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From, from... from darkness to light. ♪ youre not gonna say it are you? ♪ ♪ >> ed: the politicians have spoken. now some of the borders. >> julie: yeah, they have. >> ed: capping one of the most intense midterm elections in the history, and it ends with a split decision. as democrats had hoped and republicans have feared, they have taken control of the house. but republicans have kept control of the senate, and look like they will expand their edge depending on some hot senate battles, it ...

>> in the states he plays well he plays very well. i could give you the opposite. we won pennsylvania, michigan, we won west virginia. so there was a lot. we flipped seven governorships, including we now have three of the four blue wall. we have michigan, we have pennsylvania, and we have wisconsin. i dont see anyone talking about wisconsin. >> bill: is this shaping up like a split decision? can republicans claim a lot of victories and democrats claim some, too? >> trump defied history and had a...

Just laid out that the special counsel is after. >> john heilemann, firing sessions, not surprising and potentially not politically perilous for the president. but naming whitaker could be like all things trump, the second half of the sentence that gets him in trouble. >> sure. although in some sense also not surprising, i think the thing so jarring -- whats jarring about this is not -- weve talked for months about the fact sessions is going to go some time after the midterms. its that it happen...

To do so. we seen that with him. >> john, stay with me. again, your insight is invaluable on a night like today. i want to invite in professor from george town university, we have discussed the three branches of government the congress, which was won by democrats the white house with the president and the courts in the independent rule of law plays in our republic i want to turn now, professor dyeson, having layout the legal side. what object the public? all three of those branches are ultimatel...

Assertive as weve got to be. women show that democrats can be tough on national security, but also reflect the values that most democrats have on so many other issues. >> when you see so many veterans win, does it give you more hope there will be bipartisanship? veterans know how to work with anyone. when you were in the fox hole with someone, theyre on your team and your common goal is to protect. >> between women who know how to work well with others and get things done, and people who come fr...

And a spread sheet that catalogues more than 100 formal requests from this congress spanning nearly every committee. james comeys firing, president trumps tax returns and a hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. john helman has joined our conversation. good morning, john. thanks for stopping by. >> this is like the old days, like the way too early days. >> were in the window. >> i feel like theres a wave of nostalgia coming over me or it could be the crystal meth kicking in. >> thanks f...

Willie, its almost 8%. and another thing happened last night, too, with democrats picking up some important gubernatorial seats. redistricting in 2020 is not going to be as rigged as it was in 2010. >> i got some pickups for you for democrats. pickups in illinois. >> yeah. >> and these are the biggest states. >> illinois, cast. >> wow. >> new mexico, michigan and how about wisconsin. scott walker goes down last night. >> wow. >> well, here is the bottom line, some call it a split decision, but h...

Split decision with democrats taking control of the house and republicans holding onto the senate. heres where things stand at this moment. are you tired? in the house democrats flipped more than two dozen republican-held districts, grabbing the majority for the first time in eight years. among the republican incumbents who lost, dave brat and barbara comstock in virginia. illinois congressman -- in the senate, republicans actually added to their majority. red state democrats like joe donnelly, ...

About. so were checking in on where voters across the nation were on both of those issues. take a look at this. the view of kavanaughs supreme court appointment, 43% of voters say they support it, 48% -- more -- say they were opposed to the kavanaugh appointment to the supreme court. not a clear winner nationwide across all voters today for the president. we asked the same thing about hits immigration policies. are they too tough or not tough enough? this seems to be a split also. 47% say the pr...

This evening. karl, let me go to you first. no matter what happens, hell be blamed for somehow being a failure in all of this. >> since 1860 weve only had three instances where the party of the president has picked up seats in the house in the midterm election, so lots of presidents of great names have been blamed for the defeat of their party. this election has played out weirdly like so many things the last couple of years. with the president being the beneficiary of allowing held campaign ext...