Stance . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were down to a matter of hours now before the first polls open in americas Midterm Elections. 36 governorships are at stake. 35 senate seats, and all 435 house seats. But our new poll shows, this is largely a National Referendum on President Trump. And even though his Approval Rating is the lowest for a midterm president in six decades, the president has been doing everything he can to make this a race about him. Betting he can turn out his loyalists with his inflammatory rhetoric, appealing to fears about race and immigration. Hes holding three final rallies today. Ill speak with democratic senator, mazie hirono, and our correspondents and specialists all standing by with full coverage. President trump is betting on his own inflammatory rhetoric, rolling the dice on lastminute rallies. Our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta is on the scene for us. Jim, apparently, no letup at all from the president. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump has three Different Campaign stops today in what has become a brawl to keep his party in control of congress. The president is brushing off concerns about an ad on immigration for his campaign that was deemed too racist and insensitive by multiple tv networks to run, including cnn. One Top Republican aide up on capitol hill told me the worries are growing up on congress that the president s rhetoric has gotten so out of control, it may turn off suburban swing district voters and tip control of the house to the democrats. Facing a referendum on his divisive administration, President Trump is going allin with rally after rally on the final day before the mid terms. Punching hard, even if voters have grown weary of all the jabs below the belt. They want america to be a giant sanctuary city for drug dealers, predators and bloodthirsty ms13 killers. Reporter earlier in the day, the president tried to sound optimistic, even as he acknowledged his parting control of congress could be in trouble, chocking it up to some historic headwinds. I think the senate, were doing very well and i think were going to do very well in the house. If you look over 100 years, for whatever reason, the party with the president doesnt do very well. I think were going to do pretty well. Reporter mr. Trump embraced the mid terms as something of a report card for his own presidency. The key is you have to go out and vote. Because in a sense, i am on the ticket. You have to go out to vote. Reporter the president gambled on the risky strategy of tapping into conservative outrage over immigration. His racist tv ad falsely portraying a caravan of migrants heading for 9 the border as an invasion has been rejected not only by cnn and nbc but also by fox. Mr. Trumps outlet of choice. When pressed on the offensive nature of the ad, the president pushed back. I dont know about it. Youre telling me something i dont know about. We have a lot of ads. And they certainly are effective based on the numbers that were seeing. A lot of things are offensive. Your questions are offensive, a lot of times. Reporter the president is still trying to gin up concerns over voter fraud, even after his own administration appointed a commission to study the issue and failed to prove its happening on a large scale. Still, mr. Trump tweeted, Law Enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any illegal voting, which may take place in tuesdays election. All you have to do is go around, take a look at whats happened over the years and youll see. Reporter but the bogus claim fits right into the president s midterm playbook, as he pounds the topic of border security. And i noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. Barbed wire, used properly, can be a beautiful sight. Reporter add to that, the president s incendiary rhetoric from his emphasis on Barack Obamas middle name barack h. Obama. Reporter to his comments on africanamerican candidates, Andrew Gillum in florida. I will say this. Andrew gillum is not equipped to be your governor. Hes just not equipped. Its not for him. Reporter and stacy abrams in georgia, and its shaping up to be the most racially loaded appeal to voters in modern times. She is not qualified to be the governor of georgia. Not qualified. And georgia is a great state. Its a great, great state. Take a look. Take a look at her past. Take a look at her history. Reporter in response, obama is calling on voters to look at every possible way to compare mr. Trumps record in office with his own. They have racked up enough indictments to field a football team. Nobody in my administration got indicted. Which, by the way, is not that high a bar. I mean reporter and the president says hell have plenty of work to do after the midterms tomorrow. He says hell name a new u. N. Ambassador by the end of the week. Hell likely not meet with president Vladimir Putin during a trip to paris over the weekend and he will be making changes to his cabinet, saying that is customary for any administration after a Midterm Election. Wolf, they know full well what the polls show inside. The Trump Campaign, heading into tomorrows Midterm Election vote. The president said earlier today, and they feel this way inside the Trump Campaign, inside trump world, as well, they can shock the world tomorrow, just as they did in 2016. Wolf . All right, jim acosta, thank you very much. The president s first stop of the day was in cleveland. Our white house correspondent, kaitlan collins, is there for us. Kaitlan, after cnn refused to run what was clearly a racist Trump Campaign ad, other major networks, including fox and nbc and msnbc have now pulled that ad, as well. Is the white house acknowledging tonight that this is a repudiation of the president s Closing Argument . Reporter