That tipped the balance of the senate evening. In west village, Republican Congress woman shelly more kapato beat Jay Rockefellers seat. In arkansas, one term congressman and decorated war veteran tom cotton unseated democrat incumbent mark pryor. In south dakota, mike brown won the seat of tim johnson. In montana, an expected g. O. P. Pickup with steve dane winning that race against amanda curtis. Finally, in iowa jonni earnest defeating bruce braley. I wans electing their self their first female congress woman. In colorado, kori gardner ousting mark you remember udall. As you said, a great night for republicans so far, john. Stephanie, thank you. David, the Biggest Surprise tonight in your opinion . I think the Biggest Surprise is that congressman michael grimm, republican from new york under a 20 count criminal indictment, even he won his race. Thats how bad a night it is, they couldnt beat the guy who was indicted. This is a complete wipeout for the republicans. In danger of it los
Let people walk in the footsteps of gladiators in romes colosseum. This is Al Jazeera America, live from new york city. Im tony harris, today is the final day of campaigning before tomorrows midterm elections. Voters will determine the balance of power on capitol hill, and in state houses. The biggest prize is the control of the u. S. Senate. If the republicans take over, most of president Barack Obamas legislature in his last term of office will be dead. And getting approval for official nominees will likely not happen. David shuster is here. We have early information about early balloting. And what it may mean. To take control of the senate. Republicans need six senate seats. One of the reasons g. O. P. Is favourite is democrats are defending more seats than republicans. Here is the map of crucial races. Blue democrats, red, republicans. Retiring seats are not expected to be cheese. Not be close. Taking the numbers down to three. In the final election polling, republicans would flip
Small furry animal. His reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. Al has a busy morning, Severe Weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. A lot of questions being asked. Thats the top story this morning. The investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by police in front of hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. Pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. Pete, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of Mental Illn
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. You say you have amazing video later. Amazing video. Of the aurora borealis. Youll want to stay tuned for this. Hell show you next week. Lets start with the top story. The suspicious packages that led to tense moments at the Jacksonville International airport. Kerry sanders is there for us this morning. What happened. Well it is now confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office that one man is in custody. He has been arrested. Police say the zelko told the security checkpoint that, quote, ive got a bomb here. That setoff a response that landed him in custody. For unknown reasons, another man in the security line ran. He is manuel rivera. He was chased to the parking garage where he was arrested. The two men we
Its basically just straw thats all over these hillsides, and firefighters say with as windy as its been this morning, that this stuff burns just as fast as gasoline. What started as a small fire of less than an acre quickly grew to 150 acres in a matter of minutes. Whipped up by the intense winds. The fire chewed through dry, grassy fields north of livermore. Mk this fire ended up gettin into a plowed field. Had we not had this field here, this fire probably would have gone for 1,000 acres. Snoo no homes or buildings ever threatened this morning, but cal fire says this should be a warning of just how dangerous a wildfire can be right now. The highest potential right now because number one, weve had a drought year. Were into our normal season where we dont have rainfall, and we have wind conditions which are forecasted through this weekend. We have high velocity winds like this. The fires are going to spread at a rapid rate, and theyre just more difficult for us to control. This is not