getting into that debate is not where josh holly is going to win. is going to win is by saying the tried and true talking point, washington has become a swamp and we need to clean it up and it's the democrat's fault. >> we have to evened the segment, but i want to play what the president said about al franken. >> boy, did he fold up like a wet rag, huh? man! he was gone so fast. he was gone so fast, and i don't want to mention al franken's name, so i won't mention it, and he was gone so fast it was like, oh, he did something -- oh, i resign, i quit, i quit. >> so is it just me or was the president of the united states making fun of a us senator that resigned over sexual misconduct allegations. was he suggesting the mistake he made was owning up -- >> it was resigning. it goes to the president's view that it's bad to admit you did something wrong. so much of what the president says is in totally bad faith, and he was calling on al franken to take a responsibility for the allegations against him a year ago, and he was out on twitter and other platform

there is a really good candidate in josh holly, the attorney general who cleaned up state government, and you see the effect of the brett kavanaugh hearing and that claire mccaskill has become an out of touch korea liberal politician. heather: we want to talk about the north dakota senate race where the president won by 36 points. senator heidi heitkamp said she would be a no vote for brett cavanagh. did that sealed her fate? >> i think her fate was sealed over the summer. in addition to your poll we did a poll where we saw her down by 10 points. i think she is auditioning for the next democratic presidential administration. she is trying to figure out a way to ingratiate herself of democrats, where you don't want to be because donald trump won north dakota by 30 points, a very conservative state and she has shown how she is out of touch with voters in north dakota. heather: tennessee, marsha blackburn, the president was just there. was that this week or any other week, he won that state by 26 points. what about the influence of brett cavanagh? >> not long ago democrats are saying the

you see attack ads this week against josh holly, who is challenging claire mccaskill in missouri. this is a super pac organized to try to elect senate democrats. host: natalie is in washington, d.c. a democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you. citizens united is clearly the worst thing the united states supreme court has done to americans. what we need to do in my opinion, just take the money out. taxpayers can pay for it. we can have limitations. and we can have control. i suggest people look at what happened in nebraska when they tried, and 22 other states tried to get them to stop putting in this money. that is what is running this place. we have become the corporate united states. that is outrageous. i would also like to point out that people should look at mr. mcconnell. who made mr. mcconnell the dictator of the united states congress? he has done nothing but bring problems, keeping the united states, keeping the ninth person off for almost a year from the supreme court. why? host: we will try to focus on super pac's. and outside spending. but stick around for open

this was super pacs ece attack ads that people and you see attack ads against josh holly challenging claire mccaskill for her seat in missouri. so this is a super pacs organized to try to elect senate democrats. >> i want to get through a few more that i have some calls joining as well. natalie in washington, d.c., go ahead. >> caller: good morning. citizens united is the worst thing that the united states supreme court has done to america. what we need to do in my opinion take the money out. about two other states tried to get him to stop putting in this dark money and that is what is running this place. ultimately i would like to point out people look at mr. mcconnell. he's done nothing but bring problems keeping the united states guy and perso of person e supreme court of for almost a year. >> host: real trick to stay focused on the super pacs. stick around for "-open-quotes into the public will come up in about 20 minutes. on key efforts to bring more sunlight into the dark money spending. >> guest: the caller i think is reflecting what the polling shows the majority of americans

my comment is on claire mccaskill and josh holly. time trump comes to st. louis, he always runs to the county? he never comes to st. louis city , never comes to st. louis county. he always campaigns for his people. we would like to hear some of his rhetoric that he lies. at another thing that i think is very wrong -- for him to sit up and tell lies about this thing about the health care. backows he does not anybody. he does not care about anybody unless you are rich. i think this is a terrible, terrible thing, and a terrible way to be. i will always vote for mccaskill . she is the only one that goes to places she is not welcome. he does not go to places he is not welcome. he stays right in the area amongst his own people, spilling his rhetoric. thank you. host: don't freeze, virginia is next, hakim, independent -- dumfries, virginia is next, hakim, independent line. caller: my concern regarding the racial conversation -- only problems i have come to understand as an immigrant is that most of the time when the election is coming up, suddenly you have republi

