you can see mark warner and ed gillespie are neck and neck tonight. the thinking long ago was that mark warner would not have a very difficult time with this at all. but ed gillespie began hammering on him on his closeness to president obama. hammering on him on number of different issues. they hammered back at ed gillespie saying he was so close to enron and so close to corporate america and in the e end, the tides shifted at the very last minute and this is seen assort of a bell weather for the rest of the country gillespie certainly a favorite of the republican establishment and had lots of money to work with could come up and challenge mark warner was really a sounding with almost 90% of all the prickets six reporting it's too close to call. that a shocker for sure. >> schep par smith live in new york city. thank you very much. >> let's take another live look at governor elect tom wolf's campaign headquarters. big-time celebrations in york he beat income come bant tom corbett making of the row. fox news called that race just after polls closed. sk

ed gillespie says he is not made plans for the future yet. president obama will formally nominate a new attorney general tomorrow. his choice will be loretto lynch. federal prosecutor from the eastern district of new york, holding that job during the clinton administration as well. if confirmed by the senate, she will be the first female african-american attorney general. a crowd could gather on the national mall next tuesday for veterans day for a concert that will be the concert for valor. the show starts at 7:00 and will last about three hours. changes areanged -- planned for tuesday and wednesday morning. we have complete details at wjla.com. weeks from thanksgiving, retailers have their eyes on christmas. the latest on the thanksgiving day sales bandwagon. and a big-time athlete >> an explosion in detroit lead to fires and six ohms. authorities say the fires may have been set on purpose. nobody was injured. information about the death of actor and comedian robin williams. ruled it a report suicide, but he said there was no alcohol or ill

losing.aw cantor and now ed gillespie? is one of the top senate races trendg. nobody saw that. ony are also a big topic facebook. levity from seth meyers. don't forget to head to your polling place and cancel your dad's boat. -- vote. nobody is going home. i am guessing there are a lot of lawyers lining up here in virginia. rebecca cooper. >> it may be some time. thank you. the coverage continues tomorrow at 7:00 and then at 8:30 where you can watch a roundtable. we will analyze the results. we will have a streaming for you live as well. should tell you we are following breaking news out of northwest washington. >> sexual assault at georgetown university. who police are looking busyaffic at a intersection. i will tie you >> you are watching abc seven news at 11:00. electioncontinue coverage, we are getting word that the race for mayor has been called in d.c.. muriel bowser winning. >> let's go out to sam ford with reaction. >> obviously, the reaction is joy. a large crowd. to fitnted this place between 900-1200 people. muriel bowser, the mayor elect of washington dc. david cont

ed gillespie has been a strategist for a long time. it was a amusing in this race, somebody playing coach and quarterback having to actually run and put into practice what he asked other candidates to put into practice. it seems like where he did best was in the exurbs around washington. when we talk about presidential politics, people point to that area of virginia, that a winning coalition that candidate needs to put together. it looks like ed gillespie found that area, that's why it's so close in virginia. >> two million votes cast, less than 12,000 between them. >> he ran a good campaign, positive, had alternative to what democrats were offering, and he was a good campaigner. a guy who -- >> let's look at what this means, issues that kind of affect them. if the republicans had such a big win tonight they're feeling big, right, about their policies. what's the incentive for them to compromise? >> oh my goodness. there's two years of the obama presidency, ahead of them.i the. i think they would look poorly if they simply allowed noth

fewer than 17,000 votes separate mark warner and ed gillespie. gillespie wants a recount. in alaska republican dan sullivan leads democrat mark begich in their senate race. it could take several days to finish counting all of those ballots. the economy was the number one issue or the those voters and they are waiting to see what the senate and new majority leader plan to do about it. a hint at the conflict ahead. >> our businesses aren't creating the our economy is outpacing most of the world. but we just got to keep at it. >> bureaucratic strangulation of our economy is a real, is a ohuge factor in the slow growth that we have experienced after the derecession of 2008. >> so let's go to our reporters in the field for a lk he at the economic battles ahead for next year. >> reporter: i'm randall pinkston. louisiana, drilling offshore an in the gulf of mexico. the state's refining capacity is second only to texas. it means jobs and money. energy bills that have been bottled up in the senate after having been passed by the house will now be at the top of the republican agenda

incumbent mark warner is battling republican challenger ed gillespie. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on this race. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. while this isn't one of the tightest races we're watching, it could play into this big concern about control of the senate because democrats have got to hold on to their seats and mark warner is one of those. right now he's got a seven-point advantage in the polls. we also know northern virginia is a lot bluer than the rest of state. but ed gillespie has gotten key endorsements in the last couple of days from the first president busch. ann romney campaigned with him last night. and this is one to certainly watch. also this morning i've been digging into the cool vote and where they vote in northern virginia. i looks like prince william county typically has the lowest turnout. fairfax city has some of the highest turnout in northern virginia. we'll be watching to see if the trends continue. that's from the last two midterms. eun? >> tracie potts live on cap toil hill for us. thank you.

