thom tillis is going to be joining us.oining us live shortly. >> there are some states that have not yet been called, including alaska where you have mark begich running against dan sullivan. it's just still too close. >> lot of rural areas. 73% reporting. >> and dan sullivan from the bush administration. and virginia look at this. if there was a stunner, even if it ends the way it is right now, it's this, ed gillespie was down as much as 22 and leading most of the night. he probably is within the margin of error to ask for a recount. we'll see. senator mark warner came out and said hey i won. >> down in louisiana, they are going to be going back to do some voting about a month from right now because there is going to be a runoff because neither the top two candidates got 50%. remember, there is another republican in there that got over a dozen points. so the conventional wisdom is if he plays his cards right bill cassidy will probably win. >> when you talk about a democratic star, it was wendy davis. she gave that filibus

if you see thom tillis, or tom cotton, whether they'll investigate the president. whether they'll start hearings, continue to go after his abuse of power. you remember bow bergdahl, a prisoner trade. that is what you'll hear a lot. when is comes to obama care, they may not be able to repeal it, but ted cruz will make it a big priority to go in and take it apart, piece by spees, trying to get the senate to vote on it. a lot of it good frustrate mitch mcconnell. >> democrats - at least it's someone they know well. mitch mcconnell mentioned this. it was mitch mcconnell and joe biden who struck the biggest deals in the obama administration, in terms of budgets and government funding. they have done this before. the question is to what michael is saying, how much room will mitch mcconnell give senator ted cruz in the senate in terms of the agenda of holding a series of votes, and mitch mcconnell, the pragmatic senator, he may not think it's worthwhile at this time. is the purpose to set up the republican party for a win? >> absolutely. look at florida, and the republica

that's the question for thom tillis as these rural votes come in. 76% here. ittle bit out here. not as many people. the question for the tillis campaign as they've moved into that very narrow lead, are there any more pockets of votes for them to offset. that's a wow. we're going to be counting that one. we've got 30% of the vote to go. let's move to virginia. this one has tightened even more. this is very, very tight where 87% of the vote counted. these republican areas, 100% in. 100% in. so if you're at gillespie headquarters, you know this. there are still some votes out in the washington suburbs. you see it shaded blue. 83% in prince william county. you move out of the suburbs, democratic country, but ed gillespie putting up a good fight. and 17% left. we'll wait and watch that vote. fairfax city, 100% in. mark warner knows, nothing left in the basket there. fairfax county, still have some votes to come in. this could be the key. in the close race, it's fairfax county. as you watch that one play out. where you want to go next, we've got a lot of wow going o

i get to take a break off the campaign trail, now you to change a bit because i am thom tillis and i the next united states senator -- [cheers and applause] but i want to make absolutely certain that every single one of becausel calls me thom you are a friend -- >> yes, we are! >> this victory is not my victory. this victory is our victory. our victory. you know, if you take a look and all of the negative ads against st any senate candidate in the country, $111 million -- we do not bend, we won. [cheers and applause] i tell you what, though, i am sure you have been watching the ads, but there was something very important that also had to happen tonight, and we have swept this nation with a majority so somehow i think senator reid is going to have a different office assignments come january. i think at the end of the day, i think the reason i spent all that money is they looked in north carolina, they knew what we had here. we had hundreds and hundreds of volunteers absolutely committed, knocking on doors, doing what we had to do to win. that is why i am standing here before you. now,

republican thom tillis taking down democrat republican kay hagan. >> in iowa joni ernst with 52%. >> and in mark shapiro, tom cotton easily defeating incumbent mark prior 57-39. >> and to georgia republican david perdue over michelle nunn. 53-45. >> corey gardener taking down mark udall. and steve daines beating amanda curtis 58 to 40%. south dakota easily going to the gop. 51 to 29. >> and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leading with 56%. grimes with 41%. >> so west virginia republican shelly moore capito winning 62-34. >> and in alaska ballots are still being counted at this hour but republican dan sullivan holding on to a five point lead over mark begich with 73% of the votes being reported. >> virginia is still too close to call. incumbent democrat mark warner holding on to a small lead. separated by just over 12,000 votes. 95% of ballots have been counted. >> and louisiana heading to a run off. a lot of folks expected this. neither candidate getting the necessary 50%. incumbent democrat getting 42% with bill cassie getting 41. >> and a tight race there. winning 52-48 over

