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that is what s creating the false atmosphere of legitimacy to his claim. let me go to kristen welker right now who has a little more insight into the counting in pennsylvania. kristen? just to pick up on the point chuck was making i m hearing from an election official in pennsylvania who says this. erie has 47 more to count and philadelphia has 300,000 mail-ins. mail-ins were 70% up in the democratic favor. this person says this is far from over. the need to respond in real time. to make that point and to drill down on some of the broad numbers that chuck just laid out. and, again, i would just underscore the fact that this is part of why joe biden came out first. this is why he gave the message that he gave. he of course gave this rallying cry to his supporters saying he believes they are still on track to win the white house. but he concluded his remarks by saying, this race is not over, and it s not up to president trump to declare victory. it s not up to me to d ....
mikey sharrel, a veteran, she picks it up. there is a 90% chance the democrats take the house. as i showed you. this is the race chuck and i called. it flipped as we were talking. it sure did. in new york, 11. a democratic gain, max rose the projected winner there. staten island with a democrat in the age of trump is a bit shocking, but this is this was a well run race. a bellweather here. virginia at two. lorraine hlario. go out west. too close to call a montana senate race. this can come down to the wire. too early to call, a former democrat up against dean heller the incumbent. too early to call ted cruz. guys, we re 76% in. we can change the call. it s too close to call at this point. you have that much vote in. chuck is putting his order in like it s a fast food restaurant. all right. florida senate too close to call at this hour. utah senate, this is not a surprise. mitt romney, perhaps you ve heard that name before. former presidential candi ....
the president says tonight is a referendum on him, and the democrats agree. it s our time to fight back.r you ready to fwiet back? this is the most important election you have ever voted in no matter how old or young you are. a divided country at a crossroads. an ection marked by hate, violence and tragedy. tonight the moment of truth. from nbc news, the vote, america s future live from democracy plaza in new york. here s lester holt and savannah guthrie. good evening, eve welcome to our coverage of the 2018 mid term elections. joining us are chuck todd and andrea mitchell. it promises to be a lo and exciting night ahead. it s now 8:00 in the east. polls have closed here in the east. we already have some races we re about to call. breaking news right now. first let s take a look at what to watch for tonight. as we know, republicans control congress with majorities in both the house and thsenate. so for the democrats, winning back control really comes dow ....
ballot that means huge things for the history of her party. i want to thank you and the rnc and chairman priebus. you nailed it, there are too many inside the beltway conversations. you are missing what is happening out there. this is not something that happened this cycle, this has been building for a very long time. this is the culmination of something we have seen happening. we went into this election at the state level in many respects as a counterbalance to obama s failed policies. and voters recognized that. that is why republicans have been at or near all-time highs in offices across the country in states red and purple and blue. that is going to continue. we have defeated the speaker of the house in kentucky, and have picked up that chamber for the first time in 100 years. defeated the senate president in iowa, and have all republican control of government there. it is critically important that voters listened, and recognize that those wins have been coming fo ....
we spent the last couple weeks and really months talking about how the hillary campaign would turn up hispanics. they believe donald trump is a voice for the american people that hillary clinton did not have. we have historic wins down ballot that means huge things for the history of her party. i want to thank you and the rnc and chairman priebus. congressman, you nailed it, there are too many inside the beltway conversations. you are missing what is happening out there. this is not something that just happened this cycle, this has been building for a very long time. this is the culmination of something we have seen happening. we went into this election at the state level in many respects as a counterbalance to obama s failed policies. and voters recognized that. that is why republicans have been at or near all-time highs in offices across the country in states red and purple and blue. that is going to continue. we have defeated the speaker of the house in kentucky, a ....