don't know if you would do it or not. setting you aside for a moment, what about the need to have an attorney general in place given all of the critical issues that i outlined facing this administration? >> you know, laura, when you were giving that synopsis, which i think was terrific and really hit exactly what we need to have right now which is a very strong hand at

mike espy, and republican senator cindy hyde-smith faced off.he two sparring over health care, president trump and race with hyde-smith joked about attending public hangings. >> for anyone that was offended by my comments, i certainly apologize. there was no ill will, no intent what so ever in my statements. i also recognize that this comment was twisted and it was turned into a weapon to be used against me. a political weapon. >> no one twisted your comments because your comments were -- it came out of your mouth. it's given our state another black eye that we don't need. >> in mississippi the jackson free press reports that hyde-smith demanded audience and no outside press at that debate. give us the state of the race now. what is the reaction on the ground there in mississippi just days away from this potentially historic vote? >> reporter: good morning. we focus on those comments from hyde-smith about the public hanging because when you talk to the voters about the state over the last couple of days, that's the issue that's come up and in th

he tweeted congratulations to cindy hyde smith on your big win in mississippi.you. >> this win tonight, this victory is about our conservative values, the things that mean the most to all of us mississippians, faith, family, this is things i will take to washington dc, to represent all of mississippi, and our fight for it. every single day. >> reporter: former clinton cabinet member, and earlier in the night easy best buy conceded earlier than expected. >> not the result we were hoping for. this historic campaign. i am grateful for the support we received across mississippi. >> if he invited me to a public hanging i would be in the front row, changing dynamic in the state but will serve to washington for the remaining two years of the senate seat left empty by the retirement of ailing senator cochran. heather: thank you so much. some other stories we are following. investigators find a body in the search for a missing north carolina teenager. the fbi says the same county where aguilar was abducted earlier this month. the body has not been identified. the family

cindy-hyde smith/ (r) mississippi"so i think that's a great idea."she offered a partial apology for the public hanging remark.sen. cindy-hyde smith/ (r) mississippi"or anyone that was offended by my comments, i certainly apologize."but quickly added... sen. cindy-hyde smith/ (r) mississippi"i also recognize that this comment was twisted and it was a turned into a weapon to be used against me." it hasn't gone over well in a state that has a history of both.espy today: "someone told me that comment was the gift that keeps on giving." especially when her democratic opponent mike espy is african american.her opponent is using all this to his advantage in television ads.(nats) "so embarrassing she would be an embarrassment for mississippi." companies including walmart and major league baseball have requested refunds for their contributions to the hyde- smith campaign - a move espy suggests says she's bad for business.if he wins, espy would become mississippi's first african american senator since the end of the civil war. mike espy/ (d) senate candidate m

margin between espy and cindy hyde-smith.publicans and democrats didn't expect this to be an incredibly competitive race, but that's what we're looking at now. something like single-digits separating the two candidates. >> it is fascinating to watch from afar, you know. midterm cycle, the midterms hyde-smith, espy, i think they were separated by less than a half a point. what do we know about where those other voters will go now, daniel? >> it's really hard to tell. the voters who supported a third candidate were voters who preferred a candidate to the right of cindy hyde-smith, so it's very hard to tell, a, if they're going to just stay at home, or b, if they're going to cross over and most of my reporting suggests that republicans expect them to either back hyde-smith even now or stay home. >> all right, daniel, thank you. appreciate you vaughn hillyard there on the ground in lyon, mississippi. >>> don't eat romaine lettuce. it doesn't matter what kind it is, how it's packaged or where you bought it. if your moderate to sev

if you're cindy hyde-smith you're saying great, you're also looking at this, 8%. number one, it's early. number two, 56% to 44%. but to the point you were making, we have absolutely nothing from here. this is hines county. this is where jackson is, the most democratic area of the state. just to go back three take a look at the bottom of your screen as more percentage of the vote comes in we'll give you all the percentages in realtime. if it gets close enough to make it interesting, i'll stop whatever i'm doing and go back to john and he'll take us to the map and explain what's going on and why. right now let's go to the implications on this. dana bash, nia-malika henderson, and david chalian. good to see you three together again on another big election night. dana, let's start with what the state of play is here. you would be home right now. and i would be texting you for help. but for tonight we're here. why? >> because this is incredibly unusual as john was pointing out. mississippi, ruby red. there hasn't been a democrat here since before you were born, andrew