thank you. >> my name is elizabeth, i'm a volunteer calling to remind you to vote for thom tillis on day. can speaker tillis council on your vote, he's the best man. >> sorry to interrupt you on a beautiful sunday afternoon, but we are trying to make phone calls before election day, and we are calling to see whether or not you are planning to vote on tuesday. we may be violating the fire code in here. >> i tell you, the phone system, we council on this. we'll know so much about the voters by the time we call them. >> we thank you. it's important. >> we'll have some more. pretty much what magazine subscriptions you have. >> i spent four years cleaning up this area. and i'm ready to go to washington to clean up. are you willing. are you ready. >> let's do this. let's work hard, let's win in november. god bless you and the great state of north carolina. thank you. >> i need to slow is down. >> you got on the news. was it on fire. if you can give me about five minutes. it will take a minute to get up there. haas the word. -- what's the word. >> that you move around. >> by what number? >>

thom tillis, thank you so much.nt our viewers to know that we did reach out to senator kay hagan, we, of course, invited her on the show as well, but we did not get a response. one of those races just too close to call at this point. jon: as voters head to the poll, there are new questions about the president's leadership. those questions coming from a surprising source. we'll go in depth on that. >>> plus, a desperate search for a kidnap victim. police release some key evidence in the case, dramatic video of the abduction. more about what happened here, next. >> the video is just disturbing. she didn't have to go through that. p a party? hi. i'm new ensure active clear protein drink. clear huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water. i've got 8 grams of protein. twist my lid! that's three times more than me. 17 vitamins and minerals. and zero fat! hmmmm. you bring a lot to the party! yay! new ensure active clear protein. 8 grams protein. zero fat. 17 vitamins and minerals. in delicious blue

about the north carolina senate race we are talking about democrat kay hagan, the incumbent and thom tillislenger. but there is a third challenger. libertarian shaun hau. in a polling survey, you poll 11% of the vote. it's respectable. what do you think? >> i'm pretty happy about that. i think it both well not just for me, but any independent or third party candidate. >> i have to ask you the question that people ask about a third party. which candidate do you think you can be the spoiler for. hagan or tillis. >> as far as i'm concerned. they are spoiling my chances. >> republicans, democrats, libertarians, me, either of my opponents, no one owns the votes. every individual person owns their own votes. they'll decide in late october, early november how to cast the votes. we have to earn them. it's my job to earn it. nothing is given to me, or to either of them. >> hi, i'm shaun, running as a libertarian. my immigration policy is simple. i believe in open borders, all people have the right to travel and seek a better opportunity for themselves and their families. many are in restaurants, whi

thom tillis has been around the state.f you lack at where we were in 2012, we came in with a huge deficit of vote. we overcame that. and we feel a lot better today than we were in 2012 and i'm confident that we're going to pull out a victory there. >> mo, what about the question though about the radio ad. the president just getting involved hear at the last hour, right, for kay hagan. is it too late for that? i mean obviously when you look at the state, this state is a state where when you look at the african american voter block, the president has a lot of influence and a lot of pew ower. did he wait too late to use him? >> no, i don't think so. he's been communicating very aggressively with the african american community as well as other communities. when you're a candidate running for office you've got to make your own argument. having the president come in as a closer at the end helps a lot. but she had to win these votes on her own. i think she is. i think she is running up strong numbers in the community and i think

thom tillis has shown good numbers on early voting but kay hannigan hasn't been down in any polls sos will be neck in neck. this is a turnout election in north carolina and i know both campaigns are trying to drive their people to the polls and we've seen a new ad in north carolina this morning with president obama. >> i want to say on this topic of polls with you, sally, these midterms are the first elections to be held since the supreme court struck down parts of the voting rights act. we know eric holder is sending monitors to several states. will voter access be an issue in are you sensing that? >> i do. this is a disturbing thing and a test election for that and i think we have a lot to worry about going forward. the sad reality is that republicans have manufactured this myth of voter fraud. you're more likely to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud in america. they've used to to justify making it harder for certain groups to vote. groups who happen to most often vote democratic. and the republicans know their unpopular agenda doesn't fly with the american people when

