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. >> we are not a nation of red states or blue states. we are a nation of red, white and blue states. that's america. >> plus, expert analysis from our powerhouse political team. abc news election night coverage, your vote, your vote continues right now. >>> and it is morning in america, and good morning, everybody. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm marci gonzalez. we begin our special election coverage with the split decision on congress. democrats have won control of the house for the first time in eight years, but the senate remains in the hands of republicans. >> firmly in the hands of republicans. here's a breakdown at this hour, in the house democrats now have at least 222 seats. only 201 was needed for control. and now the new makeup of the senate, so far it's 43-51 in favor of republicans who have gained two seats so far. red firmly in control there. one high-profile senate contest remains undecided this morning. it's in florida between the democratic incumbent bill nelson and the state's current republican governor rick scott. >> meanwhi

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red states. blue states. and every shade of purple in between. we see people working across party lines. state lines. yes, even airlines. all looking for for that uncommon, common ground. a nice reminder: that if you really want to see what this country is made of. maybe it's best to go see it for yourself. >>> beautiful sun set here in washington, d.c. we'll see what the sunright brings tomorrow morning. we'll see if there's a change in the battle for power here in washington. jake and nia are taking a close loo look. >> 36 governor seats are up for grabs tonight. only a handful are close, high-profile contests that will test the president's influence in key battlegrounds and likely have an impact in 2020 and beyond. we'll be watching races in florida, georgia, kansas, ohio and wisconsin. these are states where republicans currently hold the governor's office and are very much on the defensive tonight. one of the hottest match-ups is in florida, where democrat andrew gillem is vowing to be the state's first african-american governor. he faces re

we are not a nation of red states or blue states. we are a nation of red, white and blue states. that's america. >> thank you for believing in america. thank you for believing in our future. thank you for believing in what we can yet achieve. congratulations. this is your victory tonight. >> i will be out there fighting with you. i am not going away. i love this state. i will continue to serve. >> we know a vow, a vow takes effort. it takes commitment to hold truth. reaching out, reaching across is hard work, but as i told you then, hard work is in our bones. [ applause ] >> stacey abrams there overnight from her election headquarters in atlanta. >> yeah, one of the governors' races we are still waiting to learn the outcome of, alaska, connecticut, georgia, maine, new hampshire. >> a lot still to be decided, indeed. josh hawley there, the 38-year-old beating claire mccaskill. there are a number of different headlines that we noticed overnight and we continue to keep our eyes on. our election coverage continues. for some of you your local news is next. >> for everyone else "americ

red states. blue states. and every shade of purple in between. we see people working across party lines. state lines. yes, even airlines. all looking for for that uncommon, common ground. a nice reminder: that if you really want to see what this country is made of. maybe it's best to go see it for yourself. >>> welcome back to a special edition of "the lead," election day in america. as the polls begin to close in the next few hours, the blame game has already begun among top republicans. manu raju is live on capitol hill 37 wh hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: the republicans are already sensing a loss tonight, potentially losing the house, and already assessing how this will play out tomorrow. the blame game is beginning. looking at one of the first polls closing in that kentucky race with republican incumbent andy barr. that's a race in which paul ryan's super pac has spent $3 million in that race. the national republican congressional committee has not spent anything in that race. they've actually spent $20 million less than it did in

we are a pretty evenly divided country, red state, blue state. we do have a constitutional requirements to redistrict. if you live in a state dominated by republicans, they will draw more and more safe districts on the right. and for democrats, more and more safe districts on the left. people go in washington today to represent us in congress and they longer take their families up there. there is no longer any social interaction in washington between the two parties. and the next to last thing, you have the advent of the internet. and that really makes it easy to be divisive. divisiveness sells. comity does not sell. if someone says something outrageous, they can get on tv. and lastly, part of this problem is the responsibility of the media. our media today are no longer objective reporters of the facts the way they were when i was there. [applause] mr. baker: they are, as you pointed out, they are players. you tune into fox news, you think you are listening to the house organ of the republican party. tune into msnbc, you would know you are liste

