And he was doing robocalls, the former president. so you have a lot of people that pushed for that. also interesting was that kathy barnette would appeared to be her momentum going into the end days of this race seems to have sort of fr itered away and the governor candidate separated himself a little bit from kathy barnette at the end and seems to have he had a strong win last night and she did not have the night that she was hoping for. i m hearing there is anywhere from 40 to 60,000 mail-in votes that are still outstanding in this race so it s possible that once all that is counted you don t go into recount mode but, of course, we re bracing for either until we get an answer in pennsylvania. dana: it matters a lot to what the next two years in washington are going to be like. the republicans desperately want to keep this seat. an open seat at senator toomey decided to retire. your take on this. politico had this report about what president biden has
Anchor for cnn s legal view because you ve been able to get a bird s eyeview of the accident and tell me what you saw and how it struck you. everyone who s seen it and when you see the pictures it s amazing so many were able to walk off of this. it s another to actually go up there right at that track and that s what i just come from, kate, i was at the bend so where the train came into the bed, that s where i was standing and i looked down that bend and saw the carnage as it sort of litered the tracks after the bend. the bend is the focus of the investigation. here s what s interesting. i m no investigator but things to the naked eye, to the man on the street, look pretty clear and clean, those tracks look pretty clear and clean, and i didn t see any massive scarring before the bend either, for worth. they ve got people all over those tracks starting that investigation and securing it too. there s a couple next steps that will have to happen. once they are certain they have ev
Smooth transition for the defense secretary. i think, you know, president obama has made his choice. i think we would ail like to see the senate act on that choice, and let s get on with it. let s move forward. this seems to have also emboldened critics. perhaps there would have been anyway because the issues are so controversial with targeted killings and belief that northbound got on the white paper. john brennan is also being held up. i think this approach to making every single nominee a highly politicized fight is really damaging. particularly in the national security arena. absolutely the senate needs to give thorough vetting, thorough review to provide its advice and consent, but we have there s a lot going on in our national security, and we need a process that moves forward expeditiously. speaking of what is going on, this week alone north korea setting off another nuclear test. the first under the new litered, which certainly signals that he is going to try to live up
Get it done again. dianne feinstein, the litered of the charge. thank you very much. thank you. right. bye-bye. coming up next, a leader nra senate advocate says he has a change of heart. my interview with west virginia eights joe mamchin. an official fund has been set up by the united way of central connecticut. to find out how you can give to the sandy hook school support fund go to andrea.msnbc.com.