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CNNW Anderson Cooper 360 November 6, 2018

Three tonight. Well be checking on it tonight in florida as well as texas with the latest stop in missouri where Claire Mccaskill is locked in a battle to keep her job. Jeff is there for us now. What has the president s message been tonight in missouri . Reporter good evening. A bit of a pause at this Campaign Rally at the moment. There is someone at the beginning, at the front of the crowd who fell ill. So the president was standing silently on stage for the last several minutes. The crowd just was singing Amazing Grace here so were not exactly sure what became of this trump supporter. But i can tell you this message that the president has been giving, he largely started off by talking about this being the final rally but really watching nostalgic about 2016, going again state by state by state. He clearly tonight is trying to perhaps soften his message a little bit in the final hours, at least so far. And he also invited the top women of his administration, ivanka trump, kellyanne, thats the key purpose. The white house knows they need support of women voters. They believe theyve been hemorrhaging women voters in some respects so that was the beginning. Make no mistake, the president is here in missouri because he believes the senate race is one of the closest in the country. Thats yes came back here tonight. And the president s closing message, i understand he didnt want to focus on the economy. Right. The president in the last, in the last week, youll remember, his campaign issued this very optimistic upbeat ad. Like Ronald Reagans morning in america ad. Talking about how things have gotten better and will only keep Getting Better if you keep republicans in office. I am told the president hated that ad. He was not in that ad. So thats one of the reasons he changed to it immigration. Delivering the immigration. Many people would say racist views on immigration, the ad last week. So the president is a bit of a split message. Many republicans want him to talk about the economy. He has made it clear he wants to talk about immigration. So far that has not been a central message here. They want to close even slightly more positive. This has been a scorched Earth Campaign led entirely by the president. He thinks immigration worked for him in 2016 and he thinks it will now. Republican voters believe this immigration message may have actually energized the points, not the supporters of trump. Does president have anything on his schedule for tomorrow . Anderson, on the president s official schedule, at least, there is nothing on it at all of he is not scheduled to get back to the white house until about 2 00 in the morning after this rally. So there is nothing on his schedule. Be sure he will be on twitter. He may be doing radio interviews, other things. He will stay engaged in these contests. Hell be watching these results. And regardless of the fact that hes not on the ballot, he will get the creditor blame. We do note tonight, the president , they are expecting to lose the house of representatives and expecting to keep the senate. Well look for him to be involved in some way but nothing official. Two tight races for senate and governors. Very bitterly fought at the highest levels. President trump campaigning for desantis. Former president obama for gillum. Obama made a stop bearing doughnuts campaigning for jennifer wexton. Today was apparently National Doughnut day. Nobody got me doughnuts. With that, or anybody here on this panel got doughnuts. What is gillums message now the night before the election . Hi. The big message tonight is go vote. And you can hear this crowd is fired up. They are calling this the bring it home midnight rally. We are at florida a m university. Andrew gillum was a graduate of florida a m and he has a star studded lineup trying to turn out the vote for him. The headliner is sean diddy combs. Theyre all trying to help Andrew Gillum become the next governor of the state of florida. And we talked to people who lined up for hours before they even opened the doors here. A lot of young voters. They all told us they already voted or they were definitely going to vote tomorrow. And he needs the young vote to turn out. Here in the state of florida, more than 50 of registered voters are of the generation x assess. The numbers show theres enthusiasm. I can tell you more than double the number of voters under the age of 30 voted early in this election, compared to 2014. The last midterms. But still, there are their numbers are dwarfed by the over 65 crowd who voted already. In fact we know they are the most reliable voters and they skew toward republican. I know this is a neck in neck race. Every vote is going to count. You look at the latest polls cnn has. 49 gillum for his republican challenger, ron desantis, 48 . It could be a very, very tight race as we approach the election tomorrow. And these candidates are not taking anything for granted. I can tell you, ron desantis, the republican challenger, was out today with marco rubio and President Trump. President trump was here last weekend, this past weekend campaigning for him. And barack obama has been here on behalf Andrew Gillum. So this is a race for the country to watchful i just want to let you know, i spoke with the Political Science professor here in florida who said Andrew Gillum has larnlgdly followed the obama mod nell his campaigning, back to basics. Grassroots strategy. Go where the voters are. Will it be enough . Well know in about 24 hours from now. Remember, this is a state that hasnt voted for a democrat for governor since 1994. Anderson. Thanks very much. Generating more heat, no surprises, than trying to unseat ted cruz. Ed lavandera is there. I wonder what the final stretch was for both campaigns. Reporter well, both