Three days to go some races are too close to call making a republican wave far from certain but gop pollster whit ayers is starting to see some movement. He joins me now from washington. Great to see you again. Paul, good to be with you. So, what do you see here in the last week as these as these races move to a climax . Well, weve known for a long time that the broader environment was very conducive for republican victories. But we havent seen much hard evidence of that in the polling. Up until now. But the last week or ten days or so we started to see some shifting. And thats not unusual. When waves come in, they tend to come in late. We did bill frists senate race in 1994 against jim sasser. A week before the election he was only ahead by four points. But by thursday he was up by seven. By saturday he was up by nine. And he eventually won the race by 14 percentage points. So, we need to be watching the polls all weekend long. But as i look at the polls youre seeing i think ten senat
A big win for mitch mcchonl. Reporter a big win. They havent heard, wolf. So the viewers are getting the news before the supporters here at the headquarters in the marriott in eastern louisville. When they do find out, this place is going to go crazy. And there is already optimism. This is a bit of a foregone conclusion, this is what folks are expecting but they want to hear it officially. Im told Mitch Mcconnell is upstairs and watching presumably watched this announcement with his wife and top advisors. It has been a very good night for Mitch Mcconnell as he retains his seat in the u. S. Senate, wolf. Mitch mcconnell, we have projected, will win. He will be the senate from kentucky the senator from kentucky and he hopes to be the majority leader in the United States senate. We have some other key race alerts to go with right now. We cannot make a projection in georgia between Michelle Nunn, the democrat and david purdue, the republican, we dont have enough information yet. And simila
But, first this hour, recriminations for both parties in the wake of the midterm elections this week. Incoming majority leader and Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell has said all the right thing about working with democrats without getting things done across the aisle with a new session. Right on cue signs that his own party might not let him. The American People have changed the senate. So, i think we have an obligation to change the behavior of the senate and to begin to function, again. That was Mitch Mcconnell on wen, but New York Times reports that Tea Party Conservatives were baffled by those remarks. They fear mcconnell is playing it too safe and too nice with the white house. They want to use the threat of a Government Shutdown as the ultimate leverage and want to dismantle the Affordable Care act. The stress is also showing for the democrats with the announcements yesterday that the party is planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the last two midterm elections. They are
Really contested primaries that broke away from an early process we started to see. We have brian and rachel at 30 rock who will anchor our special coverage starting right now. Thank you, everybody in philadelphia. Elijah cummings, congressman from maryland, is starting off the maryland lets go to him. This is the best television i have seen in years. Im having such a good time. Thats where well be. The home of the great, great senator barbara mikulski. Who in 1986 became the first woman elected to the United States senate from maryland and the first marylander and woman to chair the United States Senate Appropriations committee and of course, the leader of the chair tonight, the home of stephanie rawlingsblake. Madam chair, we are elated to cast 36 votes for a truly great man, Bernie Sanders, and we are excited and we are happy to cast 84 votes for the next president of the United States of america, Hillary Rodham clinton. Maryland, you have cast 84 votes for secretary clinton and 36
Excite them herself. But i think Michelle Obama is the best person out there to have on your side in this toxic climate, poppy. Jeff, thank you for the reporting. Were waiting for Hillary Clinton and her former rival now advocate Bernie Sanders to take the stage. Well bring you live to durham, New Hampshire, as soon as we get that. Donald trump set to hold a rally in just a few minutes in iowa. The republican president ial candidate spoke to the polish National Alliance there. Trump then attended a private fundraiser at a golf course in bowling brook, illinois. Protesters gathered nearby holding those signs. Phil mattingly is with trump in council bluffs, iowa. I guess youve been in three states today, phil . Donald trump is busy. Theres no question about it. When it comes to Donald Trumps schedule, he has an intense one. Hes all over the place doing multiple battleground states but in that first event in chicago, we had an interesting moment for donald trump. You think back over the c