and rick scott himself. he just wrote a check for $20 million and we know where he got the his money from, the biggest fraud to medicare in the history of the united states of america. so he bought the election last time. and he's trying to do it again. and i think our voters are trying to send a message that florida is not if safor sale. >> governor christy's comment was that he's tired of hearing about the minimum wage. and there isiy's comment was that he's tired of hearing about the minimum wage. and there isey's comment was that he's tired of hearing about the minimum wage. and there is's comment was that he's tired of hearing about the minimum wage. and there is rick scott standing right next to him. does that help your campaign? >> i hope so. i think it's amazing that they don't realize that the last time florida raised the minimum wage, and we're seeing it all across the country, when you raise the minimum wage, employment actually goes up. >> i'd like to see minimum wages increased. i'm concerned ab

rick scott gets reelected -- he has not been a particularly popular figure. gets -- i think rick scott gets another chance. >> let's turn to wisconsin. >> he was bloodied by the recall effort and survived that one. to scalp scott walker. it would have been a big offer democrats. he won by relatively comfortable margin and keeps alive. he can at least think about running. bit dubious about his ability to be a national player. >> you mentioned national player. chris christie went around on the stump for a lot of these republican candidates. >> as the chairman of the public republican governors association, he had a good night. he wins a bunch of big states away from democrats, including maryland and massachusetts. he holds michigan, wisconsin, porter, ohio. -- florida, ohio. it is a big win for chris christie. you can go back to the donors and say if i run for president, i want you in my corner. >> speaking the language of bloomberg. that is the kind of thing people talk all about on this show. return on investment. >> thank you are much. forward to your bloomb

one showed rick scott up by about 2 points. another shows charlie crist up by one percentage points. both are inside the error of margin. this race is tied. an interesting race happened yesterday. the famed souls to the poll event. black voter rallies where people vote after church took place. it didn't make a difference. it looks like democrats were trailing republicans by about 126,000 early and absentee ballots cast so far made up about 26,000 of the votes. now the gop margin is about 100,000. the democrats have more chance to make up the deficit. democrats in florida, outnumber registered republicans by about 445,000. >> you talk the polls. charlie crist campaigned with vice president joe biden. unlike in past years determined as you said not to let democrats run up the score. so rick scott visited a church an african-american church in lauderdale lakes and rallied with jeb bush in miami-dade's heavily hispanic republican city of highlea there. it's interesting they have chose ton keep the race as tight as possible. with ke

rick scott in florida took on teacher's unions and won. in illinois, quinn was punished for raising taxes. >> let's talk about the blue state model that lost. >> all hail henninger, maryland, calling maryland here -- >> fascinated by maryland. a textbook example of what we were talking about. martin o'malley, democratic governor, raised 40 taxes or fees in that state, cut aid to police and fire departments at the local level. the democratic model has been to spend on public programs but they need revenue. in maryland in illinois and in massachusetts, a lot of what they did was raise fees. these fees are regressive and hit lower middle class pocketbooks right across the top. that became a big issue in all of the states. middle class and lower middle class people felt they were now being asked to pay for these programs. >> and the symbol of that in maryland, the rain tax. it accepts -- to pay for sewer runoff, so they tax the heavens. >> massachusetts has a fee on tips in restaurants. >> kim, why the exceptions and democratic model for calif

rick scott in the lead. in wisconsin, scott walker, with 16% of the vote up 60% to mary burkewith 39%. a lot more vote out of wisconsin to be able to tell in any way, whether or not scott walker is going to be re-elected as governor of wisconsin. wolf, now to you with key races. >> key race alert right now. take a look at this. north carolina, 79% of the vote is in. look at how close it is. tom tell us the republican challenger, he has a 25,000-vote advantage over the democratic incumbent. kay hagan. 2 million votes. thom tillis ahead. 49%. in virginia, 89% of the vote is in. the republican challenger, ed gillespie, over mark warner. 48.8%, to 48.5%. 7,500 vote advantage. gillespie over mark warner. a lot closer than pundits, polls suggested. real battle under way in virginia right now. a real battle under way in north carolina. if kay hagan doesn't hold on to the seats. the democrats will be in trouble as far as holding on to the majority in the united states senate. the magic number down to two. the republ

