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brian todd reports. tonight new information -- indicating that boston's most notorious crime boss ever.. was targeted in prison.the new york times cites law enforcement officials-- saying james "whitey" bulger was in a wheelchair when he was attacked at hazelton prison in west virginia.that he was beaten beyond recognition with a padlock, stuffed inside a sock.the times, citing a law enforcement source not directly related to the case, reports bulger's eyes appeared to have been dislodged from his head.that it's not clear whether his attackers gouged-out his eyes-- or if they were knocked out because he was beaten so severely. shelley murphy:"frankly whitey went out the way that he lived. i mean he - that is what he did to his victims. he was vicious. he strangled- he was convicted of strangling a woman and then he would go upstairs and take a nap while his friends buried her body." the attorney for an inmate at hazelton-- fotios "freddy" geas-- tells cnn tonight he believes his client is a suspect in bu

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> dr. amy goldberg is a trauma surgeon at temple university hospital. thank you for being with us. just for viewers so they understand, i wanted to show the interesting response you had on twitter to what we heard from the nra when they were telling people to stay in their lane, doctors to stay in their lane. you said when doctors make recommendations about salt intake, no one accuses us of being anti-sodium, no one tells us to stay in our lane, seeking to reduce bullet intake doesn't make us anti-gun, it makes us pro-health. if you could sit with somebody from the nra today, what would you want them to understand about what your intentions are here? >> i think it is important for everybody to recognize that what the doctors want is to increase the health of our society. gun violence is a public health crisis, just like physicians may deal with high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, lung cancer, heart disease, physicians are taking this on because this is what our patients and our families are seeing and we feel it is an obligation to care for al

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cnn's brian todd is working the story for us. brian, new demands from the kim jong-un regime? >> new demands, a new threat and new worries tonight from people who have dealt with the north koreans. they're asking is this dialogue, this peace process, on the verge of collapsing? kim jong-un's regime issues a threat to america. just days before secretary of state mike pompeo meets kim's top intelligence official in new york, north korea's foreign ministry warns the regime could start building up its nuclear forces again if the u.s. doesn't ease sanctions on north korea. >> north korea always before a meeting tries to gain leverage by perhaps issuing threatening language or insinuating a threat. you know, that said, we don't want to just dismiss it as negotiating rhetoric. it does reflect their position. it also reflects the stance that they have that they don't want to give up much. >> the north koreans believe they have already given up a lot. they have returned american remains from the korean war. >> how does it feel to be home? >> released some americans who were detained in

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> the death toll from california's deadliest wildfires keeps rising. >> there are more than 1,000 names on a list of missing persons. >> it was a raging inferno. it was 50 mile-per-hour winds and blizzard of embers. >> i couldn't breathe. i couldn't see. it was black and red, and i really thought that's how i was going to die. >> it hurt a lot to see that i had no house anymore. >> paradise, we'll always be paradise. when we rebuild it will be paradise again. >>> the cia now concludes

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> it's breaking news. the broward county canvassing board has approved a motion to begin a machine recount that are thus far too close to call. no word yet on when that recount would officially begin. officials are holding a press conference now, the broward county office. we want to take you there live. >> it's every expectation. they're prepared to start and put the resources necessary to complain as we did with the preliminary, to comply with the recount. i don't have that number, sir. >> -- a secretary of state -- >> that's would calls the recount. question? >> he's the one who -- how many people did you have working on general election count and how many -- adding any more staff to -- >> i don't have the exact -- one of the things she has indicated, whatever resource she needs, she's going to have those resources there. >> can you speak about the someone going investigation into that -- >> i cannot, sir. earlier, i showed you i don't know what box you're speaking of. >> open investigation -- >> i don'

cnn's brian todd has details. brian, there are some prominent names in this new list. >> reporter: prominent names, heavy-hitters, wolf, some who had top jobs in other republican administrations. they believe president trump is treading on some dangerous ground, especially when the president attacks the justice department, and they're determined to counterattack. tonight the latest challengers of president trump coming from the most unlikely corridor of the political spectrum, conservatives he once considered his friends and allies. called checks and balances, the new group is made up of influential conservative lawyers who say they're fed up with president trump and determined to be a thorn in his side on constitutional issues. >> the president's efforts to undermine the rule of law need to be called out. >> of. >> reporter: what may be even more shocking is not it was founded by conservatives, but that the group's founder and person most likely to be the biggest thorn in trump's side is married to someone who wo