>> josh holly the u.s. campaign. and josh holly is going to be the next u.s. senator from missouri. >> laura: what happens to the caravan? matt? >> i like to people on the case. i like pompeo with bolton working with dhs. >> laura: the mexican government. >> it's going to get stopped. >> reporter: raymond? >> the mexican government is holding back this caravan. but don't underestimate the president here. >> laura: is mexico going to hold the line? dinesh? >> i hope so. i think it would be a breakthrough. if the mexicans draw the line and say just as we don't let foreigners in our country we're going to block these guys, that's going to be a huge embarrassment for the democratic party. >> laura: corey, mexico hold it? >> if they won't, we will. they will not be in our country illegally, i assure you. >> laura: i predict mexico and the united states will have a better working relationship because of this president's leadership. nieto is going to work well with this administration. that's parkway predictimy predi >>> when we come back, a special announcement abou

i'm josh holly.orcing insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions. >> it's a little rich when the president says our number one goal is to cover more americans with health insurance. actually not. the number one goal is to force health insurance companies to a social agenda. >> he even dubbed the law socialism. >> politicians argue a lot about health care, but for me, it's personal. we must protect america's health care system. that's why i'm taking on both parties and fighting for those with preexisting conditions. >> we're see thing trend all over the country. look at the republican dean heller in nevada. he said he was for repealing obamacare, but that changed. >> the republicans and democrats can agree that the aca does need fixes. this bill that's currently in front of the united states senate is not the answer. ky not support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of americans and hundreds of thousands of people in nevada. >> this is the one we were w

we have josh holly up about 1 point in the last poll.rated a toss-up by nearly all the polling experts looking at this one. mccaskill has hung on to that seat for two terms now. in this particular case, you have a state which is very sympathetic to president trump which roy blunt put president trump -- both of them won that state quite handily in the 2016. josh holly is a charismatic candidate. he's fully hooked himself to the president. the president has embraced him. this is going to be a toss up, but it is one in which many of the experts here in washington are looking at holly and think he has a very good chance of winning that race. jon: mccaskill has made some missteps during this campaign, you know, getting caught flying around in a plane when she was supposedly doing a bus tour of the state, that kind of thing. >> yes, that's right. she's often had some scandals surrounding her, her private airplane travels. the holly campaign has painted her out of touch with her large wealth. while she says she's working for a workers party and

featuring senator mccaskill and josh holly, where does that stand? guest: very close. 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 ra

josh holly has been on the wrong side of the missouri people.e have seen candidates get into races because of health care. lauren underwood running in illinois 14. she is a nurse. she has a pre-existing health care condition. her member of congress took away pre-existing conditions. she is in a position now where she can win. it resonates because american people are affected by it every day. republicans from day one made it their priority to take away those protections. that sets up an undeniable difference. >> even republicans are now running advertisements about pre-existing conditions. in missouri, it has been quite something to see. emily: his repeated attacks on health care. claire mccaskill will hold him accountable. >> we talked before taping about our shared maine ties. susan collins, -- is she in trouble? she voted in favor of confirming justice brett kavanaugh. emily: i am 100% focused on this november. november of 2018 and electing a record number of women in maine and across the country. after that, our sights will shift. and myself

but i think it's a lot closer and someone who has made the muster medic movement has been josh holly in missouri. senator mccaskill had, clearly fornot big, but clear win many months going back to spring. but in october, it's changed there. i think the biggest gap closure is there. i think she's in big trouble in missouri. montana is the one i would urge folks to watch. i do think marsha blackburn has been able to build more of a lead. it's been a very tough race there. she is one of the best candidates, i think, in either party in a long time. i think she's got a when the senate seat. i think she's going to be a genuine champion in the u.s. senate. with tim phillips sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern regular on c-span. -- right here on c-span. >> with the midterm elections days away, watch the competition for the control of congress on c-span. see for yourself the candidates and debates between key house and senate races. make c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. two members of congress are running to be governor of mexico, republican representative steve pearce, an

claire mccaskill in missouri is essentially tied with josh holly , if not a couple points behind.ndiana is a tossup race. montana is close. meanwhile, democrats have not really been able to put any of the races in their column. nevada seeking reelection, that race is tied. in arizona, where they help to win the seat of retiring senator jeff flake, that's roughly tied. all these states are tight. they all have to go democrats' way for them to even have a chance at winning back the majority in the fall. >> the president has been out and will be until election day energizing his base. when you are looking at the data, the democrats' strategy is all on young people and people of color. what will get them to the polls? >> i really think it is trump , and guy's characterization of these issues that are more important than the national sort of political debate i think ignores the fact is the reason why so many democrats are engaged and giving money and tweeting and sharing facebook content is because they are fired up because they don't like donald trump. to some extent, that's just norm

