Florida, where there are two big races there, phil . Reporter florida voters deciding two critical and big ticket races. That for the u. S. Senate seat and the other for governor. As of right now, both are tossups. This morning Andrew Gillum arrived here with his wife and three young children, hoping to make history, to become floridas first elected black governor. He told us he voted for himself. He joined p. Diddy on the campus of texas a m for a midnight bring it home rally and concert. His opponent ron desantis is a huge trump supporter and won the endorsement of President Trump. He also voted this morning south of jacksonville. He also arrived with his wife and two kissed. In the senate race, bill nelson did some election day sign waving in orlando today. He is running for a fourth term, but hes facing his toughest race yet. Put in 50 million of his own money to go to washington. Two close to call, florida, the big swing state that it is. And the past two races. All four have been
Where do we stand with the house races . Reporter House Republicans have lected Kevin Mccarthy to be their new leader. It was a showdown between mccarthy and jim jordan. The vote was 15943. A new york republican told us why he was a yes on mccarthy. Certainly Kevin Mccarthy has done a fabulous job as majority leader. Disappointing that we are having an election for minority leader. He did a good job the last few years and i think deserving of standing up there. Reporter on the democratic side, nancy pelosi is trying to round up votes, hoping to be speaker again. But some colleagues suggest it is time for a change in leadership. Good question. I think well resolve that in the coming weeks. Are you supporting Speaker Pelosi . Reporter it is clear pelosi has some work to do. I should note also in that house republic conference, Steve Scalise was lected to be the republican whip going forward. Julie on the senate side, are we expecting the same faces to be in charge again . Reporter julie,
pence in burma today. pence seek an update from burma s president about the crisis in the country. about 700,000 muslims fled to bangladesh among persecution. pence also making the case for free press following the jailing of two reuters journalists last year. so, we heard about the long lines. you saw the video on your tv screens as you were watching the election at the polling places all across the country last week as turnout was among the highest in more than a century. 49.2% of eligible voters made their voices heard. that is the most in a midterm since 1914. just to put it into perspective, i m joined by bruce melman. okay. first of all just talk to us about how meaningful these numbers really mean. the midterm election is not a presidential election.
were the killing fields for the republican house. you saw the most losses by the republicans since watergate in the house. julie: interesting. certainly good stuff. we ve got another election in a couple years. are you ready for that? all right, bruce, melman, thank you. a major shake-up in the e-cigarette industry. and the story behind this year s white house christmas tree next. alright, i brought in ensure max protein.
dana: millions of americans casting ballots today after a contentious election season, to say the least. david drucker calling it panera moms versus megamen. i m joined now by bruce melman. pwraourbs let me show you something in the wall street journal. he said, whatever the precise outcome when votes are counted tuesday night, the 2018 midterm campaign represented the collision of two giant forces in american politics. guess what? both figure to remain the headliners rolling into the campaign cycle which begins