Headquarters here in new york. We have a lot to catch up on tonight. This was day 657 of the trump administration. And just hours after democrats gained control of the house, the president forced out his attorney general, Jeff Sessions. If the president was looking for a distraction after the election, he got one. And this could have serious ramifications. Earlier tonight, the nowformer attorney general, Jeff Sessions, left the department of justice to a round of applause. He was famously the first sitting u. S. Senator to support donald trump. He was then relentlessly attacked by the president for taking himself out of the russia case. Im disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons. And you understand that. I am disappointed in the attorney general. He should have certainly let us know if he was going to recuse himself. And we would have used a put a different attorney in. But sessions replacement who will oversee Robert Muellers russia investigation instead of Rod Rosenstei
Possibly dead is 11. We know of 11 victims. We dont know conditions. We are told that number could change. About a half hour ago, the number is six. It has been moved to 11. It could change. As for the shooter, we are told that they do not believe sorry. We do not feel that the shooter has left the building. That is the last we heard from the Ventura County Sheriffs Office. I was just speaking to some people who were inside the bar when it happened. You mentioned pepperdine. I spoke to one young lady who was at cal state Channel Islands. She said she was in the bar. It was beginning to gill fill u. She said it wasnt packed. It was filling up when she heard gunshots. She hit the ground and hid under a table with a friend. That friend she has not managed to contact on the phone. She does not know his condition. Many managed to escape and trying to contact their friends in the bar tonight. She described the shooter as a man of average build. She said he was wearing black. Although she was
Out just hours after the Midterm Election, acting on a seething anger for recusing himself in the probe. Hes now expected to over see the special counsel, bumping Rod Rosenstein, another target of mr. Trumps wrath. The urgent questions now, will mueller also be fired and how will this play out with the new democraticcontrolled house of representative and the strengthened republican majority in the senate . Ill get reaction from analysts who are standing by. First, jim acosta, the president skirted a question about sessions during his hour and a half News Conference today. Right. Soon there after he announced that sessions resigned. Thats right, wolf. It wasnt long after that naews conference that the president announced that Jeff Sessions is out, that he effectively fired him and that his resignation was forced. We have the letter from Jeff Sessions, we can put it up on screen. It says everything you need to know. At your request, i am submitting my resignation, so thats a forced resig
Acting attorney general, has already said the Mueller Investigation needs to be reigned in. Then the president showed up at a combative news conference. The president ignoring the morningafter reality, calling the midterms almost a complete victory. Then he depose after his fellow republicans who didnt support him and tonight hes punished a network correspondent. And about those potential house investigations. Democratic leaders say they know what theyre doing and theyll do it right. The 11th hour begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters. Whats left of our election headquarters here in new york. We have a lot to catch up on tonight. This was day 657 of the trump administration. And just hours after democrats gained control of the house, the president forced out his attorney general, Jeff Sessions. If the president was looking for a distraction after the election, he got one. And this could have serious ramifications. Earlier tonight, the nowformer attorn
Ke Kristen Sinema the current winner, the seat held by jeff flake which makes this a democratic gain. The republican candidate Martha Mcsally conceded not long ago in a video tweeted out by her campaign. There she is accompanied by her dog. National republicans, including the white house have reportedly been urging her not to concede and to join them in pushing conspiracy theories about the vote count in arizona. But she has declined. There is speculation that that could be because she expects to be appointed arizonas other senator. In the seat that jon kyl is holding only on a crear basis following the death of john mccain. All right. Lets begin the night in florida. This was the scene over the weekend as captured by a producer of this show outside the Broward County supervisor of Elections Office, where votes are being counted in Florida Senate and governors races. As you can see, the protests outside the Elections Office in Broward County look a little more relaxed today, almost mor