normally wouldn t come out on election day. 6. we don t have a great deal of time, but i ve got to tell you, i m not sure which numbers you re quoting which shows the gop has some sort of early voting advantage. but we ll leave it there, our republican national committee national press secretary. thank you for being with us on this sunday afternoon. thank you. will hurricane sandy put election day in peril? we re going to dig deeper into that. and also could the senate, could the senate swap hands? the republicans say they have a plan. we ll show you what the plan is and the reverend jesse jackson is standing about five or six feet away from me in gainesville. he s been rallying troops on the ground as early voting is under way here in florida. can a 30-day-old pluggable febreze make even this old container smell fresh? take a deep breath. describe the room that you re in. i think just like a big, open space.
have ever seen. in that part of the country. we ll have more on the 800-mile wide hurricane sandy. coming up in just a few moments. right now back live from gainesville, florida. republicans no are not only fighting for the white house, they re also fighting to regain the senate as well. even if they manage to beat president obama on election day. they ll need to pick up five senate seats to get the upper chamber. how? mark murray, our senior political editor for nbc news joins me to help make sense of it. mark, what races, which states are key for the senate to change hands? well craig, you just pointed to the steep hill the republicans have to climb. essentially winning, picking up five senate seats, if democrats end up winning in massachusetts. as the polls sort of indicate. as well as having independent angus king winning in maine and caucusing with democrats. so if republicans need to pick up five. you can look at nebraska, you end up looking at a state like
nine days until election day. thousands have come to the polls all over florida. as the sunshine state starts early voting. we re coming to you live from gainesville, florida. on this sunday afternoon. as dozens of churches have brought in voters by the busload and carload, by the vanload to cast their ballots, it s called souls to the polls. civil rights leader, reverend jesse jackson has been an active participant in souls to the polls for some time. thank you for joining us. the attempt to purge voters and the suppression schemes have had the impact of waking people up. the impacts of puleople. you think that some of the voter restrictions, some of the
nine states, nine have now declared states of emergency as hurricane sandy approaches. meteorologists are describing the hurricane as an extraordinary storm and an extremely serious threat. we ll have much, much more on hurricane sandy in a few moments. i m craig melvin. we re live in gainesville, florida, in the middle of gospel music fest, old-fashioned cookout and a get out the vote event as well. from 269 to 269 tie to late results on election night. we ll lay out some reasons why we may not have a clear winner on next tuesday night on november 6th. back with me, alex recordity with the national journal, joy ann reid. alex, let me start with you. there are fears about the 269 electoral vote tie. is that just a doomsday theory at this point? it is pretty remote.
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