the gerrymandering is an interesting way to think about it. some of the disruption and massive change that's taking place in the media industry is creating news for you. news for you is absolutely -- if you want a liberal viewpoint on your news, you can tune into msnbc or read the huffington post. if you want a conservative view on that, you can go to fox. or breitbart or red state. those sorts of things are media but- it is the it is the media for you and it is not really tolerant of other viewpoints. when you have a situation -- i sometime inorget the summer of 2015 in all the on ancameras were trained airstrip in alabama waiting for the donald trump plane to land. there is nothing substantive about it. the only thing related to it was they believed that would actually drive more eyeballs to see this. it -- envy anyone trying to run a media empire. is a way to think about the peace after the war first up --. this organization was founded by citizens and has been embraced by members of both hardee's in the house and the senate in terms of we

>> said gerrymandering is an interesting way.d taking place is creating news for you and dad is obsolete contributing 51 day liberal viewpoint go to msn b.c. or the cut income post. >>guest: date conservative view go to fox. are good to the red state and that is what is creating that is the of media for you but it is not tolerant and so when some time summer 20 f-15 now all of the cameras were trained work on an airstrip in alabama. there was nothing substantive but they believe that would drive more eyeballs. but the fraction makes it different. but that did say wade to think of the organization to be embraced by members of both parties and to have 60 members of congress who are problem solvers and say when date work together. that that has to be a governing element whether the members of the senate are the house to have that process to identify the issues of common ground with the 1787 conference with members of the house and the governor's to look at the agenda items not check their ideology or philosophy but looking at things

host: give us your definition of gerrymandering. a manipulation of political boundaries for partisan or other aims. caller points to a commonly held misconception about the did -- conception about the districts. that the only reason for a republican advantage is gerrymandering. that is part of democrat problem, but i think it is a myth that it is the only problem. the biggest problem is their voters are clustered like never before. president obama won the election winning 62% of the electoral vote, getting massive majorities from the inner cities like philadelphia and to berg. democrats are concentrated in the residential patterns and it hurts them when it comes to winning congressional elections. their winning pittsburgh's district with exorbitant margins. those are wasted. if you winmatter with one vote or 100,000 votes. where they are not winning anymore is rural areas and outer .uburbs like pennsylvania is it asked if they are only -- if they always vote straight ticket? guest: we have seen straight ticket voting on the rise in

we now call it gerrymandering. gerrymandering is an expression used to describe dividing electoral districts for one's political gain it took it's name from what infamous massachusetts governor? rep. mcgovern: gerry. ed: former mess president. brookline born john fitzgerald kennedy was elected the 44th president of the united states on november 8 1960. jfk narrorly defeated richard nixon. historians still debate possible voter fraud on the part of what big city mayor in this 1960 race? ed: we will continue. stay with us. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. this is your last chance to get super fast 100meg internet, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. hurry, our best offer ever ends soon. only from fios. when i heard about airbnb, i thought, "this is it." i wanted to be happy. i didn't want my kids to be worrie

whether campaign finance, whether gerrymander before and can through the elected officials. and even some decisions united as i have fought for as a legislator and as a member of congress. but what i would say to them is with the past generations. is incumbent upon us to make sure that we are doing the things of the past generations to put them in the greatest possible position. >> and sounds like he read that off of my website so we will talk to the region under generation don't lose faith we cannot allow you to lose faith because you are all we have right now. this election is about you. as far as fixing the system system, and that tells us all that we need to know right now watching that gridlock did congress tells you all that you need to know right now. and we have this great divide the we have never seen before. part of the problem is decade after decade of gerrymandering where you have politicians growing with the self preservation is a human instinct those that draw the of mind to benefit of those lines a situation of 435 seats in this country of the congressional di

host: give us your definition of gerrymandering. manipulation of political boundaries for partisan or other aims. caller points to a commonly held misconception about the did -- conception about the districts. that the only reason for a republican advantage is gerrymandering. that is part of democrat problem, but i think it is a myth that it is the only problem. the biggest problem is their voters are clustered like never before. president obama won the election winning 62% of the electoral vote, getting massive majorities from the inner cities like philadelphia and to berg. democrats are concentrated in the residential patterns and it hurts them when it comes to winning congressional elections. their winning pittsburgh's district with exorbitant margins. those are wasted. if you winmatter with one vote or 100,000 votes. where they are not winning anymore is rural areas and outer .uburbs like pennsylvania is it asked if they are only -- if they always vote straight ticket? guest: we have seen straight ticket voting on the rise in th

