phil bredesen. [applause] >> thank you. welcome do to you both.have a rot to cover in a short amount of time. we'll begin with our first question, and it goes to you, congressman black burn. what do you think is the single most pressing issue nation tennessean, and what will you to as senator to address it? blackburn: i want to begin by saying thank you to cumberland university for hosting us, also to riege of women voters -- the league of women voters, the tennessean and channel 5. thank you for giving us the opportunity to talk to tennesseans about issues that are pressing and so important to them. as i talk to tennesseans around the state, the number one thing that they talk about is making certain that we keep the jobs and the economy growing as it is. tax cuts are working in tennessee. and with we hear story after story from people about how very important it is. now, i know phil said he would have voted against with the tax cuts, he called them crumbs, but i've not to tell you when you see the economic growth and development, this is what th

it basically just shows phil bredesen doing well.ooking good in tennessee, how the heck is phil bredesen in the lead? well, it's all about his personal brand. 61% of likely tennessee voters have a favorable comparison of bredesen. that's a big crazy number and quite an impressive spread in 2018 for any candidate this year. bredesen's record is a fairly moderate, sort of center-left two-term governor is keeping him afloat in a sea of red. i'm not saying that all politics is national this cycle, but these numbers may show that even in a republican state, democrats have a shot at winning a state-wide race, if they actually are well-liked locally. remember, same story as we had with joe donnelly in indiana yesterday. we'll be back with more "mtp daily" right after this. tely nog an annual fee. discover has no annual fees. really? yeah. we just don't believe in them. oh nice. you would not believe how long i've been rehearsing that. no annual fee on any card. only from discover. ♪ as moms, we send our kids out into the world, full of hope

i know when phil bredesen gets to d.c. if he were to go there he would a voting with chuck schumer. there should be a path for legalization for dreamers. at the same time we need to secure the southern border so that we are making sure we and the inflow of drugs, we and the inflow of gangs and sex traffickers. we also need to do away with sanctuary city policy. we need to make certain that we are ending the lottery and ending chain migration that we are protecting the sovereignty of this nation. cni governor bredesen. >> united states is absolutely entitled first of all to secure its borders as a matter of national security and national policy. i support that fully. we were one of this first dates when i was governor to century to verizon of border to help in securing. during the time i was there we were first a policy that my predecessor governor sundquist put in place to give driver's licenses to everyone irrespective of their legal status. these dreamers, think we have a moral obligation to them. they are people who were brought here not of their own choosing and in many cases th

speak of this post-red state democrats in a difficult position because guys like phil bredesen, whomrd from first, popular former governor and tennessee, is in the same category as joe manchin and some others, who saw this as an opportunity to demonstrate their bipartisan bona fides. they were going to say, hey, look, look at me, i'm supportin supporting -- in joe manchin's case, i'm voting for, and phil bredesen's case, i'm supporting this conservative judicial nominee. i think the president not to have his back. this makes it more complicated. it's not clear when the boat will take place, and it's not clear what kind of latitude they will have. it makes it harder for them and what was going to be a freebie to demonstrate some bipartisan credibility. >> shannon: i don't know about you in the twitter verse, hearing from people on the right side who say they are sick of the g.o.p. dragging their heels on this, and that they will not vote for them if they don't get kavanaugh confirmed. here is what rush limbaugh said today. >> if the republicans do not get this vote taken and kavanaugh

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montana we're talking about north dakota we have a very interesting race here in tennessee where phil bredesen the democrat former governor of the state of tennessee he is up consistently in the polls against marsha blackburn the republican congresswoman and so we have a seat right here in tennessee that could very easily flip to democrats that would be almost unprecedented at least in recent history in tennessee but i think chris is probably right i mean again if i had to venture a guess i'd say democrats take the house and probably republicans hold on to the senate curses ted cruz and dravot. you know i think better orcus running and history race and certainly raising a lot of money but i think one of the reasons why you have democrats and other states struggling is because the work is cannibalizing the national fund raising ted cruz will be fine texas is a republican state he has led in every single poll that has come out both public and private that i've seen but you know it's one of those things where it's good to flex your muscles it's good to have to run a competitive race and i think u

