But even that fact doesnt really capture what happened in these midterms. The Cook Political Report has been keeping a tally of the votes cast for either party in house races across the country. And according to their latest count, Democratic House candidates got over 9 million more votes than republican candidates. That is the largest margin in the history of midterm elections. Democrats lead republicans by 8. 1 Percentage Points. Thats a bigger lead than republicans had in wave elections in 1994 and in 2010. And beyond the house, democrats picked up seven governorships, even winning in kansas, a state the president carried by almost 21 points and unseating republican scott walker in wisconsin. They picked up 332 state legislative seats across this country, and that could still grow. Since his press conference on november 7th, the president has insisted without evidence that he and the republicans had a good election night. Make no mistake, there was a blue wave in america. Plenty to
Way on a monday night. And as we start a new week, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 662 of the trump administration. It is already clear the pace of news this week is going to be little different from last. As we come on the air tonight, were going to begin with some breaking news just 21 minutes old. The story has just come out in the past half hour regarding the trump administration. The Washington Post is reporting President Trump has told advisers hes decided to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, and her departure, according to the post, is likely to occur in the coming weeks. On the phone is one of three bylines who broke this story tonight, our friend flim rucker, the pulitzer prizewinning bureau chief for the warrant warrant. Phil, we know this has been a long time developing. A slow runup, she is an acolyte of general kelly, but what did this, apparently . Well, brian, the president has just decided, according to
Safety net is gone . Thats what were asking tonight following a major report at the New York Times. The president last spring wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his biggest political adversaries, Hillary Clinton and former fbi director james comey. Thats according to two people familiar with the conversation. Trump told this to his white House Counsel at the time, don mcgahn. The times reports that don mcgahn, quote, rebuffed the president , telling trump that he had no authority to order a prosecution. Mr. Mcgahn said that while he could request an investigation, that, too, could prompt accusations of abuse of power. To underscore his point, macon, georgia began had a white house lawyers write a memo for mr. Trump warning that if he asked Law Enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequence including possible impeachment. Now, its not clear if President Trump read that memo, but according to the times, he has continued to privately su
Involvement in the moscow project, plans for cohen and trump to travel to russia for it, and critically, outreach on the project. Saying donald trump referred to in this document as individual one was the person involved and saying cohen lied to congress to match trumps political messaging as well as out of loyalty. Cohens first lie, he talked with trump about moscow more than claimed. He briefed trumps family members, well get to that tonight within the Trump Organization about this project in russia. Cohen working on trump projects. The candidate and the president said over and over, he didnt. I have nothing to do with russia, folks. I have no dealings with russia. I have no deals in russia. I have no deals that could happen in russia because weve stayed away. And i have no loans with russia. I have nothing to do with russia, no investments in russia, none whatsoever. I dont have property in russia. I own nothing in russia. I have no loans in russia. I dont have any deals in russia.
Now as it stands right now, democrats have picked up 39 seats in the house of representatives. That is the biggest gain in the house seats by democrats since watergate. But even that fact doesnt really capture what happened in these midterms. The Cook Political Report has been keeping a tally of the votes cast for either party in house races across the country. And according to their latest count, Democratic House candidates got over 9 million more votes than republican candidates. That is the largest margin in the history of midterm elections. Democrats lead republicans by 8. 1 Percentage Points. Thats a bigger lead than republicans had in wave elections in 1994 and in 2010. And beyond the house, democrats picked up seven governorships, even winning in kansas, a state the president carried by almost 21 points and unseating republican scott walker in wisconsin. They picked up 332 state legislative seats across this country, and that could still grow. Since his press conference on novem