. >> cindy hyde smith. why?cause she is a conservative republican. >> do you think that smith hyde wins tuesday. >> tuesday. >> the runoff. and you are votinging for? >> mike espy. >> and what makes tuesday voting different than in elections in the past? >> we need a change. >> and vaughan hillyard with the mississippi voters with who are sounding off before a closely watched election and to determine the pow ore of balance in the senate. we know that the republicans will retain the majority but how much. and the democrats are sending in the political heavyweights in hopes of ousting cindy hyde smith who has grabbed head loli with racially-charged remarks, but mike espy who is a former agriculture secretary in the clinton white house is facing a bid as becoming the first african-american to represent mississippi in the senate since the reconstruction and more than three decades. joining us is vaughan hillyard where the two candidateses are going to be debating tonight. and vaughan, tell me about the walmart disp

so what does cindy hyde-smith do?he elected donald trump to be the voice and face of her campaign. you see donald trump on her campaign bus. you see donald trump. so i think we have to be really clear about that fact. and i think this does come down to a geo tv effort. african-americans comprise 30% of the voting electorate in mississippi. this will be a challenge for mike espy. i'm not writing him off but he has an uphill battle. >> it's clear that cindy hyde-smith's team saw her numbers were impacted for the worse when she did that. >> i tried this trick with ex-boyfriends of mine where it's like, i'm not really sorry but i'm sorry that what i said offended you. >> she was reading from a card. >> very true. >> biden, warren, booker, delaney? only one of those democrats is officially running for president. he joins me next. >>> welcome back to kasie dc. hoping for some down time between the midterms and 2020 presidential race? no such luck there. especially if you live in iowa where presidential campaigns are already

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enators cindy hyde-smith and mr. espy. sen. hyde-smith: thank you so much for staying tuned tonight and watching this debate. next week, two big important events coming up. we will have the president of the united states to come to mississippi to campaign on my behalf. we will start off in tupelo at 5:00 on the monday before the election. we will end up on the mississippi gulf coast at :00. you can go to donaldjtrump.com and get those tickets. tonight, you have heard two clearly different opposite differences between me and my opponent. we had talked about the issues that this country is facing and the things that you are involved in. throughout this campaign, i have always said this is not about me, it is about you, then mississippians. it is about the things you care for, the things you believe in like lower taxes, less government, less regulation. supporting our military and our veterans. it is about protecting our unborn children. it is about abortion. it is the things i will stand up for an fight against. my opponent has al

if you look at the republican vote, 41% for the incumbent cindy hyde smith.those republican votes go to the republican incumbent it is game over. mike espy has to somehow find a way. let's go back to tonight's map and find a way to cut into the white vote. that's a complicated challenge. we look at the map now. it tells us just about nothing. one of the things we are going to look at. you have to go back to way before this technology existed to find a competitive democrat in mississippi in a senate race. let's just look up here. de soto county a little shy of six percent of the state population. cindy hyde smith getting a little over 50%. that is interesting if it holds. let's just go back three weeks ago. mike espy got only 34% in this county. you see the tea party vote was 24%. you would assume most of that would go here. if it goes there then mike espy can keep it competitive. we are at 17%. this could be mostly from a democratic precinct so he is running close so far. it could be very different. we will watch it fill in throughout the night. republicans t

just to be clear, you oppose cindy hyde-smith's candidacy. een instrumental in making this an actual contest for her. tell us about this report. your reporter, ashland pitman published a piece this week about hyde-smith's attendance at a seg academy, a private school that was created for white kids so they didn't have to integrate with black kids once de-segregation was really put into effect. she also sent her daughter to one more recently in a county that is over half black, and the school only had one black student out of almost 400. that said, and this is something that's gotten national attention, for sure, does this really matter overall to people in mississippi? >> first, thanks for having me, breanna, i appreciate it. well, it does matter to a lot of people. and i think it kind of reflects a changing mississippi, that there are more people here now, white people, who either really care about these kind of racial coding and racial messages. and i think in -- i think that they are concerned, as i am concerned, that she isn't kind of comi

it is only going to be cindy hyde-smith versus the democrat, mike sb.see how cindy hyde-smith is going to win the election. if you look at the collective shares of the republican vote on november six, around 58% compared to the collective share of the democratic vote, around 42%. i think cindy hyde-smith wins tonight and a pretty healthy margin. >> tucker: to what extent do you think all the talk of this being a close election was hyped from the beginning? >> i think it was hyped, to be honest. i think it was journalists protecting and hoping it was going to be a tight election. i don't think is going to be. maybe i'm wrong but i really honestly think cindy hyde-smith wins by a pretty sizable margin tonight. >> tucker: we haven't covered her much because i kind of agree with that. we will find out. >> we'll see if we are right, tucker. >> tucker: thank you. >> thank you. >> tucker: is a molly american is being investigated for a possible hate crime after he allegedly tried to run over two men who were leaving a synagogue in los angeles. don't take the b

