See. All of this is live. There are no reruns in this part of our coverage. Lets head over to msnbcs Steve Kornacki. Steve, i feel like even though this is really five states yet to be called and one, North Carolina, were not talking about much because they havent been producing new vote totals and Neither Campaign seems to be as focused on North Carolina so it is really four states. Even with only four states on the board i do feel like the potential yalties of what these results might mean toward who is going to be the next president sometimes get conflated in my mind. Maybe ive been on the air too many hours. Its true. All this talk about arizona and, you know, trump could overtake biden there plaus baibly and we get an update tomorrow morning. In georgia biden might overtake trump and it might land in the zone where there is a recount. Heres the ball game at the moment. Its pennsylvania. You just mentioned it. Donald trump leading by 42,000. Dwindling with every update. We set it u
Announcer washington journal continues. Host we continue our focus on wisconsin as part of washington journals midterm battleground series. Our rest is university of wisconsin madison lytic vassar Political Science Professor Larry burton. What is it about wisconsin that makes it a battleground state . And not just this cycle but at least since the year 2000 and maybe even before that. Guest i think that is what is stunning about wisconsin, it remains competitive even as the demographic in the state shifts. Like many states, there is in flux and out flux, populations in different parts of the state but there is sort of a magical balance that, as democrats, they gain democrats makings in one place, republicans gain elsewhere and they seem to offset perfectly. An example in madison, there is a large democratic vote thing to growing, booming part of the state, delivering a lot of votes to democrats but seems to be offset almost perfectly by the rise of republican votes in rural parts of th
Announcer washington journal continues. Host we continue our focus on wisconsin as part of washington journals midterm battleground series. Our rest is university of wisconsin madison lytic vassar Political Science Professor Larry burton. What is it about wisconsin that makes it a battleground state . And not just this cycle but at least since the year 2000 and maybe even before that. Guest i think that is what is stunning about wisconsin, it remains competitive even as the demographic in the state shifts. Like many states, there is in flux and out flux, populations in different parts of the state but there is sort of a magical balance that, as democrats, they gain democrats makings in one place, republicans gain elsewhere and they seem to offset perfectly. An example in madison, there is a large democratic vote thing to growing, booming part of the state, delivering a lot of votes to democrats but seems to be offset almost perfectly by the rise of republican votes in rural parts of th
Truce. And on his first tour of as asia, pope francis made it clear what will not be there. Hello. Very warm welcome to you. We start with the crisis in iraq. The u. S. Now says its unlikely to launch an Evacuation Mission to rescue those stranded on mount sinjar, having fled from Islamic State fighters. Advisors in the region say there are fewer stranded than originally thought n. A statement, the pentagon said those that remain are in better condition than previously believed and continue to have access to food and water we have already dropped. So far, the u. S. Has delivered more than 114,000 meals and some 160,000 liters of drinking water. The many thousands that have escaped the mountain to kurdistan are putting pressure on aid organizations and kurdish authorities. U. N. Declared it the highest level of emergency there is. Meanwhile, Islamic State militants are making a dramatic push through the country and massing near the down 2200 kilometers north of baghdad. The move suggest
Friend from virginia. Assistant secretary who was responsible for making the decisions as security level in benghazi testified here and i know because it was my question specifically did budget consideration play any role. She said no. Just for the record, she, by saying no, and making sure that it was a matter of policy and not budget, was shes been one of the ones relieved of her position. I wonder why she got relieved of her position after she was able to testify Something Like that before congress. Mr. Ambassador, we need to know a number of things. I want to go through some questions. Was there an autopsy conducted on ambassador stevens body . Yes. It was conducted be by the u. S. Military at Dover Air Force base. Right. There are homicides committed again american citizens on are those autopsy permitted to be made public, for example, congressional investigations . I would have to the up was turned over to the by which was the investigating agency. I was informed he died of smoke