. >> do you regret lyin' ted. beto o'rourke calling him lyin' ted. you started that. >> beto o'rourke is highly overrated. he must be something a little special. he's not. i thought he got beat badly in the debated. i think he is highly overrated guy. [inaudible] >> ted and i get along very well. very late into the campaign and i said don't worry about it. and then it became very nasty. and then it was over. and when it was over, we have gotten along great. i like ted. was the last one. we actually held a rally together late in the campaign. we're very close. great on tax cuts. we have done great on regulation cuts. so he has been really terrific. and if you look at what is happening in germany with respect to the pipeline, they want to start now buying our natural gas. just came out. take a look at that. >> is he no longer lyin' ted. >> he is no longer lyin' ted. >> what is he. >> texas ted. ted cruis cruz and i had a very nasty and tough campaign. he is very competitive. tough campaign. once it ended and we got together and by the way, very late in

. >> in the case of lyin' ted cruz, lyin ted. oh, he lies. you know ted. he brings the bible, holds it high, puts it down, lies. >> ted cruz is for ted cruz. he's dishonest. it's why the president called him "lyin' ted," and it's why the nickname stuck, because it's true. >> reporter: cruz is leading in the polls, but o'rourke is hauling in the cash. a staggering $38 million in just three months. he's cultivated a nice guy image in these behind the scenes iphone campaign videos. o'rourke skateboarding and air drumming through the drive through. but now, as he sharpens his attacks, cruz is changing his tone, too. the conservative firebrand now calling for americans to come together. >> there is a loss of civility. there is an anger. there is a rage on the far-left that is really frightening. you know, the images -- hold on, let me answer. don't interrupt me, jason. the images of -- >> whoa. >> a left-wing mob beating on the doors oft.cour that's not good for our country. we can disagree while treating each other with respect, while treating each other with

so take a look at that. >> so is he no longer lyin' ted? >> he's not lyin' ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. ted cruz and i had a very, very nasty and tough campaign. it was a very competitive -- it was a very tough campaign. once it ended and we got together -- and by the way, very late into the campaign, we -- people were shocked. i said, don't worry. and ultimately, wlahat happened we fought it out, the outcome was obvious. and we have worked together very closely. i like him a lot. i actually like him a lot. and he's a very smart guy. he loves the people of texas, which i do. and in fact, right now, i guess they said they've never seen -- it's like a big tailgate. it goes on for miles. [ inaudible question ] >> i think her husband is not much better, i think nelly orr is a disgrace, taking marital protection, so she doesn't have to talk about corruption. i think she's a disgrace. [ inaudible question ] look, i can't tell you. i can only tell you this. we give them hundreds of millions of dollars. they do nothing for us. [ inaudible question ] may

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. >> lyin' ted, lyin' ted cruz! he's a lyin'-- he can lie with the best of 'em! this is lyin' ted cruz! >> reporter: president trump thsisted today, the two had buried the hatchet. >> to me, he's no longer lyin' ted anymore, he's beautiful ted. >> reporter: but all those insults took a toll. the "houston chronicle" endorsed trourke friday, despite backing cruz in 2012. the paper cited o'rourke's "command of issues that mattered to the state," and faulted cruz's "repellent personality." ( cheers and applause ) o'rourke's personality and his refusal to move to the right have made him a progressive icon. >> school teachers, we will support you! ( cheers ) we will make sure you're paid a e.ving wage. >> reporter: progressives, however, rarely prevail in texas. 1 fact, the last time a democrat won a race for statewide office in texas was in 1994, jeff, 24 years ago. >> glor: all right. more on texas politics with you r just a moment, nancy, so stick around. our cbs news battleground tracker says if the elections r,re held today, democrats would stand to win 226 seats,