ed gillespie 49%. again, if the differential between these two candidates is less than 1%, there'll be a recount in virginia. >> looks like it in virginia. >> thank you. let's go to robert ray in atlanta. watching the race in georgia. when the night began, it could go in a run off. everything shows that. this is neck to neck between michelle nunn, the democrat, and the republican. neither one of the candidates held a public office. they've been at each other with the most ads in all of the country. 55,000 commercials. david prideaux taking this with no problems. 64 years old, never in office. an ex-c.e.o. of rebook and dollar general and called michelle nunn, the democrat, a puppet for president obama. clearly that was his agenda the entire time running against, and georgia voters came out and made their voice heard. >> robert ray, obviously the senate will be controlled by the republicans. david shuster's standing by in the studio with more on that. it's 11 o'clock, but it's happened. >> not yet. we a

democratic incumbent senator mark warner, against republican ed gillespie. that race is too close to call. gillespie got in the race somewhat late in the game. there could be a recount in virginia. who saw this coming? mike emanuel live in washington on this. how did gillespie make this such a hot, competitive race, mike. >> good morning, bill. ed gillespie's aides say it was positive message, not just opposing obamacare and offering actual alternative in early october seen as serious. he cut a massive leave of mark warner to .6 of a point on election day. he told supporters he wants to give it a little more time. >> we'll accept whatever is the final outcome. i owe it to voters of virginia, owe it to all of you to make sure the outcome it is final before we make any decisions on this end. >> election officials and representatives from the campaign are canvasing the vote and whether the gillespie camp should call for a recount. bill: what are you hearing from democrat mark warner in his message? >> reporter: senator mark warner sounded relieved and sounded l

the last point about governors is to talk about governor ed gillespie. he, of course, did lose his senate race but many people have noted that he is well setup to run again. i think he would have been had he lost by five points or seven points. running a good race, i think people felt he was one of the more policy oriented substantive candidates on the stumplet but also, ed gillespie also a student of norm warrenstein and part of a fraternity which might run turned pan banner of the political spawn of norm. with that, i will turn it to >> john is the country's leading absentee andly and mail voting. can you say just a little bit about what happened with mail voting in colorado? vermontturnout in the governor's race. >> vermont governor's race is going to stay in the democrats hands, but it is much closer than we anticipated. 2% margin.ss than a vermont has a strange practice or unique practice in america do not get 50% of the vote, there's not a runoff, but the legislature decides. the democratic legislature in vermont will likely select shumlin again. a

ed gillespie believed in his house so much that it was infectious. it was so infectious that i almost came to believe him. at any rate, what i'd like to know is whether you all think that the fact that he couldn't convince people of that infectious spirit sooner so that as a fund-raiser for him, i had a heck of a time getting people to give money because they said it's hopeless or the national committees, doing any support for him or whether there's any validity to the idea that having a 2.5% draw for a libertarian meant we couldn't make it. >> the question from the gentleman next to you. if you could say your question quickly. we will try to move around the room. >> adam powell from the university of southern california. michael, you said millennials are mildly more than average democratic in this election. to anyone of you, have you seen any survey data of millennial voters about hillary clinton specifically addressing the question of the fact that she will be significantly perhaps a generation older than the republican candidate? >> anyone? >> i h

late last night while warner was giving a victory speech, gillespie told a room full of his supporters he'll accept the final outcome of whatever it ends up being, but he says it owes to the voters of virginia that make it final. towards the end, the county elections board, they're actually going to be around the commonwealth, they're going to be spending the morning, double checking their results to help state officials certify this election. mike, andrea. >> thank you. >>> coming up in a few minutes what's behind the overwhelming vote for the gop. >> we'll show what the exit polls show and talk to political analyst rick kelsey about what this means for one of the two final years of obama's presidency. >>> as we head to break, here's a look at some other things voters decided last night. rchlt welcome back. 6:09 on this wednesday morning. a little bit of light out there, sunrise still about a half an hour from now and you see the mostly cloudy skies. if we see any sun, expecting it to be early. rook for mostly cloudy to a cloudy day. some late showers west, and then we'll see highs we

