Trump, Talarico hold dueling Texas rallies

Fox 9 morning news at 7 a.m. Welcome back. 7:46 right now. Here we are the final week before the midterms and Republicans and Democrats are pushing to win over those undecided voters in several high stakes races. One of those races is in Texas where Democrats have a chance to flip a Texas Senate seat blue for the first time in 30 years. Fox's Asher Red joins us from Lubbock, Texas, where Republicans and Democrats held dueling rallies just miles apart last night. Asher, good morning to you. Hey, good morning to you as well. President Trump was here in Lubbock yesterday rallying Republican voters in support of the Republican candidate here for Texas Senate, Ken Paxton. But Paxton's opponent, who is Democrat James Tallarico, was just two miles away, holding a large rally of his own. Now, Lubbock is a reliably Republican area in West Texas. But campaign officials tell me that about 4,000 people signed up to attend Tallarico's event last night. Another 500 people signed up to volunteer. Tallarico's campaign had a change of venue to accommodate that many people. And one member of his team said the line to get in last night stretched five blocks and about 1,000 people still couldn't get in. The Democratic candidate said this is the kind of turnout that could spell trouble for Ken Paxton. Take a listen. Lubbock, you are my slingshot. The people of Texas are my slingshot. And on November 3rd, those Goliaths aren't going to know what hit them. And President Trump's rally just two miles away also drew in about 4,000 people. The president telling voters Tallarico would cause their energy prices to increase because of what he calls the Green New Deal scam. Now, Paxton briefly joined Trump on stage. Here's Paxton. If James Tallarico gets in, your energy costs will skyrocket. He personally wrote the Texas version of the Green New Deal scam, which would annihilate millions of Texas jobs. All right, I'm gonna say this, you guys, the election may depend on West Texas. You are the most Republican area of our state. And so I'm gonna ask you for the next seven days, get every Republican out to vote and we will win Texas. God bless you. And the latest Fox News power ranking shows that this race is still considered a toss-up. Now, both candidates are continuing their campaign trails today with Tallarico in Austin and Paxton in Abilene. Back to you. All right, Asher Redd there in Lubbock, Texas. Thank you, Asher. All right, back.