talk about gerrymandering, i to lay the republican success in the state and say it to gerrymandering, i think is quite frankly, a lazy argument. one of the reasons pennsylvania is the way it is in districts is of the democrats live clustered so close together. year, a book ery thalt has registration by state house district, senate district, congressional district. when you look at state house districts, there are 203 of them, most districts we have in the state. them as an use example. the most democratic house in philadelphia, democrats. lan casterican is in county, 64-65%. lot of s have a districts with overwhelming majority of voters because closer together and are clustered in the cities and around the cities and the vote is spread out. a lot of democratic office abouts only have to worry primary election because general election is in name only. lot of ave, i think, a republicans who have developed better general election muscles have to win races democrats, once they win the primary in the is ng, the general election an afterthought. host: new castle, pennsylvania carlita, good

we need to and gerrymandering.e need to take the power away from insiders, the partisans, who draw the maps to benefit themselves and their parties. we need to put power in the hands where it belongs, with voters. voters have the power. somewherecommission drawing who the winners and losers are before any ballot has passed. voters have the power to decide who represents them. district and voters decide we want to elect two republicans and one democrat or one democrat and one republican. there is alsofor independence and third parties. politics is so polarized in the united states. promisesoice voting more bridge builder candidates. this is what it boils down to. no more gerrymandering, no more politicians and insiders drawing maps to benefit themselves. andou are a taxpayer subject to laws and rules of the land, you should decide who represents you in congress or your state legislature or city council, not insiders gerrymandering maps to benefit themselves. is calling in. you are on with krist novoselic. caller: th

. -- theot voter purser threat is not voter impersonation, it is issues like gerrymandering, barriers that prevent eligible voters from casting a ballot. those are restrictions, those where politicians are manipulating rules to choose voters, as opposed to voters be able to choose politicians. >> all elections are run at a state level. how does a federal government, how does a federal system straighten things out across 50 states and the district of columbia? >> we had a very good these of legislation in 2002 after florida. chris dodd at a republican from a missouri authored the legislation. it turned out to be pretty good. an expanded voting opportunities, but also said the federal government will give states money to update their voting systems, it should also make sure the voter registration rolls are accurate. one of the sad things about the obama administration has been starting in 2009, they suspended all lawsuits and all enforcement measures to try to get the states to clean up their voter registration rolls. that prevents her over to do not challenge the pew registration findi

the house battlefield is limited in terms of winnability because of the gerrymandering we saw severalyears ago. what you will see in terms of democrat sectiuccess, wins ones thatten winnable. the political report, the districts on the board, we will increase our percentage of likely to win the ones around the country that are winnable. as the election gets closer and we continue to see donald trump tank in the polls. >> gerrymandering has indeed helped democrats, but you're probably smiling at least from the corner you're at during this cycle so far. 24 days to go. kelly ward, executive director of the dccc. thank you. >>> stay with us. coming up top of the hour, donald trump holding rallies in new hampshire and maine. now a ninth woman reportedly has come forward accusing trump of sexual misconduct. gary, gary, gary... i am proud of you, my man. making simple, smart cash back choices... with quicksilver from capital one. you're earning unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. like on that new laptop. quicksilver keeps things simple, gary. and smart, like you! and i lik

. >> it is not gerrymandering.its voter suppression. within the states, the districts in the states get jerry imaginedered. >> i believe hillary clinton will make -- >> the nuclear option. she'll go all the way. deal with 50 votes? she doesn't even need 51 by your counting. >> as i said, she will put on those kicking boots, i can't say the word. >> tim reason can break the tie. >> that's right. you only need 50. come on. >> come on. have a little hopeful. >> michael moore. thank you. an idealist. >> how horrible! we have idealism left! >> michael moore who likes to make everybody else into a conservative. >> i watched the movie. it is really good. it shows how you can appeal to people who dome like you if you do it right. that's not left or right. just smart. >> thank you. >> why is the trump camp back at war with megyn kelly? doofus! what is this about? this time, newt gingrich picked a fight with her. that's ahead. they told me a bottle couldn't dream. that i would never come a superhero. [singing indistincy] but

