Costly Midterm Election ever. A large number of races for the house and various governorships are too close to call but the big ties are for the senate. With 36 seats at stake. Republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. Our background tracker finds out if republicans have a better chance of taking control. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning. Annemarie, good morning. If republicans gain those six seats or greater in the senate as they are expected to, the gop will control the house and the senate for the First Time Since 2005. Now, that prospect has democrats doing all they can to get voters out to try to save their majority. Voters take to the polls today in an election that will determine which Party Controls the senate. Turn outin Midterm Elections is notoriously low, but some polling stations have prepared for large numbers. This is not fighting for voters theres so many incentives. Reporter republican kentucky senator Mitch Mcconnell is in a heated battle.
In congress. From massachusetts to florida and from West Virginia to colorado, the republicans won key senate, house and gubernatorial races. We had to hold our elected officials accountable. I wanted tell you right now, with your help and gods will, we will change the direction of our country. We will break down what happened in this, the most expensive Midterm Election in history, and look ahead to what it means for the 2016 race. President obama starts making grand bargains with his Republican Senate in the next two years, he creates a situation where democratic hardy that still has many advantages going into president ial cycle, could lose some of those advantages. And we will look at Ballot Initiatives including increasing the minimum wage which one in every state it was put before voters. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Republicans have emerged from tuesdays Midterm Elections with control of cong
Senate majority leader, says he shares Common Ground with the president on International Trade. What does this mean for the Transpacific Partnership . The controversial socalled free trade pact. Well speak with lori wallach, of public citizens global trade watch. Then, maui v. Monsanto. 87 to 1. That is the ratio agribusiness giants outspent supporters of a moratorium caps on hawaii, but they lost. In a victory for food safety advocates, voters on tuesday passed one of the strongest antigmo measures ever. If you want to have a conversation about gmo crops in maui, lets. But stop calling a suspension on gmo crops of farming ban. Please stop using us local farmers as pawns in your propaganda campaign. Campaigns claims are one more example of what this questionable Industry Needs more oversight. Well go to hawaii for an update and well speak with jerry greenfield, cofounder of ben jerrys ice cream. The company has campaigned heavily for gmo labeling, renaming one of its iconic flavors, fo
Also ahead this monday, the risks and rewards of private Space Exploration after two recent accidents raise new questions. Ifill plus, rare 1960s recordings from bob dylan and the band holed up in a barn, are released for the first time. Dylan described it. He said, its the way music should be made with the windows open, a dog lying on the floor and your friends the basement just doing what you want to do. Woodruff and, a West Virginia teenager campaigning out of her dorm room hopes to become the youngest person ever to serve in a state legislature. One of the biggest problems is people my age get their high school and College Education here and then they leave because they cant get a good paying job and so i want to be a part of making sure that my generation stays in West Virginia. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And
[ ] im bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, women and the midterms. 15 female Senate Candidates are running in next weeks elections. Only two are considered sure winners. Maines senator susan colins and Shelly Moore Capito from West Virginia both republicans n iowa one of two states that never elected a female governor or sent a woman to washington, joni ernst is courting the male vote and gender is an issue in the tight race in kentucky between Alison Lundergan grimes and Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell. There are 160 women running for u. S. House seats and that doesnt break any records. However, depending on the out come a number of tight races the center for american women in politics says there may be a Record Number of women members come january 2015 and the next session of congress. 36 states are electing governors, nine women, six democrats and three republicans are running. 4 of them are runnin