stronger opponent, beto o'rourke is getting 59%. that's votes in a major metropolitan area of texas. >> he has to run up it in the four largest cities. >> exactly. >> and the suburbs of musthoust san antonio, dallas and austin. >> here, here, here, here, and, again, corpus christi to a degree. again, this is the magic for beto o'rourke if he can pull it off in the sense when you talk to texas democrats they say, you know what, guys from here never win statewide. they never get the nomination statewide. they always get beat by guys from dallas or houston or somewhere else in the state in the statewide contests. so texas democrats who say we don't know if we can pull this off but think we're going to do a lot better than you think say watch down here, too. they say it's a point of pride not only beto o'rourke's congressional district, he's a member of the house, in neighboring areas they think a guy there el paso has a chance to win statewide. we're looking at it right now, 53%- 53 53%-47%. a competitive texas senate race, you don't s

i don't see beto o'rourke catching fire the way obama did. he is too young and green and doesn't have the sharp elbows. obama was strong in the debates. i think beto o'rourke is to nice. castro has a good look. he could go far. and brown has that gravelly voice that people listen to. he could go far. there will be so many -- >> in depth analysis. >> [laughing]. >> this is jesse's theory that good looking people go further in life? >> that's true. >> that's a burden i bear. there will be so many candidates. there won't be enough money to go around. they will dropout after the first couple of races if they can't raise any money. >> i won't respond to jesse. >> i have something. >> go ahead. >> before rom was a clinton guy, he was an obama guy. he knows how to win. in 2006 rom was in charge of the mid-terms. he won twice in chicago. he knows now to win. there are more regular strength democrats on the progressive side. when he said beto o'rourke is a lures. he came close in a red state and raised a ton of money. rom is saying you have to earn it

not like beto o'rourke is. what we have seen is an extraordinary campaign of an individual with extraordinary political talent and an ability to carve out his own policy positions without taking dictation from washington or taking talking points from anyone. and there's probably not many democrats in the country who would agree with beto o'rourke's position on every single issue right down the line. but he's carved a space that is so appealing that wherever democrats find some slight disagreement with him, it feels very minor compared to the way they agree with him. >> lawrence o'donnell waiting out the poll closing times in california -- >> rachel, can i get in one word about heidi heitkamp? >> please. >> i worked in the senate seven years. i never once in my time in the senate saw a united states senator cast a vote, that that senator knew could decisively -- >> guys, i have to interrupt. we have a big call. this is out of texas. nbc news is projecting ted cruz will return to the senate from texas, and republ

the race between ted cruz and beto o'rourke is tightening. we'll take you live to texas for the latest on the state of that race. first, president trump's brand of politics being put to the test in montana. in just a few minutes, he'll rally supporters in belgrade, montana. that has we get new numbers on early voting and we've reached an all-time high. so far some 33 million voters have cast their ballots. well, the president's tone has changed somewhat. at a rally on friday, he acknowledged republicans could lose control of the house of representatives. >> they will try to erase our gains and eradicate our progress. the democrats, and it could happen, could happen. we're doing very well and doing really well in the senate but could happen. >> we have road warriors in key states and disabilities across the united states. we'll get the latest from several of them this hour. i want to start in washington, d.c. with our white house correspondent jeff bennett. here we are, three days out. the president has been distilling and distilling his messa

beto o'rourke. we've called that race for ted cruz now. just moments ago, will hurd had pulled ahead in his race down here. we look at these districts. we just went through some districts president trump carried like dave brat's district. this is a district, will hurd's district, hillary clinton carried. this was always one of the democratic targets. will hurd, even democrats will tell you, ran a good race. what's going to happen here? we don't know. two-thirds of the vote in. it's gone back to gina ortiz jones ahead by 100 votes. a lot of close races. those close races are going to matter because the democrats need nine more. you look at the map. that's just in texas. you look at the national map. they need nine more. they're leading in 26 republican seats. they're on the path to get what they need to get the house. the question is by how much? at the end of the night are you net 25? are you net 30? can you get up to 35? that's the math, wolf, we're going to do as we go. again, democrats aren't there yet. the map looks like there's a path

and so for democrats who were rooting for beto o'rourke and want to see more from beto o'rourke, the only thing they need tonight is patience. the crisis in american government, the trump crisis is a washington crisis. there is nothing democratic governors can do to stop donald trump. and so for the governing emergency that america has face for the last two years, but really mattered last night is what happened in the democratic takeover in the house of representatives. it is a huge victory for the democrats and for democracy. in a country where democracy does not always win, as we saw in the last presidential election. last night 51 million votes were counted for the democrats running for the house of representatives. 47 million votes were counted for the republicans. 4 million more votes were counted for the democrats, and this time the party that got the most votes won. this time democracy won, and democracy had to fight against jerry mandered congressional districts rigged by republicans to defy democracy. democracy had to fight against voter suppression where republican controll

