bravo is suppoing his opponent in the race: democratic first- term representative jacky rosen. many consider heller the most vulnerable republican in thena : he is the only g.o.p. senator up for re-election in a state hillary clinton won in 2016. >> i will vote for jacky rosen, because senator heller has demonstrated that he's not-- he's not standing with immigrants. yhe's not standing with m family. he's not representing me. >> alcindor: president looms large in this race. he vised nevada in june and praised heller at the state's g.o.p. convention. >> he's a little bit-- little bit shaky at the beginning, but that was when a lot of people tnning. but once we got re, he's been rock solid and he's been great. >> alcindor: but in this state, public suppo for mr. trump has been sliding. and rosen is hoping to capitalize on that in spanish- language tv ads like this one. >> ( translated ): trump orders and heller obeys. the only question is, what willb you and yodies do to stop them. >> alcindor: polls show this race is neck and neck. nevada, once a republican stro purple.s now dee

and jackie rosen from nevada. one name not on the list is alexandria ocasio-cortez. the democratic socialist from new york. her primary win suggests the party is shifting too far left. obama is expected to endorse more people ahead of the midterms and campaign in several states. >>> police in phoenix arrested one on charged he molested a 14-year-old girl. the man works at the facility. the 31-year-old man entered her bedroom and kissed her and a witness describes him touching her inappropriately. he admitted to both accusations. a spokesman says the agency works with law enforcement to quote bring the full force of the law to bear when it is warranted. >>> this week's plane crash in mexico caught on video from inside the cabin. so how did 103 people survive all this? more from mexico city next. capital one and hotels.com are giving venture cardholders 10 miles on every dollar they spend at thousands of hotels. brrrr! i have the chills. because of all those miles? and because ice... is cold. what's in your wallet? ♪ if you want to ♪ have a good time. ♪ just give me a

notable endorsements include georgia governor candidate stacy abrams, nevada senate candidate jackie rosenmexico congressional candidate doug hallen. there's buzz about notable absences. texas senate candidate beta o'rourke and new york congressional candidate alexandria cortez, not on this list of endorsements. jonathan allen, national political reporter for nbc news digital. great to see both of you. here's what you wrote, lynn, quote, a democrat endorsing a democratic nominee is routine. what the obama list signifies is who obama is going to do something to help in advance of the november midterms. so what's your take on this list? >> well, it includes the categories of people but the most important category is that obama's going to some lengths to avoid being a divisive figure within the struggling democratic party as it tries to figure out its own future course. and the people -- >> so meaning the mainstream, for lack of a better word, democrats, and the socialists, that fight, he's not going to find himself in the middle of it? >> he has most of the people on the 81 listed have alrea

former president's endorsements include georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams, nevada jackie rosenandidate deb hayland. some notable absences texas senate candidate o'rourke and new york congressional candidate cortez. obama cease team says the endorsements are a first wave and more will follow. >> ben, who do you see on the first list? >> i see a lot of people that i worked with, so a lot of alumni, so just here in new york, andy kim, tom malinowski and buffy wicks who worked on our campaign in 2008. he encouraged part of his legacy the people who worked for him to get into office. that's the main list taking care of the alumni, giving them that push but also showing he's going to be active not just in senate races and house races but also in state legislative races to show that this is a part of his broad approach to trying to, look, candidly we saw the party got worse in all those places in our eight years. he wants to be a part of trying to build that back up. i think it is the first wave and you'll see additional endorsements to come. >> jeremy? >> that is key here, right, it'

if you can talk about at least one of them, i think the democrats can -- democrats can win with jacky rosenthe most exciting out there is christian cinema and arizona, who is bipartisan, who has solutions and immigration, to promote -- embracing and will not support schumer. fresh type ofnd person. all three of those states -- the democrats in the senate's lose. guest: figure for calling. i completely agree. there is a path to the senate. am,ver, as optimistic as i i am still pragmatic about the fact that is absolutely the wind is in our faith on the senate side. i'm going to lay out my own scenario. of all the income but though he had to project, i only think two of them are truly in trouble. i do think -- in indiana are going to be -- i think they can both win. if the fullest to sit here and say they will be easy wins. however, -- in arizona and nevada are going to win. i'm going to call it right here. -- is fascinating but it will be a heck of a blue ways. i'm going to give your collar one more race to watch. i am a native texan. this is a longshot race. i'm also doing a lot of work in t