trace: good evening, welcome to los angeles. i m trace gallagher in for bret baier. presidential candidates former president trump fights efforts to exclude him from some state ballots. california s population declines for a third straight year. tax documents reveal the surprising groups that are leaving the state. and as issue with the creeps. in energy experts are calling for updates to the power grid. bret baier looks at efforts to protect our most critical assets but, first breaking tonight, the u.s. and mexico say they will work together more closely in coming weeks to address the crisis at the southern border. mexican officials cleared what was once a large tent camp sitting near the border as u.s. officials agree to keep rail crossings open after temporary closures. but, republican critics say they are not convinced these efforts will alleviate the massive migrant crisis. fillian turner is in mexico city tonight. gillian, good evening mexican delegation going to tr
you do have a situation in alabama where donald trump wrapped his arms around moore and this coalition, an unprecedented turnout of african-american voters in alabama and african-american women, aligned with a bunch of suburban prosperous up wardly mobile voters who looked at roy moore, this is not the image we want of our state in 2018. i think there s no doubt that mike espy is still the underdog in this race but there s a way in which you could see that particular combination of geographics and symbolic moment. don t be surprised, again, not where you want to bet the mortgage, but don t be surprised you could see a similar thing play out in mississippi. again just two years ago president trump won the state by 18 points. we ll see what happens tomorrow. the race in california s 21st district is tighter with the republican congressman
there are 841,000 puerto ricans living in florida. a key battleground state. if it turns out to be a tight race, they could be a difference-maker, shep? shepard: as the president was sending his message a freshman latino senator was giving a speech up on capitol hill. whats that that? that s right. marco rubio, cuban american from florida talking on the senate floor, giving his maiden speech on the senate floor. his pitch is not that government should solve the people s problems. he says government should get out of the way. take a listen. if this government will do its part. if this generation of americans will do theirs, they will give us a prosperous, up wardly mobile economy. one where our children will event sell things to the world where more people than ever can afford to buy them. rubio s pitch is that it is essentially smart and work ethic of the american people that have solved major problems over the years. so he says that s the key to the