. >> the oil billionaires koch brothers are showering millions on thom tillis. >> the koch brothers, charles and david, are a nightmare that democrats wish to wake up from. this year is no different. in key races like carolina, they have bought 9,000 ads hammering the opponent of thom tillis, a republican candidate who shares the free market political wishlist - cuts in government spending, taxes and a repeal of obama care. the billionaire brother are expected to spend $290 million these midterms, mostly through their complicated web of dark money organizations. >> there are plenty of other organizations that are nonprofit 501c4 social welfare groups linked in some way, form and fashion to the koch brothers - directly or indirectly. >> the cock brothers have master master mastered seminars to raise cash. shannon adelson was a part attendee. he spend 2012 and committed $10 million to karl rove's g.p.s. nonprofit. the meetings known to raise as much as $50 million a pop. the democrats have taken on their own hush-hush affairs to rake in money from big-time donors. launched in 2005, the

thom tillis is the speaker of the north carolina house. he has forced through a lot of conservative agenda its. this is a toss up race, according to several polls. turning to west virginia now, this is the seat vacated by the retiring senator jay rockefeller. he is a democrat. the republicans are looking for a pick-up. the race is between two women, natalie continuant. virginia secretary of states, and shelley more cap ita. cap ita has the lead and we'll check in on that race. >> libby casey is life in louisville kentucky at the mitch mcconnell headquarters. a big night, but the question is whether he'll take control of the senate. >> that's absolutely the question. it's probably, as you can hear behind me a very big crowd. they are hoping to see thing go their way earlier in the night. that has happened. we are anticipating the senator coming out and speaking. the night is early, there's two questions, not just whether he can retain his seat, but whether he'd end the night as majority leader of the senate. it is something that he wanted f

two incoming senators elect, thom tillis of north carolina is with me here in studio.emocrat gary peters of michigan joins us from detroit. first of all congratulations to both of you on your wins thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> o'donnell: senator tillis, i was there in north carolina with you, you won what was called the most expensive senate race in the country, more than $100 million. what do you think people of your state got for that? >> i think what they got is a chance to see different leadership try to get things done in washington. to get washington functioning again. working across the aisle, getting the economy back on track, worried about our state and security. i think the american people did not give republicans a mandate they gave us a chance to lead, i'm glad to be part of that. >> o'donnell: they didn't give you mandate you've got to show compromise, what issue can you work with democrats on? >> i think there's any number of things. in fact senator peters, he's got a passion around michigan like i have a passion around north carolina, we've

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kay hague gain focused on thom tillis in the state legislature.hat happened down there weedcation. she tried to localize it. he is trying to nationalize it. you're seeing that model in difficult races aross cross-country. if republicans take it across the finish line and gain control at the will have succeeded running against president obama. if they don't there will be a lost second-guessing. heather: certainly. there are races you say could be key indicators how the night will go. which ones do you watch in particular? >> we'll know early in north carolina because the polls closing. we'll have a sense but new hampshire is another one. if jeanne shaheen looks like she will lose the race to scott brown, that could be a big indicator how the rest of the night will look. heather: why that one in particular? >> she was believed not to be threat of losing at the beginning. scott brown has run impressive campaign in that he has gone around the state and he again has tied shaheen to president obama. in new hampshire no one thought that that was really g

republican thom tillis and incumbent democrat kay hagan. gwen: why is it, so close to election day, things are so tight? all these ads, $100 million worth? >> you know, north carolina is this purple state, but i feel very good about where we are. i do think this out-of-state money is something i'm very disappointed in, but it's because of the supreme court -- gwen: but you -- >> -- decision. gwen: -- benefited from it as well? >> you know, i think no matter who gives money, it should be disclosed and it should be transparent. gwen: someone has quoted as saying that a persuadable voter at this stage is as hard to find as a pink unicorn. >> i do believe there are persuadable voters out there. i believe that there are voters on election day who will go into the ballot box and make a decision at game time. gwen: well, it's game time. what do you all see? >> i mean, i think that republicans have this air of confidence about them and they know that they're probably likely to pick up the six seats that they need. that's the number we have to keep

thom tillis defeated kay hagan finally giving the gop the control. and in kansas, republican senator pat roberts won relegislation tweeting self-funded independent challenger greg orman. and in virginia, ed gillespie has not conceded the election race. jeanne shaheen will hold on to her senate seat, her republican challenger conceding after balking. and mitch mcconnell is expected to become the next majority leader. >> let's focus on the two races where the outcome is still not known. in louisiana neither senator mary landrieu nor any of her opponents got more than 50% needed. the race will go to a runoff on december 6th. and in alaska, where the polls didn't close to after midnight, they are still counting right now. that's where we begin in anchorage. cnn's drew griffin is there. >> a lot of people wondering why this race hasn't called. dan sullivan is leading substantially 60% to 54% over the one-term senator mark begich. 73% of the vote in, i just talked to the mathematicians, they say still we don't have enough information to find out where the

