accusing menendez of being untrustworthy and corrupt.ial of this year ended a mistrial. meantime, menendez said he will be an ally of president trump, who wasn't popular in the state. david lee miller is live in union city, new jersey for us. david? >> marie, the so-called "battle of the bobs" is starting to wind down. on one side, as amended, bob menendez, his opponent is republican bob hugin. they both grew up here in union city, new jersey. only about a mile or so apart. the ideological divide between the two of them is much greater. although menendez is corruption trial last year ended in a mistrial, he was reprimanded for accepting gifts. bob hugin's that entered the race because he considered menendez to be unworthy of being a senator. bob hugin, a retired pharmaceutical executive, linked menendez to underaged prostitutes. an allocation for which he was never charged. he defended those ads, which menendez has called unfair and nothing but lies. >> $40 million of negative advertising. of the worst, most salacious, false advertising.

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you can see why we wanted senator menendez to speak. thank you very much. give him another round of applause. wow. [applause] i'd like administrator green to come up and make a few remarks o set the topic. > i'm between two storms here. we are at a crucial moment. we see optimistic signs in many parts of the hemisphere. we see details of the latin american middle class is expanding, from 21% of the overall population in 2001, nearly 35% by 015. in mexico, real g.d.p. growth is upwards of 3% and colombia's g.d.p. has tripled in the past two decades. it is perhaps a sign of its rising status and influence, this very day, argentina is playing host to the g-20 and over the last four years, brazil has hosted both the world cup and the summer olympic games. but on the other hand which is what brings us here, there are darker trends in parts of latin america as well. as worrisome as any is the rise of violent authoritarianism in several significant countries. in cuba, fidel castro may have passed away but with raul still pulling the strings of the communist party,

i will stake him beating menendez. i love new jersey. it's beautiful but corrupt. to get better. watch this ad. >> these are difficult times. things are better for us than they were for our mothers and grand mothers. now we are going through another change. it will make life better for her. reading this sworn fbi affidavit containing allegations that menendez traveled abroad to have sex with under-age prostitutes. i would never be able to explain a vote for him to her? >> brilliant. there is a special relationship between a mother and a daughter. this is one of those places where the "me too" movement is alive and alive on behalf of the republicans and against the democrats. i believe there are a series of ads that may cost menendez the election and that's one of them right there. >> laura: thank you very much, frank. democrats used to claim when it comes to dark money and dirty tricks, they are above board. the republicans do that stuff. we have information showing you they are engage in both and we will show you next. today... back pain can't win. now introducing

in all the wrong ways for menendez.that he is a corporate guy with pharmaceuticals, they do love pharmaceuticals in new jersey. >> big industry. >> it's a huge industry. he's not a trumpster. he is the kind of republican that democrats in new jersey have historically tolerated, you know. maybe they choke it down, however you want to put it, but they do from time to time, you know. there's a long history of republicans like that winning these kinds of races. and it's been clear for a long time to people in new jersey that menendez has been a weak candidate. >> i have to say, danny, the thing that bogled my mind this year why no democrat primaried menendez. i don't get it because it was probably a winnable primary. >> it probably was, but he had just beaten back this justice department lawsuit against him. you know, the irony -- >> it was a hung -- they could bring charges again actually. >> they absolutely could. of course he only has himself to thank for committing the alleged crimes as well. but the irony here will be

it is within the realm of possibility he could knock off meensz menendez because menendez has such aagsz and being censored by republicans and democrats, that has come to people's attention, even with disparity and registration and more democrats, there are people that don't like the fact they have someone in office who has been censured that way and found to be lacking ethically. >> neil: you know, it happened on the governor's side, not so much on the senate side, in new jersey, to get republican in power there. why is that? >> i don't know, it is hard to say. ideological, the senators go where the big thoughts, the governors have to deliver. they are looking for slightly different things in those two offices. they want someone in governorship they think can really deliver on their promises, not just come up with new ideas how to approach things. it is more ideological, when you look at senatorial races more than the gubernatorial. >> neil: more than $35 million of his own money presumably into this race. does he have a future if for some reason it doesn't turn out and he doesn't w

