are hoping to flip seats into the upcoming election. we heard from many speakers including the president of planned parenthood. white women, listen up. we have got to do better. it s not up to women of color to save this country from itself. that s on all of us. reporter: they showed up to spotlight a number of issues in the headlines. take a listen to several of the women we spoke with earlier. if women want to be decision makers and want their opinions known it will be up to the women. nobody is going to give it to us.. power doesn t give up anything without a fight. it s important we make our voices heard as women. we are over half the population so we should be heard. we won the seat in alabama and we are hoping more women
to get out the vote. they want to turn some seats here in nevada come the midterm elections. now, women have flooded here into sam boyd stadium. they are voicing concerns over a range of issues from women s rights to gun control. take a listen to one woman we spoke with in the stands. if women want to be decisionmakers, if women want their opinions known, it s going to be up to the women. nobody is going to give it to us. power doesn t give up anything without a fight. another recurring theme that we have heard, holding white women accountable. this event is taking place in nevada because of the state s diversity and speaker after speaker has said they want to send the country a message. white women, listen up. we ve got to do better. we ve got to do better. [cheers] it is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. that s on all of us. the power to the polls movement is moving on to texas,
women of color to save this country from itself. that is on all of us. reporter: women in the stands tell us they showed up to spotlight a number of issues in the headlines over the past year. take a listen to several of the women we spoke with earlier. if women want to be decision-makers, if women want their opinions known. it is going to be up to the women. no one will give it to us. power doesn t give up anything without a fight. it s it s important we make our voices heard as women. we are over half this population so we should be heard. we are so proud of the women in alabama. we are hoping more women will come to the polls. reporter: 1 million people is the goal for this rally to register people to vote. they re planning several similar rallies in florida and michigan.
you might not like he everything that he says or tweets. so there is a lot of disunity i suppose on the republican side depending upon who you are as a member of the house or senate. you can say that. rick, democrats will need to flip 24 seats in order to gain control of the house and two to gain control of the season. can they realistically lose control and which seats will they put the most energy into protecting. each will want to protect their own house or chamber. i do think the democrats have a chance of picking up the house. history is on their side. the average turnover when the party in power doesn t hold the house is a 32-seat shift. that would certainly put them in the majority. there is also a lot of enthusiasm on the cited of democrats. it s funny, if you re a republican consultant you re happy because there is a lot of money out there. if you re a democratic candidate you re exciting because there is a lot of enthusiasm on the democratic side. i think the republicans
power, to get fresh water, to get communication services. so you can understand from her perspective and the per spec tick of the people she represents of frustration. we are almost two weeks out from this storm and we re talking about less than 7% of people who have power and it could be months and months until power is restored for many of these people. so i also think it s an opportunity for the mayor of san juan to make the point to the president in person that this isn t a personal battle or a political battle. this is a humanitarian crisis. yes. very important to see how that plays out. sara, thank you. sanjay, as sara points out, we re just we re on two weeks now almost after the hurricane hit and you wonder if there s a second wave of crisis coming, if power doesn t get back up, fuel to the hospitals doesn t get there. you talked about the needless deaths that are there. but if the if waste management doesn t get to pick up trash and the cleanup, all of the second wave of