eastern. our thanks to you for let us into your home. we are so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts now. thank you. i ll see you tonight. i want to mention to viewers nicolle was just reporting on the new u.s. air strikes in syria. we have more on that later but we begin with the big political news right now in america. so tonight i say welcome to the beat with ari melber, and welcome to the beat with james carville, one of our special leadoff guests as we track what is clearly a political earthquake in america. democrats surging to victories as these results poured a win for conservative ohio that s upending politics across that state and the nation today. it puts pressure on the republicans who are squaring off in tonight s debate as nicolle just mentioned. this was a moment that was supposed to go different little you re looking at live shots where they re supposed to be talking. it was a moment the republicans were hoping to discuss better news. but right no