former congressman and governor of indiana. ♪ mr. pence: well hello, indiana!cheers and applause] mr. pence: it is great to be back again in the hoosier state. froma stones throw away where karen and i raised our kids, on the south side of indianapolis. and just four days away from another great victory all across indiana and across america when we send republican majorities ack to washington, d c -- d.c. i have got to tell you, it really is great to be here with a friend of mine. and the man that indiana voted overwhelmingly to make the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. i am here today because i stand with president trump. [cheers and applause] here todayi am because we stand with all the great conservative leaders who have supported our agenda in the hoosier state. two future congressman, jim baird and a guy named greg pence. but we are here because president trump and i stand shoulder to shoulder with the next great senator for the state of indiana, mike braun. applause] it is the you know, greatest privilege of my life

-mexico canada agreement that puts indiana workers and indiana farmers first.nd the results have been huge. i don't know if you've seen the jobs report today. in the last two years, 4.5 million new jobs created. in manufacturing alone. paychecks are growing at their fastest rate in a decade and the unemployment rate is now at a 50 year low. jobs are back. confidence is back. in a word, america is back. and we're just getting started, indiana. and thanks to the support of republican majorities in congress, we have been doing more than just jobs. ourave been rebuilding military and restoring the arsenal of democracy. we take the fight to terrorists on our terms on their soil. isis is on the run, their caliphate is fallen and we will soon drive isis from the face of the earth. we have been standing with the men and women of law enforcement , without apology, giving them the resources sanders act they deserve. and under president trump's leadership, we have enforced our borders, and our we already started to build that wall. and as another migrant caravan is making

and indiana farmers first. the results have been huge. i don't know if you have seen the jobs report today. years, 4.5 two million new jobs created, 450,000 jobs in manufacturing alone. paychecks are growing at their fastest rate in a decade, and the unemployment rate is now at a 50 year low. jobs are back. confidence is back. back,ord, america is and we are just getting started, indiana. thanks to the support of republican majorities in congress we have been doing more than just jobs read we have been we haveng our military, taken the fight to terrorists on , anderms on their soil isis is on the run, their caliphate is fallen and we will soon drive isis from the face of the earth. we have been standing with the men and women of law enforcement without apology, giving them the resources and respect they deserve. and under president trump's leadership, we have been enforcing our laws, securing our borders, and we have already started to build that wall. [applause] [crowd chanting] >> build that wall. build that

indiana. the people of indiana. mike braun.ed the have best economy in the history of this is the single best economy in the history of our country. it is the hottest job markets on the planet other, buts achieved is e have everything. morrow, because they can take it apart it. as fast as we built but i don't think it's going happen based on what i'm seeing place.er the if the rascal democrats take power, they'll take a wrecking ball to our economy, and the economy. f our when you go to the voting booth a simpleay you'll make choice, a vote for republicans is a vote to continue our extraordinary prosperity. [ cheering and applause ] president donald trump a vote nt donald trump for the democrats is a vote to boom down. conomic the democratic agenda will socialist nightmare. republican gender is delivering the american dream, optimism, the american dream. alone we st months jobs. 250,000 brand new they couldn't believe it, the news media, they were very upset. upset. very they were very upset. better dn't happen at a time. frida

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and that is why i am hopeful, indiana. hopeful that on tuesday, we are going to cut through the lies, the noise, and the nonsense. i am hopeful we will remember who we are. i am hopeful we will remember who we are called to be. i am hopeful because out of the political darkness, i am seeing across the country a great awakening of citizenship. i have been so encouraged, watching so many people in involved for the first time in a very long time. marching, running for office, record numbers of women. you know we need more women. [applause] [cheering] young veterans of afghanistan and iraq, americans who never had much of an interest in politics who said, you know, this is different, i better get to work. this moment is too important to sit out. gary, indiana, the antidote to government by a powerful few is government by the organized energized group. the antidote to a politics of anger, division, and hatred, is the politics of generosity and hope. that is what this moment is about. let me say this, because sometimes, especial