this theme that -- i've heard robert francis o'rourke, beto o'rourke galaxy yesterday, we have a 500% increase in voter participation by those under the age of 30. i went and looked -- the only evidence we had in the early vote, the top early vote in the top 15 counties in texas, 63% of the statewide vote, the only part of the state for which we have detailed information, voter participation by 18 and 19-year-olds in 2016 was just over 2% of the total turnout. now it's just under 2% of turnout. those participations of 20-29-year-old 11% of the total in 2016, it's under 10% this time around. where we get these signals of 500% increase in the youthful per dissipation like mr. robert francis o'rourke says, i don't know. >> martha: wasn't counting on karl rove fact-checking him. let's take a look at this from the president's editorial which is his last statement ahead of the election tomorrow and he really focused completely on the economy in this which allowed republicans have been wanting him to focus on a lot more rather than the caravan. he says america faces a critical choice, whethe

well, congressman beto o'rourke gave senator cruz a run for his money. this was a close race. he was trying to become the first democrat elected to that seat since 1988, but it didn't happen. you know, at the end of the day their personality and their policies just couldn't be any more different. ted cruz, his platform was jobs, security and freedom and beto o'rourke's platform was health care, unity, it was dreamers and just this morning he talked about the borders not being a threat. there's going to be a lot of talk about whether or not his platform was too progressive. in fact, when i sat down with him a couple of weeks ago i asked if his platform was so progressive that he had his eye on a bigger prize, maybe the presidency and i asked him if there's any scenario he runs for president in 2020. he said no. but cruz believes he will probably run one day. >> and i also want to take a moment to congratulate beto o'rourke. he poured his heart into this campaign. millions across this state were inspired by his campaign. >> i want to thank this amazing campaign of people. i'm so

that's beto o'rourke you see behind me on stage in a club just north of downtown san antonio. he's been walking neighborhoods, talking to people, and this is a fascinating thing to see, wolf. some 21 months ago when beto o'rourke kicked off this campaign for texas senate, he was a virtually unknown congressman from the town of el paso. these are the kind of crowds that are greeting him now as he is trying to essentially rewrite the political landscape here in texas. we've asked o'rourke repeatedly on the campaign trail over the last few weeks about the polls out there that have consistently shown him behind ted cruz. republicans believe the math is simply on their side, that there are far more conservative voters in texas that will turn out for ted cruz, but beto o'rourke is banking on the simple idea that the polls are not capturing the support and the enthusiasm that his team has been able to generate over the course of the last year and a half. they've spent a great deal of time focusing on younger voters. they're also focusing on the suburbs of houston and dallas as well a

beto o'rourke does have the chance. beto o'rourke is the favorite for the democrats to be president of the united states or their nominee in 2020. he immediately goes to iowa or new hampshire and becomes the big celebrity if he wi texas is a deeply red state. that'sh race but he had a lot of money, a lot of momentum and if democrats are able to catapult him forward, that's a big deal. >> one of the big issues, the improving economy, healthcare, illegal immigration. we've seen president trump make a number of stops in the last 10 days at rallies pushing illegal immigration issues, a strategic torts for him. do you think that will help pay off for him at this point? >> it looks like that has generated republican turnout that we have seen so far. if you can hold back the democratic wave, it is going to be 50, 58, 60 seats, pre- kavanaugh and post-kavanaugh and talking about these issues. that generated attention that wasn't there just a little while ago. that is to the white house's benefit but, what have sins -- what happ

if beto o'rourke wins, that's the story. that's it. >> dana: that's true. we'll have to read even another round of national media profiles of beto o'rourke. the daily briefing was in indiana last week. we talked to mike braun, the republican. you still think the democrat, donnelly, pulls it out? >> i think donnelly pulls it out. it's tough. the polls close at 6:00. if donnelly is ahead and wins, that's a good sign for all the other democrats coming up after him. in montana, missouri, west virginia, and if he wins indiana, i think democrats look like they will do much better in the senate. >> dana: president trump won indiana by 20 points. he's been there several times. >> and he's going there tonight. he's coming in for the close. senator donnelly is propping up a third party libertarian candidat candidate. >> the fact that trump has to go in there on the eve of the election tells you everything about that race. >> dana: they must think that it's very close. i don't have time to talk to you about election security. kirstjen nielsen, director of homeland sec