santarsiero: let's be clear, the eighth the district was gerrymandered to some extent after the last elections. i voted against the maps. that was -- those of us who were opposed to it were shut down from any objection. northeast philadelphia was taken away which was more democratic. the northern part of the camera county was added, a more republican area. the fact is it is still pretty balanced, but there was that attempt here, too. we need nonpartisan commissions and draw the maps, not elected officials. there needs to be national rules that cover that throughout the united states. it is a serious problem, but so, too, is campaign finance reform. citizens united has allowed all of his dark money to enter into these races. it's been a disaster for our democracy. that case needs to be overturned and we need to have campaign-finance reforms that take the money out of politics once and for all. mr. pezza: thank you. i hope someday in the near future we could have a symposium devoted solely to congressional reapportionment and gerrymandering. we will have to figure out a way to keep the

part of the problem is decade after decade of gerrymandering where you have politicians drawing the district lines. --an preservation self-preservation is a strong human instinct. what you have is decade after decade of this politically motivated line drawing. you have a situation where we congressional seats and that are about 15-20 left are legitimate seats. mikes thanks to my brother he wanted to keep the county whole. more districts need to be like this, where they are split evenly between parties. have 65%districts, you or 75% of one party registration or another in these congressional districts. when you have that, these representatives, their main election is in the primary. as a result, you have this inwing, cavernous divide congress. that is what needs to end as far as fixing the gridlock in washington. moderator: follow-up? mr. santarsiero: let's be clear. i voted against those maps. i can tell you those who were opposed to them were really shut down. the northern part of montgomery county is more republican. the fact of the matter is it is still a pretty allen's district, but make

talk about gerrymandering, i to lay the republican success in the state and say it to gerrymandering,hink is quite frankly, a lazy argument. one of the reasons pennsylvania is the way it is in districts is of the democrats live clustered so close together. year, a book ery thalt has registration by state house district, senate district, congressional district. when you look at state house districts, there are 203 of them, most districts we have in the state. them as an use example. the most democratic house in philadelphia, democrats. lan casterican is in county, 64-65%. lot of s have a districts with overwhelming majority of voters because closer together and are clustered in the cities and around the cities and the vote is spread out. a lot of democratic office abouts only have to worry primary election because general election is in name only. lot of ave, i think, a republicans who have developed better general election muscles have to win races democrats, once they win the primary in the is ng, the general election an afterthought. host: new castle, pennsylvania carlita, good morn

can you -- because of the gerrymand gerrymandering, is there a way you'd say, yeah, it turned into ae? >> if it got to the seven, it'd be a wave. six -- if it was six -- first of all, in the house, i would say if it's in the high teens, sure, that starts a little bit of a wave. >> let's start going into individual ones. i think it's been interesting. you saw what ayotte is doing. she's against trump. pat toomey has tried to stay away. here was the most honest answer i've heard any senate republican give when it comes to trump. take a listen. >> i've been very open in public about my criticisms of him. i also acknowledge that, you know, he might just sign legislation that would be constructive, like repeal of obamacare and restoring sanctions on iran. i am still in the same mode i was monday night, which is feeling stuck. >> feeling stuck. he's also stuck because the voters that fill up his suburbs loathe trump. the voters in the tee love him. >> yeah. the thing is, for the republicans running in democratic states, like ron johnson, illinois and wisconsin, they're gone. pennsylvania i

it is as badly gerrymandered as any state. we are a 50-50 state, but it is almost guaranteed that we have a 12-4 congressional majority for republicans. counties have been split into multiple pieces your districts are absurd when you look at the shape and lack of competitiveness. we had good candidates challenging republicans in gerrymandered districts, but it is an uphill battle. and others led a process to gerrymander ohio worse than anytime in ohio's history. it is an insult to democracy. to same topic, we have gone court and succeeded in showing that the secretary of state, to her point, for the past six years he has been purging registered voters from the voting rolls in ohio. almost 2 million people were purged. some of those people had passed away or moved. many others were purged because they had voted infrequently. he purged many people because they had not loaded in recent recent- not voted in years. it was rolled that by doing so he violated federal law for years. we were in the process in the summer of trying to re

is about my comment is about gerrymandering here in pennsylvania. your guests earlier mentioned that in the races here in pennsylvania that democrats tend to dominate in the statewide elections. and we have in the congress and united states we have 13 republicans, and five democrats. also, would like to comment on the senatorial race between senator toomey.e while much has been made of the senators cosponsorship of the background checks built. my estimation is that bill didn't get past because the leadership of the republican party didn't back him in his effort to do so. so if that isn't the case then really was allowed to go ahead and do that without the backing of his party, and therefore, hen could go and what they've been doing is playing a double side saying they will take away the. guns aime and at the same time y know he had the backing of the nra while at the same time they were pushing forward the idea that he wouldn't get the background checks. >> guest: they are not endorsing in the u.s. senate race and i think with the gentle man said ab