for menendez. this race is rated as a toss-up in a year when a generic democrat could win in a walk. our hope is that voters remember that trump is on the ballot and that they choke down their reluctance and vote for menendez. he's no gem, but he's better than hugin, the republican nominee there. did the democrats make a mistake when they didn't encourage a challenger to bob menendez so at a minimum he could litigate this ethics problem that he's been dealing with? >> no. bob menendez has been a fighter for the people of new jersey, and the people of new jersey definitely do not want a trump rubber stamp in the united states senate. and hugin would be a trump rubber stamp in the united states senate. the reason hugin is competitive is because he spent tons of his own money, money that he got -- >> it's not because of menendez's legal problems? >> there's no doubt that bob menendez has had that issue and he has had to litigate that throughout the campaign, which he has. but it is also the fact that

menendez cumplira su tercer mandato en el senado en representacion de nueva jersey.fue la del escaqo al senado por la florida, que se disputaron el senador democrata bill nelson y el retador republicano y actual gobernador rick scottreqida has el nal. lorraine caceres, en orlando, ns tiene mas sobre la victoria de scott. la gobernacion de georgia, brian kemp, lleva una pequeqa ventaja sobre su rival democrata, stacey abrams, quien aspira a ser la primera gobernadora afroamericana de ese estado.abrams rehusa aceptar su derrota, porque la diferencia entre ambos es minima y aun no se han contado las boletas de ausentes.abrams prometio esta noche "luchar hasta el ultimo voto". estos son los resultados de algunas de restauracion del derecho al voto de los floridanos, culpables de cometerdelitos, la enmienda 13 de florida.... pregunto para prohibir las carreras de perros y su maltrato la cual fue aprobada. ...por otra parte, el veterano senador democrata bill nelson solo conto con unos 56 mil votos menos que su rival republicano. pero la diferencia pone fin a una carrera p

democrat bob menendez is running at the anti-trump candidate. corruption trial last year ended with a hung jury and charged dropped. a senate ethics committee admonished menendez for taking gifts. bob hugin hade seiz a different kind of republican. hugin defended political ads that he said unjustly linked him to prostitutes. the latest polling shows menendez has 15 point lead. some analyst said this race should be broader. back to you. >> shepard: union city, new jersey. next, the house races. where the democratics are trying -- democrats are trying to play 23 pick up. we'll take you to those contests coming up. [ phone rings ] what?! ready for christmas? no, it's way too early to be annoyed by christmas. you just need some holiday spirit! that's it! this feud just went mobile. with xfinity xfi you get the best wifi experience at home. and with xfinity mobile, you get the best wireless coverage for your phone. ...you're about to find out! you don't even know where i live... hello! see the grinch in theaters by saying "get grinch tickets" into yo

robert menendez securing a third term in the u.s. senate.endez sending off bob hugin and corruption charges to win reelection. it was closer throughout which is a surprising democratic new jersey but in the end close 1 million more registered democrats in the garden state helped swing the race to menendez. >> my opponents spend $41 million of his fortune trying to convince voters that this election was about me. what he failed to understand and you knew all along, that this election was really always about all of you. >> reporter: disappointed hugin conceding the race overnight. >> i am proud of what we have done, proud of all of you, had my self-respect the day before the campaign started and i have my self-respect today and i will never stop fighting for you issues we all care about so thank you so much. >> reporter: in his concession speech hugin talked about two counties the cost in the election, ethics and hunting the two very blue counties. i can tell you with an intense get out the vote effort in urban areas in those counties. it was

nate silver's five thirty-eight says menendez has led every poll. bob hugin joins me live in studio. how close does it feel to you? the very latest poll is this emerson college online poll. bob menendez has 47%, you are at 42%. tell us what you're doing. >> i will tell you, two things. the only poll that matters is november 6th, obviously. the feeling out in the street is just really incredible momentum. it's incredibly energizing. our own polls, the last poll we did, we were up a couple of points. so i think it depends who comes out to vote. that's what this election will be about. who gets the voter out. liz: as a former ceo and jpmorgan bigwig, we cover jpmorgan all the time and that is also in your history, as a businessman, that mirrors donald trump. however, you are pretty clear to say that is where the comparisons end. you say you are an independent republican, not a trump republican. what do you mean? >> i think the economy matters a lot so there's a lot of similarities in terms of unleashing the economy in terms of making sure you regulate

