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Community. is the puerto rico community a powerful voting block in this election in. >> i think the community does have the voice. i do believe they can take this over the goal line. >> the florida division of l elections doesnt break down by cuban, venezuelans. >> theres not a republican or democratic party in puerto rico. its totally new to them when they come to florida. i guess the figure head that they look to for politics would be donald trump. >> they see that image and that is an endurin...

Welcome back to the university of south florida if tampa. this is the alma mater of some famous figures. also nbc news correspondent. more on that in a moment. as the candidates try to mobilize florida voters in the wake of hurricane michael, its possible the deciding vote could come down to one group of new florida voters still recovering from the devastation of hurricane maria. university of south florida alum and kerry sanders is here with us today. voters moving to the states because of the ...

Are all up for grabs. they are now at 1.2 million the large largest hispanic voting block in the state. >> reporter: from the strategy war rooms to florida streets. the chase is onto register the newest wave of voters. refugees from puerto rico fleeing hurricane marias destruction. they are potentially powerful vote, a target of every campaign in the state right now. by birth right puerto rico are ls u.s. citizens. >> im a brown hispanic latino woman. im also a gray-- gay lhispanic latino woman ...

Call them liberal media people, not necessarily journalists, when you see them laughing. laughing at the incendiary comments like "token" and so on and so forth being talked about a black musician. they didnt call kim kardashian that. >> pete: no, because i dont think -- she was not a threat to a big part of their voting block. kanye west is not a policy guide. he is a cultural -- he is culturally critiquing the group-think of his community, the way he sees it. saying "its okay to be a freethink...

>> if he picked someone like dina powell, the president and the whole nation will want that person to work on issues like middle east peace, to work on issues like sanctions against russia, against north korea, to deal with chinas rise, to deal with migration issues across europe, to deal with counterterrorism and cybersecurity. these are very serious issues that protect our national security. its important to put people in that job that are both knowledgeable and experienced. >> our thanks toni...

President trump wrapped up his midterm tour, this time with a rally in iowa, but new polls find that his message may not be hitting a very crucial voting block. to the russia investigation, the very serious go-to charge by the president that its a hoax. "the 11th hour" just getting started on a tuesday night. man 2: (behind wall) they are! and craig practices the accordion every night! says the guy who sings karaoke by himself. im a very shy singer. youre tone deaf! ehh... should we move on to...

Important voting block come the midterms. >> there has been significant movement toward democrats for suburban women since 2016 but this confirmation fighting to solidify the republican base as well. it makes the senate more difficult for the democrats right now and on an earlier show, you could use more adults in the room, what we need at this point is having a sense of feeling so people can take the partisanship out and turn democracy back to the country. the sense of people is the government ...

Get them out of bed to go and vote, to even know where the polling center is? >> i think it takes a lot with the midterms. there are some groofts ups on t left, groups on the right. those under 30 dont vote on the midterms. as a candidate campaign, you have to look at where do i put my dollars and my volunteers, and youre unlikely to put it in an unreliable voting block, which is why you continue to double down on your base, and you look at that dwindling voter and say ive got to focus there. >>...

Back to reno where she led the charge for womens rights statewide. in 1914 those efforts paid off when the state voted to give women the right to vote. she spent the rest of her life pushing to expand womens roles in society, even running twice for u.s. senate. with women expected to be a key voting block in november, we thought we would leave you with a quote from henrietta martin herself during her last bid for senate in 1919. she told "good housekeeping" the question we must have answered in ...

Got realize is between new york and california theres a big country out there. while each of these senate races are interesting to us and we look at the up and down what we have to think about is what does the average person, what do independent voters think? what do younger voters think. we talked about this off camera. do people turn out or are they so turned off by this process that fewer people come out than we would like to have participate. its a double edged sword. >> i cited an nbc poll ...