red states. blue states. and every shade of purple in between. we see people working across party lines. state lines. yes, even airlines. all looking for for that uncommon, common ground. a nice reminder: that if you really want to see what this country is made of. maybe it's best to go see it for yourself. hey, what are you guys doing here? we're voya. we stay with you to and through retirement. so you'll still be here to help me make smart choices? well, with your finances that is. we had nothing to do with that tie. voya. helping you to and through retirement. ♪ >>> welcome back. let's quickly go to dana. she has a key race alert. dana. >> wolf, the numbers are still coming in a little bit more in the state of indiana. right now, as you see there on the screen, mike braun is still ahead by almost 60%, joe donnelly the incumbent democrat trailing. this is such an important race, we can't emphasize that enough because it is a key decision as to whether or not democrats have any shot at taking back the senate tonight. they have to hold this if

and it's because of the -- [applause] first of all, we are a pretty evenly country, red state blue state. we do have a constitutional requirement to redistricting if you live in a state dominated by republicans, they will drop more and more state dishes on the record democrats more and more safe distance on the left. people who go to washington today to represent us, take her in the congress, no longer take their families up there. there is no longer any social interaction in washington between the two parties. and lastly, the last thing, or maybe not quite lastly, next-to-last, he had the advent of the internet. that really makes it easy to be divisive. divisiveness cells. comity doesn't sell. if you can get somebody to say something outrageous, that person can get on tv, right? and lastly, i've got to tell you, i think part of this problem is the responsibility of the media. our media today are no longer objective reporters of the facts the way they were when i was there. [applause] they are, , as you pointed out, they are players. they are players. you tune into fox news, you think yo

state blue state politics. he was very successful in delivering that message. victory very resounding and brought with him a lot of members of congress. i was there when we got to washington. we were greeted with the reality there,publican leaders i'm not making this is a partisan point, it's a systemic issue. we got there and there was a strategy essentially that said we are not going to cooperate. mitch mcconnell said if we cooperated, we weren't going to give him that. this thing fed on itself. unhealthy dynamic. i was moved and stirred and i agree with steve's oration. i remember in 2008 at some of those rallies at the end of the campaign, sarah palin rallies where you saw the ugliness we see today. it is not true that donald trump is manufactured all of this. these forces were there. there were people who were propagating or taking advantage of these sentiments, these resentments for their own purposes before donald trump. he has perfected it. there was something beyond donald trump that was going on out t

state/blue state stereotype would suggest. michigan legalized recreational use of marijuana. others legalized medicinal marijuana. and some are saying they don't smoke marijuana in dakota, hokey in meskokie. they turned it down. if you're concerned about the politics, voters in michigan, colorado, and missouri approved nonpartisan redistricting commissions which will end the rigged system of redistricting and lead to more competitive general elections for congress and more representative results. the fight for voting rights was a big theme this year. and voters in florida decided to restore voting rights to felons who served their time going forward. nevada backed automatic voter remg administration. maryland approve -- registration. maryland approved same-day voter registration. in the south, arkansas and north carolina backed requirements to show voter i.d. at the polls. polls said health care was issue number one for people. citizens of idaho, nebraska, and utah are requiring their conservative states to accept obamacare's

above the red states, blue state politics. he was successful in delivering that message. it is the reason he won. victory andnding brought members of congress. i was there woman got to washington and the reality -- i was there when we got to washington. i am not making this as a partisan point, it is an issue. said was a strategy that we will not cooperate. mitch mcconnell said if we cooperated, it was signify he had figured it out and we would not given that -- give him that. it was an unhealthy dynamic. the other thing, because i was thed and i agree with operation, i remember in 2008, the rallies. in which you saw the forerunner of the ugliness we see today. true, the donald trump has manufactured all of this. these forces were there. there were people who were propagating or taking advantage of the sentiments, resentments for their own political purposes before donald trump. he has perfected it. there was something beyond donald trump that is going on and we recognize it. i would say, all the issues a governor went through from infrastructure to immigration -- if you