former senator george lemieux was backing rick scott. and i have endorsed rick scott as well. i am sure people figured that out. senator, we'll go straight to the chase. you were chief of staff for charlie crist and now are now supporting rick scott? >> because he has done a great job. we lost a million jobs in florida and hardest hit. with rick's leadership. we created 600,000 jobs and florida is the hottest state in the country in terms of ow economy. and if you want our state to go forward on less government and taxing. rick scott is the right candidate. >> how awkward has it been. he appointed you to fill out a senate term and thought george would be with me? >> i am sure he is disappointed. i was disashes pointed, too we republicans helped him in all of his races. i don't have personal animositty. he left the republican party to challenge marco rubio and i was the highest ranking republican official in the state and i have been republican all of my life and republican party chair and i stay with my principles and i supported marco and scott on this race. >> crist changed

former senator george lemieux was backing rick scott. and i have endorsed rick scott as well. i am sure people figured that out. senator, we'll go straight to the chase. you were chief of staff for charlie crist and now are now supporting rick scott? >> because he has done a great job. we lost a million jobs in florida and hardest hit. with rick's leadership. we created 600,000 jobs and florida is the hottest state in the country in terms of ow economy. and if you want our state to go forward on less government and taxing. rick scott is the right candidate. >> how awkward has it been. he appointed you to fill out a senate term and thought george would be with me? >> i am sure he is disappointed. i was disashes pointed, too we republicans helped him in all of his races. i don't have personal animositty. he left the republican party to challenge marco rubio and i was the highest ranking republican official in the state and i have been republican all of my life and republican party chair and i stay with my principles and i supported marco and scott on this race. >> crist changed

he's a potential 2016 presidential candidate. >> woodruff: in florida republican rick scott turns back a former republican governor turned democrat charlie crist. >> ifill: republican governor tom core bet lost to democrat tom wolf. >> woodruff: former congressman asa hutch in ton claimed open governorship. if the republican victories, mitch mccontinental is poised to be the next majority leader of the senate he spoke earlier this evening to his supporters in lex can ton. >> when you get right down to it that's what this campaign was really all about. it wasn't about me or my opponent. it was about a government that people no longer trust to carry out its most basic duties. to keep them safe. to protect the border, provide dignified and quality care for our veterans. a government that can't be trusted to a government that can't be trusted to do the basic things because it is too busy focusing on thing it shouldn't be focused on at all. [applause] a government too busy imposing its view of the world on people that don't share that view. >> just a short while ago the head of the republic

florida's governor rick scott and former republican governor now democrat charlie crist are locked in a tight race. it has been very bitter and personal at times. they are in a dead heat. this is certainly too close to call. >> this is a tied state a purple state. it is the nation's most important swing state. it is that way again this year. >> then we go to wisconsin where republican governor scott walker is in a very close race challenger mary burke. walker carries a small lead in the polls. this year it could end with the greatest number of incumbent governors losing. it is a sign americans are fed up with the people in office now as one recent of courses news poll shows american people are very anti incumbent and want to kick them all out. >> voters deciding on everything from legal reweed to bears toda. minimum wage a measure in south dakota would increase it to 8.50 an hour. in alaska it would go up $2 over two years to 9.75. arkansas and nebraska have similar measures. dc asking voters to realize marijuana. florida medical marijuana. challenges to abortion. voters decide if the

and rick scott. the republican holding ollivant his seat there, a likely contender for the presidential election in the republican party in 2016. moving over to kansas, sam brownback it appears will win reelection. the republican holding that seat. >> in pennsylvania, look there, tom wolf, that is a pickup, tom corbett the most vulnerable re country. the democrat has won that one bright light for the democrats there. >> a big win for rick scott in florida. democrat charlie crist had hoped the hispanic vote would give him the edge. but if you look at the exit polls, rick scott held his own with the hispanic vote and he won overwhelming white vote. the governor races would break their way, that just didn't happen. it was blue state after blue state and strong blue states like massachusetts and maryland, where they haven't elected a republican governor, since 1967. the republicans won tonight. they even won in illinois, president obama's home state. the only bright spots you're seeing is pennsylvania an