well, wolf, when the president was asked about the ad being pulled earlier, he feigned ignorance and said he hadnt heard that decision had been made. But he said overall he thinks the ads they have run have been pretty effective. So, wolf, thats where we are one day before voters are going to the polls. With networks, even the president s favorite, fox news, refusing to air this ad, because they believe its too inflammatory. But that is a message in this ad that the president and the white house are sticking with to tell voters on their last day of campaigning. And wolf, that goes with new cnn reporting that the president hated an ad released by the Campaign Last week that focused on an upbeat economic message and was focused on the economic numbers throughout President Trumps presidency. He didnt like that ad. He didnt think that should be the closing message to voters. And instead insisted on focusing on this anti immigration hard line message in the closing days of the campaigning before the Midterm Elections. He hated that ad, he didnt want that one to run. And instead wanted to focus on immigration, we are told. And that is also the same ad that the president tweeted out of raw footage on his twitter feed and did not tweet out the video that showed the economic numbers. Instead, advisers have wished the president would focus on those, and less on immigration. But instead he said hes trusting his instincts, and he wants to focus on immigration, wolf, because he thinks thats whats going to energize his voters. Kaitlan, i understand youve also learned that aides are warning the president to be prepared for some major republican losses in the house. Reporter thats right, wolf. There is not a lot of confidence inside the white house they are going to keep the house. So they are trying to brace the president for this and temper his expectations ahead of tomorrow. Theyre telling him they dont feel good about what their chances are with the house, but they do feel confident about keeping the senate. And youve seen the president try to cover himself by that, saying he cant campaign for all of these house races, he wishes he could. But instead hes focusing on the senate. Because he wants to be able to walk away from tomorrow, saying that he helped some of these republicans maintain their seats, or win their seats. Now, wolf, the president has been doing multiple rallies a day, two, three days three rallies a day over the last two weeks. Im told by someone inside the white house he has nothing on his schedule for tomorrow. And instead hes going to sit back and watch the results come in and see if all his hard work over the last few days has done anything to help out republicans. Kaitlan collins, thank you very much. Whether its a governorship, a house race or senate seat, in many ways, this Midterm Election is clearly all about President Trump. And our latest survey makes that very apparent. Lets bring in our political director, david chalian. David, almost 24 hours from now, the polls will be closing. What will this election come down to . You said it. Donald trump. Listen, the Midterm Election for the first midterm that a president has is usually a referendum, even more so here. Our latest poll, wolf, shows 70 of americans in our poll say they are casting a ballot tomorrow to send a message to donald trump. Now, more of those say theyre sending it in opposition than say theyre in support. Well see how the voters who show up tomorrow send their message. But this is an energized electorate. Were seeing record levels of enthusiasm among very and extremely enthusiastic voters who say on both sides of the aisle that they are eager to cast a ballot. Donald trump has energized and engaged the american electorate, no doubt about it. There are some observers who think more than 100 Million People will cast ballots in this election. We have seen some record early vote already. If thats the case, if we break 41 of the voting age population, this could be the largest midterm turnout in half a century. 31 million have already voted in early balloting. Which is a huge number, as well. I dont know exactly what that means. But its a huge number. People are showing up. Engaged electorate, because of the president. The polls, what are you going to be looking for . A little more than 24 hours from now, the polls will be closed. Yeah. Im going to look immediately at those exit polls that come out to see who turned oh out in the lbl electorate, and specifically female voters. We know we have seen a lot of information about women voters being motivated. I am taking a look to see if the gap that Hillary Clinton won women voters by back in 2016 that was about 13 points, does that increase now and become a bigger advantage for the democrats . Im looking at young voters. We have long talked about the youth vote. And they dont always show up, right . Thats the big story about the youth vote. In a post parkland universe where young people have been active this season, do we see them show up in greater numbers . Hillary clinton won them by 20 points in 2016. Do we see that advantage for the democrats . And how about this . Independent voters in this tribal era where everyone puts on their jersey. Independents can still very much make the difference here. I think a lot of people forget, because we talk so much about Donald Trumps play for the base. He won independent voters four years ago against Hillary Clinton. In all of the public polling this year, independents have totally drifted away from the president. How do they cast their ballot tomorrow . They could be the key to control the house. Two years ago. Two years ago. Sorry, yes. Thank you. In 2020, it will be four years ago. Thank you. David chalian, excellent analysis, as usual. Thank you very much. Joining us