state, blue state politics. and he was very successful this that election this delivering that message. it's the reason that he won a very, very resounding victory and brought with him a lot of members of congress. i was also there when we got to washington and we were greeted with reality, which was that republican leaders there -- and i'm not making this as a partisan point. it's a systemic issue. when we got there, there was a strategy essentially that said we're not going to cooperate. mitch mcconnell said, if we cooperated it would signify that he had figured that out and we weren't going to give him that. and this fed on itself. it was a really unhealthy dynamic. the other thing i would say because i was moved and stired by and i agree with steve's oreation but i also remember in 2008 some of those rallies at the end of the campaign, the sara palin rallies in which you saw the forerunner of some of the uglyness that we see today. so it is not true that donald trump has manufactured all of this. these force

country, red states and blue states, are passing laws and, in some cases, bipartisan laws. one of the real areas of progress that we've seen where we've seen some conservatives, doctors, medical professionals, gun violence prevention advocates all agree, is on these extreme risk protection orders or gun violence restraining orders. these red flag laws. these have passed in eight states since parkland, including in florida. and the idea is that law enforcement officials or family members should have a way to petition a court if someone that they know seems danger us to temporarily take their -- dangerous to temporary take their guns in this moment of crisis, in a gape where someone is clearly disturbed but there may not be the evidence, that may not meet the standard to be voluntary committed. i think we talk about this being gay rights versus gun control, the nra versus gun control groups. but the real tension is between people who feel hopeless that there's nothing to be done and the people who are working to take action. the enemy here is not one group or the other, the r

i think many red states and blue states who are were opposed to that designation because we have no idea if it was a federal takeover of our election process. to say that it was a rocky road in the beginning as far as communications i think they would agree to that. what has happened since then. the critic goal infrastructure was designated january 17 we actually did not find out what resources and what that meant for us until june or july of that. we have since set up coordinating council of which i and others our members of. we have a lot of resources at the department of homeland security. it has provided for us. the penetration test vulnerability assessments, here in vermont we actually do a weekly hygiene scan of our system through the vhs currently. the communication level since last summer has increased has increased tremendously. we will get real-time information as to any threats that may be on the horizon. and were constantly focused on focus on how we can do this. i can go into that detail. i'm sure you can ask. all about the different things we head in place. >> a lot of the

red states. blue states. and every shade of purple in between. we see people working across party lines. state lines. yes, even airlines. all looking for for that uncommon, common ground. a nice reminder: that if you really want to see what this country is made of. maybe it's best to go see it for yourself. the full value of your new car? you'd be better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ a moment of joy. a source of inspiration. an act of kindness. an old friend. a new beginning. some welcome relief... or a cause for celebration. ♪ what's inside? ♪ [laughter] possibilities. what we deliver by delivering. >> bret: welcome back to fox square. america's election headquarters. the midterms 2018. just minutes away from the first major poll closings of the night. we mention kentucky, or a part of it has close. >> martha: it is it safe that the balance of power in both the house and senate

i think many red states and blue states, many states were opposed to the designation because we had no idea how it would affect our elections process. to say it was a rocky road in the beginning as far as communications, i think even dhs would agree to that. since then, we learned that critical infrastructure designation was designated in january of 2017. we did not find out what that meant to us until june or july of 2017. we have since set up a coordinating council which i and others are members of. we have a lot of resources that the department of homeland security has provided to us. things like penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, cyber hygiene scans. in vermont, we do a weekly hygiene scan of our system through dhs currently. the communication level since last summer has increased, the summer of 2017, has increased tremendously. we have an election dashboard with dhs and the fbi. we will get real-time information as to any threats that might be on the horizon. we are constantly focused on how we can do this. i can go over the details. i'm sure you will ask about the diff

