Turning out that a very controversial trump judicial nominee may be hitting some turbulence tonight, and that is interesting on its own terms. It may also be part of a sign about turbulence to come in washington in this lame duck period before a lot of things are going to change in january. In is a Trump Nominee for a federal judgeship. Hes seen as a sort of poster child for Racial Discrimination in voting rights. Nevertheless, he was previously seen as a shooin because of republican control of the senate, but tonight it is a developing story that it looks like they may be yanking his nomination for lack of support. So that is an interesting developing story. Were going to have more on that ahead tonight. Were also getting the final races called from the midterm elections in terms of the house, and with these final races now shoring up, its starting to look like the size of the democratic partys win in congress not only exceeded expectations, it may have been an historic record. Well h
an historic record. we ll have more on that coming up as well. in terms of the midterm elections in the u.s. senate, though, the very last u.s. senate race is wrapping up tonight as we speak. and we are going to be covering this over the course of this hour. i will tell you, as we re starting to watch these results come in the u.s. senate race in mississippi tonight, if you need further civic inspiration about your importance as a citizen or what a big deal your one lone personal vote could be, i want you to also know that today in the great state of alaska, the state division of elections certified the results of this year s midterm elections in that state in alaska. one of the races that was certified today by the state is for a state legislative district, so a state house district. i think it s in fairbanks. it s house district 1. and i believe we can put up on the screen the results of that state legislative race in alaska as certified by the state today. the republican bart le bon