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Combined with everything you dont know about technology. what could possibly go wrong? >> does a good job at making stories palatable, possible to understand. thanks for joining us. im christine romans. >> dave briggs. and this is cnn breaking news. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day". it is wednesday, march 14th, 6:00 here in new york. and we do begin with breaking news. the special election for house seat in pennsylvania is too clos...

Hopefully you can see it. thats a lot of blue arrows, man. >> it really is. and it shows a fickleness of the voters right now that philosophically theyre out testing both parties to find out what works for them and theyre adjusting. candidates have to be very, very attuned to their own grassroots sentiments. and one of the things we did learn, both parties in this election, is polling is not as reliable as it use the to be zblip dont think thats true. >> part of it is people are on cell phones. ...

Victory in a district trump won by 20 points, suggesting republicans have a steep hill to climb ahead of the midterms. more upheaval in the trump administration. rex tillerson is out, and more names are rumored to follow as the president looks for advisers aligned with his agenda and style. and world-renowned scientist stephen hawking has died. he persevered against a debilitating disease and brought mystery to the universe into the mainstream. welcome back to "early start." im dave briggs...

Rex tillerson is out. more names are rumored to follow as the president looks for advisers aligned with his agenda and style. world-renowned scientist stephen hawking has died. he persevered against a debilitating disease and brought mysteries of the universe into the mainstream. good morning and welcome to "early start," everyone, im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. >> he did that in part through "simpsons" and "star trek," not just novels. it is wednesday, hard to believe it is only we...

Votes by a 752 margin the democrat increased the lead in the county. >> thats right. >> how long did the uploading process take. >> about five minutes. >> im counting there is about a little over 31 votes cast. absentee you sent out 4100 a thousand votes werent brought back. >> thats correct. >> let me read it one more time the absentee ballot in allegheny, the no contact lamb 1930 votes. he makes sure im accurate. the rang saccone 1078 votes. thats a 752 vote margin. lamb over saccone in allegh...

Votes. even on a worst-case scenario turn out for conor, cant come back from the nearly 900 vote deficit that he is currently facing. >> ed: conference is not the same as declaring victory, i wonder if part of that -- we have absentee votes out there. what are you hearing? probably getting better information than we are. what are people on the ground telling house democrats tonight about when these absentee ballots will be counted? >> first of all, i do want to note that im not alone in predicti...

Precincts out and westmoreland county that will come in tonight from election day, and my understanding is that there will be some more absentee votes counted throughout the night and into tomorrow, but again, we do not feel that there is any path forward for rick saccone at this point. and its not a surprise. conor lamb ran a fantastic campaign, connecting with western pennsylvania and, talking about, pro-job, prounio prounion, pro-medicare and social security message, and as a veteran, i think...

Telling house democrats tonight about when these absentee ballots will be counted? >> first of all, i do want to note that im not alone in predicting that conor lamb is victorious tonight. there are a number of nonpartisan prognosticators who believe that it is very unlikely that there is any ultimate result other than a victory for conor, dave wasserman and others fall into that category. we are going to see a few more precincts out and westmoreland county that will come in tonight from electio...

>> ed: ive got meredith kelly now, a top aide, meredith, we appreciate you joining us by phone. what is your sense tonight? we have reported that house democrats claiming victory tonight. with these house ballots out, how can you claim victory? >> we feel confident that there is no path forward for rick saccone at this point based on the votes that are in and support levels that he has already received in the counties where there are still absentee votes. even on a worst-case scenario turn out f...

Absentee votes tonight? >> that is what were trying to find out. i expect so. >> jonathan alter, what cwere yu saying? >> there is a tendency in these situations to draw too many lessons. were talking:00 precinct level politics. >> right, right. >> this is why all three of us love politics. because it does go down to the precinct level. but you just have to be careful about extrapolating too much. the politics of pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, they have their own peculiarities. and so do al...