kay hagan falls to thom tillis. this is going to be the most expensive senate race in political history. as can go to c-span.org these result come in. page ofre's the front usa today. gop wins big. the new york times, gop takes senate. here, ae these down president left fighting to keep his relevance. capture of the senate culminated in a season of discontent for the president and may yet open a period of deeper frustration. robert is a democrat in stamford, connecticut. what do you think of the results? thank: first, let me greta for the run down. she mentioned connecticut. i am a staunch democrat, staunch liberal democrat. i knew it was not going to be a good night for my party in the u.s. senate. i just fear that ruth bader ginsburg dies in the next two years. there will be a supreme court fight with the republicans in control of the u.s. senate with obama's nominee that we have not seen since clarence thomas. that martha coakley and in massachusetts anthony brown lost in maryland. in connecticut, it looks like f

a democratic incumbant, senator kay hagan had them recorded add votes for republican candidate thom tillis. and georgia, it has been fixed in connecticut a judge ruled two hartford polling places had to extend their voting hours an extra half hour because voter registration lists were not ready when the polls open. and delay depriveed people of their right to vote. >> a story that may be overshadowed by this election day. for two years now, house of representatives oversight panel has been trying to get the justice deputy to hand over documents related to the "fast and furious" gunrunning scandal, documents that white house has claimed throughout were covered by executive privilege, a federal judge ruled against the administration, and outgoing attorney general told late last night to turnover nearly 65,000 pages of those documents, oversight committee chairman darrell issa said they will spend coming days going over those documents, and we will as well. up next, our first round of exit polls reveal who is votinn. what is the turn out? and how many folks are voting against this president's

the republican candidates thom tillis running against kay hagan. hagan has been hammering tillis. tillis fire back that hagan's senate career has been less than distinguished. >> what do you think her biggest liability is? >> the fact that she hasn't gotten anything done. she broke her promise on obamacare, on fixing the v.a., on reducing the debt. >> reporter: the charlotte observer newspaper, when endorsing her last sunday said, quote, she's been a disappointment and has done the minimum you'd expect as a u.s. senator. she's managed to keep her head above water by tieing tillis to state house speaker to a very unpopular legislature. >> it's very much tom tillis. candidate of the assembly. kay hagan has been able to shift the dynamics to make it a race about him and the general assembly. that is very unpopular in the state among democrats and particularly among unaffiliated voters. >> reporter: this is most likely to go down as the most expensive senate race in history. and after all of that, this is anyone's race. megyn? >> john roberts, thank you. now back to chris stirewalt. t

as democratic senator kay hagan fights to hold on to her seat against thom tillis.he holds a razor thin lead. she is getting last minute help from the president. >>. >> reporter: good morning. it's been expensive here in north carolina. we are talking about more than a hundred million dollars and it got a little bit more expensive. we'll tell you why in a second, but we have on one side democratic incumbent senator kay hagan and republican state house speaker thom tillis. this race got a little bit more expensive because now we have a radio ad from the president endorsing hagan. interesting move considering hagan has distanced herself from the president this entire campaign. we saw her campaigning with two clintons but not with the president. but we're now seeing a last minute strategy change. take a listen to the ad. >> voting is easy. to stand with me, president obama and take responsibility in moving north carolina forward. by voting for kay hagan on november 4th. >> i'm kay hagan and i approve this message. >> all right. so there you heard it. the president endo

as president obama's approval rating sinks, republican senate challenger thom tillis gained ground by roping democratic incumbent kay hagan to obama's record, especially to the un popular landmark reform, known as obama care. >> senator hagan voted with president obama 96% of the time, and served as a rubber-stamp for president obama's failed policies, promised she'd go to washington and get things done, and failed her promise. >> she countered by pointing to how often she voted against president obama. >> i disagree with the president. we need to build the keystone pipeline. trade deals - too many jobs have gone overseas. >> and i voted against my own party's budget because it had two deep a cut. hagan swept into office on president obama's coat-tails, when north carolina put him in the white house. the electorate since then shifted. likely voters in north carolina, and other battle ground states on the average are older, whiter and more conservative. what would republican voters expect if their party takes over congress? >> i don't know off the top of my head in particular, but anyt

