6 states voting tonight polls close in just over 18 minutes and the first of them the great state of New Jersey But another long night it will be polls close 8 p.m. Eastern time Rachel's back with a special guess. That's exactly right. We heard moments ago last hour from Jeff Markley who is the Senate Indorcer of Bernie Sanders who is not named Bernie Sanders. Yeah. One of the many Senate endorsers of Hillary Clinton is Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri. Senator McCaskill it's great to have you with us tonight. Thank you so much for being here. Thanks great to be with you. You are marketing Trump related hats on your blog. I want to hear the story of this please. Yes I thought it was time that we had a hat that really represented Donald Trump accurately. So on my campaign website you can get your risky and reckless red cap made in America with union workers unlike most of Trump's stuff and where proudly that what Donald Trump really represents to this country is a risky and reckless idea. You have some I don't want to say glee because that sounds small but you have some enthusiasm about the idea as far as I can tell that Hillary Clinton has not just any Republican to run against but Donald Trump to run against. When you look at how badly things are going for Donald Trump right now do you feel like oh good that makes him easier to beat or do you feel like oh no somebody that damage just going to be this close to the presidency or do you think oh this is happening too early and the Republicans might replace him. All of the above. I think it's hard. First of all there are moments when I just in horror. I mean really today we had the Speaker of the House acknowledging that they're candidate for president is kind of a racist but we're forum and it's really hard for me to wrap my arms around that that we're at this point it's not good for our country on the world stage. On the other hand I do think he is so but I mean he's got no policy other than on Donald Trump and I'm great so I do think that it's going to be quite a contrast between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and one that I think will reassure most Americans that we want someone who is strong and stable in the White House not someone who probably started down this road thinking he was going to help up the price of putting his name on buildings. Do you think that it materially affects Hillary Clinton's chances against him that the Democratic primary is not over yet at least if he asks Senator Sanders we've got the AP and NBC News saying that she has clinched the number of delegates she needs in order to clinch that nomination Senator Sanders still saying he's going all the way to the convention still making an argument that super delegate shouldn't be counted yet because they may be persuaded to support him. Obviously I know that you you support Secretary Clinton here but do you think the ongoing primary hurts her in the general election? Well I want to see that glass is half full rather than half empty. I think we need to show incredible respect and admiration for what Bernie Sanders has done in this primary. He has really brought into focus issues that we all care about that we must deal with in this great United States and I think what he has done in terms of motivating his supporters and the passion they show it can be a really good thing for our country if we kind of pull all this together now to stop Donald Trump. I don't think that I think Bernie will take some time to think about this but if you really think about what he's saying he said all along let the voters decide not the super delegates and now he's saying never mind don't let the voters decide let's let the super delegates decide. So I don't think it works in terms of who he really is. I think what works much better is for him to to make sure we put things in the platform that we need to have that he that we celebrate what he has done because it deserves celebration and move forward with a very special candidacy that is very historic in our country. Very last last question for him. Do you want to be Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate? I do not. I want to keep campaigning for her. I want you know 132 years ago. Belva Lockwood was the first woman to run for president. I wish my grandmother were still alive. I wish my mother who wouldn't let me have a Barbie queen of the prom game was still alive because I was raised by women who said someday and I'm just excited to be part of this and I think it's going to be a terrific campaign. Senator Claire McCaskill thanks for being with us tonight. It is a it is a historic night. Thanks for being here. Senator thank you Claire McCaskill Democrat of New Jersey by the way there and you thank you. New Jersey on the mind. I just wanted to say that every time we put up this shot the crowd has waived at themselves. There is reason believe that they have us up on a big screen. There you have it. Brooklyn Navy are getting some airtime. We can see you. Another great for us our coverage continues right after this as we're near the top of the hour.