obama: and that is why i'm hopeful, indiana. tuesday weat are going to cut through the lies and the noise and the nonsense. and i'm hopeful we are going to remember who we are. i'm hopeful we are going to remember who we are called to be. and i'm hopeful because out of this political darkness i'm seeing across the country a great awakening of citizenship. [cheering] pres. obama: i can't tell you how encouraged i've been watching so many people get involved for the first time, for the first time in a very long time. marching and organizing. running for office. record numbers of women. you know we need more women. [cheering] veterans of young afghanistan and iraq. who have never had much of an interest in politics but decided, this time, i've got to get to work because this time is different. this moment is too important to sit out. , the antidote to government by a powerful few is government by the organized, energized many. [applause] pres. obama: the antidote to a politics of anger and division and hatred is a politics of hope.

, what works in warsaw, indiana. what works in this great state where we lead by our performance, just like we did in tackling infrastructure. we are a state that works and i thank my lucky stars that i was born in this state and in my hometown, and that it has worked out. i really do. [applause] and we have a narrow window. we have got two years to show that as conservatives we can make things work. we need to get our president reelected. yeah. [applause] and what we are going to do is we are going to get more people from the real world that have had to do things, that can fix things in a dysfunctional system. [applause] you are going to find that other people across this country are going to stick their neck out and take a risk, and try to fix things in washington so the system works for everyone. that is my goal. [applause] never in my wildest dreams did i imagine when we made the decision to move back, after serving on a school board -- for 10 years, after being in our state house for three years passing an amazi

i would be hunkered down in southern indiana trying to survive. and i make that point because we as conservatives being led by president trump, we've got to prove what our way of thinking, why what works in the state of indiana is going to work for the rest of america. and i really believe i can weigh in on that argument. [applause] because when we moved back to our hometown, we did raise that family, three of my four kids work in my business, and the theme of my campaign is that we need to take to washington what works in the real world, what works in jasper indiana what works in warsaw indiana what works in this great state where we lead by our performance just like we did in tackling infrastructure. we are state that works, and i thank my lucky stars that i was born in the state and in my hometown and that has worked out, i really do. [applause] and we have a narrow window. we've got two years to show that as conservatives we can make things work. we need to get our president reelected. and what we are going to do is we're going to get more peo

i have to back about indiana because indiana has made investments. they have done a different type of cyber range. we sent doctor adams there and we collaborate. their product is mostly for homeland security and the department of energy. there's are less driven toward the individual training where hours are driven more for the training for the clusters and the industry and the certificates. there is more of the interactive cyber effects and domestic operations and a dirty bomb going off and having a cyber attack. >> >> when you hear cyber range it's a big word. you think okay, it's a bunch of people looking at the screens and they are in separate rooms. it's like back to the local administrative network. was like my first date in high school. who knew that 20 years later i would be doing this. you have a team in one room and a team in the other room and 18 in the middle. in indiana you actually have -- it was a -- back in the day where they had the hospital's for the mentally challenged in the undesirables of the community. they all got put in the mi

it is captain's uniform, again, 14th indiana. david being participated in the attack against sunken lane the third brigade final brigade that made the assault that it ultimately will take the position as you know, i think you're going to be speaking about these paintings for the afternoon sessions at the antietam visitor center. i do not think there is any real need for me to point out the movement of this, except that you can only imagine that where there are federal soldiers across the open terrain, that have taken the fire, the sunken lane where alabamians as well as north carolinians were positioned and this was a formidable task. really the first significant fighting of the 14th indiana. i say that, i should note, seeing fighting a chief mountain, now west virginia, also encourage down a little bit of fighting, but nothing like this. first day after the battle -- he wrote, in essence, what was a declaration of survival. yesterday, we fought a terrible battle. i came out safe, after being engaged from sunrise until dark. lieu