this election wasn't about me and it wasn't about beto o'rourke. this election was a battle of ideas. it was a contest for who we are and what we believe. it was a contest and the people of texas decided this race. we traveled every part of the state from east texas to west texas, from the panhandle to the valley. and the energy, the excitement we saw was incredible. just a couple weeks ago down in the valley, in harlingen, 2,000 people coming out. in mission, 2,000 people coming out. in el paso, 2,000 people coming out. and what was truly amazing, at many of these events, we would ask how many of you here are former democrats, and we would see hands throughout the room as we're seeing hands now, because texas came together behind a common sense agenda. low taxes, low regulations and lots and lots of jobs. securing the border and keeping our community safe, and defending the constitution and the bill of rights. and that is a common sense agenda that unites texans from every part of the state. it was your hard work, this is a victory for the single

ted cruz and the challenge from beto o'rourke. and th texas tonight. >>> also this evening, severe storms. tonight, and right into election day, possible tornadoes, dangerous winds moving into the east. ginger zee standing by with the new track. >>> the other news tonight, the newlyweds married just 90 minutes, cheered on as they board their helicopter. the deadly crash just a short time later. what we've now learned tonight. >>> the teachers accused of pitting children against one another at day care. the video of them fighting. there is major news on this tonight. >>> and the winner is? one mom in america whose life suddenly changed in an instant. tonight, she's changing other lives, too. she's america strong. >>> and good evening tonight from abc news election headquarters here in new york city. this is where we will watch it all unfold with you at home. we're on the eve of a crucial midterm election here in america. the polls in so many key races razor thin tonight, and president trump knows it, telling supporters, pretend i'm

for beto o'rourke this is about beto. it's about him as a big figure, a cultural figure, someone who gets people fired up on his own. for ted cruz, the supporters here are about his work with the president. they are about his work with the republican party. it's a structural thing. it's a texas republican thing more than it is about cruz uniquely himself. and that's the dynamic here down the line, whether or not that that relationship with the president and that ability to get things done within the republican party appeals to enough people in this very conservative to a long time red state, or whether beto o'rourke essentially on his own in texas can flip that. that's what we'll be watching over the next couple of days. that energy level, especially today on the last day of early voting, we expect to be extremely high for both candidates. >> the president's talk on immigration over the last few days, is it resonating with republican voters there in the lone star state? have they be sufficiently riled up? >> reporter: i t

your last nights but drink concession speeches beginning with beto o'rourke. [cheers and applause] >> thank you all for being here with us. been with us every single step of the way. [cheers and applause] >> el paso -- el paso has some really great things over the years and i'm very lucky that i got to be part of one that came out of this community. and for the last 22 months i've been traveling every single county in texas, being there to listen to and show up for every single one of us. i was inspired. i'm as hopeful as i've ever been in my life. tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way i feel about texas or this country. [cheers and applause] getting to be wed in to see all of you tonight reminds me why we set out to do this in the first place. we are not about being against anybody, about being against another political party. we are not going to define ourselves by who or what we are against are afraid of were scared of. [cheers and applause] we are great people and this is defined by our aspirations, the hard work we are willing to commit in order

let me say this about beto o'rourke. a lot of people will say beto o'rourke should not run for president because he lost the senate race or because maybe he's not experienced enough. well, tell that to donald trump that he's not experienced enough. the reality is when you're hot, you got to go when you're hot. i would argue that chris christie is not president today because he didn't run for president in twe2012. i'm not saying he could have beat barack obama, that was his moment. he didn't go and we saw what happened in 2016. it flamed out. >> let's look ahead to tomorrow, democrats meeting behind closed doors apparently to talk about leadership. our friend bob costar over at "the washington post" has this headline. democratic rebel seeks negotiations with pelosi on races for leadership. there's the headline. congressman seth moulton, the man leading the resistance seems to have shifted his focus to getting a replacement for the number two or perhaps the number three democrat in the house come january. will the house de

senator ted cruz and three-time congressman beto o'rourke could not be more different. overnight, we were with cruz in his final push. >> you look at the texas economy right now. the economy is booming. we've got the lowest unemployment rate in 49 years. and i think texans understand, why would we want to screw that up? >> reporter: and beto o'rourke with a new ad, traveling to all 254 counties, documenting it on his iphone. >> this our chance, texas, to lead this country. america has never been more divided, never been more polarizeorter: more pe have already voted than the total that voted in the last midterm. do you think that early voter momentum is leaning your way? >> i do. >> reporter: and with president trump focused on the images of the caravan, so is cruz. >> security is on the ballot tomorrow. >> reporter: you say you want to secure the borders, can you do that without a wall, can you do that without militarizing the border? >> we don't need a wall. we don't need to militarize the border. >> reporter: o'rourke says we need immigration reform. >> it is precise