warner has 12,000 vote edge over gillespie. he was not so quick to concede. >> and i'll work with anyone, democrat, republican, independent. you name it. if we're going to make sure we get our country's problems tpeubs fixed. >> very close race. 0.6 i think was the hrafplt count. we're going to be patient here. and i believe that we need to be respectful of the voters. >> now, a vote canvas will begin later this morning at the fairfax county government center. we'll have a live report at 5:00 a.m. >>> we want to take you through the recount rules in virginia. only the apparent losing candidate can ask for a recount. there are no automatic recounts. if it is less than half a percent, tax payers foot the bill. if it is more than 5%, the gillespie will pay. remember you can download the nbc washington app to get a push alert with any new developments on this race. >>> democratic congressman jerry con crui connonl cruised in over scholte. >>> ward 4 councilman bowser will be the next mayor. she defeated catania and schwartz taking

and gillespie ran a mad dog anti-obama campaign. he wanted to win, he was going to beat the democratic liberals if you will. what was mark warner running for? what was his message to voters? i watched the ad campaign. it was on the tv all the time in washington. i didn't get a sense of why mark warner was important to the country. >> he's always run as i'm a technocrat. i have no recognizable ideology. he's always been that. and has been successful. >> but this time that was the issue. >> now back to kansas. lawrence o'donnell in kansas just to remind you of what's going on in kansas right now, that's a senate race where it's too close to call. 39% of the expected vote in. at this point it's too close to call according to nbc news. at orman headquarters there, lawrence, how are they feeling about things so far and where they're watching the vote come in from. >> they're very encouraged here tonight, rachel, at orman headquarters. republicans are supposed to win senate races in the state. they have for 80 years. and in the general el

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gillespie also feeling good when we spoke with him this morning in chantilly. gillespie has trailed throughout the race but a recent poll has him down by about six or eight points. for an he's pulling upset tonight and they feel strongly he will shock a lot of hundreds in washington dc. expect point tonight, we to hear from tim kaine and governor terry mcauliffe. when we hear from mark warner depends on how close this race goes. >> also in virginia, voting to replace too long time fixtures. socklican barbara const and -- barbara comstock. previously held for jim moran is up for grabs. no matter where you were in our area, the weather is no excuse not to go to the polls. >> i think what we are seeing all day except without the sunshine. it will be dry and mild and it will be just fine. a live look at laurel, maryland and the skies are mostly cloudy. a few patches of loose guy left over but for the overnight arlington at 65. a very mild afternoon. we will slowly drop overnight with some areas this morning in the 30's. temperatures very mild look to the left side

i think ed gillespie in virginia has a real shot of winning that seat tomorrow night. >> if i had to predict a surprise, i think it would where gillespie. >> my prediction is joe biden's hair and debbie wasserman schultz's hair are going to marry in a private ceremony in the bahamas and raise a fame of cheetos. >> republicans i will say 52. >> are you with me on gillespie? >> i'm with you in spirit, but not 100% confident. >> i'm going to say i think that dana will pull in plus ten. >> and i think orman is going to caucus with the democrats. i'm sorry to tell you. >> no opinion. >> we're not in kansas anymore. >> one more thing, dorothy is up next. >> scott brown, new hampshire. >>> all right, time for one more thing, k.g., your first? >> this is a life affirming very inspirational thing that happened. colleges freshman lauren hill played her dream to player ncaa ball and she did. they had capacity for 2,000. so many people wanted to come see her play the game which they moved up earlier because of her terminal illness. 10,000 people showed up to cheer her on. truly inspiring, about

i'm so proud of ed gillespie i'm about to bust. told ourabor day, i journal editorial report that you need to keep a nine ed gillespie. he was going to be an upset special. a lot of people thought i was nuts. if you know ed gillespie, you know how good he is, how smart he is, how good he campaign he ran. he is within an eyelash of knocking off someone that virtually everybody thought was unbeatable. andwe had better candidates we had candidates who could unite the republican coalition. that is what it is going to take in 2016. you did not answer the question. there was a poll that came out last week that said the number one issue that voters were looking for again was the economy. who are looking for people will break gridlock. i've seen no evidence this last few years that the president of the united states is willing capable of compromising and breaking gridlock. and i've seen no evidence that the republican party establishment is willing or able to compromise and break gridlock. >> i disagree. if you listen to mitch mcconnell's