watch. >> he is out there flipping the blue states red. i think josh hawley will do it and mike braun from indiana. patrick morrissey from west virginia. >> sandra: care to take on those races? >> i don't think indiana or missouri is a particularly blue states. they're red state and significant. if you're able to flip in indiana, that would be a loss of one for the democrats. the democrats, because they only -- they are defending 26 seats and republicans only 9. they lose a seat. talk about new jersey potential in indiana, almost a certainty in north dakota. if the democrats lose any they really have to pick up. it will be hard for them. missouri is claire mccaskill is a red state. she is a democrat and what's interesting is the degree to which she has flipped. she now talks about crazy democrats. she has echoed the president in his hard line on immigration. and yesterday she said she doesn't really care who controls the senate whether it's 51-49 democrat or 51-4 republican. she is running afar away from her party as she can. if she wins s

people talk about red states and blue states quite a bit here on msnbc, but my experience has been it's college towns and not college towns. it's not states. everybody who's educated is happy that he or she got educated. and we can all learn about climate change. it's not, as i like to say, rocket surgery. >> can i ask about the president's claims that there was gross forest mismanagement. he said if you could have raked the forest floors in paradise and southern gray hills in malibu area, they would not have been as bad. is that true or not true? >> to us on the science side, no, it's completely false, obviously false, stop it. but facts have not been a big issue with this administration. so everybody -- the president is doubling down on denial, which is very common. and the people around him are behaving the same way. when you hear -- when you're presented with evidence -- there's no such thing as a haunted house. you deny it, there is haunted house, there is a haunted house, until a couple years go by and you're presented with evidence and you come around. so we're all hoping that th

going to red states and blue states to really understand what americans are going through. and what i can tell you, chuck, is it is really close to the bone. at one of my town halls in newark about six weeks ago, two different people stood up and said if they had repealed the affordable care act, i wouldn't be here because i'd be dead. one of our five rights is the right to health. we need universal health care as a right. i was down in greensboro, north carolina, probably the week before the election. i was talking to a bunch of college students. one of the people at lunch with me was a young man named chavez who is 18 years old who got a 4.1 in high school who had absolutely dedicated himself, got into college, couldn't afford to go. one of the rights is the right to learn. free education pre-k through college. we can afford this. what you see when you go around the united states is how close to the bone average americans are. that's the news. >> why you and not elizabeth warren or bernie sanders? they have similar experiences. they have similar points of view. what do yo

but one of the things most people remember barack obama saying was the idea that there are no red states or blue states, there is only the united states. that is great rhetoric, but it is not true. most states are predominantly holding true to their patent. even last night in texas, where there were great hopes among the democratic party that they might be able to oust ted cruz, texas returned to its standard format and re—elected him. 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

states and blue states? >> right, well look. two things, yes, first, i think he should emphasize the economy more. absolutely. we got a jobs report this last friday that our campaign practically wrote that report, that's what you would think. that's how stellar it is, and by the way, vastly different and better than the slow growth of the obama years. i would have been trumpeting that nonstop the last four days. i think the president perhaps missed an opportunity there. i will also say this. i have seen this constant narrative from media and his opponents that he's only talking about fear. look, fear of open borders is absolutely part of his message. but if you watch his whole rally, a huge part of it is growth, is economic growth, opportunity. so it's both. it's not either or. we don't have to choose. we can do both. we can have secure borders and a strong economy. it seems like we're always focused on florida. we should move the network to florida. >> i hobbestly think you guys should pay us some sort of t

state a blue state? she just says it's a nonvoting state. when i was on the ground with her, the number of people in texas who we met who just were like, you know, i don't vote, it's like, what are you talking about? she was on the ground getting them to register and getting them enthusiastic. but there is that question. that's the unpredictable part, right. that's where i'm like, who knows what's going to happen because we're not necessarily polling those people who are first-time voters. >> we'll find out again in this election. hang on one second. i want to ask joe, because joe is a republican. he's a conservative. you're still a republican of the republican party, are you not? >> yeah, yeah. >> what is happening here in terms of the fact there are things like prison reform, things like health care? there are all sorts of topics that would actually be -- even immigration -- that would be good and smart and popular for republicans, but they've been hijacked by the right wing of the republican party and