he didn't get rid of rick scott. they didn't get rid of scott walker or rick snyder. they also said they were going to get rid of them. what it means is when republican governors do their job, they get reelected. >> currently we'veour leader, is a democrat, barak obama, and so everything seems to reflect back on him. one of the other exit questions was do you think things in this country are seriously off track? 65% said yes. 31% said generally going in the right direction. but when you have two-thirds of the country saying we are in the ditch and we need to get somebody else driving or point us in the right direction, that's good for your side. >> of course it is. and it's a reflection of the president's lack of leadership. his lack of leadership abroad, his lack of leadership at home. that's what it's a reflection of. the biggest emotion i saw, i went to 37 states was anxiety. i had one woman in florida say to me, governor, what's happened to our country? we used to control events. now events control us. that is directly reflective of the absolute vapid leadership o

. >> and rick scott won't come out and start the debate. like the television cameras are on, the moderator's there, the audience is there, everybody's ready for the debate. and charlie crist is out there alone for ten minutes, because rick scott found out he had a fan. if he's gonna have a fan, then i'm not going to do this debate! it was fairly weird. >> seth: it's great. we actually have a clip just -- >> okay. >> seth: -- for our people just to see exactly how crazy this was. >> governor rick scott. we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in this debate. governor crist has asked to have a fan, a small fan, placed underneath his podium. and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott will not join us for this debate. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen -- this is a debate, rosemary goodrow -- i don't know, what can we say? >> did we ask him to please get rid of the fan? >> frank, have you ever seen anything like this? >> no i haven't. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> seth: best of luck. >>

pollsters said originally he was pulling from rick scott and now they think he's pulling from charlie crist. it's a razor thin margin here as well. in terms of early vote, the turnout is higher than expected. looking back at 2010, rick scott went in to an election day with 272,000 more republicans than democrats coming to vote early. this year, going into election day that margin is just 100,000 more republicans than democrats. so again, carol, it's very tight. but what happens tonight will matter because if the margin is less than half of a percentage point it triggers an automatic recount. >> interesting. some say pot could actually swing florida's deadlocked race. tell us about that. >> this was a little bit of a political push. now in order to get medical marijuana passed as an initiative here in florida, it needs 60% to pass. that seems unlikely, but the democrats have put that on the ballot in the hopes that it would pull some unlikely voters out to the polls who wouldn't vote in a midterm election year. but there's been money spent on both sides. the republicans are obviously c

if he comes within a hair of beating rick scott. i am sure that when they do the post more tem on this, this may be a missed opportunity. that's what he'll here from the supporters. if he goes to the senate and gives them an executive order, what he'll do with that is set the republicans up. when they vote out, take it apart, piece by piece by piece, giving the democrats that issue. it's the only way to get it, if the republicans are taken apart. the president's indecision. it will be looked as a huge mistake. it's unfair to say the president did anything at all. he had an executive order in 2012. to say he has not acted at all is unfair and not telling the whole story. i think the senate passed the cir and the foreign bill. and it was passed basically with the support of democrats in the senate. it was the house that refused to act on the bill. they can act on the bill. it can be resurrected. they chose not to. i think let the republicans off the hook, and everything left on the shoulders of the president, and waive a want and make

scott came down to the wire, results are in, governor rick scott has defeated charlie crist -- wait, no -- no! what a terrible situation for charlie crist to be eaten by a gator. how ironic. (laughter) joining us by satellite via g.o.p. headquarters, please well come, chairman of the republican national committee reince priebus. can you hear me? >> i can hear you just fine. (applause) >> jon: is this the greatest night of your life? (chuckles) >> it ranks up there, john jon,h a lot of good nights. tonight is historic and obviously we'll have more wins in the senate and there's more to come. >> jon: it's a blood bath out there. (laughter) were you surprised that the democrats strategy seemed to be -- again, i'm not a political strategist -- curling up in a ball and hoping you didn't kick them in the face too hard? was that a surprising strategy? >> it was a surprising strategy. (laughter) we kept our head down and we worked hard and got great candidates out there and i think it really is a rejection of washington, a rejection of obama and really a need for this country to get this eco