gillespie spend the night campaigning. we'll be watching the tenth district where they are running against democrat john fous. the frank wolf held the seat since 1981. foust was in one of the most negative races this year. right now he's behind in the polls. and from a new mayor to marijuana, you'll be voting, and your votes will make a big impact today. >> in the district, you will not only decide the next mayor, you'll decide whether to legalize marijuana. you'll have a choice to vote yes or no to ballot initiative 81, which legalizes the possession of limited amounts of marijuana. supporters will hold an election night party, as well as a fund-raiser for d.c. central kitchen. while this initiative legalizes the possession of pot, it does not legalize the sale of pot. the d.c. council is working to come up with regulations law. the race for d.c. is the most competitive in 20 years she is a democratic candidate, normally an easy lock for the win. another candidate, former council member carol schwartz. she's on the right

and ed gillespie, we told you here on "the five" to watch that race. it's still not called. would you put virginia in that category as well? >> let's get back to that press conference, we have a sound bite for you from major garrett. >> mitch mcconnell said and i quote, that if you in fact use your executive authority to legalize a certain number of undocumented workers, it would poison the well, in the after math of last night's results, that the verdict rendered by voters should stop you or prevent you from taking that action. they will ask you to repeal the medical device act. >> my executive actions not only do not prevent them from passing a law that supercedes those actions, but should be a spur for them to actually try to get something done. on keystone, there's an independent process, it's moving forward. and the -- i'm going to let that process play out. medical device tax, let me take a look comprehensively at the ideas that they present, let's give them time to tell me. i would rather hear it from them than from you. >> eric, that's not exactly how the founder has

was an indication that his own numbers were telling him that he was in trouble and that gillespie had closed the gap. but it is a race the democrats never considered to be in trouble. not the kay hagan, not the --. >> woodruff: yeah. >> not the south dakota or anything of the sort. >> ifill: sue rothenberg and walter who have been digging through exit polls, i'm curious whether you see anything tonight that would have been a warning bell about what we see happening in virginia tonight. >> well, two things to remember. the first is we still have a lot of votes out in northern virginia, which is the democratic stronghold, so fairfax county, which is a place where democrats traditionally do well, where warner is doing well, you still have 40% of the vote out there. so i think this is still... we still have a ways to go, but i think that we have to wait until we see those numbers come in. the other piece of about virginia is i think there's complacency. look, there has been so much talk nationally about how important these ten states were that we've been talking about on and on and on for

rounds at an event in fairfax today, two days after his stunningly narrow win against republican ed gillespie. for warner the close call is not about supporting more democratic issues but about getting major problems solved. >> lots of actions i took in this first term where we put group together i think about the gang of six. i think about how close we got. but do we end up with a full budget solution that would have avoided the stupidity of sequestration? no. if we don't act, that's going to come rushing back and have a devastating effect on virginia next year. >> gillespie not available for comment today. his campaign says it will wait at least until the canvassing is done before they make any decisions. they can't request a recount until november 25th. >>> republicans wasting no time laying out their plan once they do take over congress and it's no surprise some of the items on their agenda don't mesh so well with what president obama would like to see. representative john boehner and senator mitch mcconnell want to approve the keystone excel oil pipeline from canada to the gulf coast and

but by competing so well, ed gillespie put virginia back in play for his party and party's 2016 brd shal nominee. >> biggest loser is hillary clinton because president obama has driven his party into a ditch. she'll have to get them out of the hole without losing her liberal base. >> very tough to do. >> okay. james? >> biggest loser is harry reid. not just for the obvious of losing control of the senate, but his despicable campaign failed and that is to use his official office and floor of the u.s. senate to attack private citizens simply for participating in the political process and disagreeing with him. >> he's going to stay there in the senate though, james. all right, kim? >> my big loser is billionaire environmentalist tom stier who effectively lit a match to 75 million of his own fortunes, which he plowed into democrat candidates who were supporting the extreme environmental agenda, nearly all of whom lost. that's a lot of green up in smoke. >> my winner rand paul, the kentucky senator who was everywhere this campaign, this election, running for -- helping republicans as the go-t