beto o'rourke has a colorful character. he is a former punk rocker turned congressman, with some saying he has kennedy-esque qualities. 18-year-old record in terms of fundraising, raising over $60 million during his campaign. twitter, there is a hashtag for him. >> there were also unusual candidates who equally won their us -- one their races. >> denver reutimann one his house seat in virginia, defeating leslie cockburn. it was one of the strangest and closest races of the midterms of accusingcockburn --.er of campaigning with zipperer: good afternoon, and welcome to today's meeting of the commonwealth club of california, the place where you're in the know. i'm john zipperer, the club's vice president of media and editorial, host of its week-to-week political roundtable series, and your moderator for today. and now, it's my pleasure to introduce today's distinguished speaker, chaharlie sykes. he's the a author of 8 books on n current afaffairs and education, inincluding h his new book, "how the right lost its mind." for yea

this is where beto o'rourke could win. what would push him over the edge would be if republican voters who were not that enthusiastic about cruz decided to stay home. that is what a lot of the experts said it would take for o'rourke to win. maybe not. we are seeing him run a tighter race than expected. >> our colleague in houston. let's turn to al hunt. you have been through so many of these elections. it doesn't look like there is a huge big wave for the democrats. if this was all about donald trump the person, as he said it was, what does this tell us what the country thinks about president trump? >> it is as divided as we thought it was going into the election. i oversupply five. oversimplified, the blues are delivering for blues and the reds for reds. it,t now, as i look at these are not over yet, the democrats are struggling in a couple of seats they thought they were going to win in new jersey. they look like they are going to win two. kansas. they are going to pick up two in texas. lose, inurke, win or dallas and ho

beto o'rourke out there voting. ted cruz in one of the most high profile and surprisingly competitive races in the country against the democratic candidate beto o'rourke. man, a lot of money was spent on this thing. how sis it looking this morning >> reporter: we'll wait and see what happens today. we are in the third most populus county in the state of texas and also the largest urban county that remains red. it is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. that's exactly the margin he won the state of texas by. and beto o'rourke has said we have to win this county in order to win the state of texas. it will come down to the size and shape of the electorate. we have been talking a lot about white women, suburban voters and college educated voters. i have a voter with me who is both of those things. you said you were one of the earliest voters on the first day of early voting. you are supporting beto o'rourke and we talked about what motivated you and this idea of fear being a powerful moti

if you look at beto o'rourke's record on immigration, it is terrible. he supports tearing down the border walls we have, he supports sanctuary cities. he opposes cates law, i'm the author of case law and the senate senate and that's the sort of common sense legislatio legislation. >> shannon: it's something you guys have debated very hotly, polling shows the other one just ahead of that. want to run a little bit of an ad that beto is running and give you a chance to respond. >> ted cruz has voted to take away health care for millions of american families, he's tried repeatedly to roll back protections for pre-existing conditions and he's shut down the government for in 16 days because he thought too many people had too much health care. >> shannon: polls show that people trust potential voters democrats more to handle the issue of health care, something they are campaigning heavily on this fall. how do you respond to his accusations? >> beto knows what he's saying is false and he's looking into the tv camera and deliberately telling falsehoods. i've got

chris for us at beto o'rourke headquarters. we've gone back and forth to chris over the course of the night. you can see things filling in there. >> yeah, it's noisier. >> yes, for sure. these numbers, look at this. >> look at that. >> 49.7 to 49.7. >> come on. >> we're just looking at a difference of 100 votes. now it's a different of 1500 votes. this is with less than two-thirds of the vote. and chris made a good point there in terms of the polls closing completely across texas. this is just like -- is this the story of ted cruz? is this the story of beto o'rourke or is this the story of a new texas? >> i think to nicole's point, this tells the story of the lawn signs, and this also tells the story of the enormous unpopularity of ted cruz. >> and of donald trump. ted cruz ran arm and arm with donald trump in a state that should be donald trump country. and if a democrat can win in texas, a democrat can win anywhere. if beto o'rourke can beat a trump ally like ted cruz, which is what ted cruz chose to become, he could have gon

here is beto o'rourke. >> regardless of party affiliation, don't care who you voted for last time. now the chance to do something great and positive in the united states of america. >> a far left liberal. if you look on immigration he supports open borders, he supports sanctuary cities, kate's law. i'm the author of kate's law and i will tell you what people of texas want. if you are present texas we went the caravan stopped. >> reporter: millions spent, texans will get their vote today. an early voting more folks voted early in texas than altogether in the midterms in 2014, lots of enthusiasm on the ground. we will see how it shakes up. we will be live at the old south pancake house on "fox and friends". folks in the area come on out. >> talked to pete about who you think will win. it will be a long day. as we were talking about the balance of power is at stake in the crucial election, donald trump making a closing argument in three back to back rallies as he tries to help the gop keep control of congress. garrett tenney is live with more on what to watch today. >> reporter: there

