it's about scott walker and me. but it is about the governor's ability to call out bad public policy at the national level. when young people were being ripped away from their parents at the border, and people asked the governor of wisconsin whether he thought about that and he said it is a federal issue. well, it is not. it is a human issue. it is a human issue and the governor of the state of wisconsin needs to weigh in on that. the governor of wisconsin has to weigh in on the issue of immigration. i will work hard. we have to have a comprehensive reform in the state. we must be able to do that. in addition, i would provide a driver's permit for people that are working in wisconsin and are undocumented. >> time is up. that goes to our next question. >> staying on immigration. many of my listeners wanted me to ask you this question about driver's license. those applying for a driver's license in wisconsin are required to show proof of citizenship. should there be a way to license and regulate undocumented immigrant

scott walker's policies.he has drawn the line in syndrome transportation and its results are roads are crumbling. we have people in northern wisconsin scraping the asked fault off the roads and driving on gravel roads. about that. we have to change this. highest with an engineer and she was telling me she's worked on bridge projects and she's afraid there's going to be bridge calamity in the state. as we talk about a dabbler per gallon how ridiculous that is our roads continue to occur about. going forward, $24 billion governor walker talked about but if you put that against inflation, were at the lowest level in 20 years. going forward we will roll up our sleeves, bring people together, republicans and democrats get this idea. the only person in the way of solving this problem wisconsin is governor walker. going forward all bring together republicans and democrats. we won't have a preconceived solution. i would prefer not to raise any taxes but i'll be working on listening to the people were working on. >> l

today for the fourth time, a former scott walker cabinet secretary came out against scott walker's reelectionly endorsed evers instead. three of these guys signed a letter today warning the public what they say were pervasive questionable practices within the walker administration. quote, governor walker has consistently eschewed sound management practices in favor of schemes or cover-ups and has routinely put his future ahead of the state. again, these are people who worked in scott walker's cabinet. four of them have now come out and said you got to get rid of this guy, and we've seen him up close. you can see why there is heat around that wisconsin election. i can tell you tonight that with 19 days to go until voting day, delos 111,000 wisconsin voters have already voted either in person or absentee. that's not far behind the number of people who had voted at the same point two years ago, which was presidential election year where wisconsin was super hard fought. now, whether the number of votes cast this year already includes any votes from former members of scott walker's cabinet, we don

look, tony evers, he's kind of a boring white guy, but maybe you need a boring white guy to meet scott walker, kind of throw the milk on top of the spicing, and what we see here is tony evers is not that unpopular, and each of walker's previous opponents were underwater at this time, so evers is allowing walker to do the tonging and that's not a bad thing because what we see here is walker's own numbers are underwater. >> they are coming out with a new poll today -- i can't get rid of this. >> this is the best poll in wisconsin, and that's part of the reason why there's uncertainty. if people asked me do i think scott walker is going to lose i would say yes, but the fact they have him up for one point makes me take a step back. >> is scott walker passes for what is spicy in wisconsin? >> there's cheese there. >> there's a lot of yellow -- >> cheese kurd. all i know is the packers lost on sunday and that disappointed me greatly. >> sorry. the house forecast? >> here we bounce around a little bit, and on monday, the day before the election, we will have final numbers from folks like cnn, and i

governor scott walker. you are, scott. you are. scott walker is a tireless warrior. he is a warrior. didn't he win three elections last time? he is the only guy who gets elected three times. he doesn't stop. he is a warrior. three times! he is a warrior for wisconsin workers and families. >> four more years! four more years! four more years! four more years! >> he is a good man. he is a good man and he loves this state. he will cut your taxes, he has been doing it, improve your school, he has been doing it, bring down the cost of healthcare, he has been doing that as good as anybody and continue to creating great paying jobs for the state. scott fights every day for you and now we need you to fight for him. all you have to do is go out and vote. scott will you come out. police. come on. come on. -- scott bell you come up here please. come on. come on. >> thank you mr. president. we are so happy to have you back in wisconsin. are you happy to have the president here! a couple weeks ago the president called me when i was with the vice president and asked me where he sh