david is from indiana, owen county, indiana, in the western part of the state not far from terre haute. david bean came of age in the 1850's. he attended indiana university, graduated in 1860. during that time, he became a devoted disciple of the republican party. david bean's paper as a student from indiana university survived. in those papers, he writes about american exceptionalism. i know that's not the trend these days. unfortunately though, the people back in the day, they believed it. we need to understand why they thought america was an exceptional place. he thought the united states was a beacon of republicanism, and that was an experiment that he worried was threatened by enslaved power. enslaved power of southern aristocrats. not just political power, but economic power. he believed that power had its designed set of the western territory. and for mr. bean, the future of this fragile republican government resided out there. no supplies that mr. bean became a member of the republican party and when the war came in 1816 61, he is 21. i got that wrong. he is 24. he becomes a ca

we're going to check indiana. the other big thing closing right now is the senate race in indiana.et me go back and see if we've got some returns there. question do not have votes. in indiana, 33% of the entire vote in the state was early, so they tend to report that fast. we'll bring that to you, not the entire state is closed, but a significant chunk of it. any minute indiana. i'll let you know. indiana and kentucky 6th, at this hour between 6:00 and 7:00, that's where all the action is here. key house race, key senate race. >> steve kornacki, thank you very much. it's very exciting to have first voted on the board even if there's only four of them. >> busiest man in show business. >> exactly, and it will be a busy night for steve tonight. we have exit polling data. this is nbc news national exit polling. we've got a couple of big top lines. i want to put these to our panel in studio. one of the first things that we have learned tonight is trump job approval rating. according to the exit polls tonight we've got trump with a 44% approval rating. a 55% disapproval rating. within th

david beam from indiana, owen county, indiana, that's in the western part of the state. david bean came of age in the 1850's. he attended indiana university, graduated in 1860. and during that time, he became a devoted disciple of the republican party. david beam's paper as a student survived. in those papers, he writes about american exceptionalism. i know that's not the trend these days. unfortunately though, the people back in the day, they believed it. we need to understand why they thought america was an exceptional place. beam did because he thought the united states was a beacon of republicanism, and that was an experiment that he worried was threatened by display of power. display of power of southern aristocrats who held the power, not just political power. it had its design set on western territories. the future of this fragile republican government resided out there. no surprise that he became a member of the republican party came in 1861, he is 24. he joins shortly after the firing of fort sumter. he becomes a captain in the 14 indiana. it is when he is at ho

let indiana feed hoosiers. we can do it together. senator donnelly: we were able to pass the nutrition program in the senate 86-11. incredible number of republicans as well. because here is what they knew -- ad here's what they know -- 7-year-old child does not know the difference between state rights and federal rights. they just know they are hungry. ms. nawaz: let's move on to a question a lot of people are talking about in the country, and that is sexual assault. a student in bloomington asks, in the wake of the kavanaugh confirmation and the me too movement, how will you fight to protect the rights of sexual assault survivors? more specifically, what can you say to the women out there, one out of every three of whom will experience some sexual assault in their lives, what can you say to them to encourage them to come forward? mr. braun, the question goes you first. mr. braun: when it comes to sexual assault and sexual harassment, there is no place for that, period, in our society. as we have seen over the last few years, it has

josh is right with indiana. indiana is a red state. but joe donnelly is a very strong campaigner.done a lot of national media. i think you're seeing results show today. i think also talking ab missouri. i would never ever rule claire mccaskill out. we've seen the poll, the margins in those polls close. she's now running neck and neck. those would be two very close race. >> dana: i didn't know there was no early voting in missouri so it all happens today. i want to bring up a few of the issue areas where fox news asks what is the most important thing to you when voting? healthcare 58%. president trump 51%. assuming that means either because you want to support president trump or don't want to support president trump. immigration, supreme court nomination. both get a lot of attention. one that doesn't is guns. the fifth one on that list. i just wonder when it comes to the money mike bloomberg and his group has put forward in congressional districts, is it going to make a difference? >> i think it will make a difference. he's not just running on gun control. it is unfortunate that th

