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Senate races, ted cruz's democratic challenger, still pushing forward in the state of texas. ed lavandera reports. >> reporter: texas democrats call it beto mania and in the last days of this senate race beto o'rourke rallies are bringing rock star pandemonium. beto o'rourke says he's confident he's changed the political landscape of texas with a highly organized get out the vote campaign to bring out new voters and o'rourke throws in some spanish saltiness to motivate the faithful. >> if you really want to win this, given what's at stake, given what's on the line and given the judgment of the...

I grew up down here. this is just not how these kinds of races are expected to play out. so i've been trying to figure out sort of what they can do with this. how do they turn this enthusiasm in places like austin, in places like san antonio where i am right now into an actual voting advantage. and really today in austin was the first time that i heard o'rourke make a very explicit call to action from his supporters. here's what he told the crowd in austin this afternoon. >> over the next 54 hours, i'm asking you to give me every waking moment of your life. if you really want to win this, give...

That enthusiasm for a democrat in texas is just unheard of. i grew up down here. this is just not how these kinds of races are expected to play out. so i've been trying to figure out sort of what they can do with this. how do they turn this enthusiasm in places like austin, in places like san antonio where i am right now into an actual voting advantage. and really today in austin was the first time that i heard o'rourke make a very explicit call to action from his supporters. here's what he told the crowd in austin this afternoon. >> over the next 54 hours, i'm asking you to give me every waki...

Out sort of what they can do with this. how do they turn this enthusiasm in places like austin, in places like san antonio where i am right now into an actual voting advantage. and really today in austin was the first time that i heard o'rourke make a very explicit call to action from his supporters. here's what he told the crowd in austin this afternoon. >> over the next 54 hours, i'm asking you to give me every waking moment of your life. if you really want to win this, given what's at stake, given what's on the line, given the judgment of the people of the future, our kids, our grandkids, o...

What you said in your intro. we'll be in court, the aclu will be in court. we need that public outcry to make the administration realize that we won't stand for it. we need career people to say, this is simply not going to work. >> and that goes to, again, "the washington post" reporting. it has become commonplace to say, does anything matter anymore and does donald trump get away with everything. this story is complicated because on the one hand, from a moral perspective, one child punished by u.s. policy for things that they had nothing to do with is one child too many. on the other hand, th...