cindy hyde—smith was always the favourite to win this senate seat.s briefly derailed by comments she made, in which she said that she would turn up at a public hanging and sit in the front row if she was invited by a supporter. now, that caused a lot of controversy here in mississippi, not least because it dredged up the past, and racially—motivated lynchings that took place here in this state. it also made it a much more competitive battle. however, she has overcome that and she has, according to the opinion polls and according to now the results, really managed to make it a pretty decisive victory here. and that will be regarded as a win notjust for her, but also for donald trump, who came on the eve of the election and held two rallies in support of cindy hyde—smith. he has actually tweeted that this is a big win, and of course, it's big for him because it extends his majority inside the us senate. it means that he has 53 of the 100 seats for his republican party, and he will see that as being something of a victory. but i suspect there will be ot

candidate cindy hyde-smith and democrat mike espy compete. polls close in one hour. hyde-smith had been ahead despite my steps. a win would bring the g.o.p. senate 253, and the democrats to 47 but who knows what's going to happen, and we will see how this thing unwinds. also, brit hume on the president's brand-new comment moments ago on plan b for the wall. and how brit hume says the president proved his critics wrong on the issue. but first, the president versus robert mueller. could we be getting close to the end of this saga? both sides appear loaded for bear. the president slamming fired tweets off, saying this and more. "the phony witch hunt continues but mueller and his gang of angry dems are only looking at one side, not the other. wait until it comes out, how horribly -- of russia, graciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them, refusing to lie." so the big question is when robert mueller shows his guards. what will we see? george papadopoulos, the center of lots of injury, now in jail, but he will only be there for a couple of weeks. despite an

who has not been on the trail is cindy hyde-smith.ce since on capitol hill last tl z thursday. there's not been much of a reckoning of that statement she made there. this is an issue when talking to individuals here, particularly in african-american community, who said there's a history to this. there's a history to this and they said not only were there parents and grandparents familiar with what a public hanging meant here and they said cindy hyde-smith apology or lack of apology up until last night has put them into this situation of having a difficulty of understanding of where she was coming from and i want to mention that walmart has pulled back its -- yesterday in their state they said they were pulling out -- they were asking cindy hyde-smith to refund their donation. over the next six days it will be a question of whether a large part of this white population, the white electorate will be willing to go and vote for mike espy. the numbers from the democrats campaign, they need to pull about 25% of the white electorate to pull

much more in the big mississippi senate win for cindy hyde smith. >> you might have to talk to senator flake about those judges. republicans score another midterm win, critical senate seat in gop column, the latest from mississippi straight ahead. the high-stakes showdown with gm after taxpayers foot the bill for $51 billion bailout. and economic nationalism with senator ben sachs and the plot thickens between wikileaks founder julian assigns and conspiracy theorists jerome corsi. and jesse kelly, after a massive conservative outcry, the left's strategy, thankful conservative voices. i am shannon bream in washington. a candidate who fully embraced the president got plenty of support from the commander in chief, peter doocy is live. >> they had a lot of momentum and even early returns coming in they were encouraging messages from the campaign but did not work, he wound up conceding to cindy hyde smith earlier than scheduled and told supporters about it like this. >> a minute ago i did call cindy i'd smith -- cindy hyde smith and i congratulated her on her victory tonight. she has my pra

you are here, he is here to help elect cindy hyde-smith and make america great again! bless you, mississippi! >> sean: thanks, phil. thank you, phil, great job. lieutenant governor, where is our lieutenant governor? where is he? crazy? thank you, tate. a man who has been spectacular, the job he's done, everyone's talking about it. u.s. attorney, mike hearst, mike, thank you, mike. a very good friend of mine, he's always there, he is always available and he has very smart. he loves the people of mississippi. he loves the people of our country. senator roger wicker. roger! [cheers and applause] thank you, roger. great job. and a man that did so well recently, it will go down for a long time, you will be seeing those words, they were beautiful words and they were needed very desperately at that time. brett kavanaugh was being treated very unfairly, very, very unfairly, and lindsey graham got up -- [cheers and applause] and he hit a chord that you hit very rarely in the world of politics or anything else, he said things that were said not only so well, the meaning of what