the place: a church rec center gym in georgetown, southern indiana. a pick-up basketball game was underway with the usual thursday night guys. >> this is just you guys gettin' together. >> just pride. >> pride. little bit o' glory days, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: david camm, a 36-year-old manager at a waterproofing business was a regular. >> you guys grow up with it. this is religion, right? >> yeah. we play a little basketball in indiana. >> reporter: that night after the game wrapped up, david headed straight home. he and his wife kim had two children, brad, a quiet 7-year-old and little jill, a spitfire, two years younger. usually, david helped kim with the kids in the evening, but on this night he was late and he knew kim wouldn't be happy about that. >> they gotta get their homework done before they went to bed. and i thought, "she's gonna be upset when i get home 'cause i'm not there to help." >> reporter: as he rolled into his driveway, he clicked the garage door opener. a nightmare awaited him. >> once the -- the garage door raised up just abo

indiana stepped into the breach. secretary of state todd a republican recalled, well back in 2001 and 2002, election integrity was a huge issue. the problem was that people were losing confidence in the system. there was a fear of votes being stolen. even he added if the fear didn't pan out to be true. in other words based on perception that have been carefully crafted cultivated and stoked by the gop, state governments believe they had a mandate, a calling even to wrestle this virtually nonexistent voter impersonation fraud to the ground. in indiana republican legislators therefore set out to add a powerful barrier to the polls. while he said -- making sure we were balanced in honest in our approach. to prove it was not politically motivated. [laughter] although every democrat voted against the bill, senate enrolled act and every republican supported it. but 2006 with law required government issued photo id to vote. defined what types of identification if were acceptable offer to provide at state expense and identif

indiana, the polls close very early in much of indiana. we're going to start getting numbers in indiana right around 6:00. joe donnelly trying to hold off his republican challenge in a state donald trump won by 20 points. of course, the vice president mike pence's home state as well. between 6:00, 7:00, there is a fair amount of early vote i think in indiana, so we may start to get a sense how is donnelly holding up in this red state. that could be an omen for democrats. then an hour later, 7:00 eastern, a lot of florida, not all of it, but a lot of florida closes. of course, in florida you're going to have the key senate race there. obviously can bill nelson hang on in a state trump carried by two points. and the closely watched governor's race, we'll start to get a read out at 7:00 there. that's the senate side. of course, we mentioned the house. this where most of the action is going to be at least early on, that question of can democrats get the net gain of 23 seats? get used to looking at this, because we're going to be showing you a

if it had been president hillary clinton i would be hunkered down in indiana trying to survive. and i make that point because we as conservatives being led may present trump we've got to prove why our way of thinking. as he can it can work for the rest of america. and i really believe i can weigh in on that argument. because when we moved back to her hometown. we did raise that family. and the theme of my campaign is that we need to take to washington what works in the real world. what works in warsaw indiana. what works in this great state where we lead by her performance. we are a state that works and i think my lucky stars that it was born in the state. we are getting get more people from the real world that had had to do things that can fix things. that's my goal. never in my wildest dreams did i imagine after serving on the school board for ten years. i'm going to come back to jasper and with the founders intended. survey get back or you came from. i've been with him four times. i've been on the limo four times with him. do you think we ought to bring bobby knight into the

polls in the history of indiana. and no one in the state has ever been charged with that crime. ever. moreover, when the bill was being drafted, no evidence of impersonation fraud was presented to the legislator one - - legislature at best looking as a solution looking for a problem so they emphasized even at this hearing before the us supreme court no such evidence was presented in this litigation but there there was same tried and true anecdotes about the dead voting in st. louis et cetera but all of those were debunked.ou so what could possibly interdict - - place on the citizens right to vote? indiana of course, looked at free identification cards and provisional ballots to be sure there were protections againstst disenfranchisement. so those that lack the necessary identification the naacp said the studies and analysis were inaccurate and full-blown misrepresentation that supposedly only 1 percent did not have an id was hardly negligible because that was 43000 citizens. but it was much worse than that. recent su