gerrymandering limits the number of competitive seats and self sorting them is the number of competitive seats that have been in play. come until recently, have been actually pulling money out of these suburban districts. a lot of these potentially competitive districts that would be necessary for them to retake the house. we will see if the video changes things. the other thing is, even the most bullish polls that were conducted at his lowest point showed democrats with a seven-point advantage on the generic ballot, which is very good. if that holds, it's very likely the democrats retake the senate. havenk democrats need to nearly a 10 point advantage on the generic ballot to really have a chance to talk about taking back the house. host: the headline from "washington post," house democrats view the possibility of a powershift. guest: i am skeptical. there were polls that were taken before the video, and one that came out of the weekend in long island, a swing district, with a freshman house republican showing the republican up 15 points, even in a district where donald trump is not par

ohio is is badly gerrymandered as in state. we are about a 50-50 state.e havemost guaranteed a congressional majority for republicans. counties have been split into multiple pieces. the districts are absurd when you look at their shape. very goodh, we have candidates challenging republicans in the gerrymandered districts. it is an uphill battle. john houston, secretary of state, and others let a process to gerrymander ohio. worse than any time in ohio's history. to ohio insult democracy. on the second piece, same topic. we have gone to court and succeeded in showing that our secretary of state, to her point , for the last six years, he has been purging registered voters from the voting rolls in ohio. weret 2 million people purged. some of those people had passed away or moved, but many others were purged. the thing that trigger them was they voted in frequently. peopleed many, many because they had not voted in recent years. the sixth circuit federal court ruled he had violated federal law for years. we are in the process -- we were in the process of tryi

it is nothing more than a cynical attempt to gerrymander the next election. this is from my prime minister who was elevated to a job without a single count after a pantomime cost which saw one leading to the other. us hasthat only one of been elected to the office they hold by 3 million people. >> they are simply incapable of going to the breakout because that is absolutely in their political dna. it is what they deliver every time they are in government. the regulating, outsourcing, advertising and stand by inequality grows. taxes for the perfect view. and turninge cheap a blind eye to the tax avoidance. they are so committed to the interest of the very richest that they don't care about government, something called deficiencies are. i am not sure but it does but i will say while government might be a bit more efficient, if the superrich actually a their taxes. >> when government steps back, there are consequences. look at what is happening in houston. it has fallen to the lowest level since the 1920's. homeownership is falling as more people priced out of t

we need to end gerrymandering. we need to take the power away from the in siders who draw the to benefit themselves and their parties. look power in the hands where it belongs, with the soldiers -- voters. imagine instead of some theission drawing who winners are into the losers are before the ballot is cast, voters have the powers to decide who'll represent them. voters decide we want to elect two republicans and one democrat or we want to elect to democrats on one republican. then there is also space for independents and third parties. politics are so polarized in the united states, with ranked choice voting promises is more .ridge holding candidates we would be electing more urban republicans and more world democrats. --rural democrats. no more politicians and insiders drawing maps to benefit themselves. if you are a taxpayer and if you are subject to the laws and of the land you should decide who represent you in congress or orders to legislature counsel and not some insiders gerrymandering maps to benefit them

that wouldn't pass if the districts were gerrymandering. that's passed and been terrible for business. >> 50 business owners signed onto the common cause that filed the lawsuit challenging the current voting maps. >>> and michelle obama will appear twice in the state tomorrow to speak for hillary clinton. >>> vice president candidates mike pence and tim kaine will face off in their first and only debate tomorrow night. longwood university in farmville, virginia. watch it at 9:00 right here on fox 50 followed by our late news. so how do north carolina voters feel about the upcoming election? from the presidential race to governor, we polled, and we'll share the results tomorrow starting at 4:00 on wral tv. >>> and today there was a class inducted into the wral hall of fame. bill leslie emceeed the event. the mayor passed out the awards. induck tees are dr. bill britton, mary conrad, and dr. ann mcloren, boys and girls family services incorporated, and dr. calvin jones. congratulations to them all. >> an esteemed group, no bought about it. >>