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>> to me, he's not lyin' ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. >> reporter: we traveled to texas to ask the senator about his complicated relationship with the president. you have said that he is utterly amoral, that he's a serial philanderer, a pathological liar. are those things not true anymore? >> look, i have no interest in revisiting the comments of 2016. >> you've moved on? >> i've got a job to do, and my job is forward-looking. >> is he your friend? is he your foe? how do you describe the relationship? >> he's the president. >> reporter: cruz is banking on trump to rev up the republican base, because his rival, congressman beto o'rourke, with his cheering crowds, is energizing democrats. >> we justiterally show up everywhere, all the time, for everyone. >> reporter: he's raised a record $38 million in just three months. using some of it on ads all shot on an iphone. >> just human becomes, real people making this happen. >> reporter: it's been nearly 25 years since a democrat won statewide in texas. and o'rourke is pr

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lyin' ted. texas senator ted cruz. as always with the two, the contrast could not have been greater. good evening, everybody. good to see you. ana, so president obama avoided mentioning trump by name today, but he did take some shots. watch this. >> they tell us that order and security is going to be restored as long as we don't let those people take over. the people who don't look us or sound like us or pray like we do. they start talking about real americans as if some of us aren't real americans. no, no, no. it's an old playbook. and you see that the closer we get to election day, the more you're seeing folks resort to that. >> it sounds like, ana, a pretty direct attack on trump's fearmongering and what many see as race baiting. >> well, look, you know, there's been an unspoken agreement of sorts among presidents, in the club of presidents, of not attacking each other. the previous ones not attacking the succeeding ones. so what we see is president obama talking about president trump like if he was lord voldemort i

lyin' ted, he's one lyin' son of a gun. >> yeah, he didn't like ted cruz, until well after the elections. joining me, texas tribune political -- conventions, i should say. political reporter, patrick sfeetech. thank you so much for being here. beto o'rourke calling ted cruz one of donald trump's nicknames, lyin' ted. is that because, as senator cruz alleges, he's so down in the polls and his pollsters have told him that he needs to get more negative? he's out with a few negative attack ads, as well. >> yeah, well, what we've seen is in the public polling, at least, in recent weeks, cruz has built on his lead. he was kind of in the low to mid-single digits, now in high single digits. his campaign last night claiming that they're up to an 11-point lead in internal polls. and so you have those numbers. and then you have the fact that o'rourke has been receiving pressure from some of his reporters to push back harder against these long-running attack ads that cruz has had on tv for over a month now. o'rourke has been on tv, at the same time, but he's had very positive spots, kind of about tr

. >> lyin', lie in ted. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody in congress likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> donald yells and screams and curses or insults. >> i think he's crazy. honestly. >> you are a sniffling

> to me he's not lyin' ted any more. he's beautiful ted. >> reporter: but all those insults took a toll. the houston chronicle endorsed o o'rourke friday despite backing cruz in 2012. the paper cited o'rourke's command of issues that matter to the state and faulted cruz's, quote, repellent personality. o'rourke's personality and his refusal to move to the right have made him a progressive icon. >> even school teachers, we will support you. we'll make sure that you're paid a living wage. >> overseas it is day one of the big investment conference in saudi arabia. but the murder of jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in turkey has cast a paul over the gathering and a flood of cancellations. meanwhile there is new evidence of a saudi cover up. holly williams reports from turkey. >> reporter: what appears to be a surveillance video seems to show this man walking into the saudi consulate around 11:00 a.m. on october 2nd, two hours before jamal khashoggi entered the building and then lost his life. later, the same man, a

you think of lyin' ted. you can't get that out of your mind. edg he comes with the label lyin' ted. i don't know, but i got to tell you something, republicans are nervous about this because this should be a no-brainer. we should not have to spend so much money in this district to keep this senator. and part of the problem is donald trump in the primary damaged ted cruz's brand because ted cruz, you can't look at the guy and think -- lyin' ted. they love donald trump and abbott but they may not be sold on lyin' ted. >> mark, when we look at the florida race, we see gillum is up in the pools as the gubernatorial candidate, but it's real tight in the senate race there. is this going to be a problem in terms of the democrats trying to take the senate? most of the polls, including the nbc wall street poll today, say they are 9% up in terms of where we are looking for the preference in congressional races. >> right. >> will that help carry over the senate, and will florida be a situation where it's possible that gillum, the democrat, could win for governor, and nelson loses for the senate

