the person who will cut medicare is josh hawley. and his lawsuit, if it is successful, the benefit goes away and guess who gets a payday? health insurance companies of $715 billion. the person who is actually using tax dollars to go to court to not only get rid of every consumer protection in the law that missourians appreciate, but removed free from his -- free prevention programs for medicare and removing the benefit in medicare part d. the hundred 45% he cites is the cost on the exchanges for people who do not qualify for subsidies. high, but only 5% of misery. we need to fix the problems and obamacare and not there went out. his lawsuit is reckless. plan -- no act up backup plan for pre-existing conditions if he is successful. if he believes we should protect pre-existing conditions, he should ask for his case to be dismissed. >> mr. hawley, piggybacking off of what the senator said, last fall, the treasury secretary said the tax cut plan would pay for itself. a year later, the deficit is up 17%. corporate tax payments are down

h this is a real problem for josh hawley. he says one thing and does another. >> is that ad convincing? >> i think it's probably convincing some. i think it's convincing enough that the democrats either her campaign or national that's come in, they have been running an ad saying he's a liar. they are actually using that word. it's gotten really hot, very contested on that issue. the reason is because that's issue is moving voters in missouri more than anything else. he was getting killed on her pre-existing conditions ad. >> mccaskill voted for gorsich and did not vote for kavanaugh. here is her statement. i've been thorough in examining judge kavanaugh's record and bhi while the recent allegations are troubling. my decision is not based on those allegations but on his positions on several key issues. most parentally the avenalanchef dark money that is questioning our democracy. >> we saw that in missouri. we have a disgraced governor who is no longer in officer for the use of dark money. claire mccaskill said she was against

they were there to help josh hawley. the idea that a complaint has been filed with the attorney general's office, and when we called to ask about the complaint, they said call the , campaign. the attorney general's office cannot allow there to be a new normal that fraud can be committed in anybody's campaign. i don't care if it is somebody i am for or somebody i am against, that somebody can come in and commit fraud and get in your computers, and the attorney general does nothing. that cannot be the new normal. a.g. hawley: there is the washington two-step right there. senator mccaskill is caught on video, and she blames me. senator mccaskill accuses me of fraud, which is absolutely outrageous and totally not true. and then to ask for the state of missouri, i guess, to appoint a prosecutor with taxpayer money to go after her political opponents, now i know it has become fashionable on campuses for liberal democrats to shut down speakers they don't like, but i have never heard of a state appointing a prosecutor with taxpa

josh hawley running against democratic incumbent claire mccaskill.his week projectveritas.com exposing mccaskill for just how far left her views are in a series of undercover videos including, of course, her extreme views on gun control, her campaigns plan to lie to the good people of missouri. we are not going to really do this but we just have to act this way.ll and present mccaskill as a moderate, which she is not. she says she's just like barack obama. take a look. >> on board with this? >> of course. i voted for most of those things before. >> for a ban? >> yeah. >> she doesn't openly go out and support groups, like other groups that are related to that because that could hurt -- her ability to get elected. >> saying that you think she's more progressive than she lets on?or >> yes. >> a lot more open-minded to like alternative routes to things? you can't be open about that. >> why not? >> because you completely isolate moderate republicans. >> it's like we have to lie to get elected. >> essentially. essentially. >> sean: according to a new ad, i

josh hawley is challenging claire mccaskill for her senate seat. we'll began with mr. josh hawley. mr. attorney general, welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> if you win, is it fair to say the number one issue on voters' minds was judges and justive kavanaugh? and if you come up short and senator mccaskill wins, is it fair to say the number one issue is health care? is it fair to say you have different views as to what's important. >> i think the debacle with justice kavanaugh, what the senate democrats did is hugely motivating to missouri voters. they cannot believe the conduct of these senate democrats. they can't believe the smear campaign they launched and how they drove dr. ford blue the mud as well. missourians are paying outrageous health care costs. they want a change. claire mccaskill is gone, if you get elected, will you vote to repeal and replace obamacare? >> yes, i would. i think it's vital that we bring down costs, protect people with pre-existing conditions in the law with a mandate, chuck, that ensures we do it, but that we multiply options for familie

