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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...

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...

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 general of the united states in any other circumstances, because of all that, it's been widely suspected since that appointment was first announced, that the whole reason whitaker was installed at justice was to squash the mueller investigation behind the scenes, with mueller now reporting with whitaker. the regulations that govern the special counsel's office say that mueller has to run by whitaker ...

Disappointment in the recusal from all things related to the 2016 election and campaign. >> does this mean the president expects whitaker to shut the investigation down or to limit it? >> no, that's not the reason that the president has asked him to step in as acting attorney general. >> it's the reason session was out, but it's not the reason whitaker is in. so says the white house. but in the old washington, republicans wouldn't likely have launched an investigation to find out if that statement was true. but house democrats seem all but certain to do just that and folks, this is just one im...