warner has since claimed victory but gillespie has not conceded. he's going to face questions about whether or not he will. up until now he says he wants to wait until the counting process plays out before he make as statement. >>> d.c. mayoral elect muriel bowser has named marion barry and three other former mayors to her transition team. bowser and some of the team members met at a conference this morning. she said all the cochairs should be in place next week. the committees will focus on different issues, including economic development. she says it's important to set an agenda that is feasible and funded and that her team will come up with recommendations for budget and other initiatives all within the first 100 days. bowser takes the oath of office coming up on january 2. >>> police in prince geoe's county are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a high school student there. the teenager told police she was walking along robert louis avenue in upper parm borrow when a man -- marlboro when a man tried to grab her. she ran away and wasn't hurt.

. >> republican ed gillespie has conceded defeat in the virginia senate race. at last count, gillespie trailed republican favorite mark warner by more than 16,000 votes. >> i have concluded that the numbers just aren't there and it's time to accept the decision of my fellow virginians. >> gillespie is legally entitled to a recount but says he will not ask for one. >>> up next, president obama is getting out of town, but not necessarily to friendlier territory. >>> fox 2 in detroit, with the ending of the largest public bankruptcy filing in american history. a judge today approved the city's plan, it cuts public retiree pension's -- >>> knocks 28 in cincinnati where the daughter of bengals player jew sales of her father's jersey have exploded as a fundraising effort. last night the team presented children's hospital with more than a million dollars to fund research and treatment. >>> this is a life look at san diego, great shot there from fox 5, the big story there tonight is the return of 100 marines from afghanistan. the homecoming at camp pendleton marks the

the contest between mark warner and ed gillespie. both made northern virginia the final stop in election eve campaign swings. the latest poll shows the race tightening. warner's early double-digit lead has fallen to single digits. >> i have a great feeling about tomorrow. momentum all across the state. >> reporter: gillespie will hold a final rally in sterling. >> yesterday we turned our clocks and tomorrow we changer sarn volunteers will work the phone banks and canvas into the night. volunteers followed the lines to their marching orders. in sterling, they made a last round of calls to the republican faithful. the focus at both, the open tenth congressial district where comstock faces foust. they are also getting a reminder of a big change. they must show an approved photo um to cast a ballot. >> i think we've done everything we could ta make sure people know what they need to do. >> reporter: driver's licenses aren't the only photo i.d. accepted. we took a look at mine. >> you can use the driver's license, no question. that's a go

the code gillespie's concession speech from earlier today. [laughter] [applause] [laughter] >> thank you all. thank you. thank you so much. thank you all. thank you. thank you also much. thank you all. is soh short notice, it great to see so many friends and so many volunteers and supporters making time on a weekday. with and i are happy to be you today. we just wanted to give you a little update on where things stand, and it stands this way. as you know, the canvassing is just about completed. official tally is now a votes,more than 16,700 larger than it was on election night. obviously, it did not move in the direction we hoped it would. i called mark warner this morning to congratulate him on his reelection, to thank him for his public service to our commonwealth, and to wish him and his family well. conversation, and i hope he does well in his continued service for the commonwealth of virginia and the country. this is obviously a hard-fought race, and i am proud of the campaign we have run, and i loved every minute of it. [applause] maybe

gillespie aides believe that all of the momentum was in his direction leading up to election day. it is not clear whether it was enough to get him across the finish line. they want to see those numbers. bottom line, the race in virginia has gone to overtime. >> november 25th we will be waiting. anyway, mike, thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> republican title wave sweeping the house. plus, what we have been all been waiting for. sergeant andrew tahmooressi. in the interview you will only see here. the marine talks about life behind bars in that mexican prison. sergeant tahmooressi tells his story for the first time since coming home. that's cominininininin >>> not just the senate. the republicans expanding the seats in the house to near record numbers. biggest house majority since, well, some say the truman administration. i have heard the hoover administration more than 60 years ago. >> the republicans pulled it off. an historic majority in the house and senate. >> this is a total rejection of democrats in washington. >> the party claims full control of both houses of congress fo