and there is no question that because of gerrymandering, because republicans after the 2012 electionsso many state legislatures, they were able to make it very difficult for democrats to win back a majority in the house of representatives which is one reason i said that no politician, democrat nor republican, should draw political districts. we need to move in this country to indiaependent recommissions. >> a lot of people who aren't old enough to remember the 2000 election. he is trying to remind them that every vote matters and here's why. do you think that is something? you talk to young people in your district in texas. do you think that they really understand that? when what we saw in 2000, how close that race was. it was so long ago. they were babies then. >> yeah. i think that more and more as we get closer to the election. as debates are happening. the media coverage of this race intensifies. that younger voters are understanding the consequences of their choice and their decision. and i hope that they'll choose the support secretary clinton. that they won't instead go for the

ten-point gap to be opened up in order for us to flip the house because, as you know, the seats are so gerrymanderede poll from 2012, i think it moves up to 14. it's moved there, but democrats have to do a good job of tying him to the republican brand to get to that ten-point gap. when we get to the ten-point gap, the republicans are in a little bit of trouble. >> the squirming from fisher who endorsed donald trump and unendorsed donald trump now we're getting a statement she has reendorsed donald trump. >> first of all, two seconds, cornell's got a new book coming out. everybody should go get it. >> what a mensch this guy. >> a foreward by governor dean. >> here's the interesting thing. if the poll numbers didn't show that hillary clinton had a significant lead in florida, her internal polls, she never would have said that. >> ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. that is exactly right. >> unbelievable that she would do that. >> because she would not want to alienate possible marco rubio voters. >> which also means that marco's numbers are not nearly as good as they were two weeks ago. this is a seat that

. >> you're looking at only about 30 of the 435 seats are actually competitive because of gerrymandering, yet in those races you're seeing big movement towards the democrats in some of the seats where we haven't been competitive in a very long time. >> let's look at the polling. in our new poll, an 11-point race. in the abc/"the washington post" poll there's only four points. >> it's a big divergence in terms of the sample. most people would say average them together and you probably have about a seven or eight-point race at this point. >> certainly in the battleground states where the clinton campaign has been advertising where they've had key surrogates in there. you're seeing the ballots ground states start to move out of the donald trump's control. what jim was saying is a really good point. a month ago we were not talk about indiana and missouri as states where the clinton campaign would be putting resources into it. it has a ripple effects across the ticket. what donald trump is doing to the republican party is two things. one is he is moving voters out of republican party, particu

gerrymandering which are heavily republican, but other place where is there are tight races, and also certainly states right now where a lot of senators, pat toomey, marco rubio, burr in north carolina, facing challenges today. they're going to have answer for donald trump's comments late last week and this is the position that they find themselves with only four weeks to go, if they don't say anything about donald trump, if in fact they try to hide from it, they're going to be forced to face this trump effectively not saying no to donald trump. the remaining 29 days. if they say no to donald trump, and they risk having the experience of paul ryan when he was in wisconsin after uninviting donald trump, where he heard some heckling and boos from the crowd rightthere. it is a real challenging position for so many republicans, particularly with so little time remaining. >> kristin welker, we were talking with officials in st. louis and on the plane flying home here as well. when we talked to them, kristin, they are trying to be very, very cautious, they've seen ups and downs in the campa

it's called gerrymandering. >> you have to win so you can change the redistricting. >> reporter: in 37 states, the legislatures draw up congressional districts based upon population shifts determined by the once-a-decade census. the party that controls the state legislature controls the shape of a state district. republicans undertook a complex plan to win control of state legislatures around the country in the 2010 mid-terms so they could shape congressional districts. christopher jankowski was one of the architects. >> that advantage is going to prevent the u.s. house in flipping. >> reporter: the republican controlled legislature withdrew this north carolina district. it effectively consolidated most minorities into one district so that gop candidates would be sure to win in adjacent districts. >> they took me out of the picture just like they did with literally dozens of people just like me around the congress. >> reporter: he didn't get mad. he dgot even. he's now heavily involved with a super pack helping democrats retake control of state legislatures for the 2020 census. he's no

it is beholden to constituents in gerrymandering districts and conservative media can brook no compromiseto get anything done and there's a straight line from that to trump? >> i cannot agree more. i've watched this president and i've watched this congress and there seems to be gridlock. whenever someone makes a move to broker some kind of deal, be it trying not to have a government shutdown. we hear things like green eggs and ham. you know? this president has gone golfing with john boehner trying to broker deals. this was the pervasive thought. we've heard people like rush limbaugh saying that he wanted the country to fail. he said that. this is not conjecture. this is not a myth. we heard him say that. it's on tape. so the mind-set in much of the republican party was the fact that they wanted this man out and they weren't going to work with him. and we see that in these waning days. over 200 some days this man has yet to have a hearing. and there's the issue of constitutionality about this. so the bottom line is whatever's happening with this president, this historic presidency, a lot o

