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All throughout georgia, i dont care if youre rural or urban, and so people are ready. we poll very strongly, just like the rest of the nation does, for sensible gun control laws. and now its our legislature thats out of step and in fact, three of the most outrageous pieces of legislation that passed in the last couple of years in georgia were actually not supported in polling and were not supported by our law enforcement agencies across the board because it endangers their lives as well as the l...

Tighter, just 13,000 votes. well have more on what it all means politically. while it may take at least a few more days before the dust completely settles from this weeks midterm, the results were largely as expected. the most obvious change being that democrats will begin the coming year with a once in a generation house majority and some key gains at the state and local lechlvels. the real shift is how progressive messages are now starting to work in the reddest states. ill talk with fellow ra...

Versus president obama. we have president obamas endorsement that had more success, so how much of the events of this week do you see in part due to the midterm results? >> i do think that president trump has been kind of holding it in, leading up to the midterm, to the extent that thats possible for him, and you really saw an eruption of wildness starting with that press conference after the midterm results on wednesday with the banning of the cnn reporter, clearly something that he has been wa...

There remain whole bunch of races that have not been called. five congressional races in california alone as of tonight. so the final balance of power in washington after this weeks elections doesnt yet have a fine point on it. but what is clear already is that in this election, the democrats have gained more seats. the republicans have lost more seats than any other midterm election since 1974. now hmm, 1974. what was going on then, right? the 1974 midterm election was the immediate aftermath o...

Still very much in middle of is the election and its aftermath. there remain whole bunch of races that have not been called. five congressional races in california alone as of tonight. so the final balance of power in washington after this weeks elections doesnt yet have a fine point on it. but what is clear already is that in this election, the democrats have gained more seats. the republicans have lost more seats than any other midterm election since 1974. now hmm, 1974. what was going on then...

Bringing forth the possibility. so if this is an awakening of the citizens, not just women but young people and citizens and more people voting long lines than ever before in a midterm, thats terrific hope for the country. if the citizens are there, as fdr said, if the citizens are told what should be done, and they believe and understand where we should go by leaders and by their actions, you can never bet against america. so thats my hope. >> we needed make hope in these turbulent times as you...

John mccain, and everybody else in the world. jeremy bash still with us. guys, weve sat here in america land as the kavanaugh hearings played out, midterm elections played out. mueller not stopping his work but in the background doing whatever hes doing. the one thing prediction, jeff sessions going, has happened. the other thing were waiting for is the possibility that bob mueller, that the indictments, he doesnt do indictments but as a result of the investigation wed see indictments. mia, is t...

Try them today. all of a sudden theyre finding votes out of nowhere. and rick scott, who won by -- you know, it was close, but he won by a comfortable margin. every couple of hours it goes down a little bit. >> prior to departing for paris today, the president incorrectly weighing in on the florida senate race. he continued his attacks throughout his transatlantic fight. he was busy, must not have liked the movie, you be leashing a flurry of unsubstantiated allegations about so-called corrupti...

Time now. and i dont think hes surprised by any of whats going on. >> james, whats your take on this whole thing? i mean, it appears that whitaker could remain as acting attorney general for something like 210 days. thats like 7 months. i mean, do you think that its a real possibility that mueller would wrap this whole thing up while whitakers still in charge? >> i do think theres a chance its going to be wrapped up. obviously, its good form to stay away from dropping any bombs on this investiga...

Know were going have to wait and see what the data says about that or how many people really responded to that because hes sort of you know going back to the old themes that you know helped win him the presidency but if those are issues that really resonate still isnt clear to me because you know as you said rick of the democrats did make inroads in these former republican strongholds so thats got to worry the republicans a little bit i mean overall i think that the you know the shift of the hou...