ed gillespie just scheduled a news conference. at last check, warner's lead had groan to about 16,500 votes. we will let you know what gillespie says at his news on our website, . >>> this morning, we're learning about two little girls in chicago who found a surprise in their halloween candy. eli and kenna car lynn discovered a diamond engagement ring. the girls told their parents and quickly made flyers to try to find the rightful owner. >> they had printed these flyers and they were on their way to our subdivision to hang them. that to me is just -- what good hearted, good hearted individuals. what great role models. and 8. i'm just blessed. i'm truly blessed. >> was it a diamond? >> yeah? >> more than that. >> returning the ring wasn't the only sweet thing the girls did this halloween. they donated most of their candy to the uso as part of a school project to pay it forward. >>> time now for a final check on our forecast. sounds like we better get our jackets out, huh? >> a chilly weekend, temperature today, a high of 58. tempe

senator mark warner is the apparent win we are a 16,000 vote lead over republican ed gillespie. counties around the state double checked vote totals today, looking for any errors that might have created votes to the wrong candidate. the results will not be available until november 25th. that's when gillespie can call for a recount. >>> larry hogan is starting to get used to the idea that he is now the governor-elect. he said he is ready to start making some changes. >> a lot of work tad. our state economy is in real trouble. we focused on that for years. now we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work trying to turn our state around. >> as part of that turn-around, he is promising to roll back tax increases. he is working on forming his transition team. >> and promising ethics and integrity will be her number one priority in office. she also outlined action on school reform, housing and homelessness as part of her agenda. she takes office on january 2nd. >>> next, drinking on the job. >> i wanted to know why the of two you have been drinking while you're in a government vehic

gillespie's was 49%. it was all about obama, in virginia. the second thing i'd really like to challenge your assertion on independent voters. i really think it's closer to 20%. and there's a lot of reasons we can't go into here, but look at colorado. look at the difference in the governor and senate race in colorado. pick six, ten, twelve races this year. those were swing voters. >> okay. who wants to take one question? henry? >> talking about the low turnout, i dispute this was a low turnout election, that when you take a look at the states where there were actually competitive races as opposed to states like mississippi or alabama where there were no competitive races, turnout was running between 70% and 75% of the 2012 level. the turnout differences between democratic urban areas and republican rural areas were not significant. in states where both parties were committing lots of resources, you saw voters turnout at rates that were pretty high for a midterm election and you saw partisans on both sides turn out. democrats did not lose colo

look at these numbers 1,036,000 and 1,033,00 for ed gillespie. tom tellis is ahead slightly over senator kay hayhagan. 82% of the vote reporting in north carolina. tom tillis with 1 one onvotes. pat roberts appears to be ahead with 33% reporting. has 51% of the vote compared to independent 45% for greg orman. two key numbers to keep in mind who has the majority and the majority above 50% has been david per due is holding on to his led with 57% of the vote which means that if this holds true there would not be a run-off. michelle nunn the daughter of sam nunn at 41%. >> thanks very much, speed. how many of these races are going to be lawsuits in the courts with less than 1% differences in the count? election night coverage here on c-span. next up is steve watching us in columbus georgia. steve, you are on the air. welcome, republican. >> yes, i am. as a matter of fact, i wanted to thank you very much for taking my call. a couple things i wanted to talk about. 200 years ago when people would vote for a candidate, they would -- the candidate would g

senator mark warner has a 16,000 vote lead over republican ed gillespie. counties around the state are doing a vote canvas where they look for possible errors that credited votes to the wrong candidates. results not official until the 25th when gillespie can call for a recount. >>> now that election day is behind us, congress begins to ramp up work again. lawmakers start to decide how much mope the government will spend fighting ebola. the senate appropriations committee will hear testimony on what is expected. this is the first senate hearing on ebola since congress recessed in september. >>> you can share your vision on the future of historic downtown fairfax starting today. the city of fairfax and george mason have teamed up for a three-day workshop that will explore various short and long-term plans. the meeting starts at 8:30 at the sherwood center on old lee highway. >>> we're following a developing story. a man hunt ended few hours ago. how police caught up with a man accused of killing his girlfriend and posting pictures of her body online. >>> why

look at this, 49-48 warner on top of gillespie. even if he ends up losing this, this has to be the stunner of the night. >> let's go down to the parishes of louisiana whereas you can see neither of the top two candidates finish at 50%. that's what you need it avoid a run-off. they are headed to a run-off on december 6. >> mary landrieu has already called in a series of debates. i'm not sure in a two party head to head race there has been a poll where landrieu has come out on top but she is a fighter and has been successful before. >> meanwhile, in addition to keep the house, gaining control of the u.s. senate, republicans also won in a number of key states. she's beloved by the democratic party but wendy davis lost big to the attorney general greg abbott. >> she ran his wheelchair ads and obviously it did not help her there. >> it's still very much a red state. greg abbott prevails. in massachusetts martha coakley has to be stunned this morning. that liberal state has turned to a republican to replace deval patrick. in a squeaker b