i am told, charlie crist called rick scott. rick scott accepted the call. >> wolf. thank you. 77,000 votes. in florida right now. that is going to be almost impossible for charlie crist to overcome. as a result. he sees the handwriting on the wall. as a gentleman calls rick ask the to concede. >> debate within the party. shouldn't we wait to the morning? shouldn't we talk to the lawyers? charlie crist having been republican governor trying to run as democratic governor. did the math. looking. sure there were votes out here. 99%. you drop down to miami date. you are going to get 70,000 votes. final precinct or two come in. might get two, three. you are not going to get 70%. pretty much everything around the state is 100% reported. charlie crist. veteran. own close races in the past. veteran of being governor. making the decision, as mark concede. he can do the math. unlikely he will come up with the math. a lot of race in senate races. want to pick one. >> they're tat 50 right now. they -- they're at 50 right now. they need one more. probably get one more. at laes on

race going down the stretch, really important to rick scott. i think it marginalizes marco he rubio in that state should jeb bush try to run, makes the path for marco rubio a little more difficult. >> jimmy carter's grandson lost the gubernatorial challenge in georgia to incumbent republican nathan beal. >> it was tough sledding in georgia. the polling was abhorrent. we see now, look at how much the senate race was decided by 15 points, carter lost by fewer, but still, a very tight race but that's only for georgia. democrats have not made headway there. >> the one that stings for the democrats was in wisconsin where scott walker, the incumbent governor won his third election in the last four years, surviving a recall and then doing pretty well last night in terms of democratic challenge from a candidate that president obama had campaigned for. he's now running for 2161 would presume. >> one would guess that. i think scott walker, 52%, mary burke 47%. scott walker a great politician. he has been able in three times stood for election three times

florida, reelecting republican rick scott to a second term. that's a set jk to new democrat charlie crist. scott spent nearly $13 million of his own money in this contest. in wisconsin, scott walker easily won re-election to a second term over double digits to mary burke. this keeps walker in the mix as a potential presidential candidate in 2016. republicans held on to the state house in georgia. republicans gave incumbent nathan deal four more years. he defeated jason carter, the grandson of former president jimmy carter. and doug ducey won over fred duval. ducey is best known for building the coldstone creamery ice cream chain before selling the company in 2011 and getting into politics. republicans lost only one state house. pennsylvania. democrat tom wolf is the new governor of pennsylvania. he defeated the republican governor tom corbett in his bid for re-election. i didn't even mention, guy, the two super close races that we haven't predicted yet. colorado, the democrat john hickenlooper still hanging on. and dan malloy barely tied with

heather: still to come in this hour of "happening now," another close one for governor rick scott. how he pulled out a win in florida and what is plenty to do it now that he has been reelected. how will the new republican-controlled congress affects the president's foreign-policy? we will go in depth. you developments of the former mayor and wife accused of ordering a violent attack on a college student. we will tell you what happened to this couple. jon: fox business alerts on move by carnival cruise lines, the biggest new cruise ship. the company ceo sat down for an exclusive interview. here with the highlights joining from our sister network fox business network, lauren simonetti aboard in port. fort lauderdale, florida. i am jealous. >> very windy day, but it is nice. maybe should be just a little bit jealous. we are on board. the newest ship in the massive fleet, one of the issues we saw yesterday during the exit polls was the state of the economy worrying americans, making them think perhaps they should vote republican. g.o.p. sweep of congress the first time since 2006. carn

