major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: the polls have now closed in 39 states. republicans have scored some gains but not a blow-out yet. that s based on projections by the associated press. the republicans need 39 seats to take control of the house. ten to win a majority in the senate. our overview shows that so far republicans have picked up two democratic senate seats in indiana and in arkansas. in the house, there s been a republican net gain thus far of five. and in the governor s races there s been a party switch of two republican gubernatorial positions have switched from democratic to republican. now with details on what s happened so far, here s hari sreenivasan in our news room. sreenivasan: good even, jim. one of tho
celebrate. it s election night on cbs. change doesn t come from the top, it comes from the bottom. if you re tired of the takeovers and bailouts, that s what elections are for. we are not going back. restore america to her honor. we need all of you fired up. couric: and good evening, everyone. we are witnessing a major shift in political power in the nation s capital. cbs news is projecting that, when all the votes are counted in this mid-term election, the republicans will have won control of the house of representatives. after making history as the first woman speaker four years ago, nancy pelosi of california will be turning over the gavel to john boehner of ohio. and we will be looking at all the implication of this over the next hour beginning with our congressional corspontent nancy cordes. we re projecting a net gain for the republicans in the house of 45 seats. how were they able to pull this off? reporter: they re pulling it off by winning seats in ev
paul, the congressman, is the winner in kentucky. you see that check. we project he will win. we also project in indiana not a huge surprise the former senator dan coats will become the next senator from indiana beating brad ells worth. he can succeed evan bayh. that represents a pickup for the republicans. we project a winner in vermont, patrick leahy re-elected for another six years. this is not a huge surprise. his opponent was widely expected to lose. we also project jim demint who is a favorite of the tea party movement will be re-elected for another six years in south carolina. he beats alvin green. he was the candidate who came out of nowhere to get the democratic nomination in south carolina. jim demint will win. look at the actual votes that have already come in with 5% of the votes in indiana in. you sedan coats. we project he s the winner. 54% to brad ellsworth. he has only 5% in, but based on the exit poll numbers right now, we project that dan coats will succeed
admiral thad allen on the recovery in the gulf coast. it will be interesting to see if helen thomas is seated as usual in her center seat after some fallout over comments she made on israel. that is where we began with a question to you about helen thomas. should she resigned from the white house press corps? for the republicans, the numbers to call in you can always reach us at twitter, send it to c-span-wj, and also by e-mail, journal@c- span.org. if you called in and reached washington journal in the last 30 days, give others a chance to have their voices heard. here is the story more thomas balad. lanny davis, former special counsel to present and these comments were made to a blog there and have been available online. we will give you a look at those comments. this was posted on line over the weekend. something some of what helen cupp helen thomas had to say. any comments of israel? tell them to get the out of palestine. [laughter] remember, these peopl
landslide over tracy potter if the election were held today. they can put a check on the state of north dakota put it in the loss column for 2010. finally tonight the melt down is brought to you by former chair howard dean. he is one of the many liberals trying to defend the theory of global warming in light of the loads of snow dumped over the entire country and specifically the northeast and defending that theory it is no easy task these days in an interview last night with abc news dean took out his frustration on a familiar enemy. one of the most disturbing things about the republican party over the last couple decades is they don t believe in science any more. that s not likely and not an approach that s likely to generate any kind of creative thinking or serious about the