Control of all the statewide offices in the state. Theyve also got control of the state legislature in the state and that puts democrats in complete control of Virginia State government for the first time in 26 years. Of course the further big news tonight is out of kentucky where the Democratic State attorney general andy beshear has turfed out republican incumbent governor matt bevin. Nbc news has called andy beshear the apparent winner in this governors race, which will send, frankly, shock waves through not just kentucky politics but National Politics for a long time given that kentucky is a state donald trump won in 2016 by, oh, say, 30 points. Here to help us make sense of this tonight is msnbc correspondent steve kornacki. All right. Rachel, lets begin in kentucky. Andy beshear, you just mentioned it the democrat taking out the incumbent matt bevin. This a big trump state in 2016. He won it by 30 points. He was there the other night trying to get matt bevin across the finish lin
This hour with kylie atwood who is in washington. Kylie, i know were all just start to go read this transcript. What do you know about any key excerpts so far . Yeah. Well, brooke, we are just going through this. Its over 300 pages. Detailing everything specifically that bill taylor, the top u. S. Diplomate in use crane told lawmakers. What was key about bill taylors testimony is that we saw the Opening Statement. That in and of itself was 15 pages. And he went through a very detailed account of everything that he has documented over the last few months as the top u. S. Diplomate in ukraine. After he gave that Opening Statement in which he told lawmakers that he was told by Ambassador Gordon Sondland that everything, including u. S. Security assistance, ukraine getting that security assistance, was dependent on ukraine coming out and publicly saying that it would be opening investigations into with burisma, biden and the 2016 elections. So he said that in the Opening Statement which, o
Upset over him speaking to ukraine about an investigation. This is what our founders established and hes disloyal to his oath of office. Every knock from him is a boost and everything he says about somebody else is a projection. Back to that in a moment, but we begin with another 2020 campaign exit in the democratic race that is suddenly getting very testy. The candidate bowing out is one who constantly warned against such a democratic family feud, new jersey senator cory booker. He told supporters in an email last hour he could not raise enough money to remain viable, especially since his poll numbers were too low to get debate invitations. In a pospeech a short time ago,e promised to help democrats down the road. Today im suspending my campaign with the same spirit as it began. It is my faith in us, my faith in us as a nation. I cant wait to get ak back on campaign trail. I will campaign as hard as i can for whoever is the eventual nominee. The democratic debate is tomorrow night her
Them. From bomber planes to military drills. How the u. S. Is preparing to respond if kim jongun delivers on his socalled Christmas Gift. Tox toxic, evil, psychopath. That is how eddie being pardoned by war crimes is being regarded. Were learning that a tail of a bec air jet hit two times after takeoff. At least a dozen people are dead, 50 others are in the hospital. It lost altitude before crashing into a fence and then a twostory building. Joining pme with more on this i nathan hodge. Do investigators have any idea what might have happened here . Reporter brianna, just a few hours ago kazakhstans prime reporter said the preliminary investigation had led to two possible conclusions. One was the possibility of pilot error, and the other of some kind of technical malfunction. Thats a very sort of broad definition, but as you noted, he also pointed out that the aircrafts tail hit the runway twice when it was taking off. So it was airborne for only a very, very short time before it plumme
The final democratic debate before the iowa caucus is tonight on cnn and tension is simmering between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Did he tell her a woman couldnt win the race . The Ukrainian Company at the heart of the impeachment probe hacked by the russians. Impeachment articles could go to the senate as soon as tomorrow. And the tigers win. But which tigers . Well tell you whether clemson or lsu took home the College Football national title. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im laura jarrett. And im christine romans. It is tuesday, january 14th, 4 00 a. M. In new york. It is 20 days now until the Iowa Caucuses. We are just hours from the final debate before voting begins in iowa. Now a piece between progressives Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren that stood for more than a year. That peace is at risk of crumbling. Cnn first to report multiple sources sanders told warren during a private meeting in december 2018 he did not b