you're right, lyin' ted. >> lyin' ted comes in with a bible held high. you know that, right? it's held high. he puts the bible down and then he starts lying all day long. >> reporter: that was then. before he left for texas, the president explaining the change of heart to abc's jon karl. >> he is not lyin' ted anymore. he is beautiful ted. >> beautiful ted? >> i call him texas ted. >> reporter: tight races drawing big names in other states too. president obama in nevada. >> unlike some, i actually try to state facts. >> reporter: his message clear, even if he never once mentioned president trump by name. >> i don't believe in just making stuff up. i think you should, like, actually say to people what's true. >> reporter: but president trump is making his case spelling out the stakes as he sees them. >> this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts and common sense. that's what it is, common sense. >> reporter: yeah, exactly two weeks to go. that was the first day of early voting. we are seeing in some counties monster turnout numbers surpassing

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yeah. [ inaudible question ] to me he's not lyin' ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. no. ted cruz and i had a very, very nasty and tough campaign. it was a very tough campaign. once it ended and we got together -- by the way, very late into the campaign we lasted. people were shocked. ultimately what happened, we fought it out. the outcome was obvious and we have worked together very closely. i like him a lot. i actually like him a lot. he's a very smart guy. he loves the people of texas, which i do. they said it's like a big tailga tailgate. it goes on for miles. it's over 100,000 people. [ inaudible question ] >> i think nelly orr is a disgrace and her husband is not much better. i think he's worse. i think nellie orr is a disgrace, talking marital protection so she doesn't have to talk about corruption. i think she's a disgrace. [ inaudible question ] >> i can't tell you. i can only tell you this. we give them hundreds of millions of dollars. they don't do anything for us. [ inaudible question ] >> maybe it will and maybe it won't. they can do

. >> lyin' ted. >> you're a sniffling coward and lev heidi alone. >> reporter: are those things not true? >> i have no interest in revisiting the comments of 2016. >> reporter: you've moved on. >> i've got a job to do. >> reporter: and the president cozying up as well. >> he's not lyin' ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. >> reporter: is he your friend or foe? how do you describe the relationship? >> he oats president and i work with the president in delivering on our promises. >> reporter: cruz touts his track record to galvanize the vote. >> they need to go out and vote. texas is booming, the economy is going great and yet my opponent, beto o'rourke, he wants higher taxes, higher regulation and go back to the obama economy stagnation. that would be really bad for the state of texas. >> reporter: last week his opponent took a page out of donald trump's playbook, even though o'rourke has vowed to run a positive campaign. >> he's dishonest. that's why the president called him lying ted and why the nickname stuck because it's true. that wasn't the best phrase for me to u

lyin' ted. nowe've got beautiful texas ted. it all changes. tracie, thank you. >>> breaking news overnight. the fbi and lal police a investigating a suspicious package targeting liberal billionaire philanthropist george soros, who has been the frequent target of conspiracy theories by hyperconservatives. officials say an object that appeared to b an explosive was found in the mail box oft a w chester home belonging to soros. an employee oned a ckage, then placed in a wooded area and called police who rendered it safe on the scene. no one was you'red and it is unclear whether t device was operatiomal. >>> threive fires sparked up. a six alarm blaze ripped through a building in new the thick black smoke billowing from the building could be seen miles away. 16 fire crews responded to that scene. twoer businesses destroyed. over in chicago, police are investigating a possible arson case after a fire destroyed aha home there once belonged to nba player dwyane de. neighbors heard an explosion before the flames broke out. officials say they do have a

