Party bill clinton was a democrat in his second term election, he did not lose the Senate Majority because it was not theirs to lose, but they stayed in the minority in both the senate and the house. Every twoterm president of the modern era has had to serve the last two years of his presidency with both houses of congress being controlled by the other party. This is what happens to second term presidencys. Every time. At least over the course of my lifetime, this is how it goes. And before, even if you do want to go back further than that, it was true of eisenhower, as well. This has now proven to be almost a historic inevitability of what happens to president s when they get to their second term and second midterm election. The other guys in charge of congress. It must be a huge drag if youre president to know thats coming. But even though that is the history, nobody knows for sure if thats going to be president obama in elections, as well. Republicans will certainly hold the house.
Shocking turn. Who investigators think pulled the trigger. Plus could a rally against Police Brutality put quiten tarantinos new movie in jeopardy . Police threatening to boycott. As the director says he never applied cops are murderers are. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. And im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. The donald trump of kentucky wins big after a stunning political comeback. After republicans sweep elections in the south. The big question, what does it mean for 2016 and will it change the way Democrats Campaign . All that red you are about to see, those are the states with republican governors. Kentucky now on that list as Tea Party Favorite and political outsider matt bevin muscled his way to the top despite weeks of trailing behind in the polls. Bevin who made his mark on the campaign trail by traveling around in a golds escalade challenged voters to unite. My challenge is do not fail to take the high road as we have done to this point. Continue to take the h
Across the border a major assault in the key city of mosul. At many as 20,000 iraqi troops could be involved in the assault along with u. S. Air power and possibly u. S. Ground troops as well but its also several months away. So why Start Talking about it now . Richard engel is nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent in istanbul, turkey this morning. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning. Its good to talk to you. First about that deal that has finally been put to paper between the United States and turkey to train a relatively small number of syrian rebels. They would get some training get some money. Radios. They would get some vehicles. Potentially pickup trucks with machine guns mounted on the back but a lot of analysts here in turkey say it is too little, too late and i think you hit on the key question in your introduction there. What are they really supposed to be doing . The United States wants them to be fighting against isis. Turkey wants them to be fighting against isis and b
Well, Carrie Fisher passed away. The announcement this morning at about 9 00. We got the announcement from this, from her daughter, billie lourd. Her publicist said that about 40 minutes ago. Mark hamill, bob iker, president of disney, chiming in in sadness of Carrie Fisher. We heard over the weekend she had been stabilized. There was some word she may be through the woods on this. That make this is gut punch even worse, especially after what a year this has been. Towards the end of this year, particularly just this past, you know, few days, alan thicke, George Michael, Carrie Fisher, all heartrelated deaths. Now ending with her. She was kind of our last hope. We thought she would pull through. Now this. Tributes, again, are pouring in from all over the world. Lets look at lets take a look at her legacy. Im a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission. Reporter in this galaxy and perhaps others far, far away, Carrie Fisher is hollywood royalty. All i want is peace but we hav
28 pickups so far for the democrats. 15 seats remain open. Were watching them in realtimement the headline already known thank god for the women on the democrat side. If thats what youre following if not for the women who won the party tonight, you would not be in the position youre in right now if youre a democrat. Thats the story for you. Thats who youre going to thank when you see these headlines. The u. S. Senate side, very different story. And they see themselves getting a comfort cushion there that is fueling the president s feelings that he did historic gains tonight on the senate side. So what are we watching in terms of house seats . Lets go to phil mattingly. There are a lot of races that arent just close but are like within 1 close, right . Yeah. One of the races that were looking at is georgia six, right . Yep. Theres been a development there. Lets start on that race. Lets set it up. Theres 15 outstanding races. Thats why you only see a little color here. Democrats are lead