north carolina's thom tillis, remember everyone said he had no chance.acing one of them and said the new blood in the senate can repeal it. i was thinking, if you're a democrat who survived because you weren't up this year and you're looking what happened to your colleagues who ran as far away from this as they could, you're considering junking this altogether. you could build the coalition for repeal, but how likely is that? >> well, it's an uphill climb. the way we have to look at it is how obamacare is going to affect certain states. in north carolina, for example, there will be 470,000 policyholders that will give cancellation notices next we're year. if you look at the jobs being lost that needs to be interpreted into the states that are affected by it. that's how you can point to the problems with obamacare. it's not affordable. it's not fiscally sustainable. and i have to believe that members, whether they're democrat or house members, that they take he'd and repeal if they understand the affects. neil: they understand what happened to the people

>>another senate pickup for the republicans was north carolina's thom tillis. charles baker of massachusetts was one of four republicans to oust democrat *governors. larry hogan won in maryland. but the democrats got one pickup... in pennsylvania, where tom wolf defeated republican incumbent tom corbett. here's a little graphic to help explain the election returns to you *younger viewers... with legos. it starts with the republicans -- the red legos -- controlling 45 seats in the senate... and changes to reflect the *new senate, with at least *52 republicans. two *more red lego's could be added by the time alaska's ballots, and louisiana's *runoff ballots, are all tallied. them but that only makes sense to capitol hill. when in doubt is like those. >> finally somebody put it in the way the college education person can figure it out. galagos. let's take a look at our day. good weather. we are expecting to see temperatures climbing to nearly 60. some sunshine today. it's 43 in gary. wheeling at 43 as well. light breeze. the priest will pick up into tonight. sycam

so it's probably too early to write off thom tillis but i think democrats feel better about north carolina than olot of the states they're campaigning in this year. >> very competitive very negative races what do you think will ultimately make the difference? >> well you know i think in iowa it's really how people feel about joanie ernst and that's the interesting tale all along whether republicans are fired up and passionate about her or whether democrats are against her getting the seat. it's not about bruce braley, it's about joanie ernst. if they can drive out traditional democratic base, which is always a challenge then kay hagan has the advantage. tillis has the advantage, that is something that has gone very badly for the state so they're more motivated to vote for hagan and against tillis in that race. >> al jazeera america will air a marathon on tuesday all three episodes will air starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. joining us now to talk about all the closely watched races and what we can expect to happen on tuesday are lynn sweet the washington bureau chief of the sun times and here

so it's probably too early to so it's probably too early to write off thom tillis but i write off thom tillis but i think democrats feel better think democrats feel better about north carolina than olot about north carolina than olot of the states they're of the states they're campaigning in this year. campaigning in this year. >> very competitive, very >> very competitive, very negative races, what do you negative races, what do you think will ultimately make the think will ultimately make the difference? difference? >> well you know i think in iowa >> well you know i think in iowa it's really how people feel it's really how people feel about joanie ernst and that's about joanie ernst and that's the interesting tale all the interesting tale all along, along, whether republicans are fired up whether republicans are fired up and passionate about her or and passionate about her or whether whether democrats are against democrats are against her getting the seat. her getting the seat. it's not about bruce braley, it's not about bruce braley, it's about joanie ernst. it's about joanie ernst

thom tillis will not win in south carolina.ollution also an anti- from duke energy that has polluted all these waterways down here. so move the draconian legislation that thom tillis has led as the speaker down here, there are a lot of things. people are coming in droves, black and white. events, and there were more white people there than there were black people. bigtelling you, it is a turnover against thom tillis. i am sorry i cut you off too early. mr. gonzales? on onei will focus thing. early voting -- i think the media has done a better job of kind of taking in early vote totals from all different states to try to figure out what that means for this election. the key question we do not know about early voting, and he talked about how democrats are winning in early voting in north carolina -- we do not know whether democrats are changing the makeup of the electorate this cycle or if they are simply doing a better job of getting people who would have voted on election day, getting them to vote early. that is just what we ar

she was considered vulnerable and lost to tom tellis -- thom tillis. he has taken north carolina. this is another one we are keeping a close eye on. joni ernst may have a one iowa. -- have won iowa. notre short, so we are going to declare that one. but it looks like joni ernst told a solid lead. we will races group -- keep a close eye on. last frontier. possibly days before results come in. begich saying he is more of a moderate. trying to hold on to that state. night.dramatic the biggest headline, 51 for republicans and could go higher. >> we might need dogue sleds to pick up the ballots and alaska -. >> >> and now the toyota sports desk. >> let's start with hockey. cap's captain became the franchise point leader. let me take you back downtown. caps, on the attack. the assist. record setter. he has led the nhl in points. they were leading 3-2 in the final