scott walker is in a close race, another state -- trump did -- he won the election narrowly but he wonwhat are the issues there? >> i think for one the reform scott walker in 2011, public unions are still angry and want to roll back those reforms. paul: even 8 years later? >> they'll need democratic majority in legislature but tony, democratic nominee in scott walker is campaigning on that. he's also campaigning on increasing the income tax which would help pay for medicaid expansion and supposedly more money for roads and other kinds of infrastructure. paul: so, how -- why is trump unpopular as he is in wisconsin even though he won, approval rate negotiation low 40's? >> right, he was unpopular during gop primary ted cruz won. this is partly because he's polarizing, his personality, he's very -- paul: not the wisconsin culture. [laughter] paul: okay, a lot of stake in wisconsin because if walker goes down a lot of he forms can -- reforms could go. >> that's right, democrats need to control the legislature, in the next four years it's possible, he's not done what could go but prevent a

in wisconsin race for governor democrat is trying to deny governor scott walker a third term and rightossible according to the real clear politics average, holds more than three point lead over governor walker who in the wisconsin economy. >> you want more jobs and higher wages which is where we've taken the state or more spend egg an higher taxes that's what tony my poangt wants to raise the the gas tax bys much as a dollar a gallon and what we've cone is turn this state around and more people are working now than ever before. joining us from more on this is former obama campaign regional field director and president of vote america now chris crude home robyn i begin with you why isn't what governor scott walker just said the fact that he's turned around wisconsin economy a winning strategy for him and potential third term? >> you know lauren it is a good strategy he's den a solid job financially for wisconsin what -- what is happening here is that -- tony is actually listening to dnc because they put out a 435 district plan custom tailor to each district these candidates are running

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[laughter] anybody vote for scott walker? this would not be a representative crowd. >> not at all. >> is madison different from the rest of the state? >> oh, yeah. [laughter] there is a famous saying by lee dreyfus. madison surrounded by reality. that was adopted as a t-shirt. a proud monitor. i think madison is the center of the university. there is not a state university that has had more of an impact on its populations in the university of wisconsin. that tradition goes back to the late 19th century. a lot of these reforms were drafted i professors there and there was an eco-'s calls the wisconsin idea in which there was a kind of moral obligation for the universities faculty to help the citizens of the entire state. :: :: :: :: >> there was a campaign in the 70's that had been rebuffed to just that so i think that the support for unions as income inequality has risen to astronomical heights and you also saw teacher hikes, there hasn't been a lot of work stoppages in a long time. >> wall street journal editorial, anybody s

he's a boring white guy, but if scott walker is a spicy conservative, maybe they need a little niceness to kind of just -- >> walker has talked about being bland himself. >> walker is certainly bland personality-wise, but he isn't bland in terms of his policies. >> fair, fair. >> i remember when he was the front runner for the republican party in 2016. >> donald trump sunk his bid before in 2016 and donald trump's unpopularity in the state sank his re-election bid here. >>> joining us here, cnn political commentators. good morning to you both. so let's start with you and let's just talk about this, the message from the president. just in the last few minutes on twitter, it is clear. dangerous caravan coming here, he says. talks about something that is completely unlufl, using an executive order to wipe out a birthright citizenship. not long ago it was the promise of the so % middle class tax cut. is this the best strategy for republicans right now? >> well, the immigration strategy is certainly rooted in polling evidence. i mean, i have looked at a lot of polls from districts around the

