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One of the things that the democrat think will help them in the midwest is they think theyre running strong in these governors races. as we move west, number one, the democrats are still leading in two districts in kansas. this was the target race they did think they could get. were at 23%. kansas city, missouri here. suburban area. trouble even in kansas for donald trumps republican party. we move out here. 49-41. again, if this holds up, if the democrats retake the house and this is one of the...

Acosta. and lets not forget that still hovering out there and who knows what his schedule is, but perhaps he was waiting for the midterms to be over, is robert mueller. the special counsel investigating whatever happened or didnt happen with regards to obstruction of justice, any possible conspiracy with the russian government. and now there is a body in washington, d.c., a house -- the house of representatives, a chamber in congress, that is eager to hear what he has to say. >> and potentially ...

Laura jarrett it was the presidents chief of staff, john kelly, who called the attorney general this morning, the former attorney general we should say, he has now resigned, jeff sessions, to tell him that he needed to submit his resignation letter. so the president himself did not even call the attorney general, jeff sessions, to ask for the resignation letter. this was all before the press conference that the president had today where he was asked about jeff sessions and what would happen to h...

Attorney general josh hawley. in tennessee, former democratic governor phil bredesen and marsha blackburn are in a tossup race. this is one of the few states where democrats have a shot, a thin shot but a shot at winning a republican-held senate seat this evening. well see if there is a wave of any sort. were also watching that high-stakes florida governors race. the democratic mayor of tallahassee, andrew gillum, now holding a solid lead in his bid to be the states first-ever african-american g...

Majority. were looking at florida right now. all of a sudden, the numbers are coming in, the votes are coming in. >> they are, wolf. and weve seen some frantic tweets from the senate republican marco rubio, begging republicans to go out and vote and look at the numbers, this tells you why. the democratic incumbent, bill nelson, is ahead, 51.4%. rick scott, the republican challenger, is trailing at 48.6% with a third of the vote in now. so were watching florida incredibly closely right now. the d...

Republicans. one of the things were seeing tonight is the remaking of the american political map. in the houston suburbs in texas, democrats are leading in congressional races. republicans leading in rural minnesota. white, rural areas that used to be the backbone of the democratic labor party in minnesota, were not saying these republicans are going to win, but theyre leading. this is donald trumps republican party. its a different republican party. it was happening before donald trump, its acc...

How it plays out. paul davis, one of the many democrats who said under no circumstances will i vote for pelosi. doesnt matter. wont happen. 32% of the vote coming in. paul davis winning over the republican. thats early in the count there. if youre looking at the map y. the democrats did leave some seats on the table over this way. it looks like the midwest is being nicer to the democrats than other parts in the country. again, well come down here. this to me, this is will hurts district. again, ...

Regains -- or reconvenes in the house, assuming democrats have taken over, or not, either way, that will be a more trumpy republican caucus in the house of representatives. the critics will have been picked off quite a bit. >> yeah. what do they have in common? theyre moderate republicans going down to defeat because theyre associated presumably with the president of the united states. dana, youve got some projections in the senate. >> thats right, wolf. three projections. lets start with nebras...

There are critical governors races were getting some projections on. nia, what do you see? >> thats right, wolf. we can start in iowa. the winner cnn projects here is kim reynolds. she of course is the incumbent, now winning a first full term, defeating fred hubble in that midwestern state. in idaho cnn projects the winner in that state is brad little, defeating paulette jordan in idaho. we can move on to? other projections for democrats. in new mexico cnn project the winner in that race is mich...

Call. remember, democrats must pick up 23 republican seats and not lose any of their own to become a majority in the house of representatives. very early, were counting down now to the next round of poll closings, more early tests of whether the democrats are on track to win back the house or possibly the senate at 7:30 p.m. eastern, polls close in north carolina, ohio, and west virginia, three states president trump won back in 2016. jake, this is potentially hostile territory for the democrats...