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president trump has already said he s open to the short-term funding solution. gina haspel sparked outrage among senators by missing a briefing last week. we re told that haspel will now tell the chairman and ranking members of the senate armed services and foreign relations committee what she knows about the murder and u.s. support for the saudi-led war in yemen. senators advanced legislation to pull support for that war. more votes on that measure are expected in the coming days. in the house democrats are way ahead of republicans nationally in the number of votes cast for their candidates after last month s midterms. democrats lead the gop by 9.6 million votes with over 60 million ballots cast for their candidates. tj cox has increased his lead over incumbent david valadao.
you have heard the old proverb slow and steady wins the race. well, just ask the democrats. tomorrow is three weeks out from the midterms, and democrats continue to put points on the scoreboard. just tonight we have late-breaking news out of california. in a race that had been called for the republican. in california s 21st district votes are still being counted. and late tonight, democrat tj cox took the lead. right now democrats have picked up a whopping 39 seats in the house. if they notch a win in california 21, it will be 40. the latest democratic win was in utah s fourth district where democrat men mcadams beat republican incumbent mia love. love conceded today, but first she had a score to settle with the president. you may remember the day after the election, president trump singled out mia love, name-checked her saying she lost because shed hadn t embraced trump enough. well today love clapped back.
votes are still being counted in california and that will tell us whether the democrats will have a net gain of 40 seats in the house or 39. mia love s concession in utah today brought the democratics to a net 39, and in california with republican incumbent david volardo, the latest count shows tj cox with 438 votes. so this one is still being counted. the next batch of counted votes could come tomorrow. this could be the 40th net gain house win for the democrats if it goes their way. that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. the breaking news we re covering tonight brings the russia investigation roaring back into the news.
you have heard the old proverb slow and steady wins the race. well, just ask the democrats. tomorrow is three weeks out from the midterms, and democrats continue to put points on the scoreboard. just tonight we have late-breaking news out of california in a race that had been called for the republican. in california s 21st district votes are still being counted. and late tonight, democrat tj cox took the lead. right now democrats have picked up a whopping 39 seats in the house. if they notch a win in california 21, it will be 40. the latest democratic win was in utah s fourth district where democrat ben mcadams beat republican incumbent mia love. love conceded today, but first she had a score to settle with the president. you may remember the day after the election, president trump singled out mia love, name-checked her saying she lost because shed hadn t embraced trump enough. well today love clapped back. the president s behavior towards me made me wonder, what