tester at 64. go back in time. tester at 64. it's filling in. he had a close race last time, all three-points. 3 1/2 points. now, trailing. this, again, you look at this map, this is one of the

tester should pick up some. also here, no vote here. tester has three counties. the thing we are seeing, and the reason it's tight, and i think this gets into a national trend we've been saying is, these rural areas. we saw this in the south and i think we're seeing this a bit in montana as well, these rural areas that swung so hard to trump. tester is doing better than hillary clinton did in them. but he is not doing as well as he did when he won re-election in 2012. so, that's why he's getting -- he's sort of exceeding in the western part of the state, exceeding the numbers he had when he won re-election. some rural parts in the east, he's not matching those numbers. there's sort of that trade-off, that balancing act we're seeing for republicans. they're getting blown out in a lot of these subiurbs where donald trump didn't do well in 2016, but there's a lot of ex-urban areas, it's more proceed nou pronounced in the trump area. in arizona, martha mcsally has taken an 11,000-vote lead over cinema. more than 60% of the vote in the state is going to come out of ma

president trump went after jon tester. doesn't like jon tester. john tester is popular there. and he says look, the president may not like me, but i'm one of you, very tight race. what are we seeing now? >> the president is looking at this senate map tonight, and he loves this. he loves this. he loves this. he loves this. he is dancing over this. if it holds. remember, jon tester was the senator, the democratic senator who called dr. kaentd man. dr. jackson is still under investigation. republicans were not ready to confirm dr. jackson. but the president, because tester was out in the lead, taking it personally. so he has been out here four times. his son has been out there. this is a big deal. tester led early on. you capitalize this race perfectly earl yes. tester says i'm a democrat. i'm not one of those national democrats. i'm one of you. that's his race. that's how he has survived throughout. and he has been pretty damn good at it. he tried to say this is a maryland real estate developer. this is a republican state. this is a state the president won 20 plus points. you lo

john tester still has a path. it might be slim, but tester still has a path. to arizona, as well, and check in. this has been static the last couple of hours. the outstanding vote, what does it mean -- there are two places where there's outstanding vote. you have pinal county, martha mcsally running up the lead, 82%. she can bank on a couple of votes here. maricopa, this is everything at that point in time. this is what might be -- what might take a couple of days. 60% of the state comes from here. kyrsten sinema has the edge. if she can expanpand it, she co be in a big place. the big question, this is traditionally a county that dems get close on -- >> not enough -- >> -- and fall short. can she hold the lead and expand it? that gives her the opportunity. that's what we're going to be waiting on maybe for another 24 hours. >> for people trying to figure out the story of the night, this is a metaphor race. the role of women coming into the dominance role, having ideological diversification, having firsts that will go along with their races. if sinema's able to

it is important to remember that trump and tester have history. trump called for tester to resign after the senator refused to back ronnie jackson, trump's pick to lead the veteran's affairs department. the president went after test era coup er a couple weeks ago, saying he would raise taxes and deliver quote, mob rule. i am joined by senior news analyst for montana public radio, and also part of a weekly political show focusing on issues of importance for montana voters. hi, sally. the president is on his way to a rally in belgrade, montana. it is the fourth trip to montana for the president since september. so what does that say about how hard republicans are working to, you know, flip this seat? >> well, it says a lot. four trips to montana by a president is unheard of. we could go years without a presidential visit so this is kind of stunning to montanans with a president who comes four times in four timonths. it shows the animosity with jon tester and how much he wants to unseat the senator. it's a grudge and he's made no bones about it, that

has a personal beef with tester because tester led the battle against ronnie jackson, the president's personal physician in the white house who he appointed to the v.a. so he seems out of sorts about that, that action had to withdraw. but, you know, i'm not surprised the race is close. i'm also not surprised that tester continues to maintain, he's a very authentic montanan and most people don't realize is even though trump won by that margin, montana, 50 of the last 53 senate races have been won there by democrats. it's not that unusual for democrats to win the senate race. thest the nature of that state. a democratic governor as well. it's not as hostile a turf as you'd expect. >> right. let's go to georgia where we have stacy abrams, african-american woman and unapologetic far left progressive giving republican brian kemp a real run for his money. i don't think anybody expected this one to be tight as it is. if georgia elects abrams, what national implications do you think that might have for democrats? >> i'm not sure. certainly, she would be a powerful voice in the democratic part

a real vanned eta for tester. cheryl: he's going this weekend, real quick before i let you go, $45 million has been spent, the most expensive race in montana history but in your experience does money equate to votes? >> it doesn't at this point. what we have seen a lot of small donor donations actually matter more than some of the big numbers that are being spent so this is -- this is a race, it's very unpredictable if you look at the numbers, if you look at the apology, i think the president going there and, you know, he's going to attack tester and his attacks often stick, so let's see what he's going to say, let's see if it turns out the voter, we have a candidate in tester, he has more than 56% approval rating in state, that's fairly good considering senate rating. cheryl: i'm assuming we might not get more polls? >> we might get something on monday. cheryl: great discussion in what's turning to a fun race to watch. you want to make sure to tune in with fox business for midterm coverage on tuesday night, lou d