. >> rick, charlie crist in florida, rick scott ended up winning the race, why? >> very simple. rick scott's people put up a better field operation at the end of the day and charlie crist could not recreate the bowm administration hispanic voters to come out for him. he campaigned with the clintons, he campaigned with every other democratic surrogate he could get his hands on and nothing created the magic. charlie crist is a sociopath, and people recognize it. >> i'm thank you very much. >> coming up our coverage of the mid terms continues with last night's big winner in the house. is the government tracking its opponents in unprecedented ways? cheryl atkinson said she was tracked by our social media producer, hermela aregawi is tracking the top stories. what's trending? >> according to the latest tally, the mid terms may have a record below turnout but evidence could turn out it could be worse without facebook's intervention. check on upcoming episodes, we're on twitter @ajconsiderthis >> democrats expected losses on election night but not on the scale we have seen. it turned o

and rick scott turned his back on every one of them. >> we wonder why voters hate political ads. from david young, boehner described democrats and president obama as weak. >> anybody here believes that vladimir putin marched into ukraine had george w. bush been president of the united states? no. even putin is smart enough that bush would have punched him in the nose. >> with president obama's approval ratings around 40%, republicans in senate races are also trying to make the campaign on obama referendum. >> even' joni ernst. i approve this message, and i'm asking for your vote because it's time to change direction. >> they're locked in a dead heat. outside groups are pouring money and resources into the campaign this final weekend. here's the latest add from the national education association. >> joni ernst is leading the fight to take funding from public school students and give it to private schools instead. >> that's not right. >> and cutting $1 billion from iowa schools. >> ernst said she will not cut the budget. she would give it directly to the state. it's a hot-button is

. >> the governor's race in florida between charlie cyst and rick scott. this has been the most expensive gubernatorial race. these guys hate each other's guts. they've run nothing but negative ads, and it's been the most negative in the country. how do you see this going? >> both are not liked. this is a real hold your knows and cast a ballot. >> and because it's florida. >> and seen whatever happens you still might not know what happens. people are really tired of rick scott, and my guest is that crist could win. >> and to texas. >> wendy davis, and greg abbott. >> davis has got a lot of attention. she ran an ad that seemed to suggest or drive any more attention the fact that he's in a wheelchair, one of the most vicious ads of the campaign. >> yes, it reminded them of ads that texans are not used to seeing with as much mud that was slung there. >> we go to arizona. ron barber, and martha mcsally. >> she has made something of an issue about immigration saying that the democrats have not done enough to protect the border, and immigration could be an issue

and rick scott took on the teacher's unions, and he won. and in illinois, quinn was punished for raising the taxes. >> and talk about the blue state model that lost. >> and dan, all hail hillinger, because they are calling maryland here. >> yes, and fascinateded by maryland, because it is a textbook example of what we are talking about. governor martin o'malley raised 40 taxes or fees in the state, and cut aid to police and fire departments a at the local level, and the democratic model has been to spend on public programs, but to do that they needed revenue, and in maryland, and in illinois, and in massachusetts, a lot of what they had done is to raise the fees, the fees are regressive, and they hit the lower-middle-class pocketbooks right across the top, and that became a big issue in all of the states. middle-class and the lower midd middle-class people felt they were being asked to pay for the program. >> and the symbol of that was the rain tax to pay for the sewer runoff and so they taxed the heavens. >> and the fees on tips in restaur

and rick scott turned his back on every one of them. >> we wonder why voters hate political ads. from david young, boehner described democrats and president obama as weak. >> anybody here believes that vladimir putin marched into ukraine had george w. bush been president of the united states? no. even putin is smart enough that bush would have punched him in the nose. >> with president obama's approval ratings around 40%, republicans in senate races are also trying to make the campaign on obama referendum. >> even' joni ernst. i approve this message, and i'm asking for your vote because it's time to change direction. >> they're locked in a dead heat. outside groups are pouring money and resources into the campaign this final weekend. here's the latest add from the national education association. >> joni ernst is leading the fight to take funding from public school students and give it to private schools instead. >> that's not right. >> and cutting $1 billion from iowa schools. >> ernst said she will not cut the budget. she would give it directly to the state. it's a hot-button is

