the united states election project studies the patterns and trends. michael o'donnell explains. >> 2014 midterm should see the republicans jump out to a lead and maybe in the last week or so should see the democrats make up a lot of ground. streets for years lost in the parade of the minute by minute how the parties perform compared to prior elections. mcdonnell says this is it. that's how you analyze early returns. perhaps i'm on my own, but i got to try. the numbers show sweet freedom for hillary clinton in the southeast, better early returns than president obama. no looking back for donald trump in the midwest where he's outperforming mitt romney's early returns. okay. i can let >>> republican senate candidate darryl glenn is that poor guy in monty python that they're trying to toss onto the cart carrying the dead. bring out your dead, bring out your dead! his senate campaign is down 15 to 20 points in the polls and he has no campaign events scheduled the last three weeks of the race, but like the man in monty python who insists i'm not dead yet, h

florida battling for sunshine state votes, a look at how rising premiums under the affordable care act could play into the election. then, the international stakes of the united state's election-- what the rest of the world is thinking during one of the nation's most contentious presidential races. >> the coming u.s. election has created a level of apprehension not experienced for decades. >> woodruff: and, first generation college students take on more than just tests and all- nighters-- the bigger obstacles these students face. >> i have students who are living day by day, again, in that surviving model

of but the fact is, for years, various investigations into billions of votes, cast in the united states elections, have failed to produce evidence. new york university's brennan center oenoted it's more likely person will be struck by lightning. with key swing states beginning to tilt towards clinton, bernie sanders, chelsea clinton and first lady michelle obama all in traditionally red arizona this week hoping to run up the score. trump today called for the resignation of a clinton aid in the state department under secretary patrick kennedy, who according to one fbi official tried to have a classified document declassified in exchange for allowing fbi agents to operate in some of the countries that they are currently not allowed to be in. trump called a clear illustration of the justice department, the fbi and the state department colluding to cover up for clinton. cameron, fox news. >> and you'll want to keep it right here on fox 10 for coverage of wednesday's final presidential debate. we'll have live coverage from steve krafft and john hook live from las vegas. >>> wikileaks says assange's in

data exiled by the united states election project show hundreds of thousands of people have already set back their ballots in typical battleground states like north carolina, florida and better than obama did in 2012. where there's weakness for clinton and where there's potential strength for trump is in the middle belt states. >> this is the first year that people could vote early in massachusetts. there's no early voting in new hampshire. less than 10% of all those cast in both states in 2012 were absentee ballots. >> reporter: early voting election by the same amount of votes on mitt romney on election day but early voting made the difference. george carly, fox 25 news. >>> when an officer is shot countless thoughts can enter a police chief or commissioner's mind. >> it's really hard to put that asided and do your police work. >> neck at 11:30, our exclusive interview with watertown police chief. the issues he had to sort out ?? why do banks treat you and your money like this? they nickel and dime you with fees and minimum balances. capital one won't do that. they've reimagined banki

hard election for students, it's a hard election election unfold -- >> i would say to donald, you need to be a more respectful towards the united states and women. and i would tell it to hillary, that you just need to be honest and tell the truth. >> it's hard to see what would happen to the country if one were elected. so that's what makes i think everybody anxious. and uncomfortable. >> one of them will be elected. >> i know. >> a sigh, that pretty much sums up the nation's feeling as the tonight. rehema ellis, nbc news, pinellas park, florida. >>> and that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. i'll see you later for our live coverage of tonight's presidential debate. until then, for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching. >>> this is turning out to be quite the day. republican darryl glenn's senate campaign may be dead in the water or perhaps it's just resting. >> we found a guy who actually studies whether democrats or republicans are ahead in the end. the undecideds are not just a ever seen someone paralyzed looking at a lunch menu? maybe it makes you want to scream like the guy in a house on the p

state. and will stay open until election day. for many the mail-in norm but others like the security of vote -- like that security of voting in person. according to the united states' election project, nearly 9,000 early votes have already been cast in colorado. still the majority of the people that we spoke with will take that mail-in ballot and drop it off in person or this morning, physically vote at their polling place. >> i like the idea of having the ballot beforehand. and being able to read through everything and make my decision before going into the actual hand-off. >> reporter: don't forget to sign that return slip on that ballot before you send it in. it's 68 cents for postage. if you choose to mail it. live in denver, jamie leary, cbs4 morning news. >> although little known secret -- [ inaudible ] >> they will? good inside info there. >>> ashton is here with the inside scoop on the forecast. >> this things you only get here on the cbs4 morning news right? good morning cbs4 weather watcher older in west littleton reporting 42. it's a mild start to this monday. most of us in the denver motier are in the 40s. fort collins greeley. same situation fo