and in missouri claire may cass well -- is down -- against josh holly and this is also after t -- the kavanaugh issue. when it boils down could this be that the year of the woman that weha saw 1992 becomes the year f the man or the year of the women who are sick of all of these charges. not to put too fine of a point on this but maybe it's going to flip. it could happen. >> i think there is two things. less gender and this is more of a partisan issue. republicans who have been soft. and rising up and saying this is asi line that has been crossed d it is way too far. the real question is independents which right now are split. if you see an fbi investigation thatti comes back saying there s nothing there and a lot of the folks even moderate democrats are going to see through this for what it is. avenue it is an absolute fraud that is unforgivable. >> laura: bryan, thank you so much and as democrats push to investigate the wild kavanaugh accusations made by julie swetnick her former boyfriend joins us next to tell us why he joins us next to tell us why he thinks she >> laura: the claims

in missouri the challenger, mccaskill, josh holly, he's running ahead. we're looking at some real opportunities for republican victories. your sense of where we're going. >> i agree. you know, in those states you mentioned, also north dakota, heidi hide camp is under a lot of pressure. that's looking good for us as well. the polls are looking good on the kavanaugh issue. i think it's ga galvanized the republicans. if we can deliver for the voters and first of all deliver this confirmation, it's going to be very important. and then keep people focused on what the democrats are about open what's at stake for our country. i think we can do well. california, where i'm sitting, obviously is a battleground for taking back the house for the democratses and they're fighting very hard here. we'rwe're fighting back as well. lou: the number of illegal immigrants in california and the congressional seats that their numbers provide the democratic party, just in that one state. >> yes. lou: why isn't the rnc -- why aren't the republicans doing anything, talking about

three weeks ago, incumbent senate democrats claire mccaskill was up three points on josh holly but no longer. and in tennessee, the senate contest there, marshall blackburn is up several points ahead of phil branson by a 43% margin. my friends, brett cavanaugh is not someone that i've known for 28 years, i know deep in here that he deserves a seat on the supreme court. i can't think of many people who deserve it more than he does, as a matter of fact, but no matter what happens next, the democrats have revealeds themselves and their slimeball tactics to the american people. ini the midterms, i think millions of people will have a stark choice to make. do they want a green light, more ofcs this shameless a scorched earth politics for convenience? or do they want a candidate who stands and resolve for something better, like decency and due process? and that's the angle.. joining c me now is dave bossi d chris hahn, former aide to chuck schumer. all right, this fbi report was never going to makepo a differee to the democrats, but can't you just admit now that this was all about delay at

rob: josh holly is challenging mccaskill for his senate seat in a tight race. his message clear as the caravan of migrants inches closer to the border. >> a lot of bad people, a lot of bad people in there, people that are in gangs. if they want to come into the country they have to apply. millions of people coming in are applying. we have a strong border. this caravan, they are wasting their time. rob: the pentagon ready to deploy 5000 troops, the white house is mulling an executive order but would that stop the caravan or would the president in this situation need approval from congress. jillian: legal reporter alex porter, thank you for joining us. >> the short answer, authority to take matters into his own hands. and traditionally courts, and immigration matters in times of national security risk. and this administration -- we saw a little bit of that. in regard to the number of people coming across the border and the number of caravans and the fact more will start pending this way. rob: they take this to a liberal court like they often do to fight it. 50,00

holly a slim lead. >> now, from kmbc 9 news, the final debate between claire mccaskill and josh hawley. >> good evening, welcome and thank you for joining us. commitment 2018 coverage, the missouri u.s. senate seat. joining us tonight, the leading candidates in the race. 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

a dead heat between the democrat, clair caskill and her challenger josh holly.confirmation fight energized their voters, but in missouri, that energy likely means more for the republicans. she said her vote was not about accusations against kavanaugh, but her support for unlimited the campaign cash. >> i have to live with myself and i would be a big hypocrite if i voted for kavanaugh because of dark money. i made my decision before the allegations surfaced. way before the ugly confirmation process. >> holly told me that explanation won't be enough to satisfy missourians. >> that was a big deal. very big deal. >> that could make the difference? >> very big. voters were so appalled by the smear campaign. >> she did say how she would vote before the hearing. >> she was honest in saying she was voting against him because he was a conservative. >> it is so many dynamics in this race. other north dakota areas where you have a red state and a democrat who technically at least in today's day and age doesn't fit the state where trump won by in many cases, 30 points and i