beto o'rourke, is he a real contender against cruz? does money make a giant difference? >> reporter: money is in dramatic fashion. shattering all kinds of records for fund raising in this election. he's really become a nationwide phenomenon. here this afternoon, we're at a women for ted cruz rally where ted cruz is expected to speak here in the next hour or so, appearing with his wife and also the wife of texas governor greg abbott and from here, he continues on to the small town of victoria, texas, and this captures the intensity that both candidates are campaigning across the state. beto o'rourke literally going through neighborhoods and we've seen this here, fredricka, throughout the last few days of early voting. it's really important to point out the early voting totals in this state have been astronomical, through the roof. the final numbers, last i checked, aren't quite in but they were already record setting from across the state and that's really what political observers are paying the most attention to, trying to figure out what all of this means. one of the th

in texas, republican senator ted cruz narrowly defeated democratic challenger beto o'rourke tuesday in what appeared to be one of the closest senate races in texas in decades. here are last night's victory and concession speeches beginning with beto o'rourke. >> thank you all for being here with us. being with us every single step of the way. el paso, el paso has produced some really great teams over the years and i am very lucky that i got to be part of one that came out of this community. for the last 22 months, i have been traveling every single county of texas, being there to listen to and show up for every single one of us. i'm as inspired, i'm as hopeful as i have ever been in my life, and tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas or this country. getting to be with and to see all of you tonight reminds me why we set out to do this in the first place. we're not about being against anybo anybody, not about being against another political party. we're not going to define ourselves by who or what we are against or afraid of or scared of. we are a great

but andrew gillum and stacey abrams and beto o'rourke did not lose. all right. and i know that they may not have won these particular races, but they fundamentally rebranded the democratic party. i moon -- mean, stacey abrams and andrew gillum showed that you can have progressivism in a black idiom. beto o'rourke showed, if you have this grassroots movement, no matter where you are, if you touch 100 counties in texas and you have that energy and out here showing that you can have not only the hollywoods and the willie nelsons showing you can have the bubba who drives a truck that you have an opportunity -- >> yeah, but you have to actually win, though. >> a winning national message. >> but let me just tell you this, without those three individuals, you don't flip the house. so, i mean, we can sit here and say that they lost their elections, they did. however, you're not winning in the suburbs -- you're not winning the chaletla seats in florida. you're not winning the allred races in texas. you're not winning the lucy mcbath race in georgia. so that energy was bu

. >> reporter: jones says another factor was beto o'rourke's appeal and his ability to bring out new voters. >> beto o'rourke alone helps explain why we saw 12 representative seats flip from republican to democratic two state senate seats flip and two congressional seats flip. >> lizzie appealed to me and even to my republican husband because of what she stood for. >> reporter: republicans still control texas on the state and federal level, but jones set beto o'rourke's campaign could provide a blueprint for democrats to gain power here in the lone star state. morning," security researchers show cbs how they can hack into medical devices which can be potentially life threatening for patients. what's being dup one to prevent these attacks. and why scientists are saying a massive visitor moving closer to our solar system may be from an alienation. that's "cbs this morning," thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green, have a great day. i'm kenny choi. >>> we take a live look outside at coit tower in san francisco, 58 degrees a little warmer this morning. it is thursday, november 8th. tha

beto o'rourke is trying to change that. president trump won tarrant count i by 9 percentage points, that is the margin by which he won texas. when you look at the big races like this race between ted cruz and beto o'rourke, both sides will be looking at this county. you can hear the beto supporters and there have been ted cruz supporters. o'rourke said if he is to win the state of texas and the senate, he has to win tarrant county. we have been talking about early voting numbers and more than 40% have already voted. the balloting tops 465,000. it's much higher than past mid-terms and higher than the early vote totals of 2012, a presidential year according to administrators. the question is where is energy and enthusiasm going? we see a burch of beto supporters, but we have to see how it wraps up when the polls close. >> we will be there for it and staying in texas, immigration is a big voting issue. the pentagon said there are 2600 u.s. troops at the texas border with mexico. president trump ordered them there to guard agai

beto o'rourke has been asked about it. he was mostly unconcerned about this when we spoke to him about it earlier today. i'm going to take a look at it myself and get a better idea of what kind of a scale of an operation it is we're talking about here. >> we'll let you do that. garrett haake in el paso, thank you my friend. we'll be checking in with garrett throughout the course of the day. chuck todd says virginia house races, virginia house races are key to whether a blue wave is hitting the house or perhaps a potential tsunami. nbc road warrior tom costello live for us in henrico. >> reporter: good morning, we've got dave bratt who is up against abigail spanberger. dave bratt is a tea party republican and trump supporters. could spanberger upset this race? we'll have all the details coming up on the other side of the break. minimums and fees. they seem to be the very foundation of your typical bank. capital one is anything but typical. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings and checking accounts w

