Good morning. Im melissa harrisperry. Brandnew news that democrats may rather not hear when it comes to their partys chances to maintain control of the senate after novembers Midterm Elections. There are 36 senate races this year and republicans just need to win six additional seats to gain control. A new nbc news marist poll out this morning underscores the challenge of facing democrats. In Arkansas Senate race, republican come cotton leads the democratic inkoum bent mark pryor by five points. In kentucky, mitch mb connell leads allison london grimes by eight points. One bright spot for the democrats in colorado mark udall leads his republican challenger cory gardner by six points. Another Key Senate Race is in my new home state of North Carolina np which president obama won in 2008 but then lost four years later. His current disApproval Rating in North Carolina are near an alltime high. The latest poll on the North Carolina senate contest, democratic incumbent kay hagan is clinging t
Smaller as frontrunners donald trump and Hillary Clinton race down an open road toward a nomination in the summer and a face off in the fall. Trump has won 10 states, seven on super tuesday. He now has more than a quarter of the delegates he needs. Republican candidate ben carson said he no longer sees a path forward for his campaign. And nly an Obstacle Course left for ted cruz, marco rubio, and john kasich, a nearly insurmountable course because of the delegate math and the nature of the states remaining. Heres major garrett. Reporter marco rubio voted early today in florida, state that could be his last stand against donald trump. Its an incredible privilege and honor to be able to vote for myself for president , just a few blocks from where i grew up. Reporter recent polls showed rubio trailing by double digits, but he contended trump is in trouble. 65 of the people who voted yesterday across super tuesday did not vote for donald trump. Reporter ted cruz won his home state of texas