. >>> and president trump's new nickname for ted cruz is a far cry from lyin' ted. the final push is on tonight with election day just two weeks away.> ews 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. >>> the man who kicked his way into a local tv station today has a history of mental health problems and 's contacted us before, too. good evening, i'm doreen againster will. >> i'm jim handly. uaa security shot the man around 3:00 this afternoon as he broke into the lobby of fox she shot him in the chest. and he survived. no one else was injured. >> news 4's darcy spencer is live with more on what we've learned about him. >> reporter: that'sright, doreen. first off, let me show you. these are t glass doors where the suspect broke in earlier today. you can see, they are boarded up hour.is we believe that this same suspect has contacted our station before, via e-mail. these e-mails were rambling, they were .incohere he has always filed numerous lawsuits against the mayor, the federal government. all of them dismissed.or just b airtime, the fox 5 d.c. tv station became the news

remember the man he called lie lyin' ted cruz? at that rally, president trump talked about democrats. he talked about immigration, now calling out middle easterners as well. and he surprised a lot of people in the crowd and many watching, suggesting that there should be another round of tax cuts. >> we're going to be putting in a 10% tax cut for middle income families. it's going to be put in next year. 10% tax cut. kevin brady is working on it. we've been working on it for a few months. and that is in addition to the big tax cuts that you've already gotten. >> reporter: but that tax cut largely benefited the wealthy, and it raised the deficit, and that's something that lawmakers here on capitol hill are trying to deal with now. we're starting to hear talk about cuts, adjustments to medicare and social security, something that candidate trump said he wouldn't touch. but, phillip, it's a new day. >> it is a new day. lyin' ted. now we've got beautiful texas ted. it all changes. tracie, thank you. >>> breaking news overnight. the fbi

beto o'rourke dusting off "lyin' ted." the latest polling has him down seven points at the moment. perhaps desperate times, desperate measures. today o'rourke is up on the texas air waves with three new negative ads targeting cruz. it's a shift from his previous ad strategy where he stayed mostly positive. here's the hope for democrats that something that may not show up in the polls yet is a record number of people registered to vote. 15.6 million people. robert, jonathan and the panel are back. robert costa, you are tweeting about this today what you're seeing in turnout in georgia. this is the variable, right? the known/unknown. midterms are predictable and we talk about what we think is going to happen because we make predictions and assumptions about turnout. but if democrats can grow the pool, can move turnout to a general election presidential-like year, they could have better odds in races like the one in texas and perhaps even georgia. >> yet the politics in a state like texas, it's so entrenched. and that state has moved republican over the past few decades with karl rove

it's lyin'. l lyin' ted. >> i have met much tougher people than ted cruz. he's like a baby. like a little baby. soft, weak, little baby. >> i don't want his endorsement. what difference does it make? i don't want his endorsement. i don't want his endorsement. ted, stay home, relax, enjoy yourself. >> that was, of course, then-candidate trump going after senator ted cruz. fast forward to tonight where president trump will be stumping for the senator in houston. despite their history, he went after cruz in a series of personal attacks. he also questioned his loyalty. he insulted cruz's wife, even seemed to imply that ted cruz's father was somehow involved in president kennedy's assassination. cruz avoiding criticizing the president, though he's not exactly praising him either. >> so friend? is he your friend? is he your foe? how do you describe the relationship? >> he's the president. he's the president. i work with the president. in delivering on our promises. >> joining us now, cnn senior political reporter nia-malika henderson. politics reporter chris cillizza. as we watch

connell: texas ted, not "lyin' ted." melissa: much better. connell: melissa likes it better. let's go to the house. that could be a different story. here is what nancy pelosi say about the democrats chances. apparently she is quite confident. here she is. >> to all of you right now today, if the election were held today, the democrats would handily win the house. connell: handily win the house. wins, what do you think? there have been more and more stories, we talked about it ourselves last week maybe the republicans can make this closer than you think, or possibly even hold on to the house, how do you read it? >> yeah. i think republicans will make it closer than nancy pelosi is pretending it will be right now. this is much more of a barn-burner in terms whether or not the house gets flipped. republicans should not in any way recenting easy. they have a real tough fight to maintain the house. a bunch of districts we're watching real closely. i'm here in washington, d.c. just in virginia i'm looking at 7th and 10th congressional ducts watching closely what happens. there are