bob menendez holding off bob hugin in a hard-fought battle to the end.the first loving touch everything that touches your baby should be this comforting pampers swaddlers, the #1 choice of hospitals, is 2x softer and wraps your baby in our most premium protection so every touch is as comforting as the first pampers the #1 choice of hospitals, nurses & parents i am a techie dad.n. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. rob: hard-fought battle in deep blue new jersey and with incumbent senator bob menendez on top. jillian: winning over bob hugin. todd pyro has more. >> reporter: the bitter battle between the bobs ends in a status quo in new jersey, bob menendez holding onto his senate seat for a third term. menendez sending off bob hugin about corruption charges to win the election. polls show the race much closer which was a surprise in he

in new jersey, democrats have launched last-minute rescue for menendez after his trial on charges ofd last year in a mistrial. wealthy republican pharmaceutical executive named bob hugin is running to unseat him. david lee miller is live in mountainside. >> we are at a restaurant in mountainside, new jersey, the republican, bob hugin will be holding a watch party he hopes will become a victory party. just a short time ago, president trump sent out a tweet about hugin, it said, quoting now, bob hugin, successful all his life, would be a great senator from new jersey, he has my complete and total endorsement, get out and vote for bob n. a blue state like new jersey, trump trailed hillary clinton by 14 points, it's questionable, though. how much help presidential endorsement is going to be. hugin, retired pharmaceutical executive was trump delegate and donated to the campaign, he describes himself as different republican and distancing himself from the president. speaking on fox and friends hugin describes his relationship with mr. trump. >> people of new jersey want an independent lead

bob menendez is lucky.mocrat is gonna lose a race there. >> dana: one of the races you chose was florida and that senate race. we have a sound boat from rick scott. let's listen to that. >> we just got to get the vote out. the panhandle, we had a horrible hurricane. by the way, the president did a great job helping us after that. we just got to get the vote out there. that's typically a good area for us. i'm optimistic. >> dana: why are you watching florida? >> nelson, key senate race, matters to everybody. it's gillum who is gonna push them across the finish line. turning out voters of color the numbers which we have not seen are the reason nelson and gillum are going to win. >> i agree, if not for gillum, bill nelson would be a dead man walking politically. >> dana: you picked texas. several months ago you were on the show and said texas is fool's gold. i quoted you several times. now you're choosing texas. >> i still think that's right. i think wagered a beer to somebody. i will pay up if i'm wrong. i do

dakota's hehei heitkampmp, florida's bill nelsoson, and missouri's claire mccaskill, new jersey's bob menendez, and joe manchin of west virginia. the kris kobach has received donations from white nationalists and has had ties with far right groups for at least a decade. kris kobach is in a tight race against democratic opponent laura kelly in what is considered a reliably red state. as kansas secretary of state, he has come under fire after the sole polling place for dodge city was moved outside of town, disproportionately affecting latin american voters. not near public transportation. as candidates made their closing arguments, president trump continued to rail against a caravan of central american migrants crossing mexico in order to seek political asylum in the united states. on friday, the first of thousands of active duty u.s. soldiers arrived at the

it's menendez who won. that's our projection. bob menendez. chuck was explaining how we wait for the numbers to come in. >> new jersey, exit poll, we have our own extrapolation. we match it up with actual returns in the key precincts mps sometimes the first vote comes in comes from a very partisan county in one direction. in that little upper right-hand corner youl ase of new jersey, 100% of the vote in. >> a graphic that popped up, we're watching the one drama of the night as to whether the democrats will reach the 23 seats they need to take control of the house. they have added two. democrats now need 21 to -- a net gain of 21 to take control of the house of representatives. speaking of which, we have data coming out of virginia. virginia fifth district. let's see. put that up. denver wriggleman is the projected winner there, republican. >> this is significant. that was our tsunami watch race in virginia. open seat. republican district. leslie coburn there who is a long time journalist, progressive journalist had that flipped. then you were

, we are projecting when it's all said and done, bob menendez returns to the u.s. new jersey. >> we should be clear, that visual might have confused you a bit. this is nbc projecting that as brian said when the votes come in, bob menendez who have won the race. the actual number of votes in is only 1%. those show the republican challenger ahead. but projections are put together through a lot of things than the other counted votes. that wasn't a typo. and menendez looks like he's going back to the senate. >> steve kornacki, more from florida. >> the gap for bill nelson has climbed over 50,000. show you where the vote is left. it's beginning to come into focus here in terms of democrats and where they can still find votes, two places to key in on, number one here is broward county. we expect there's going to be about 630,000 votes that are going to be cast here. that means there's probably about 145,000 left to be count. you can see nelson is defeating scott at about a 2-1 clip here. so if there's 145,000 left, that gives you about 55,000 vote plurality if things bro