also republican senate hopefuls josh hawley, missouri, martha mcsally, war hero, will join us tonight. they will talk about the election, a brand-new breaking report, huge news from john solomon. robert mueller, jeff sessions, i hope you are watching. buckle up, time for a jam-packed addition of our opening monologue. devoid of any ideas to help improve the country, the left in america completely humiliated after 2016. they are now desperate. every two and four years, you've heard me say this often, we've become accustomed to their playbook. republicans, racist, sexist, you for the list. over the past 21 months we've seen something even worse than what we usually see, name-calling, identity politics. that just wasn't enough. instead we watched the left for two years now vilified as president, and a conservative, any republican. now calling on their supporters to literally create crowds, confront so-called evil opponents that happen to just disagree with them. hillary clinton said you can't be civil with the republican party member that wants to destroy american values and there's maxi

the real clear politics average of recent polls has josh hawley up two. >> it's a surprise to some extentace has stayed as close as it is. donald trump won the state by almost 20 points and i think they thought this was going to be easy but it's complicated interior. they like to see somebody who doesn't look through the party lens. i like to remind people that there are hundreds of thousands of people that voted for mitt romney and claire mccaskill, so i have a really strong record on getting things done across the aisle. >> bret: do you think your vote against kavanaugh change the dynamic in this race? >> i think the boat would be tough no matter what but i try to do what i always try to do and that is look at the individual nominee and his record. my decision had nothing to do with the allegations that were made against judge kavanaugh. or just a kavanaugh now. my problem with him was his opinion that he wrote saying he thinks born money should be allowed into ads and influence our elections and there should be no limits on any contributions to campaigns. i'm watching this tsunami of d

and someone who has made movement has been josh hawley -- josh hawley in missouri. in october, the past few weeks it has changed there. i think the biggest gap closure is there and i think she is in big trouble in missouri, but montana is the one i would urge folks to watch. marsha blackburn has built more of a lead, it has been a tough race there, but she is one of the best candidates i think in either party in a long time. i think she's going to win that senate seat and i think she's going to be a genuine champion in the u.s. senate. >> you been involved in governor scott walker's race in wisconsin. are there other gubernatorial races you are focusing on? tim: the freedom partners action fund, that's from our broader network, it is active for ron desantis, he was great in the house on so many issues. same thing with the freedom partners action fund in nevada with adam lax -- adam laxalt. colorado as well. when you think about republican numbers on the gubernatorial front, it's the highest watermark since the coolidge years of the 1920's. so you would think there w

i'm josh hawley. i support fonsingance to cover all preexisting conditions. and claire mccaskill knows this. >> brangham: how did preexisting conditions become such a big issue in the mid-term elections? >> i thinkhe real answer is obamacare repeal. as you may recall, the last tw political cycles, republicans have run on this message they want to repail and reace obamacare. >> brangham: which would get rid of coverage. >> it would,that because important part of obamacare. it's not the only way to take 'sre of these people, but it the way we do it now in our law. when republicans got serious about repealing affordable care aclast year, i think that suddenly this law that had been very controversial and had been pretty unpopular, people started to suddenly look at it differently. we saw in the public opinion lls for the first time that more people supported the thfordable care act than wanted it repealed, an's a shift that has persisted. we saw a lot of engbyagemen kind of democratic activists, by disease advocacy group, people lobbying on the hill, organaning

missouri senate candidate republican josh hawley joins you live from columbia, missouri. ading the incumbent senator from the state of missouri. what is it about your message that seems to be resonating with the folks in that state which went for donald trump? >> i think it is simple. that i will be with the people of my state. i will vote with the people of my state. i will fight for them. senator mccaskill has been in politics 36 years, 12 years in the united states. she is a liberal democrat. she does not vote with the state. she voted no on justice kavanaugh. she voted no on justice gorsuch. she voted no on miss dill class tax cuts. she is sponsoring open borders bill right now, steve. you couldn't get farther away from with people in the state want. that is her problem. steve: she voted no on the border wall. i no shes last night in that little clip she ran she is bipartisan. she claims she votes with the president, president trump half the time, 50% of the time. but not on any of the big things that people have heard about. >> exactly. nothing that this state wants.

