the chairman are flying. we ve sort of been in politics and covered it for a long time. a lot of elections i ve seen before, waves wave, is how i would put it. with we have seen so many now from 94 to 2006 to 2010 to 2014. when there is a wave, it goes big. the one thing i will say, though, alice you made this point, it s early, right. i don t know that we know it this far in advance or knew it this far in advance in the past? right. and clearly 2010 was a huge wave, certainly for republicans, and the possibility exists for that to happen for democrats here. look, it is no secret and history has proven that the party in power in the midterm elections in the first term of a presidency typically the party in power suffers. the good thing is that the republican party is very well aware of that and taking steps to be prepared for that. look, look at money alone. the rnc has raised $130 million
they re trying to search for others they think might still be alive there. paul ver cannon live from montecito, california. let s give you a sense of the scope of the devastation, john. the search and rescue crews will go through, again, places like this hoping to find some survivors. as you pointed out, they just ratcheted up the number of missing to 48. they say that was a matter of relatives and loved ones not able to tell them who might be missing. where they ve marked the orange x they ve combed through here but they have a lot of places to go through. in this spot alone in montecito, you can get a sense for how vast this is, 19,000 acres is the term they use for how much was impacted by the thomas flood. you can look across over there, there s a creek, and then off to my right, this will take a little bit of a move here, you
republicans the congressman not taking on the race. i think kevin would have been a great candidate for senate there. i think the world of him. one thing alabama did teach republicans and democrats should take a note from this, they re going to vet their candidates a lot better and make sure that they don t have another roy moore running for office. speaking with the congressional committee, they re taking a much closer look making sure they have the best possible candidate they have winning the primary that will do well in the general. alice and tara, thanks for being with us. thank you very much. blackmail allegations rocking missouri. the governor admits to an affair. but he is fighting against allegations that he threatened to blackmail the woman involved with a naked photo.