tennessee senate shows the democrat, phil bredesen backed by 48% while mash shah blackburn gets 46%.t there. of course, the headline out of that poll still bredesen's approval ratings, crazy. what were they like 60-20. >> avenues popular governor. mayor of the city of nashville, state of tennessee likes him. the fact that donald trump won by 26 points obviously significant. there's sympathy for trump. if you run the right candidate against phil bredesen, can you overcome the trump sympathy. >> he's the ideal -- in a year where the democratic enthusiasm is as high as it is, tennessee is a red state but phil bredesen is a democrat that he can draw a lot of votes in that state. he's maybe the only available democratic candidate who would be running this strong but the perfect candidate for this year in this race. >> the race for georgia's governor is a dead heat. a new poll found republican secretary of skate brian kemp and ex-state legislator stacy abrams had a 45% each. 8% of likely voters are undecided. 51% of likely georgia voters disapprove of the job the president is doing. 42% ap

challenge braun by six points, though that's within the margin of erro>> eporter: in tennessee, phil bredesen is ahead of marsha pointsrn by two also within the margin of error. >> and democrat claire mccaskell and the republican aretied. >> for democrats to win back the senate they need to win all but e of these states plus arizona, florida, nevada, north dakota and wesrginia. dakota and wesrginia. >> is it the most likely he could possibly... he likes to collect things. oh! wow, you got all this stuff from ikea? what do you like not let your kids in here? oh, no, they moved in here. here. this is where i hide all the cords and the remotes, and those clack-clack-clack things. oh and we have an entire comic book store and i managed to wedge a candle in there. oh i see, so this is your new bed? let's just say it fits me perfectly. it also fits the entire neighborhood, when they show up, unannounced, in a good way... kind of... what's your dream? at ikea, we help you live it. make the dream yours. >>> new video shows the brazilian presidential candidate stabbed at a rally recovering in a hospit

phil bredesen leading his republican opponent. he had 50% there. ann estate that went to president trump. montana, jon tester trying to hang on. he's up by two points over his republican challenger there. missouri, same thing we found -- claire mccaskill. josh hawley. dead even race. what does this mean in terms of democrats trying to win back the senate? neat gain of two seats. battleground -- this is what the battleground looks like. a lot of states democrats are just trying to hang on. let's say the democrats -- they may not, but let's say they get arizona. let's say the arizona ends up breaking in mccaskill's favor, tennessee, the democrats get that. indiana, we had them leading there. west virginia, polls showing they're ahead there. i've moved six states and yet, that would only put them at 49. they would still need two more with only four options up there. let's say republicans knock off heidi heitkamp in florida. texas, democrats making a lot of noise, but they don't get across the finish line. republicans would be at 50 -- one shy of 50, a

phil bredesen up as well. and in missouri, clair mccaskill tries to hold on over josh hawley.hat republicans are thinking will save them is the battlefield is so tilted in their favor. this is quickly what i mean by that. if you gave arizona the democrats based on that poll we just showed you, if you take that tie in missouri and you say, hey, that's going to be broken for clair mccaskill, she wins that state. tennessee, if that one flipped and if you had montana, we just showed you if chester got that. mansion has been ahead in polls there. i've given six states to the democrats and they're not even at 50. they need two more at this battleground to get the majority. if you're a republican you could say, hey, we can flip south dakota and all cruz has to do is hang on in texas and there's republicans there. the good news for them? those polls suggest there could be a wave there. the bad news for them is geographically that's a tough climb. >> nobody better at breaking this down. i wouldn't do this to you, but at 50. they need two more at this battleground to get the majority. i

interestingly inform so is a democrat in purple state in arizona keeping quiet, and then also tennessee phil bredesenout saying he supports fbi investigation not opining beyond that, it is interesting you have nelson florida, montana rosen in nevada three democrats come out against cav republican opponents have come out in favor of him. >> i want to ask you a little bit more about mccaskill donnelly in missouri and indiana it seems to me that those decisions they didn't have to make those decisions now they could have waited seems to me that they must feel that the mere accusations and the all of the -- the accusations against judge kavanaugh are enough to give political cover to be able to declare themselves and it won't hurt them? >> well, maybe not, because mccaskill for example announced before the before this last week, and placed it on the fact she worried that brett kavanaugh would condone dark money in campaigns that is to say, allow 501 c4's to spend money and political. >> money and politics how horrible never happens? how horrible. >> a woman has a bigr war which of the than republican opp

