In the Virginia Statehouse and senate on the ballot. You might remember in 2017, so two years ago, right, the last year we had a big offyear election in virginia, there was a huge blue wave in virginia. Remember that . The Democratic Candidates running for statehouse in virginia two years ago got more than 200,000 more votes than their republican opponents who they were running against. But it was a fascinating thing to watch Election Results two years ago in virginia. Because getting the most votes didnt translate into democrats getting the most seats in the Virginia House that year. Because the republicans had gerrymandered the state so badly to make it easier for them to win more seats even when they didnt have more votes, when the results came in virginia two years ago tonight, republicans even though theyd had 200,000 fewer votes than the democrats, they had won 50 seats in the statehouse while democrats had only won 49. It was nuts. It was like a perfect distillation of how gerry
From now. The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. H good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams, whos under the weather tonight. , hes hoping to return to the to lineup soon. It is day 1,021 of the Trump Administration. The president is back on the ra campaign trail in louisiana tonight, one night after bruising Election Results for republicans and hours after houseic democrats announced the impeachment effort is about to go public. Open hearings get under way exactly one week from today. Ri tonight in the state he twice called louisiana, trump again lashed out at the democrats. Democrats are becomingly increasingly totalitarian, suppressing dissent, defaming the innocent, eliminating due process, staging show trials, and trying to overthrow american democracy to impose their socialist agenda. Tonight the Washington Post is reporting that trump wanted attorney general william barr to hold a News Conference declaring tha
Pence appears ready to testify this week. And ambush. Nine women and children all american shot and burned to death in a horrific attack near their ranch in mexico. Was this mass murder a case of mistaken identity . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. House democrats releasng transcripts of the impeachment inquiry testimony by two more key witnesses including President Trumps ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. He has amended his testimony to describe a quid pro quo with ukraine. Sondland now said that he was told by ukraine official his country was unlikely to get hundreds of Million Dollars of u. S. Military aid until it publicly announced an investigation of President Trumps political rival joe biden and his son hunter biden. Well talk about the breaking news with congressman John Garamendi. And our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, lets go to our justice correspondent jes
Hundreds of millions in u. S. Military aid in return for dirt on joe biden. It is a big night for the democratic candidate in kentucky. In the governors race there. Lets get to john king. At the magic wall. Good evening to you. Again kentucky is our main event. What is the latest . The democratic attorney general besheer will go to bed believing he is the democratic governor elect of the state of kentucky. The republican bevin on the downside here. 5,600 votes behind. Its close. But 5,600 vote lead for the democratic. Bevins says i wont concede tonight. Well see what happens. Everyone in the state seems to believe besheer comes out on top. How did he do it in a red state . Run it up. Were seeing it in kentucky tonight. Run it up in an urban area. Jefferson county. Run it up and big. Thats an impressive start. You come out to another Large Population area. Lexington. Run it up and big. For this area. Where the people are the democrats especially in the suburbs. Suburbs again. Bring this
It doesnt matter if its our family or somebody elses family, theyre not being stopped. And they have no conscience. They will do what they want to do and regardless. There is no consequences for it. Bill these interviews difficult to listen to. William la jeunesse has our Coverage Today on what we have learned overnight. William, hello. This may have been a targeted hit. As we reported yesterday in the 1 00 p. M. Hour one man is in custody and he could be connected to this massacre but this is still in flux. The head of mexico state security in mexico city said there was an arrest yesterday. But there was another shooting in sonora on monday near the mormon massacre and they havent confirmed the man in custody is one of those suspected in killing the mother and children. The attorney general of sonora, in another operation nearby one person was found with weapons. This person had two people in custody. They were gagged. These people could be related to the incident. However, it is stil