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of the next congress. and next, live on washington journal, your phone calls and comments on how the elections turned out. of victory and concession speeches. host: it is the washington journal for november 7. democrats win the night as they take control of the house, currently holding 219 seats versus 195 republican seats. republicans holding onto 51 seats with races yet to be determined. those results from last night and other results and what it means for the remainder of the first term of the trump administration up for discussion. a special extended edition of washington journal. democrats, give us a call at 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. .nd independents, 202-748-8002 you can make your thoughts on social media known about the results of last night if you want to tweet at us. @cspanwj is how you do that. and you can post on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. here are some of the headlines stemming from yesterday. some races yet to be determined.
company. right now we on the wag african want african ivory and al jazeera investigates how a growing demand in china is fuelling illegal ivory in burkina faso, an officer from the country s elite presidential guard said he carried out a coup. he s facing a challenge from the head of parliament who assumed leadership and is asking the military to stand down. gun fire in burkina faso s capital. after a military leader appeared tonne television, confirming a coup that took place earlier. dear patriots, democrats, people of burkina faso, we are intervening to announce the removal of the dransitional government. this allows us to put in place a just system. reporter: this was the scene, people marching towards the presidential pals. burkina faso s leaders were in a cabinet meeting when a guard storm in and detained the.. the guard has been at odds with transitional leaders. on monday. a report accusing it of opening fire when armed protesters. violent protests, includ
just that and meet the animals who help free mozambeke from the danger of land mines. according to croatia authorities more than 7,000 refugees entered the country in the last 24 hours, now the country s government said it will close its border with serbia if a similar number attempt a crossing in a single day and lawrence lee sent the report on the border of croatia. reporter: all day the buses came and offloaded the weary, dozens at a time. picking up their few belongings it was then on foot yet again, 37 degrees in the late summer heat. yet they went through the fields toward the european union. no problem for refugees. you can walk into croatia. reporter: most said they were syrian, not much talking though just grim determination and quick feet. so the violence and contempt which the hungarian authorities showed the refugees has now suddenly been matched with a rare show of joined up thinking between the formally bitter enemies of serbia and croatia and the roots