rick scott spent almost $100 million on this race and he could lose. speaking of the rga, rick scott is one of those guys that they are thinking of having run the rga. >> and the dislike that they have, when i moderated the debate between charlie crist and rick scott, they legitimately do not like each other. >> that was a no fan debate. >> stick around, guys. we're going to keep talking to you. ever wish you could eavesdrop where they are plotting mischief. >>> we'll take you inside one and take you to some former warroom generals. >>> plus, do you know about the jungle primary they are throwing on the bayou? we'll explain it to you and take you there big easy style and explaining how what happens in louisiana could impact everything tonight. >>> control of the u.s. senate, that's the big prize on election day. democrats have control now but republicans are poised to gain some seats and a look at historical trepds suggests that there's a midterm curse for the president's party. the president's party has lost senate seats in 40 of the last 43 midterm e

that goes to rick scott but it's close. >> so close, and you talk to people who are operatives and high level ones. i had one tell me candidly, maybe after a couple of beers, florida is getting what it deserves. you talk about a republican turned independent turned democrat and put a fan in the mix and then just throw everything against it, and -- >> throw $390 million into it. >> but his tan is absolutely amazing. >> some of these states -- we have to keep another eye on, certain states can trigger recounts at a certain opinion, so if it's within two points or one point, automatic -- >> florida is one. >> yes. >> i think they're one point. >> the thing about florida, you talk about the money that takes a run in florida. the problem with florida is their tv markets enormous, miami, tampa, orlando, jacksonville, a top 50, and then you have to hit tallahassee, gainesville, fort myers, pensacola, and three different states we're talking. florida is a complicated beast. >> you have done some time in florida. >> i did my time in florida. >> that's why florida and ohio are he two states consi

rick scott carving out a narrow win by one percent. his reelection. scott in his victory speech pounded the same theme he mentioned over and over again during the campaign. job creation. >> texas likes to brag about being number one in job creation. but we are on their heels and we will become number one. >> now at the start of the campaign scott was seen as a potentially vulnerable republican. he had low approval ratings but he used an ad campaign to paint opponent charlie crist running as a democrat as a flip flopper on key issues. a dramatic win for scott. it gives republicans strong control over the largest swing state in the runoff in 2016. >> big influence there. thank you so much. >> republican governor scott walker defeating his democratic challenger mary burke 52 to 47 percent. >> i got to tell you. i am an optimist. i believed all night long if we got a positive message out people wanted to be for something not against something. look a what happened tonight. >> in america the opportunity is equal but the outcome is up to you. that's the dif

scott walker wins convincingly. there are more and more, ohios, john kasich, rick scott hanging on. some prized pickups for the republicans, carol. they held their own and defended it and the president has to worry every day about the house and the senate but it's governors who implement the health care law, governors who implement a lot of federal policy so republicans are just as happy, if not in some cases more happy about this map than the federal map. >> perhaps john the most surprising victory came in maryland, a blue state and republican won the governor's chair. how did that happen? >> carol you've lived in this area and know the state politics. maryland has had a recent republican governor not that long ago so it does happen in the state but anthony brown was the lieutenant governor to martin o'malley, who is the sitting governor now, think being running for president in 2016, if you looked at all the polls in this race, this of nowhere on the map. larry hogan is a republican haels developer and this is one of the things you look at saying whoa, what happened here. there wa

rick scott, the republican. and charlie crist, of course, a former republican who was running for governor in florida this time as a democrat. rick scott slightly ahead. but cbs news has not projected a winner there. now let's have a look at the state of wisconsin. governor scott walker well ahead at this point of the democrat mary burke, 17% of that vote has been tabulated so far. bill whittaker is following the governors' races for us tonight. bill. >> as you were saying, in florida, with 97% of the vote counted, it's still really too close to project. now, that has been one of the nastiest and certainly the costliest. as bob said, these guys spent about $100 million bashing each other. and what did they get for it? well, they come in to this evening neck and neck, and our exit polls are saying that most people have an unfaiferl view of both men. it also could be confusion, because the democratic candidate, charlie crist, was once republican governor of florida. and we talked to our folks at the exit polls, an

