grabs, 14 days out. republicans making surprising gains in several key house races as warning signs grow for democrats in the reliably deep blue northeast. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. i can t believe it, two weeks to the day, john. john: and first it was the west coast where the republicans were making gains, now it s the northeast. who knew. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. good to be with you, sandra. the chances of a majority of the house looking bleak for democrats as we now project republicans to take a 16-seat advantage. four races moving toward the gop since just last week. but the senate is another story. remaining a toss-up, voters in four states will determine which party takes control. and we are watching all of it, right here in new york. the race for governor is moving now from solid democrat to likely democrat. the republican candidate, lee zeldin, making crime his final pitch. to frame the race as an referendum o
Its 10 00 eastern, im ana cabrera, and thanks for being with us. We begin with the Breaking News dominating washington and the country this morning, California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. A trailblazer in so many ways. Feinstein was the longest serving woman in the senate, first elected in 1992. On capitol hill where she served california for decades, senators are just convening this morning. Heres majority leader Chuck Schumer. Peter schumer, do you have any reaction to Senator Feinsteins death. Very, very sad day for all of us, and ill be speaking on the floor shortly. We will be watching for those remarks on the senate floor any moment now. First nbcs Andrea Mitchell looks back at Dianne Feinsteins life and legacy. Reporter Dianne Feinstein, a leading woman senator for generations whose political career in california was launched by tragedy. November 1978, San Francisco mayor George Musconi and Board Of Supervisors member harvey milk were assassina
Republican congressman how Donald Trumps doing so far. Here in the uk, we have exclusive access to a report on addiction to prescription drugs. We speak to those with first hand experience of a hidden epidemic. My doctor then just upped and dose and upped the dose. Thats when it all went slightly wrong. Well, actually thats the understatement of the year. It didnt go slightly wrong, it went horribly wrong. Hello from paris. Our picture post card perfect spot. Its getting noisy here. The build up to the may president ial election is in full swing. Two president ial campaigns were launched this weekend in the city of lyon the macron and le pen sides had rallies there. More on that shortly. A Third Campaign of Francois Fillon struggled to keep itself alive today. He was the favourite at one point but is ensnared in an expenses like drama. The revelations about his family being on his payroll and the implosion of his campaign is quite something to behold. Its dominated the last few days. E
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of same-sex