. >> lyin apostrify, lyin' ted. i think he's crazy. he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. >> and the senator hated him right back. >> this man is a pathological liar, a braggadocious, arrogant, buffoon. donald does one of four things. he yells, screams, curses or insults. you're a sniveling coward, and leave heidi the hell alone. >> he insulted his wife, and his father -- and they wrote both right. no, i'm kidding. each believed the other was vile, repugnant to a presidency. but then trump won, and cruz puckered up, complimenting and more importantly refusing to call out all the things that he did during the election. >> he's the president, and he's the president. i work with the president in delivering on our promises. >> hmm. and trump did trump. >> he's not lyin' ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. i call him texas ted. i like him a lot. i actually like him a lot. i don't regret anything honestly. it all worked out very nicely. >> so here's the question. why are you so surprised? the hypocrisy, it's so obvious, you say. of course it is. two po

. >> lyin' ted. lyin' ted. he's a lying guy. he can lie with the best of them. >> donald, you're a snivel coward, leave heidi the hell alone. >> everybody hates ted cruz, lying ted cruz. >> donald is a sore loser. >> basket case, guy's a pain in the ass. >> this man is a pathological liar, the man is utterly amoral. >> let's start there, congressman. do you think ted cruz would be in less trouble if he just stuck to his independence, rather than yoking himself to trump? >> yeah, you know, the last six years, ted cruz, first of all, for the first four years of his term in the senate, he really was not thinking about texas at all. there were so many times that texas business leaders, regular texans, constituents, said they tried to meet with him, he flat-out refused to meet. he was focused on running for president. over the last two years he basically has flip-flopped on his support for donald trump. he called him some of the worst things that you can call a person, a candidate for office, and yet he did a complete 180 and has bec

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reporter: beto o'rourke is now calling him lyin' ted. you started that. >> he's highly overrated. when i heard about him i thought he might be something special. he's not. i thought he got beaten badly in the debate. he's a highly overrated guy. [ inaudible question ] reporter: are you burying the hatchet? >> oh, i have. ted and i get along very well. very late into the campaign, i said don't worry about it, it's only a question of time. then it became very nasty. then it was over. when it was over, we have gotten along great. i like ted. if you remember, he was the last one that we really had -- i mean, i went very late into the campaign. we actually held a rally together late into the campaign. i said it will end, and it did, then it got back. we're very close. we have done great on tax cuts. we have done great on regulation cuts. he's been really terrific. if you look at what's happening in germany with respect to the pipeline, they want to now start buying our natural gas. it just came out. so take a look at that. [ inaudible question ] >> to me he's not lyin' ted anymore. he'

. >>> lyin' ted. hold that bible high. puts it down and then he lies. >> donald is a bully. the man is utterly immoral. >> i think he's crazy. >> this man is a pathological liar. a narcissist at a level i don't think this country has ever seen. >> he is choking like a dog because he's losing so badly. we have to put him away tomorrow. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot and nobody even brings it up. >> in politics there's a word for a fight like that. two tarantulas in a bowl. what a difference a year makes. after their very public feud during the election. who would have guessed donald trump and ted cruz are now apparently best buds. >> he's not lyin' ted anymore. he's beautiful ted. we fought it out. the outcome was, obvious, and we have worked together very closely. i like him a lot. >> okay. trump is holding a rally in houston tonight to benefit cruz who is locked in a tight battle with democrat beto o'rourke

the man he dubbed "lyin' ted cruz." cruz tells our paula faris the two have patched things up. president trump has three other stops on the campaign trail this week. since he's taken office, he's held 36 campaign rallies. compare that to president obama, who held just 14 at the same period of time. tara palmeri, abc news, the white house. >>> in the meantime, the trump administration is reportedly considering rolling back legal protections for transgender people. a draft proposal obtained by "the new york times" would greatly narrow the definition of gender. the revised rule would define it as a biological, unchangeable condition determined by the genitalia at birth and would be either male or female. if adopted the new definition would all but end civil rights protections for about 1.5 million transgender americans. >>> president trump says saudi arabia has been using deception and lies when it comes to the final moments of journalist jamal khashoggi's life. the saudis are acknowledging that "the washington post" columnist died inside their consulate in istanbul, but a saudi o