. >> consider thom tillis's record. >> and this ad tied the death of trayvon martin to thom tillis. >stand your ground laws caused the death of trayvon martin. >> bringing the african-american vote to come out. without that they're going lose badly in these midterm elections. >> a lot of spending on campaign ads come from groups who don't have to disclose their donors. they're playing a growing roll. they dropped hundreds of millions of dollars in races without having to be transparent. >> roxana saberi, appreciate it. >> there are other stories making headlines around the world. ines is follow those for us. >> a russian man who fought with the taliban made his appearance in the court today. >> students were abducted in september. police have arrested a mayor and his wife today. they have reportedly have ties to drug gangs. there is report of shooting in a mosque in saudi arabia but left five people dead. it happened during the holidays of ashoura. the move to hand power to civilians follows deadly protest over the past week that left the parliament building in flames. malcolm weapon

they got the decisive 6th seat with a win in north carolina, as thom tillis, the state house speaker, defeated democratic incumbent kay hagan. they also picked up seats in iowa, where republican state lawmaker joni ernst is the winner over democrat bruce braley. that's the seat where longtime democratic denator tom harkin is retiring. and also in colorado, arkansas, montana, west virginia and south dakota. republicans -- riding discontent and resentment about president obama and his policies. they also seem on track to pad their house majority to historic highs. you're looking at senator cory gardner of colorado. a big winner tonight. president obama almost seemed ready to concede defeat earlier today. saying "this is probably the worst possible group of states for democrats since dwight eisenhower." coming up.our election coverage continues. a tax on sugary drinks like soda. could soon cost more in two bay area cities. how much you could be shelling out if the measures pass. plus -- a battle for higher minimum wages. a raise could soon be coming for hundreds of thousands of workers i

she won this by 13 points over thom tillis.he expectation of democrats is they were going to give you a bigger spread than this. the hope what democrats have to come back in north carolina there are still outstanding votes. can they get some votes out of charlotte? the other thing we can look and this is where the city of greensberg is. we're talking about scott brown refusing to concede the race in new hampshire. i can tell you this here are the five biggest cities or towns still yet to report in new hampshire. i'm going to give you the name and the percent of the vote that barack obama won in them in 2012. dover, 60% for obama. claremont, 60% for obama, franklin 58% for obama, rochester, 52% for obama, keene, 70% for obama. those are the biggest places in new hampshire yet to support. shaheen is holding on to a lead right now and those are some very democratic areas to come in. >> scott brown wanting, wishing and hoping yeah. >> that might be the one democratic victory tonight in all the contested races. >> we have a big anno

thom tillis will not win in south carolina. pollution also an anti- from duke energy that has polluted all these waterways down here. so move the draconian legislation that thom tillis has led as the speaker down here, there are a lot of things. people are coming in droves, black and white. events, and there were more white people there than there were black people. bigtelling you, it is a turnover against thom tillis. i am sorry i cut you off too early. mr. gonzales? on onei will focus thing. early voting -- i think the media has done a better job of kind of taking in early vote totals from all different states to try to figure out what that means for this election. the key question we do not know about early voting, and he talked about how democrats are winning in early voting in north carolina -- we do not know whether democrats are changing the makeup of the electorate this cycle or if they are simply doing a better job of getting people who would have voted on election day, getting them to vote early. that is just what we

the six democratic seat they pick up was in north carolina, where thom tillis defeated the incumbent,ator okay hagan. u.s.a. today write mass. the speaker of the g.o.p. controlled state house gives hagan, a report of backing president obama and his health care law. here are the victory and concession speeches from the race. >> thank you all. i know it's late, but i don't know about you all, but i got a little bit of energy i'm running off. [cheers and applause] you did it. well, i get to maybe take a break, but on the campaign trail you have to introduce yourself and ask for the vote. and i got to change it a little bit because my name is thom tillis and i'm the united states senator. [cheers and applause] but, but i want to make absolutely certain that every single one of you still just calls me thom, because you are friends. this victory is not my victory, this victory is our victory. our victory. if you take a look at all the negative ads against me and against any candidate, more than any senate candidate in the country, s $11 million, we didn't bend, we won [cheers and applause]