mcsally leading democrat kyrsten sinema but by less than one point and in missouri, it's those josh hawleyding democrat incumbent senator claire mccaskill by just two points. in florida, democrat incumbent senator bill nelson is still ahead by about three points, but losing ground against republican governor rick scott. joining me now, ronna mcdaniel, republican national committee chairwoman. he often forecasted but sometimes it doesn't quite happen like this. this is squeaky tight. what do you make of it? >> it is squeaky tight and there's three things that i think factor into it. we're getting closer to the elections of voters are paying more attention in looking at what the parties and the candidates have to offer. the second is the rnc has had the largest midterm field program with ever put in place, contacting over 60 million voters. many of these states were over two years building our infrastructure to turn out our vote in the third and most important thing is the president. he has been on the road tirelessly campaigning and many of these states helping to energize our voters and gi

polls show democrat claire mccaskill running neck and neck with republican josh hawley.resident trump won missouri by more than 18 points. jeff glor is there. >> it's nasty. it's dirty. it's unfair. but it's worth it. >> reporter: that's the sound of missouri senator claire mccaskill fighting for her political life. she's a 65-year-old two-term democrat in a state the president won in 2016 by nearly 20 points. >> how does claire mccaskill get things done for missouri? >> reporter: mccaskill did vote nearly half the time in support of president trump's agenda. she hasn't kept it secret. >> i don't do a knee-jerk opposition to the president. i try to figure out each nomination and each policy position based on the merits, and then i have to explain it to missourians. >> would you call his presidency a success? >> i think it's a work in progress. and i think that's up to voters. >> this election is about saving our country. >> reporter: mccaskill's opponent josh hawley says she hasn't voted with the president on anything that matters. >> senator mccaskill and her democrat a

, democrat claire mccaskill is showing more signs of desperation in her race against republican josh hawleyho is now leading in the polls they are. it's an ad where she is calling her own party crazy. and i'm not going to disagree with that part. >> paid for by mccaskill for senate. >> what do you know about this josh hawley guy? >> i know he is a gale lawyer who worked in d.c. and he supports those terrorists. >> what does he do now? >> i think we just elected him to attorney general. prosecuted fewer criminals and never even tried a case. >> he as been caught hanging at the gym and buying wine during work hours. >> i saw that. has this guy done anything as a ag? they are totally helping insurance companies but not us. >> i don't necessarily always agree with claire mccaskill but she works hard fighting against terrorists and those town halls. >> and she's not one of those crazy democrats, she works right in the middle and finds compromise. >> especially when it comes to protecting things here in missouri. >> sean: at the people of missouri know this. she is no moderate. she voted against

josh hawley 46%. where do you go over the next 14 days? go, bill, to every corner of the state talking about the issues that matter to people in missouri. at the end of the day people in missouri want somebody for them. they want somebody who will stand with them to secure our border, to protect our workers, put pro-constitution on the bench and stand up to the mob mentality we see from the liberal left. that's what the folks of this state want and that's exactly what i'll do. >> bill: do you see part of your state that needs more attention? is it st. louis, rural areas, columbia, what is it? >> well, we don't write off any part of the state, bill. that's a big difference between my opponent and myself. she has been caught on tape saying she is willing to give up votes in rural missouri. i'm not willing to give up votes in any part of the states. not the suburbs, cities or rural areas like where i group. we'll go to every corner and ask for every vote and talk about the pressing need of this hour to stand up for a strong america. >> sandra

the crazy democrats is whoever put a swastika on one of josh hawley's signs. g about, the extreme stuff. >> tieing her to liberal democratic leaders is the centerpiece of hawley's campaign, seizing on her votes against both of president trump's supreme court candidates. >> that was a big deal? >> very big deal. because i think voters were so appalled by what they saw. just appalled by the smear campaign. >> she did say how she would vote before the hearing and all that. >> she was honest in saying she's voting against justice brett kavanaugh because he was a conservative. >> she said no because he has supported unlimited campaign cash. >> i would be a big critic if i voted for brett kavanaugh because of dark money. >> she needs to win in other ways, like on immigration. >> the impression he's giving missouri, that somehow the democrats are in favor of our border being overrun. i am not. i support the president 100% doing what he needs to do to secure the border. >> rallying supporters to get out the vote, the democrat reminds them she's beaten missouri's odds b

democratic senator claire mccaskill and josh hawley. each campaign has agreed on the rules. in the first half, each candidate gets 90 seconds to answer a question, with a 60 second rebuttal. michael: candidates, at times this campaign has reflected the tribal nature of the national campaign, especially in the last couple days. you have called each other names, insulted, neither one of you started this but your campaigns have joined in. question to both of you -- is this what voters deserve? a.g. hawley: thank you for the question and thanks to senator mccaskill. i want to start by saying that i'm delighted to have my wife with me today. we have two little boys at home, elijah, who is five, and blaze, who is 3. i am very concerned about the culture of instability, confrontation and outright violence we are seeing across the country. i think it is concerning to see politics come to this level. i have never attacked my opponent personally, i am not going to. this is not about us. this is about the peop