trump for his answer on whether or not he would denounce vladimir putin's involvement in the united states' election, pinning him into this moment, and this could be another big topic of conversation tomorrow. >> for everything i see has no respect for this person. >> well, that's because he would rather have a puppet as a president of the united states. >> no puppet. you're the puppet. >> it's pretty clear you won't admit that the russians have engaged in cyber attacks america that you encouragedespionage against our people, you're willing tospout the putin line, sign up for his wish list, rake up nato or whatever he wants to do. >> what started as a debate about policy ended tonight within the last few min the us with donald trump calling hillary clinton a nasty woman, and in another sound bite that got a lot of attention, they left the stage without shaking hands, setting the tone for i think the partisans will largely be unmoved by the debate. people sitting on the fence may be finally pushed one direction or the other. there's not much time left, but for the voting tonight, and we will have thi

the small iberian city is not where one would suspect an attack against the united states election might be launched here. we found the one person involved identified so far, he wasn't what we were expecting either. vladmir runs king servers and admits his the hacks. in the two-room apartment that is his office, he said he doesn't know who was involved in the hacks. he rents server space unanimously. >> translator: in our business these days, people don't ask a new client what he's doing. >> reporter: it's like if somebody buys an umbrella at a store and uses it to hit someone. is the seller respondent -- responsible for that. >> reporter: this journalist believe believes a campaign is underway with orders coming on high. >> reporter: the heart of the crime less than? >> yes. >> why target as many alleged russian hacks have so far, hillary clinton, he believes it's putin's revenge for intense protests against him when clinton was secretary of state. >> putin said she -- >> translator: he yeah. >> reporter: russia denied involvement. whatever the motive, what is clear is that hackers used

mcginty in pennsylvania, catherine cortez masto in nevada, who could be the first latina elected to the united states senate. and, of course, deborah ross in north carolina. where things are really changing on the ground. some democrats did not believe in deborah, but we were with her from day one and i believe she is going to win north carolina. kevin: when you look at the presidential race, it is obviously historically large gender gap there. we move down ballot, the gender gaps are not quite as large. what do you guys have to do to get these women senate campaigns the same level of support as for hillary clinton this year? jessica: well, i think we're seeing the gop and donald trump are in a tailspin right now and part of it is because of donald trump's remarks and his actions, bragging about sexual assault, and these gop down ballot tickets have been sitting with him for an awful long time. so for the folks were standing with them, voters as they start to pay attention, particularly women, with less than a month to go to the election, they understand that donald trump and also these republicans t

according to united states' elections project, nearly 9,000 early votes have already been cast in colorado. still the majority of the people we spoke with will take that mail-in ballot and drop it off in person or physically vote at the polling place this morning. political analysts believe that most people are actually going to vote early whether it be by mail or in person. >> we hear if a lot of folks who say they like th but many of them also say that they really enjoy the idea of being able to go to the polling place and you know talk to folks in line and get to actually cast that vote in person. >> reporter: so if you do choose to mail in your ballot, don't forget to sign that return envelope before you mail it in and don't forget about the extra postage too. it's 68 cents. but you can also slap two forever stamps on your ballot to mail it in and call it good from there. for more information on how to online at cbsdenver.com. live in denver, jamie leary, cbs4 morning news. >>> thanks. now to weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4s. and here's ashton. >> good morning to you. it

. >> reporter: donald trump again questioned the integrity of the united states election. he tweeted that of course there is large scale voter fraud. republican leaders deny what is going on. trump also raised eyebrows after suggesting that he and hillary clinton should take a drug test ahead of the third and final debate. his running mate mike pence shied away from that. >> do you think she should take a drug test. >> all that i know is that donald trump will be ready for the debate. >> reporter: they released this ad exchanger trump to bullies. >> i think we need more love p kindness that's why it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. >> reporter: the hillary clinton team wants to put the focus on trump as wikileaks releases new e-mails about the campaign. also this morning women were gathering outside of trump tower in new york to protest donald trump. >> this election will demonstrate the power of women. >>> paul ryan said despite the claims of a rigged election he is confident in the process. >>> a new poll shows hillary clinton is ahead of donald trum