. >> thom tillis in the senate. ♪ it feels so right [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ♪ thom tillis foryou know it feels so right ♪ uh, these politicians are getting really desperate. in face, senate majority leader, harry reid recently sent out a final fund-raising e-mail to democrats with the subject line "i'm begging." [ laughter ] cause what better way to show that you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk dialing your ex. you're like, "just give me another chance. to pass immigration reform. come on." oh, this is big. nascar drivers jeff gordon and brad keselowski started a brawl on sunday. yeah. after keselowski's car gave gordon a flat tire and made him lose the championship. so they started yelling. it was nuts. they started a big fight. and it got even weirder. someone's teeth got knocked out and a couple of fans came over and stole them. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, picked them up. "i got new chompers." you like to see, they don't need to see that type of stuff. you don't want to see it. and this is crazy last night, daredevil nik wallenda successfully co

at the top of the list, north carolina where the fight between incumbent kay hagen and thom tillis hasn that big kentucky race where mitch mcconnell has been trying to pull away from alison grimes. we have them all covered. we're looking at the state voter i.d. issues among other turnout questions. >> reporter: ari, both candidates were chris coalsing the state yesterday, but only one is likely to be in a good mood and that's mitch mcconnell. he's looking at polls that make it seems like hi chance at majority leader is closer than ever and looking at polls that have opened a wide lead in his favor. the nbc news poll shows him with -- that gave -- the main accomplishment that he's managed to achieve here is driving up alison lundergan grimes' any 'tis in a state that's already red and where president obama is already unpopular. >> in a state that -- give us the latest on the race with hagan and tillis. >> a whisker really suppress those two with senator hagan edging him out by a small margin. in particular, the upsurge of black voters. they have outperformed in early voting, but already

. >> i want to come to north carolina and will in just a second, where kay haggan and tom thom tillisg. >> if the democrats don't hold both new hampshire and north carolina it's going to be rough -- almost certain lay path to 51 for the runs. they hold both of those i'm looking at georgia, can she win a runoff if it's a runoff? can nunn win a runoff in that state? probably not but a it's possible. i think the chances are probably 55-45 we won't know this until december or january. >> the mary landrieu -- races are important because there are -- the republicans stand to gain a lot of state legislative races, and democrats will probably win net one in governorships. and one independent. so, all this is -- a lot of this is speculation. i've done this business a long time and have seen the hides of people on the side of the road. i look at polls sunday and monday and they tell me -- they're pretty accurate. >> weekend polling is rough. >> it is. it is rough, but it's also -- you have been able to get to a universe of people who will be voting. >> one thing that hand last time seemed like

thom tillis defeated democratic senator kay hagan. it put the gop over the top and control the senate. now the question is not just if they'll control, but by how much. what will the margin be. republica republicans steve daines defeats amanda curtis. after fighting for his political life, allegedly, minority leader mitch mchad connell could be the next majority leader. the kentucky senator easily won a sixth term in the senate defeating democrat alison lundergan grimes. two big story lines there. one is she was calling herself a clinton democrat, and remember, she wouldn't say who she voted for. sometimes, voters want you to be straight. what does this mean for hillary? >> yeah, that seems like a tactical error on her part in hindsight. whoever will be working with them will be working with friendly leadership in the house. speaker john boehner beating his rival in his district. boehner expected to run as speaker of the house. gop congressman michael grimm won his third term in district 11. grimm prevailed despite an indictment for a

as president obama's approval rating sinks, thom tillis has gained ground by roping democratic incumbent kay hagan to obama's record as fightly as he can. especially to the president's unpopular landmark reform known as obama care. >> senator hagon voted with obama, served as a rubber-stamped for his failed policies, promised to go to washington to get things done and civil. >> reporter: hagan indicated how many times she voted against the president. >> i voted against the president in relation to the keystone pipeline and trade tiles. i voted against my parties budget because it had too deep cuts to the military. >> reporter: six years ago hagan swept into office on obama's coat-tails when north carolina helped to put him in the white house. likely voters in north carolina and other battle ground states on the average became older, wider and more conservative. >> what would republican voters expect. >> i don't know off the top of my head. in particular, anything is better than the nothing that has been going on so far. >> i'm fearful we will not get anything done. >> his hopes rest with

