Trump on the defense in red states; Ilhan Omar campaigns with Hasan Piker
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[0:00] With just one week to go until election
[0:02] day and control of Congress on the line,
[0:04] tens of millions of Americans have
[0:06] started casting early ballots. President
[0:09] Trump heads to Texas today where there
[0:11] is a closely watched Senate race between
[0:13] Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James
[0:15] Telerico. CBS News rates Texas as a
[0:18] tossup. It is one of 10 close races that
[0:21] will determine which party controls the
[0:23] Senate. The president rallied in
[0:25] Mississippi last night, another deep red
[0:27] state in his tour to boost Republican
[0:29] candidates. He defended US military
[0:31] action against Iran, something a growing
[0:33] number of Americans disapprove of, and
[0:36] pushed back on former President Barack
[0:38] Obama's comments on his White House
[0:40] renovations.
[0:42] >> I don't feel we had a choice. They were
[0:44] two weeks away from having
[0:47] a nuclear missile. The problem is, as
[0:49] soon as you stop hitting them, they
[0:51] start rebuilding again. The White House
[0:53] represents our country and that has to
[0:56] be pristine. And I I would try and
[0:58] explain that to a guy like Obama, but he
[1:01] wouldn't understand.
[1:02] >> We jump now to CBS News political
[1:04] director Finn Gomez in our DC bureau.
[1:07] Finn, good Tuesday morning to you as you
[1:09] kick off our hour. Uh what