ricky: they're lyin'. bigad: the pr company never responded to our requests for comment, but san francisco has paid the firm more than $400,000 for its work. ricky: that's boggling, that's mind boggling. bigad: according to that same pr agency, last year, san francisco was the cleanest it's been in four years. but during that time, those in the city noticed more filth, not less. last year, san francisco received 20,000 complaints about human feces, 58,000 about trash on streets and sidewalks, and 6,000 complaints about used drug needles. that's up 228% in just 4 years. bigad: that raised some red flags for you. dan gonger: yes. bigad: dan gonger is a budget analyst for the city, and says he was shocked by the results of that pr survey. bigad: why were you so surprised? dan: i live in the city, and i don't picture san francisco as being a very clean city. bigad: is that part of your concern, that their findings might be flawed? dan: yes, yes. why are these performance measures showing improvement when, at t

one tweet that stuck out was from president trump's son, junior, saying lyin' joe manchin came out right after susan collins. he could have announced it before. he's a coward, blah, blah, blah. i don't think that necessarily works in this case. i think joe manchin was trying to speak to a lot of his con stint yenlts, lot of voters who voted for him as well as donald trump in the 2016 elections. that was calculated. >> if things are expected as some watchers think we'll see in the 4:00 or 5:00 hour that brett kavanaugh will become the supreme court justice, then we move forward to him being sworn in and then we move forward to exactly one month from this day, today being october 6th, 538 saying there's a 78% chance democrats will take over the house. some say, hey, we're going to look at impeachment for this future supreme court justice. do you believe that could be a series of events or sit problem? >> it is very problem. it's happened before. it's rare, but it has happened before. one potential future democratic leader in the house that stuck out to me on all of this was jerry nadler wh

president trump and the man he once famously called lyin' ted nership, plus the president's unsubstantiated claim about the caravan of migrants heading toward the u.s. and what mexico is now saying. >>> murdered in paradise, a 61-year-old mother from the u.s. is found dead at a resort in turks and caicos. the few details police are working with as they launch their investigation. >>> plus, real or fake, experts claim to uncover ancient forgeries at a washington, d.c. museum. >>> and this morning, one strategy to consider if you want to win tonight's $1.6 billion mega millions jackpot. >>> and we say good morning on this tuesday. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm janai norman. we begin with several breaking developments overnight in the killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. >> once again, saudi arabia appears to be changing its story of what happened after khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul. for the first time a saudi official is now explaining why a body double was seen apparently wearing khashoggi's clothes. >> and this all comes as turkey's president, a re

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in texas, president trump will campaign for a man he used to refer to as "lyin' ted." with an a tight race credit congressman better o'rourke.--beto he will welcome support from the man he used to refer to as " sleazy donald." dayal news 20 hours a powered by journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. york, sixp.m. in new p.m. london, 1 a.m. in hong kong. i vonnie quinn. welcome to bloomberg markets. -- i am vonnie quinn. bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here are the top stories on the bloomberg and around the world. on dollar is enjoying gains political risk. week we have tech earnings. the saudi blackstone discount. for anone cut a deal infrastructure fund. and beauty by the numbers. how a makeup mogul built a $1 billion business on instagram. under -- founder huda kattan. at first though, we have abigail doolittle. bruno: a lot of volatility -- as but a lot of volatility. not a lot of conviction from investors. the s&p 500 down 5% i'm a month, the worst month since 2015. this is the long way of saying neither

it's why president trump called him lyin' ted. >> john adams stubbornly said facts are stubborn things. reporter: the president is endorsing ted cruz. the dems believe they can get this state back based on demographics and urbanization. it will be heated. presidential candidate senator does beth warren firing back at president trump after his dismissal of her dna test where she claims she is part native american. she said he's scared. he's trying to do what he always does to women who scare him. attack us personally. it may soothe his ego, but it won't hurt. let's by in her contender. let's get to the dna test. it's made even more meaningless because the genetics researcher compared them with people from latin america, not native america. meaning south america a. this is about credibility, right? >> it is. it's all about making sure you have got someone with integrity. i don't care about the ancestry. i think elizabeth warren needs to confess she used this claim of american heritage to advance her career. she says she didn't. but she had herself listed in law schools as native american

