in about 1/4 of the states. you can see that on the map, all the states in pink, red orange and purple have closed and results are beginning to come in. in fact, the associated press has called races in kentucky where mitch mcconnell is declared the victor and the two south carolina senate races, and in west virginia all going to the g.o.p.. we have cameras at the headquarters for mitch mcconnell and allison grimes and you see rand paul talking to supporters at the mcconnell headquarters and what it looks like over at the allison grimes headquarters in kentucky. later on tonight as their speeches get underway, we ll certainly be there so you can hear what they have to say. our colleague, steve scully, will be out all night at the desk looking at the details of the votes as they come in. let s see what he has for us. susan, you mentioned west virginia. that s a pickup for the democrats where senator jay rockefeller is retiring, first time since 1942 a republican has won in t
there are still 40 seats. this is being updated as we go. congress with new 40 undecided. there were 36 gubernatorial races. republicans currently have 29. democrats of 21. 31 republicans will serve as governor. 15 will serve as democratic governors. five races are still undecided. 202 is the area code for all of our numbers. if you would like to make a comment on yesterday s election, you can send a tweet at c-span or join the conversation on facebook. greta bronner s at the news desk with more results. we will begin with those senate and governor s races we don t know yet who the winner is. the alaska senate race was closely watched, highly competitive. the former alaska department of natural resources commissioner the incumbent democrat. hims him 49-45% leading 49-45%. tuesday s election given early lead to the independent over sean parnell. the difference was thin and it remains so. colorado governor s race also to close to call. thatenver post reporting the democrat
story and full coverage of the government shutdown on the kudlow report. this is the kudlow report, we are live here at 7:00 p.m. eastern and 4:00 p.m. pacific. let s get right to eamon javers for more on the shocking situation that occurred on capitol hill just a few hours ago. good evening, eamon. reporter: there were moments of terror, an incident that began as you say over at the white house and made its way down here to the capitol building. shots fired here on the west front of the capitol. the scene just behind me now. we got details just within the past hour here now on exactly how this transpired from the united states secret service. take a listen to those comments. the sedan struck temporary security fencing and one of our uniformed division officers at a check point of the white house at 15th street and e street northwest. the vehicle then fled east on pennsylvania avenue. there were multiple crime scenes as a result of the vehicle fleeing. there were mu
break the dysfunction, at least to an extent. flood insurance. infrastructure. you know, everybody in that congress has railroads and roads and airports and schools. they re all decaying. metro north. and the amtrak line that i m willing to bet a lot of folks here rode today is a 20th century track. 50, 70 years old in some places. and your train going home is going to break down, is going to stop just like last thursday night in the new haven line, people were stranded out on the tracks in one of the coldest days of the year. soverb has a stake in infrastructure. and there are ways to do an infrastructure bank a railroad trust fund, this is an idea that in the absence of earmarks, i came to congress in the post-earmark era, the senate had abandoned earmarks to the over the protests of many of my more seasoned colleagues would you like them to come back? do you think that would help? i think what s needed is maybe not specific earmarks for specific congressional distr
that people who have a job aren t living in poverty. the overwhelming majority of americans support a minimum wage. we should make sure that we create manufacturing opportunities so we can make things in america again. president obama s established two manufacturing hubs already and proposed four more last night. but acknowledged that we can actually kick that into even higher gear if republicans are willing to work with him on actually passing legislation to do that. but at the end of the day, we have to make sure that we re focused on working together and, kevin, i actually we have a good working relationship. i think there are things that we can sit down and come together on. week of talked about that privately many times. but look at what the republicans agenda was this week. with all due respect, to suggest that your top priorities have been focusing on helping more americans join the middle class when yesterday the top priority for republicans, on your agenda, was to