Page 7 - 57 5 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A 6th straight term in power in what some are calling a fall from grace it did win 57.5 percent of the vote but that amounts to its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago in 2nd place came the office democratic alliance at just under 21 percent is the african national just gave the a.n.c. half the slap on the wrist but in the end the party managed to hold on to power it is really tough to africa since apartheid and then 25 years ago his popularity has steadily declined. election victory means that the party now is a chance to reverse its drift into corruption and i cann...

The population, that would stand to reason. women's participation is 57.5%. all the women available to work who could be working, 57.5% are. that peaked in 2000. interesting problem. we're seeing a smaller number of women who could potentially be working in the work force. >> here is a positive, though. the president talked about paid family leave. and when he did, it was one of the rare moments when you saw republicans and democrats both stand up and clap. now, he brought this point up the last two years when he had spoken before congress, and i remember the first year sort of paul ryan was l...

One to have big ones is here in new york state. you are looking at the face of a shocked 28-year-old democrat socialist by the name of alexandria ocasio-cortez, against joe crowely, one of the most powerful guys in congress and she beat him. there were two debates. he never showed up. i think he's probably kicking himself. i probably should have done a little more. ainsley: you have to show up to debates and effort and work and if not you will not stand out in the crowd and she beat him. she's a bernie volunteer. she's from a puerto rican family. she is a socialist and she won with a 57.5% maj...

One stick out is the one that joe crowley lost. he has won this race 10 times. he never got out of primary this time. not only did he lose this to 28-year-old socialist. he lost by 15 points. ainsley: won by 57.5 majority. she is 28 years old. she is going to be running in november against the republican anthony pappas. if she wins and becomes congresswoman youngest congresswoman ever. steve: that's the moment she heard that she had won. she is looking up at the screen and realizes that she had been declared the winner by the associated press. here's the thi joe crowley. who is currently the c...

Tribune 61 people shot in the windy city over christmas weekend and at least 11 people died from their wounds. police say these weren't random acts of violence. >> these were deliberate shootings by one gang against another. they were targeted knowing fully well that individuals would be at the homes of family and friends celebrating the holiday. while this is the sickening reality, it shows yet again that our penalties for caring and using guns here in chicago are just not an effective deterrent against repeat gun offenders. >> according to police, there have been 753 murders in chicago so fa...