cnn's brian todd has more on conway's escalating war of words on trump. brian, conway was harsh with trump during his first sitdown interview, isn't that right? >> reporter: it is not a surprise that george conway, husband of kellyanne conway, is critical of the president. he has been skewering him for months. it is jarring that george conway is so brutal in his latest broadside against mr. trump. the contrarian husband of one of the president's top aides, kellyanne conway, isn't just raising eyebrows. he is dropping jaws, speaking publicly for the first time about his disdain for the trump administration. >> it is like the administration is like a -- show in a dumpster fire. >> reporter: george conway, a conservative lawyer and prominent republican, was once on a short list for a top position in the trump justice department. he has now become one of the president's chief critics. on the podcast, skullduggery he explained why he turned down the job. >> i'm like, i don't want to do that, i don't know. then it is like, then you got the comey firing and then

i want to bring in brian todd, who's reporting on all of this. what are you learning, brian? >> tonight, we are learning that despite the vague explanations from administration officials regarding why this meeting was postponed, that there's real frustration on both sides with the demands they're both making of each other. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a crucial meeting between secretary of state mike pompeo and one of kim jong-un's most trusted aides to lay the groundwork for another summit between kim and president trump. but very abruptly, as midterm election results were coming in, the state department announced that meeting, scheduled for tomorrow in new york, was postponed with no explanation. >> they're trying to bury the news as much as they can, and announcing it on election eve when people are focused elsewhere is one way to distract attention from their failure to achieve a genuine breakthrough. >> reporter: the president played down the drama today but didn't offer much of an explanation himself. >> going to change it because of trips that are being made. we'

john, back to you. >> brian todd for us in sterling, virginia, it is on. democracy at work right behind brian, good for those people. 6:00 a.m. braving the fluorescent lights. florida has two of the most contentious races, governor and senate, also big house races there. a lot of star power from political parties canvassing the state to turn out the vote. rosa flores live in florida with more. rosa? >> reporter: john, good morning. i don't know if i should say that florida is famous or infamous for its nail-biting elections but races are won by razor-thin margins and this midterm is no exception. there is a deeply involved electorate here in florida of the about 13 million registered voters, more than 5 million have already voted. now, the breakdown is fascinating here because it's considered a 60% increase from 2014 and if you look at the breakdown by party, it is indeed nail biting. take a look at this. of the voters who have voted so far, 40.1% are republicans, 40.5% are democrats and then the rest no party affiliation or other is 19.3%. john, as you me

brian, thank you very much. brian todd reporting. here in buenos aires, the cloud of the special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation is hanging over president trump and the white house now says it's undermining washington's relationship with moscow. our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, is also here in buenos aires with us. jim, the president tweeted just a short time ago, first of all, about the alaska earthquake. he's promising federal help. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. white house officials say president trump is being briefed on the latest damage reports coming out of alaska after the earthquake there. but the president is still meeting with world leaders here at the g20 with one notable exception, russia's vladimir putin. but the white house insists, that has nothing to do with the cloud hanging over his head, the russia investigation. down in argentina, president trump appears to be trying to tango his way out of one diplomatic dance, a meeting with russia's vladimir putin. >> thank you! thank you so mu

cnn's brian todd, thank you very much. >>> i'm jim acosta. to all our viewers out there, a very happy thanksgiving. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now >>> "outfront" next, president trump versus the chief justice of the supreme court, justice john roberts rebuking the president for criticizing a judge who ruled against him. tonight, the president, of course, upping the ante. >>> plus trump's lawyer says bob mueller may be coming back with more questions from trump. how worried should the president be? he just submitted his answers yesterday. >>> and trump bowing to the a saudis, thanking them for lower oil prices. wow. the facts don't add up here. has the crown prince completely played the president? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, president trump attacking the chief ju