now, democratic senator, mazie hirono of hawaii, a member of the judiciary and Armed Services committees. Senator, thanks so much for joining us. Do you believe the election tomorrow is a referendum on the president . Of course. And heres what the republicans are banking on. A president who is stoking anti immigrant fears and appeals to racism, to the point where even fox news has had to pull his latest ad. An overt Voter Suppression in north dakota and georgia. Because why . We have a Justice Department that doesnt give a rip that Voter Suppression is going on. And third, out and out baldfaced whopper lies from the republicans, and their candidates. Saying we are the ones the republicans who are protecting everyones preexisting condition coverages when they have voted dozens of times against it. Now, i know that the president s advisers are asking him, encouraging him, to focus on the economy, which is supposed to be good. But, of course, we can always count on the president to go to fear mongering and divisiveness. But as far as the economy, it is very clear that while the richest 1 of the people and corporations in our countries got their big tax breaks, the working people are not so fortunate. And i know that, for example, there are 7,000 Hotel Workers that are striking Marriott Hotels in three states, including in hawaii. And their position is one job should be enough. And i did talk with and walk with the strikers here in hawaii, and one job should be enough. So this socalled huge tax break that was supposed to help everybody is not helping the working people in our country. Do you believe, senator, that the democrats are going to win the majority in the senate tomorrow . Need a net gain of two seats to get to that magic number of 51. I know that our candidates are doing their darnedest to get the message out that you know, our country there are so many people in our country. And i use the word screwed because that is exactly whats happening by the republicans, every single minute of the day. And our candidates are out there doing their best. And we have a word in hawaii called bocce, which means that you shouldnt say anything in case you, you know, prejudge something. So i am very hopeful that well be able to take the senate and clearly we are on track to take the house. But we have to go down to the wire. I take nothing for granted anywhere. What does it say to you, senator, about democrats if these Midterm Elections, and if it is a referendum on the president , your party still cant win control of the senate . That means that we just have to keep fighting. This idea that when they go low when they go low, we fight back. And thats what we have to do. Because clearly, with the 2020 elections coming up and im certainly not going to concede were going to lose the house or the senate. With the 2020 elections coming up, we have to get our message out Even Stronger than ever that there is danger with this administration and with this runaway president. Well, so what is lets say in one sentence speaking of message, what is the Democratic Party message . What is the message youre trying to send voters right now . Just give me a sentence. Everybody who cares about preexisting conditions being protected, it is the democrats that have been fighting tooth and nail to make sure that is happening. Do not believe the lies of the republicans that they are the ones protecting your health care. And if you take the majority in the house and maybe even in the senate, what will your message then be . That the American People have spoken, and we will continue to focus on the things that really matter to the people of our country, which are an economy that works for everybody and health care that actually provides Health Care Coverage to millions and millions of people in our country. Not to mention, we need true infrastructure, an infrastructure bill. Not the president s phony infrastructure bill that puts all of the onus on the streets, but a true infrastructure bill that will create jobs and lasting benefits and education reform. Because right now we have an education secretary that doesnt even believe in education. So there are so many positive things that i would like to see happen, not to mention we should review the tax bill that provided benefits, unasked for, for the richest 1 of the people and corporations in our country and not helping the middle class. We need to help the middle class. Well be counting all those ballots starting tomorrow night. Senator hirono, thanks so much for joining us. So will i. Aloha. Voters make it clear, they see the mid terms as a chance to send a message to President Trump. Will tomorrows elections be a referendum on the president . And well also take a look, a closer look, at some key races, including a very bitter fight right now for governor in georgia, where the republican candidate is using the power of his Current Office to investigate democrats. Is that right . everybody wants a new, different, better world. Heres to the people who do what it takes to build it. To keep it running. The people who understand no matter what the question, the obstacle or the challenge, theres only one answer. Lets do the work. engine starts, hums for you to reflect on homecomingyour servicepace and think about what comes next. I cant wait to hear your stories. And talk to you about where you see yourself in the years to come. Does anyone have any questions i can answer . In an already bitter race, georgias republican candidate for governor, brian kemp, has you sa upped the ante by accusing democrats of hacking the election. Democrat stacy abrams calls that a witch hunt. Lets go live to kaylee hartung, joining us from atlanta right now. Whats the latest . Reporter wolf, today we have learned that the Georgia Bureau of investigation is