matt rosendale a challenger leading jon tester. we'll take you through the counties in montana, missoula county, big democratic area, tester is leading this 2-1. there is outstanding votes there. there is outstanding votes in cascade. tester is leading there and there's outstanding vote in yellowstone. basically what you see is the bulk of the outstanding vote in montana is in places that are likely to be friendly to tester, friendly enough to make up a 2,000 vote difference. that's what we're going to see. >> why are there still outstanding votes there in montana? >> i'm tempted to say because it's montana. we might get that today. arizona might be a couple of days. >> if you're watching or listening from montana, please tweet steve kornacki. >> the people are great. it's the election officials in missoula county. i love montana, i drove through it this summer. >> this is what happens. >> election officials only. >> steve, thank you. just a few moments ago, nancy pelosi, she talked to nbc news exclusively on capitol hill. there ha

in montana, jon tester trying to hold off matt rosendale. you see tester leading statewide. here's what i can show you quickly. tester had a close re-election in 2012. in a lot of key counties, if you just start looking at them, flathead county, republican county. in 2012 when tester won re-election, he only got 37% here in this core republican county. he's doing eight points better. he won statewide getting 37% of the vote here. how about lewis and clark, helena, a democratic county. tester got 54% of the vote when he was narrowly re-elected in 2012. he's running seven or eight points better than when he won re-election. it's too early to call but you see tester out in front in montana. >> steve, can i -- there are five democratic senators who are up for re-election tonight who are not just from states that trump held but from states that trump held by double digits in 2016. mccaskill, heitkamp, donnelly, manchin and tester. manchin has definitely held onto his seat and tester, as you said, too early to call. looks like he's well situated compared to his previous election c

so he went on and on at length about senator tester. and then of course said a vote for senator tester is a vote for nancy pelosi. but the question is will montana voters actually believe that. jon tester is one of the more moderate democrats in the u.s. senate. he is seeking a third term to the senate. no doubt it is an uphill challenge, a challenge by any means, because this is such a deep red state. but the president misstating jon tester's record on immigration, misstating his record on health care and other things. he's clearly trying to portray him as a national democrat, if you will. but the president also talking about how he feels good about what's coming up for tuesday, at least on the senate. but ana, they are acknowledging behind the scenes the white house does believe the republicans are likely to lose control of the house of representatives. it's one of the reasons he is trying to campaign in these senate seats. so he's here in montana. he'll be flying to florida shortly, ana. yes, sir jeff zeleny, not just behind the scen

montana rosendale will defeat incumbent senator tester there. >> on november 27th, neither the democrat or republican got 50%. >> people like congressman dave brad and scott taylor and many conservatives in the nation losing in the house. it was not good and if you look at the suburbs they are trending the other way in many places on the east coast and west coast, trump states are getting more supportive of the president and republicans but in the suburbs the message republicans put forward didn't work. republicans -- heather: let's bring up the house while you are talking about it, 219, democrats, 119 republicans, republicans at a 26 seats. >> just republicans did okay in the senate, republicans do have to do some soul-searching. i heard the president say look at his tone, the understatement of the year. if the president wants to win in 2020 and republicans want to future in this country we have to look at how to communicate to suburban women and young people and those democrats republicans got crushed. >> let's talk about key house races democrats did flip, florida 26, florida 27 as w

not jon tester and president trump. tester largely stayed focus on things like public land use, veterans issues. and healthcare. and part of the reason is because president trump does have a high approval rating in this state, about 50% approval rating. we want to take a quick look back at recent montana senate races that flipped in 2006. democrats turned a red senate seat blue with tester. in 2014 republicans turned a blue senate seat red with steve danes. they are hoping to keep this seat blue. republicans are hoping they can eke out a win for now. we have to see. back to you guys. brian: fascinating in montana. i have never seen bigger and louder crowds than what we saw in montana no offense to indiana. ainsley: no matter what happens where these races are too close to call to call. republicans will keep the majority in the senate bottom line. the democrats took the house. several of these races are too close to call but it was definitely not a blue wave. brian: it's a split decision. it's almost never been done in h

how long has john tester been in the senate, matt? >> too long, sean. he's been too wrong for too long. he's been in for 12 years. he complained about reckless spending and increased the national debt to over 21-trillion dollars and i was cutting costs. he is out of the touch with the focus of montana. >> sean: mike, in the people go out and vote for you, they will have their values reflected in washington, will they not? >> no doubt about it. joe donnelly from the time he got to notre dame and got a law degree, he's been a career politician and voted against hoosiers values. >> sean: i wish you the best. we will be watching indiana and montana. both winnable states. both would be pick ups. huge for the country. when we come back more highlights of the president's rally from earlier tonight in missouri. moving? that's harder now because of psoriatic arthritis. [2. don't let psoriatic arthritis take them away. taltz reduces joint pain and stiffness and helps stop the progression of joint damage. for people with moderate to severe psoriasis, 90% saw signi