that's where we find cnn's brian todd. in northern virginia, specifically sterling. tell us about the energy and turnout today. >> reporter: jake, the turnout is off the charts. according to the registrar, they have broken records here. it is more than double the voter turnout from 2014's midterms. one of the reasons is because people are -- first of all, it's a steady stream of voters in precincts like this one, the 702nd precinct at park view high school. another reason is because they're doing a very good job of moving people in and out of here pretty quickly. you register here, check in here with your i.d. then you go to these stations and the votes are tabulated over here. we love it when little kids come to the polling places. votes are put in here by paper ballot then tabulated. another reason it's gone so smoothly here is because in this tenth district of voting, it's a simple ballot. check it out. you vote for senate. for the house of representatives, barbara comstock and jennifer wexton. then four ballot initiatives, front and back. then you're out. this is

>> cnn's brian todd, thanks. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, the president's revisionist history. he says he doesn't know his new acting attorney general, but that's not what he said just a month ago. >>> plus, michelle obama versus the president of the united states. who wins this battle of the titans? >>> and a bitter fight in florida coming to a head this hour. things are getting ugly in the too close to call senate race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bold in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump's convenient memory lapse. the president now trying to distance himself from his new acting attorney general, matt whitaker, the man he picked to oversee the russia investigation. that is convenient since the

let's bring in cnn's brian todd. brian, what is putin up to with cuba? >> reporter: wolf, he is expressing solidarity with the castro-installed communist president of cuba and cutting military deals with the cubans, all leading to a key question tonight. is vladimir putin yearning for the days of the cuban missile crisis? in what seemed to be a flashback to the battle days of the cold war, two adversaries shook hands today. vladimir putin and castro's handpicked successor met face-to-face in moscow with putin expressing what he called his unwavering solidarity with the communist island nation. >> translator: i am very glad to see you, to be able to continue our dialogue which had already begun some time ago. >> reporter: a benign phrase, possibly belying what putin and his cuban ally could have in the works. a prominent moscow newspaper reports there could be a $50 million deal brewing for cuba to eventually buy some russian military hardware, part of a pattern of military cooperation between putin and cuba apparently designed to spy on the u.s. >> cuba

brian todd is here. brian, not necessarily a complete surprise. >> not a complete surprise, but george conway, the husband of kellyanne conway, is critical of the president. he's been skewering him for months, but it is surprising, jar, really, that george conway is so prubral brutal. tonight, the contrarian husband of one of the president's top aides, kellyanne conway, isn't swrus raising eyebrows. he's dropping jaws, speaking about his disdain for the trump administration. >> it's like a shit show with a dumpster fire. >> he was once on the short list for a top position in the trump justice department. now, he's become one of the president's chief critics. in a new interview, he explained why he turned down the job. >> i don't want to do that. i don't know. and then it's like, then you got the comey firing then going on tv saying i had russia on my mind. it's like, oh, no. >> she just destroys them. >> despite his approximate imthe toy one of the president's most ferocious defenders, conway has slashed

brian todd is in sterling, virginia. turn out heavy there? >> reporter: turn out very steady and strong. it is very heavy. we talked to an election official not long ago and he said turn out is popping, way above the levels of the midterm elections in 2014. we had an influxion casting their ballots and they left. this is where they are checking in voting over here and they enter the tabulations about here in this machine. what we can tell you is we mentioned the races. tim kaine running for reelection to hold his senate seat. dave bratt fighting for his seat. the race here that everybody is talking about is that tenth district race between barbara comstock and jennifer wexton. a lot of democratic investment in this race. wexton has really challenged comstock. this seat has been held by a republican for almost 40 years and comstock is in danger of losing it. >> we lost brian's signal. hard to keep the signals up with all of them. a big challenge there and as the polls close this evening. today, 10s it of millions of americans are expected to c

cnn's brian todd joins us. tell us more. >> the sheriff sergeant who went in there is credited tonight for saving lives. that's part of the recent tactical training which emphasizes any officer which gets there first has to confront the shooter right away. within two to three minutes of the initial 911 calls officers arrived at the scene of the shooting in thousand oaks. the sheriff sergeant charged in along with a california highway patrol officer. sergeant was struck by a bullet and died from his wounds. >> we know one officer engaged in shooting and the it stopped. >> reporter: the sergeant's quick intervention saved lives. >> the clock is ticking. the entire time you're responding to an active shooter. >> reporter: tom ranger, a police chief outside washington oversees a force of over 18 officers. the 1999 shooting at the columbine shooting changed how officers respond to active shooters. >> first responders could hear the shooting continuing, and their training, their tactic was we got to secure the perime