race democratic incumbent senator claire mccaskill was leading by 3 points against her gop rival josh holly, now the race is tied and even before brett kavanaugh and doctor ford testified mccaskill had already said she would vote against brett kavanaugh and among the 28% of voters who say they could still switch candidates almost twice as many say voting against brett cavanagh would make them less likely to support mccaskill. and north dakota democratic senator heidi heitkamp is still undecided but she is quickly losing support of women and is running 12 points behind a republican challenger kevin kramer and if heitkamp vote against brett cavanagh twice as many say they would be less likely to vote for her. and tennessee were gop senator bob corker is retiring republican marsha blackburn has a 5 point leader with democrat and former tennessee governor phil brett is in, blackburn's leaders within the margin of error but is up from last month but we should note brett a synapse voters are but more loyal, 92% of democrats back him versus 82% of republicans backing blackburn. it will be fascinat

josh holly the republican beating claire mccaskill in missouri by a point.of heidi heitkamp by about a point and a half and joe donnelly the democrat from indiana is leading by less than a point. about half a point in indiana. those three races alone could decide to control the senate and whether republicans mannix and their majority in the senate. ben: but i was saying from your tossup nap is if republicans were to go into the elections right now based on the based on employee inhabitants of 50/50 which means mike pence as the tiebreaker. if it is one point in favor of the republicans. >> yeah, bill nelson of florida is that by about one percentage point. if over the next five weeks, as you said, in favor of republicans by a point in those races, republicans could pick up four seats. conversely if the public opinion boost in these races by a point and a half to the democrat, they could take control of the senate. the senate is a nice badge. i do think what we saw in the kavanaugh hearings will have an impact. we will see which way it moves the needle. ben:

for example take misery, the senate race, democrat claire mccaskill hit josh holly over his support for preexisting conditions claiming he would do away with them. he has a child with grave illness and he talked about how he believed that child and any other person not to have protections for preexisting conditions so he was able to go on the offense a little bit and deflect the issue but if you don't have a response, and don't have a healthcare policy, i will make things different and better, i advocate change, the system we think is broken and this issue cuts hard against you. >> we talked about it last week, there's always been a commitment to preexisting conditions but so much noise out there that the democrats have done a really good job saying you are not going to be safe and that continues to show up as the number one issue. the president not on the ballot this time but in many ways people feel he is. more people were asked what is more important in the midterms, that the next congress be a check on donald trump, 53%, or they and act policies 41%. in this paul there are folks who

incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill was up three points in her republican challenger josh holly. but no longer. and in tennessee, the senate contest there, republican marsha blackburn is now up several points ahead of democrat phil gregson by 48%-43% margin. my friends, brett kavanaugh -- not just someone i've known for 28 years, he's someone that i know and deep in here, he deserves a seat in the supreme court. i can't think of many people who deserve it more than he does, as a matter of fact. but no matter what happens next, the democrats have revealed themselves and their slimeball tactics of the american people. and in the midterms? i think millions of americans will have a stark choice to make. do they want a green light more of the democrat's scorched earth politics of ascension, or do they want to vote for a candidate who stands for results and something better, like decency and due process? and that's the angle. joining me now is dave boxy, former trump deputy campaign manager and -- chris, this is, the report was never going to make a difference to the democrats, but ca

. >> this is josh holly's campaign ad. it also talks about pre-existing conditions.to refute what claire mccaskill is saying. it does look like health care is what their voters care about. >> the good news for president obama is that democrats are now running on obamacare. it just took them eight years to do it. >> so are republicans. >> exactly. it is bipartisan support for the aca. it is just coming a little bit late. but it does sort of prove something that i have been fascinated by, which is the moment obamacare became less about the care and more about the obama it was going to be more popular and it drained of the political controversy. i think that's what's happened now, where predictably democrats are rallying around the most pop you rar elemeular elements of b. they want to get rid of the stuff that tests poorly. it does show a bigger argument on the left about what to do about health care. everybody on the left is for protecting folks with those conditions, but the larger question that we will hear in 2020 is how far do we go on health care? >> next week it