. >> lyin' ted. >> the man cannot tell the truth but he combines it with big a narcissist. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> donald does one of four things -- he yells, screams, curses or insults. >> i think he's crazy. honestly i think he's crazy. >> donald you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> what happened, dana? is that water under the bridge right now? they'll be campaigning together. >> it has been at least in publ public. you heard beto o'rourke's add, he's questioning cruz's manhood saying how can you do this, how can you support a president who said these things about your wife, never mind your father. that is an example of how o'rourke has changed tactics in the past week to where he is becoming more of a traditional politician. he did accuse ted cruz of being lying today. quoted from the president during the republican primaries and the reason that is so different from the past is because o'rourke has been getting the kind of not light on him and people have be

. >> he is not lyin' ted. >> right now we can pick the balance of power. >> phone days. >> the president will be r rallying. >>> powential changes to a practice on the road and it on impact all of houston drive in d.c. citysieaders are cdering a proposal to ban right turns at red lights in the central business district. no timetab for when this could kick in. adam tuss broke this story. we'll look at what mayn hap next. >>> some chilling threats against students at a player high school. now the revelations that occurred in court today. >> reporter: even before the arrest, luis cabrera was banned from high school because of the threats and prosecutors say they're now worried he'll want revenge. >>> the court documents say l afterned he wouldn't be graduating, he began sending threat on snap chat. >> the people to whom he sent this video threat, you know, need to be protected. and i think the judge saw fit that was one of the reasons he was a clear and present danger. >> thert threat s months ago. i hope everyone at walter johnson thes. that early october. i hate wj and ha ha, i'm goi to s

. >> lyin' ted, lies, oh, he lies. >> do you think we will hear any of that tonight, rachel? >> absolutely not. there has been a homecoming when it comes to traditional republicans and the president. the president has shown over the past couple of weeks that he is willing to forgive a lot of his former adversaries, and he was in nevada a couple weeks ago to stump for dean keller, and he wants to keep control of the senate, and he wants to keep control of the house, and by going to florida or to texas, pardon me, basically what he is doing is telling his voters get to the polls and we need to keep the senate and that's all that matters right now. >> scott, you can respond to that, if you want. i want to throw up on the screen from the latest pictures we have from the thousands of migrants in southern mexico and he want to reach the united states. the president is talking about them whenever he can. talk about the politics of that. >> i think president trump is president because of the immigration issue. he won the republican primary on two things, number one, his discussion of

. >> lou two years ago who would have thought president trump would be campaigning for lyin' ted as he calls him. that was his neck name for him but now it's texas ted. he is on his way down here. this caravan of migrants getting closer and closer to the u.s. border. the number one reason president trump's coming here at the tour of the center may be because he wants and needs ted cruz to win this race. senator cruz greeted the president when he landed two hours ago. he is hoping the president can encourage supporters to get out and vote for him. right now it's uncomfortably close for republicans. cruz is ahead in the polls family seven points in his opponent beto o'rourke has proved to be a formidable challenger outranking cruz a $40 million and he said he would vote to impeach president trump if elected. the last time a democrat won a state ride test in texas was 204 years ago. this crowd does not want this to happen on their watch. this is a massive get out the vote rally. people have been at the arena since 10:00 a.m. yesterday. about 10 people camped out overnight and they are all