as for menendez, he raised a little less than $12 million. in the state of new jersey there are roughly more than 900,000 democrats than there are registered republicans. sandra, the last time the state of new jersey elected a republican for the u.s. senate was back in 1972. we expect this news conference here with senator bob menendez to get underway in about a half hour. >> sandra: setting things up in new jersey, david lee miller. >> bill: dueling campaign rallies on the trail. president trump and former president obama offering dramatically different messages in the final countdown. you think? america's a-team josh holmes, mary anne marsh and tom bevan, publisher of real clear politics. nice to see you all. i want to start with trump/obama. maybe we should get an idea what you think happens tomorrow. >> in total? i think the structure of this election is difficult. typically a first mid-term after a decisive presidential election the party in power has a difficult time. this is probably no exception to that in terms of the overall politic

no question there are a lot of republicans who agree with bob menend menendez. at the end of the day, he saw what happened in helsinki. i know from talking to people who have been talking to the president about that meeting that they have been telling him there is no good politically with meeting with vladimir putin and with this michael cohen situation, that was weighing on him to the nth degree. politics and diplomacy dealing with an incredibly important adversary like russia are two very different things. >> they need to be handled delicately and that's a tough one. to dana's point, this comes after president trump has already been on a tear for 24 some ought hours about the russia investigation before any of this stuff with michael cohen came out this morning. when you look at the tweets that he has been sending out, i wonder, we heard from the president, but i wonder what this will then do. what this all means and i just don't know. >> look, as you point out, the president seems to be growing more and more frantic day by day com paparing the mueller investi

. >> how about bob menendez in new jersey? he was indicted, later acquitted on corruption issues, but he does seem to be in a tighter race in new jersey than you'd expect. are you confident he's going to pull it out? are you concerned that he may bbe holding back democratic house candidates? >> i'm absolutely confident that bob menendez will win that race. the people of new jersey have been very clear they don't want a rubber stamp for donald trump and that's what bob menendez's opponent has done and will do and his opponent has spent $30 million of money that he gained as a ceo of a pharmaceutical company where he really gouged on prices for cancer patients. that's why you have a competitive race in new jersey. obviously, there are other issues bob menendez has to litigate, but people of new jersey don't want a donald trump rubber stamp. >> democrats hope to pick up seats in arizona and nevada. one x factor there is, will latino turn out there to vote? >> they will. we're seeing the early voting results in those states and yo

according to the people that i spoke to today there are they weren't exactly huge supporters of menendez but they absolutely were not supporters of trump so that's a win for the democrats now here in new york democrat andrew cuomo is keeping his seat as new york governor as the polls reveal that he has beaten the republican component mark molinari making this his third term holding the position but in other news it wasn't an easy day here for voters many people experience several issues while they were out voting first of all there was pouring rain all day there was extremely long lines and then on top of that there was several issues of broken voting machines all across the city several people reported that the ballots scanners were malfunctioning and as of mid afternoon today the new york attorney general's office said that it received around two hundred twenty five complaints now that number has probably increased and the mayor bill de blasio is calling for an election reform demanding that the board of elections be changed before two thousand and twenty because he says. that election

democrat bob menendez seeking a third term was expected to cruise to reelection in a state with closee republican bob hugin, former pharmaceutical executive and marine with $37 million of his own money he put into the race it all comes down to the story the candidates sell to the voters. in their final day of campaigning the candidate stuck to the messaging that got them to this point. this is all about painting his opponent as corrupt. >> convicted 67 felonies, he talks about immigration reform, talks a good game. the leaving he has achieved an immigration is expedited visas for girlfriends from ukraine, dominican republic and brazil. it is time for change. we can do better. >> reporter: for menendez it is tying hugin to donald trump. >> donald trump and my opponent bob hugin share the same morally bankrupt ideas. that shouldn't be a surprise, trump is famous for getting rich by ripping off contractors and even waiting taxes. bob hugin is famous for price gouging patients and price gouging from overseas. that may work for a company but it is no way to run a city and certainly no way

cushion as it seeks to maintain its control of the senate and in new jersey democrat senator bob menendez defeated his opponent republican bob huguenot he will keep his seat despite his indictment on corruption charges related to a campaign donor now this case did end in a mistrial but it seems that does found a successful message during the campaign saying that a vote for huguenot is the same as a vote for trump now according to people i've spoken to they weren't exactly huge supporters of menendez but they absolutely were not supporters of trump so that's a win for democrats now here in new york democrat andrew cuomo is keeping his seat as new york governor as the polls are veal that he has beat republican mark molinari making this his third term holding the position but in other news it wasn't an easy day for voters here in new york many people experienced several issues while out voting today first of all was the lines were extremely long and then on top of that there were several reports of broken voting machines.

