That will make you want to take a hot shower. Not only are they nasty, many are just plain wrong. We will look at some of the sleaziest ads of this election cycle and we will call out the biggest outright lies. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the politics lead. Just under 27 hours from first poll closing in the Midterm Elections, a vote that could change the balance of power in washington. And just when you thought it couldnt get any closer, the polls are getting even tighter in states that republicans must win and democrats must keep in order to keep control of the senate. But even this late in the game, Neither Party knows whats going to happen. Our chief National Correspondent john king is ready to break it down for us. They say in football, any given sunday in elections, it should be any given tuesday. Were going right down to it. You mentioned the biggest prize, control of the United States senate. Democrats start at 55. Repu
To them at the end of their presidency they all had to deal with the house and the senate being in control of the opposite 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, no
Presidency. They all in their last two years in office had to deal with the house and the senate being in control of the opposite party. Ronald reagans second midterms were in 1986. He was a republican. In his second midterm, the democrats held on to the house and his Republican Party lost the senate. George w. Bush. His second midterm in 2006. His Republican Party lost the house and lost the senate. Bill clinton was a democrat and his second midterm election, his Democratic Party 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 par party. George w. Bush, bill clinton and Ronald Reagan. This is what happens to second term presidencies. 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 f
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.
The egyptian men wearing orange jumpsuits forced to kneel down before the terrorists who were dressed in black simultaneously slit their throats. Now the focus is not just on what happened but where. Remember back in 2011 after the fall of libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi president obama declared that the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted from the libyan people and called it a momentous day, but in the years since libya has descended into chaos. And the Islamic State ideology that took hold in iraq spread into syria and helped drive the recent collapse in yemen. Has now clearly also established a strong foothold in libya. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry is live tonight in washington. Ed. Megyn, good evening. That is the bottom line tonight, that isis is expanded into yet another country. Now open for business in libya. The first mass execution thats been documented by isis outside of their stronghold of iraq and syria. What did the president say about this this weekend . H