josh holly had an excellent ad talking about how one of his children had a very serious chronic diseasehat was going to be treated and made it clear he's not against coverage of pre-existing conditions. >> dana: and something that went under the radar, the trump administration announcing for the first time since obamacare care has passed, the rates will go down 1.5%. that was on the back page. i just happened to see it as i was walking down here. thanks, stephen. >> thanks for having me. >> dana: okay. hurricane michael leaving more than a million people in the dark and multiple states. we'll have an update on that. and the hospital evacuations that have to take place. a live look at the big board. the dow trying to battle back after a two-day drop. will the gains hold? we'll talk about it. make a smart choice. replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna... made with carbsteady to help manage blood sugar... ...and end the day with a smile. glucerna®. everyday progress. glucerna®. because i know so many of you to address my fellow veterans, have served our country honorably. one of the

josh hollie in missouri over taking claire mccaskill.se are extraordinary shifts because of the fury on the left that was unmasked. >> you have the house side there which already tossing around the i word. the president said you don't hand matches to an arsonnist and you don't give power to an angry left wing mob. democrats have become too extreme and too dangerous to govern. republicans believe in the rule of the law, not the rule of mob. you have donald trump who continues that rhetoric to galvanize and drum up his base. it looks to be effective in the days following this confirmation. on the democrat side, who are we seeing? who are we seeing that can come back and get them going so we'll see a result on that side when it comes to november 6th? >> we're already seeing incredible energy on the democrat side. we're not the mob base. if susan collins votes for ka kavanaugh we'll fund her opponent. almost $4 million. the site crashed when susan kol l kcollins came out and said she will approve brett kavanaugh. we saw thousands of women sh

josh holly is winning in missouri. rick scott is winning in florida.di heitkamp has given up in north dakota and kevin cross-claim certify going to win up there. on the senate map, brett kavanaugh did more good for republicans. if the democrats are unhappy in 23 days, they can blame dianne feinstein, cory booker, and shelton white house for turning that into a circus and getting the republicans focused again on judges. >> no, no, no. you know who turned it -- bull, bull. >> wait a minute. we're going to christina. christina, you have looked at this and you teach political science. we have seen since kavanaugh both sides become more, it seems, excited about going to the polls. how does this now in your opinion go? because most polls say that democrats have a hard task to take the senate, but they'll take the house. how do you read this? >> that's a strong probability. i teach college-educated students, but they're motivated by gun control as well. they grew up in a generation where school shootings were common place. that wasn't the case when we were gr

her opponent josh holly says he supports them, too, but he's part of a lawsuit that could strike down's casting the race as a clear choice. >> we think there needs to be a shake up in both parties, and voters were very adamant about that. this campaign is really about that. >> hawley is a staunch trump supporters. >> as ronald reagan said, i'm going to try not to hold his youth and inexperience against him. he may be a yale educated lawyer, but i am a miss sozzou educated lawyer, and i can keep up. >> there may be people in this room that i think i am not liberal enough to carry the banner of this party. >> you have a radio ad out saying you are not one of those crazy democrats. >> and claire is not one of those crazy democrats. she works right in the middle and finds compromise. >> those are people getting in the face of elected officials in restaurants and screaming at them. the crazy democrats is whoever put a swastika on one of josh hawley's signs. that's what i'm talking about, the extreme stuff. >> tieing her to liberal democratic leaders is the centerpiece of hawley's campaign,

that's why it angers me that attorney general josh holly filed a lawsuit to allow insurance companiestions. people like me denied care. >> i'm struck less by the substance than the lack of consistency. the republicans wanted to be running on the tax cut bill and the economy and it is shocking how much the republican message is boomeranging from the economy to health care to a border wall. there is no consistency in what they as governing majority are running on. it does seem to be a lot of consistency in what democrats are running against. >> i was talking to a smart veteran strategist who said normally you have a national party structure that tries to set the tone and direction and his explain the was this white house is day by day with the trump white house. >> i agree with you that this seems out of the blue after what we have been hearing they should run on for so long. health care is ranked as a top issue and they are worried about, but it's hard to parse as opioid crisis or preexisting conditions or medicare. >> there is an 18-point lead for democrats over republicans. so far th