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 repeal obamacare and eliminate the federal guarantee covering pre-existing conditions. joining us now an economic policy advisor to president biden and a former senior aide to president obama, and i have never before seen the strategy of let's all h

remember what scott walker said. he was going to divide and conquer. well, i have got good news for you, scott walker, you spent the last years trying to divide us, but you will never conquer us. we are going to prove that to him on november 6 because it is a time for change. and let me tell you, we cannot do this alone. we need your help to bring this home. we need people to do that hard work, the phone calling and going door to door and fighting like hell every single day to make sure we win. now, i'm going to ask each of you to do this for i know you know five few will. i know you are all supporters here. five people that you know, maybe not, maybe will not vote, or you are unsure you they're going to vote for. you have to pick those people out before you leave here today, think about that, and if everybody here gets five people to the polls to voting for this democratic ticket, we will win november 6. and we can bring every credit with us up and down the ballot. we have such a great team. every one of us is seeing a great turnout and every place in

what are the factors working on both sides in. >> well, it's true, scott walker and tony evers are in what is projected toe a very tight race. one or two-point race, according to experts. so tony evers is the superintendent of public construction in wiscons, and he is kind of staking this claim to be the education governor, but scott walker is now saying he is the education governor because he infused his state fdget with new monr k-12 schools. so this is something that these candidates have been fighting back and forth over, including a rely difficult achievement gap, racial achievement gap in the sta's urban school districts, which are among the wot in the nation, and eah are blaming each other over. this but scott walker finds himself in a tighter race than he might have thought he would have had. >> woodruff: and tom hudson, back to you on florida. just quickly, what matters most to voters this year, and how much of a factor is pr pident trump? sident trump is an enormous factor here in the florida gubernatorial election. i think on the is ssde, it is healthcare. there's debate ar

i think you were formally with scott walker. toyed with going with jeb bush. what finally convinced you that donald trump had what it took that scott walker didn't? >> i actually relate this in the book. i met with the president the day after "the apprentice" finale. we sat in his office and we were joking about him running for president. i didn't believe him at the time and i was already hooked into scott walker. but what i like about the president, he's a very loyal guy. when i explained to him that my loyalties were to scott walker and jeb bush, he then said, okay, well, after i clean their clocks, will you come work for me? and i said, absolutely. so after the south carolina primary, i went to the president's office with senator scott brown, a friend of mine from tuf's. so we went up there together and had a great conversation and began building the blocks for the financing operation. and when he brought in steven, steven mnuchin, things really started to kick in. >> you know, watching a bunch of democrats thinking about trying to run against president tru

senate candidate lee of a clear and governor scott walker, seeking reelection. california senator, harris traveled to iowa this week to support candidates for statewide and federal office. one of her stops included a get out the vote rally, organized by the pope down the democrats. senator harris has been named a potential 2020 candidate for president. the last time she visited iowa was 2008 to campaign for barack obama. sen. harris: there is a lot of you in here. how is it going, polk county? are you ready to vote? i know, so am i. thank you so much for taking the time to come out this evening to support our efforts in rally the troops so we can get stuff done. lastve 15 days until the day to cast our ballots. each andng to take everyone of us to make this happen. i think we can do it. [applause] when i think about the work that is ahead of us, let me break something down. typically what happens in midterm races like this, our party focuses on what we call reliable voters, those folks who show up and participate in the election. they have a lot of money to focu

number one is scott walker my former boss who i'm pretty well convinced somewhere in scott walker's body is embedded in magic golden horseshoe. but who seems to have that and no matter barring the presidential race he seems to have the capacity to prevent or matter how badly the own car. i think claire mccaskill is like right in second place. she seems to do a pretty good job of revealing them but that is the strategy on her part in some of those share a lot. we will see if this proves to be the case again but there is a good chance it might be. there's a lot of people in misery, a lot ofri republicans that have a sneaking suspicion that he's kind of phoning it in and not working as hard as she is. at the end of the day, politics tend to reward the hard workers so we will see. >> host: besides what we talked about, what are we paying attention to from now on to election day? >> guest: the president has for rallies scheduled this week and i will say one of them he's going to say something that will change whatever is being discussed on tv away from what he probably wants discussed if he w

