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Veteran. its tight. mark: maria salazar versus donna shalala, the former clinton administration official. i understand its a largely hispanic district, and she doesnt speak spanish. >> shalala doesnt. mark: salazar does. >> salazar was the mega tv broadcaster on the air. and shes very well known. this is one the democrats thought they had in the bag, and finding out theyre actually losing. so this one the republicans can keep. mark: carlos corbellow versus debbie muscarsell, i guess? >> targetin...

Side, i was looking at a statistic to say white men are in the majority of democratic candidates being fielded in this election between minorities and women. what are you seeing amongst african-americans? >> tremendous energy and excitement about voting. this is one cycle, one midterm cycle where youre probably likely to see greater turnout than you have in the past. thats a good thing for america. thats a great thing for democracy. i love some of the things ive heard on the campaign trail. you ...

Grande valley, the most hispanic part of texas. we cant tell if beto has a chance, but if he does, it will be on suburbanites, not necessarily the hispanic vote. >> we asked beto about a week ago, republicans, conservatives were having just a wonderful time mocking him, saying he was a made-for-tv candidate, nothing else. would you bet against him right now? would you say, oh, i am absolutely certain that guy is going to lose. or is there a reason why ted cruz has acted just a little bit too cra...

Lets talk about the vote for a second. this has been really one of the major outstanding questions, democratic hand ringing whether they were doing enough and dave was talking to us about the senate race in texas and how the biggest turnout is in dallas and austin, texas which means suburban white largely progressives whereas a lot of counties under performing are those along the boarder where there are a lot of latino voters. how many received the message voting is urgent? >> 55% of them had no...

Outside of atlanta used to be a conte conservative seat and hispanic, a seat like that could be up for flipping. there is a lot of seats that could come on the board that republicans dont recognize at this point and i think we have to keep an eye on basically everything that is not a solid r plus 8 or more. >> all right. slightly dire prediction there. well have some eights. well take si we wont take sides. ill talk to the democratic senate candidate in tennessee who is frustrated with his par...

Over the last few days weve seen oroarke try to capture that energy and turn it into actual votes. hes been imploring his supporters not just to vote but to help others do so. heres what he told about 800 supporters here in houston a few minutes ago. >> that means if you can, and im being serious about this. take some time off of work today. skip classes. you can make that stuff up later. right? you will never get this election back. >> reporter: college professors and high school teachers shaki...

Cross country campaign blitz, trying to fight majorities in the senate. joining me now is the chair woman of the republican national committee, ronna mcdaniel. thanks so much for joining us. let me ask you. the economy is booming. unemployment as a 49-year low. annual wage growth topped 3% for the first time since 2009. but, you knew there was a but, the presidents closing message is not on that. its centered on scaring people about undocumented immigrants. could you personally feel more comfort...

Closing message is not on that, its centered on scaring people about illegal immigrants. would you be more comfortable if this closing argument was focused on the positive, the achievements, instead of inkrend ya -- incendiary appeals that people should fear illegal immigrants. >> i think the president is closing on the economy. hes talking about, obviously, these great jobs numbers we saw on friday, the lowest in history, unemployment levels for the african-american and hispanic communities. we...

That is the whole thing. they talk about rallies and all the trump rally and everyone is hating and are having a great time and i thought obama at a rally and someone got thrown out of his rally and he said -- you know, why was that not hateful. everyone was screaming for obama but everyone was having a good time and especially themselves we should be happy about it im a more heavy person than you think, greg. [laughter] greg: i try to avoid you because i find you creepy. tyrus, i think these ra...

That is the whole thing. they talk about rallies and all the trump rally and everyone is hating and are having a great time and i thought obama at a rally and someone got thrown out of his rally and he said -- you know, why was that not hateful. everyone was screaming for obama but everyone was having a good time and especially themselves we should be happy about it im a more heavy person than you think, greg. [laughter] greg: i try to avoid you because i find you creepy. tyrus, i think these ra...