project veritas categorically denying that charge, so too tonight is josh hawley's campaign.ampaign called it absurd. josh, by the way, and martha mcsally, will join us on this program tomorrow night. and tonight we have even more footage. this time we have the campaign of claire mccaskill. her staff caught on tape admitting her political strategy, lied to the voters.e the people of missouri, pretend to be something you're not -- a moderate. this is what we have been telling you all along, take a look. >> you're saying you think she is more progressive than she lets on? >> yes. >> she's a lot more open-minded to alternative routes to think. that she can't be open about that? >> why not?ti >> it isolates her with modern republicans.>> >> it's like we have to lie to get elected. >> essentially. >> sean: oops. we reached out to claire mccaskill's campaign for comment, they didn't get back. this is similar to the same deception we showed last week with tennessee democrat candidate, phil bredesen. his staffers caught on tape saying their boss would never -- he'll do the right thin

by the whole kavanaugh controversy, the confirmation, there's a sense that there's momentum on josh hawley'sside. there are a lot op conservatives on the five line who have begun to engage and could give hawley a critical boost. >> dana: is that resonating across the heart land? >> it's taken place in any red state senate race that voted for trump in 2016. there's a reason mitch mcconnell has been awfully happy these last few days. it's not that kavanaugh was confirmed. but the fact that is base has been energized and trump's job approval has ticked up a few points. it's really made a big difference. there were states where republicans looked like they were gonna have a tough time. missouri, indiana. looked like they may turning away from the republican party. now these races are moving more on the republican side and could make a difference. >> dana: are there any states where it's hurtful to the republicans, the confirmation process? >> the house where you have a lot of these suburban districts that are not pro trump. they're much more critical of trump. i don't think the kavanaugh confirm

speak of what you know about this josh hawley guy?> i know he was a yale lawyer, and he supports those tariffs. >> what does he do now? >> welcome i think we just elected himt to attorney genera. he's a man in a hurry, prosecuting the criminals and has never tried aut case. >> now he's buying wine during work hours. >> i saw that. has this guy done anything as ag? >> the one thing he did do is use our tax dollars to productions for pre-existing medical conditions. >> totally helping the insurance companies. not ours. >> i don't always agree with claire mccaskill but she works hard, fighting against those tariffs, doing all those town halls. she's not afraidre to stand up against her own party. >> yep, and she is not one of those crazy democrats. she works right in the middle and find compromise. >> especially when it comes to protecting things here in missouri. >> sean: the people of missouri know this: she is no moderate. mccaskill voted against your tax cuts. she voted against both justices brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuc neil gorsu

i this case, against josh hawley. it's important to remember, ms.astillo enthusiastically voted against kavanaugh come against due process, against the presumption of innocence. in nevada, republican dean heller has opened up a significant lead, seven points. that is an important race, getting him reelected in nevada. we are also focusing on ten more critical house races. this will determine if radical nancy pelosi once again gets her shot at being speaker. we start in georgia tonight. they are six districts were republican and incumbent karen handel is being challenged, and georgia 7, g.o.p. incumbent, robert woodall is in a dead heat with democrat carolyn bardo. in illinois, there are six g.o.p. incumbent, peter ross cap. he has a razor-thin edge over democrat. in illinois, 12 republican district incumbent mike bosse has a slim lead over democrat brendann kelly. and in illinois 13th g.o.p. district, incumbent rodney davis has a significant edge over democrat betsy.ge in illinois 14, we have a republican randy who is locked in a close race with lau

. >> josh hawley will always protect pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: hawley said for him this issue is personal. >> my wife and i have a young boy, our 5-year-old, who we learned this year has a hip, bone and joint condition that is a pre-existing condition. >> reporter: but hawley, who is currently missouri's attorney general, has joined a lawsuit to overturn obamacare that would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions. so which is it? do you support these protections or do you want to get rid of them? >> i want to get rid of obamacare. and i want to have the protections without obamacare. >> reporter: if you want to keep these protections, though, will you take your name off that lawsuit? >> no, because i want to get rid of obamacare. the lawsuits about -- >> reporter: even though obamacare keeps those protections. >> obamacare is, look, it is driving the cost of health insurance up. >> reporter: his opponent, claire mccaskill, is fighting to hold on to her seat. >> i would like everyone in the room to stand up who has a pre-existing condition or has someone that y