interestingly inform so is a democrat in purple state in arizona keeping quiet, and then also tennessee phil bredesening to stay out saying he supports fbi investigation not opining beyond that, it is interesting you have nelson florida, montana rosen in nevada three democrats come out against cav republican opponents have come out in favor of him. >> i want to ask you a little bit more about mccaskill donnelly in missouri and indiana it seems to me that those decisions they didn't have to make those decisions now they could have waited seems to me that they must feel that the mere accusations and the all of the -- the accusations against judge kavanaugh are enough to give political cover to be able to declare themselves and it won't hurt them? >> well, maybe not, because mccaskill for example announced before the before this last week, and placed it on the fact she worried that brett kavanaugh would condone dark money in campaigns that is to say, allow 501 c4's to spend money and political. >> money and politics how horrible never happens? how horrible. >> a woman has a bigr war which of the than re

former governor phil bredesen is within striking distance of republican representative marsha blackburnt trump's approval rating in the state is at a staggering 58%. that is what makes this a challenge for democrats. shannon? >> shannon: chad pergram, thank you so much. fox news exclusive. more text messages between former fbi employees peter strzok and lisa page reveal others were "leaking like mad." the text chain from december 2016 indicates other government officials were apparently leaking about the russia probe a month after the presidential election. one of the texts from stzrok said, "they have become leaking like mad. scorned and worried and political, kicking into overdrive." two former fbi agent, one that worked directly with stzrok say they believe that it's referring to the cia. we don't operate from an alleged media leak strategy to a trove of kavanaugh documents, much to discuss with andrew mccarthy. welcome to "fox news @ night" ." >> hi, shannon, how are you? >> shannon: i'm going to pray they want to start with these texts. this is in a time or all of us has been going

why the democrat, phil bredesen, is proving to be a tough challenger in tennessee. >> it's dove season in tennes e tennessee, but phil is a democrat aiming to win the senate seat of retiring republican bob corker, and many people believe he actually has a shot. the former nashville mayor and two-term governor is moderate who is likely well known and liked. >> mr. bredesen has a proven track record for fighting for this state against the federal government or with the federal government. >> but bredesen isn't the only popular politician in the state. >> do we love tennessee? >> donald trump swept tennessee, putting 61% of the vote and 92 of 95 counties. the last time bredesen faced voters, he got nearly 69% of the vote and won every county. but that was 12 years ago, and tennessee's a lot redder. >> his popularity enough for him? >> no. he will have the persuade enough of the middle undecided, undetermined voters that he will be independent of the democratic national leadership if he goes to washington. >> which means attacking trump, a tactic democrats can use elsewhere, won't work in

there should be no way that phil bredesen is up there.tennessee, it opens the possibility they could take back the senate. democrats have a tougher map than the house but if they can win in tennessee, hey, we'll see what happens. >> nathan, the op ed "the new york times", the woodward book, do you think that factors into the race? >> i think a lot of people, a lot of voters made up their mind about the president. democrats, president trump is the energy and momentum and enthee enthusiasm now. i don't know there is much more that can drive that further. i guess for independence if the op ed pushing someone on the fence over to supporting a democratic to be the check on the president, i guess it could matter but it's shocking the president is a polar figure and looms large over the elections. what is remarkable, when i meet with the democratic congressional candidates, they don't talk about the president. usually in the interviews, if somebody brings up the president, it's me. they are laser focused on what votes they took or what they may

now, phil bredesen is so well-liked in tennessee, but the best thing marsha blackburn could do to win this race is tell everyone, look, at the end of the day he's a vote for schumer and the democrats and i'm with president trump. that's why you're seeing the president's schedule taking him to these red states. he's even going now in october to help senator ted cruz. he's found himself in a big heap of trouble because they're thinking of turning out all of those voters in rural texas to help him deal with his problems in the suburbs. and so there's a lot the president can do, even while at the same time the party is in so much trouble in the house. >> one more example. you mentioned the house. a house republican who is just, you know, twisting herself into a pretzel trying to get away from the president. barbara comstock, republican from northern virginia, not too far from here, in a statement, our public servants have been getting shortchanged for years. we cannot balance the budget on the backs of our federal employees and i will work with my house and senate colleagues to keep the p

