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This white house. sources tell cnn that blind sided officials in the white house. add to that that there is more drama over who is working in the white house. according to cnns jeff zeleny you are looking at the only two people with job security, ivanka trump and jared kushner. it is hard to fire family. the "washington post" described it five days of fury and describes the president fuming in the wake of the mid term elections. according to the president, everyone is looking to get in on the ac...

Election fight. theyre also doing better in the u.s. senate than first thought. even as republicans maintain control there. this is the state of play in the house. democrats have a majority right now of 225 seats. republicans have 200 seats. ten house races remain undecided. tonight, democrats are leading in six of those races. if they win all six, theyll have a pickup of 36 seats. widening what would be their biggest midterm gain since the watergate era. in the senate, this is the current balan...

Narcissistic fuel to his engine. after the midterm, its the sober dawn of the morning. this sober dawn of the morning might be the time when the white house staff aides fear the most. >> look, a lot of them are going to be up on capitol hill testifying, and a lot of them are going to leave. some of them are going to be fired. as for himself, the president is sort of like, okay, i can deal with this, i know how to run this place. he knows he needs a new chief of staff. i was told by somebody who ...

Press encounters talking about it. so i think its maybe a little bit more than those other examples, but also the trump white house, you know, he governs in a very chaotic style, and everything is for public consumption. he lets people twist in the wind like kelly has for months now. and theres just not an orderly process that you normally would find after a big midterm loss for staffing changes. >> simone, what do you make of kaitlan collins reporting that president trump really didnt like what...

President trump reportedly berating the female leader of americas closest ally, british prime minister theresa may, w w calling president trump to congratulate him on the midterm election wins. and the president took issue with the prime minister on a multitude of topics. as he traveled to paris on air force i last weekend, sources telling the post that his mood was sour and his conversation with may was acrimonious. with me, former communications director for british prime minister theresa may....

Because that gives those person who is take the time who come to us to see our operation, a chance to see behind the scenes. and theres a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make an election possible, to make it efficient, and to make it something that voters want to participate in. and obviously, were doing that, if over 700,000 participated in the midterm. >> well, if it were that obvious, rick scott wouldnt have had to go to court, with all due respect, right? he had to go to court to get t...

Snipes, and ill let you go back to your work, which is clearly more important than media interviews. but if the pressure stays on you, after this race, are you really thinking about resigning after the recount is over? >> as i told one of the reporters today, im thinking about many things. i have not made any decisions. whatever i do, i will contemplate it very carefully and make what i think is the correct decision for me. >> all right. brenda snipes, i know these arent comfortable questions fo...

>> well, if it were that obvious, rick scott wouldnt have had to go to court, though, with all due respect, right? he had to go to court to get this tour, that you say youre giving to everybody for no reason, he had to go to court to get it. fair criticism? >> um, no, its not. no, its not. we dont -- we dont select who we give our information to. we give the information to those persons who have requested it and i believe the public records request says "in a timely manner," and we attempt to do...

Undecided tonight. democrats are leading in six of those races. if they win all six, theyll have a pickup of 36 seats, widening what would be their biggest midterm gain since the watergate era. in the senate this is the current balance of power. democrats have won 47 seats. republicans right now have a majority of 51 seats. two senate contests still up in the air in florida and mississippi. jake, democrats have some final chances to build on their momentum. >> and wolf, theyve already scored a s...

Contemplate it very carefully and make what i think is the correct decision for me. >> all right. brenda snipes, i know these arent comfortable questions for you, but the process matters so much. confidence in it matters so much that we wanted the opportunity to let you answer for yourself and let people know whats going on, so thank you for taking the opportunity. >> thank you. i appreciate it. thank you. >> all right. be well and good luck with the job. all right. we have more on the midterm...