beating narrowly beto o'rourke. republican ron desantis pulling out a win over andrew gillum race for governor. rob: kempf has the advantage at this point. you will stay tuned for our coverage this morning. have a good day. >> i am ready to go to washington and fight for you. >> people of texas rendered a verdict that we want a future with more jobs and more security and more freedom. [cheers] >> we didn't accept government incompetence in tallahassee. and we are not going to accept it in d.c. i will not accept it as your new u.s. senator. >> i know you want to keep this country living on the right track. i think the entire country has

but beto o'rourke in texas, a lot of strength there. but we also saw two things -- polarization and the resiliency of trump as a campaigner, as a political force, somebody who can consolidate that support particularly in rural parts of the country. there's a lot there. not the blue wave a lot of people thought was coming. but certainly a big night. >> so blue wave in the house. red wave in the senate. if you want to call it that. the president can feel good -- basically, there are a lot of different factions that can be celebrating and see it as a victory for themselves. explain that paradox. >> i think the fact that -- i mean, this was always two separate elections. the republicans had the blessing of geography going into this because all of these senate races were in red states. look where the president went. he largely won all of the senate seats. the question we don't know is did his rhetoric at the end of the day, did his -- you know, his harsh tone on immigration, hurt the house. we'll be looking at that for a long time to come. o

the question for the beto o'rourke campaign, can he convince enough of those latino voters along this area to come out and vote for him. >> thanks very much. gabe gutierrez in donna, texas. >>> coming up, we're going to make a stop in wisconsin, where house speaker paul ryan is campaigning for the man who could very well replace him. wisconsin was a key state in 2016. what role is it going to play in the midterms? you're watching msnbc. hey! alright, let's get going! and you want to make sure to aim it. i'm aiming it. ohhhhhhh! i ordered it for everyone. [laughing] (dad vo) we got the biggest subaru to help bring our family together. i'm just resting my eyes. (dad vo) even though we're generations apart. what a day. i just love those kids. (avo) presenting the all-new three-row subaru ascent. wave to grandma, everybody. (avo) love is now bigger than ever. their medicare options... before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare s

>> i think if you look in texas, certainly, you know, the beto o'rourke campaign would be very excited to see the number of young voters rising, and the same in georgia, in the governor's race there, potentially in florida. but, you know, it's really hard to extrapolate exactly what this means. they are far and away above the last midterm elections. but they're not too much above and parole belrobably below the presidential election. in the most recent presidential election, texas and florida didn't exactly go for the democrats. >> thank you for laying it out for us, zachary wolf. >>> a week ago we were covering an unspeakable tragedy. coming up, a rabbi makes an emotional return to the tree of life synagogue one week after the worth anti-semitic attack in modern u.s. history. >> i'm a witness. i'm a victim. and i'm a survivor. i'm also a pastor. i'm also human. and i stand here and i'm in pain. for me. that last place was pretty nice. i don't like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can

. >>> with two campaign days left, beto o'rourke and ted cruz are in a tie. that is a tie within the margin of error. early voting in texas has already surpassed the total vote turnout from the 2014 midterm election. over 5 million early votes already cast. that's more than all of the votes that were cast in 2014, the nonpartisan political report rates this race now as a tossup. ted cruz has embraced the man who he once called unfit for office and a pathological liar. donald trump has endorsed ted cruz, all texans remember what donald trump's first impression of ted cruz was, and the democrats are reminding texans of that. >> i must tell you one thing about ted cruz, i have never ever met a person that lies more than ted cruz. >> one of the great liars of all time. >> that's why we call him lyin' ted. >> he holds the bible high, and then he lies. >> he's taken so much money from so many different people. >> he's a nasty guy, nobody likes him, nobody in congress likes him. >> ted cruise is not a truthful person. >> he's the most dishonest guy i've ever met in

beto o'rourke spent 70 million versus ted cruz‘ 30 beto o‘rourke spent 70 million versus ted cruz‘ 30 million. beto o‘rourke spent 70 million versus ted cruz' 30 million. we were already talking about him as a presidential candidate, although he had not won the seat. the leading democrat in florida also lost the campaignfor democrat in florida also lost the campaign for the governorship. so the progressive movement of the democratic party will be disappointed, but will be moderates. they have done candle at running in kentucky who the democrats had a lot of hope in. she was former us service personnel and would have been an interesting candidate is moving forward. she unfortunately lost as well, so a real mixed bag for the leading candidates that the democratic party had put great faith in last night. clodagh, what do you think this means ford domestic politics in the us over the next couple of years? are we going to see more government shutdowns, more deadlocks and frustration?” more government shutdowns, more deadlocks and frustration? i think government shutdowns could be the p