cle race, with clare mccaskill going head-to-head with josh hawley. taking a look at the polls, within the margin of error, looks like the edge is going to josh hawley at this point. don't forget, this is a state that the president, president trump himself, carried easily in 2016. the edge back then, up 20% in the presidential vote. back to you. >> thanks. what have i told you, blue state new jersey, is not a slam during for bob menendez some we asked the senator to come on, he declined. would he welcome a visit from president trump as he makes this final and most improbable push, coming up. in the big caravan heading north, u.s. troops assisting agents on the border. meet the man who represents more than 167,000 border agents -- 16,000 border agents who says they're looking forward helping, but -- getting the help but not for the reasons the president might think. he'll explain. egawatts, 35 mule, and an ice plant. but we brought power to the people- redefining what that meant from one era to the next. over 90 years later we continue to build as one

she is in a very tough re-election against josh hawley.hat president trump is about to start this 11-rally tour for the next six days including her state. and what he is going to do is stand on stage and say claire mccaskill is not with me, even though she is trying to posture and pretend like she is. the same problem is going to be people for like jon tester in montana, first out of the election cycle touting his working with president trump. he ran full page ads in newspapers in montana to welcome president trump to the state. so, they are all going to be in big trouble when president trump comes to their states in the coming days. >> juan: jesse, what do you make of this because picking up on what lisa is talking about claire mccaskill said i voted for 70% of trump's judicial nominees. >> jesse: must be halloween you know she is going to lose when she is going far to the right. going on fox news and going after elizabeth warren attacking the caravan and attacking mobs. >> juan: you mean she is jesse watters? >> jesse: even if you preten

i'm josh hawley.orcing insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions. >> i support forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. >> force insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. >> covering pre-existing conditions is personal to me. >> protecting pre-existing conditions. >> now on its face, this makes sense. pre-existing conditions a key aspect of obamacare, are extremely popular, protecting them. a recent poll by the kaiser family foundation found 75% of americans think those protections are very important, and health care consistently ranks as one of the top issues voters care about this midterm season. it's not about russia. it's not about the caravan. it's all about health care. but here is what is unbelievable, and this should go without saying. republicans have trying to get rid of obamacare for nearly a decade. here they are last year at the white house celebrating their house vote to partially repeal the law. you'll remember it was a virtual kegger behi

. >> i'm josh hawley. support forcing insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions. >> actually, josh hawley is the attorney general in the state of missouri who is personally handling that state's part in the federal lawsuit to kill obamacare, including its protections for preexisting conditions. but again, nice try. >> i support forcing insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions. >> actually, under florida governor rick scott, his state is suing to allow insurance companies specifically to no longer cover preexisting conditions, but nice try. >> i'm fighting to protect preexisting conditions. >> here's the truth. kevin cramer voted for guaranteed coverage for preexisting conditions. >> i'm taking on both parties and fighting for those with preexisting conditions. >> everyone agrees we're going to protect preexisting conditions. >> i want the voters to know i'm committed to protecting people with preexisting conditions. i'm fighting for it. i fought for it, and i voted for it. >> nope.

the race for missouri senate is as close as it comes with gop challenger, josh hawley, leading claireve a call out to senator mccaskill who has yet to respond. josh, you have some momentum on your side. how do you see it all playing out? >> we have a lot of momentum on our side. we just had sin tore lindsey graham with us here in the state today. huge crowd to hear about the significance of the kavanaugh hearings, the attempted smear by the democrats and claire mccaskill. people are still live individual about that. they are just livid about how things have gone. >> charles: are there state-specific issues you are focused on? >> in senator mccaskill's 12-year records, she hasn't been independent. she is voting with chuck schumer 90% of the time, against the tax cuts, against justice gorsuch, against justice kavanaugh. she hasn't heard anything the people of my state told her in 2016. that's going to be the decisive thing. >> charles: what did they tell her that she missed? >> they told her to work with the president and support an agenda that will rebuild this country and make america

