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election won by only 16 points. i say only, that s compared to the 29 point lead the democratic candidate has in that district at this point tonight. that is a big one for the democrats tonight. that is tonight s last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well good evening once again, they 133 of the biden administration and it comes as many across our country from the president on down are sounding the alarm about the future of our democracy. nothing less. this is happening just as we mark 100 years since the darkest moment in the history of an entire region that was covered up successfully for decades. a massacre in tulsa oklahoma that decimated a thriving black community. today biden became the first president to speak at the state
district for the democrats. melanie stanzbury defeated mark morris for the seat. democrats will hold 220 seats in the house, republicans 211. important number, margin now is 62-33 in this race. that s a 29-point lead. joe biden won this district by 23 points, deb haaland won it only by 16 points. i say only, compared to the 29-point lead that the democratic candidate has in that district at this point tonight. that s a big win for the democrats tonight. that s the last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. good evening once again, 133 day of the biden administration, comes as many across our country
actually work and which vaccine the task force will ultimately get behind. david? all right, whit johnson leading us off tonight. whit, thank you, as always. and now to the american workers and the new numbers on the u.s. economy tonight. 3.8 million workers filing unemployment claims last week alone. now 30 million jobs lost in six weeks. we re with the workers tonight still waiting to hear back after applying for unemployment. and if your state is planning to reopen now, are you no longer eligible for unemployment benefits? more states weighing in on this point tonight, and abc s victor oquendo from florida. reporter: tonight, with those unemployment numbers skyrocketing, these food lines are becoming the new normal. these scenes today from phoenix. it s the last day of the month, and that means bills are due. rent, car insurance, car payment, electricity, internet, groceries, school. reporter: marrisa jenks is a college student who was laid off from her waitress job. she f
90s. and very quietly in some cases less quietly and less delicately, you re starting to see his rivals attack his president, raise these questions. you saw it from tim ryan last week in an interview saying the vice president is in decline you. obviously saw julian castro make his point tonight. obviously it was a prepared line, something he was looking for an opportunity to use, and ultimately did. and then cory booker, it should be noted elsewhere tonight in his own post debate comment, raising himself this idea that there are a lot of conversations among democrats about whether or not joe biden can bring the ball over the finish line, to use a football analogy as he did. so that s sort of an interesting moment in this democratic debate. but what we heard from the biden campaign advisers, you heard chris reference anita dunn. i was in the scrum there talking to anita and symone sanders tonight. they re saying listen, these attacks on joe biden, this was a cheap shot in their view, a