after that it is off to indiana. then he ends in missouri, two states he will have gone to twice in the last week. there are razor-tight senate races in both states, states which republicans are trying to flip red, rather. if anything of major substance happens up on capitol hill, the prevailing thought is that the house could flip from red to blue. the president though says, that he is cautiously optimistic. >> i think we're doing well. i think the senate we're doing very well and i think we're going to do very well in the house. if you look over 100 years, for whatever reason the party with the president doesn't do very well. i think we're going to do pretty well. reporter: president trump also saying no matter what happens tomorrow night there will most likely be changes with his administration after election day. melissa. melissa: interesting. blake burman, thank you. connell: to follow up on some of blake's reporting there we go to the fox business maps and a look what you might be looking at early in the evenin

south carolina virginia for mont and kentucky one race to watch is for the senate in indiana where the democrats are trying to hold on to their seat there is a key senate race in indiana and we'll be watching that very closely as the night goes on and in georgia is the site of one of this year's most closely watched governor's governor races stacey abrams's bidding to be the first female black governor in a contest that's been marred by allegations of voter suppression also closing in less than half an hour are several key states with close races including ohio west virginia and north carolina. here's no reminder of what we'll be watching as the night unfolds all four hundred thirty five seats in the house of representatives are up for grabs the republicans have got one so far both parties still have a long way to go to reach that magic number of two hundred nineteen the democrats need a net gain of twenty three seats to take control of the chamber while in the senate it's a different story remember only thirty five out of the one hundred seats are up for grabs this time stover a third

he was in west virginia and indiana.rginia, you know about that senate race, patrick morrisey against joe k manchin. and this is where all of the polls come together. joe manchin appears to have the lead by about eight points, but let me take you back two years. this is an extraordinary thing. these were presidential results from 2016 in west virginia. do the math, sean. that's 42 points where the president was a winner and that is again why he thinks he's got a good shot flipping that seat. by the way, congressional seat number three is up for grabs. pop over to indiana, state that he won by 15 points two years ago. the senate race there, we know what it is. it's joe donnelly the democrat and mike braun at the republican. if you look at the polls and smash them altogether, it looks like donnelly has a one point lead there. last night we did a "what if" for the senate for you. let's dial this up and tell me where you think something could give. we started with 51-49, republican-democrat. you said missouri flips? >> sean:

, what works in warsaw, indiana.hat works in this great state where we lead by our performance, just like we did in tackling infrastructure. and i a state that works, thank my lucky stars, that i was born in the state and in my hometown, and that it has worked out. i really do. and we have a narrow window. we have got two years to show that if conservatives, if we can make things work, we need to get our president reelected -- yeah -- and what we are going to do is we are going to get more people from the real world that have had to do things that can fix thiin

indiana stepped into the breach. secretary of state, republican recall back in 2001 and 2002 election integrity was a huge issue. the problem was people were losing confidence in the system there is a fear of votes being stolen even if it did not pan out to be true. the fear was still there. in other words, based on the perception that have been carefully crafted cultivated and stuck by the gop, state governments believe they had a mandate, calling to wrestle this voter impersonation fraud to the ground. indiana's republican legislators set out to ada barrier to the polls while making sure we are balanced and honest to prove it was not politically motivated although every democrat voted against the bill and every republican supported it. the 2006 paul required government issued photo id to vote. defined what types of hygienic vacation was acceptable and secured an offramp of a provisional ballot of those who did not have an idea at the time but could provide the appropriate identification within days. they immediatel

i work for the people of indiana. >> republicans are bringing out the indiana star power, mike pence.ana governor will be the president's warm-up act. legendary basketball coach bobby knight of indiana, will rally troops with the shared goal of putting mike braun over the top. back to you. >> bret: mike tobin in indianapolis. pro-life groups are once again condemning facebook for what they say is censorship of their message. senior political correspondent mike emanuel today on what facebook data and keeps doing. >> just days ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, a prominent pro-life group says it's being censored by social media giant facebook for ads like this one. >> thankful we have pro-life champion marsha blackburn running for senate. blackburn voted to ban barbaric partial-birth abortions. marshall blackburn values life. >> facebook pulled the ad down, reproved it yesterday, and hours later did the same thing to another ad for montana senate candidate matt rosendale. it has happened with several add six times over the past few months. >> and they are censoring our ads. >> faceboo