and they are so afraid of rick scott. you know they've had a republican governor down here since 2000. actually charlie crist was one of them for a while, but he's changed things quite a bit. but it's been radical on court lawyers for a long time and they are putting everything they have into this. if they can't win it this time i don't know when they can. >> ed schultz in florida, thank you. we'll be checking back in with you soon as polls in florida close at 8:00. when we come back in just a couple of minutes, polls will be closing at the bottom of the hour, at the half hour in north carolina, and west virginia and ohio. all eyes on north carolina looking to see if democratic senator kay hagan can hang on to her seat. in is msnbc's live coverage on election night. stay with us. we'll be right back. >> we're back and the news keeps coming. the polls are about to close this three more states. north carolina, all important. ohio and west virginia. and the race to watch, north carolina. that senate race between incumbent de

he is in a dead heat are rick scott. crist brought in bill clinton for the rally with charlie crist. he appeared in orlando monday night. you can see the democratic crowd there truly loved it. >>> chris christie in michigan on monday to support governors in contested races. at a rally for rick snyder. christie has been crossing the country in campaign mode. michigan was the 16th state he visited in the last week. >> the republican governor association is a platform running for president later on. >>> in maryland, michelle obama was getting a last-minute boost against larry hogan. the first lady praised brown for work on education. she said the governor's race is close and take nothing for granted. >>> as the mid term unfolds, president obama is expected to be nowhere. no public events on his schedule. his sagging approval rating nationally and in key states is seeing candidates avoiding the president. whether that is affen effectivee will see. >> turnout is crucial. >> we have to avoid the election cliches like the plagu

rick scott squeaker over charlie crist. picking up democratic seats like maryland where the president campaigned and president's home state illinois, that went republican as well. martha: very red across the south in the governor's races. a fascinating map. now the president looks ahead to his final two years in office with republicans controlling both the house and the senate. "time" magazine seeing big changes under the expected new leadership of mitch mcconnell, posting this mock cover online today. it harks back to the president's iconic campaign poster, when candidate obama was promising hope and change. bret baier, coanchored last night's election coverage magnificently i might add. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning is right. the president will speak this afternoon. obviously it's been a tough road for him. they really made sort of what i would call a final spasm attempt over the last 4hours to -- 48 hours to run to the aid of some of these candidates but it was not to be. >> the white house may po

scott walker defeating mary burkee 52-47. >> in florida, rick scott narrowly beeting charlie crist 48-47. >> greg abbott easily defeating wendy davis. that was 59 to 39. in illinois republican bruce rauner taking down pat quinn 51-46. >> now to maryland republican larry hogan grabbing 54% of the vote. anthony brown just 45. and in massachusetts charlie baker nar l baker narrowly defeating his democratic opponent 48-47 and paul lepage defeating mike michaud 48-44. >> hilary clinton, bill clinton and michelle obama all went to that state to campaign for michaud. the time now is 4:38 and 38 after the hour is what it s. it's early. democrats using tactics like this to sway voters. >> i'll be honest with you. the south has not always been the friendliest place for african americans. >> did her comments backfire in louisiana? a closer look at how race played a role in the midterms. >>> taking a look at the 2014 midterm exit polls how have american voters perceptions of race relations changed since barrack obama was elected the nation's first black president? well, voters are twice as likely

>> the top search candidates include rick scott from florida, bruce ronner from illinois, scott walker, and mary burke from wisconsin, and then chary christ who is also in florida. we see there are a couple of ways to look at them. number one people looking at their professional history and voting record, so how they voted on abortion, what their stance is on legalizing same-sex marriage or marijuana. if it is a relatively new candidate, we see a trend towards looking up their personal history, their family, and in both cases whether it's somebody who has been in office or not, we often see people looking up their net worth, and in some cases this is very high, in other cases it is rather modest, so it's hard to see if there is a correlation around choosing that person if they are worth more or not, and how old they are. the age of cap dates is something we see pretty universally. >> so jake, do they predict what is going to happen? i mean the people at google probably know who is going to win? >> right. google has in the past been able to predict the outbreak of, say, a flu, using sea