brian todd, thank you. let's take a deeper dive now with a reality check of what to look for tonight. john avalon, what do you have? >> after you go out and vote, keep an eye on the basic election benchmarks. first thing, the number 37. that's the average number of house seats that a president party loses in the midterms if he's below 50% approval. and president trump is way below 50% in the latest cnn poll, an historic low for a first term of 39%. democrats need just 23 seats to gain control of the house. on the plus side for the president, unemployment is near a 50-year low and if republicans lose more than 63 seats, it could be a tsunami but that is looking not likely. ten are the number of states that they are trying to flip seats in. it's an even steeper uphill climb for democrats. they need to pitch a near perfect game to gain control of senate. 16% is the average swing of independent voters to opposition party in the last three midterm elections. speaking of swing voters, 206. that's the number of so

brian todd reports. tonight new information -- indicating that boston's most notorious crime boss ever.. was targeted in prison.the new york times cites law enforcement officials-- saying james "whitey" bulger was in a wheelchair when he was attacked at hazelton prison in west virginia.that he was beaten beyond recognition with a padlock, stuffed inside a sock.the times, citing a law enforcement source not directly related to the case, reports bulger's eyes appeared to have been dislodged from his head.that it's not clear whether his attackers gouged-out his eyes-- or if they were knocked out because he was beaten so severely. shelley murphy:"frankly whitey went out the way that he lived. i mean he - that is what he did to his victims. he was vicious. he strangled- he was convicted of strangling a woman and then he would go upstairs and take a nap while his friends buried her body." the attorney for an inmate at hazelton-- fotios "freddy" geas-- tells cnn tonight he believes his client is a suspect in bu

brian todd has been working his sources. brian, what are you finding out? >> wolf, we have word tonight of a secret network of missile bases operated by the north koreans. now, the north koreans do not test missiles at these bases, but we are told they do have one base that is especially dangerous, including this one that can deploy missiles very quickly towards innocent south korean civilians and u.s. troops in south korea. new information tonight that kim jong-un is secretly operating a very dangerous web of hidden missile bases, even while he's been corresponding with president trump, leaving the president to declare the u.s. safe from north korea's missiles. >> the missiles have stopped. the rockets have stopped. >> reporter: north korea has stopped testing missiles since trump and kim began their tie log. but tonight csis has a new report saying kim's regime is moving ahead with its missile program, operating more than a dozen secret missile sites the regime has never acknowledged. >> they have continued their missile activity on the ground in all kind

cnn's brian todd is at a polling station in sterling, virginia. brian, what are you seeing there? >> well, kate, you guys talked about people bringing their families to the voting places in florida and elsewhere. people bringing their families here to this voting place. this is 2 1/2-year-old keegan coming here with her grandmother and her mom to vote. look how cute she is. a gentleman back here bringing his 10-month-old son max. max is in the yellow hoodie behind the voting station there with his dad voting. a lot of people bringing family members, kids, elderly members of their family. a lot of handicaps people have come in here. they're making it easy to vote in this precinct. you mentioned the hot race here in this battleground. this is the virginia tenth district. northern virginia with a very affluent suburban base. the suburban battleground that really is going to be key for democrats if they're going to take back the house of representatives. jennifer wexton is the real challenger, challenging republican incumbent barbara comstock. republicans have held the seat in this di

cnn's brian todd is joining us. brian, tell us more. >> wolf, tonight cnn sources are telling us the president has increasingly felt backed into a corner, and the pattern, according to his biographers is when that happens to him, donald trump lashes out. >> let me speak, please. >> reporter: the president's foul mood showing no signs of abating tonight. from a torrent of angry tweets to his eruptions at his aides over recent setbacks, he is reportedly in a bad place emotionally, and those who know him well, including the biographers who have study him for years say when donald trump is in a bad place, watch out. >> when he is backed into a corner, he really has only one move, and that's to lash out. >> reporter: cnn sources say that's exactly what's happening. the president's outbursts are becoming more common following the republican loss of the house of representatives in the midterm elections. frustration with his staff and criticism that he didn't visit an american cemetery outside paris while commemorating worl