and he apologized in the same way cindy hyde-smith said what she wanted to say.s wasn't smacked byback for that kind of talk. he was, in fact, elected governor of florida. so i think it's notable that someone like doug jones can be electriced in a state of alabama, but i don't necessarily think that that race is a good example and i've struggled with it because roy moore is an irreparable example in all of these cases. so this mississippi senate race plays by more conventional rules and i don't think we're going to see voters smack back cindy hyde-smith because she made some rationally charged comments. >> i think it's important to step back and look at the state of mississippi. when you talk about the history of mississippi in terms of racism, it's important to recognize how damaging her statement was to the african-american community. it's important to recognize that after she made that statement, she was caught on camera talking about voter suppression and how important it was that certain people not vote, students with, and that those students not vote like t

they hope cindy hyde-smith will be roy moore.d serious allegations. >> look, this is what i'll say about my beloved party. if they hoped this was going to be alabama, they should have invested in it as it were from the jump. that's what concerns me. i think mike espy is running as great a campaign as he can. i wonder if infrastructure is there and if the investment is there. >> at the end of the day, they aren't spending like a year ago. when you look at the overall landscape, you see republicans are nervous, they need to protect this last seat. don't see it as a huge opportunity. even though it is one here. at the end of the day, mississippi was ten points closer in the 2016 election than alabama. it has a statewide democrat in the attorney general for a long time. there's some history in voting for democrats, just not in high profile races. espy is trying to do something that hasn't been done, be a black democratic senator from mississippi in a long time. >> put on the screen, maybe we don't have it full screen, some issues tha

so much controversy around cindy hyde-smith. says a lot of it's unnecessary, but where does that race stand right now? >> it's going to a vote tomorrow. one of the major x factors is this is a runoff, this is the tuesday after thanksgiving. it's not clear who will be all that excited about voting, one reason why president tru is holding two rallies there today to try to remind people, hey, gus what, there's an election. you know, just by the numanbers, amy can get into this more than i can, but just by the numbers, in the first vote, in november, there were o republicans on the ballot, and, a, cindy hyde-smith didn't get 50%, but she go big share, and if you were to add all the people who voted forepublicans up, it's a much bigger share than voted for espy in that first round. >> woodruff: yet, amy, there has been a lot, as we said, controversy over comments she's rade, information that's come out about . >> and this race wasn't supposed to get this much attention, gespecially on election n when we learned republicans were going

>>> president trump is towing s weight behind the mississippi senate race in support of senator cindy hydeent polls show her puling away in the race despite a flurry of contravrszys.or >> rr: the last act of 2018's midterm drama. mississippi's senate run off toourds.s >> mississippi a cross roads. >> reporter: democratic chalnger, mike espy. taking on republican incumbent cindy hyde-smith. >> i want to be thator sen you are very proud you supported. >> reporter: but scorn followed after she used public hanging as a punchline. pouring salt on historic waves of violence. >> the ways of the south need to stay in the past. >> how embarrassing is cindy hyde-smith? >> reporter: he says he can reach beyond party and race. >> we want black votes but wen' win with black votes alone. i know that. >> atime i've said anything, i want to apologize. >> reporter: under fire to give back corporate donations and hold on to her be. >> i thiil arlot of political mud slinging. >> reporter: president trump who won the sfat by 18 points, tweeted more support. calling h an outstanding person needed in d.c. turno

#cindy 2018. hyde-smith will benefit from what rallies on same evening. that is unprecedented.nt since he took over has never ever gone to a single state for a single candidate to host two different rallies within hours of each other, ever. connell: that is the benefit from her point of view, having a runoff election. only election. her comments, we've all been hearing about them for some time, her comments are getting a lot of attention. we understand that but what other kind of big issues are on voters minds ahead of this election, peter? >> for the democrat espy there is a lot of talk about health care which obviously democrats had great success with nationally as they won back the house three weeks ago, but for cindy hyde-smith, the focus is almost entirely on closeness to president trump and being a vote to advance his agenda. you think three weeks ago, not that long ago, but things like brett kavanaugh, that is all ancient history. for her, it is about trump, they are going there, doubling down tonight. connell: makes sense. the kind of race you would think he could help

the truth is when you look at the polls, cindy hyde—smith is well ahead. trump made that specific attempt to come here and do his best to try to get people out. because the other statistic that is worth mentioning about the state is there are around 40% of an african—american population, and there was this feeling that perhaps there would be a certain amount of voter fatigue, that people not —— might not come out between thinks giving and for christmas. but what we found this morning is the polling stations have been pretty busy. they were queuing at the door at 7am, and one polling staff member told me that if anything, people are fired up. that seems to be the case on both sides at this time. chris, thank you. and let's bring ron christie back into the conversation on today's election. this one has become a battle about race in mississippi. what did you make of trump's comments about the race at the rally last night, about where mike espy fit in mississippi last night? this entire situation saddens me greatly. my families from the deep south, and donald