jon tester in montana securing a third term. vote. by 39% of the interestingly jon tester one by the same percentage point back in 2012. this was the state the president won with 56% of the vote. jon tester able to win by 7000 votes over his republican opponent. here is the story from the great falls tribune. the unprecedented amount of money. record $60race at a million, that race. the balance of power, republicans maintain control with 51 seats very democrats with 46, caucusing with them. right now they are still waiting on results in arizona and florida. when those results are known we will bring them to you. we are waiting to see how those races are called. in florida senator nelson conceded. then the race became closer as they continue to count votes. an automatic recount has been triggered in the state of florida. we are waiting for chuck schumer of new york. he is expected to hold a news conference after last night's results. and his party will stay in the minority in that chamber. their counterparts on the house side will be i

john tester. 3,300 votes behind matt rosendale. the good news for tester. this is bozeman. still only a little half the vote counted. i'm looking around great falls here. a lot to come in. that will help him. blai blaine. roosevelt county, a big indian reservation out there. you have some sort of core big democratic areas. i think glacier might even, we have votes coming in. there are some rural republican areas, too. but wow, he's fighting for his life right now. the other senate story in arizona. the vote continues to come in. martha mcsally opening up a big lead. maricopa county, two thirds of the state population wise. sinemma leading here. it seems to be the story. i was just told that milwaukee county has reported. wow! look at that. it was a couple thousand votes. milwaukee county put that uncounted absentee, they just reported it out. tony evers, you can see, he expands there. he now leads by 37,000 votes. and i can tell you, there are some outstanding precincts. >> are there enough votes out there for scott walker? >> no. i'm looking for recount provisions. 1.4% st

one of the big winners in last week's midterm elections, montana democrat senator jon tester, he was successful despite heavy opposition and campaigning from president trump. tonight, correspondent gillian turner looks at what tester did that many fellow democrats could not. >> you must defeat the democrats and you must defeat senator jon tester. >> president trump pulled out all the stops this election cycle to beat back in convent democratic senator jon tester in montana. the president, vice president, donald trump jr. on visiting the state during the run-up to the midterms. despite the president and the g.o.p.'s best efforts, prevailed against republican matt rosendale and will begin his third term in the u.s. senate >> they saw how political the president was making this race. >> test there is >> a red state that president trump won in 2016. he voted against the president supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, a move that contributed to defeat for some fellow democrats up for reelection. political strategists are scratching their heads pondering whether tester is an outlier or th

some believe jon tester has a slight edge. he's won these big races before but the question is, can president trump get those trump voters from 2016, can he remind them there is a midterm election on tuesday and get them out to vote? about two-thirds of the vote already cast here by mail. every day that goes by, some diminishing returns. he'll be here in an hour or hour and a half, rallying the crowd here and then fly to a warmer climate in pensacola. >> jeff, while they've been casting their ballots via mail, is it immigration which is a message that resonates with people there or is there something else which has influenced their selections? >> reporter: talking to voters here, it's not immigration. the president is very much trying to nationalize this race. he's trying to make this race about immigration, but health care is the top issue in all surveys here. health care and also public lands. that is a big issue in montana. keeping the land out of private hands, keeping it in a public land use and things. those are key issu

john tester trailing by 2500 votes. while there's not a ton of vote he has an opportunity to pick up 1100 votes pushing him over the top. we will have to keep a close eye on this right now. a little different down in arizona. another state we have not called yet, and as it currently stands, martha mcsally, this is for the open seat from jeff flake had, and she is now over sinema. right now maricopa, sinema won that. as it stands in florida, rick scott up by 34,000 votes, and the important number is .4%. there's still absentee ballots coming in, and that is why it's not called yet as people wait and see. so keep an eye on florida as well over the next couple of days. if you are mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader you are looking at the map and are very happy. a democrats lost in indiana and missouri and in north dakota. o o'rourke lost in texas. the democrats looking at a larger majority for republicans in the senate. you want to take a look real quick at the house where things stand. basically, guys, democrats r

tester at 64. go back in time. tester at 64. it's filling in. he had a close race last time, all three-points. 3 1/2 points. now, trailing. this, again, you look at this map, this is one of the democratic incumbents. the president won the state by 20-plus points. this is a tough state for any democrats, white rural voters becoming more and more republican. the president becoming more popular. we'll see again. so many close races tonight. montana, 59 votes. check in on arizona, 11,000 votes. but still, 60%. we'll see what happens there. if this map holds um, this is very early. arizona is moving along. montana is moving along. what is america saying when the democrats take the house, when 35, maybe 40 seats. the ballpark, 35, 38 seats. and republicans pick up three, four, maybe five. >> okay. >> that is a mixed message from a divided country. >> all right. we've had developments in georgia. watching that governors race. the campaign managers came out and gave new information. let's get that. what did they tell us? >> chris, this is not ending soo