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> the death toll from california's deadliest wildfires keeps rising. >> there are more than 1,000 names on a list of missing persons. >> it was a raging inferno. it was 50 mile-per-hour winds and blizzard of embers. >> i couldn't breathe. i couldn't see. it was black and red, and i really thought that's how i was going to die. >> it hurt a lot to see that i had no house anymore. >> paradise, we'll always be paradise. when we rebuild it will be paradise again. >>> the cia now concludes that crown prince mohammed bin salman personally ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> the assessment is that crown prince mohammed bin salman directed, ordered, this assassination. >>> president trump announced today he's finally done writing out answers for the special counsel. >> president trump's legal team balking, taking issue with some of the questions. >> i write the answers, my lawyers don't write answers. >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good saturday to you. top of the hour now. it is a staggering number now

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let's go to brian todd, who's working his sources. tell us more, brian. >> reporter: vladimir putin's top political enemy claims that he's been harassed again by the kremlin. this comes as another putin critic has compared the russian president to a notorious drug lord. tonight it seems vladimir putin's top critics seem more emboldened than they've been in a long time. he's been roughed up at protests, arrested, detained scores of times but vladimir putin and the kremlin. tonight, alexei, putin's most powerful and famous arch rival said he's been barred from exiting russia. the opposition leader posted a picture of himself on instagram awaiting screening to the border control. he was trying to get to a human rights court hearing in france. analysts say despite all the harassment and threats leveled at him over the years, there's a key reason alexey navalny is still alive. >> in previous instances where he has been persecuted or detained by russian officials, there's been such a blowback in russian public opinion and protests that puti

that is where brian todd is, in sterling, virginia. tell us what you are seeing there. a lot of races in that eastern time zone that we have been told to watch in the state of virginia. >> that's right, jim. this district is a crucial one. this is the tenth voting district in virginia, the battle between incumbent republican battling to hold on to her seat against the democratic challenger. this is one of the suburban battlegrounds playing out throughout the united states that will determine the fate of the balance of power in the house of representatives. it starts here in ground zero. this is the cafeteria on a normal day. people are checking in here, giving a photo id. then they walk over here and cast their ballot on paper ballots. they put it through that scanner over there. that's where the count runs in. they of course tally that at the end of the day. right now after 9:00 eastern time, that means they have about eight more hours to come out to the polls here. we talk to people out here and what drives them to the polls. it could be varied reasons for bringing pe

>> cnn's brian todd, thanks. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, the president's revisionist history. he says he doesn't know his new acting attorney general, but that's not what he said just a month ago. >>> plus, michelle obama versus the president of the united states. who wins this battle of the titans? >>> and a bitter fight in florida coming to a head this hour. things are getting ugly in the too close to call senate race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bold in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump's convenient memory lapse. the president now trying to distance himself from his new acting attorney general, matt whitaker, the man he picked to oversee the russia investigation. that is convenient since the criticism of his pick is getting louder and we're also learning tonight from the "wall street journal" that the fbi is investigating the controversial company where whitaker was an

brian todd reporting for us. thank you. and thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, president trump rejecting a closing ad about his own economic record, opting instead for an ad so incendiary that cnn, nbc and even fox news would not air it. is this what republicans really want to be talking about? >>> plus the president's awkward introduction of his daughter. he says he can't call his daughter or any other woman beautiful anymore. how might that go over with women voters? >>> and the races to watch. who's up, who's down and will americans wake up on wednesday to find a different world? let's go outfront. >>> good evening, i'm jake tapper in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, it's not the economy, stupid. not for president trump at least in the waning hours of his campaign. the president is not selling the trump economy, an economy with an unemployment rate at a near 50-year low, wages up 3.1%, consumer confidence at an 18-year high. no. instead, the president who i