bob menendez is the senator from new jersey speaking there in pretty tough language much of about sort of the you know i actually actually he was the responding directly to what he was hearing from bombay or and and. he was saying you know you cannot do this under the name of of interest and you want to protect so there i think it was obvious that the two secretaries they want to to clean up the mess and try to prison so the idea of being in a good manner to the congress to remind them of the you know iranian threat of security to security and to mind them that you know you know we are against the war on them and we try to solve they try to be in the gray area try to say that we want we want to do something but you need to back you need to back up our effort and you need to calm down again so that even you cannot continue attacking so that it yeah and i think what's interesting about that one important fact you know there are many and. i mean the white house the president the man of the two secretaries they focus and so the idea and then the new one at the center man and i think that s

menendez is, of course, tainted by the corruption scandal and trial that he endured. was a mistrial, but he was reprimanded by the senate, basically accused of accepting gifts from a big-thyme time donor. that is still hanging over him. and he's running as an independent republican to distance himself on issues generally from president trump. here we are in a democratic state for the most part, so the expectations that menendez may be able to be pulled over the finish line. we're in a very republican-leaning part of the state, and we're here because this is one of four districts in the state that the democrats hope to be able to flip. here in morristown, we've been hearing from a lot of voters, a lot of democrats in this part of the state and district, they normally in a midterm year say they have as few as 40 voters come all day. they already had at least 300, 400 who have come and they're expecting a bigger surge in later hours after work when people have been listening all day how people are voting and feel like they should get over here as well. voters are simply

menendez could and should be defeated. you need to vote we go to the state of florida tonight anothe scandal andrew gillam facing an more serious it issues as we speak a criminal investigation i into bribery charges continues to unfold. the fbi guy that gave tickets t hamilton, and then more fallout over the undercover video we showed you broke last night to write on this program. how go on staffers trashed floridians plotted to deceive voters, now you get to decide for yourselflf if you live in florida, is this the guy you want as your governor? he wants to raise business taxes . [inaudible] >> do voters know that? >> that's not for them to know. >> modern-day fairytale start with. >> so are you suggesting that this [inaudible] >> see you have the extreme right-wingers the crazy crazy crazy crazy republicans. the progressive in the crazy crazy crazy democrats. >> is vince gill and a progressive? so gillam is part of the crazy crazy? >> anybody outside the peer. those crackers ... do that. >> you have to appeal to white gu

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with menendez doing what he's doing, we can't even have the senate voting to disapprove of these salesght do. >> part of the problem, presidents always struggle with the question of how do you balance diplomatic necessities off against human rights. most presidents try to lei out a kind of comprehensive foreign policy approach or strategy. there's a -- there are various documents that are traditional annual and biannual approaches that are laid out in writing. this president has, if anything, left foreign policy to be a case by case, i'll approach it by my gut, and if there is any sort of policy, a thing that connects all his different actions in foreign policy, it's just that it's transactional. it's just that he's going to kind of make a decision as to what he thinks is good for america financially or in some sort of a power dynamic, and he doesn't have a broader foreign policy vision to put it into. that's what makes these things very difficult. >> as you point out, this certainly would not be the first time that america maintain ed a relationship with an unsavory human rights recor

it's a disgrace that bob menendez is in the senate to begin with and it has been for years. new york times" said it was a real disappointment and the newark star ledger just urged everyone to choke on it and vote for him. people know that they should not be in their and, this is where the meadowlands are, and the sea caucus. this is a guy who knows where the bodies are buried. he has a great deal of corruption in his whole story. he just was found -- there was a hung jury and his federal corruption trial. before booking dozens of trips from the republic and paris, a well-connected ophthalmologist for which he did all kinds of favors. >> tucker: it's pretty sleazy. if you had to rate this in 30 seconds, the likelihood, where would you put it? >> in the last day or so, apparently the polls have opened up for him a little bit. so it seemed like it was close now, the experts are saying that his lead has widened. but there is a lot of problems with this guy and his opponent bob he again as putting money into ads focusing on menendez's corruption and dirty dealing. so i would say

