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Welcome back. it is the bottom of the hour. start with the top stories. alabama polls show senate race in a dead heat hours before voting is set to begin. fox news poll shows doug jones with a ten point lead. this included both land line and cell phone when it was conducted. the newest emerson college tracking poll shows moore with a nine point lead. may depend largely on voter turnout. some republicans weigh sitting out rather than voting for moore. if voter turnout is historically high, give doug jones a three point advantage. if turnout is lower, give roy moore a four point advantage. >> la...

Yasmin and louis burgdorf. dead heat just hours before polling begins. shows doug jones a ten point lead over roy moore. included land line and cell phone participating when it was conducted, but the newest emerson college tracking poll shows moore with a nine point lead over jones. results of today's election may depend on voter turnout. some republicans weigh sitting out rather than voting for moore. monmouth university poll shows if voter turnout is higher, it will give doug jones an advantage. if it is lower, it will give roy moore a four point advantage. last nights roy moore returned to ...

About the state of the. >> reporter: a rule of alabama's nick saban. one has moore up, one jones up, one a tie. average together every poll out there you come up with roy moore about a 2.5 point advantage over doug jones, just averaging everything together, for what that worth. definitely the closest senate race alabama's had in a generation and looks like the kind of race if a democrat's ever going to win alabama sort had has to be this time if it is going to happen, two keys basically. what it was in the presidential election. clinton versus trump. see all the red. typically what a race look...

Be very difficult for many democrats to get elected because at this point that's just the flavor of the year. >> i absolutely agree, and jessica, if the economy continues to do well and better, saw yesterday even wages are starting to pick up a little bit, and they yet get the tax cut done, and people see more money, do you think a generic ballot, at least that gap which is about 13 points now, do you think that might shrink? >> it can absolutely shrink, but as you said it's 13 to 15 points right now. i believe we need an 8 point advantage for it to be considered a wave election. so that's a b...

Popularity gets up to 40% or 42% -- i do think won't run with trump. localize the elections. >> what at 40%? >> approval rating. got to get up. below that, republicans in big trouble. >> that's where he was in virginia, 42%. >> that's why we lost virginia. >> wasn't good enough. >> generic ballot for democrats is 11 point advantage. donald trump is one-man wrecking machine and republicans on the hill are starting to figure to t out. >> better off passing tax reform? >> i don't think they get that much by giving tax breaks to corporations and rich people. >> round table is sticking with us. ano...