A republican tidal wave gives the republicans full control of the u. S. Congress. They needed a net gain of six seats to take the senate from the democrats. They got at least seven, giving them 52 seats. Three races are still undecided. Virginia, louisiana, where there will be a runoff, and alaska. Republicans also made significant gains in the house of representatives. Cnn projects they will have at least 243 seats, thats their biggest majority in the house of representatives since world war ii. So what happens now . What does all this mean for the republicans and the last two years of the Obama Presidency . The cover of the new york daily news, the front page features a picture of the president with the capture his hope turns to nope. Well hear from the president as i said in the next hour, hes holding a News Conference at the white house. That starts at 2 50 p. M. Eastern. Live coverage coming up here on cnn in the next hour. Well also hear from the man whos expected to become the n
Regime of kim jong un. Wolf blitzer is off. I am brianna keilar, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Our breaking news, donald trump may be off at his florida estate, but he is busy putting his cabinet together. Today the president elect picked two women for his administration, one of them a sharp critic. South carolina governor nikki haley. She is the daughter of indian immigrants. She is trumps choice for United Nations ambassador. Even though she backed two of his opponents and exchanged sharp jabs with donald trump during the campaign. She has no Foreign Policy experience but is a rising star in the gop and says she is accepting trumps offer out of a sense of duty. The president elect picked betsy devos, a Top Republican donor and School Choice activist to head the education department. Trump says shell, quote, help to break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back. And dr. Ben carson today tweeting that, quote, an announcement is forthcoming
And in a few states, they were successful. However, official saying in no case where the targeted Network Systems involved in the tallying of votes. Again, dhs notifying 21 states of hacking before the election in 2016. We are going to continue to follow the story and get reaction and fallout. Of course, as the special counsel, Robert Mueller continues to investigate any connection between the trump campaign, the trump team, any trump associates, and russia in trying to interfere with the 2016 election. I am bret baier reporting tonight from dallas. This is hour number two of our weeklong expanded special report. Arizona senator john mccain living up to his maverick reputation again tonight. He says he will not support the latest effort by his republican colleagues to get rid of obamacare. It could be the fatal blow to the measure, as you look at the votes. So now what . Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill tonight. Bret, good evening. Senator john mcc
Perspective. Good evening, mike. The Republican Health care reform bill is on second time in a row, he is a firm no. We should not be content passing Health Care Legislation on a party line basis as democrats did when they rammed though, care through congress in 2009. I cannot vote for the grahamcassidy proposal. Republican leadership cannot afford another. Top leadership member says it is not over yet. We still have an opportunity to do that until the end of next week, but the issue is not going away. We will be dealing with this going forward, because this individual marketplace is in free fall. Everybody knows that. Its a question of when and how we are going to fix it. Whoever votes against h care bill will forever future political campaigns, the republican who saved obamacare. Attention has quickly shifted to maine Susan Collins. Shes against supporting the grahamcassidy bill. She was also a no on Health Care Reform in july. Today, there was an effort by Vice President s before an
They have good taste. We start with President Trump preparing to leave the white house for a Campaign Rally tonight in North Carolina. The president now under heavy criticism for inviting the taliban to camp david for peace deal negotiations on the anniversary week of 9 11, only to call the meeting off in a tweet at the last second, citing a Taliban Attack in kabul that killed a u. S. Service member last week. All of this while on capitol hill the Democratic House committee prepares to vote to move even closer to formal impeachment proceedings. Our Kaitlan Collins is in fayetteville, North Carolina where the president is heading later today, and kaitlan, were learning that President Trump overruled the objections of some key advisers when he planned the taliban meeting in the first place. Who did he overrule, do you know . Reporter not many people agreed with the president when it came to this, not only on the venue but also on the tactic. As far as the strategy of this, we know that t