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Change. >> eric brandstad, the son of long time governor, runs the operation and says his appeal reaches beyond the gop base. >> i have gone to republican rallies my entire life. we are seeing new voters like we've never seen before. >> early voting has been under way for more than a month and democrats usually win the early vote. >> i mean literally hundreds of times i've had republicans tell me no, i want to vote on election day, you know, and for them it's a tradition, it's something that they've grown up with. >> reporter: this year, iowa gop officials are trying to bank more early votes t...

>> it's at an all-time high. >> reporter: so far republicans are doing better than in 2012 but still lagging with 33.9% of the early vote, compared to 43.2% from democrats. to push the early vote both candidates recently came to cedar rapids, iowa just hours apart. >> she is the candidate of yesterday. >> we have come too far to let donald trump take us back. >> reporter: the challenge for democrats, iowa was never clinton country. her stunning 2008 democratic caucus loss was the beginning of the end for that campaign. and her 2016 win against bernie sanders was a struggle. iowa democrats argu...

Nation. nearly 50 people are dead. fox news meteorologist janice dean is tracking all the storms. janice? >> hi, kimberly. this one is for the record books. we had everything from blizzards to tornadoes. 8 days of tornadoes. the flooding, the ice, the freezing rain and the snow. it's almost done. however, the flooding is going to be with us well into the new year into next week. the mississippi river continues to rise. especially at st. louis where it is expected to crest tomorrow at almost historic levels. this type of flooding is something we typically see in the springtime with the snow mel...

But let's go through what he said. he said they would keep the senate because of popularity of the president's policies. look, his policies, the stimulus bill, the deficits, the spending, obamacare, all of these are unpopular. for example, on obamacare, it is not only upside down, more people dislike the law than like the law but energy is with the opponents. 34% strongly oppose the law. only 21% support it. in addition to that the president's job approval is low. it is about 43.2% in the real "l clear politics" average. that is about where it was in 2010 when the democrats got shellacked. the...

Slightly down from last year. as will we can only hope the incidents of loss. >> something tells me that you are not a black friday thanksgiving camper, are you? >> i'm just not that kind of man. >> that was a great report, phil. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> not everyone is lining up, as you heard, but a new survey shows more shoppers are planning to hit stores on thanksgiving night than ever before. brit beamer is with america's research group, the organization behind the survey. tell us, brit, how many people, what proportion of shoppers are prepared to go out late thig night a...