demand some compromise, it does demand working together, but every bit of incentive we have from gerrymanderingthe way the media works today, if you clash, if you get on a high horse, if you obstruct things, you're going to end up better off. and at some point, america has to get back on an even keel. you worked for senator moynahan years ago. you know how the senate would work. people would sit down, they'd carve out new legislation. they'd come to compromises, and it's going to be difficult to get back to that period. and this election, you know, donald trump's nomination, this whole investigation makes it all the more difficult. >> and the senate used to have some very uncooperative members in the ted cruz mold, but they were usually able to find 60 who could get together and eventually get something done. walter, ten days left in this campaign, we have heard some of the most soaring and beautiful campaign rhetoric that we've ever heard from michelle obama. and we've also heard absolutely without question the worst campaign rhetoric that has ever been recorded in american campaign history. w

republicans in the house who, by winning their primary, have efolktively won the seat because of gerrymandering, the way in which districts put in cooky maps to maximize advantage. some republicans think this is an -- that the speaker of the house has an obligation to support the republican nominee. technically spoking the speaker of the house is supposed to represent both parties and resolving conflicts over regs to come to bills and send them to the president in the last 20 years the speakership is much more partisan than it was back in the day. having said that, there are a lot of republicans who are really, really worried about this. the debate performance last night, went over pretty well with republicans but republican candidates recognize that in order to win their elections for the senate, for for, for alderman, council and dog catcher, they're going to probably need something more than republican conservative votes. moderates, swing votes, independents,lyber tareans and green party candidates, and trump probable live didn't make a lot of -- make up a lot of ground with them. the other

which just shows how important districting is and gerrymandering is that the democrats can very likelyte s than the republican for the house of representatives but not capture the majority of seats. >>> just ahead disturbing new battle to get isis out of iraq. are terrorists using hundreds of families right now as human shields? >>> united nations says isis may be using hundreds of families as human shields in their iraqi stronghold of mosul which is now the target of a massive military offensive to drive the terrorists out. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr, isis still launching attacks even while it is under attack in mosul. >> absolutely. now looks like some isis leaders have escaped mosul even as the group has launched attacks in a very surprising place. gunfire i rupted on the streets of the iraqi city of kirkuk after isis militants launched a surprise attack. video captured the terrorists entering at night. ongoing clashes reported. it's's sunday attack into kirkuk some 100 miles southeast of mosul is seen by u.s. military officials as an isis attempt to divert iraqi force

and remember, we know that our districts around the country are often jerry gerrymandered.o they've deeply red districts where donald trump has voters also going to have to consider who they want to be the next congressperson. what is distinct is paul ryan is not publicly withdrawing his endorsement. what he is saying is he is putting his energy and resources as the speaker of the house and the highest ranking republican office holder in america to trying to hold the house and senate. obviously, after the most recent disclosures regarding donald trump, there's grave concern in the republican party about a down ballot disaster that if republicans stay home because they're disheartened or because of that small group of swing voters chooses hillary clinton and might otherwise have voted for a republican but chooses not to now, all different permutations. they want to protect the majorities. if there is a clinton white house, they want to have the check within the republican party. they won't even go so far to say they're presuming she will win. so what we've got now is one of

one of the projects that obama said he wants to work on after he leaves the white house is gerrymanderingew appreciation about the republican lock on the house of representatives, and he wants to do something about it. to do that, you have to win statehouses. >> as far as transition teams are concerned, rebecca, we do note that hillary clinton's aides are saying they're working, moving forward. they're starting to think about cabinet positions. jason miller, the senior communications adviser to donald trump, he says chris christie is still in charge of the transition team on the republican side, on the trump side. but we haven't seen much of christie lately. >> supposedly he is still in charge, he does have his hands full, however. this bridge gate proceeding is ongoing in new jersey. he hasn't been called yet to participate in that. but that's certainly something that must be weighing on him personally, and affects him politically. and at a moment when it is in the news, especially in new jersey and new york, it's not necessarily an opportune time for the trump campaign to have him out f

