party can call the shots on the hill for the next couple of years. right now we have a split senate right counsel the middle folks, 50 democrats, 50 republicans with the vice president able to cast that deciding vote. now, bun seat here could really change everything. the biden agenda would hang in the balance. bret: voters have been lining up at the polls throughout the day today. georgia s polls close in the next hour and pennsylvania, the hour after that. martha: but not all states count and report their votes the same way. here s where it s going to get pretty tricky and we will guide you through this tonight. georgia, pennsylvania, and wisconsin are known to be historically slow counting states. they start opening the mail-in ballots at 7:00 a.m. on election day. other states like florida and texas, they start processing those ballots that come in before election day. therefore, it will happen there probably much faster. bret: virginia is quick, too. that s why we
Well have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. The Prime Minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. In scotland, a challenging night for the snp. They lost a third of their seats. The former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. After a collapse in ukips share of the vote, and no mps, the Party Leader Paul Nuttall resigned. And with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, well be reporting on the far reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom. More news and analysis throughout the day. We will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. Good evening from Downing Street, where theresa may is
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. To do things like flip. The Attorney General who has been under fire by the president quite a bit has release his own statement pushing back on the president. This is consequence because the Attorney General did this right as he was going to the white house to meet with the president on criminal sentencing. Here is what he said. While i am Attorney General, the actions of the Department Of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political conversations. I demand the highest standards and where they are not met i take action. However, no nation has a more talented, more dedicated group of Law Enforcement investigators and prosecutors than the United States. I am proud to serve with them and proud of the work we have done in successfully advancing the rule of law. Just another note. I spoke with the doj official after that statement came out, asked what the mood is at the doj, and the person said
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Here in new york. Day 581 of the trump administration, and just tonight a short time ago, in fact, new legal troubles potentially for the president on a new front. Well let the New York Times tell it. Quote, the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two Senior Company officials in connection with Michael Cohens Hush Money Payment to an adult film actress, according to two officials of the matter. A State Investigation would settle on how the company accounted for its reimbursements to mr. Cohen for the 130,000 he paid to the actress, stephanie clifford, who has said she had an affair with President Trump, closed quote. Mostly along those same lines a big story today had to do with a long time friend of the president who has apparently turned on him. The publisher of the national
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that massive winter storm meeting the iowa caucuses is also playing in this nfl playoffs. here with an nfl playoff preview our senior reporter harry enten. it s amazing tee me there were playoffs. who knew. i didn t know. who knew? but because of popular demand we have to ask you some questions. you have questions for me. of course i have questions for you. about the teams who are playing. you know this. let s start off with one of the matchups right here. we have the logos for the teams. who are these teams? one of them are the buffalo bills? no, no. i can see the red and the blue that s kind of there, right? new england patriots? no, they re not anywhere