income dent democrat joe donnelly is trying to hold on to this seat despite the fact it is very republican territory. remember, wolf and jake, the president went here not once, not twice, not three times, but four times for rallying campaigning to keep this seat or to take this seat out of democrat s hands. we will see if it paid off. jake, why is indiana so important right now for both parties? let s take a look at the senate landscape right now. so we start off with 23 democrats, 42 republicans, not having to worry about tonight, 35 seats remain. there s 42 democrats and 46 democrats, if you just put the safe seats aside. we are really only looking at 12 seats tonight. of these 12, let s just allocate them. let s assume nelson wins in florida and that donnelly wins in indiana, mccaskill in missouri and then montana for tester, new jersey, menendez, north dakota for heitkamp. then all democrats have to do if they hold on to all of those incumbents, which is a tall
i was talking to my friend amanda loveday who was running a senate race and you can feel the kavanaugh vote all the way down in the senate race, so it is real. but the excitement is something that i think worked for both parties, because women in this country, it is yet to be seen, especially college-educated white women which we have been discussing. i think if this election were a month ago we would be talking about republicans taking the house very seriously. that still might happen, but most likely today we ll see. i m very curious to see what the kavanaugh effect will be and we won t know until exit polling will be on joe donnelly in indiana. he came out earlier than he probably had to yes. against brett kavanaugh. heidi heitkamp had to make that decision. as you said, claire mccaskill had to make that decision. but there was a reason the kavanaugh factor will be interesting the look at for democrats. but manchin, there was a reason he did what he did.
andrew fwgillum voting, ron desantis voting as well. both of them expected to make remarks in this hotly contested, highly watched race. we want to go to steve kornacki, also highly watched. in claire mccaskill cannot win there, tell us what the democrats have to do. a net gain of two is what the democrats need on paper. then you look at the battlefield. north dakota, new jersey could be a surprise in either state. menendez seems to go into today ahead. heitkamp seems to go in behind. where is the battleground in this thing? you mentioned missouri. let s say claire mccaskill were to fall short in missouri. if you add that to the republican column and north dakota stays there, then all republicans need after that to hang onto control of the senate is just one of any of these 8
want to file claims. that is one area dan and i might agree. we need to see a more effective and efficient way of doing that. and there are differences about where to put resources in order to achieve that. back to the political question. because if the republicans expand their majority in the senate, which i believe they will, it is because donald trump is double down the immigration issue and gone to the major states, heitkamp, tester, mccaskill, all the vulnerable democrats. he s defined this as a major campaign issue. when people are voting on the issue presented they can see how this really magnifies national concern. if you re talking about thousands of people coming across the border, one caravan and then another and another, they realize our national policy implications that have to be addressed. certainly some governors races
or your values or what you believe is right, you know, it s time for somebody else in north dakota. mary, for heitkamp to have any shot at winning, many say she ll need to have the support of native american voters. but there are concerns many native americans may not be able to vote because of a new law that requires a street address? and many native americans who live on reservations don t have a street address. reporter: this fight has been playing out in the courts. and a federal judge has denied a motion to block that law, saying any 11th hour change will create as much confusion as it alleviates. david? mary, thank you. and president trump taking new action against iran. reimposing the sanctions that had been lifted because of the nuclear deal. the white house nons announcing the move with this