senator menendez versus bob hugin. that's a huge senate battle. there are some key races on the house side. the democrat who is another veteran of the military, naval helicopter pilot, also former prosecutor, mother of three, she's the democrat up against jay weber, who is a state assemblyman. president trump had tweeted on jay weber's behalf. she's outraised money by a long shot for him. what does this say about that county which involves west orange? trump won it by just one point. >> i think that that's another bellwether, really, because if a democrat pulls off that race, if menendez as polls now suggest widens his lead over hugin, i think that that could be an indicator of what we see later. on the flipside, if it's really tight and republicans pull out the early races, that could mean that we are in for a long night and republicans have a shot to retain control. liz: he is not on the ballot, but is president trump the most significant sort of ghost issue on the ballot? he's onstage right now, as you can see, live in cleveland. he's turning o

in new jersey democratic senator bob menendez has been reelected and we'll keep watching these races. some of them are coming down to the wire, very, very tight. >> ken, thanks. >>> a live look right now in san jose. tons of people there are lining up at the santa clara county registrar of voters ready to cast their votes. part of this may be because of a new state law that allows people to register and vote up until the last minute before polls close. over in the east bay now more and more people also turning out tonight to cast their votes as the clock winds down. kpix5's susie steimle is live for us in berkeley with more on this final push. susie? >> reporter: well, i wouldn't call it a line out the door here at rosa parks elementary school, but i will invoke the phrase you've been hearing all evening and that's a steady stream. i have yet to see any booths empty as people come in to cast their vote. there's been a big turnout. i talked with a couple people who worked at the polls here at this elementary school as volunteers for the past 20 years and they say this is the largest vo

choke it down and vote for me n menendez. it's a toss up now. they choke down their reluctance and vote for menendez. he's no gem but he's better than hugan. the democrats make a mistake when they didn't encourage a primary charger so at a minimum he could litigate this problem. >> no. bob menedez has been a fighter for the people of new jersey. they do not want a trump rubber stamp. hugan would be a trump rubber state in the yiunited states senate. the reason he's competitive is he spent tons of his own money. money he got by -- >> it's not because of his legal problems. >> there's no doubt that he has an issue. it's also the fact that bob has spent 30 million of his own money. money he gained as the ceo of a pharmaceutical company that really over charged people for cancer drugs. i don't think the people in new jersey want somebody who made his way that way. i'm confident that bob menendez will win. >> i'm going to leave this there. d triple c chair a decade ago. '08 and '10. nobody knows this country's election probably at this point better t

pride of new jersey bob menendez. kennedy: a winner. >> a winner, latest poll shows 15 points up.ennedy: why is everyone acting like this is a close race. i know there are a lot of wishful thinking driving republican narrative out of new jersey. >> not me, we're the dumb estate in the union -- dumbest state in the union if you look at our representatives, i think that menendez will be reelected. >> i could talk about senate races all day, as an independent i don't care either way, i'll never be happy. >> indiana joe donnelly. kennedy: my next question, joe donnelly could lose to race. but indiana is such a curios state, mike pence pulled out of governor race to run as vice president with donald trump, that was a big profitable gamble for him. but joe donnelly, the democrat having to run as a trump republican. >> he is talking about border, i think boasted he voted with donald trump 62% of the time. if he lose its may be brett kavanaugh vote, he voted against brett kavanaugh for supreme court. but, clearly president thinks that it is doable. >> what do you think? >> i think he has

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twenty particularly one that starting out senator bob menendez i says to him come straight. should become a pretty second i would just loosen it up here it comes as bob menendez just remind our viewers. we just learned from the president he has announced that he is canceling this meeting with are you happy to hear that. i would have liked him to meet putin and challenge putin. yeah i would that i have publicly probably not but are the seeds don't know what's out there what you think that meeting would have brought i know it's all ifs and buts now because he's be off but what could it have brought to the party. well i think it. was going to be a relatively brief meeting and i think they're going to be realistic that basically the analyzing what's behind the current u.s. russia the new cold war we could call it and then anything that could be sorted out in ten minutes or even it's really an hour i think there are forces of the we've got the military industrial complex we've got the neo con think tanks the u.s. energy industry very key industry to push russia out of the europea

