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A horrific scene in there there is blood everywhere. in the aftermath of the attack people are grappling with the pain of that community being targeted and want to become an all too familiar story every week. news of another mass shooting in the u.s. as well as the forced resignation yesterday of attorney general jeff sessions was quickly replaced the results of this weeks historic midterm elections will tonight we want to highlight the midterms historic first for the l.g.b. t.q. community its b...

A lot of the the rhetoric and the policies that we see coming out of donald trumps administration what a lot of people see as. anti diversity anti really anyone but you see the older white or male segment of the population that mostly is in trumps cabinet despite this incredibly diverse cohort of people entering congress now this midterm seem to also show again how divided the country is especially geographically what were the biggest trends that you saw there. it was an interesting night to wat...

Take a look at the numbers some time, they are publicly available, they are shocking. and they foretell an ominous future forla all of us. a country without strong families is a weak country. it is a volatile place, a chaotic place, it is a place susceptible to politicalis demagoguery. it is what america is becoming. if you want to stop that slide, support families. it is that simple. put another way, if your supposedly conservative economic program doesnt make it easier for young people to get ...

Around 35 seats, that gives them control, they needed 23, for control of the house, but some results are still pending. now let me put this in perspective. republicans actually had what is an amazing, historically speaking, election night. remember, 44 house republicans retired, that is a massive number. but here is the history, here are the headwinds, that very few people ever talk about. lets go back -- lets start with 2010. barack obamas first midterm. look at that. democrats lost in his firs...

General is under more pressure than he was before the midterms. >> trey gowdy said he had 37 pages of questions. i dont know if he was exaggerating. thank you for working late with us tonight. chief national correspondent ed henry is tracking the political fallout on capitol hill. >> reporter: the story of the midterm can be told to jeff sessions, democrats won the house so they are no longer just bellyaching, they can issue subpoenas and try to get to the bottom of what happened but donald trum...

>> i think last summer we all started to think this is something that could happen at any time, the president started tweeting, there was a "new york times" story where he expressed disappointment. the most part this was expected at some point that the attorney general would move on. last month i think the president said he was safe until after the midterms. i think people saw the midterms as a marker and how soon after that was anybodys guess. i dont think it was a complete surprise. maybe that...

Number one beating all of the networks and all of the cable channels. they did not amazing job. thats what theywn do. im proud to be a small part of this. and i love these colleagues. most of them are leak friends, all of them, as a matter of fact. thats all of the time. as always thank you for being with us. let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham is next live. well see you back here tomorrow night. . >> laura: im laura ingraham. this is the "ingram angle." >> breaking news on multiple f...

In a first midterm election since at least president kennedy in 1962. >> martha: president trump touting his midterm success after leaving his party to most would say some pretty substantial gains in the senate last night but the celebration quickly spiraled into a really chaotic environment during this news conference. the press brought the white house to the fever pitch today, trace gallagher has the story for us. >> the president says he is proud of republican victories in the senate, biparti...

His own political instincts. i will say this. those instincts are generally superior to all the so-called pros, many who a few months ago were predicting a big blue wave, which in the senate was more like a wave goodbye for democrats. in the end, the president accurately laid out what this midterm would hinge on. >> this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts, and common sense. thats what it is. >> laura: he couldnt have been more correct. in the end the mother l...

We will be discussing the effect of yesterdays midterm throughout the hour tonight paired up next, we will ask a democrat with the parties messages coming out of the midterms and what, if anything, democrats stand for. it dana perino also joins us, as well as who the democrats will choose for how speakers, that is on the lineup for tonight. we will come of course, also weed on the presidents firing of the attorney general. stay tuned. ♪ will it feel like the wheend of a journey?p working, or t...