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Over roy moore. so how is the president handling the defeat and can democrats carry momentum into 2018? more "early starts" coverage from alabama and washington right now. welcome back to "early start." im dave briggs. >> im christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour and democrat doug jones turning deep red alabama blue, capping off a long shot campaign with a stunning win over roy moore in last nights senate race. jones taking 49.9% of the vote, 1.5 points ahead of moore who could not ove...

3:30 in the center of the political universe. thats the state of alabama where democrat doug jones turned deep red alabama blue, capping off a long shot campaign with a stunning win over republican roy moore in last nights senate race. jones taking 49.9% of the vote, one and a half points ahead of moore who could not overcome sexual misconduct allegations and a very controversial past. >> alabama has been at a cross roads. we have been at cross roads in the past. and unfortunately we have usuall...

So taking a look at some of the rain totals for you to get an idea of where we stand, in galveston from friday, about 7 inches of rain since yesterday. looking at -- since august 1st, the beginning of the month, at 10.61 inches and average rainfall annually about 50.76 so that means we are one fifth of the way already and in the next five days or so we might be close to the annual rainfall that galveston gets in one year. that shows you how much rain is expected and river gauges again could be r...

Started coming in, thats when it seemed to me that the m thes got shaky in terms of what theyre expecting from ossoff. did they expect that he would g ahead in fulton county and ahead by a lot. >> fulton county is half of the district. its the biggest county. the closest of a swing county of these three. if youre a democrat, your target overall was 50%. you wanted ossoff to crack 50%. were talking 49.9%. you wanted to be at 50% of all of the votes. if youre a democrat youre saying the advantage ...

Election, they need to step down because this is beneath the dignity of the office, but to -- it is a fact that donald trump has contributed to the lack of civility in our current political climate. an absolute fact that donald trump has called the press the enemy of the people. >> okay. >> the absolute enemy. donald trump has contributed to this. >> all right. stand by, everyone. stand by. we got another segment. hold on, jack. hold on. i got to get the number up then i got to get to a break an...

Development later in the hours. first to montana right now greg gianforte is opening aup lead over exact rob quist on the jean. gianforte with 49.9% on rob quist with 44.2%. 56% of the vote counted >> this election has taken on a life of its own and after a reporter accused gianforte of body slamming. the republican was heavily favored to win and now facing misdemeanor assault charges we have a full house for newsroom from missoula montana. and here in los angeles senior reporter for media and...

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Edd edd with the presidents wins. the average of seven major polls, that has the presidents approval at 46.1 and disapproval at 49.9. and thats an average over the last two weeks of seven major polls. thats a more accurate portrayal than one poll. >> shes poking holes in our poll. i dont know about that. what are your thoughts? >> i think she makes a very good point about the week this remarkable and heartbreaking week as we saw the president eulogizing ref rende inging reverend and senator pinc...

It said more probable than not patriots personnel participated in the deliberate effort to release air from the balls. its unlikely an equipment assistant or locker attendant would deflate the game balls without bradys approval. how do you react? >> sean when youre using a phrase like more probable than not, and thats being written by a law firm what that really means is that we believe in our opinion. its 50.1% versus 49.9%. >> i actually agree with you. i mean i think those words were purposel...

A lot of that driven by early voting. then you look at the presidential races. this law is supposed to take place in 2016. in 2008, look at that. barack obama actually won the state of north carolina, shocked a lot of people. very narrowly, but 49.9 to 49.5. really only very narrowly lost it in 2012. so north carolina is obviously a swing state. do you think thats what this is about, 2016? >> well, its about that. its about the shifting demographics in the south, 23% to 25% of our voting populat...