Borderline bar and grill. This all took place in the middle of the night in thousand oaks. That is just northwest of los angeles. 10 to 15 other people wounded at this hour, being treated in the hospital, badly hurt from the melee as investigators are scrambling to identify the gunman and figure out a motive. It was college night. The place was packed. Students were line dancing, enjoying their favorite country songs. The Police Response was immediate and the first officer through the door, there he is. Sergeant ron helus. He was shot himself. He died of his wounds at a hospital shortly after. Hes being called a hero this morning. Ron was a hardworking, dedicated sheriffs sergeant. He was totally committed. He gave his all. And tonight, as i told his wife, he died a hero because he went he went in to save lives, to save other people. He took an enormous risk and gave the ultimate sacrifice. The scene inside that club is horrific. And the gunman also dead. Nick, i know you have been tal
Not qualified . Is not legally qualified. What does he mean . As protesters take to the streets across america. Hands off mueller. Hands off mueller. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It has now been two days since the election. Have you been hearing it was a mixed bag or split decision . Heres the news tonight as results continue to come in. The democrats won and won big and it is not even over. At this hour the senate race in arizona the votes are still being counted, the democrat, krsten is ahead with 5,000 votes to be counted. The senate vote in florida is now tightening, already in the range of a mandatory recount and now within 16,000 votes, a razor thin margin. Steve will be here soon. Democrats have now as of this moment security 225 seats. Republicans have 199. Its a democratic gain of 30 seats. But there are 11 outstanding races which have yet to be called. Many analysts estimated the democratic gain will climb closer to 38 seats by the time
Good evening, rachel. So 98 women now have seats in the house of representatives. A new record high. Could be 99 depending on how some of the rest of these counts shakeout. It really was an extraordinary night for women candidates. Yeah, and people said this was going to be the year of the woman, year of the woman and lots of cynics and nay sayers were like you always say that whenever you want democrats to win. First of all, democrats did win. But second of all youve got 1en women in the house of representatives for the First Time Ever and its pretty undeniable. It they went down against female democrats. And tonight, rachel, when we see the afternoon breaking news of the president firing the attorney general, im just imagining what our world would be tonight if the democrats had not won the house of representatives, a huge win that changes the nature of trumpism in washington. Yeah, and i dont think that theres a disconnect between these two stories. The democrats want control of con
Washington. President trump is spending this thanksgiving eve on the lakes in West Palm Beach but not before thanking saudi arabia for lower oil prices. His thanks are misplaced, not factual and politically more fuel for a fiery bipartisan back lash for his refusal to hold the saudi royals to account for the brutal murder and disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. It really is just stunning. Also, this morning, a significant new report on a Campaign Promise that the president s own people had to stop him from keeping. Well explain. Cnn and the New York Times are reporting that the president tried to order the Justice Department multiple times to investigate and prosecute his opponent in the 2016 election. Hillary clinton that is where we begin. Lets go to the Justice Department. Its not just stunning, it is just really unprecedented. You dont do that. You dont tell the Justice Department to go after your political foes. According to our reporting, his then white House Counsel was really the
Reporting begins now. Our reporting begin begins with President Trump telling fox news he will not overrule the account acting attorney general math Matthew Whittaker if he puts restrictions on the russian investigation. Three Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit challenging whittakers appointment. They argue the president sidesteps the constitution because the senate has not confirmed him. They say anybody who watch schoolhouse rock would realize that. The state of maryland is also filed a lawsuit arguing the president should have chosen the Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. They say whittakers appointment is lawful. In the past whittaker criticized muellers investigation in the 2016 and talked bow the how the attorney general could cut funding. Whittaker said there was no collusion between the russians and the trump campaign. The president agrees. He didnt know whittakers stand in advance. The real question here is whittaker in charge as a partisan to protect President Trump . John