the president nicknames him lyin' ted, but today he gave him a new nickname. president trump: ted cruz and i had a tough campaign. once it ended and we got together, ultimately what happened, we out, the outcome was obvious. and we have worked together very closely. i like him a lot. reporter: today's dual is the first of many get out the vote around the country. the gop has a big cash advantage. republicans had over 50 million more in the bank. several key senate seats could be slipping away in nevada and tennessee with democrats falling behind the gop candidate. in north dakota, republicans could pick up a seat. the real clear politics average of polls showed heidi heitkamp 10 points behind kevin cramer. liz: president obama doubled the debt to $20 trillion. democrats need to get a net gain of 23 seats to win the house nearly one-third of that target is in the state of california. congressional elections in the golden state are build as the battle of the bases. democrats are fighting hard and they may be pulling ahead. we welcome john cox. it's great to see

it's why the president called h 'lyin' ted' because it's true. >>> 69,049 voters cast on early voting. some voters waiting as many as two hours toast the midterm ballot, which includes the closely watched race. that's a sharp increase from the last election when 20,898 showed up. 129,458 georgians have voted. >>> fund raising reports were released. in the 45 most competitive u.s. house races, 71% of the democrats outraised their republican opponents. all told in those races democrats brought in $154 million while republicans raised 108 million. >>> president trump says he believes republicans will do well. "look, it feels very much like '16." i said why am i going to lose?" i'm not sure that's right and i'm not running. there are many people who will say i'll never vote in the midterms because you're not running and i don't think you like congress. well, i do like congress. " he says he expects to get the credit if they win, echoing comments he made in nevada last month. >> i want to give a victory speech. i want to give a victory speech on the evening of election day, which is coming

that's why the president called him lyin' ted. >> it's clear his pollsters have told him to come out on the attack, and that's fine, but john adam's famously said, facts are stubborn things. >> there's stark contrasts between issues, and the affects the tax cuts will have on the federal budget deficit. this debate was the last time both candidates would share a stage before election day, a final chance to deliver face-to-face political jabs. >> congressman o'rourke sides with liberal extremist on the national level instead of the people of texas, and the jobs in texas. >> you have somebody who is all talk and no action, so if he's not showing up in texas and d.c. to vote, who is he showing up for? >> the television ad wars have come out. cruz going after o'rourke on issues like taxes and border security. >> senator cruz always stood with us shoulder to shoulder with a secure border. >> o'rourke has been on the defense. >> if somebody called my wife and dog and said my daddy was in on the kennedy assassination, i would not be kissing their ass. >> ted cruz claims says if o'rourke were

. >> lyin', lie in ted. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody in congress likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> donald yells and screams and curses or insults. >> i think he's crazy. honestly. >> you are a sniffling >> that's easy stuff coming out of trump's mouth. this is not the end of it. if ted cruz pulls it out, donald trump am take the credit. if ted cruz loses, he will say i tried to help that loser and he will go back to his talking points. >> se cup unfiltered. saturday night is the new show. i watch it every night at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we are proud of you. >> thank you very much. >> surveillance footage appears to show a saudi body double leaving the consulate in turkey and murdered journalist jamal khashoggi's clothes. georgia's republican candidate for governor responding to claims he is is you pressing voters in his role as secretary of state. a lot more news, coming up. liberty mutual saved us almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your

. >> lyin' ted. he lies. >> cruz has basically bended a knee and submitted to trump's authority here. in return, he's being rewarded with a trip that will help him, presumab presumably, gin up republican support. that's why most polls think cruz will pull this out despite an impressive candidacy from beto o'rourke. >> we always see past political rivals come together and endorse each other, john mccain and george w. bush. it always happens. but when you see the president accusing ted cruz's father of being somehow connected to the kennedy assassination, jonathan martin, that really will be interesting to watch them on stage tonight. >> here is the thing, john. there's like a sense that with trump it doesn't count. i say that from having talked to a lot of politicians. they just don't believe it's on the level. it's easier for these guys to make up with him because there's a wwf sensibility to it. if it were a more conventional politician, i think it would be harder for them to have sort of made up an