>> well, first of all, let me just agree with scott walker. don't believe the lies.they're the ones who are of course telling them. and in fact, the logic of health care and particularly the protection of pre-existing conditions against insurers who would not cover them and didn't cover them before the aca is shown in the kinds of numbers that you've been touting tonight. this is a very popular program. so the republicans have to flip and pretend all of the sudden that they're for it when of course if you just watch their actions over these past three or four years they've been just on a tear to try get rid of it. and i don't think it's working with voters. and i think the core, to get to your question, is that the logic of health care is such that as long as insurers can take away your health care when you need it the most there is an obvious role for public policy to come into that mix and prevent that from happening. that's what obamacare did. we can have arguments about how effective it was in doing that. >> sure, we can. >> but when it comes to the pre-existing

so it sort of speaks to the idea that scott walker runs because of who scott walker is.s demonstrated what he's done as governor and now he's shifting positions as the political winds are shifting. >> i think that's absolutely right. now, the more interesting question after this election is going to be whether this tells us anything about 2020, and i don't think we know the answer yet. even if walker barely squeaks by or loses by a couple points, it is still possible that president trump comes back and wins wisconsin 2020, and the reason would be that at that point he'd be running against somebody and would be a comparison again. this worked very well for -- >> yeah. >> -- president obama in 2012. if you remember, he lost in gn begun, pennsylvania, and ohio in the midterm elections after his first election and then came back and able to beat mitt romney. >> interesting and important point when you're running against somebody versus running against nobody, people may see you digfferently. michael scherer, thank you very much, national political reporter at the "washington

in governorinvolved scott walker's race in wisconsin. are there other gubernatorial races you are focusing on? actione freedom partners fund, that's from our broader network, it is active for ron desantis, he was great in the house on so many issues. same thing with the freedom partners action fund in nevada -- adam laxx lt. colorado as well. think about republican numbers on the gubernatorial front, it's the highest watermark since the coolidge years of the 1920's. so you would think there would be a correction and they would lose a few seats, because you are not going to sustain a high water mark that has been seen in seven decades or so. there would think be some gap closure by democrats lt, some folksa thought that as a third-party candidate he might struggle. seenome of the data i've shows he is within the margin of error in that state. arizona hasducey in been one of the best governors in the country from policy achievements he has brought about. >> i want to close on a more midday when, friday we are taping this, it has been an un

you have scott walker, i was tired of scott after one term. you would think the people of wisconsin would be tired after three. that looks like it's within the margin of error. and of course minnesota, illinois, this is all very significant. and then there's some exciting outliers in kansas where laura kelly is poised within that margin of victory. also there's nevada, sisilak, within the margin of victory in nevada. anyone that's within the margin of victory is going to be looking at a very strong finish on election night. >> scott walker -- >> he's given you every state and every race. >> scott walker talking about that foxconn plant arriving. maybe voters could call the state of pennsylvania where that plant never arrived. let's talk about florida. the president is going there tonight with rick scott. i want to share what yahoo news had in an article. "on halloween this wednesday rick scott will tress up as a candidate who wants to appear with president trump on the campaign trail." is this about politics? is it about getting the vote out?

this but scott walker finds himself in a tighter race than he might have thought hwould have had. >> woodruff: and tom hudson, back to you on florida.i just qly, what matters most to voters this year, and how much of ctor is president trump? >> president trump is an enormous factor here in the florida gubernatorial election. i think on e issue side, it is healthcare. there's debate around the pre-existing conditions and congressn desantis' position on the federal act and andrew gillum proposing to expmeand caid which has also not been expanded in the state of florida under the affordable care act. also the environment which traditionally has never been a driving, motivating issue here, but we've had blue green algae in lake okeechobee, and then the naturally occurring red tide, a more stronger outbreak of re tide in the gulf coast and also on the atlantic side, so it has put water quality front and center in this gubernatorial campaign fboth parties that we haven't seen in elections past. >> woodruff: bill nigut, what about issues, factors in the race in georgia and, inul part, presi