josh holly, for instance, attorney general in missouri is a guy who's on the lawsuit to eliminate protections for people in the pre-existing conditions. i mean, the gall of these people is incredible, but it really shows that they have literally run out of ideas. i know how these guys work. they sit down. they try to figure out what they've done that is popular. they run a poll. they sit down with their operatives and they figure out what they're going to talk about. if they're at the point talking about a caravan of people 1,000 miles away of unarmed individuals, if that's the thing they're closing with, it means that nothing that they are for, nothing that they plan to do or nothing they have done is at all popular. that's why we're going to close on the following message. we're going to protect your health care and they are corrupt and we are here to stop them. >> what do you think about the president's appearance in pittsburgh? it was notable no one joined him. are others likely to join him. lots of people in the community protesting his appearance. what did you think? >> well, i want to

to missouri attorney general josh holly is in a dead heat with claire mccaskill for a closer look let'sstin tate and director robyn biro let's start with what's going on down in florida. kristin, even though govan scott is being getting a lot of kudos for how he handled hurricane michael, the ecological disaster in florida a lot of local pressure kristin on governor scott with that red and that green slime that is hitting a lot of coastlines around the state on both sides and killing wildlife. believe it or not that seems to be hurting nelson. what do you say or scott, excuse me. >> yeah, florida is a real tossup with raise razor thin margins but polls have showed democrat bill nelson with a slight lead but democrats should not be too comfortable nelson faces two primarily challenges. first is funding. rick scott is heavily funded. the second is that nelson has been portrayed as a sort of out of touch career politician he's 76 years old he's been in the senate for 18 years. as there's a kind of thirst for outsiders right now, these factors could really hurt the democrats in florida. ric

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i think we have a fox news poll basically tied with claire mchaskill is the 46 and josh holly at 45.now they're both at 46. why do you think this race is still so close as we get so near the midterm? >> dana, this is one of those races that the kavanaugh vote, the confirmation will have a huge impact. the race is close, almost tied. hawley is one of the candidates that's bet his fortune on getting kavanaugh confirmed and on the supreme court, played a big role in midterm politics. he's been for kavanaugh. he was a clerk for john roberts. claire mchaskill decided early on not to support kavanaugh. with republicans being energized by the whole kavanaugh controversy, the confirmation, there's a sense that there's momentum on josh hawley's side. 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 wa

if you are a republican running in missouri like josh holly trying to take out claire mccaskill this great news. if you are playing out of position, if you are a republican in a blue state or district every democrat in a red state or district this is bad news. heather: we discussed the impeachment issue but it is not just about donald trump but brett kavanaugh. the i word making a big appearance, can the democrats retake, they are searing -- jerry nadler says it is probably happening. >> the first supreme court appointment that takes place under strict majority rules in the senate and everything we predicted would happen with the nuclear option from the time democrat started at through acceleration under the republicans has come to pass and it came to pass on the very first one. shannon: all right. thank you very much. a key vote set for tomorrow morning, formally voting on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court, chad program talks about what will play out over the next few days. every hour is critical. protesters waving a peoples filibuster, watching action on capitol hil

josh holly the republican beating claire mccaskill in missouri by a point.amp by about a point and a half and joe donnelly the democrat from indiana is leading by less than a point. about half a point in indiana. those three races alone could decide to control the senate and whether republicans mannix and their majority in the senate. ben: but i was saying from your tossup nap is if republicans were to go into the elections right now based on the based on employee inhabitants of 50/50 which means mike pence as the tiebreaker. if it is one point in favor of the republicans. >> yeah, bill nelson of florida is that by about one percentage point. if over the next five weeks, as you said, in favor of republicans by a point in those races, republicans could pick up four seats. conversely if the public opinion boost in these races by a point and a half to the democrat, they could take control of the senate. the senate is a nice badge. i do think what we saw in the kavanaugh hearings will have an impact. we will see which way it moves the needle. ben: democrats are

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and president trump is looking at people like josh holly in missouri and trying to make the argument again that republicans are so focussed on pre-existing conditions. but, you know, we can't forget, poppy, like it was just about a year ago when republicans were going back again and again to congress to try to either eliminate the affordable care act or dilute it as much as possible so you are getting this revisionist history where republicans are basically saying we are the party that has been defending or wants to sort of champion your pre-existing health care. as you have cited, the evidence goes to contrary. >> right. it's sort of a fact be damned e3 days away from this election. >>> one hour from now, we will hear from the saudi crown prince who will speak publically for the first time in the wake of all of this. the president knows the fed is an independent institution, independent of any political influence. that is not stopping him in attacking the man he hired to lead it. why? for doing his job, for raising interest rates sglnk. >>> and a virus outbreak kills seven children