paul ryan is running all over the country desperately trying to save his majority, because while gerrymanderingwill save him, he knows there's a threat to that majority they didn't exist three weeks ago. >> yeah. you know, think be about kelly ayotte in agony, because there is going to be an ad, someone else will run an ad, cut together these 11 women saying what they have to sayened you think on the other side, democratic women running ka catherine cortez, and others, marco rubio, committed christian with a young family. what do you think? still with donald trump? this is actually problematic. >> incredible problematic and have to remember, those, the polling has shown those races tightening up. especially shockingly so in florida, for marco rubio. i mean, look, the one thing i wanted to point out i thought was really shocking and actually terrifying is that he would use the office of the presidency to bring forth these lawsuits. which is i think goes, it plays into how much he doesn't understand what the office of presidency is. the lack of temperament, and it's just -- it's just -- i'm dumbf

how are you fighting hurdles of gerrymandering in this race?ery beginning we knew we had to have a new battlefield that was out there, so we continued to understand negative impacts of donald trump across the map, where we could go after districts, namely suburban areas and districts where we saw getting more democrat over time, emerging districts when it came to communities of color, women and millennials. that's why there's ten new seats on the map this year that we as democrats go after, compared to districts in the past or battle grounds in the past. that's leading to optimistic view and sentiment that i have, especially picking up seats this cycle. >> let me pull up this flyer. huffington post from congressman darrell issa of southern california. on it he writes i'm very pleased president obama has signed into law the survivors bill of rights legislation, i co-sponsored to protect victims of sexual assault. issa is aligning with the president and sexual assault survivors, considering the allegations trump is facing, couldn't be a bigger de

we gerrymandered last time i was here we gerrymandered just one of the lines to execute golden gate park from an equities object we also in response to public him and took out link. this list is a bit different from the last time you saw it. once we had to find the designation of disadvantaged communities we name them at equities owns and came up with a list of parks there and set about looking at what data we had there was quality data that had integrity that spoke to our purpose, our mission. geographic access, of course recreation for everyone, clean safe and well-maintained parks are investment and these are some of the data sources there at the top. we are to the good parts. members of the audience of this is very difficult to see. there's a few copies on the table there. lots of numbers. so let's go through them a bit to help understand this chart. i want to point out that an asterix indicates where this is either been revised or added in response to feedback from the wide array of people we have interacted with. again about 20% of the population we took the 20% highest of those ch

>> on the house side it's much different because of gerrymandering and the way the differences are drawndemocrats have to gain 30 seats to regain the majority. that's a very steep hill to climb, not expected that's going to happen. on the senate side they just need to pick up four seats. kp they've got tons of targets. you've got wisconsin, illinois, seats that are leaning toward the democrats, those are pickups, that's two of the four they need. then you have states like pennsylvania, new hampshire, pat toom toomey, kelly ayotte, and even in a state like missouri, red state, roy blunt is on the defensive. so democrats are favored at this point to win the senate. and here in nevada where harry reid's retiring and that seat is the one republican opportunity, we'll see whether they can pick up that with joe heck who's a republican congressman. >> john, we will see you tonight. be sure to watch cnbc's special coverage of tonight's presidential debate 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on cnbc. >>> we move to the banks this morning. morgan stanley beats expectations with its results, like oth

gerrymandering in the 2010 elections packed democrats into many areas. woman makeoesn't a accusations against obama? he said the airplane accuser would not be my first choice, which people interpreted it to me that maybe she was not attractive enough to want to grope, and another headline says trump imitates grabbing motion as he denies one claim. i don't really have a question, i just wanted to read these allowed. ofe us your characterization his speech today in light of these revelations. sahil: this is trump as we have never seen him before. he said he is finally glad to have the shackles off and people were wondering, does that mean trump has been shackled? apparently compare to that, it seems true. he has taken things to a new level. he is upping the ante. he is escalating the rhetoric. he talked about not only what you mention, which was accusing his female accusers who said he groped them in the past of being liars, but he also said this is a conspiracy orchestrated by the clintons and the media and essentially as he has been saying, global elites