scott walker was also somebody the president campaigned against at one point. he was out at his biggest champion last night, laying out the case, the difference between democrats and republicans. there is a major political philosophical difference between democrats and republicans and there is nothing wrong with pointing those differences out. there is something wrong taking it to the point of violence we're looking at, taking place over the last 24 hours. the president has condemned that. all of us have but certainly perfectly acceptable and frankly the president's responsibility to lay out the political differences between democrats and republicans as we head into a midterm election. president has had a great two years in office, he has a story to tell and he should be able to express that and talk about it and contrast. ainsley: packages were sent in the past to republicans. all these in the past two days have been democratic liberal figures but you're in the spotlight. you work for this administration. there are crazy people out there. has this changed the

. >> tonight wisconsin republican governor scott walker and democrat will take part in a debate in madison, wisconsin. live coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. c-span is your primary source for campaign 2018. >> joining us now derek johnson serves as the president and ceo of the naacp talking about voter mobilization leading up to the november elections. good morning. >> good morning. >> statistics show us that about 56% of african-americans showed up for the 2016 elections. do you expect that kind of turnout this time around in 2018? >> i think the level of enthusiasm among african-americans is at an all-time high. that's evidence when you look at the most recent special elections and the primary elections. what percentage turnout in ? we don't know. the job of the naacp is to increase turnout and try to make it as close as presidential turnout. >> talk a little bit about that. what steps are part of that process? >> right, naacp we invested heavily in data to look at what is turnout among african-americans for midterm elections. we recognized that there is a dip in turnout

[music] >> tonight wisconsin republican governor scott walker and democrat tony ebert will take part in a debate in madison wisconsin. coverage begins at 9 pm eastern on cspan2. he says your primary source for campaign 2018. >> with the midterms days away, what the competition for the control of congress on c-span, see for yourself, the candidates and the debate on key house and senate races. make the fan your primary source for camping 18. >> of next today for the oregon governor's race and democratic governor kate brown and republican new bugler spent their final debate before election day answering questions on health care, abortion law, climate change and education. this debate last about an

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and the democratic candidate taking on scott walker in wisconsin race now accused of plagiarism, notime governor scott walker calling out state superintendent on twitter writing in part, first, it was the current budget request, now news that past subjects also included blatant plagiarism, evers admitting that it would be today, rating race a toss-up. uber already delivers food on the road but soon they could be taking to the skies, tracee casual affect fro fox business is here with just how soon you could see uber drones making deliveries, good morning, tracee. tracee: good morning, heather, we could see much sooner than anyone expected but this is according to a job posting on uber's website des covered by the wall street journal, they were looking for operation's executive to make these drone deliveries functional by next year commercially functional by the year 2021, so this would fall under the uber eats division, potentially uber express, that's the internal name right now but when the wall street journal did approach uber and asked him about this, the job posting was taken dow

and listen, it's pretty remarkable that from scott walker to rick scott in florida, you have lots of republicans that are trying to reinvent themselves while their own attorney generals are in court as we speak trying to rule that it's unconstitutional for congress to protect people with preexisting conditions. listen, this is still the number one issue out there, and i think we have all recognized that there is, you know, a disconnect right now that's happening often between what is dominating the daily news and what americans are talking about on the streets. what they are talking about is that their health care prices are going up, deathly scared republicans are going to take it away and mitch mcconnell in the last week or so has given all the evidence we need to understand the stakes, saying if they win the senate, they're coming right back for the affordable care act, fit in more cuts for medicare and medicaid. the stakes are really high. republicans know it. they're trying to reinvent their records. i don't think they're going to get away with it. >> you have scott walker as go

open an account today. >>> i am scott walker.icahn joins us live, he readying for another fight with michael dell we talk about his new letter, what he really wants. >>> and state of the correction. can it really be over if tech keeps imploding? we debate with kevin o'leary and nancy davis. and jim cramer with us the full hour as well it is a jam packed program today at noon. jon, facebookbar, regular crew s here, extra chairs, buffet table, it is on. >> sounds like a party should be fun. don't want to miss that. >>> let's get over to the cme. rick santelli has the santelli exchange >> thank you, jon. many of course look at the interest rate complex and point to it, say this is the reason stocks have gotten so volatile i understand the notion that rising rates will potentially take a bite out of stocks, unless the stock market pays attention to a stronger economy, which then comes in and sweeps rates higher and equity values higher that's how fed would like it to work and investors like it to work i think rates have gotten a bum