i'm confident that bob menendez will win. >> i'm going to leave thi there. d triple c chair a decade ago. '08 and '10. nobody knows this country's elhition probably at point etter than you other man my pals. >> thanks. >>> joining me now is republican governor of tennessee. he's the person of charge in getting republicans elected tos state houacross the country. welcome to "meet the press." >> good morning. thanks. >> let m start with similar question i started with. what would you c gsider ad night for republican governors? is it limiting the number of losses? a lot ofu're defending seats like the senate democrat. how would you define a good night for the gop? map it's isovernor' reverse of what it is in the senate. there's 36 governors race 26 of which the republicans hold the seat. it's easy to say this is a little bit more of an uphill battle for u h than it been historically with that many seats. we feel good about the posit'rn in but we're not blind to have the fact that a fiesident's t midterm when we have this many seats, we knew we had our work cut

circuit with liberal judges and both senator menendez and booker participated in that process and now it seems like they're asking for the right to block a nominee from getting a nominee from the judiciary committee and i told my colleagues at the time in november 2013 when that vote took place that they would regret abolishing the filibuster. now it used to be that 41 senators could block a nominee coming forward so the issue being presented to me today is that one senator ought to be able to block a person coming before the united states senate. senator harris? >> senator harris? >> senator horonno. >> i would like to yield some time to senator booker. >> we are here to have a hearing not to have a debate. >> i'm just trying to make a factual -- >> our staff is overburdened and i can only imagine your staff, is beyond my imagination, i think some of the information you just said is not right, and i say this with all due respect and really asking for maybe some deference or grace from your chairman -- you as chairman. the first communication that came from your staff informing us abo

. >>> let's go to new jersey, democrats are hoping senator bob menendez can hang on to his seat while big names and big money are making a big showing for house candidates. >> ron allen is in morristown, new jersey, where there has already been a huge turnout. ron, you've talked to a lot of voters who are angry. they're angry about what and what's their message? >> reporter: they're angry about donald trump, to no surprise. this is a part of the country that knows him very well. and we've heard a lot of that. a lot of people are upset about the tone, about the wrrhetoric. this 11th district is significant because it's one of four in the state of new jersey that the democrats hope to flip. it was a long-time republican incumbent here who retired. jersey hasn't gotten a lot of attention, but it's really key in the effort for the democrats to try and take over the house in d.c. this district is very significant. there's a candidate named mikey sherrill who's a mom of four and she's the kind of candidate democrats have been putting up to try to win seats like this. she's taking on a state

. >>> this hour, i'll talk with senator bob menendez, top democrat on the foreign relations committee, and our correspondents, analysts and specialists, they are also standing by. >>> we're going to have much more on the breaking news from here at the g20 summit in just a moment. but first, let's get the very latest on that major earthquake in anchorage, alaska. cnn's brian todd is working the story for us. brian, we're seeing some very dramatic video. what's the latest? >> we are, wolf. first, the good news. so far, no reports of deaths or serious injuries. but we're still early in the recovery, and make no mistake, this was a very severe event. violent shaking. debris falls from the ceiling. terrified people dive under desks. >> it's okay. you're okay. >> this video from a tv reporter inside a sixth floor office of the courthouse in downtown anchorage shows the earthquake lasted several seconds. inside this home, a horrified mother grabs her children. she heads toward the door, then hugs them. a passenger in this vehicle took this video of an off-ramp that collapsed, an suv stuck in

menendez or mr. hugh can? caller: menendez. i had fun. >> why was it fun?ler: going out there and doing your civic duty. your duty changes things and adds and helps in a positive way. not doing anything is just like not doing anything. why did you vote for senator menendez? >> there has to be a balance. caller: there has to be checks and balances. people who feel like they have full reign of the situation, but i want to talk about two things. , i did notd hugin like the ads. i do not think we should be able to have that type of ads. .here should be more debates especially we have youtube and facebook but there should be no reason why people in the communities know what is going on in here from the candidate and hold them accountable. and i think there should be voter education in school. kids should not have to wait until they are like 18 to make decision on the future. they should be already used to that type of decision-making. >> what do you do? i want to give a shout out to the jet. -- bob menendez says we are a step closer to stopping attacks on new je