we see testers team focusing on local issues. big lines to get into this rally to see the president. i think you can hear the announcement now were expecting president trump any minute. a handful of people waiting to get inside said they haven't decided who to vote for. most said they voted early and they all said they came here primarily to see president trump. >> i'm hoping he can stay on message and convince people to vote correctly on tuesday. >> he has done what he said he's going to do. no surprises or anything. >> i'm guessing you are not old enough to vote. are you making sure your mom is voting? >> yes, i hope she votes. >> so, we spoke to some people who said they have already voted for tester but they came here because they liked president trump and they wanted to see him. another person said they were still researching the candidates. this is a state president trump one in 2016. their hope in this visit will help push some of those few undecided voters to vote for people like matt. >> one of the races the nation is wa

jon tester up four points over a g.o.p. challenger matt rosendale, and that's almost within the margin of error. it's a very tight race. >> it's laughable that he sits there and talks about campaign finance and he is the largest recipient of contributions from lobbyists in the nation. >> talk about dark money, i paid for my ads. there's a few dark money ads on and i can't stop them. >> martha: so it's the ads in the montana senate race that have become the headlines lately. this ad appears to be sent by rick breckinridge, in order to take away votes from matt rosendale, is the thinking here. but breckinridge denies ever sending this mailer out and now conservatives are pointing to 2012 when a similar thing happened in an attempt to use a libertarian candidates to take votes away from the opponent. so here to sort this out, real clear politics national reporter. so what's going on here? >> basically in 2012, this was the same thing that happened. jon tester -- we don't know in2 but there was a mysterious mailers sent out to

tester will be in missoula this afternoon. both candidates trying to make a final push to get voters to the polls at montana state university and montana in montana television network found six by 5% are registered montana voters are undecided when it comes to the senate race. most democrats according to the poll are decided for tester, but 44% identify as republicans. 27% as independent. 26% as some other non-democratic party. right now those voters are key. this is a close race. the real clear politics average puts tester had imprisoned l. by four percentage points. rosen l. train to pay tester as an out of touch politicians come out of touch with montana. the puppet of democratic leaders in washington. tester isn't talking about president trump when asked about yesterday's rally were president trump attacked in all he will really say is the president is welcoming montana. >> on every issue tax cuts, building the wall, supreme court justices, jon tester stood in the way and voted no. montana is trump country. [cheers and app

you talk about john tester right now. this is a squeaker. john tester is down. let's see where the vote is, if we can. 73%. this is good news for john tester. reason being, look at this. he had a nine or ten thousand vote advantage in this area and a quarter of that vote is still out there. anything to that, we're not only looking at montana, we're also looking down here. when you get into arizona, another race we haven't called yet. only 75% of the vote is in at this time. they are waiting to see what happens with absentee votes, mail-in votes. we'll see what happens in that race. if democrats win that, that would be a democratic pick-up. then we go down to the great state of florida. that's right. we always seem to talk about problems in florida. 0.4% separates now rick scott, the governor, who has challenged bill nelson, the incumbent senator. the reason we haven't called this race right now is because less than 0.5%, it goes to an automatic recount in the state. if you are talking about legal challenges, think about florida. >> we have never seen that before

jon tester winning 49.8% of the rate -- vote. rosendale, 47.3% of the vote. 95% of precincts reporting in montana. we will continue throughout the evening showing you the results and briefings from today. looking ahead to tomorrow on washington journal, more about and discussions throughout the day, including at the american enterprise institute. tomorrow, the smithsonian associates are hosting a panel on the elections and what they reveal about america. average tomorrow includes c-span2 and the brookings institution with their look at the factors that produce the results we are seeing today. c-span2,discussion on journalists and analysts for a breakdown of the election outcome at 12:30 eastern. on thethat live tomorrow c-span networks. one more governor result to tell you about this afternoon. the associated press with this tweet. mike dunlevy winning the race for governor in alaska, defeating the former senator mark begich. one that is still too close to call is georgia. the secretary of state there has declared victory, it is

of course democratic senator jon tester running for his third term in the u.s. senate, facing a credible challenge here largely because president trump has decided to engage so much in this race. montanans have never seen a u.s. president visit so much as president trump has. we'll see if that actually results in a win on tuesday. despite the excitement, you can see the crowd cheering as he's about to step off air force one, most people here have already voted. more than two-thirds of montana voters have mailed in their ballots. so these rallies certainly drive attention and the president is trying to get any trump supporters who voted for him in 2016 to come out and vote if they have not already done so. as the president tries to nationalize this race, talking about judge kavanaugh, talking about immigration, jon tester and other democrats are trying to localize this race, talking about health care, talking about access to public lands. so we will see which argument wins out. fredericka, watch tuesday night to see if jon tester wins or loses, it will largely de