i think ed gillespie in virginia has a real shot of winning that seat tomorrow night. >> if i had to predict a surprise, i think it would where gillespie. >> my prediction is joe biden's hair and debbie wasserman schultz's hair are going to marry in a private ceremony in the bahamas and raise a fame of cheetos. >> republicans i will say 52. >> are you with me on gillespie? >> i'm with you in spirit, but not 100% confident. >> i'm going to say i think that dana will pull in plus ten. >> and i think orman is going to caucus with the democrats. i'm sorry to tell you. >> no opinion. >> we're not in kansas anymore. >> one more thing, dorothy is up next. >> scott brown, new hampshire. sheila! you see this ball control? you see this right? it's 80% confidence and 64% knee brace. that's more... shh... i know that's more than 100%. but that's what winners give. now bicycle kick your old 401(k) into an ira. i know, i know. listen, just get td ameritrade's rollover consultants on the horn. they'll guide you thugh the whole process. it's simple. even she could do it. whatever, janet. for all the

ed gillespie will be in sterling. romney will be stumping for gillespie there. >>> check this ou this is a rare sight. gasoline selling in d.c. for less than three bucks a gallon. we found this overnight on sherman avenue in columbia heights. don't all rush in there now. bertha, we just hit a big benchmark in gas prices, right? >> reporter: it is. three handle. whenever something is at that particular number. so to be under a three handle is psychologically a big deal for a consumer. the flaonardiert. but it has been amazing this year. the average for a gallon of price nationally is now below $3 a gallon, according to aaa. that happenethis e. that's the lowest we have seen in four years. and we have seen prices come down an average of a penny a day over the last month. in d.c. it is still around $3.22. but generally most anywhere we are going to the find one or two gas stations at lea i bet if you hunt within d.c. you will find one under 3 bucks. >> bertha coombs, thank you. we're learning more about what may have cau

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his challenger, ed gillespie says no way, not conceding, we want a recount. we'll find out if it goes that way. >> louisiana's

>> ed gillespie and virginia coming close. illinois governor, home state, president's home state. >> what about maryland the bluest of blue states? >> in that race, maryland has elected a governor recently. the democratic campaign was one of the worst run. martin o'malley. illinois, now having a republican governor makes a big difference for the party. >>let hope for him that the illinois governor he doesn't go to jail like every other. >> that would be nice. >> he has a 50% chance of staying out of prison. >> four of the last nine. 50%. >> it was funny last night, a lot of bun dits were having trouble being the wave. >> i was the one -- later on, i amended my view. >> we had like north carolina, like that was going to go to kay hagan, i will tell you, it was obvious, it wasn't only a wave it was massive, you have republicans winning in massachusetts, illinois, in maryland. >> that is -- >> you have three groups the house the senate and the governor races in the house, which we haven't talked about yet. it looks like the repub

why did senator warner have such a close call against ed gillespie. the republican national committee, the republican party hadn't even given ed gillespie all the money he could have used. could he have won this thing? having the cavalry come in might have put it over the top. these are almost parliamentary elections. virginia and new hampshire are right in that sweet spot that was in the swing areas. above expectations. everywhere in the state until it got into deep northern virginia and then it was the same old, same old. what has happened is ed has put him in a prime position to lead the party and go on and do whatever he wants to as republican nominee i think he has a great future ahead of him. >> clearly, ed gillespie has teed up to the governor's race two years from now. let me ask you about the 2016 races. ben, what are you seeing? you wrote that paul ryan might be the first out of the box or the first to make decisions? >> i think you have to look at the different circumstances of the potential candidates. i think paul ryan, a great, great fri

ed gillespie has conceded that race yet. the poll just missed it. down do the wire for the most vulnerable republican in the senate, pat roberts, it showed greg orman beating pat roberts. orman had a lead of about a point. but then last night look, pat roberts won by nearly 11 points. what explains this? there's only one person i can think of who could conceivably know the answer to that and could explain it in a way that doesn't make me grind my teeth. joining us, the breakout star, the great steve kornacki. why were the polls so wrong this year? >> i have no idea. >> okay. >> let's look at kansas. you set it up there. i think as you said, this is one we were expecting. a late night in kansas thinking maybe there's a recount or something and it comes up 11 point. what happens here? this is a trend, this is a story, this is something that really accelerated in american politics in the last six years or so, and that is that voters, when they're in the voting booth, when they're forced to finally decide an election, when they have to decide an electio