my basic commentary on the election is i would like a red state, a blue state and a white state because i live in the country of the red, white, and blue. host: jim in denver. more of your phone calls coming up this evening. next up we will show you the hour and a half long news conference from president trump. 9:30 eastern, your calls and comments on the election and other news of the day, certainly the departure of jeff sessions. later on we will bring you the news conferences from today, congressional leadership, senate leaders, nancy pelosi, all of that i had. we will take you to noon today when president trump came to speak before reporters. this is about an hour and a half. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the vice president of the united states. pres. trump: thank you. thank you very much. please. thank you. it was a big day yesterday, incredible

vote would benefit the largest state. >> the lawsuit started in red and blue states, texas and south carolina, massachusetts and california. this includes democrat and republican voters. harvard professor lawrence essig explains. >> the solution we are looking for which is proportional allocation would benefit every voter in every state that has an opportunity to swing the electorate of a presidential candidate. >> reporter: the group argues proportional allocation would encourage candidates to campaign across the country the on swing state and the votes cast would not be discarded because a voter is not in the majority. for instance, in texas, 4 million votes were cast for clinton but all 30 electoral college votes went to trial. in massachusetts trump did not collect any of the state's 11 electoral votes, 1 million base voters voted for him. massachusetts secretary of state william galvin is fighting the suit. >> many people are frustrated that the popular vote winner is not a person in the white house the casting more uncertainty into the process by having this irrational system o

they're going to come back to our communities and that's in red states and blue states, towns and cities. they'll be our neighbors again. and so we want them to come back better than they went in. and when i was in prison, i saw people who wanted to have a second chance but while they were there uthey got no programming, no training, no drug or alcohol treatment. nothing that was going to help them get back on their feet. and it was a complete waste of time and resources. so i think what, you know, congressman has been able to do here and he's been a champion is put together a bill that says while people are away, let's do everything we can to make them better and it will make society safer. >> let me read some statistics that i think give some people pause about some things in this bill. it's from the bureau of justice statistics recently releasing this study on the rate of prisoners arrested again, recidivism rate. 68% of prisoners released from state jails were arrested within three years. 79% within six years. 8 3% within nine years. so i guess the question becomes, congressman, if y

. >> you are also going to see i think a sharply divergence between red states blue states i.e., high states versus low tech states forget it worse and worst go to texas. >> you loss had the deduction. >> you lost deduction texas florida i think those place are going to boom. >> equity market interest rates go up you have assets for prices have gone up so significantly so quickly, they have to come back down, you know when you have interest rates rigs. >> what about market in terms of retail lowe's out this morning beating expectations but futures on the decline, look at the stock here, lindsey, down 7 and a third percent on lowest, you've got all the majors even when it was a double beat or earnings better even a revenue was right same-store sales really triggered the mover all down across the board. >> same-store sales key when you look at lowest sales up 1.5% home depot in u.s., 5.4 same-store sales home depot down 3% in the last week. lowe's down 89% in earnings report. >> nasdaq is down what almost 14%, from the highs, on the nasdaq. so we're seeing i mean a series correction hap

red states getting redder. blue getting bluer just by virtue of who is on the ballot. donald trump will be running again in 2020 and a lot of those same issues will be there and the voters will probably vote along the same lines they were voting for in the past two elections with a few notable exceptions, a few changeovers. i wonder what happens after 2020 or after 2024 and there's somebody else in charge what the parties look like. whether the republican party looks like the donald trump party or does it revert back to the republican party we saw before and if those voters that voted for trump remain at the republican party and for the democrats, if those democrats have all been voting for democrats because they don't like donald trump to one extent or the other, if democrats are able to hold it together given that some democrats are considerably more moderate, even conservative than some of the new democrats coming into power who were more progressive than the left has seen in a while. when you look at those two things, how do you see it playing out? do you see the d