the democratic challenger charlie crist is in a virtual heat with rick scott. charlie crist brought in the big dog as his big gun. a final campaign rally with big bill clinton right there. big bill clinton. politically speaking, of course. he is svelte now. the former president appeared at a crist rally in orlando. >> he is very big politically. chris christie in connecticut and michigan on monday to support fellow republicans running for governor in closely contested races. at a rally for rick snyder, christie says he has been transformational for michigan. christie has been in campaign mode across the country. michigan was the 16th state christie has campaigned for. >>> and first lady michelle obama was in baltimore at a rally for anthony brown. she says the governor's race is close. she told voters to take nothing for granted. >>> as critical as this mid term is, president obama is expected to be at home today. the president has no public events on his schedule. sagging approval ratings nationally and in key states have seen democratic candidates avoiding th

former governor jeb bush stumped for rick scott. later today, bill clinton will put in his appearance making one last push for charlie crist at university of central florida rally. >>> the race for governor for maryland tightened. democrat anthony brown, the current lieutenant governor slid to within a point of republican larry hogan in the polls. the report just declared that race a toss up. michelle obama is headed for a rally in baltimore. >>> a bunch of close races for governor. a total of 14 states across the country too close to call. including ten involving incumbents. that is the greatest number of imperilled incumbents in the 30-year history. democrats hoping to make gains. they are finding themselves on the defense. >>> gop candidates are cashing more checks from wall street. 63% of contributions from bank employees went to republicans this cycle. that is $78 million. wall street which had been a big supporter of obama in the early years. now hoping for republican victories. that could lead to more pro-business policies. t

scott walker, another incumbent wins, former governor rick scott, another incumbent pulse off a victory. both faced big challenges from democrats. >> absolutely. scott walker in wisconsin, you know, really, really going at it hard, a potential presidential candidate, and he went on the platform of no more big government. he's actually run for governor three of the past four years. remember, he was a lot of issues there with the unions in the state and so he comes out ahead, a record number of voters for mid term showing up in wisconsin, clearly they made their voice heard. in florida, another big time race, rick scott challenging former governor charlie crist, who was a republican at one point where he was governor, then went independent and then ran as a democratic, clearly florida saying you know what, no more charlie crist, we like rick scott. >> the other surprise, really, was that in the blue states, democrats were not able to pull it off. i'm talking about massachusetts and illinois, republicans will be replacing democrats governors in those two states. >> exactly. illinois, massa

florida governor rick scott. the guy spent $13 million of his own money down the stretch in the final days before the election. how can you argue that this didn't have an impact? it was the difference. scott won by just one percentage point. would you like to have that one back? now that the republicans have the power, their plan is in motion to keep it. rick scott and scott walker will continue their agenda of voter suppression to hurt democrats' chances in 2016 and it's not the number of seats republicans want. they've got the majority, but it's where they want them. republicans now have the demographics and they know that the demographics are against them. they want a stranglehold on the government and they want to be in the situation and the mission is to concentrate the wealth at the top and keep it that way. don't let them fool you with talk like this. >> i think the president choosing to do a lot of things unilaterally on immigration would be a big mistake. it's an issue that most of my members want to add

. >>> it's so interesting -- you guys are talking about that with rick scott. why? >> because it would be huge for hillary clinton and the democrats to take control in florida. >> the candidates has no conviction whatsoever. charlie crist, none of the above would have sweat that race. >> let's do the fox insider political predictions, you guys basically called it weeks ago, but now you're going to back it up and i guess take something out to dinner if it doesn't work out that way? >> some beautiful member of the political insiders panel. >> which political party do you think will take the senate, pat? >> the republicans, i think are going to take the senate, look, we were right in 2012, for months we said romney was going to lose and he did. this what you see going on now, though, is how much are they going to win? they could have won much bigger and they haven't. they never shut this down, but there is still a 30% chance that this could turn into a landslide of last minute voters go with their inclination about national coffers. >> is there anything that shows you