. >> what about josh holly? >> no. >> this is a blue portion of this very red state. this time claire mccaskill is facing a hand picked gop challenger. he's one point ahead of her. we'll have much more on this election and talking to students on the washington university campus throughout the coming hour. first, we're going to begin in the florida panhandle where hurricane michael has made landfall just 24 hours ago. at least two deaths are being blamed on the storm which weather experts say is the most powerful on record the strike the area. it's feared the number could climb with search and rescue efforts that are currently under way. >> this morning florida's gulf coast, panhandle and big ben are wake up to unimaginable destruction. so many lives have been changed forever. so many families have lost everything. the top focus is search and rescue. we pray that floridans stayed safe. sdp y >> you have no information about your sister and your niece. >> correct. i had to walk. aye walked for four mile and cried. >> i would have known it was going to be a cat 4, direct

locked into one of the tightest races in the country, running neck and neck against republican josh holly, that could change because 28% of likely voters said they could still change their minds, and among that group almost twice as many said is they would be less likely to support mccaskill if she voted against kavanaugh. gop leaders hoping it will help in races in indiana, were as well as north dakota -- west virginia as well as nevada. jon: garrett tenney, thanks. >> reporter: you got it. jon: brett kavanaugh brings a new voice to supreme court, but the question is exactly how will he change the nation's highest court, and to what degree? joining us now, jenna ellis, a constitutional law attorney and director of public policy for the james dobson family institute. thanks for joining us on this sunday evening. we noted earlier in the hour that he clerked for judge -- justice anthony kennedy and that kennedy was there for his swearing in. so would kavanaugh be likely to vote all that differently from the man he's replacing? >> well, good evening, jon. i think that's a really important qu

it's running on stations in missouri, as well where josh holly is trying to unseat democrats senatore mccaskill. >> we have to keep an eye on the democrats pushing this out there and trying to attach republicans' name to this. they'll overreach just like they did with the kavanaugh situation. >> the guy doing it is a republican. >> and i'm talking about those pushing it out there. if you go online, you'll see democrats pushing this out, still trying to make it seem as though french hill had anything to do with this which he did not. this backfire on them if they continue to push it out there. >> again, i know folks in the arkansas democratic party. i don't know anyone who pushed that out on social media. i will double-check. this speaks to a bigger issue. the reason we're talking about it and the reason some democrats across the country are highlighting this is because it seems like the closing argument for.folks in the republican party whether they be super pacs or candidates are fear tactics and scare mob tactics. that's why you hear some republican candidates and even republican s

josh holly, the republican candidate in missouri is telling the same kind of lie in his campaign against clara mccaskill who does support coverage for pre-existing conditions and actually voted for the only federal law in american history that does that, obamacare. republican governor scott walker is struggling in his re-election bid in wisconsin. republicans have actually advised the white house not to waste president trump's campaign time in the white house are they believe scott walker cannot win election, but president trump wants to go to wisconsin anyway, probably just to remind people he won wisconsin. and when president trump does campaign with scott walker in wisconsin you will surely hear some version of this big lie. >> covering pre-existing conditions is personal to me. plus it's just the right thing to do. as long as i'm governor i will always cover pre-existing conditions. >> it is the right thing to do, but governor scott walker is fully supportive of the wrong thing. he's fully supportive of his state attorney general who has joined the federal lawsuit to effectively repe

about missouri where the incumbent democrat, only three points up against republican contender josh holly, and also nevada. >> republican dean heller down four points to democratic challenger jacky rosen. let's discuss what it all means. politics senior writer harry, both of those numbers are within the margin of error. what does that tell you about the broader look at how and if the senate might flip? >> yeah, exactly. we should point out those polls are within the margin of error. there are so many races within the margin of error. missouri, nevada, tennessee, florida. the list goes on and on and on, where you have all these close races which means we have a best estimate about what might happen in the senate come november, but it really could be a democratic wave or a republican wave if the polls are off in one direction. >> republican wave in the senate, the house? >> in the senate, not in the house. the senate battleground is significantly different. you have ten states which have senateincumbents. >> it keeps you employeed. >> and i'm ready to throw a celebration. you know, the fast