2020 has started off with a bang.

We have had riots.

We have had plagues.

Worst of all, we have had murder hornets.

And don't forget, this is an election year.

So the year is only going to get crazier.

Lots of seats in play, including the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. Senate is far from safe.

Luckily, we've got a guy here who knows a thing or two about winning a Senate race.

We'll go behind the scenes.

This is Verdict with Ted Cruz.

Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz.

I'm Michael Knowles.

And Senator, you know, I forgot because when I come to town, I'm here doing this show.

When I'm not doing this show,

I'm swilling martinis, I'm smoking cigars, I'm generally loafing around. Well, you are a California man. I'm a California man. You don't want to work too hard. You actually have been working.

You are in session right now. You've just come from the Capitol. You had a vote today. Could you tell us a little bit about that? Well, sure. We just just voted a few minutes ago to confirm the new chief of staff of the Air Force, General CQ Brown, who is the

first African American service chief in U.S. history. So Colin Powell was chairman of the joint

chiefs, but he wasn't head of one of the service branches. And interestingly enough,

a little bit astonishing, there's never been an African American service chief. And so we confirmed

him this afternoon. And actually, Mike Pence, the VP, presided, which is fairly unusual. Normally,

it's a senator from the majority party who is presiding. And the

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