really will be a test of a couple things. it will be a test of the trump administration s ability on the level of competnce and coordination and legal responsibility to carry out its aided and desired policies, it will be a test of whether democrats are able to push back and scrutinize their behavior of the administration effectively. and it ll be a test of the country. one of the big criticisms of the idea of mass deportation for years has been the country would not stand for it. that when people see images of families being sort of rounded up together, it would be unattenable for the administration. we ll find out if that s true. some details in this report, it s going to initially target 2,000 immigrants and their families. it s going to focus on at least ten cities. these people will be brought to detention centers in i believe pennsylvania and texas. the texas one is concerning since we ve all seen with our own eyes and heard for months now they re overcrowded and can t any mo
democrats are excited by the idea that he could generate enough voter enthusiasm to take texas from a reliably republican state. to a swing state during presidential elections over to georgia where voters might elect the first black woman to ever run a u.s. state stacy abrams has pulled another solidly republican state to the left with polls having abram s and the republican incumbent within a few points of each other this campaign has thrown the issue of voting rights into sharp relief democrats in the state of georgia are accusing republicans of trying to purge the voter rolls in the state specifically targeting african-americans republicans of course fiercely deny this saying they re simply trying to protect the integrity of the election last but not least california a huge reliably blue state in presidential election years in nonetheless has a large republican voting contingent democrats are heavily targeting these seven districts which are currently represented by republicans but
important gubernatorial spots as well now the republicans are hoping to hold on to the house and the senate the democrats are hoping to take back one or even two chambers of congress and push back on president trump s policies that he is my a schwager is following what looks to be a tight. every state every ballot issue every candidate has a pivotal role to play in these midterm elections some campaigns could prove to be a bellwether for where the country is headed as a whole let s take a look now at just a few examples we ll begin in texas one of the most populous states in the nation and currently the biggest solidly republican voting state texas hasn t elected a democratic senator since one nine hundred eighty eight now data over a democratic upstart is challenging incumbent republican ted cruz and for such a red state the race has become unusually competitive crews are still ahead in the polls but our work has attracted national attention. even if beto recluses
of the election results? i thought they were fairly good. as a matter of fact, i was very happy with them. i mean, the way that they turned out there. is a few things that needed to get the rough edges off of. that s going to work out. if it doesn t, then we will have another election in a few years and we will change if we can. griff: that s a good point al makes. because now florida, heading into the 2020 elections is solidly in republican hands, guys. back to you. ed: all right. griff. appreciate it pete hegseth in texas. cruz and beto o rourke, that was a big race as well. ted cruz pulls it out. we have a lot more to get to. ainsley: two big governor races to watch we were watching, florida and georgia. georgia too close to call and she is not conceding because she is waiting to count all those absentee ballots that come from a very progressive area in georgia in the atlanta area and she wants to count those ballots before she concedes. but, so far, brian kemp is winning. he has
ed: got to start with florida. rick scott when you talk about the senate. he beats the item crack incumbent bill nelson. scott had been down several points throughout that battle. texas you have ted cruz winning over beto o rourke. ainsley: after all the money he spent. ed: the bottom line, steve, particularly florida, talk about that a little bit. because you had both the governor s race where gillum had been ahead. the senate race where scott had been consistently ahead. and the two candidates that donald trump got behind early and often pulled it out. steve: that s right. and keep in mind, so much money has been spent this particular midterm cycle. they broke a record. they are still trying to figure out how much they spent on internet and on tv. here in missouri, the show-me state, as of mid october they had already spent $120 million on all sorts of campaign activity. this is one of the states