opening a criminal investigation into these alleged cyber crimes. As you mentioned, this has been an acrimonious race, a bitter race among stacy abrams and brian kemp and something of a political firestorm went off yesterday when this announcement came out from the secretary of States Office that they wanted an investigation opened into the georgia Democratic Party, because of what they described as a failed attempt to hack into the Voter Registration system. This announcement came out without any evidence to support a hack or even an attempted hack. But the secretary of States Office did point us to the string of emails where they saw two democratic operatives sharing information about a massive vulnerability in the Voting System with Cyber Security experts. As it turns out, the Democratic Party says that wasnt the beginning or the origin of this discussion. It was actually a concerned voter who came to the Voter Protection hotline that is run by the Democratic Party with this information. The Democratic Party was simply passing that information along. It has been a point of controversy throughout this campaign. The conflict of interest that brian kemp is perceived to have in his role as the states top election official overseeing an election that hes running in. That controversy will not quiet down in these final hours. There have been allegations of Voter Suppression, there have been these discussions of the security of the election, and also a discussion of brian kemp overseeing a recount, should we get to that point. And wolf, something we need to keep in mind. Tomorrow theres actually a thirdparty candidate running in this race. And if no one receives a majority of the votes cast, this drama will carry us into a december 4th runoff. Kaylee hartung, reporting from atlanta. Thank you very much. Lets go to missouri right now, where President Trump holds his final Campaign Rally later tonight. Democratic senator, Claire Mccaskill, is in a very, very tight race with republican challenger, josh holly. Our political reporter, rebecca berg, is in springfield for us. If democrats hope to take back the senate, this is certainly a mustwin. Reporter thats right, wolf. Democrats will essentially need to run the table on Election Night if they hope to take back the senate. If they lose here in missouri, republicans are going to be feeling very confident about their chances, at least on the senate side, on Election Night. Claire mccaskill, a democrat in a very red state, has had her work cut out for her from the very beginning. This state went for President Trump by nearly 19 points in 2016. So shes been running as a moderate, saying shes not afraid to buck her party. And she even has backed the president on immigration in the past few days, saying she 100 supports his decision to send troops to the border to try to cut off this migrant caravan. But President Trump, on the other hand, working very hard to try to defeat Claire Mccaskill and elect republican josh holly. He is returning to missouri today for the second time in a week. His final event before election day, hell be joined in cape girardeau, missouri, but rush limbaugh. Also a missouri native. And one thing we know for certain going into election day is that this is a very close race. It is coming down to the wire. And nbc news marist poll just out shows this race is locked in a tie within the margin of error. Theres no early voting in missouri, wolf, so this really will come down to election day. Well watch it together with you, rebecca berg, in missouri for us. Thank you. Coming up, despite his outward show of confidence, is President Trump really bracing for a democratic takeover of the house tomorrow. And in why is the president suddenly warning about illegal voting . You might take something for your heart. Or joints. But do you take something for your brain. 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And a vote for cindy is a vote for me. Is he right . Yeah. Hes 100 right. I mean, according to our polls, 7 in 10 voters say when they vote, theyre going to be sending a message directly to donald trump. 42 of those are going to be opposed to him. And 28 are going to support him. He has made this election about him, as he is fond of telling us. And hes going to take credit if they keep the house and hes going to blame paul ryan if they lose the senate. As simple as paul ryan, if they lose the house. Sorry. Gloria is exactly right. One more number. I think it will be so important. So overall, 28 this will be a vote in support of trump 42, opposition, among women. 25 vote of support for trump, 48 a vote to oppose trump. A quarter say its not sending a message. Half of women say their vote tomorrow will be a vote to send a oppositional message to donald trump. Which i think if you see a message takeover of the house, you see the senate close, see gains on the gubernatorial level, i think were going to be talking about this is i mean, im not going to say another year of the woman. Probably find another term. But women will make the difference, if thats what happens. Aby, a whole bunch of republicans are happy this is a referendum on the president. But there is a lot of republicans who are very nervous hes decided to make immigration this Closing Argument. If youre in the senate, you might be very happy that this is the trump election. Because his supporters still really love him. They still really want to come out for him, as you can see from the thousands and thousands of people showing up at his rallies. But if youre in the house of representatives and youre in any kind of suburban district at all, any kind of blue district at all, youre in big trouble. This is a president whose personality has become a major issue for a lot of moderate voters. A lot of women voters, to chris point, have