senator bob menendez is has been a steadfast leader. then there's my friend, and former colleague, congresswoman ileana ross. she deserves every single tribute she's been getting. i mentioned earlier that sometimes when people come to me and talk to me about a new tropical storm in the caribbean, i said have you been to ileana? she has been passionate, she has been forceful, she has been tireless. she has given hope to so many who feared they had been forgotten or left behind. senator menendez's public service began when he was 19 years old. during his time in congress, he has been a steadfast advocate for u.s./latin american relations. as you heard, they have partnered together on some of the most important pieces of legislation affecting this region in a long time. from different sides of the ais aisle, working to do what is important. i know, as a former member of congress, it's difficult to pass legislation. yet they have joined together to passkey legislation at key moments in time. we'll also hear from the president of the nationa

menendez: mr. president, i rise today to speak to senate resolution 54, legislation brought forward by senators lee, sanders, murphy, and others more than eight months ago. the past two years have reminded us time and time again of the urgent responsibility of the congress to perform real checks and balances and to steadfastly defend our american values both at home and abroad. i thank them for their continued efforts throughout this intervening months to shed light on the devastating humanitarian crisis in yemen and to make sure this body fulfills its oversight duties. over the last three and a half years the tragic humanitarian crisis in yemen has continued to deteriorate. more than 10,000 people are dead, 14 million people on the brink of starvation. we've seen the heartbreaking photos of malnourished, starving children on the brink of death. we've learned in u.n. reports of the cholera outbreaks that jeopardize more than 10,000 people every week, and we've come to the conclusion that the status

este martes estÁn en juego las bancas del se bob menÉndez.n. su voto es muy importante. cualquier pregunta y mÁs informaciÓn puede llamar a la lÍnea 1 888 ve y vota. patricia: y una de las grandes espectativas de los comicios de maÑana es el impacto que tendrÍa el voto puertorriqueÑo para la elecciÓn del gobernador y de senador en florida. tras la devastaciÓn causada por el huracÁn marÍa en la isla del encanto, muchos puertorriqueÑos se mudaron a florida. algunos expertos creen que ese voto boricua va a castigar atrÁs en las urnas impulsando una los recursos para hacer un llamado al voto de esta comunidad. principalmente aquellos que llegaron luego del huracÁn marÍa, como es el caso de verÓnica colón. >> estoy buscando informaciÓn sobre cada uno de los candidatos y tomarÉ mi decisiÓn. reportera: mÁs de 30,000 puertorriqueÑos llegaron a estados unidos despuÉs del desastre natural. y los polÍticos saben la importancia de su voto. >> le pido su voto. gracias a todos. [ ovaciÓn] reportera: el senador bill nelson. su contrincante para un puesto en

as it seeks to maintain its control of the senate and a new jersey democrat senator bob menendez defeated his opponent republican bob huguenot he will keep his seat despite his indictment on corruption charges related to a campaign donor now this case did and in a mistrial but it seems to have an end as found a successful message during the campaign saying that a vote for huguenot is the same as a vote for trump now according to people i've spoken to they weren't exactly huge supporters of menendez but they absolutely were not supporters of trump so that's a win for democrats now here in new york democrat andrew cuomo is keeping his seat as new york governor as the polls are veal that he has beat republican mark molinari making this his third term holding the position but in other news it wasn't an easy day for voters here in new york many people experienced several issues while out voting today first of all was pouring rain the lines were extremely long and then on top of that there were several reports of broken voting machines all across the city several people reported that the ballot

mÁs los cuatro senadores que ya se tenÍan, en el caso de la reelecciÓn de bob menÉndez y ted cruz.n hispana en el paÍs. el 17% que representam posobÓ la buena noticia es que poco a poco va creciendo . se trata de 28 mes, 12 mujeres, siete republicanos, 33 demÓcratas que conforman este contingente hispano en el latino. buenas noticias para los republicanos y demÓcratas, buenas noticias para la comunidad hispana. patricia: y durante semanas, el presidente trump ha estado diciendo que la seguridad fronteriza definirÍan esta elecciÓn, ¿pero hasta quÉ. su mensaje y su decisiÓn de enviar tropas a la frontera afectaron estos resultados? luis mejÍas fue a buscarrespuestas en arizona. luis: todos los dÍas, trenes cargados de productos cruzan la frontera aquÍ la gente estÁ acostumbrada a vivir y la presencia de sda >> que los pongan a trabajar en otra Área, no ahÍ. parece que vienen de vacaciones. luis: la caravana estÁ lejos, pero no se detiene. el presidente la mencionÓ todo el tiempo en la campaÑa . pro en la frontera no parece ser un tema que motivo a la gente a votar. fernando gonzÁlez