Are still being counted. The big khroe is when the state or commonwealth in this case suffice the election results. The secretary of state will do that. Were watching. Lambs strong showing is sure to make republicans anxious about the november midterm elections. It is also a message to democrats about what kinds of candidates need to be cultivated to be competitive in gop districts. All this as we are told to expect morin stability after yesterdays public firing of secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Question is who is next to go . We have it all covered. Lets begin with Alex Marquardt in canonsburg, pennsylvania. An extraordinary night. They said it would be close. And look at these numbers. The two candidates, now that all the ballots are in, are divided by just. 2 . We just got a new batch of votes. Lamb is still leading with 641 votes. From our understanding is saccone could still pull it out in the remaining votes. It is a long shot, but he could still do it. Thats why he didnt concede last night. Had the two canndidate went to bed, he had not been seated. It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it. Tonight we is celebrate regaining our voice and our vote in the great business of governing this country with we love. Were still fighting the fight. Its not over yet. Were going to fight all the way to the end. You know i never give up. Reporter now, i spoke with the saccone lamp after the victory speech. They said they will wake up at home. They will figure out the best way forward and what their options are. Why this is such a an incredibly important election, this is a district where, as you mentioned, trump won in 2016 with 20 of the vote. The last two congressional races in 2014 and 2016 democrats didnt even field a candidate. An incredible amount of money was spent on this race. 10. 7 million from outside groups backing rick saccone. It would be a huge embarrassment if they were to lose this district. Another interesting facet is its largely symbolic. These two men, if they want to be in office, if they want to be in congress after the midterms in november, theyre going to have to run again. Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled that the congressional districts that are jerry manned erred. They have looking like saccone will have to run in the new 14th district and lamb in the new 17th district. No more mention of this 18th district. Alisyn, chris, there is a possibility that both of these men could be in congress after november. Okay. Thank you very much, alex. We will keep checking back as the numbers tick up. We have john avlon and ed brownstein. Great to see both of you. Lets assume conor lamb is the winner. If its just mostly symbolic, what does this say . Does it say more about how republicans are feeling today or are democrats activated . This is a wild night. Showing every vote matters. But the reason it really matters, its a question of whether we have a cryst crystallization of the blue wave that the democrats are hoping and praying for, the long ball the take back the house in 18. This is a district that is classic. It is a trump district in a classic swing state that not only he won 20 points ago. But democrats didnt even field a candidate the last two times. Regardless of the outcome, and lamb is keeping a close edge, use a confirmation this blue wave is real. That means democrats are motivated, republicans are depressed and swing voters are swinging against trump toward the d. There are 1,400 ballots out there still to be read. Saccone has to win about 70 of them to overcome the gap with lamb right now. What do you see and what is relevant about this district . What is the message for the gop and the democrats Going Forward . The first point is the one john made. It continues the pattern we see, enormous Democratic Energy and a surge in democratic turnout. If you pair total votes to what Hillary Clinton got in 2016, it is a much higher percentage what that is saccone was able to match up. On the other hand, i would say that this says that the White Working Class communities are still a tough, tough slog for the democrats. Conor lamb did better than Hillary Clinton, as you point out. Still in the most white blue collar, washington county, 53 , they are gains but still tough, grudging gains from 2016 in those areas. It says to me that the principle democratic opportunity is white collar suburbs. The part of the district where lamb did better did best, around allegheny. Places that look like that are the epicenter of republican vulnerability in 2018. But this also shows the democrat with the right candidates, what rahm emanuel did in 2006, when he ran in red leaning areas, can put some of those plates in place. A couple districts in iowa. Maybe Central Valley in california. Democrats have to localize. But after last night the principle vulnerability remains more white collar than blue collar, even though lamb made some gains there. Isnt that a message, to chriss point, the kind of candidate if you want to win over is the conor lamb model is veteran, personal pro life. Antipelosi. Antigun control. Thats a big deal. And it goes to the heart of the war that we dont talk about. Hillarybernie divide. They are not going to pick up seats like this to have the majority. Conor lamb does check off all the litmus test boxes. He is tight with unions, but former federal prosecutor. He would not support pelosi, therefore blunting that attack from the right. Democrats need to tack it to heart. Both parties have to play beyond their base. The fact that this is won in suburban districts outside pittsburgh, allegheny county, that he wants a crucial stretch for democrats. We dont know who won yet. Why dont parties usually like to do this . Conor lamb is an independentdemocrat hybrid. Look, the idea its very hard to build given the diversity of the country, its hard to build a 218seat majority if everyone is in lockstep. He is a blue dog democrat. On economic issues, he ran against the trump tax cut, defended Social Security and medicare. He defended unions, as john said. He is someone who is someone extinct. It is not as though they have to be culturally con receiver active. You really have to look at this through two different lanes. You have the blue collar places where they made enormous gains. They followed the path and won in 2016. You do need more cultural concerted democrats. That was shown in 2006. In the big metros outside philadelphia, orange county, connecticut, denver, minneapolis, chicago, they may be better to the left particularly with things like guns. The message is one size does not fit all to. Win a majority, you have to be a coalition. Which is why a straight jacket doesnt work for parties trying to reach a majority. One final thing that ron mentioned. In 06, rahm emanuel in the house and Chuck Schumer on the other side. You can see signs of this coming forward for 18. The overall level of Democratic Energy. That is just important here. You are seeing consistently in race after race, democrats are overperforming. It doesnt mean everyone that is less than plus 20, has been to be clicking in their boots dont. Particularly in the white collar suburbs, a big movement away from the runs. Last night was the first time we saw any crack in that defense, the blue collar, even though democrats won over 70 of noncollege whites in those elections. That could not have happened for it to be this close. A tough terrain for democrats but beginning of an open in the wall that conor lamb showed. Cultural conservative and new deal economics. You can committee in these places even if its tough. Thank you very much. Well obviously watch it throughout the program. 