candidates really pushing home, beto oroark landing in his home town, trying to strike an optimistic tone and he knows full well that all the money he has raised, all the energy, the coverage that he has amassed, if we to lose tomorrow, it is all for naught. So thats yes left here with this crowd saying to have a call to action. Thats what his campaign will be measured by. For ted cruz, he spent the day campaigning in various stops around his home town of houston. The message very clear with him as well. He has been embracing this for several weeks. Warning his supporters that the celeste angry. Filled with rage toward President Trump. That is a very dangerous thing. He starts hitting home on the themes, jobs, freedom and security. Those are the themes he has hit over and over again of this campaign. Beto orourk has remained steady. For all the attention beto orourke has been getting, has he been turning any Republican Voters to his side . They believe it is a huge influx of Younger Voters and all the stars will have to align for the orourke campaign. At the end of the day, there are more Republican Voters in texas than there are democrats. So orourke has to focus on Younger Voters which he has done over the last few weeks hitting college campuses, no surprise that he ended his last rally at the university of texas at el paso with a huge rally of students. And really getting perhaps suburban women in the town of dallas, houston, austin, san antonio, who are disgruntled with President Trump, to get them on switch over, as well as a huge influx of latino voters. A lot of people thinking all those stars will have to align if beto orourke will have a chance tomorrow night. Thank you. I want to expand on something we touched on at the top of the broadcast. The number people voting early. At least 31 million this election. Thats about 10 million more than voted early in the 2014 memorials. For comparison about, 41 million voted early in the 2016 president ial campaign. The president is saying it is a referendum on him. Here necessary cleveland. You know, the midterm elections used to be boring. Do you even remember what they were . You say midterms, what is that . Who even heard of midterms . I have a lot of people saying i dont know what midterms is but now im going out every minute to vote. You have to go out and vote. In a sense, i am on the ticket. With that, lets bring in the afterhours gang who probably has spent a lot of time paying attention to midterms. What are they again . Senator santorum, have you ever paid attention on midterms . Well, i remember one particular midterm in 2006. It was very memorable. Which permits you to be here tonight. Thats why im here. People have asked me how important this midterm is. Ill be honest with you. I dont think it is that important. I dont think things will change that much in washington. In fact, david and i were talking about this offstage. I think that the way it is stacking up right now, it is just perfectly for trump. How so . He needs to pick up seats in the senate. For a variety of reasons. He wants to confirm his judges. He wants to have a block about any bad things the house will do. And i think thats happening. If you look at where hes campaigning. Hes campaigning in the senate race. His message about the senate races. He is trying to build his buffer in the senate. The other thing hes doing is he is campaigning i think pretty blatantly so, not really caring about suburban voters. Not really caring about those republicans out there. Why . What is the best thing that could happen to donald trump tomorrow night . Nancy pelosi. That he loses the house of representatives and he will have someone to beat up on for two years and blame for every problem he has. This is a great setup for the president. Thats great in theory. Honestly, i agree with the theory. But the truth of the matter is that yes, he needs an enemy, hell have someone to punch and maybe he can even get one or two things done hes been lacking an enemy. Right. Youve been the enemy. Now he has something thats a real enemy. Nancy pelosi . Like nancy pelosi. But if you have a democratic house, theyre going to subpoena his tax returns. Hes got to face bob mueller. Well go back to witch hunt. This is what republicans count on all the time. Which is the left overplaying their hand and doing crazy stuff i remember Newt Gingrich did that in i hear you, rick. But it reminds me of when Winston Churchill lost the reelection and Lady Clementine said its a blessing in disguise and he said, its rather well disguised. I dont know. I have been in a white house that lost control of that lost control of congress, and i know what its like when you have a congress that is now looking at every aspect of what youre doing. I dont know how much the president is going to enjoy that scrutiny. They could overdo it. Well, i was thinking today probably the first thing someone will think to ask is how did that decision get made to send troops to the border and how much did it cost and were there emails exchanged from the white house to the pentagon on this . And thats just a small thing. But you know, the congress has the power to investigate, and if they have the gumption to investigate that can be very, very irksome. Secondly, one thing you didnt discuss, youre putting it in the context of the congress. There are governors races tomorrow as well. And republicans stand to lose a whole passel of governorships which has implications for redistricting but also for the president ial election because who the governor is and who controls the sort of political mechanisms of the state is important in president ial races. So im sure the president has a way of finding the good spin on my event, and he may adopt yours. But i think that hed sooner trade that for a big win tomorrow. I would add that the democrats need something. The pain