. >> reporter: in texas, beto o'rourke trying to become the first democratic senator elected in texas in nearly 25 years. >> let's remember that before we're republicans or democrats, we're americans, texans. >> reporter: he is up against incumbent republican senator ted cruz. >> stopping all the positive progress we're making is that good for the people of texas? >> reporter: andy field, abc news, washington. >>> last night, beto o'rourke told "60 minutes" he doesn't want national democrats to campaign for him because texas voters should decide on their own terms. >> senator cruz who is backed by president trump claims o'rourke is too radical for texas and cruz is holding only a slight lead in the polls. he talked to our paula faris a short time ago. >> too close for comfort here? no, you're good? >> i think momentum is very much with us. we're seeing record turnout which is great news. we always knew the hard left was going to show up. they were ticked off. this election was all about ordinary texans showing up. >> paula will talk with beto o'rourke today. more than 5 million people

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> let's go with beto o'rourke. his opponent has been out not talking trump. he has had a specific message to voters. what is it? >> yes, o'rourke never talks about the president. i don't think i've heard him mention ted cruz's name on the stum. yesterday, we were down closer to the border. 1 million voters in the rio grande valley. where the immigration issue plays differently. we heard o'rourke talk about the idea that the border communities here don't want walls and they certainly don't want troops. they want commerce. the cultural connection that happens. he pushed back pretty hard against the kind of language, the receiptry, the president's been using. >> the lowest levels on the u.s./mexican border since 1971. we're seeing people who are not being am ppprehended, they're turning themselvturn ing themselves in. people trying to lawfully claim asylum. with fear and paranoia. that's not us. that's not our country. if the president doesn't get it the people of texas do. >> today is the last day voters in texas can

if democrats are going to succeed there, it likely involves beto o'rourke in texas. he voted this morning in el paso. he's a superstar there. listen to how 77-year-old pamela aguirre described him. >> reporter: you were here when beto came to cast his vote and you told me this was very emotional for you. why? >> well, because i wasn't expecting it and because we think he's pretty important and we're honored that he was here. >> reporter: why is he so important? >> because he represents everything that donald trump isn't. >> reporter: you're so proud. what will it feel like if you see him win this race tonight? >> everything. just everything. we want him to win. and we'll be watching the tv tonight with him. he'll be someplace in the city. but it will mean just so much. it will mean that, by gosh, we all still have a chance to have a decent country and decent values with decent relationships with other people. >> wow. joining the conversation now, from the "washington post" "power up" anchor, jackie, it's amazing to see these voters and how much -- how emotional this

robert: when you think of beto o'rourke,gainst ted cruz, how is the immigration issue playing in texas? >> i don't know if beto o'rourke is you're going to bring a whole bunch of new people into the process that have never been part of the -- especially a midterm electorate. in some cases they might not have turneny out inlection if you can increase your baseat vote, what's going to put you over the top. interesting enough where beto o'rourke is doing best, at least when you look at the state and the congressional he's doing best in those inner ring suburban affluent districts which are less diverse. and not as stronn some of the rio grande area which is more heavily latino. but this is going to be aat fascg discussion among democrats about do we pick the candidate who can mivate a turn out those new voters like georgia, florida, texas if they success? do we go with the m until the midwest which is more sort of centurist and kindoi of to that older base? robert: any lessons about the money that was spent? >> you know, this is an interesting election for democrats because they had two t

beto o'rourke performing well getting 2/3 of the votes there. suburban counties, collin and tarrant county, cruz is leading just bary in tarrant county. fort worth, arlington. been trending towards democrats in the last couple of elections. that was essentially tied. that's not good news for ted cruz. overwhelmingly in the state of texas the math favors cruz. republicani talked to aren't in any kind of panic yet but they're watching what th're seeing in dallas a little bit nervously. we're still waiting to see any numbers by harris county, houston. the o'rourke campaign is expecting big, big turnout. >> a lot of monespent the race, a lot of new voters. >> beto o'rourke i believe raised more money than any we'll find out if money can get you a win in deep red texas. we're going to be right back insights from election night. veteran tom brokaw. our coverage continues live in hest a moment. >> regardless of we live, we share a common belief that gi gecan do more, can be more for all of us. >> you get a vote and you get a vote. >> i've got a message

