races we ve been watching. democratic candidate andrew gillum with a three point edge over san tez. democrat stacey abrams and republican brian kemp deadlocked at 45%. as for the senate our new nbc marist pole tied. and former democratic governor phil bret is in leading republican congress woman marsha blackburn by two points in get this, tennessee. joining us now, dave, the numbers we just ticked through obviously are not for house reasons. but we talk about the overall landscape that very much feeds into this question whether or not it s going to be a wave, what are you seeing in the house race ratings right now and how real right now is this wave? well, problems keep popping up for republicans in surprising
and good morning, everybody. this is your wake-up call for monday, december 5th. i m christine romans, carol has the morning off. newt gingrich, the one to watch in the gop race in a new nbc marist pole leading the pack in iowa but mitt romney is still ahead in new hampshire. although his support has dropped from only a month ago, less than 30 days from the first gop nominating contest in january. he s taking some time off. atlanta megachurch pastor eddie long made that announcement yesterday. he says he needs time to work on family issues. long s wife of 21 years vanessa filed for divorce on thursday. last spring long settled a lawsuit piled by four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. the u.s. and pakistan mending diplomatic fences after that nato air strike that killed two dozen pakistani troops. president obama called pakistan s president yesterday making clear the incident was not a deliberate attack on pakistan. both presidents agreed to stay in touch. le