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You have the race in mississippi that is a primary tonight, the special election. if nobody gets 50% here, they go to a special election. right now this is designated as a republican seat. the top two get locked in here, that will then be designated as a toss-up. what it will do, its complicated accounting here. but what will happen is this republican number will be reduced by one, and mississippi is going to pop up in this toss-up screen. so what that would mean, possibly even if the republican...

On those getting counted, what does that mean in terms of how you think this will play out ultimately? >> yeah. this was a complete surprise to me because i was doing the math just a minute ago. we were looking at it. we were saying it was all going to come down to brown county right here. again, you can see the 11,000-vote advantage that scott walker has right there. you would look at this, youd look at -- this is a two to one margin. its been steady all night. were talking about a core democra...

Offered this to the president and this transpired today. that historically is a pattern weve seen before, that the day after midterms you get that cabinet shake-up. clearly the president was aware of this during his lengthy news conference. now when you look back on his comments regarding changes in his cabinet, he did not want to break that news at the moment and instead things are unfolding as we see now. the president also has the advantage of an increased margin in the senate, which could ma...

Information on where this race is headed? >> reporter: there might be a good chance that well hear something next week, perhaps as early as tuesday. thats what were hearing from the secretary of states office about all of this. but you make a very good point. you were in the room for that watch party last night, katy, as it was a defiant stacey abrams who came out and said she still thinks she has a road to victory even though she is trailing in the numbers. meanwhile brian kemp, her republican ...

Make that he wasnt able to be as helpful in the house because it is so spread out. positioning himself to take credit for republican gains in the senate. thats why his campaign schedule, those 11 states he visited at the tail end of the tour, have been focused on the senate. thats why you saw him turn to a message that was not only unhelpful in those district where is republicans need to hold on to seats to keep the house, but also made actively harmful to the districts. he was really putting al...

Dont retake the house of representatives. this is the map. house is the big battleground. we favor the democrats for 207 seats. solid lean and likely. that means theyre only 11 away if that map holds from seesing t -- seizing the majority. our new poll is off the charts for the democrats showing a 13-point advantage in the so-called generic ballot. if that number is true, democrats will take the house and get above 30 seats without a doubt. two other recent polls, nbc, wall street journal, washi...

Presidents going into their first midterm, it doesnt necessarily bode well for the republicans. >> no. when obama and bush and clinton have had similar results, similar nights, it has meant a blood bath in terms of the loss of house seats. one thing president trump has going for him above and beyond anything else is the fact that the math for the senate is so difficult for democrats. theyre playing defense in so many of those seats but on the house side, republicans are playing defense and these...

Thousands of puerto rico relocated to florida. where as u.s. citizens they can vote if they register. >> is this group a lock? for the democrats? >> no. theres no such thing. the puerto rico community is -- >> which explains why in the senate race. nelson and republican scott are pushing hard to gain support along newly registered voters. releasing spanish speaking it have ads. >> how to remove the barriers. to better jobs to better housing. to better education. is really the candidate is going ...

Republican crowds. but theres also more turnout that favors cruited cruz. you have issues on the minds of voters like president trump that really cut both ways. the democrats want to send a message, and the republicans see the democrats wanting to send a message and push back against it. >> if orourke loses the senate race tonight, i know he has said he is not interested in a presidential run, but can you see the democratic party just based upon sheer enthusiasm for this young guy in texas, do y...

You were obamas economic advisor for a long period of time. and here is the dow since election day up 39%, robert. you cant ignore that. up more than 7,000 points. 27 out of the dow 30 names are up since president trump was elected to office. you talk about the business community wanting more of that. why would you assume the average american doesnt want more of that? >> a few things. people dont vote on the stock market. the stock market can go up and down. >> sandra: they vote on jobs. >> lets...