. >> daze after the united states officially accused russia of a roll in hacking incidents to interfere with the united states election hacking to the dnc, we are lending the united states could be working on a plan to pay moscow back. the c.i.a. has been cooking up some options to retaliate against the russian government. that could include cyber attacks. vice president beaden appeared to legitimize that report recently in an nbc interview this morning. >> we sent a message to vladimir putin? >> send a message, we have the exist -- capacity to do it. >> will he know it? >> at the time of our choosing and under the circumstances that have the greatest impact. >> analysis on this, someone would know as lot about the russians, ambassador john bolton, former united states ambassador to the u.n., and fox news contributor and senior fellow at a.e.i. >> glad to be here. >> we heard what vice president biden said and the past eight years, obviously, the russians have acted with immunity and vladimir putin has done whatever he wanted with no consequences. do you thing they are scared? >> i am bet they are just quivering in th

donald trump is again questioning the integrity of the united states election process. we have reaction from trump riles and republicans. >> reporter: donald trump sparked a flurry of reaction after he tweeted alleging voter fraud now and on election day. mike pence also got in on the idea of a potentially unfair process. >> voter fraud cannot be tolerated by anyone in this nation. we have to participate in the process. >> reporter: the latest poll released today has hillary clinton leading nationally by 12 points. it also finds that six in 10 voters believe recent claims of unwanted sexual advances by trump are likely try. tim kaine pointed to those poll numbers as the reason that trump is crying foul. >> we are going to run a fair election and hopefully we have a result that will be so clear to everyone. >> reporter: the white house was forced to weigh in on his claims. >> the president is confident in the ability and honesty of election officials in both parties to insure that the election is conducted freely and fairly. >> reporter: the third debate is two days away

our candidate, of the united states senate elected roy cooper and sent debra ross to the united states senate. >> president obama endorsing up to 30 house candidates today, taping ads and row bbo call for several of them. >> you have to get out and vote and that includes helping me reelect republicans all over the place, i hope they help me, too. it would be nicer if they help us, too. >> with control of the senate down to six and crucial races and panic mode among republicans. joining me now to discuss this, howard dean and rick tiler and our msnbc's political analyst. thank you both for being here. governor dean, i want to start with you and this robust push that we are seeing with all democrats. take a listen on tim kaine then i am going to get your reaction on the other side. >> marco rubio, let me just quote marco rubio. he called donald trump dangerous, and he called donald trump a con artist but he's supporting donald trump. >> con artist for trump. i don't get it -- i don't get how you can call somebody a dangerous con artist and support them. >> they are pouring resources to h

and it was amazing to hear the president of the united states rebuke him as a whiny human being that starts discounting the entire free and fair election process of the united states, that's one of the crown jewels of what it means to be a democrat. your map won't please donald trump, he was liking your map for a while but that map shows he's becoming like donald dukakis. >> he has so much other material to go with. will he go there? >> there's no reason to think he'll change his mind because his vice presidential candidate, a whole bunch of republican governors and secretaries of state, his daughter tried to turn it to the media, campaign manager this morning tried to turn it to the media but donald trump keeps saying there is widespread electoral fraud happening at polling places. he means rigging the vote. he keeps saying it. there is zero, i repeat, zero evidence of widespread change in election, electoral fraud in our lifetimes at this table when we're talking about a presidential election, race for governor, race for congress, it doesn't happen he keeps saying it? why, is it because he's losing? >> planting a seed. >> i don't rea

the integrity of the united states election is bigger than any candidate. >> i just -- i think he isa dominant figure within the party. i know not for party regulars. many party regulars reject that idea that paul ryan is -- >>for your average republican voter, he is such a big figure that -- it's so hard for me to imagine that what he says in tweets over the last week somehow three w k weeks from now he says, i want to say, i have announced i placed a call to hillary clinton to congratulate. i struggle to wrap my mind around him doing that. i think it's in all of his business interests, conservative media network, a faction of the republican party, all of those suggest he not concede. this idea that, priebus and ryan say -- >> mike pence may concede. >> secretary clinton, if she wins, may get a call from governor pence. the tweet that will matter most when the best accounts of this worst election are written i think will be dr. rice -- secretary of state rice's enough last week. i haved am ed amiadd ad ad a ad. when she tweeted out enough this week, it's one word, but it underscored

state is coming together. we are going to elect donald trump is the next president of the united states of america. [applause] but it is great to be in virginia. we had a little debate last night. [applause] it was at longwood university and i was humbled and honored to be there. donald trump called me from nevada to congratulate me. that really meant the world to me. it truly did. some people think i won. [applause] but i will leave that to others. what i can tell you is from where i sat, donald trump won the debate. [applause] donald trump's vision to make america great again won the debate. [applause] and when we take that vision to every corner of virginia and every corner of this great nation, this movement, that man, and that vision are going to win all the way to the white house. [applause] i truly do believe donald trump embodies the american spirit. strong, freedom loving, independent, optimistic, and willing to fight every day for what he believes in and he is going to make america great again. i promise you that. [applause] people ask me sometimes, what is it about donald trump? i am fro

