roads and full creeks and streams and clogged storm drains. also a flash flood warning in effect for parts of moore county and cumberland county. because of the woodlake dam is still at risk of failure. we re keeping a close eye to see if it will breached fully but it s something to keep in mind. 45 degrees is the current temperature in raleigh. highs ths afternoon once again in the 60s with normal highs of 74. the full forecast coming up. emergency officials are keeping a close watch on the tar river. this will crest sometime between 8 am-10 am this morning which could force the diet to fail. catastrophic flooding in 1999 from hurricane floyd and there were to could happen again this is what the tar river looks like yesterday. it will crest between 8-10 am this morning anyone how high the water gets it might get to the point princeville dike is unable to hold all the water. if that happens the town could flood ere s a mandatory evacuation happening in princeville all
we are cutting think the rhetoric, and examing the issues and soon we will know who is going to capitol hill, as america votes. the long and expensive midterm election campaign is over today. voters are casting ballots that will have widespread impact, the big prize is control of the u.s. senate, and just a hand full of states could determine which party controls that chamber. more on what to watch tonight, set the stage for us. we should remind everybody, the polls are still open. get out there and participate. for for purposes of calling a senator majority. under a 8:00 p.m., for republicans can flip new hampshire the gop chance of reaching 51 seats and taking control of the senate will rise dramatically. these are seats that republicans are defending, and democratic victory in either georgia or kentucky would raise the democratic chances of holding on to the u.s. senate s majority. kentucky is particularly interesting because it features republican senate leader, he is t
there are still 40 seats. this is being updated as we go. congress with new 40 undecided. there were 36 gubernatorial races. republicans currently have 29. democrats of 21. 31 republicans will serve as governor. 15 will serve as democratic governors. five races are still undecided. 202 is the area code for all of our numbers. if you would like to make a comment on yesterday s election, you can send a tweet at c-span or join the conversation on facebook. greta bronner s at the news desk with more results. we will begin with those senate and governor s races we don t know yet who the winner is. the alaska senate race was closely watched, highly competitive. the former alaska department of natural resources commissioner the incumbent democrat. hims him 49-45% leading 49-45%. tuesday s election given early lead to the independent over sean parnell. the difference was thin and it remains so. colorado governor s race also to close to call. thatenver post reporting the democrat
courts i missed you all. i missed you all. you did? i hope you did not believe it. never do. [laughter] good. i m going to start by congratulating my friend, senator mitch mcconnell. as you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i don t think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than mitch mcconnell. also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohio s eighth congressional district. you know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more accountable government here in washington, d.c. and right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the american people s priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. you have heard me talk many times about the many jobs bills that the outgoing senate majority has ignored. those bills wi
its gates. what would the central african republic look like today if no african or european union peacekeepers no u.n. peacekeepers, had come to civilianstacks all by of civilians, being massacred with abandon. the violence and suffering would likely have been much worse. the one in question does not let anybody off the hook. not peacekeepers, not that countries that fund and support theekeeping and authorize admissions. nobody gets off the hook. it does remind us of why this effort was so worthwhile and why american leadership is so critical. it is because places like sierra leone and south sudan and the central african republic are better off than they would have been without peacekeeping does not mean that the institution is where it needs to be. nor does it mean that we are satisfied with peacekeepers filling parts but not all of their mandates, or peacekeepers standing up to protect civilians some of the time rather than all of the time. we are not. when the stakes