Trump swoops in to support Republican in tense Senate race

US President Donald Trump flew to Mississippi on Monday to try and save the Senate campaign of a Republican embroiled in controversy over racially tinged comments.Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is locked in an unexpectedly tight runoff vote on Tuesday in what should have been reliable Republican territory for the final Senate race of the 2018 midterms.The president rallied for Hyde-Smith in the city of Tupelo after her campaign against a black opponent was partly derailed through comments about "publi