to win in states beyond just states that were obama's and clinton's question mark right now i think tester and joe manchin are the only two left? mr. schumer: that's not true. there are several others. >> how do you win in those states? mr. schumer: our focus, which we decided early on on health care, proved very, very beneficial to us, because that is the number one issue facing the american eople. why focusing on middle-class issues that affect average voters such as health care, drug prices, things like that, i think we will expand our majority. suburbia, which used to be so republican, is now democratic. and by the way, suburbia did very well for us in states like missouri and indiana. we did better than we have ever done. our coalition is growing while theirs is shrinking. because in a few states they won doesn't undo that fact at all. >> obviously, 2020 will be heating up sand -- soon. some of your senators will be running for higher office. how does that affect your caucus? mr. schumer: our caucus has hown tremendous unity. just about every single member of our caucus on things like

we caught up with jon tester on friday. this is what he said about the president's visit. >> whether the president comes here or not doesn't make any difference. it's still a race between matt rosendale and myself. although, i will tell you this. i think the president coming was a good thing. and i would like to see him get around and not just do rallies but actually see some of the challenges we have in a rural state like montana. he's from new york city. he could learn a lot. >> so jon tester there taking a bit of a dig at the president saying he's a new york city developer and lowering my voice here as they're doing a prayer before the rally but no question, this race is one of the most competitive. i'm told the president is telling his advisers, this is the one he wants to win the most. he's having a bit of a personal feud with jon tester over who's going to lead the v.a. earlier this year and that's one of the reasons that president trump has been out here so often. we'll see what happens on tuesday. the final stop her

montana, senator jon tester remains behind matt rosen dale. jon tester with 48.2%. matt at 48.9%. aheada, martha mcsally is .n her bid to replace that is expected to be headed to recount. bill nelson requesting a recount. over 8.1 million votes. nelsonvote margin, bill at 38.9%. governor rick scott at 50.2%. -- bill nelson at 49.8%. the georgia race, stacey abrams has not yet conceded to brian kemp. she is behind 48.6% to 50.5%. we will keep watching the results. host: jennifer on facebook reacts. towardsll step restoring normalcy. great night for women candidates and diversity." cindy saying "i believe the president will enjoy toying with nancy pelosi." comments on social media. you can make comments about yesterday. republican line, massachusetts, linda from chicopee. caller: how are you. host: i am fine. caller: as far as i'm concerned, the democrats winning the house is a blessing and a curse. can young because, imagine what america would look like today if they had lost? they would be tearing up the cities, burning things up. they are completely out of control. if they do not

john tester winning missoula, and so there are opportunities and pathways. you talk to democrats and they feel like tester has a real opportunity here. and another one we are keeping an eye on, arizona. martha mcsally hanging on to her 14,500 lead. maricopa county, biggest county in the entire state, and sin kyn sinema is leading in maricopa, and trailing statewide, that's something that has democrats worried. republicans feeling good about where they stand in this race. and another race that is outstanding, florida. .4% separates scott and nelson. the reason it's outstanding, .5% is the trigger for state-wide runoff in the state of florida, and still absentee ballots and provisional ballots to be counted. we will see what happens when those comes in. the other issue, the other thing everybody is paying attention to is what is going on in the house. there's a little more than a dozen races outstanding there, and i want to look at some of those real quick. these are the uncalled pickup opportunities here. about 13 races still outstanding. take a look at where

matt rosendale, jon tester presents a clear contrast. jon tester doesn't even have a hunting license and he lives in montana. matt rosendale i think is the man you want to vote for. >> dana: i do want to bring up one other race, michigan. i have a good friend of mine who said watch michigan. john james is the republican candidate, challenger against the incumbent. a voice mail from a reporter that was left on john james' message. listen to this. >> and he beats her. jesus. that would suck. i don't think it's going to happen though. >> dana: that was a reporter. john james last night was on tucker carlson's show trying to make the case he could win. very good friend of mine said watch michigan. this could be a big surprise. have we not talked enough about michigan? >> i don't think people have talked about michigan. john james is a phenomenal candidate. you talk about the religious devotion in that voice mail that was left. i think this will be an tune for us to pick this seat up. john james closed this race very much so in the last few d

remember tester was against kavanagh from the beginning. joe donnelly ran an ad about socialists and government-run health care. his party, his bff, his new best friend, his buddy chuckie schumer gave us that failure, gave us that monstrosity. nobody kept their doctor, their plans, and everybody paid more. many people only have one choice of a health care provider and this is a lie campaign. they support the far left policies of schumer and they constantly work to support president trump and his agenda. all they want is power and they have contempt and they are tecaught on tape. bredesen caught on tape. claire mccaskill caught on tape. heidi heitkamp caught on tape. kyrsten sinema caught on tape. now we have joe donnelly, caught on tape. gillum, one running for governor, caught on tape. look no further than kavanaugh and gorsuch. only a far left democrat would be voting against these two highly qualified, impeccable candidates. f and we sawot what happened, no e process, no presumption of innocence. tonight we have yet another revealing pro