>> if scott walker can survive this, this will be fourth statewide win in five years and a guy who wore a duck hunting overcoat with a suit to be interviewed by bret baier yesterday, this would mean he can do anything. kennedy: he really can. i think the man can levitate. he doesn't need a hoverboard. chris stirewalt, thank you so much. >> you bet. kennedy: can't wait to see what happens this next week. >>> president trump talk tough on immigration, but today he dialed it up to 11 and said he plans to sign an executive order that would end the practice of birthright citizenship, watch. >> can definitely do it with an act of congress, but now they're saying i can do it just with executive order. how ridiculous. we're the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years with all of those benefits. ridiculous. it's ridiculous. and it has tend to. >> have you talked about that with counsel? >> yeah, i have. >> where in the process? >> it's in the process, it will happen with an executive order. kennedy: man

he's also supporting of course governor scott walker and he is locked in a very tight race with radical leftist tony evers, just look at this, thousands of thousands of folks, taking place in and near a aircraft hanger, that's located about an hour and a half west of green bay, and now to talk about the latest on the trump agenda what republican s have to do to win in november, we're joined by chris koback, secretary of state of the great state of kansas, and the republican gubernatorial nominee, chris, great to have you with us. first, your reaction to what the president is doing. i know he held a huge rally for you, your numbers show that he's had quite an impact, and you are looking good right now, so what do you think? >> well, it's interesting. when the president shows up people pay attention they come out in droves. i've never seen anything like this. i haven't seen it during the second year of the mid-term election after bush took office, after obama took office, neither of those presidents was able to show up at any city in america and pull in tens of thousands of people. lou: i

this is the fourth time democrats have taken a shot at scott walker since he emerged in 2010. does have the advantage. what is happening in the midwest. it made the difference for trump in 2016. two years later these high profile races very different story. joining me political correspondent sean trendy. how much should we read into this? >> i think it's a sign that the math before donald trump came onto the scene is sort of snapping back into place a little bit for democrats in 2018. you take a look at some of the polling in those states and what is giving the democrats the lead is the story of what we have seen across the country. you have energized liberals. you have some of these suburban voters who traditionally go republican by giving democrats a look here in the age of trump. democrats ploobelieve they are bringing over those white working class voters who voted for democrats in the not so recent past but went for trump in 2016 back into their corner in 2018. >> another state that made a big switch in 2016, trump winning ohio by double digits. obama carried it twice. th

if you play it again, he bails on walker. >> for scott walker.eah vyukmaarr. >> jimmy: he saw that name and was like -- sounds like he's trying to read the ikea catalog. the vyukmaarr has lots of drawers and storage in the vyukmaarr. speaking of mispronouncing, on a show last week, lou dobbs was talking about the migrant caravan making its way through mexico called huixtla. check out how he said it. >> the caravan of mostly central american immigrants is now in the mexican city of war-who-lah tonight -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what? what?! that's -- oh, no. come on. >> steve: wachalacha. >> jimmy: i gotta see that one more time. >> the mexican city of war-who-lah -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wow, did he just stub his toe or something? he's like -- >> steve: jerry lewis? >> jimmy: sounds like he just stepped in a shower that's way too cold. in the town of wa-haah. [ laughter ] guys, get this. tomorrow at the white house, trump is hosting a summit for young republican black leaders. the guest list includes kanye. [ laughter ] moving on, as i mentioned,