you're tresiba® ready. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ >>> wikileaks, echoing donald trump and calling the united states electionacked e-mail's clinton's campaign manager john podesta, tweet ode out there's no u.s. election. there's power consolidation, rigged primary, rigged media, rigged candidates. wikileaks posted a warning to vice presidential candidate tim kaine and temporary dnc boss donna brazill, saying there's a surprise in store but they have not followed through. ed henry is live with the latest here on the deck. so what about this apparent multimillion dollar commitment with morocco. >> there's a big deal made some days become how former president bill clinton lined up a million dollars from the country of qatar in order get to the big money for the foundation and they wanted just five minutes of facetime with the former president. a million dollars, seems like a big deal. now we're learning that hillary clinton after her time as secretary of state raised $12 million from the king of moore rocco in response for holding a -- when you talked to chris wag lat's pay to play and hillary clinton dodged th

everything donald trump says is very much what president putin would like to say about the united states electionn't forget that vladimir putin has his own presidential election coming up in 2018 and that in a sense has already started so if he can kind of preempt early, inoculate everything by saying, look, the u.s. is going to criticize me for our elections but look at their elections. and president putin does this all the time. you think you have democracy? look at the electoral college. he's always using that. so you have to look at some of this in the way that president putin is using it in terms of protecting his own interest in his own campaign coming up. >> context. jill doherty, thank you. >>> coming up next, moments about donald trump says he would be willing to accept the result of the election -- but there was a catch. what did he say? we have it next. until one of you clips a food truck. then your rates go through the roof. perfect. ♪ for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you do have an accident, our claims cen

the fact is, for years various investigations into billions of votes cast in the united states elections have failed to produce evidence. new york university's brennon center says it's more likely a person will be struck by lig lightning than impersonate another person at the polls. >> the criticism is unjustified. it's a guy who is whining because he is a bully who is getting beaten and now he's starting to whine. >> reporter: trump is slipping in the polls. a new survey nationwide has clinton ahead by eight points, 47-39. a new poll has trump down a dozen points nationally, 50-38. clinton has been laying low preparing for the debate. here in wisconsin, clinton leads by 6.7 points in the latest average of recent wisconsin polls. in trump's must-win battleground states, clinton is gaining ground. in florida she's up. in ohio, clinton has trimmed trump's lead. trump trailed by seven points in pennsylvania and 2.7 in north carolina. with key swing states beginning to tilt toward clinton, sanders, chelsea and michelle obama plan separate campaign stops in arizona this week hoping to run up

states. joining me now is michael mcdonald from the university of florida who specializes in election turnout and the director of the unitedtates election project. thank you for being with me, michael, as we jump into this, especially with news of this investigation into clinton's private e-mail server. will that cause the early voters to stay at home and take this like, what is going to happen next? what is the fbi going to come up with approach? i was crunching numbers this morning. we're closing in on 20 million people who have already voted. and the pace did not appear to slow down yesterday in the two states we looked at so far with the data. so my suspicion is that this information we are already seeing what's happening. people are hunkering down in their partisan bunkers. there's not a lot of new information here so there's a lot of uncertainty. and so the voters are going to probably just pile this on the other heap of information that we know about clinton's e-mails and just go ahead and make their decisions to go ahead and vote. >> you said you were watching two states. but how soon will we know as far as the oth

florida battling for sunshine state votes, a look at how rising premiums under the affordable care act could play into the election. then, the international stakes of the united state's election-- what the rest of the world is thinking during one of the nation's most contentious presidential races. >> the coming u.s. election has created a level of apprehension not experienced for decades. >> woodruff: and, first generation college students take on more than just tests and all- nighters-- the bigger obstacles these students face. >> i have students who are living day by day, again, in that surviving model and thinking about how do i meet tomorrow's need and not thinking about my long term wellness. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. in the day's other news: the u.s. director of national intelligence v

