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How would you describe though, the energy of the democrats on capitol hill? is it, lets see what the autopsy says? is it still a defeatist attitude? what are you seeing and hearing? >> reporter: i think theres a sense that there were voices that needed greater representation and i dont think there was any real threat to chuck schumer as the next leader. hes done a lot of the work behind the scenes in building the relationships with fellow senators and the real question will be, does a bernie san...

For more, i want to bring in democratic congressman adam schiff of california. congressman, nice to see you. >> good to see you. >> so, we just reported that they will now -- you will now have your elections for house leadership for the democrats on november 30th. do you support that idea of kicking the can down the road a bit? >> you know, im fine with that. i think other members wanted more time to discuss just what happened this election. i dont think it means any dramatic change in terms of ...

Since 1986, dennis has been a leading competitor, winning the world championship in 1992. >> one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place. >> dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, theres a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and ...

>> one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place. >> dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, theres a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and its heavier than hes used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80...

>> lets listen to one other thing that president obama said today about trying harder the next time. lets listen to this. >> thats the way politics works sometimes. we try really hard to persuade people that were right. and then people vote. and then if we lose, we learn from our mistakes. we do some reflection. we lick our wounds. we brush ourselves off. we get back in the arena. we go at it. we try even harder the next time. >> tavis, that sounds like an echo of dr. king, the notion that you c...

Echo of dr. king, the notion that you can have a bad day. you can have a really big setback like this, but you just have to try harder. >> well, i accept that on one level. and im a prisoner of hope. im not an optimist. optimism suggest theres is a particular set of facts or circumstances, conditions, something you can see, feel, or touch that gives you reason to be optimistic. im not an optimist. but i am eternally a prisoner of hope so. i believe in hope built. the same token, i believe that h...

And thats whats so hurtful about this. not that just hillary clinton lost, but our image of who we are as a people, that were tolerant, decent people. suffered a real setback. that doesnt mean we cant get that back. we face challenges in the past to our democratic system, throughout american history, from slavery to, you know, naziism. we have faced challenges before to who we are as a people. and weve risen to it. so what she was saying -- this is so important. stay in that fight. dont give up ...

In raleigh tonight. the justice department announcing it will monitor voting in four counties on election day next tuesday t. justice department not saying why it will show robeson and wake counties. the naacp is accusing them of conducting a voter purge targeting african-americans. defense attorneys in tallie of s christie plotting the lane close years of george washington bridge, asking for a mistrial. the judge saying she will not change instructions given to jurors, they could find them guil...

It is incumbent upon the fbi to tell us what theyre talking about. >> this is bigger than watergate in my opinion. >> yes, believe it or not, they agree on at least one thing. welcome, everybody, were so grateful to have you with us. im christi paul. >> im victor blackwell. less than two weeks left until election day. hillary clintons campaign for president facing what could be, could be here a setback. its thanks to an investigation into anthony weiner and his alleged sexually explicit text mes...

Toll in syria just continues to rise. ivan watson, cnn, istanbul. youre watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead, anthony weiners questionable behavior. it is reigniting the e-mail controversy in the clinton campaign, something theyd hoped was behind them. details on that ahead. plus, the campaign to remove venezuelas embattled president suffers a setback. were live from atlanta, broadcasting across the united states and around the world this hour. this is "cnn newsroom."