on c-span2, risk on some republican governor scott walker faces democrat tony beavers. >> senator dianne feinstein faces fellow democrat and state senator kevin daly on. -- kevin de leon. from the san francisco public policy institute, this is one hour and 10 minutes. this event was hosted by the san francisco public policy institute. >> good afternoon. hello, everyone. my name is donna lucas. i'm happy to welcome you here on behalf of the ppic board of directors. we are pleased to present this program today featuring the two candidates for the u.s. senate. thank you senator de leon, and thank you u.s. senator dianne thank you u.s. senator dianne joining us today for this important discussion. this event is part of the ppic 2018 speaker series on california's future. candidates for the u.s. senate. we would like to thank our sponsors of this series for their underwriting support. these organizations are listed on the screen and on the back of your program. let's take a moment to take -- to thank them. [applause] this series is also funded by the donor circle and corporate circle. groups

scott walker is the only incumbent. he is in a pretty tough race right now. and so, to me what makes this fascinating is, i will keep saying donald trump won the state and they can look at congressional districts and michigan in pennsylvania and the present won by 12 points but it is tied, why is that? are they leaving the president? i think that's the wrong question. i think the question is, is a conservative or blue-collar democrat when they vote for donald trump, does it mean that they are now voting for republicans? i don't think that is necessarily true. we did not see that 2016 in pennsylvania when donald trump did very well in the western side of pennsylvania and ran way ahead of pat toomey. even the pat toomey won pat toomey of the picking up folks in the eastern part of the state. president trump didn't. i think number one will find out, is a pro trump vote really a pro-republican vote and it may not be. i think people see president trump as a third-party candidate. the second thing is hillary clinton is not on the ballot. and you know, we have to re

you were formerly with scott walker. what finally convinced you that donald trump had what it took?t with the president the day after "the apprentice" f finale. we were joking about him being president and i didn't believe him. when i explained my loyalties were to scott walker and jeb bush, he then said after i clean their clocks, will you come work for me and i said absolutely. so after the south carolina primary i went to the president's office with senator scott brown, who was a friend of mine, we went occupy there together and we had a great conversation and we began building the block for the financing operation. then when he brought in steve mnuchin, things really started to kick in. >> watching a bunch of democrats thinking about trying to run against president trump in 2020, we've seen different potential candidates trying to go after him in different ways, michael avenatti is someone who i think people have been trying to put the two of you together for some sort of talk show, he's tried to go at him directly. elizabeth warren responded to some of the criticism, the crazy

>> tonight wisconsin republican governor scott walker and democrat tony ebert will take part in a debate in madison wisconsin. coverage begins at 9 pm eastern on cspan2. he says your primary source for campaign 2018. >> with the midterms days away, what the competition for the control of congress on c-span, see for yourself, the candidates and the debate on key house and senate races. make the fan your primary source for camping 18. >> of next today for the oregon governor's race and democratic governor kate brown and republican new bugler spent their final debate before election day answering questions on health care, abortion law, climate change and education. this debate last about an hour. >> oregonians face an important decision. who do you want to leave the state or the next four years. tonight, kj w news and the oregonian bring you a debate between the top two candidates in the race for governor. democrat kate brown and republican new bugler. the candidates will answer video questions, submitted by dozens of oregonians. plus, take questions by our panel of political journalists. f

. >> reporter: even this personal appeal from republican governor scott walker in a tight re-election race in wisconsin. >> my wife is a type 1 diabetic. my mother is a survivor of breast cancer, and my brother has a heart condition. covering pre-existing conditions is personal to me. >> reporter: president trump tweeting overnight, all republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and, if they don't, they will after i speak to them. democrats think it's one more big issue that will help them win over a critical voting block, suburban women. lester? >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> tonight, u.s. intelligence agencies are sounding the alarm in some of the strongest terms yet that russia, china and iran are intent on trying to interfere in the american election system and breaking late today, the feds bringing the first charges accusing russians of trying to interfere in this year's elections. we get all of it from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: during this summer's fight over separating families at the southern border, this meme on a facebook account