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This is a completed county. this is the only one where we got 100% reporting right now, and espy is running 5 points better with 100% than obama did in 2012. he needs six points on average statewide. >> that's fascinating. steve kornacki, thank you, my friend. please peep if there are any changes we need to know about while we continue our broadcast this hour. all right. to the other major story we've been watching unfold over the course of this afternoon into this evening. as you know, on the morning after the midterm elections, president trump fired attorney general jeff sessions and insta...

About the investigation. including the decision to bring new indictments, stick a pin in that, also, any decision to make any sort of public report or any other major steps. since whitaker was appointed, we have, in fact, seen no new indictments from mueller and his team. now, if you're worried about the importance and the integrity of the mueller investigation, if you're worried about the possibility that it might be shut down behind the scenes, given the importance of what that investigation is into, it's a little unsettling to recognize that if matt whitaker is throttling the mueller invest...

Investigation behind the scenes. with mueller now reporting to matt whitaker, the regulations that govern the special counsel's office essentially say that mueller has to run by whitaker any major decisions about the investigation. including the decision to bring new indictments, stick a pin in that. also, any decision to make any sort of public report or any other major steps. since whitaker was appointed, we have in fact seen no new indictments from mueller and his team. now if you're worried about the importance and the integrity of the mueller investigation, if you're worried about the pos...

Seats for democrats on the house side. that's the last remaining seat left in congress. over to you, rachel. >> all right, now, to the other major story we've been watching unfold over the course of this aft afternoon and this evening. as you know, president trump fired jeff sessions and installed in his place a man named matt whitaker. given whitaker's previous report of highly critical statements about robert mueller and the russia investigation, and mr. whitaker's otherwise thin and sort of troubled resume that by no stretch of the imagination would make him a contender to be the attorney g...

Just wanted to get your reaction to that. i feel like it's very unusual to see what is in effect a draft indictment, to see any court documents in a legal proceeding. >> it is. i imagine what would have taken place here is the special counsel would have presented this packet to corsi and his lawyers so that he could be sure, okay, this is what i'm prepared to plead guilty to, this is what the cooperation agreement will say. this is what i'm admitting. so it wouldn't be unusual to provide that in detail. it would be very unusual for them to make it public like this. and it does beg the question...