Stay updated with breaking news from Legislature later. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Calls for that senate race coming in at different times. The associated press, i think, called the senate race for doug jones at around 10 30 p. M. Eastern time. Here at msnbc, we take all of our election calls from nbc news, in any election where nbc does a call. Last night. Nbcs projection in the Alabama Senate race took a few minutes longer than the a. P. s did. It was still before 11 00 eastern time, but later than the a. P. And some other news organizations had called it. And im not complaining about that. That is more than fine by me, as far as im concerned, the rule there is, better right than first. And that is true in all aspects of this business and in life. Its particularly important when it comes to calling an election. So i tell you all of this because the way that worked, logistically around here, last night, whale we were continuing to watch the vote come in, my hour was over, lawrence was hosting. It was starting t ....
Eastern time, but later than the a. P. And some other news organizations had called it. And im not complaining about that. That is more than fine by me, as far as im concerned, the rule there is, better right than first. And that is true in all aspects of this business and in life. Its particularly important when it comes to calling an election. So i tell you all of this because the way that worked, logistically around here, last night, while we were continuing to watch the vote come in, my hour was over, lawrence was hosting. It was starting to look like things were really going in doug jones direction, but it wasnt over yet. And in the 10 00 hour, at one point, joy reid and i were both on set with lawrence, as we were all watching those numbers come in, were commenting on what we understand those numbers mean, this is a very exciting culmination of the race. And we could see where things were going, right and were wondering when people are going to start making calls. We dont control ....
Style weapon you can get in florida at the age of 18. Investigators are still trying to track all the firearm purchases he made. Our rosa flores is in parkland for us right now. Rosa, first of all, tell us about this hearing. What do we anticipate . You know, wolf, if what im about to say sounds as clear as mud is because the situation in the courtroom right now is as clear as mud. Let me give you the play by play. The defense ordered a hearing, made a motion on friday, and that was added to the docket. Since then its been on and off, so much so that it made the judge very upset at the defense earlier today hold on for a moment. The hearing is about to begin. I want to hear the judge, judge elizabeth scherer, speaking. Were here in the case of the state of florida against nikolas cruz. Here on behalf of the state. And the defendant is present, correct . Mr. Cruz is present. I will be here on his behalf. Let me start off by saying that although i didnt consider any of these matters to b ....
Lives lost, the battle against isis in syria has now come down to just a couple of square miles. An inferno on the streets of san francisco. Fire Officials Say an explosion on a gas line shot threestory flames into the air. Glor and, nasa says the last four years have been the hottest four on record. Were warming a lot, and its becoming extremely clear. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor, reporting tonight from washington, d. C. And were going to begin not far away in virginia. First, it was the governor. Then the Lieutenant Governor. Now, the state attorney general. The top three leaders in the state, all democrats, all facing deep controversy. The latest is attorney general mark herring, who admitted today that he once wore blackface at a college party. Ed okeefe has more on the chaos in the commonwealth. Reporter virginia democratic lawmakers were in no mood to discuss th ....