a major issue with that. And the president is very stubborn about this. He feels in his case it worked really well for him. But he doesnt realize that is it not necessarily transfer at the district level to republicans who have to broaden their base in order to win. But its about him. I thought. It is well, its going to be about him if they lose, it will not be about him. Of course. David chalian, the electioning might be a referendum on the president , but he seems to be hedging his bets a little bit if the republicans dont do so well. I would like you to listen to this. Get out and vote. I want you to vote. Pretend im on the ballot. Im not on the ticket. But i am on the ticket. Because this is also a referendum about me. Many of them saying its a referendum on what weve done. So i dont know about that. I can tell you, though, thats the way theyre going to play it. I think were going to do well in the house, but as you know, my primary focus has been on the senate. This is a very important election. I wouldnt say its as important as 16. But its right up there. I havent heard the term blue wave, but you better get out and vote, otherwise im going to look very bad with this statement. Is he already looking to blame someone else if things dont go his way . My favorite bite of that whole montage was when he said, well, as you know, ive been really focused on the senate. So see you later, house guys. There is a clear understanding in the white house that the house is going to be tricky. For all the reasons abbey was citing. And the president knows, just because of where hes been traveling, and his travel schedule is not something the president put together by himself, right . This is a detailed, dataoriented kind of travel list that the white house political shops said where can you do the most good and the least harm . And that meant not going to the majority of battleground house districts. He was confined to help republicans maintain the senate. He spent most of his time in these red states on senate contests. Yeah. Theres two things. Theres one, the math of this. But also, he likes to go where he is liked. He wants to be loved. He doesnt want to go and have a tepid reaction, you know, 18 people coming out to see steve bannon. He wants to go and beloved. He knows the optics of that are good. He knows that energizes him and makes him feel sort of, you know, rejuvenated. So i think it was as much about his ego as it was about the map. You know, hes already tweeting, april, about that there could be some illegal voting and maybe seeing that potentially as an excuse if the republicans dont do well. Law enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any illegal voting, which may take place in tuesdays election, or early voting. Anyone caught will be subject to the maximum criminal penalties allowed by law. Thank you. Well, there are some well, he is right. There are some voter issues. Voter irregularity issues when it comes to suppressing the vote. But, you know, when it comes to voter fraud, which he likes to tout, the Heritage Foundation has come up saying things like 1,300 cases of voter fraud. Okay, fine. But in this moment in time, we have whats happening in north dakota, with the native americans who are on a reservation who dont have p. O. Boxes. Thats an issue of Voter Suppression. Then you also have whats happening in texas and in the state of georgia. And hes not paying attention. I have asked Sarah Huckabee sanders and tried to scream several times to the president when he was flying off on marine one, mr. President , what do you think about Voter Suppression. They never answer. They cant come up with a real answer to this, because they understand that theyre going to have to win by claiming that they have a problem when their big problems on the democratic side, as well. By raising the issue of illegal voting, potentially coming up with an excuse if the republicans dont do well. Everybody stand by. Theres a lot we need to discuss right after this. The Midterm Elections, not as a democrat or a republican ive been both but as an american who is deeply concerned with the direction of our nation. Like you, ive watched the recent bombings and Mass Shootings with growing alarm. Political violence tears at the heart of our democracy. And violence against a religious group, in a house of god, tears at the heart of our humanity. At these moments of Great National tragedy, we look to washington to lead. To offer solutions. To bring us together. And to appeal to all of us, as americans. We are a nation of builders and doers. We know that there are no easy answers or quick fixes. But we expect a plan. We expect to be called to a higher purpose. We expect to work together. I dont hear that call coming from washington these days. Do you . In fact, i hear the opposite shouting and hysterics instead of calm reasoning. Pointed fingers instead of open hands. Division instead of unity. We see this most dramatically with the fearmongering over immigration. Americans are neither naive nor heartless. We know that we can be a nation of immigrants while also securing our borders. Sadly, our greatest threats today can be found from within our borders, from a government that is constantly on the verge of shutting down over partisan bickering, that is accumulating record debt, and failing to address our most urgent problems. Ive never been a particularly partisan person, ive supported candidates from both sides. But at this moment, we must send a signal to republicans in washington that they have failed to lead, failed to find solutions, and failed to bring us together. Thats why im voting democratic. America is the greatest nation on earth and for all our sakes we must start becoming the United States of america once again. Thank you. Independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. You always get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed . Lets say it in a really low voice. Carl . Lowest price, guaranteed. Just stick with badda book. Badda boom. Book now at choicehotels. Com were back with our political experts. And gloria, lets look at our new cnn poll. Look at this. 55 say they prefer the democrats. 