reporter: wayne county, indiana. dotted with factories. and farms.e where hard work is just a way of life. >> i grew up doing chores. i grew up having responsibilities. because nothing was for free. reporter: for 48-year-old shawn, a machine operator at belden, inc., work ethic is everything. but after 23 years at the plant, which manufactures high-end broadcast cables, shawn is not running his machines. he's cleaning. >> i haven't been on my machine in eight weeks. in a way it's kind of driving me crazy. reporter: shawn failed a routine drug test after a minor forklift accident. the company's normal procedure up until this year -- termination. but instead of firing him, belden sent shawn here, to centerstone of indiana, for substance abuse treatment. and they're footing the bill. >> you have depression and anxiety issues too. reporter: a bill shawn never could have afforded on his own. >> i do something every day. i'm either in therapy every day for two hours, or i go to a.a. meetings. >> we are thrilled to be coming to the table. employment for our

joe donnelly holds a seven-point lead in this poll among likely indiana voters.changed from early september when braun held a two-point lead in that pole. let's bring in our panel. fox news analyst and cohost on fox news radio. anchor of the daily briefing, juan williams and cohost and molly hemingway, senior editor at the federalist. you're so far away. >> would you like us to come closer to mike yes. then i heard you talking earlier about these races, a lot of them i really, really tight and it's basically just down to turn out. >> it's pretty exciting. two years ago we were here and that was honestly the most exciting election night that we've all extremes together. this is pretty exciting. there are a wide potential variety of outcomes that could happen tuesday night. neither party has really done the thing of under promising so they could overdeliver, everyone has overpromise. i think the biggest risk for the democrats as they have these really skyhigh expectations and if they fall short of hitting those, then there going to be a mad scramble with a lot of b

in the fight for the senate, democrats on defensive in indiana. of the trump agenda to try to hold on to his senate seat in this state where the president won by double digits. donnelly is facing a tough challenge from republican mike braw braun. let's check in with manu raju on capitol hill. >> reporter: yes, they're bracing for the possibility they may lose the house and believe that president trump's scorched earth message on immigration may have hurt

, what works in warsaw, indiana.rks in this great state where we lead by our performance, just like we did in tackling infrastructure. we are a state that works and i thank my lucky stars that i was born in this state and in my hometown, and that it has worked out. i really do. [applause] and we have a narrow window. we have got two years to show that as conservatives we can make things work. when you to get our president reelected. yeah. [applause] do isat we are going to we are going to get more people from the real world that have had to do things, that can fix things in a dysfunctional system. [applause] you are going to find that other people across this country are going to stick their neck out and take a risk, and try to fix things in washington so the system works for other. that is my goal. [applause] never in my wildest dreams did i imagine when we made the decision to move back, after serving on a school board -- >> we are going to cut short that taped event and go live to las vegas to senator dean heller.

he hit five towns in indiana.has survive survived in thisp friendly state by supporting the president on many issues. even funding for the border wall. latest fox news poll showed that donnelly pulled ahead he seven points. we expect to see the commander in chief here tempting to swing are the momentum in the favor of the republican challenger, mike braun. >> shepard: now to tennessee. republican senator bob corker is retiring. flipping his seat could give democrats better shot taking the senate. they could get a boost from taylor swift. as you likely heard, the super star made a political endorsement last month telling her instagram followers she'd been voting for the democratic candidate. they've been on her back. >> the democrat has the pop star, the republican has the president. marsha blackburn seen the visit from president trump in chattanooga last night. this the third time he's come here to stomp for her. about 10,000 people came out to see the president. most of those people waited outside 10 to 12 hours

contests in indiana, missouri and georgia. indiana, u.s. senate race there, pits incumbent democrat joe donnelly against republican mike braun. right now, braun is leading with 55.2% of the vote. donnelly with 40.7% of the vote. 54% of the votes are currently counted here. this is looking good for the republicans, but nbc news says this race is still too close to call. now let's move to missouri, where incumbent democrat claire mccaskill is fighting to hold on to her seat, currently trailing her republican challenger, josh hawley. this is early in the count. just 1% of votes counted. mccaskill, 34%. ha hawley with 63%. nbc news is not calling this one right now. let's head to georgia and a very contentious governor's race. republican brian kemp currently leading stacey abrams here, 59-43. 26% of the votes here in georgia. nbc news says this one is still too early to call. one of many that we will be watching. >> thank you very much, chris. here in california, the big race, the governor's race and the big question, who will lead the state ne