. >> we'll watch every step of the way, brian todd, thank you very much for that report. lots at stake right now, clearly, with north korea, other international hot spots as well. >>> thanks very much mofor watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room". "erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, breaking news. trump takes charge of the mueller investigation. today, firing his attorney general, jeff sessions, replacing him for now with sessions' chief of staff, matt whitaker. according to the justice department, whitaker will be, in their words, in charge of all matters under the purview of the department of justice. all matters. that must mean he is now stepping in to oversee special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. just a short time ago, quite a scene we want to show you. whitaker and sessions seen together shaking hands as sessions left the justice departme

let's bring in cnn's brian todd. putin's critics are so worried right now about where all of this could lead. >> reporter: they are worried. wolf, putin's opponents say if this man, a russian general, is elected to that position he will be able to manipulate interpol's equivalent of arrest warrant and be able to pass along information to putin about where the enemies are and how to get to them. tonight vladimir putin could be on the verge of having the international influence he wants to go after his enemies and critics wherever they may be. one of the russian president's top aides from russia's interior ministry is expected within hours to be elected president of interpol, the world famous global crime-fighting organization. >> they will put somebody from a criminal state in charge of the most important international law enforcement organization in the world. that is a shocking travesty. >> reporter: bill browder is one of putin's most bitter enemies. he led the passage of an american law with sanctions powerful rus

cnn's brian todd, thank you very much. >>> i'm jim acosta. to all our viewers out there, a very happy thanksgiving. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now >>> "outfront" next, president trump versus the chief justice of the supreme court, justice john roberts rebuking the president for criticizing a judge who ruled against him. tonight, the president, of course, upping the ante. >>> plus trump's lawyer says bob mueller may be coming back with more questions from trump. how worried should the president be? he just submitted his answers yesterday. >>> and trump bowing to the a saudis, thanking them for lower oil prices. wow. the facts don't add up here. has the crown prince completely played the president? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, president trump attacking the chief justice of the supreme court of the united states, doubling down on a slam against justice roberts this evening. after the chief justice defended the u.s. judiciary to the president in an unprecedented public statement. let me sh

let's send it over to brian todd in virginia. >> reporter: thanks very much. we are about 90 minutes into one of the most exciting days of voting in northern virginia than we have seen in a long time. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. but people were trying to get in at 5:30 a.m. a steady stream of voters coming through this view, precinct 702 in the tenth voting district of virginia. one of those suburban battle grounds where the control of the house of representatives is going to play out. we will walk through the doors into the voting area. steady stream of people coming in here for the last 90 minutes. they register over here, this he vote at six voting stations over here. virginia has at least in the last year ordered all of its polling places to ditch the touch screens, the digital voting apparatus because they were too concerned with tampering and possible hacking so they are doing it all on paper ballots now and here is where people put their paper ballots in. once you vote over here, you put it in here and watch this gentleman here will give you a cardboard c

brian todd, important reporting. >> imagine this. florida, a key race, couldn't have an election without florida being at the center of a high stakes race. hialeah is where rosa flores finds herself. what are you hearing from voters about what's bringing them to the polls? >> i talked to one voter who said that this is the best country in the world. we enjoy democracy. we enjoy freedoms, and how do you maintain that democracy and those freedoms? by exercising your right to vote. that's why one voter said that she was here very early this morning. take a look over my shoulder. polls here opens at 7:00 a.m. and we do have an update from the secretary of state here in florida. updated early voting numbers. hear this. 39% of registered voters in florida have already voted. that's more than 5 million people. florida is known for its nail-biting races because races usually are here won by razor thin margins. you have to look at these numbers. republicans, the breakdown by party. republicans make up 40.1% of those votes. democrats, 40.5% of

cnn brian todd has been working sources for us. >>. >> reporter: her lawyers and federal prosecutors say they have not yet reached a plea deal but are optimistic about reaching one. this comes as her lawyers are trying to get her out of solitary confinement. she tried to infiltrate american conserve conservative groups. she used her looks and charms to get so close to a republican operative they even sang karaoke together. ♪ >> reporter: tonight her lawyers say she is languishing in solitary confinement. living in a steel door cage the size of a parking garage. her life for in a prison jump suit is a far cry from when she posed. she asked donald trump about at an event. >> i'm visiting from russia. >> reporter: tonight in a new court filing, her lawyers says his client is suffering from solitary confinement and will need mental health treatment if she's not released into the general population soon. her lawyers claim she was moved into solitary because she gave another inmate her lawyer's phone number. former prosecutors say housing her alone could be an attempt to pressure her int