and with the way that the districts are gerrymanders around the country. nancy pelosi is clearly doing what she can, because if the democrats were to score what would be a huge upset at this point, she becomes speaker again. and the odds are against it. >> well, now that you have compared it to the giants, though, you know, we are still believing. and you know your audience here, mark. >> the big tape release last week with trump's crude language obviously was a huge bomb shell and then the debate. any clue that the debate might have helped stop the bleeding for trump? >> there is no sign yet. here is the problem with what trump did. you can accept or reject his locker room excuse for what he had to say on the tape that was released. but in order to put it behind him, he needed to act presidential. and what he did is he referred to hillary clinton as the devil. and he said she has tremendous hatred in her heart. he said that he would jail her if he becomes president. and he brought four women who accused her husband bill clinton of sexually assaulting them

it is called gerrymandering. in 37 states, the legislature draws up congressional districts based on population shifts determined by the once a decade census and the party that controls the state legislature controls the shape of a congressional district. after having lost the white house and congress in 2008, republicans undertook a complex plan to win control of slate legislature around the country in the 2010 mid terms to shape congressional districts. christopher janikowski was one those. >> this will in most instances prevent the house from flipping. >> the 12th district is a case in pount. they redrew it into a shape that parallels i-85 and is not much wider than the interstate and consolidated minorities in one district and helped white conservative gop candidates to win and to be almost guaranteeds re-election. in michigan seventh district, gop redistricting seals this democrat's fate as a one-term congressman. >> they took me out of the picture, just like they did with dozens, literally dozens of people

prerequisite for civility is earnestness that fundamental earnestness whether backyard barbecues duende gerrymandering was not out-of-control going back to their districts out of control are going back to their districts every few days but that is the foundation to have a civil society. but the way it is most relatable about your father is an american historian we have the honor tonight other bits water presents it is a "house of cards" election the most rancorous cenacle violent and i fear for the west wing election. [laughter] with the consultant on the west wing and that was my political education and that was the profile in courage not cowardice but doll highest ideals and not the sioux were -- sewer. >> we will leave it there and thank you for your time. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] been. [applause] kiev senegalese air and a gentleman pdf we are friends. i met him before he became prime minister and lead us stayed in contact with the rest of our lives. when i was invited to give this speech and became evident that the house that he lived

democrats to win the house in this cycle because of the way the demographics are and because of gerrymanderingon the comments today if hillary won by 6 or 7%, which is on the table now, that's a percentage where you can see a big wave of members of congress who are republicans losing -- >> what's the percentage that hillary has to win -- >> i would say something like 7%. >> here's mine. i'm a fellow this fall at the harvard institute of politics. >> good for you. >> i'm looking forward at the future, i'm talking to these young folks every day. a study came out that said only 20% of millennials have ever tried a big mac. if you think politics is new now, wait ten years till these are the majority of voters and they haven't tried big macs, all the things that we use as cultural touchstones. >> what do they eat? >> five guys. >> five guys is pretty good. >> in 'n out. >> every airport has a five guys. >> a week ago people i talked to in ohio were telling me it looks like it's done. things were in trump's column. >> ohio, you're right. >> that's changed in the past week. nate silver turned ohio fr

gerrymandering is an interesting way to think about it because some of the and master change a that -ive change that is industry is in the creating news for you and news or you is absolutely contributing to, if you want a on your news int ou can tune into msnbc or read the huffington post. if you want a conservative view to fox or breitbart or red state and those sorts of creating these -- it it is the media for you and it isn't really tolerant of other viewpoints and it is absolutely -- when you ave a situation where i will never forget it fwas some time the ummer of 2015 and all edia cameras were trained on a landing on an air strip in alabama waiting for the trump land and there was nothing substantive about it. nly thing that was relating to it was they believed that that would actually drive more this.ls to see and i don't envy who is trying a media empire because the fractionalization makes it more difficult. john: you asked questions about no labels and no labels is a way peace after t the the war. and this is an organization that founded by citizens. it has been really embrace

they're awful and they're forever obstructing him and they're forever gerrymandering and they use everythingn their power to play the game -- i know they do that. but what i'm talking about here on this particular issue is straight-up democratic failure. now, you know that's not exactly the right word. i call it a failure, but you might as well call it a betrayal, and the history of this betrayal goes back a long way. when i was -- when i was young back in the 1970s, the '80s, and elliot bay bookstore was down in pioneer square, where i walked down there this morning thinking that's where it still was and i -- [ laughter ] and then had to go running over the hills to this location. when i was young, the democratic party was forever grappling with its identity, arguing over who the democrats were and what they stood for, and this went on for decades, all through the '70s, all through the '80s, and up into the 1990s. and you had all of these different factions in the democratic party, these different reform movements, and they -- well, they called themselves reform movements, and they fought l