every election we get plagued with blue state red state scam. we vote for both parties. they come men and rarely do what they say they are going to do. you will see the same leaders coming out this week with the same faces. nothing really changes. these elections are about them. i'm not sure how we can change that accept we have to stop being chums. we have to stop letting them play us. they are serious things in these investigations. we have toof the day sit around together and make a decision, how can we go forward with these leaders and parties who play us every single election and nothing changes? to a republican. caller: i don't think most people aspire to shaking presidents hand. i laugh when you referred to the special counsel as independent. 10you flip a coin 13 times times in a row and got -- he has 13 democrats investigating trump. give me a break. this is biased. half the american people would stand for any kind of conviction. opposedirst of all, i mueller selection. i think that, i can't imagine how he ended up on the list. i wrote a column almost immediately

had the opportunity pretty close to flipping a red state to blue. you had a man of color down in florida flipping a red state to blue. then you have a young, vibrant person in texas flipping a red state to blue. >> almost. >> almost. but that's what i'm saying. almost flipping it. that's progress, i think. >> it shows that it's closer together. there's a lot of division, but there's also common ground, and people all want better. >> yeah. i got a lot of folks sitting here tonight. >> much better than me. i don't know why you're wasting time with me. >> laura coates is doing this. good to see you. >> thanks for last night. be well. >> there's our panel. you saw them. thank you, chris. see you later. >>> good evening, everyone. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. president trump is showing you just how rattled he is right now. on the day he purged a top member of his administration and basically threw a 90-minute temper tantrum in the white house news conference, only hours after his party lost control of the house,

red state -- for potential they could turn blue even in a presidential race, which hasn't happened in quite a while. other states like arizona and florida, you are seeing an increase of mobilization of democrats, seeing them making inroads in some of these really, really close races. at the same time, to stacy abram's point we have seen places particularly in the south, but the midwest, a lot of laws being passed to suppress votes. that's been something that's been going on for a decade since the supreme court decision made that a lot easier. these are two things coming together. at the same time you see some other efforts to enfranchise people, like in florida, where they allowed people with convictions to get their votes back. it will make a big difference, especially leading up to 2020. >> speaking of 2020, john, you write about the mid terms as being not only a blue wave, but that there is a lasting impact as a result. how so? can you expand on that? >> what we are seeing is annic increasing segmentation of the country with parts of the population and the economy that are growing,

had the opportunity pretty close to flipping a red state to blue. you had a man of color down in florida flipping a red state to blue. then you have a young, vibrant person in texas flipping a red state to blue. >> almost. >> almost. but that's what i'm saying. almost flipping it. that's progress, i think. >> it shows that it's closer together. there's a lot of division, but there's also common ground, and people all want better. >> yeah. i got a lot of folks sitting here tonight. >> much better than me. i don't know why you're waistin time with me. >> laura coates is doing this. good to see you. >> thanks for last night. be well. >> there's our panel. you saw them. thank you, chris. see you later. >>> good evening, everyone. this is "cnn tonight" i'm don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. president trump is showing you just how rattled he is right now. on the day he purged a top member of his administration and basically threw a 90-minute temper tantrum in the white house news conference, only hours after his party lost control of the house,

and we see a lot of red states continuing to hold red, blue states holding blue in the house races. -- blue states holding blue. and in the house races, those democrat where hillary clinton won. things seem to be going as expected. and we really do have that divided country, but it does not seem that much less divided than two years ago in a lot of ways, but the night is not over yet. david: you look at richard dwine, they are not running in the center. he is not to the right of bill o'reilly or anything like that. david: the but to the right of kasich. >> that is true. he is from that moderate wing of the republican party, so this is not like kris kobach winning, and that is ok. but this is still trump country. the early results we saw were the trump country results and that manufacturing area seems to be holding for donald trump, so i am interested to see what happens as we get further out west. david: we have to look at california, and we will look at washington as well. thank you, shannon. more from the rest of our panel tonight. have thosehead, we out in the west -- idaho, califo