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brian: he is getting another six years. thankss todd. back down to florida where the president visited twice last week. he has a house there. ron desantis defeats andrew gillum for race for governor. rick scott comes from behind and defeats senator forever, bill nelson. so that flips. ainsley: that is a great idea. where is he? he is in a cute little place the brunch box in lakeland, florida. hi, griff. >> floridians are surprised by the results. tony is lifelong resident from lakeland. what did you make of the election as a results? >> well, excuse me because i'm eating right now. >> i apologize. i'm crashing people's breakfasts here. i haven't got thrown out yet. >> i was a little surprised. i thought gillum was going to win. i was giving my hopes up. new guy, give him a chance. >> desantis, give him a chance? >> give him a chance. >> lifelong resident in the i-4 corridor. do you believe the voters in this area made the difference in these tight races? >> absolutely. absolutely. lakeland is stationed in the middle of everything. you ei

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ainsley: we have todd filling in for brian. we have alan dershowitz the author against the case against impeaching trump joining us on the curvey couch. good morning to you and >> good morning to you and happy thanksgiving. ainsley: thank you. rudy giuliani has answered questions. turned those over. interview with axios. he says i don't think they have any evidence of collusion of any kind. i think their obstruction case as a legal matter doesn't exist. >> i think he is 100 percent right. i think the obstruction case fails on constitutional grounds. at president can't obstruct justice by exercising his constitutional authority to fire, to pardon, anything of that kind. the collusion case, first of all, collusion is not a crime. second of all, i have seen no evidence that involves the president in collusion. i think it was a very smart decision to answer the questions in writing, clearly mueller had tried to spring a perjury trap. you know, it's interesting, comey in his book said when you call a defendant in to testify you alre

todd: thank you, guys. very much. go back to new york. steve, ainsley, brian. forgot your names now for a moment. steve: you are rattled because you are sitting in front of that beautiful pie display behind you. todd: it's not pie, steve. it's a wheel of cakes. we have got to bring this back to new york. ainsley: what would a diner be without those. put diner on your sign, you have to have pies and cakes. brian: trick is getting the pies dizzy. todd: it's in the constitution. steve: thank you very much. todd piro live from chattanooga. steve: let's go upstairs jillian has the headlines. jillian: now i'm downstairs. i am very sneaky when i made my way downstairs. headlines, starting with this tragedy of a story. newlywed couple killed hours after saying i do. flying away in helicopter after fairy tale wedding. both husband and wife along with the pilot were killed after the helicopter crashed on the side of a hill near their family ranch in texas. the cause of the crash is under investigation. the newlyweds were both in their senior year at houston university. s

todd, do you agree with this. i certainly do. >> todd: absolutely. and what's the head space of your kicker? struggled all day, struggled for a couple of weeks. i think you go for two. i don't think you think about it. >> brian: and the holder matt hockett was the one that didn't spin the ball and left the laces out. both of those guys -- although you like to think they could execute an extra point. i think this is about being aggressive. it's in mike gundy's dna. he saw what holgorsen did at west virginia and he's not going think about it. >> steve: you could read his lips. ing whoerson said to west virginia, go with inthe game. and they did. >> brian: you're going put tylan wallace again probably line him up on the outside. if he gets a one-on-one opportunity with tre brown, which it looks like he might. here's tre brown and tylan wallace, why wouldn't you throw the ball up and give him a chance. >> brian: game wouldn't be over. here we go. looking for the lead. cornelius. behind and knocked away. tre brown on the coverage, and the two-point conver