the democratic incumbent claire mccaskill is in a tight race with the missouri tern general, josh hawleydiscussion about women and sexism in politics on cbs sunday morning is making news. hill rae clinton spoke with donee dokoupil about the rise of women candidates partly in response to the me too movement. >> you mention a file on sexism in politics. >> uh-huh. >> do you really have a file? >> i do. i do. it's a file that tells a somewhat sobering story about how hard it is to break through the mindsets that people have. and it is difficult for many people, and not just men. a lot of women, to think wit a minute, this woman is going to be a governor or a member of congress, or my mayor or maybe even a president. >> mrs. clinton also add ves-- addressed the monica lewinsky scandal in light of the me too movement. in the number of years men have been forced to step down after being accused of sexual misconduct. >> in retrospect, do you think bill should have resigned in the wake the monica lewinsky scandal. >> absolutely not. >> it wasn'tance abuse of power. >> no, no. >> there are people

inator -- josh hawley missouri. sen.kill had a clear lead over the spring, but over the past few weeks it has changed there. i think the biggest gap closure is there. i think she is in big trouble in missouri. in montana is the one i would .rge folks to watch marsha blackburn has been able to build more of a lead. it's been a tough race there. but she's one of the best candidate in either party in a long time. i think she is going to win that senate seat and she is going to be a genuine champion in the u.s. senate. >> you can see the entire interview with tim phillips of americans for prosperity action, sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. also hear it on c-span radio and watch it online at c-span.org. former housing and urban development secretary julian castro met with voters in derry, new hampshire. castro talked about american upbringing, and criticized president trump and his values. this is the third time the potential 2020 presidential candidate has met with granite state voters this year.

i interviewed josh hawley, who is probably one of the leading challengers. that race is that and it. -- is neck and neck. not for claire mccaskill, it is likely you will vote for one of her challengers as an independent. wley has a legal background. he has been running ads on kavanaugh. a closehawley -- it is race. i think he has a slight advantage. host: and in indiana? guest: another very close race. these are the tossups when it comes to the senate. slight lead, but aun has a lot of money in the race. host: iowa is where our next call is from, republican. caller: good morning. i was calling to gauge your guest's opinion on the iowa races, especially the senate race between senator bloom and -- senator blum and abby finkenauer. guest: the upper midwest is a problem for republicans. iowa is a big example. the governor's race is looking like it is leaning towards the democrats. things have gotten so bad in iowa that problem -- that rod blum is not getting any republican help for his race. ankenauer, the democrat, is clear favorite. and the third district rac

cbs news poll shows democratic senator claire mccaskill locked in a tight battle with republican josh hawley, each at 45%. we have been traveling this state talking to voters and candidates in this very closely watched election. >> it's nasty. it's dirty. it's unfair. but you know what? it's worth it. >> reporter: that is the sound of missouri senator claire mccaskill fighting for her political life. she is a 65-year-old two-term democrat in a state the president won in 2016 by nearly 20 points. >> how does claire mccaskill get things done for missouri? >> reporter: mccaskill did vote nearly half the time in support of president trump's agenda. she hasn't kept it secret. >> i don't do a knee-jerk opposition to the president. i try to figure out each nomination and each policy position based on the merits, and then i have to explain it to missourians. ce glor: but would you call his presidency a success? >> i think it's a work in progress, and i think that's up to voters. >> this election is about saving our country.ll'senccas hy wi presi onmatt >> senator mccaskill and her democrat allies ha

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josh hawley is up by 8.re in a pickle about how they will vote on kavanaugh. >> they really are take mccaskill. she already announce she'd is voting against him. have you seen her start to collapse since that you mentioned the missouri rising survey. club for growth survey out thereof that had holly up 7. mccaskill and heitkamp most challenging. donnelly and testner montana in difficult positions as well. steve: maybe the brett bounce is real. thank you for joining us today. >> you bet. thank you. steve: back to the biggest story of the day. senators are about an hour away from revealing the fbi viei kavanaugh report. we're live in washington coming up. new nyquil severe with vicks vapocool. the vaporizing, nightime coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine. it was always our singular focus, a distinct determination. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. to fight cancer. and never lose sight of the patients we're fighting for. our cancer treatment specialists share the s

