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Washington for me today. one way republicans are fighting to keep an incumbent woman in. on monday president trump will hold not just one, two rallies in support of hyde-smith. she is favored to win. she's a lot closer than expected in this deep ruby red state in the south. first she was caught on tape making comments that seemed to support vote are sr suppression. and then there was this remark about a public hanging. >> if it was a public hanging, i'd be on the front row. >> and this week she addressed the controversies. >> i certainly apologize. there was no ill will, no intent whatsoever. ...

Was a bad thing to say. her response and her subsequent response and the digging that's been done about the fact she has a history of being on the wrong side of race issues in mississippi makes one believe her comments are deliberately intended to gain support among whites in mississippi. >> yeah. this is something that's caused the entire race to become a discussion over race relations and really the state of racial politics in mississippi. that's what we're seeing in both espy's rhetoric and cindy hyde-smith's rhetoric as more news about hyde-smith's past on wearing a confederate hat have co...

Clinton and the context of the me too movement. you know? she seems to be off her game. now, you can imagine that maybe she -- what she meant to say was that european leaders need to get a handle on migration and not let the idealogues exploit it. it's puzzling. >> it doesn't seem to be anything in the history that suggest this is sort of thing so looking at mississippi and the senate election and every time we look into hyde smith it's where she supported causes that are dubious. this isn't part of hillary clinton's background, holding back on immigration and migration of refugees especially....

Politics where you don't have to be on the right side of the race discussion. you've got to be on the side that most voters will support. >> nothing that's come out has really caused the race to completely flip in favor of espy right now. donald trump coming in is something that both republicans strategist and democratic strategist say they expect will cause the republican vote to get energized. this will increase turn out in favor of cindy hyde-smith. >> in the end, if mike espy, if more people turn out in this election, how does mike espy get competitive at this point? these gaffes, i don't ...

The senate. bear in mind, the republicans actually added to their senate majority and by the way, that number is likely to grow next week. an important election. if you are in mississippi, that special election, november 27th. president trump will be stumping for hyde smith in her bid to become the first female senator from the great state of mississippi. that is an important vote if you live there. this is a big race. republican victory means 53-47 in the senate and support of a trump agenda, stronger economy, stricter immigration, the appointments he want goes forward. we have a busy night, ...