first off, brian stelter. he is bald, beautiful and bold. chuck todd. [crowd boos] sexy, sleepy eyes. finally, lou dobbs. [cheering and applause] he is so fine -- wow. i'm ashamed of that. i'll have to ask you more, they don't do sexiest women alive and that is sexist because i feel that would be sexist to women -- >> we have the ms. america pageant which i'm totally against, by the way. i competed it in it but -. greg: you competed? >> fifteen years ago and 21 though i was a runner-up in florida. greg: you look a lot better? >> idris elba is a very good looking man. greg: i'm confident in my manhood and to say he's a handsome, gorgeous man. in club really ripped and those eyes. tyrus: move on. [laughter] >> do you need a moment? it a show. greg: they limited to people who are alive. why not dennis off? >> it's what they look like right now. i'm not sure dennis half right now -- look, in my twitter feed i have with the left wing twitter people i follow and one was outraged and maybe next year someone a little less overtly masculine for the sexiest man a

heather: todd piro, yeah, as usual. a couple more political election-type stories to talk about, brian kemp calling on democratic stacy adams to concede on governor, refusal is disgrace to democracy, abrams is filing federal lawsuit to delay certification of votes to wednesday, current deadline is tomorrow, campaign claims thousands of ballots may not have been counted properly, kemp is ahead about 60,000 votes an mathematically for abrams to force the runoff that she's pushing for. democrats senema count is growing, still too close to call, sinema leads 32,000 votes, margin campaigns says is insurmountable, officials say there's 219,000 ballots that have not been counted. let's switch gears, nfl honoring nation's veterans around the league, the league showing support with dib truths before and during games. former president george w. bush flipping the coin before dallas cowboys flipping the eagles in philly. cowboys win 27-20, let's talk about la rams, they survive a literally from seattle seahawks, drew brees and the

steve: todd talking to the vehicles in bluck'sy. brian: i vote for jillian. steve: what's she voting for? she's got the job? brian: if i could toss to anybody it would be jillian. jillian: that warms my heart. thank you very much. here are the headlines we are following starting with this george papadopoulos waking up behind bars this morning. he is serving 14 days in a wisconsin prison after pleading guilty to lying to the fbi in the russia probe. his wife slamming special counsel robert mueller on "tucker carlson tonight." >> i feel this decision very unfair the process mueller. the information that mueller was probably trying to extort from him. jillian: papadopoulos lied to the fbi while working with the trump campaign. some romaine lettuce is safe to eat depending on where it was grown. the fdaa saya says came from california. most of the cases reported in california. beto o'rourke is no longer ruling out a presidential run in 20206789 th 2020. the failed texas candidate changing his mind after losing to republican ted cruz. >> i was 100 percent focused

brian: that is very interesting. he didn't have any kids of his own. todd piro is having breakfast with friends in quaker town family restaurant in quaker town, pennsylvania. >> good morning to all of you. no snow ball fights here. a panel of -- different than breakfasts in the past. many in the mainstream media say the way the president is treating the caravan is cruel. as pastors, as men who teach the word of jesus christ, how do you reconcile your support of the president's immigration policies with your faith? >> great to be with you, todd. well, it's kind of like we would say this that god loves everyone. god is compassionate. he wants us all to go to heaven. heaven is a perfect place and you get into heaven there is criteria. you have to come god's way. you enter into the straight gate. wide is the gate that leads to destruction. straight is the gate that leads to life. you have to choose that path to enter into god's heaven. same thing true of our country. certain laws have to be followed. you have to come according to the law to get. in once yo

. >> brian bowen was the player who was recruited to the university of louisville. he came fromam saginaw michigan his nickname is tugs because he pulled on his mother share as an infant, todd on his mother share, and from this tough city up through high school his mother was tying his shoes before games, lacing them tight like he wasn't ice h skater, kid of like i skidded. so brilliant basketball to her, a bit coddled, in south come his father is paid in return for him going to the university of louisville. he's paid by adidas. in court it turns out that his father testifies under immunity that he's been taking my sense of the kid was in his midteens. one of the lawyers and cross examination said so you been pimping at your namesake since he was 14 years old and he only quibbles come he says maybe 15 or 16. so this kid is now ineligible to play college basketball. he's . andll australia -- >> what has this cost him? not getting visibility come is a way to quantify how much money brian bowen junior lost by virtue of not being able to play college basco? >> he is 700