national popular vote would benefit the larger states. >> the losses target both red and blue states, particularly texas, and south carolina, massachusetts. plaintiffs include both democrat and republican voters. a harvard professor, part of the groups of income explains. spoke of the solution we are looking for, promotional allocation of elections, would benefit every voter in every state that has an opportunity to swing an electorate to a presidential candidate. to speak of the group argues proportional allocation would encourage candidates to campaign across the country beyond this swing states. votes cast would not be discarded simply because the voter is not in the majority. for instance, in texas, nearly 4 million votes were cast for clinton, but all 38 electoral college votes want to trump. in massachusetts, trump did not collect any of the states and 11 electoral, though more than 1 million voted for him. massachusetts secretary of state william galvin is fighting the suit. >> many people for my party are frustrated by the fact of the popular vote winner is not the person sitt

midterm election american democracy in all its by neary brutality republicans versus democrats blue states versus red states jobs and mops tonight two presidents are closing out the campaign one with a plea to trust in the truth the other with promises propped up with everything but i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. this is what the court. of our lives there's a cup this is. the democrats. republicans produce. the character of our nation is all. for millions is on the ballot. that's. fair for working families is on the ballot. to speak up for. the folks. the most important election of. course. also coming up tonight brazil has a president elect who is openly homophobic now that won't play well on the soccer pitch in sao paolo a new soccer league has kicked off with the message if you're gay you can play. they said i went two years without playing soccer because i couldn't find the team then i found out they were gay teams i didn't want to go back into the closet because of prejudice from straight members of a team. or we begin the day on the eve of an election the likes of which mod

beto othe policy, is a classic liberal if you will, but his message really is, he doesn't see red state america and blue state america. he's speaking to all of americans. there is something that seems to have transcended and met this moment. do people in that state, do you think the republicans are going to be watching this with white knuckles? >> there is certainly an anti-establishment veneer to the congressman's campaign in texas, but think of, for a second, put aside schwarzenegger and think of beto o'rourke connected to gillum in florida, stacey abrams in georgia. candidates who are progressive and running as out and out progressives, trying to change the way democrats run in the center. instead of running to the center, they're saying let's arouse the democratic voter who may have often stayed home during midterm elections. this whole tuesday will be a test for that kind of model in the south. >> and zerlina, robert costa is right. has the better analogies here. and in florida, andrew gillum is ahead three points. georgia, all polling has it within the margin of error. and that we

state america and blue state america, it's about sort of a crisis in terms of the character of the country as president obama said. >> absolutely. and as steve just said, this is a moment in time that is the most important political moment of our time. are we going to be forward and be the america we want to be or go back and be divisive america which we were for a very long time? steve schmidt and i ran for two years campaigns against each other for the presidency of the united states. i never would have thought then he'd be a member of my party saying, hey, it's time we're all together. the question tomorrow is going to be, can democrats build on this? can we go through a divisive primary for president with 20-some candidates and can we continue to reach out to these people? because tonight, a bunch of them are going to loan us their vote. the question is do they follow steve and everyone else coming permanently or is it just a one-night loan? >> robert costa, can you weigh in on your reporting, what sources are telling you, there's this nbc news story that i referenced at the top about

would benefit large states. >> target red and blue states specifically texas and south carolina, massachusetts and california. plaintiffs include both democrat and republican voters. harvard professor part of the group suing explains. >> the solution we are looking for is proportion of electors would benefit every voter in every state that has an opportunity to swing an elector to presidential candidate. >> the group argues proportional allocation beyond the swing states and votes cast would not be discarded simply because the voter is not in the majority. for instance, in texas, nearly 4 million votes were cast for clinton but all 38 electoral college votes went to trump. in massachusetts, trump did not collect any of the state's 11 electoral votes though 1 million voted for him. massachusetts secretary of state william galvin is fighting the suit. >> many people serving from my party are frustrated by the fact that the popular vote is not the person sitting in the white house, casting more uncertainty into the process by having this sort of irrational system of percentages and way to vote do

midterm election american democracy in all its by mary brutality republicans versus democrats blue states versus red states jobs and mops tonight two presidents are closing out the campaign one with a plea to trust in the truth the other with promises propped up with everything but i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.