42 the republicans. So what does that say to you . We well, it says the democrats have a real edge. I think that people want to vote democratic. According to this. I went back and looked at 2010, when barack obama lost 63 seats in the house. And that generic ballot, that difference, was ten points. And obamas popularity was higher than Donald Trumps is now. So if you use that and nothing is a real guide, particularly. But you can use it as a Reference Point and say, look, if 2010, barack obama the issue was the Affordable Care act, remember that. He lost 63 seats. And that generic number wasnt as large and he was more popular than trump. You know, its interesting. Chris, the president is betting his lastminute appeal to the Republican Base will turn out voters in key battleground states and congressional districts. If he does manage to keep a republican majority in the house of representatives, that would be a remarkable validation of his political instincts. It absolutely would. Not just because of the history. I always tell people, there have been three Midterm Elections since the civil war in which the president s party didnt lose seats in the house. 1934, 1998, 2002. In each of those going reverse order, 2002, september 11th, 1998, the monica lewinsky, the great depression. We dont have that cultural moment like you would expect would change it. So if he does, its bucking a lot of history. And to glorias point, pick your poll. We have 39, one up there has 40. But hes not at 60. Hes not at 50. Nor has he ever been. Donald trumps highest Approval Rating is in the mid to high 40s. So it would go against a lot of what we know, because it at that point, raise questions about it, what we know about politics. But, lets always remind people, the 2016 election went against a lot of what we know about politics. I think thats why we see a lot of people more wary of making predictions, because the numbers suggest youre looking at a very good election for democrats. Yeah, thats what they suggest. Well see what actually happens. Abbey, the gender gap seems to be significant. Lets look at the numbers in our new poll. Likely voters choice for congress. Among woman, 6 oh 2 prefer democrats. 35 prefer republicans. Among women, whats driving that . Donald trump is driving that . And everything about him, about the way he leads, about the sense of anger in the country, i think that is whats driving that issue among women. But at the same time, i think we should be careful, because remember, in 2016, Hillary Clinton was doing quite well with women, and she lost to donald trump. And i think that thats whats in the president s head right now. Hes saying gender gap . What gender gap . Hes saying, i think i can overcome this. And i think some of that has to do with the fact that if you break it down even further, it depends on which women youre talking about. Yeah. Africanamerican women are with the democrats. Collegeeducated women are more with the democrats. But noncollegeeducated women, you know, theyre available to President Trump. And i think he feels that. Thats why a couple days ago he was saying, women you know, it was almost like someone told him. Women want security. He thinks he can speak to them, to his women, in, you know in a certain language. His women. That would allow them to overcome this. I think he feels he has his little group he can go to. David, by going after illegal immigration as much as he has over the past several weeks, is he ignoring women and independents, two key groups, that republicans have been seeking to score some in roads . I dont know that hes ignoring them. I think independents and females also care about immigration as an issue. The numbers you just showed from our poll remember, this is a poll. We will learn tomorrow which voters actually show up. If it looks anything even remotely like that, this is going to be a much bigger night for the democrats than anybody is anticipating. Because thats an enormous gender gap with a democratic advantage. Well see. Thats just a poll, wolf. What i think is key here about the immigration point, what donald trump has done is taken the issue among republicans and skyrocketed it to the top of their list. Of the most important issue. That was not thats just not where even Republican Voters were before he made this the closing message. So hes been able to take a message, get his base really enthusiastic about it, and you are right to ask the question. What is the cost to turning off some independent voters who are turned off by his hard line immigration . That cost benefit analysis is what has republicans who are involved in house campaigns very concerned. Because they think theres more cost than benefit, and republicans who are with Senate Campaigns pretty pleased because they think there is more benefit than costs. What do you think . Well, we talk about women like, you know, a conglomerate sometimes. And to davids point, plenty of women care about immigration and plenty of women respond to trumps immigration policy, if not his rhetoric. But i spent the better part of the day talking to suburban, white, educated women in ohio, arizona, north carolina, michigan, two in massachusetts, one in florida. Not scientific. But to get a sense of where they were. They lean right. They all but one plan to vote republican down the line this year. They all said we dont like trumps rhetoric. But we like what hes