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neil: you re looking live at a polling place in greenwood, indiana. the president campaigning in the state just yesterday, joined by college football hall of fame sen sagsz, coach lou holtz. who joins us on the phone. coach, good to have you. thank you neil, pleasure to be with you, watch your show all the time. neil: honored by that, coach. you have been a close friend of the president long, long before he was president and then you carry considerable clout in your state and elsewhere, very early and welcomed endorsement. i m wondering whether the crowd you saw and enthusiasm you saw will translate in that state to a democratic senator maybe losing? well, that is very possible because joe donnelly is a very popular individual, he s a notre dame alum. ....
It is pretty obvious what happened, neil. he and the work he did and first democratic congress had everything to do with the fact we came out of that terrible, terrible situation. by the time he left office, the economy was in pretty good shape, in fact, it was growing faster than it has been growing at least in one of the periods that trump has been governing, the notion trump has somehow came into this terrible situation and turned it around is nonsense. this economy was in good shape when neil: certainly a lot better, to your point, than the president left it. do you think that job growth the complexion neil: of the jobs, governor, is better than they were, pay is going up, employment is at record lows, does that surprise you? neil, what bothers me, we are heading for a $1 trillion annual budget deficit. now i m supposed to be liberal, i used to recall myself as a ....
Have to, in a campaign or situation like this. and i thought it was a reasonable thing to do, but it s really isn t it silly, the question is, what kind of country we want, what kind of future do we want? let s knock off this insulting stuff. i can t stand it and i don t think the american people can stand it, one reason i think the results tonight will be pretty good. neil: we don t know and you could be right, are you surprised the economy is doing as well as it is? barack obama claims credit for that, it started with him and he might or might not be right, it certainly picked up momentum under president trump and i m just curious, how you reconcile that with your personal opinions of the president? well, first, look, we were in terrible shape under the last republican administration. in terrible shape. the country was floundering around badly when obama got elected. ....
Mike. very heavy turnout. the jump in johnson county, massive turnout. they did have a computer problem earlier in the day. the inspector in johnson counties it slowed down the process of in-taking people and getting them a ballot, did not impact the integrity of the vote. we heard people complain about long lines, that is because of massive turpout. it has been this way all through early voting, he anticipates the numbers this time will absolutely eclipse the turnout numbers from the 2016 general election. candidates have been laying low. mike braun was encouraging republicans to text friends and get out the vote. senator joe donnelly, incumbent, posted a phone number for people to call if they need a ride to get to the polls. people in johnson county say politics this race have been primary topics of conversation just about every social setting, they say it is not about braun or donnelly, this is revved ....
Jersey senator. he s been considered the front-runner all along, some analysts say in blue state like new jersey, it should have been a lock for menendez that he should be certain to win. however, victory is not certain here. menendez is considered vulnerable, following a corruption trial last year that although resulted in a hung jury, did tarnish his reputat n reputation. bob hugin, who has been endorsed by president trump and donated to the president s campaign and also was the chairman of his finance committee here in new jersey, is trying to distance himself from president trump, saying he s a different kind of candidate. he is independent. meanwhile, as voters go to the polls, there have been many reports, multiple reports, neil, of problems at polling stagsz stations, long lines and machines malfunctioning. we expect the polls will close ....