former president obama just endorsed 81 candidates ahead of this year's midterm elections, weighing in on more than a dozen state races, obama says he's eager to help his party gain seats this november. the former president's endorsements include georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams, nevada jackie rosen and new mexico house candidate deb hayland. some notable absences texas senate candidate o'rourke and new york congressional candidate cortez. obama cease team says the endorsements are a first wave and more will follow. >> ben, who do you see on the first list? >> i see a lot of people that i worked with, so a lot of alumni, so just here in new york, andy kim, tom malinowski and buffy