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Sources tell cnn that National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster could soon be headed out the door and that President Trump has been pursuing potential replacements for chief of staff john kelly, despite praising him on tuesday while speaking to marines. I think he likes what you do better than what he does, but hes doing a great job. He misses you. Reporter sources say the president has also grown irritated with David Shulkin and is making plans to remove him. Mr. Trump eyeing rick perry as his replacement, citing Foreign Policy stkpraeplts as the reason for his firing. We disagreed on things. When you look at the iran deal, i think its terrible. I guess he thought it was okay. I wanted to either break it or do something, and he felt a little bit differently. So we were not really thinking the same. Tkpwh reporter by contrast, placing mike pompeo, who he chose as tillersons replacement. We are always on the same wavelength. The relationship has been good. Thats what i need as secretary of state. Reporter he will enter a state department void of senior leaders. At the cia, Current Deputy director and 30year veteran is his pick, which would make sure the fir the first woman leader of the agency. She played a role in the agencys destruction of tapes of torture of detainees. She implemented orders and was doing her job. Gina is a solid professional. She has great experience. Reporter President Trump also firing husband longtime personal assistant john macatk macken tee sources say he was escorted from the white house on tuesday but shortly afterwards the president s Reelection Campaign announced that he will be joining as Senior Adviser. When President Trump is facing a situation where he now has a lot of senior aides he needs to fill at the state department but he is losing them at a rapid pace. Tillerson and mcentee, hope hicks, the Communications Director josh raphael, bob poro or and others. He is heading to a boeing plant in st. Louis. Abby, thank you very much. Lets bring in john avlon and david gregory. You have how the tillerson thing was handled. That made a lot of waves. And then the simply reality that trump continues to thin out the ranks and put in loyalists. Where are your concerns . Well, first of all, on style what you see is the president seeming very confident. There is a lot of spin there that now he is getting it the way he wants it. This is not the way he wanted it. He has a chaotic administration that reflects his own erratic behavior and decision making. In this particular instance he has somebody who is closer not to his personality but to his thinking on hot button issues internationally. He is a hard liner. Certainly a hard liner on issues like north korea and iran. But he has proven himself to be a shrewd insider not just within the west wing but in the government overall, which is a plus for the country and a plus for the role as secretary of state. What i think is of concern is that the president still out of his own insecurity goes out of his way to show hes in charge by breaking the china as much as he can. By the way, im the boss. He leaves that out. In case anybody tpheufd that, thats what hes saying. Hes the boss. Hes in control. Hes feeling confident. It is going to be done his way. Note one difference the way they get fired. Hope hicks to h. R. Mcmaster, noise the president with his presentations and the like, to a guy like jim mattis, who is no shrinking violet. But you never hear from him publicly. He does all of his work privately. Thats what the president prefers. Here is a list of who he is considering firing next. David shulkin secretary of veteran affairs. Jeff sessions, as we know. H. R. Mcmaster. John kelly, who as we know has been in the crosshairs. Ryan zinke. Who forced him to have the last cabinet . Who speaks for those . Exactly. Item kael they begin fietypical fielding their best team. It is a sign of dysfunction. Tillerson lasted 14 months as secretary of state. That is 42 scaramuccis, which is the official new measurement. Bad blood between those signs. Tea party congressman. His v. A. Secretary may be next. His National Security adviser, possibly his chief of staff. Youre doing a great job is the new euphemism for youre going to be fired soon. Two parts of the trump base, david, they will hear this. Shake is it up. Shake it up. They will gloss over the fact that he is shaking up his own mistakes. There is no leadership. That means the mandate, different operational capacities. They already have all of these staffing all over the place. I dont know if we have a graphic on that. 18 months into this administration, they havent been made. Youre underperforming when you dont have the leadership in place. That matters too. It does. In this way, im sorry. I think there is a new opportunity for pompeo. I have the same question for Rex Tillerson yesterday as i did on day one, which is what were you thinking coming to work for this president given your background. He did not cover himself in glory. He was not accountable to the press. He showed a kind of at some level, kind of disdain for diplomacy compared to how he used to do things. Mike pompeo, coming from the cia, a tough bureaucracy, get it back in play. Because maybe you saw henry kissing quoted in the new york times, he understands the linkages being close to this president. That may be better for capacity. What john was alluding to in National Security, you have to have good lines of communications and good interagency process. How does state deal with the defense, deal with the cia, the National Security adviser and ultimately the president. What worries me is what the president is doing is purging people who can effectively say put the brakes on this, think about this differently. He may not feel that he needs the influence, the tutoring that he needed in that first year. Lets talk about gina haspel, the president s pick to head the cia as pomp peyo moves on. She was notable because she ran this secret prison in thailand where there were brutal interrogation. It was one of the darkest chapters in american history. The senate must do its job in scrutinizing the record and involvement of gina haspel in this disgraceful program. I think she will still make the republican majority. And the elevation of senior members of these life staff, at the cia. George tenet being an example. A lot of times the political appointees dont last long and are bad for morale. She was also was implicated in an attempt to destroy tapes of waterboarding procedures. Her role and responsibility is going to be vague. Phil mudd puts it well. You all know him. You cant hold someone accountable for operating a program that was decided above their head. 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