we'll put jon tester over here just for the sake of it. that's a 53-seat majority based on the early returns that we have. again, this is projecting. i'm not basing this on anything other than just extrapolating. but the republicans are going to pick up seats in the senate. >> you know, but if you take a look at that, there's a difference if the republicans have a 50-seat majority, 51. but if they get 52 or 53 or 54, they're sitting pretty comfortably in the senate as far as confirmations of controversial judicial nominees, if there's another supreme court nominee, for example. they're looking pretty good. >> think about somebody like susan collins, the republican senator from maine and all the power she's been able to wield the last two years because her vote was so crucial, or lisa murkowski, the moderate republican from alaska. those two have been able to exact a lot of demands. they were able to -- they did not vote for the repeal of obamacare. that had huge impact on that. their concerns were listened to when it came to the kavanaugh

inaudible congratulationsjohn tester. i inaudible congratulations john tester. i am sure you are unhappy about that. go ahead. mr president... iwill take sure you are unhappy about that. go ahead. mr president... i will take a couple more and then we can go... places like george up, people waited in line for hours to vote and voting machines were not working... do you think that's a reason the candidate lost? concerns are being raised. i was not involved in georgia, other thani was not involved in georgia, other than i love the state. as the president are you concerned about the access people have to voting.” heard it was very efficient in georgia but again you would have to ask the state governments because it is one of those things you have to ask them. go ahead, please. please, go ahead. thank you mr president, you expressed some concerns about social media companies unfairly censoring conservatives during the election, do you anticipate working with democrats to regulate these companies are you satisfied?” with democrats to regulate these companies are y

tester with a big surge of voting in the end won by 2%, 2.5%. and jon tester ran a good campaign. had we had a little more money in june, i think we would have won. >> richard in kentucky, republican. thanks for waiting. >> caller: yes, sir. you know, i'm 71 years old. i watched all this unfold. you know, sir, just like this year. i will give you an example. i was at the lake, and this woman behind me, she was a school teacher. she said, you know what. my brother-in-law worked for general motors. he was making close to $50,000 a year. i went to school for four years, and she said i went to school for five years, and i couldn't make that kind of money. i said you have to work at general motors because labor is only worth $2 an hour, and college is worth $100 an hour. so sir, the sad part is the american people don't understand that $10 shirt they buy at walmart, they pay for a guy's welfare, the guy's food stamps, housing. that shirt really costs $30. and american people standing here today, well, we stand by trump. we have to pay more for our clothes. but americans will be working

democrats and john tester in particular, they're trying to keep this race more local. he's talking a lot about healthcare, public land, veterans also talking about corruption and government accountability. this is president trump's fourth visit to montana of late there are no big democrats here no visit from president obama or vice president joe biden. instead tester has been campaign ing with actor jeff bridges, whose a part-time montana resident. president trump usually starts his rallies by talking about the economy. you can bet he's going to talk about that. today, he's already tweeting about the job numbers, democrats say the economic success is now started under them, the president disagrees. president trump is repeatedly attacked tester for derailing his nomination for va secretary the nomination of white house dr. ronny jackson and tester says he was just doing his job trying tond tariff up for the people of montana and montana veterans. neil? neil: ellison thank you very very much. so, on the heels of that good jobs report and the possibility we could see spli

they were saying in montana, jon tester is ahead. however there has not been a lot of research done in montana. they were not talking to people out there. it shows he is ahead but they made it seem like you can't trust the polls. for example, there is another pullout, i think larry elder said 4% of black people support trump. i'm just thinking can i really trust that? larry elder is a donald trump supporter so he will be very biased in his research. i know i'm black and my family and i have not been asked about trump. my question is, can the polls really be trusted this time around looking at 2016? host: thank you for the question. guest: we could spend four hours talking about that great question. i would be skeptical of any poll that showed 40% of african-american voters supporting any republican candidate. one thing about 2016 is some of the polling was pretty good. the national polling cap hillary clinton winning by 3% or 4%. she won by about 2.5%, the popular vote, but that is not how we vote for president in this country. i thi

remember, people ofpe montana, tester voted with schumer 87% of the time. you might as well have schumer in tennessee, a very important race. republican candidate marsha blackburn should win. if you are in tennessee, take nothing for granted, anything can happen. nevada, races are always close. republican senator dean heller in a most-hold seat for the republicans. we'll have an actual race in our hands in west virginia. that is news tonight, between incumbent democrat joe manchin, republican patrick morrisey. in florida, let me just be blunt. everything in florida is as usual, too close to call. democratic do nothing schumer democrat bill nelson against the florida governor rick scott who has been there again and again for the people of florida.e in florida, the gubernatorial race also so tight between ron desantisra and corrupt socialist -- by the way -- wouldn't it be great if we could get from an fbi, you know, investigator, free tickets to v "hamilton," free vacations like gillum, the worst crime rate in all of florida. republicans -- by the way, you l