and also in tennessee phil bredesen, in a very red state, is attempting to stay out of in this by sayingestigation but not opining beyond that. it's interesting, you have nelson in florida, tester in montana and rosen in nevada, three democrats who have come out against kavanaugh, their republican opponents have come out in favor -- paul: yeah, but i want to ask you more about mccaskill and donnelly in missouri and indiana, because it seems to me that those decisions, they didn't have to make those decisions now. they could have waited. and it seems to me that they must feel that the mere accusations and all of the accusations against judge kavanaugh are enough to give them the political cover to be able to dethe claire themselves, and it won't hurt them. >> well, maybe not. because mccaskill, for example, announced before this last week, and she placed it all on the fact that she worried that brett kavanaugh would condone dark money in campaigns. that is to say allow 501c4s to allow, to spend money in political -- paul: money in politics, oh, how horrible. it never happens. [laughter] >

the only reason democrats are competitive, former governor phil bredesen talking about his support for this is worrisome if you're a republican. trump won the state by 26 points. the next state, arizona. kers steen inema is a moderate now. she wasn't always. she was a very, very prominent anti-war activist. this is one of the pamphlets our folks at the k file unearthed she was handing out in the early 2000s. she's much more moderate now. her campaign points out she has relative who have served. but still the next slide, let's go to texas. i wanted to spend more time on this than the other one because everything is bigger in texas. bet ta o'rourke, if you don't know who he is, you haven't been paying attention. ted cruz, texas it, it's not even close. let's go to the next slide and we'll show you how nervous ted cruz is. peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals landed out barbecue tofu. it illustrates the stakes. feminine beto wins, barbecue will be illegal. he's talked about o'rourke being a rock band, wearing a dress. he was both of those things in a rock band. i was in a roc

and mash shah blackburn just ahead of phil bredesen.sherrod brown with a 16-point lead in ohio where president trump won decisively. which ones do you think will be most surprising on election day? >> i think mash shah blackburn might be the big surprise she could go down in tennessee would be crazy. that should not be happening. she should be running away with this race. that's where we're seeing the poll on donald trump is taking on these candidates without question. we see consistently poll after poll, people feel that the economy is going in the right direction. and yet republicans are not getting the credit that they probably should. >> you look at states, west virginia, joe manchin, feeling pretty comfortable in west virginia. arizona, democrats have a good shot at winning that good one. nevada we didn't even put that one up. heller is in trouble in nevada. no doubt about it. again, either side can win these races, but if the tide keeps going to democrats, west virginia, arizona, indiana, missouri, nevada, couple other states coul

. >> what we know is phil bredesen had a choice to run as republican, independent. a democrat. he is the democratic nominee. when he comes to d.c., he would be voting with the democrats, whether it's chuck schumer or elizabeth warren or bernie sanders or dianne feinstein. that's his party. he has already cast that lot, if you will. he is going to be coming as a democrat. this is why it is so important that we win. brian: um-huh. >> and that we make certain that we are going to retain the republican majority and that that majority gets something done. i have a record of bipartisan and bipartisan. brian: how important is the president's help. >> the president is very important. is he going to be coming to east tennessee on monday. we're looking forward to having him back in tennessee. tennesseeens love him and appreciate his agenda. brian: you are early supporter. congresswoman marsha blackburn thank you very much. wants to be the next senator from tennessee. coming up ahead, forget innocent until proven guilty. one democrat says it's judge kavanaugh who has to prove

phil bredesen was elected with 70% of the vote when he was governor.ldn't be a huge surprise if he won. john meacham, who are you wearing to the oscars. men's warehouse? >> jay press has a special line. >> that's awesome. >> are they still in business. >> yeah. >> john meacham, star of the front-runner with hugh jackman's name under his. >> let me say to everyone if willie geist is your friends and promises not to break something up, don't believe him. >> my pleasure, john. coming up, the chair of senate judiciary committee gives brett kavanaugh's accuser until tomorrow morning to decide if she will testify on monday. >>> the ranking member of the house intel committee, congressman adam schiff. "morning joe" is coming right back. it was here. i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt like my heart was skipping beats. they said i had afib. what's afib? i knew that meant i was at a greater risk of stroke. i needed answers. my doctor and i chose xarelto® to help keep me protected from a stroke. once-daily xarelto®, a latest-ge