party as an institution, there has to be a righting of the ship, because the integrity of the united states electionso bigger than the candidate. >> and i know he is such a party regulars reject that paul ryan is the north star, but for the average republican voter in the election, he is such a big figure that, and it is so hard for me to imagine that what he says and tweets over the last week, somehow three weeks from now, he is going to say, and i just want to say, i have announced that i have place ad ca -- place d a call to congratulate her, and i have struggled to wrap my mind around it, and it is against his factions, and all those suggest is that he not concede, and the idea ideas that reince priebus and paul ryan say that they concede. >> well, pence may concede -- >> and secretary clinton if she wins may get a call from governor pence. and the tweet that will matter the most when the worst accounts are written is dr. rice, and secretary rice saying enough. and i have enormous admiration for her and she grew up in bombi bombingham and if you want to have an account of an extraordinary americ

elections are screwed up. the presidency of the united states is really at risk based upon that. >> i, george walker bush, do solemnlyar -- >> on january 20th, george w. bush was sworn in as the 43rd president of the united states. and the 2000 election entered the election books as the closest and most controversial race in modern political history. so to this day, you think you won. >> i think it was fundamentally a tie. i think if we had kept counting, it would have been very interesting. >> and maybe you would have won. >> we'll never know. >>> one step closer to mosul. iraqi troops advance on a town north of that embattled city. the closest they've come yet to the finish line. a few hours left, a cease-fire comes to an end in aa lepo and the u.n. condemns what it calls crimes of historic proportions. >>> and mixing up words, the philippines president says he must clarify some pretty harsh comments that he made about the united states. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.

. >> funny thing this united states election spoof wasn't even made in america. >> a dutch video artists> i just noticed the way these candidates were stralling down the stage and felt this needed a song really. >> courting ritual. >> ♪ saw the writing on the wall ♪ >> reporter: with a magical fantasy of a different sort the lip reading is back with a new video. >> well, i can do this. >> wrong. >> proved good wrong. >> that lip reading has been around for five years now. >> yes, i can do this. >> i doubt you are quite that good. >> hillary did actually wink on sarah pay even at the debate. >> well, not quite that long. >> commenters commiserated we are deemed this makes more sense then the actual debate. >> you know you want to lick my face. >> that is psycho. >> reporter: video producer found lip reading, wants to be anonymous. >> how do you eat chicken. >> raw. >> reporter: donald's favorite way is with a knife and fork but the public eats up these parities, forget dirty dancing. the debates are dirty politics, and could use a little harmony. >> ♪ >> jeanie moos, new york. >> so convi

joining me, michael mcdonald and associate professor, at the university of florida, leading the united states electionsoject. i don't know if you've been watching, but our producers were so excited for this segment, we have teased it eight times over the last hour and a half. that's how we roll. we love early voting, apparently. but it rlly is c-change, right? because we cover it like it's a countdown like the polls are a projection. what your research shows, this election has already begun. >> that's correct. we have had had north carolina voting since september 9th and we have had quite a few other states come on board since then. technically, every state in the country is offering some form of early voting at the moment, because our military and overseas civilian voters started voting last week. yeah. >> well -- go ahead. >> so, yeah, there's been a lot of excitement. and we have seen over the years that the number of voters who cast a ballot prior to the election has steadily increased. it was 32% in 2012, and there are three more states now offering early voting that didn't do it in the past. minn

int intelligence officials say was covert action by russia to interfere in the united states electionof last night, there were high level discussions whether or not to proceed. remember, the president would need to order something and no final decision has been made. but current and former intelligence officials are saying is that the cia is poised to react. they're poised to respond. that could include a cyber response. the goal would for it to be clan december tin and embarrassing to high level officials at the kremlin. now you'll recall last week joe biden talked about. this we heard about it from the white house all week. the key word, proportional. what will the proportional response be? but plas mr. biden said snt u.s may never know they launched some sort after tack. >> talk to us about what options may look like. what are they considering? >> you have the could, would, and should category. in the sort of could, what they could do, they could go after a lot of sort of off shore accounts. they could muddle with this. and in the should category, the admiral, the former head supre

election. don't worry about what's going on in the united states. we've got this covered. you better start listening because russia is behind a lot of this crap that's going on with this election. host: ron is in madison, connecticut. donald trump supported. good morning. caller: thank you, c-span. you guys do a great job and i appreciate the rallies you bring in their entirety. no other channel seems to want to do that. in 2008 theret is were 1.8 million dead democrats that voted for obama. there were also 3.6 million democrats that registered in multiple states and 80% of illegal immigrants also voted as democrats who are not citizens. host: just because we have been going through some of the steps that have come out, where are you getting your information from? caller: this is from the green bay wisconsin rally donald trump was talking about. some statistics he was bringing up. bring upnt to connecticut. we had a massive amount of democrat voter fraud in connecticut in our last governor's election. a lot of dead democrats voted for malloy and there was like 2000 voter fr