done. Again, thats not representative, but i wanted to just get a sense from people who would lean right. Women like me. Who might be inclined to vote for republicans, not really turned on by this message, but generally a block that republicans have been able to count on. So im not convinced republicans arent going to keep the house. I think its a long shot. These numbers allude to that. But i think we could be in for a bit of a surprise tomorrow. April. The president is popular. But hes unliked, particularly for his rhetoric. And lets get to this immigration thing. Lets go to ms13. Its fear. He talks about fear. And then this caravan that he acts like is knocking on the wall that he wants to build. Hes acting like theyre right there when theyre hundreds of miles away and the election is tomorrow. This fear has got women believing that support him that he is going to protect them. You have to remember, when you get down into this female number that supports the president , when the president was elected, he had a majority of white women a little over, in the low 50s, 50 percentage range of white women, particularly married white women. And the psychology was, many have said to include gloria steinem, that these women were voting their husbands politics, ideology and sociology, as well as their economy. So lets see how it plays out. We have a lot more news coming into the situation room right now, including a video, new provocation by Vladimir Putins military. 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There is no obligation and the book is free. Recently, more than 20 million has been spent in the race for superintendent of public instruction to attack my friend Tony Thurmonds record. Well, ive worked with tony, and no one is more qualified to lead our states schools. Thats why Tony Thurmond is the only candidate endorsed by Classroom Teachers and the california Democratic Party. Because tony will stand up to the donald trumpbetsy devos agenda and has always protected our local public schools. Join me in voting for Tony Thurmond. Lets put our kids first. Tonight were learning new details about an incident the u. S. Navy is now calling unsafe and unprofessional, unprofessional maneuver by a russian fighter jet. Lets go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. Tell us what happened. Reporter good evening, wolf. Earlier today over the black sea in Eastern Europe a dangerous encounter between the u. S. Navy and the russians. A u. S. Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft was flying in International Airspace over the black sea according to the pentagon when a russian fighter and you see it there in the video, came up alongside at high speed in close range to the american aircraft. As you see the plane pass by, the americans reported that this encounter lasted for 25 minutes. On one pass the russian aircraft caused the americans to feel turbulence. On his second pass, vibration before the russians put on their after burners and banked away from the american aircraft. This is something that the u. S. Does not like to see. Obviously, the last such unsafe, unprofessional encounter by the russians was in january. The u. S. Thought these were pretty much put to bed, if you will, but apparently the russians back at it. Wolf. Barbara, has the u. S. Addressed this Close Encounter with the russians . Reporter we expect that they will. That january encounter, for example, got a very stern warning from the u. S. Government. This is something that the u. S. Has repeatedly, the u. S. Military has said to the russians they have to stop doing this sort of thing because at these high speeds and close ranges, miscalculation can happen very quickly and you can have an absolute disaster. Of course, thankful this time no such disaster, no crash, no collision, nobody got hurt, but it was a very dangerous few moments indeed. Certainly was. Thank you, barbara. Barbara starr at the pentagon. Coming up, our new polls show 70 of voters now say theyre casting ballots to send a message to President Trump, with thousands of local, state and National Seats at stake is this Midterm Election a referendum on the president . [ neighing ] [ neighing ] [ sigh ] its bring your own phone, not pony. So i couldve taken the bus . Yeah. Bring your phone. Switch your carrier. Save hundreds a year with xfinity mobile. Call, click or visit a store today. Happening now, referendum on trump. President trump finishing out his Marathon Campaign swing for republicans, tonight in red state strongholds and privately acknowledging the election is about him even as his aides brace for him to get a loss of the house of representatives. Offensive things. More networks and social media decide to stop running the racist campaign ad tweeted by President Trump, but he says hes not aware of the controversy and he as adding, and im quoting him now, a lot of things are offensive. Purging his cabinet. Mr. Trump says cabinet changes are coming after the mid terms, calling it very customary and saying he loves his cabinet, and im quoting him now, for the most part. And racism and robocalls. As the president continues to make subtle and sometimes notsosubtle nods to racism on the campaign trail, other groups followed his lead, recording calls disparaging and mocking africanamerican candidates. Is race being used to divide voters in this, the final countdown to the election . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were just hours away from a historic election that could reshape the rest of the trump presidency, and tonight hes pulling out all stops with a final marathon push, three rallies designed to get out the republican vote. But cnn has learned that some republicans are afraid the president s raciallycharged focus on immigration rather than the economy will cost them