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eastern. our thanks to you for let us into your home. we are so grateful. "the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> thank you. i'll see you tonight. i want to mention to viewers nicolle was just reporting on the new u.s. air strikes in syria. we have more on that later but we begin with the big political news right now in america. so tonight i say welcome to "the beat" with ari melber, and welcome to "the beat" with james carville, one of our special leadoff guests as we track what is clearly a political earthquake in america. democrats surging to victories as these results poured a ...

Also new today, the white house declaring that the isis caliphate in syria has been 100% defeated. but as that statement was made aboard air force one, there was heavy fighting. ben we'd mdeman has been in eas syria for the past seven weeks. so you tell me, does that match what you are seeing, ben? >> reporter: no, i'm afraid not. i really wish we could agree with the president that the caliphate has been 100% defeated. but for the last four hour, we've heard steady stwrooikair in addition to small arms fighting coming from albeit a very small bit of land at the bottom of the hill behind me. y...