new york i m ayman mohyeldin it is election night in america, and we are going to go straight to steve kornacki at the big board who has some breaking news for, us just in the last couple of minutes. steve, take it. away yes, even for folks who are watching this, hour we said we would get one big batch of votes, to san francisco about 12 minutes ago, we did. it s the mail-in vote, this is the recalled of the district attorney, just about dean. and you could see it s two thirds more of the vote over 60% voting yes an nbc news has now declaring that the district attorney of san francisco has been recalled from office. the margin from these mail-in ballots are just so enormous, you could see here nearly a 23 point spread in favor of him calling in for ops office. there just aren t going to be enough votes to overcome that. even if you were to do well with what is to come. he is getting absolutely blown out here. he will be recalled from office. what does that mean,? immediatel
am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
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Communicators congo a discussion of the communicators, a discussion of telecom in washington this fall. Joining us are three working reporters covering this issues, covering congress, sec, our other agencies. John hendel is with politico. Lydia beyoud is with event driven. And Tara Jeffries is with bloomberg bna. Before we get into these issues, i want to ask you all an opening question to see where we go. The influence today of some of the larger Tech Companies, and here in washington. Is it growing, is it outsized . Lydia thats a great question. We are seeing a pivot. In the trunk administration, away from wellrecognized influence by Tech Companies like google and facebook, towards skepticism. Influence under the Previous Administration is under a different light here. Tara i would agree. I think the trunk administration has not shown the same focus on tech groups and companies that the Obama Administration did. Thankfully, we are seeing conversations in congress about it as well, gi
To republicans in exchange for not tanking the economy. If neither side budges, the Government Shutdown could collide with the debt ceiling deadline in some two weeks, potentially adding far more serious ramifications for the economy and perhaps our markets as well. Well have full coverage of the shutdown for you and the weeks other top stories, in particular the rocky start of obama cares Online Health insurance exchanges, glitches and bottlenecks reported across the country as the Obama Administration curiously staying quiet on exactly how many people were able to enroll in obama care. Also congresswoman, registered nurse dianne black says individuals and families should be able to benefit from the same oneyear delay of the obama care program as the president gave big business, and with a unique and special perspective into a Government Shutdown, were joined by former House Majority leader, tom delay. He helped guide the Republican Party in the 199596 showdown with president clinton.