and the frustration and the fear at the base of the Democratic Party is something ive never seen before. People are literally going to psychologists. I mean, people are very afraid no, you laugh. But its not funny because youve got people, theyre scared their neighbors are going to be deported. You have jewish people who are afraid. You have a lot of fear. And when you have fear and helplessness, you dont have the house, you dont have the senate, you dont have the supreme court, you dont have the white house, youve got nothing, its unhealthy. I think having something, some way to stay apart, some way to be involved, some way to feel like your Voice Matters is going to be healthy for democrats and its going to get people the ability to hang on for two more years and deal with 2020. I think its that angst, van, and i understand you night after night have been skeptical of the polls and you say why should we believe the polls i just feel like we should wait 24 hours. I think thats totally fair. Thats why i actually think we dont have to look at the polls. We can look at the votes that occurred over the last year and a half that democrats cast in the primary season and in special election after special election after special election. In the entire trump era the story of american politics has been overperformance of democrats in some republican areas, some they didnt win at the end of the day, some they did like the Alabama Senate seat or conor lambs seat in pennsylvania. But the story has been all that energy and angst actually coming out in votes being cast. And that is what i think is giving democrats on the eve of this election greater hope than even what the polls suggest is an advantage, is the last year and a half theyve seen it work. Well talk more ahead. Coming up, what the president s said about his daughter ivanka and Political Correctness and what the president s gender gap issues might mean tomorrow. Later, Oprah Winfreys contribution to Stacey Abrams campaign for georgia governor. The racist robocall featuring an impersonator and her response to it. Well show you that. As our 11th hour rolls on. Well be right back. music throughout they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the Amazing Services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again instead, hes the tallest guy in his office. L basketball player. Yeah, erics had to compromise a lot in life. Ah yes, you need travel insurance when you travel. So, should i set some. Hello . But not when it comes to cutting the cord. Fubo gives him all the sports he needs as well as all the shows his family loves. Dont compromise. Get over 100 channels plus showtime and cloud dvr included. Visit fubotv. Com. New cnn polling confirming what just about every poll has shown, President Trump faces a considerable gender gap. John king tonight called it a canyon, not a gap. Many things play into it and perhaps its going to affect the outcome tomorrow. In point of fact, though, if it bothers the president he doesnt seem to show it right now. Heres another moment from his rally in cleveland introducing his daughter ivanka and, well, take a look. The truth is shes a very, very youre not allowed to use the word beautiful anymore when you talk about women. Youre not allowed. No, no. Its politically incorrect. No, no. Its politically i will never call a woman beautiful again. And every man here, every man here, raise your hand. You will never, ever say your wife, your girlfriend, anybody is beautiful. Right . So im not allowed to say it because because its my daughter ivanka. But shes really smart. And shes here. Should i bring her up . Come on. Ivanka, come up. Uh, back now. He is such an idiot sometimes. I mean, really. Like you cant say to your wife youre beautiful . The problem is that is in the Democratic Party platform. It is. Of course it is. Its platform 1a. But the problem with him is hes from a generation and he himself and i dont want to castigate that generation. Take that first part back. He himself is so obsessed with womens looks that thats how he views them. Theyre not useful to him if they dont look the right way, and we can go through all the things hes said about women. He doesnt i mean, its nice he said his daughter was smart. But he doesnt think that way as a first matter. Women looking at that, i mean, he just cant get it right. And hes going to put Sarah Huckabee sanders and hes going to put Kellyanne Conway up on stage and ivanka and hes going to think just having those women up there will make those suburban women come back around. Hes just hes such but doesnt the antiPolitical Correctness, you know, war on christmas, i mean, that message work . A lot of people believe feel nobodys going around saying you may never say that a woman is beautiful. He called a woman horseface. He didnt handle it particularly deftly. But the idea of Political Correctness is a serious issue and it does resonate not just with the base but with a lot of people in this country about, you know, speech codes and what you can say and what you cant say and a little bit of hypersensitivity all women are asking is that people im not talking about women. Im talking about not just on how they look but of course. And i agree with that. Thats not politically correct. Thats just human. Im talking about the whole idea of Political Correctness. Thats what his focus was on. Its the culture war too. I mean, he cant help but play the culture warrior on any number of issues. Me too, kneeling, nfl games, the war on Merry Christmas. Hes going to make everybody say Merry Christmas at this point. And again its sort of this nostalgia for a time gone by and he stokes that among his base, which again is older one persons Political Correctness is another persons sort of decency or openmindedness to not making

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