Brangham all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brangham the tumult at the white house continues to churn at a pace unprecedented in an american presidency. Anthony scaramucci, just 10 days on the job of Communications Director is out. The move comes on john kellys first day as President Trumps chief of staff. Our own Lisa Desjardins is here to walk us through these shake ups at the top. Welcome, lisa. Thank you. Pretty busy set of days here. Walk us through the time like of how we got here. To do that, west go back to ten days ago. Thats when we saw A
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There are still 40 seats. This is being updated as we go. Congress with new 40 undecided. There were 36 Gubernatorial Races. Republicans currently have 29. Democrats of 21. 31 republicans will serve as governor. 15 will serve as democratic governors. Five races are still undecided. 202 is the area code for all of our numbers. If you would like to make a comment on yesterdays election, you can send a tweet at cspan or join the conversation on facebook. Greta bronners at the news desk with more results. We will begin with those senate and governors races we dont know yet who the winner is. The Alaska Senate race was closely watched, highly competitive. The former Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner the incumbent democrat. Hims him 4945 leading 4945 . Tuesdays election given early lead to the independent over sean parnell. The difference was thin and it remains so. Colorado governors race also to close to call. Thatenver post reporting the democrat in a strong position to
Activity. Also this morning, will the senates share of women increase again after this midterm . If something incumbents hold on, then it could be another record total. Much more in todays takeaway. Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, may 13th, 2014. This is the daily rundown, your 2014 campaign headquarters. Well also talk to senator chris koonce about the hearing hes holding about how to help those kidnapped nigerian girls and what could have prevented it. If its tuesday, somebody is voting somewhere and today the somewhere is in two states. Senate races that were probably not going to be talking about in late october, which is not good news for the Democratic Party. But weve got West Virginia and nebraska on the docket today. West virginia hasnt elected a republican senator in more than 58 years. The gop has lost 21 consecutive Senate Contests in the Mountain State but senator Jay Rockefellers decision to retire is giving republicans one of their best opportunities to win a d
Wasnt that song great the first 5,000 times you heard it . Help us, weird al youre our only hope the song spoofer extraordinaire joins us in a question to release eight new question to release eight new videos in eight days. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the politics lead you may have missed. Democrats and republicans alike are already exploding out of the box. Maybe not officially running, granted, but certainly undeclared jogging for the white house . Whether its democratic frontrunner hillary kissing the ring of median jon stewart or trying to outrayingian one another over the future of the republican party, Vice President biden cozying up to liberals while senator Elizabeth Warren makes a play for the same piece of the progressive pie or new Jersey Governor Chris Christie portraying himself as a big screen conservative hero red for the fight. No candidate is thinking past the 2014 midterms. That i