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beto o'rourke, fresh off his loss in the texas senate race came in third. senators elizabeth warren of massachusetts, kamala harris and cory booker followed close behind. none of these big name candidates have officially declared their intention for 2020 2020 but on the stump for 2018 candidates, many seem to be previewing their own 2020 pitches. >> democrats choose hope over fear! democrats choose unity over division! and most importantly, we choose truth over lies! >> ideas that just three years ago were perceived to be radical and extremist ideas are now ideas that are supported by the vast majority of the american people. thank you, iowa. >> we are better than this and that's what we're fighting for. so let's think about it in the context, then, of what's at stake because there's so much at stake. >> this is not a time to curl up. it is not a time to shut up. it is not a time to give up. it's a time to get up, to rise up, to speak up! it's time for you not to wait for hope but to be the hope! >> it's our time to fight back. are you ready it fight back?

beto o'rourke landing in his hometown of el paso tonight holding his lal last rally really trying to strike an optimistic tone. and he knows full well that all of the money that he has raised, all of the energy, all of the coverage that he has amassed if he were to lose tomorrow it's essentially all for naught. that's why he left here with this crowd saying really kind of a call to action that that is exactly what his campaign eventually will be measured by. whether or not they were able to turn all of this attention, all of this energy into votes, which is something that we still have to see. as for ted cruz, he spent the day campaigning in various stops around his hometown of houston. and the message very clear with him as well. he has been embracing this for several weeks now, this idea, and warning his supporters that the left is angry, filled with rage toward president trump and that that is a very dangerous thing. he starts hitting home on the themes of this election boils down to jobs, freedom and security. those are the themes that he has hit over and over here in the last fe

beto o'rourke ran as a proud democrat. what is the lesson democrats are going to take away from what they watched, how they saw bredesen come up short and how they saw beto o'rourke come up short? >> that's a great question. i think when in doubt, your messaging position, your ideology counts a lot, but nothing is bigger than the tribalness of the state. it is hard for a democrat to win state wide in a red state and vice versa. i have tried with statewide republicans here in blue california. it is in the swing states where i think there will be an argument in the democratic party, and a lot of people -- i think some people will make the argument one of the problems that gillum had in florida what ideology. a far-right trump candidate who would have normal trouble in a general election can still do pretty well against a left bernie candidate. but, you know, there's a church in the democrat party that's all about mobilization that we're going to see. >> i don't mean to contradict you, in the same state centrist bill nelson a

well, congressman beto o'rourke gave senator cruz a run for his money. this was a close race. he was trying to become the first democrat elected to that seat since 1988, but it didn't happen. you know, at the end of the day their personality and their policies just couldn't be any more different. ted cruz, his platform was jobs, security and freedom and beto o'rourke's platform was health care, unity, it was dreamers and just this morning he talked about the borders not being a threat. there's going to be a lot of talk about whether or not his platform was too progressive. in fact, when i sat down with him a couple of weeks ago i asked if his platform was so progressive that he had his eye on a bigger prize, maybe the presidency and i asked him if there's any scenario he runs for president in 2020. he said no. but cruz believes he will probably run one day. >> and i also want to take a moment to congratulate beto o'rourke. he poured his heart into this campaign. millions across this state were inspired by his campaign. >> i want to thank this amazing campaign of people. i'm so

campaign, and beto o'rourke careful not to do negative campaigning. he does not have ads that go specifically at ted cruz in an atta attack way. it's a pac that has put the ad of donald trump saying these things about ted cruz, in another campaign, you might call that a negative ad because it's negative about ted cruz, but it's the guy who endorsed ted cruz saying negative things about ted cruz. i don't know what you call that ad. i want to clarify for the audience, whatever you call it, it's not from the o'rourke campaign, how is that kind of ad playing in texas. we have all been expecting it to happen that they be running what donald trump used to say about his now friend ted cruz. >> well, lawrence, it's no secret in texas that ted cruz polls very low. the truth in texas is that, you know, there is a trump factor and everything that comes with it. however, texas has had trump like leadership for a very long time. we currently have attorney general ken paxton with, you know, he's sitting attorney general and he's under indictment for multiple feloni

democratic congressman, beto o'rourke is hoping to ride a turn out race against ted cruz. >> garrett, i know you basically moved your entire belongings and house to texas. that's how long you have been there. what is the state of play, 24 hours to go before polls open in that state. >> reporter: i'm standing at a beto o'rourke rally in houston, texas. the crowd around me thinks they can pull off this upset win. they have about 800 people in the house of blues in downtown houston for a rally that starts at 8:00 in the morning local time. the energy here has been electric, but they are playing against the math here. this is still texas. it's still a heavily republican state, and the o'rourke campaign has gotten some push back saying maybe they should have tried harder to get republican voters. maybe they should have tried harder to come after ted cruz in the middle. they are buoyed by this incredible energy. o'rourke told me, in the 22 months he's running, he has no regrets and he is not focussed on anything but this race. here's some of our interview this morning. anything you would do