washington ratcheted up the pressure on iran at the naval strike group heads to the persian gulf to back up a u.s. aircraft carrier and bombers already there washington says it s responding to threats from terror on. welcome to the show south africa s governing african national congress has secured a 6th straight term and power but with a diminished mandate with all votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that s its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago the party has been battling corruption scandals a sluggish economy and record unemployment even so it was far ahead of its closest rival the opposition democratic alliance which trailed at just under 21 percent.
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 cannot make mismanagement. president 0 not pose a 2nd optimistic note after the initial results were announced let us know work together black and why men and women young and old to build a south africa that truly belongs to all who live in it as proclaimed
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 like, am i clapping, am i not? so the fact that you re seeing bipartisan support for paid family leave is a big start. that s right. now, he has never mentioned affordable child care in this country. compared to other developed nations, we are way behind. on both of those issues. affordable health care and paid leave. if you want to get this number up for women in the work force, that s what
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% majority. brian: a lot of take aways. if you re in leadership it s easy to get caught in leadership and that s the story in queens.
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 congressman but will lose his seat because the democrats always win from that particular district. he was one of the most powerful men in congress. he was closely aligned with nancy pelosi. there was some suggestion that if she steps aside or decides not to be the speaker, if they ever get the majority again, he might be the speaker. but now this says some crazy things about what is going