some breaking political news. the democrats just picked up another seat in the house of representatives in a very high profile congressional race. georgia six, representative karen handle, the republican, just conceded the race to her opponent. this was the seat where there was that special election a year ago. now in republican hands no longer. democrats have picked up a number of seats since the polls closed on tuesday night. joining me now is a former democratic mayor of new orleans. thank you for being with us. we'll get to politics in a moment. >> thank you. >> but i want to get your reaction to what happened overnight in california.