well john hendren is live in fort wayne indiana for us so i would be holding a rally i want you to an issue is this an edge to to suppression of minorities nationwide john. well lauren in a race that's all about turnout and that's what this midterm election is about it could always make the difference perhaps less so in indiana where i am now than in states like georgia and florida where you have an african-american candidate running this is an issue in twenty six states according to a lawsuit by civil rights groups one that is thought to benefit republicans like president trump and his party president trump is here in fort wayne indiana today and i've got somebody who knows a little bit more about this this is andrew downs of the mike down center for indiana politics at purdue university fort wayne and let me ask you for starters. president trump won by nineteen percentage points in two thousand and sixteen why is he so popular here in indiana well indiana is a conservative state even a lot of the democrats are conservative in fact if you go down to the southern part of the state you

then indiana, missouri. those last two states, neil, will be the second time in the past week the president has been there. there are two really, really close senate races. indiana, democrats are trying to hold on to the seats. the polls show it is within a point in both of those states, maybe we'll see if the president can make a difference down the homestretch or not. neil? neil: will certainly give it the old effort. thank you very much, blake burman. what is at stake for tomorrow. a.b. stoddard, "real clear politics" associate editor. we have jessica tarlov, fox news contributor. john thomas, republican strategist, pollster. ab, spell it all out. there are a few scenarios this would go. what are you looking for someone who examines the political landscape. i can remember covering michael dukakis in 1988. he had huge crowds in 1988. that didn't materialize into anything. donald trump did get large crowds, that did mean something in 2016 so what do you look at? >> i don't look at crowds, neil. anyone can g

bobby knight, as you know, he coached in a place called indiana. i won't ask you how it's doing since he left. i won't ask. but it's going to do well and i hear you have a very good coach. i do, i hear you have a very good coach now. is that true? i hear you have a very good coach. but he coached the u.s. olympic team, in 1984, won the gold medal. he won three ncaa titles at a place called the university of indiana. he was put in the hall of fame in 1991.

the crowd in fort wayne, indiana, one of the key competitive states were mike braun is challenging joeonnelly. one of a number of races that could control -- determine control of the senate. we want to hear what voters say, whether you cast your ballot in early voting or will be voting tomorrow. we will watch the scene inside the convention center in fort wayne, indiana and get to your calls in a moment. we will also check in with sean sullivan, writing about the battleground states for "the washington post." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president trump well had to missouri for his final campaign event, sean hannity and brush limbaugh also in attendance, you can see the crowd leaving in fort wayne, indiana. have you voted or what you about tomorrow? >> i voted. about threeblican, weeks ago but i do want to make a comment, i do not understand why the democrats want to live like this. my cousin in boston says to me, taxes went up, why do they live that way, don't they understand it is money taken out of their pocket for bogus programs that go around for decades? i hope the democrats think tomorrow and take

on hanging onto indiana.he long serving senator in indiana, a victim of the reagan coat—tails. it brought a republican senator in. he lost the nomination because he was not really a flavour of republican who is popular back in 2006. a new candidate thought joe donnelly, popular back in 2006. a new candidate thoughtjoe donnelly, who defeated him, ishould candidate thoughtjoe donnelly, who defeated him, i should say in the point of election. we will hear from joe donnelly and we'll hear from a barack 0bama joe donnelly and we'll hear from a ba rack 0bama hopefully joe donnelly and we'll hear from a barack 0bama hopefully in the next half hour or so. let's ta ke let's take a look at the headlines on bbc news. it's 17 past 7pm. the businessman arron banks insists his donations to a pro—brexit campaign complied with electoral law and came from his uk businesses. an investigation‘s begun into how eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in woking last night. none suffered serious injuries

