In about 1 4 of the states. You can see that on the map, all the states in pink, red orange and purple have closed and results are beginning to come in. In fact, the Associated Press has called races in kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell is declared the victor and the two South Carolina senate races, and in West Virginia all going to the g. O. P. We have cameras at the headquarters for Mitch Mcconnell and Allison Grimes and you see rand paul talking to supporters at the mcconnell headquarters and what it looks like over at the Allison Grimes headquarters in kentucky. Later on tonight as their speeches get underway, well certainly be there so you can hear what they have to say. Our colleague, steve scully, will be out all night at the desk looking at the details of the votes as they come in. Lets see what he has for us. Susan, you mentioned West Virginia. Thats a pickup for the democrats where senator Jay Rockefeller is retiring, First Time Since 1942 a republican has won in the senate race
Anything. Its that they want us to look for agreement. The Senate Republican leader and the president reflecting on the Midterm Elections. Today, we hear from the speaker of the house, john boehner. The News Conference will be covered live here on cspan. Is nowrning, the senate set for a lameduck session this month. Republicans look at what went right on election day and democrats question what went wrong. We will be following your comments on the Midterm Elections, what it means for you, the congress, and the president. What was the message to washington . The numbers are on the screen. As always, we are taking your comments on social media, and you can join us on facebook. Or send us a tweet. Or you can send us an email. The front pageh of the louisville courierjournal. As Mitch Mcconnell is the next is poised to be the next Senate Majority leader. Late yesterday, she issued this statement to members of congress. She said in part, our won a hardfought campaigns supported by an commit
The warning about the al qaeda build up one was the photograph of an al qaeda rally. 300 activists waving their guns in the air and calling for the death of the u. S. Ambassador. At the very same time the state department is denying the security for that environment. They also knew that the private life of the ms or stevens was known and used as a targeting device by al qaeda through some of his friends and associates. His schedule was posted on the Al Qaeda Facebook page before the attacks utterly ignored and then we had the account of the attacks and the value that they had been saving for Diplomatic Security personnel. So i dont think that they did. Its in the first half hour of the attack it was separated in a small building which was they were suffocated in the insurgency attackers in the diesel fuel was hit on the grounds of the diplomatic outpost ground and basic the the building on fire when they decided. But the other two die diabetes s later and this was the rolling attack. H
A public apology followed by a private resignation. This was not totally unexpected, was it . Pressure had certainly been mounting, a very different resignation or personnel shift than the one that we just heard from spokesman jay carney stepping down and josh earnest taking over. This week a lot of pressure for the secretary to step down. We saw that inspector generals report, we had dozens of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for it. So the president met face to face with the secretary in the oval office this morning. He got that resignation, he also got an update on the vas review of the situation, showing that the issues with delay of care are a widespread problem throughout the system. Heres the president shortly after that meeting. He does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care that they need. That was ricks judgment on behalf of his fellow veterans. And i agree. We dont have time for distract
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