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Because nashville, youre sitting at 50 degrees. your wind chill, 45. let me advance this. this is in a matter of six hours. youre dropping nearly 30 degrees. atlanta, youre next. and that arctic air presses all the way to the east coast. jake? >> all right. >> youve got a really clever writer on your side. you said twas the nightmare before christmas. this is truly it. >> derek van dam in the cnn weather center. thanks so much. how one incoming congresswoman beat the trump-backed republican in a...

Milwaukee, pretty much. its a -- what we like to say in the states, a ruby red district. its very much conservative. very much republican. very much donald trump. and its a big difference from the city life in milwaukee. but the people are lovely. i mean, when you go into a waukesha business or a waukesha home, youre treated like youre a member of the family. you know, the people that attended this parade were proudly locals that were very loyal to the city of waukesha. and, you know, it turned ...

The filing deadline in your state. they people thinking about should i retire in the house the minority is not fun. they think its unlikely they get the majority back. now a district like this the excellent smart people the cook political report. if youre in another district, all the house districts you saw what happened in 2018. when the democrats changed the map. youre thinking this will be hard to begin with. is there a message from north carolina. without a doubt. more republicans think this...

What a difference a day makes. yesterday you told me you expected dan mccready to win. how big of a loss is this last night for you guys? >> well, we always knew it was going to be a neck-and-neck race. while any sloss a letdown, as i said yesterday, as ill say it again today, the fact that this ruby red district, a gerrymander republican-drawn district won by donald trump by 12 points was won by a republican by only two points is a loss for republicans and again it is i believe foreshadows very...

Then the big republican route that made nancy pelosi speaker in 2018. in 2019, more. why do i say that? you see dan mccready. you go to the presidential race, president trump won. that will be seen by democrats as a bit of a moral victory here. in the end, though, a win is a win, right? this district in republican hands since 1963 will stay there for the time being. democrats will probably field t the win next time. others who may be thinking about running for re-election next year will will loo...

Affairs analyst. and rick wilson. hello, good to have you here. especially on this evening. rick, lets start with you. talking about north carolina ninth district. it supposed to be a ruby red district. held by republicans since 1963. what gives tonight? >> what gives is what always gives in the races. money matters. there were $10.7 million spent in the race. about 6.4 republican spending a the amount of money you spend in the u.s. senate race on one house district in one state in a relatively ...

Popular among a wide swath. governor bullock got up there and said to people were not going to win with this message, folks, lets go real. >> heres what we know for sure. and i hope im really wrong about this, but i dont think were going to see in the election what we are able to do here on this show at night, which is you guys dont check a lot of boxes that you agree with, but you do agree with being decent, and i dont think thats going to happen. i think this is going to be an ugly battle of a...

Governor bullock got up there and said to people were not going to win with this message, folks, lets go real. >> i hope im really wrong about this but i dont think were going to see in the election what we are able to do here on this show at night, which is you guys dont check a lot of boxes that you agree with but you do agree with being decent and i i dont think thats going to happen. i this i thnk this is going to ugly battle of attrition. i hope im wrong. >> i dont got any bumps on my head,...

Advancing it. >> we will. >> including, giving trump a break when he deserves a break. >> we will. we will. carl bernstein, thank you. it is election day in north carolina. its a big do-over vote in the a reliably ruby red district. the race could serve as a referendum on president trump looking ahead to 2020. but first, the mayor of dayton, ohio, bringing her fight against gun violence to washington, d.c. naan whaley just met with senate democrats. ill ask if she thinks her words will inspire...

Such a safe seat. why are republicans doing this? >> well, you know, and thanks for my friend for painting all republicans with a very broad brush. i hope you exclude me from that. >> house republicans. not the doctor, of course. >> you know, for my perspective, look, i think what you have with the congressman here is the congressman is voting how or behaving in a way that is what his district expects. the loyalty i think is to his base. the loyalty i think is to the voters who put him in office...