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Planets atmosphere thats just that it is the right distance from its star to potentially to have temperatures suitable to sustaining life researchers hope that more powerful telescopes well the able to unlock more secrets. and we have derrick williams from d.w. science with us to break this story down for us hi derek how were researchers able to detect this you know i hear this question all the time i mean its a really long way away you said over 110 light years and a light year is 9.5 trillion ...

Guaranteed, job guaranteed, vacation guaranteed, healthy food is guaranteed, retirement is guaranteed. but goodbye to the lifeblood of our economy, which is oil and gas. i dont know, i wasnt really good in math in school, but im just come in my head, im thinking the bankers probably have it right, we cant avoid it. >> yeah, you dont have to be all that good in math to understand why the economy is always the most important, overriding issue in any election. what tammy just said is exactly right....

If you dont know america? so, i went and i looked and i researched and found the largest on-going assessment of graduating seniors. what they know and can do. only 11% are proficient in american history. 23% proficient in government and civics. 22% proficient in math. and 24% proficient in writing. and 19% proficient in geography. essentially, these are graduating seniors going into college, and the average on all subjects is 22%. so what happens is we have dumbed down the standards bear the sys...

90-trillion dollars on medicare for all. illegal immigrants, everybody gets free care. no oil and gas. jobs and housing guaranteed. a vacation is guaranteed and healthy food and retired is guaranteed. bye-bye the lifeblood of our economy which is oil and gas. i was not good in math in school but i think the bankers have it right. we cant afford it. >> you dont have to be that good in math to understand why the economy is always the most important overriding issue in any election. what tammy just...

What are your sources telling you on the story youre covering today? >> obviously the democrats are debating in texas tonight. theres talk about whether democrats can put that state in play. were not breaking any new ground by talking about that. there have been a couple of polls this week that really suggest and add to previous polls that also suggested this state could be in play. im talking to democrats right now who believe this is something we need to look at seriously, less concerned about...

Country. that this national environment still leans towards democrats. youd expect republicans to carry this district by double digits. but we were here late last night. it was a close enough race even though bishop came out in front, it was closer than democrats would want. >> both saying trump pushed bishop over the finish line. democrats say the same thing. but these are the numbers that i think might make republicans nervous nationwide. look at the margin. this is the north carolina race. bi...

This is how it gets not impossible but improbable and very difficult in the sense that as the final votes come in -- let me pull out mecklenburg. and see what were up to. were now up to 90% in mecklenburg. so dan mccready continues to lead. the question is as more and more comes in, don, can it come in? he has to outperform this. hes been winning 56% of the vote in the county now. he has to do better than that because when you pull it out, he has to overcome that. again, maths not impossible. i ...

In a district president trump carried by 12 points. two points now. 56 years this seat has been in republican hands. the president will claim credit in part because the election rally was in this part of the district here. and bishop didnt win the county by a lot. you can see it there. 35 to 36. but the democrat knew he needed to turn this county the suburbs here needed it to be blue. to have a real chance of victory. and it was not. south of where the president visited in this rural county. the...

Victory. over here this is the charlotte suburb. the district touches the edge of charlotte into the southeast. the suburbs have been moving democratic and continue to do so tonight. a big win in the part of the county thats in the ninth district. not enough. this math not enough to offset the republicans votes elsewhere. the democrats will rightly claim they continue to show that under trump the republicans are in trouble. especially in close in suburbs. bottom line, bishop will be the republic...

Hour trip there to campaign for bishop and that may have helped the republican win. this election also holds some warning signs for president trump and congressional republicans heading into the 2020 election. also, a new cnn poll just out shows that 6 in 10 americans believe president trump does not deserve a second term. >> president trump this morning is searching for a new national security adviser after parting ways with john bolton. no president has had four national security advisers in h...