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joining us now, michigan senate candidate john james, josh hawley, and mike braun.ike, we'll start with you. in indiana you're facing the added burden of a libertarian that if they draw 2% of the vote it's not against joe donnelly, it'll be against you. i would say to the people of indiana, any vote for this third-party candidate is basically a vote for donnelly. >> i think the way that'll work is as we get closer to election time, a lot of people will see that vote may not count. and i think it's so clear between me and the senator donnelly is that he's been in line with chuck schumer from day one. he's got a record that's easy to talk about. all the things you described in other races hold true here. he takes his marching orders from chuck. and really when you vote for someone like donnelly, you're voting for schumer. the libertarian vote i think shares some of the principles we share for. i think they will come home to roost because they want their vote to count. >> john james, i've been watching you. the first time i interviewed you, you were way behind, but you

joining us now, michigan senate candidate john james, josh hawley, and mike braun.e, we'll start with you. in indiana you're facing the added burden of a libertarian that if they draw 2% of the vote it's not against joe donnelly, it'll be against you. i would say to the people of indiana, any vote for this third-party candidate is basically a vote for donnelly. >> i think the way that'll work is as we get closer to election time, a lot of people will see that vote may not count. and i think it's so clear between me and the senator donnelly is that he's been in line with chuck schumer from day one. he's got a record that's easy to talk about. all the things you described in other races hold true here. he takes his marching orders from chuck. and really when you vote for someone like donnelly, you're voting for schumer. the libertarian vote i think shares some of the principles we share for. i think they will come home to roost because they want their vote to count. >> john james, i've been watching you. the first time i interviewed you, you were way behind, but you'v

we have a tie between senator claire mccaskill and josh hawley. they tie at 43% apiece.olls are showing democrats are slightly more excited about the race. let's switch to tennessee and the results we are seeing for season see. the polls are showing marsha blackburn in the lead. the republican in the lead despite the fact democrats according to our polls seem more interested than republicans in the mid terms. you know the fact that tennesseans identify as republicans by a 20-point margin. and. no doubt there is going to be a lot of movement in these races. five big senate races, three that could go in either direction. liz: the president celebrating another strong jobs number. 227,000 jobs for the month of october. the monthly average of job growth is better than 2016 and 2017. more trump victories here. look at this. companies hiring at healthiest pace in 8 months. the president just saying unemployment at a nearly 50-year low. so the president does have a really powerful track record going into the mid terms. let's bring in the "wall street journal" board member bill m

if you look at josh hawley in missouri versus claire mccaskill. if you look at heidi heitkamp's race. those democrats are down. jon tester is playing around. rosendale. so these democrats are actually suffering somewhat if not distinctly in polling. kennedy: that's why there is a push to delay it past the mid terms so those democrats you are talking about aren't put in a position where they have to choose and potentially alienate the party or their voters who come from these red states like west virginia, indiana, north dakota. >> if you are a man anywhere in this country, why would you vote for a democrat? the democratic party has declared war on men. they say a simple allegation is all it takes to ruin your life. we don't care about the burden of proof other assumption of innocence. you are the bad guy in this country. why would any man, anywhere in this country vote for a democrat. kennedy: all they have to do is looking at the rhetoric from hillary clinton's campaign and realize it was so divisive that it was fatal to her campaign. elon musk r

in a moment we'll talk to missouri senate candidate josh hawley.cus and standing by live. he is taking on claire mccaskill. our fox polling shows them neck and neck and we'll get his reaction in a moment live next. >> on this vote the yays are 51, nays are 49. the motion is agreed to. >> we were informed that juvenile jokes in his high school year book were sinister, secret references. all the keystone cops were on the case. keystone cops were on the case, madam president. and senate democrats cheered them on. >> sandra: that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell moments before republicans cleared a major hurdle in the fight to confirm judge brett kavanaugh. lawmakers voting a short time ago to advance his supreme court nomination. kristin fisher is live on capitol hill in the middle of all it. >> sandra, this is really it. we're finally in the homestretch. what you can expect to see over the next few hours are several speeches on the senate floor. these senators really want a chance to explain their vote because as senate majority leader mach

. >> i'm at josh hawley and i approve this message. >> sean: and give up a few votes, okay. and more shocking news out of arizona, we first showed you kristen cinema, once called the people of her estate and her state the meth lab of democracy. in 2011 she's in texas and speaking and calling her federal arizonans that she wants to vote for her, calling them crazy. she also promoted an event and it arizona state university including a lawyer who represented a blind shake, convicted of the 1995 bombing, mastermind of terrorist pots. and, you can check that out yourself, to which it is. to reclaimed the tradition of feminist witchcraft against the iraq war. her opponent, martha mcsally, was defending her country and despite her unusual and frankly cd past, and martha mcsally has now jumped out to a thin lead to. claire mccaskill, you just saw him pretrade in the project veritas video, it's important to remember, mccaskill voted against cavanaugh, against due process, against the presumption of innocence. and now republican dean heller has opened up a significant lead to. that w