the president is making his next stop in indiana. former clinton chief of staff leon panetta on what happens tomorrow night. whether this overcharge rhetoric finally stops. let us start with jeff in fort wayne, indiana. >> we sometimes forget, neil, each of these states represent individual races. is it a referendum on the president? some states maybe so. this is the scene. it never ceases to amaze me, i guess, some ways the crowds continue to come out for president trump. if it's a referendum on president trump, maybe he's a winner. but this race that one pits two candidates for the senate. democrat joe donnelly, republican mike braun. does this sentiment about the president translates to the folks that are running for the senate and the house races around the country. that is something that will be determined tomorrow. lot of folks here standing in the cold, happy to be here, happy to support the president. do they vote for mike braun tomorrow? we'll see. >> neil: thank you very much. now to the battle in florida and senate race th

, and in columbus, indiana. this patch was never made because the unit was disbanded after the freeman field mutiny and because japan was glowing by the time that nuclear weapon was dropped so there was no reason to deploy them. this, i would suggest, is the embodiment of the question about african-americans at time of war. their hearts were with their country, and they had their eyes on the target. so congratulations, sasalh, on over a century of collective and individual effort and especially on your choice of today's recognition. i know personally, from working with many different vietnam veterans, that the tuskegee airmen legacy would not be what it was if you did not live out their standards. so, with that, i will close. may the keeper of all watch over all of us while we're absent one from the other. thank you. >> thank you very much, reggie, and you know, listening to him, regg reggie's a little younger than i am, but our parents, our fathers, that generation in indianapolis, they were mostly world war ii

indiana. this could be a heart break for the democrats because the republican challenger mike braun is ahead and has been all night long. about two-thirds of the vote in. joe donnelly is down significantly there. west virginia, a very different story. same in that they're both states where they're trump country. joe manchin, the democrat has been ahead all night there in west virginia. also want to check in on missouri. another state where trump won by double digits. the republican is ahead there. josh hawley by a little more than 14,000 votes. 2 % of the vote in. >> that's right. we can make two projections at this point. we'll start in cnn. we project the winner of that race is andrew cuomo, the incumbent going for his third term defeating his opponent. we'll move onto another race in texas. closely watched race. we project the winner of that race is gregg abbott. again, he's the incumbent going for a second term defeating valdez in texas. let's go to other races we've been looking at and ca

we are look at the west virginia race and what's going on in indiana.crats to take control there than it will in the house. at this point they would need a 23-seat pick-up. this gap, 51-49, it's really 2 independents who tend to caucus with the democrats. but that math is more prohibitive for them in that particular body. in the house, when we were going into this we had 32 to 36 states where the margin of error was within 5 points. so it could go any way here. in our constant coverage we'll update you on where the gap stands now. and we'll be doing the same with governorships. there are 36 up for grabs tonight and that could go a variety of ways. many are saying it could be a good night forward democrats in governorships, but it's too soon to tell. in florida it's close and too soon to tell. that's making it tough to call. for governor, andrew gillum and ron desantis are virtually dead even. and we are going to be getting reports from the panhandle where the vote in 2016 favored donald

contests in indiana, missouri and georgia. indiana, u.s.ts incumbent democrat joe donnelly against republican mike braun. right now, braun is leading with 55.2% of the vote. donnelly with 40.7% of the vote. 54% of the votes are currently un

we are talking about kentucky and indiana. by this time tomorrow, of course we'll have the results, although it depends on very close races, what might happen. it may take a couple weeks to recheck some of the numbers. but right now, we here at "countdown" are calling it tossup nation. there's a new variable that could play this major role in stymieing voter turnout. take a look at the live radar map. it's showing rain spanning from the midwest all the way to the northeast, across the southern portion of the nation. severe storms and get this, even tornado warnings could impact voters heading to the polls across the country in these key senate races at this hour. florida, indiana, missouri, arizona, nevada and montana. races that could change the balance of power in congress. democrats, as you know, need to flip two seats for party control of the senate. but while pundits across the nation guess wildly, our next two guests have actually been there. as i said, both are former u.s. senators and governors of two key battleground