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Thing this week. a big thing. we ask people like you to tell us what races you are watching and perhaps maybe they tell us a bigger story about what is happening across the country. you have selected the american heartland. here in the senate race in indiana its a really good one between joe donnelly trying to get reelected against mike braun. why do you choose this one? a state where the president really rocked by 20 points two years ago. >> this is sort of the paradigm race for why republicans...

>> republicans have had decades to try to come up with something. to have this discussion in 2018 to say here is what they might do considering they ran in 2010, 11, 12 saying well repeal and replace and they cant tell you what theyll replace. >> bill: what race do you believe right now is something that could be a bellwether that tells a larger story? >> arizona, u.s. senate race. >> bill: richard? >> florida governor. if gillum wins he pulls nelson with him in the senate race. >> florida. you ...

What are we expecting when the u.s. markets open up in 16, 17 minutes. >> investors are very nervous for a number of reasons. the impending trade war, rising interest rates, and the fact is that many in the market said, look, we just think corporate profits, the bedrock of the market, has peaked. that there is nowhere to go from here. and we saw a little bit of that in caterpillar, an industrial machine maker. it is a bellwether for the market. it came out this morning, beat expectations. but, y...

Feeling that really this is as good as its going to get in terms of corporate profits. thats the bedrock of the market. we got more evidence of that today when caterpillar, a bellwether for the market, an industrial machine maker, came out and said rising material costs may have a negative impact to its business. that is as a result of steel and aluminum tariffs. so companies are really trying to calm the street down, trying to calm wall street down, and put a positive spin on this, but investor...

Montana. >> one of many bellwether races this cycle. coming up now, news just in to cnn. sad news about sandra day oconnor, the first woman to sit on the court. shes now telling her family she has dementia. well have much more on the story just ahead. balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure. now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy! rewards me basically aeverywhere.om so wh...

Extreme volatility in the market is there lately and how longer this will last. good evening. >> good evening, it was a wild day on wall street. most investors say the volatility is here to stay. one bright spot though, when they started to rebound the buying was done with heavier than average volumes. that shows conviction. investors are concerned about the potential fallout from u.s. china trade disputes. the earnings are minded investors of that responsibility, caterpillar makes construction ...

Trumps first midterm rally. >> pete is a great guy. you got to get him a victory. >> reporter: a rare bright spot for republicans in the midterms because this district is still trump country. >> he tends to be a little brash sometimes but he gets things done and when he says hes going to do something, he takes care of it. >> reporter: so you can really see, chris, the difference between these two types of places. the kind of rule districts that really are still sticking with the president and th...

Outpacing democrats in a number of key states. but not in nevada, where voter turnout is breaking records. republican incumbent senator dean heller holds a slight lead in the silver state. democratic congresswoman jackie rosen is polling democratic congresswoman jackie rosen is pulling within the margin of error. joining me from las vegas, nbcs steve patterson. steve, what are the voter turnout patterns looking like so far? is enthusiasm up and what is the sense of strategy on the ground as to w...

This election day. in fact, with more than half of the states congressional districts up for grabs, minnesota could very well decide which party controls congress. nbc news road warrior kasie hunt traveled there. she joins me with some details on why this could very well be the true bellwether come november 6th. who better to go than minnesota nice themselves? >> youre absolutely right about the fact this is going to be the bellwether. even though everyone is completely divided in this polarized...

Trying to vote at about 8:00 this morning. we saw dozens of them. what are people saying as far as election officials and volunteers working the lines? theyre saying this is bananas. they havent seen anything like this basically in their lifetime. that what were seeing. energy and voting has been through the roof. >> one of the things -- early voting started there on saturday. this business of all of that turnout, any indication from people you are talking to or officials as to who that turnouts...