you look at jon tester, that's different in montana, you have tester very close to the agriculture community. not that trump hasn't done all he can to help rosen dale and the republicans could win there, nailbiter. donnely, though, he's one of the only ones that can say he has voted with president trump. he did so on immigration. this last bit of president trump, closing argument on immigration, might not play as much in indiana. donnely, has a voting record that says that. the otherning in each of these states, president trump's approval rating is above 53%. a big deal for him f you think back, in 2002, the first bush mid-term, president bush's approval rating was sky high, we were at war, after 9/11. in 2006 when he lost 9 majority his approval rating was 37%. makes a big difference in the tight races. . trump, has done them a favor, by getting his approval rating up to where it is. >> greg: can we go to the chart? >> dana: i at one time say in a commercial break jesse watters said high charts were helpful. >> juan: what strikes me in the red states, where democrats are struggling, they ee

the democrat, john tester, up against matt rosendale. he has the lead, john tester. one of the president's least favorite democrats in the senate. kayna whitworth is in montana this evening. >> reporter: yeah, george, i think you're right there when you say one of president donald trump's least-favorite senators. he really blames jon tester for blocking his nomination of the veterans administration nominee. and so president donald trump has really taken a personal interest in the senate race here in montana. he has visited montana an unprecedented four times in the last four months. that is more than any other sitting president. but despite all of his support for his republican candidates here, matt rosendale, 54% of voters are saying that trump was not a factor in their votes. and jon tester is leading this race. he is the incumbent democrat. he is seeking his third term. and in preliminary numbers, he is winning votes from women by 19 points. he's winning votes from people under 30 by a whopping 70%. but one of the numbers that really stood out to me, george, is th

tester still has to leapfrog him, but you can still see the path for him to do that. arizona, you mentioned this a moment ago. the margin, 15,000 votes. we're getting one report on the ground there, trying to track down, that we may not -- it may not be until thursday that we get more votes out of maricopa county. hundreds of thousands of vote we may not get until thursday. a minute ago, that outstanding governor's race in connecticut now, ned lamont, a radio station in new haven, connecticut that says bob stefanowski got on the air and conceded. he was leading all night and in the last couple of hours lamont took the lead, hartford and bridgeport, two largest cities in the state, overwhelmingly democrat democratic. stefanowski ran out of real estate. in georgia, unknown number of absentee and provisional pal lots, if there are enough of them we expect they probably would break democratic. would it be enough to bring kemp under 50% and force a runoff? possible. think of what we saw if you were awake overnight in wisconsin where that race was neck and neck and they fou

we can now predict that john tester will win reelection in montana. this is a race we had to wait a little bit to call because of this factor right here. if you look right here, this is where the outstanding vote is, jake, in montana. there was just no way that his republican opponent could make up that ground. this is an interesting race when it comes to donald trump, it was a very personal race for donald trump because it was john tester who went after ronny jackson, who was donald trump's v.a. secretary pick. remember he was the white house doctor, became the v.a. secretary pick and john tester released information that was very damaging to him. so when it comes to donald trump, he would have liked to see john tester lose. but as we move along, though, this was a very good night had it comes to republicans in general right here, if you go here, look at this, jake. this is just really an amazing bit of information here. you have claire mccaskill, she loses. specifically we're talking about a year of the woman right there. up in north dakota, heidi h

reporter: tester had a rally of his own in boseman. >> because they -- point out to folks today. it might be a different narrative tomorrow, we have a damn good secretary. he is going to fight too. the bottom line is there is a lot on the ballot this year. reporter: big name republicans have campaigned with rosendale, tester keeping it more local, with mostly campaigned with the governor of state also actor jeff bridges. >> alison thank you. >> and president getting ready to take stage for second time today, leaving montana to rally supporters in pensacola, florida, stumping for ron desantos, and senate candidate rick scott. president to speak next hour, phil keating with live in pensacola now. reporter: president trump returning to the sunshine state, second visit, second make america great again rally in 4 days, he was in fort myers area on wednesday night, stumping for governor scott and former congressman desantos. he will be in front of the crowd in less than a half hour. looks like a couple thousand people in the airport hangar. on the pensacola airport property. the big si

in montana, jon tester now projected to win his senate race against matt rosendale. president trump and vice president pence made several trips to montana to campaign for him, but tester who wins there. republicans have retained control of the senate. the democrats lost two seats down to 43. the gop gained two seats and now has 51 seat. a handful of seats are still to be determined. meanwhile, dianne feinstein won her race here in california with quite a significant lead. 97% of precincts reporting. she was up 67%. of course he congratulated her last night in his concession speech last night. he lost despite the endorsement of the state democratic party, which was a clear message that party leaders wanted a more combative approach to handling the trump administration. all memberses of the house of representatives were up for re-election and here are the latest results. democrats expected to gain 28 seats bringing their total up to 223 seats in the house. the gop will lose 27 seats. that's down to 201 seats. the results are still a toss up in a few highly contested di