the tenth district house seat left vacant by retiring congressman frank wolf and ed gillespie voted in person absentee a little more than a week ago so spent the day trying to woo voters outside the polls. we caught up with him in chantilly this afternoon. he's hoping to unseat mark warner. warner cast his ballot this morning. julie carey has been talking with voters at the polls today and is live in mclean with details. julie? >> reporter: well, this mclean polling place is in the tenth congressional district so even before all the votes are tallied tonight, they know there will be a new member of congress. and that's one reason that at this precinct and many across northern virginia, turnout has been described today as steady, even in this midterm election year. with two precincts voting at belmont ridge middle school, this ashburn polling place is typically busier than most. for the first time in more than 30 years, the name of long-time republican congressman frank wolf is not on the ballot. voters will choose a new tenth district congressman, or congresswoman. the race between dem

meanwhile, in virginia ed gillespie also chose today to concede his loss to senator mark warner. >> the race was a lot closer than anyone had predicted, but after realizing the numbers just aren't there for a recount, ed gillespie concedes the race to u.s. senator mark warner. but now, gillespie supporters and political analysts are already talking about his future and the possibility of a big run for another big office. what that office could be and what the candidate had to say during his press conference, that story coming up tonight at 5:00. >> yes, we'll be hearing more about that. >> no doubt. >> meanwhile, some of washington's tomorrow power brokers gathered today for lunch at the white house. >> that's right. president obama met with democratic and republican congressional leaders to discuss the political agenda for the next two years. >> breaking bread in an attempt to break gridlock. president obama and vice president joe biden welcomed democratic and republican congressional leaders this afternoon for lunch in the old family dining room at the white house. it was the presiden

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gillespie has not conceded this race. there really is no one in the political world who saw this one being this close. in new hampshire, cnn has projected that democrat jeanne shaheen will hold on to her senate seat. the republican challenger there scott brown has also refused to concede at this point. mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader, at least for a few more days, cruising to reelection. he defeated democrat alison lundergan grimes to win a sixth term. and with republicans taking control of the senate, mitch mcconnell will become the next majority leader. christine? there. >> are two more races where the outcome is not known. in louisiana, neither mary landrieu or any of her opponents got over the 50% threshold required to win the seat. that throws the race to a primary on december 6. and in alaska where the polls didn't even close until midnight eastern time, they're still counting votes at this hour. i want to start in ankle a raj where cnn's drew griffin is standing by life for us. governor, drew. how is th

ed gillespie trailing mark warner by nearly 17,000 votes. warner declared victory but gillespie still hasn't conceded. the senate race up in the air. dan sullivan has the lead over mark begich. he was seen hauling away his own campaign signs. >> new overnight u.s. warplanes targeting the most notorious bomb makers. he killed david drudgen of syria. he developed a method to dip clothes in explosives that could pass through airport detection. defense officials only confirming the u.s. carried out air strikes in that region. >> dozens of gitmo prisoners are returning to the battlefield. the obama administration releasing yet another detainee. he is back in his home land of kuwait after 30 years in guantanamo bay. fawzi al-odah was among the first prisoners on suspicion of al qaeda or the taliban. he most likely had terror training but was not in a leadership position. >> officers face fatality charges after surveillance cameras see him punching a 16-year-old marijuana suspect. one officer accused of hitting the teen with his gun. the teen never

>> ed gillespie putting out a statement saying he's going to let the process play out before deciding whether to take any action. the process of certifying the election begins with canvassing of the votes. people here are looking at the tallies, making sure the numbers add up in the machines work well. we're told the new machines function very well during yesterday's election. warner claiming victory in the race. today his attorney saying on a conference call they are 100% certain his lead will hold up and he will be confirmed the winner. ed gillespie says he wants to let the canvassing play out, then the certification, which could take a few weeks. at that point possibly a decision will be made about a possible recount. this year they were in rhythm. mucherything has been so faster, our reporting was faster last night than we have ever had. far fewer technical errors and machine glitches and the paperwork is reduced because we have only one machine rather than a couple dozen. >> you see here they are wrapping up for the day. these folks have been working all day very hard. were told