Democratic congressman bob filner groped her in an elevato elevator. All of this as roy moore is still trying to discredit his accusers in a closely watched race in alabama. Peter peter doocy joins us livem our Washington Bureau with the latest. That suspension for charlie rose lasted less than 24 hours, he has now been fired by cbs, the president says ive often heard that things used to be different. What may have once been accepted should never have been acceptable. Capitol hill says they have been receiving a very high volume of requests about settlements paid out to staffers, so they released a big number. 17 million taxpayer dollars over 20 years for Sexual Harassment and other workplace grievances and for now all members of congress accused of wrongdoing remain anonymous. I was surprised to hear there was a hush money fund, if you will, and i hope that comes to an end today. If there has been bad behavior, it should be dealt with by the individuals that have exercised poor judgme
We are in the final hours, which means a lastminute push from all sides from the 2018 candidates to the president , all hoping to Energize Voters to get out the vote. President trump is about to speak i think hes just started speaking at one of three Campaign Stops today. Once again, all in trumpfriendly territory. His predecessor, former president barack obama, hit the trail in fairfax, virginia, for a rally. His message, as weve heard before, is dont boo, vote. Early voting totals have already far outpaced 2014s midterms. 35 Million People have already cast their early or absentee ballots. Whether you cast your vote early or you vote like i will early tomorrow, every single vote counts. Heres whats at stake. Right now the Current Senate makeup, 51 republicans, 47 democrats, 2 independents. There are 35 senate races right now. Democrats need a net gain of two seats to take control of the chamber. Theyre defending 26 of the 35 seats. Republicans look poised to keep control of the senat
Side. You look at the house seats theyve turned, women have been at the center of it. Theres a developing story about the resurgence of military candidates coming out and making a difference in this race, as well. Lets start with the senate. Come over to dana here. Theres some races that we have been watching. The numbers havent been changing as much but havent been called yet. This is the margin of change in the senate. Thats so important. We want to look at four of the key battleground states that are outstanding. Lets start in the state of arizona. This is an open republican seat. Martha mcsally is trying to keep it in gop hands. It is very, very close. Right now, she is ahead by a little more than 11,000 votes. The democrat, kyrsten sinema, trailing. Florida, the republican, rick scott, the challenger, is hoping he can make it official and put this democratic seat in republican hands and take it away from bill nelson, the threeterm democratic incumbent of florida. 99 reporting, wer
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Strong in the republican side. So i cant speak to the blue, but i can speak to the red. Theres a lot of energy out there. They want to see border security. They dont want people pouring into our country. They dont want open borders. They dont want to pay for other Peoples Health care. Theres a lot of enthusiasm on the republican side. I havent seen it, really. I havent seen it really since our big election victory in 2016. With that in mind, a final poll before americans head to the polls. The new cnn poll shows democrats hold a 13point edge in the generic ballot among likely voters. Even with numbers like that, no one in washington and far beyond really knows for sure what is going to happen tomorrow. Isnt that just part of the fun of it all . Lets get to the latest. Cnn Political Writer and analyst harry enten is here. Where do things stand with your forecast at this very sect . Were expecting a major change in the political landscape. Right now, the current house is broken down this