my name is michael mcdonald. on behalf of senator scott weiner, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to read a brief statement. as proposition e.'s author, senator weiner would like to thank supervisor mandelman and would like to thank the other supervisors for the continued interest in the street tree s.f. program. after years of collaboration, among my office, city departments and advocates, san francisco voters approved proposition 80 by 79%. they made clear that protecting and caring for her san francisco 's urban forest was a high priority. for too long, had our cities trees been neglected or healthy trees removed because homeowners did not want to bear the cost of maintenance. with the implementation of street tree s.f., we can make sure that san francisco's trees are well cared for and this will benefit the city for decades to come. the incentive to remove trees is gone. in fact, more and more trees are being planted each year. our friends a public works and friends of the urban forest continue to do

this from michael mcdonald, c-span washington journal viewers will remember him. he talks about early voting every two years. 111.7 million voted in the midterms, slightly topping the turnout rate of 47.3% in the 1970's midterms. it does not beat the 1966 numbers of 48.7%. uncertainty here among the high volume mail ballots. we will keep checking in with michael mcdonald. a reminder of where we are, coming up on 11 a.m. eastern. 413 races have been called. the latest out of michigan, mike bishop losing his reelection to a democrat in that race. democrats have flipped 29 republican held seats. republicans have flipped two democrat held seats. we are still watching 22 races. democrats are ahead in seven seats currently held by republicans. republicans currently ahead in one seat held by a democratic member of congress. democratic gains could rise as much as perhaps 33 or more depending on the results. the senate race now. you heard from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he will remain majority leader if elected by his conference again, 51 seats with four raise

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here to crunch some numbers is michael mcdonald, florida university professor who specializes in americanions and kyle leerman, former adviser for president obama and the ceo of when we all vote. scenarios saw what's happen? all will be known on election day. the truth is somewhere in between, that we will have an percentage of people voting early. >> kyle, as we look at the numbers and we see the enthusiasm on both sides, what are the indicators you have from where you sit as one who worked with president obama and is heading up the campaign to get all people out to vote with mrs. obama, what indications do you have that they lean towards the policies of the last administration and maintained and sustained? >> thanks for having me on. when you look at the turn out across the country, it's especially up among young people. we saw in tennessee, early vote turn out was up srnd telephone 00%. in texas up over 400%. we want to make sure we get the word out about the information that they need to get out and vote. they need to know where their polling location is and when it's open and what th

. >> according to michael mcdonald the turnout was almost at 50% this higher, which is far higher thanthing we've seen essentially in the mid-term elections. not only in the house seats, obviously the democrats won a lot of house seats, but if you look at the demography of who won those races, if you were to run into a person of color on capitol hill on the house side next year ten to one odds that person is going to be a democrat. it's the highest turnout we've seen -- it's higher than any presidential election in 2004, and the result is a really demographically diverse and democratically leaning congress, that's a big flag. >> you've got to look at the fact of the voter turnout. this is historic. mid-terms are normally sleepers. we're not doing election coverage on mid-terms very much where everything is shutting down. these people were turning out enrecoein record forms. look at florida, brenda snipes said the reason she couldn't handle everything was because of the influx of voters. >> what trump will say or what the folks who are supporting trump will say is that clinton and obama

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according to michael mcdonald at the university of florida, in some cases early and absentee totals aren track to double since four years ago. the numbers are so high in some states early voting may ask the total vote counts, including election day tallies from four years ago. the participation reflects a surge of interest among democrats who stayed home in large numbers in 2014 when republicans took control of the senate. that is from the washington post. there is a story in the new york times at a look at a potential agenda if they stay in power after the november election. they would use the first month in the house majority to advance sweeping changes in future campaign and ethics laws, require disclosure of shadowy political donors, outlaw gerrymandering, and forcing the voters rights acts. if they win, they would then turned infrastructure investment , the climbing cost of prescription drugs, and challenging president trump's willingness -- unwillingness to work with the party he believed vilified. --wing that they are the this will be a bitter pill for them to swallow when they s

michael mcdonald, a professor at university of florida that tracks voter turnout, by the time early voteg from high taxes running to conservative state. running to states that don't reflect their values that are prospering like texas, florida, tennessee. ainsley: issues are different. democrats, health care. republicans immigration. base is fired up on both sides. so many races are neck-and-neck but the issues are totally different. steve: the president of the united states made a closing argument yesterday. it was a triple-header. he was in missouri, indiana, and ohio as well. if you missed it here is some of the president asking for you to vote republican. >> we have accomplished more than anyone could have ever imagined. we created 4.5 million new jobs. we have got to stop crying chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. [booing] from erasing everything that we have gained. if the radical democrats take power, they will take a wrecking ball to our economy. they have been on a shameless campaign to obstruct, resist, demolish, defame, and destroy. but you can stop them with your votes. if you wan

wanted to welcome peter berkowitz for the hoover institution, john fonte, michael lind from the university of texas, and heather mcdonald from manhattan institute, and andrew sullivan from "new york magazine." andrew sullivan is typical of this dilemma. you can say he's a blogger but you could say he invented blogging because he did and the thing we all do now he was synonymous with it 20 years ago. so what mike and i did was brought together the best minds we could think of on this issue of identity politics to discuss not just the nature of the problem but how to -- best offer solutions to it. the friend of mine told me that when he saw the list of speakers, these people are very strong personalities how are you going to control that? i'm like i'm not going to control them. i disagree -- i don't think andrew sullivan's ever read me but i believe he probably descreetionz with what i write, and june fonte he's a friend and mentor and he disagrees with what i say. it's not a question of disagreement it's a different perspective of identity politics. we're all here because we agree that politics is a problem, and that we

mcdonald's new triple breakfast stacks. stacked with two sausage patties, two slices of cheese, bacon and egg. ( ♪ ) >> announcer: welcome back to the volkswagen suvw postgame report. al michaelsris collinsworth. >> al: thursday on nbc ks thving night atlanta at new orleans. you can't be hotter than the saint right now. i mean, nine straight wins after a shocking loss on opening day. >> cris: yeah, and drew brees has never won anvp. that kind of surprises me. he is certainly in the running now. one of the fal three at the very least. >> al: only four more touchdown passes today. a week from tonight we go to minnesota. the way things are shaping up, a game and a half lead f bears. it's the packers and the vikings. it's almost an elimination game right now. >> cris: not even aaron rodgerss aying relax anymore. and a special little birthday wish to reese gideli out there. sweet 16. >> al: you betcha. our producer fd, our director and crew down in theruck, as you look at soldier field in chicago. mitch trubiskynd the gang pull off the win by a score of 25-20. so thanksgiving night from new orleans. we will see you next week from minneapolis. until then, al michaels, cris sworth, m