it was posted on youtube by her opponent thom tillis. here's a snippet. >> by voting for someone who shares our priorities. stand with me, president obama, and take responsibility in moving north carolina forward by voting for kay hagan on november 4, a senator you can count on. >> what's going on here? >> it's like a political bear hug. i'm with you. you've got my taint on you. how is that going to help her in a race that's this close? she thinks this is going to put her over the edge, perhaps motivate her base? he's not the most popular guy in the room right now so this shows they're desperate, they're trying to do something. >> it is a scripted tactic. it is not as if who put that on? in fact, thom tillis the speaker is saying i put that on my site. i'll help you get the word out about how you're tight with the president. >> exactly. meanwhile there is trouble for the democrat who is the senator up in the great state of new hampshire. there is a story out today on the daily caller that says that apparently jeanne shaheen, the sitting

those may break heavily for the republican candidate, thom tillis. here in forsyth county and in wake county, very high turnout. there's lines in some cases. in meklinberg county, the lines are long but not as long razz the cheesecake factory. >> it looks like uncle sam kind of barfed in that garden of signs. miguel marquez doing the job for us. >> reporter: it's a mishmash. >> it is. thank you, sir. long night ahead for you as well. don't miss cnn's special election night coverage beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. we're going to have every single race up on the screen for you. you're not going to miss a moment of it. >>> two years ago, a few key states went president obama's way during the election. but what if that's not the case this time around? what if they change color? what if they go red? what will that mean for both parties? that story next. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy

. >> thom tillis the senator. he won the mansions in blue states like maryland. >> republicans won six of them. >> jon: duma and china's people iéx+÷ now it's the republican. the blue man group now the red man group having lost of two. children will learn valuable lessons from red. the only territory democrats retained is that painful sexual frustration will still be known as blue balls. unfortunately it's the only area democrats. we don't have a graphic of blue balls, huh? [laughter] nothing?í elephants [bleep] came up with blue balls. no, no. you got to be a photo of a kid somewhere going ... [laughter] and yes, fox news was afire celebrating with they had fireworks. they had a hoe down. they had grins capable of eating massive amounts of [bleep] the to know me. pepper has no clothes. we posted this to facebook and your comments are rolling in. >> jon: and then we're going to play farmville. on the other network, the only suspense was whether or not john king as he was working his magic wall would yes, i'm going

if thom tillis is able to beat kay hagan, a really good night for republicans. if kay hagan holds them off then it goes back to the old republicans have a lot of ways to get to the majority. democrats have a few ways to stop them. north carolina is another one. new hampshire, closes at 8:00, if we can make a call on new hampshire, 8:00, between scott brown and jeanne shaheen right now it's neck in neck. a dump ball now. if scott brown can come back and continue to put the pressure on shaheen and win that race as he has done over the month of october, that, again, will be a good night for republicans. you want to see a little what if? >> i want to go out west to the beautiful state of colorado. because they have been releasing their early voting numbers almost daily. the secretary of state puts them out every two or three days. had a batch a few hours ago. the first time, colorado is all mail-in, republicans, democrats, unaffiliated voters that third category had a real rise the past four years since the last midterm in 2010. republicans right now are beating dem

thom tillis will defeat kay hagan. 98% of vote is in.te advantage right now. it is close. but not close enough. not close enough for kay hagan. take a look at the empire state building right now. taking a look at the red and the blue as a result of 51. republican seats. it is now red. people walking by empire state building are seeing, cnn right now. they see, the empire state build is red. because the, the cnn now proj t projecting the republicans will be the majority in the united states senate. thom tillis, the next u.s. senator from the state of north carolina. and kay hagan loses. andersen a lot to digest for republicans and democrats. >> we have 3 and a half hours to digest it. >> not really a surprise. what we anticipated. a lot of people anticipating. the reality is now. >> north carolina is a surprise. wouldn't you? >> we have been talking about how to make sense of this. newt made the point. sign of health for our democracy. i look at number. i don't know. 38% voter turnout. very low. people of color. 2008. 28%. 24%. 25%. peopl