tester, i'm told, still does have a pathway but not a large one. democrats sweating that race a bit. to the south and arizona. jeff flake, retiring republican senator. right now, martha mcsally, member of the house, up by 12,000 votes with 74% reporting. let's see if kyrsten sinema, the democrat, has the opportunity to come back. there's one outstanding county, martha mcsally is leading by 17 points. again, nothing has been called yet. there's still opportunities here. the opportunities look at least at this point to be somewhat limited. to another race. people have been talking about this all night. governor rick scott running for senate as a republican against incumbent bill nelson. 99% reporting, scott up by 38,000. a lot of people have said why don't you call the race -- here's why -- .4% separates the challengers. .5% is the automatic trigger for florida recount in a statewide race. there's also absentee ballots that had to be postmarked by today and will likely be counted over the next couple of days. our decision desk is holding off calling

remember this, tester voted against your tax cuts, tester voted against "kate's law". reporter: the people we spoke to at this rally today by and large said they came here to see president trump not necessarily the candidates he is stumping for. >> oh, i've already voted yeah. i voted red, all the way. >> i am hoping he can stay on message and convince people to vote correctly on tuesday. >> he has done what he said he was going to do. no surprises or anything. reporter: so you, i'm guessing you're not old enough to vote? >> no. reporter: are you making sure your mom is voting? >> yeah. i hope she votes. >> still reading and researching. we're here more to see the president. he is here supporting rosendale. can't say that i agree with everything that rosendale is doing right now. reporter: president trump mentioned health care here today. promising people of montana he would protect preexisting conditions. health care is a big issue in the senate race here in montana. as is veterans issues and also public land use. arthel? arthel: ellison barber, thank you. eric? eric:

the race is personal with senator tester. he also talked about immigration, repeatedly talking about the caravan at the border saying it's an urgent crisis. >> it'sto sign illegal immigranp for free education, free welfare, and what do they really want? the right to vote because they figure that's the way they stay in office forever. it is the second caravan, which is made up of some very tough, young people. very tough. criminals in some cases. in many cases. they'll say do you have proof? yeah, i have proof. they threw stones in the police's face. they hurt mexican police. they hurt mexican military very badly. they broke through. you saw it. it was on television. it was terrible. mexico is trying. they are trying, but we're different. we more than try. we have our military now on the border. i noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. barbed wire used properly can be a beautiful sight. >> the applause lines -- the applause on the immigration lines, though, not as loud as we've heard at other rallies in other p

republican matt rosendale has a slightly over democrat john tester. same in arizona, we are waiting to find out who will be the state's first female senator. martha mc sally has the edge at the moment but we have to wait a couple days to find out who will win and finally in nevada a win for the democrats, jackie rosen defeated incumbent republican senator dean heller late last night but some of those races are too close to call. jillian: breaking that all down. rob: donald trump takes republicans to victory in key battleground states flipping four seats read in the senate but democrats now own the house. jillian: the biggest midterm take aways, republican strategist david mcintosh. thank you for your time. we wants to get right in here. let's look at this scorecard, 59 candidates donald trump rallied for. looking at updated numbers 33 of those candidates won, 14 candidates lost, 12 have not been called. those are pretty good numbers. >> donald trump really won last night in these elections. you see that happening even in the close calls in montana whe

jon tester claiming the democratic party botched the kavanaugh debate. they didn't give him a chance. remember they were against kavanagh from the beginning. joe donnelly ran an ad about socialists and government run health care. it is a buddy chuck schumer gave us that failure, gave us that monstrosity. many people only have one choice of a health care provider and this is a light campaign. they support the far left policies of schumer and they constantly work to address president trump and his agenda. all they want is power and they have contempt and they are caught on tape. radisson caught on tape. heidi heitkamp, caught on tape. now we have joe donnelly, caught on tape. gillam, one running for governor, caught on tape. look no further than kavanaugh and steve gore such. only a far left democrat would be voting against these two highly qualified impeccable candidates. and we saw what happened, no due process and no presumption of innocence. and we have yet another revealing project veritas video to show you, this time coming from the great state of te

we still don't know what's going to happen with jon tester in montana. but that does perhaps say something about democrats in republican states or in trump-winning states. so right now republicans have -- they've won control of the senate. so now the question is how big is the margin going to be? let's give -- let's say that the current vote totals hold up and republicans win florida. let's say the current vote totals hold up and republicans win arizona. let's give mississippi special election that's probably going to happen in a runoff. look at that. 54 votes and i'm still not even factoring in what could happen in nevada or montana. i mean, republicans are having a very, very good night in the senate. >> mitch mcconnell is watching right now probably and smiling from ear to ear. because he worked incredibly hard alongside with the president. and that's a storyline that is quite different from the way the president worked or didn't work with the house republican leaders, particularly the current speaker of the house paul ryan. worked very hard to get th