oh, my god. wow! >> this morning democrats are poised to take control of the house and jennifer wexton is one of the new congresswomen headed to washington. we have decision 2018 covered for you from the winners to the still-undecided races. >> psident trump already h a warning for democrats. >> what he says new house members suld avoid. good rning, everybody. we had some high clouds move in. it's dimmed out the sunshine a little bit but no chance of rain

yet. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >> good morning, everybody. i'm i'mri gonzalez. republicans managed to maintain their majority and pk up a couple of seats in the senate. >> but for the first time in eight years, democrats are set to regain control of the house after a projected net gain of 28 seats. news4's tracee potts has a look at the results and what they'll mean her in washington. >> reporter: washington's new normal,emocrats in charge o the house of representatives, republicans controlling the senate. >> we h a ver good day. i'm proud of what happened. the president was very helpful to us.>> eporter: a record number of women are headed to capitol hill, hoping to bre through gridlock. >> a lot of us are used tobr king threw barriers. as women, that's what we've been

doing our entire career. >>. >> reporter: they fix health care, deal with immigration and slice tough the deficit? democrats are already talking about reopening the russia investigation and the want to see the president's tax returns. >> it's not becau of any voyeuristic interesthe but should know if he's corrupt. >> reporter: mean, i get it. you want to salivate to have the investigation happen. but understand o the actor the other side of that and how unpredictable he still is. >> reporter: this election brought lots of afirsts, openly gay governor in colorado, three new female governors, they're still counting ballots in arizona's senate race. in georgia outstanding absentee ballots could forno a for the state governor. >> we'll make sure every vote is

counted. >> reporter: and florida's senate race is headed for a recount. >> so more now on the local race that helpe democrats flip the u.s. house. democrat jennifer wexton defeated republican bbara comstock in virginia's 10th district. ea that has been held by democrats for decades now. ennifer wexton thanked her supporters. >> because we worked together, we sent a message that a we want better nation, that we demand a better nation, a nation where wc treat e other with dignity and with respect. >> comstock tried hard to exercise her independence from g the esident dur campaign but it wasn't enough. she encouraged young republicans to stayinvolved. >> these important fights are about improving our community and thattm comt and you all have that. improving this cotry, our common sense conservative values we continue to fight for and

we'll continue to get all of ese great successes for years to come. >> comstock served two terms in congress. no word when she'll d yet. >> what was once a purple commonwealth is now firmly blue. wcomer abigail spberger over dave brat. vaebs helhis sea-- republicans held thi position since 1981. keep ocrat tim kaine will his senate seat. he was one of the first races called last night, just one minute after the polls closed. he handily bea cor stewart. he said he hopes in blue waves humbresident trump. now to maryland where governor hog hogan easilyon nano her term.

>>l those democrats and independents who crossed over and cast their votes for me, i se some of them out there tonight, let me assure you that i will contie to be a governor for all marylanders. >> many democrats had hoped strong turnout heade toward blue wave would carry challenger ben jealous to the senate. >> general colin powell told me a long time ago, it's easy to figure out what we can disagree on. what's tougherndore important in a kpras democracy figure out what we can agree on. >> jealous also called out the mea for calli the race too

soon but looked at the numbe and said he agreed with >> unexpectedly high turnout resulted in era long lines and frustrations. >> justin finch is live. officials are trying to figure out whatent wrong. justin? reporter: erikhey kind of know what went wrong. they had a very high turnout ant justnough ballots to go around. in fact, they say they realized tuesday afternoon that things kind of were not going their way. ballots running low in some locations. they tried to send workers wh extra ballots to those polling places but they got caught in tuesday traffic. you know what happens henext, t got there very late and votres we in line for hours. like at brandywine elementary, we have reports of some 1,500 people waiting three to four hours to cast their ballots.f one o at least three places that did have long lines in prince george's county.

they did bring in pizza, tried to help spirits pick up there, but in the end it took a very, very long time. now they say they tried to base their bal allocations on the 20 presidential elections. also a very high turnout rate. befo but for the 2018 midterms, in the end >> you always use historical data at the various precinct to determine our ballot allocations. that's what occurred unfortunately there just weren't enough ballots out. that coupled with provisional ballots, there just were not enough ballots at some of our precincts. >> reporter: so in the ends electifficials surprised by the turnout yesterday, specifically in those locations. they say going forward they will do their best thave more ballots at the ready for any tolling place just in case they

are cau by surprise again. they will have a meeting of the d tomorrow where they will be discussing this issue and a few others. the good news for those who did wait in line, those three and four hours to vote, they wet able to cheir ballots, even though the process itself was delayed. 'm justin finch, news4, back in toyou. >> thank you. in maryland's 6th stct, david trone claimed victory. two years ago he lost his bid for the 8th district. but last night he was victorious and pted a big win. more decision 2018 results ahead. we'll have the races coored. we're a waiting for two news conferences, one from president tr ap andther from nancy pelosi. 's turn to the weather now. the sun is out for a change. how about th. >> does that mean we are rain-free for the rest of today,

chuck? >> we'll keep the rain away probably through tomorrow, too. i've had some clouds spio the area. these are not going to be rain makers. it's not the sparkling blue sky we had earlier today.he still in 60s this afternoon. that will be the mildest weather for at least the next 10 to 14 day as a much colder pattern is on the way. the pattern arrives with a pretty high rain chance on friday. it's 58 in montgomer county, 61 in prince george's county. upper 50s,id low and 60s throughout the day. even with the clouds around, we'll be dry. s 66 in mary's county, 65 right here in town. more about tomorrowk and a l on into the weekend coming up. >> all right, chuck, thank you. we'reea working to more

about this school bus acciden in arundal county. keep an eye on the nbc washington app for more on the ndstory. >> local leaders among the long list of female winns. we have more on the pink wave

election night ended with an historic victory for d.c. mayor muri bowser. she became the first woman reelected mayor in d.c. history. >> she's also the first mayor to w win a second term since 2002. er victory party carried into the late hours. >> are you going to stick with me? [ cheers ]>> oday over 120,000 of you say we got your back, bowser, ath way. >> more than 200,000 ballots were cast in d.c. more than 50,000 were early voters. >> not much suspense in the race for montgery county executive. mark elrich won almost two-thirds ofhe vote. nancy floreen delayed her

retirement to run as an indepeent but pulled i less than 20% of the vote. a raucous crowd greeted elrich last night. elrich has opposed large transportation projects in the past in favor of smaller, more scaled-down plans. >> and there's arand new county executive states attorney, the first woman leading the county. >> history is being made in the midterm elections. a record number of women ran thisyear, leading to many historic wins. >> reporter: this morning a pink wave has washed over american politics. a record number of women, more than ed100, eleo congress.

in the e,ho it leaves 30 women elected for the first time and more than a dozenf them flipping seats from red to blue. one new democrat from new york, at 29 she's the youngesteroman lected to congress. >> we launched this campaign because in the absence of anyone giving a clear voice on the moral issues of our time it is up to us to voice them. >> reporter: women are making history in manyer ways, too. >> here in minnesota wealon't ys welcome immigrants, we send them to washington. >> reporter: this morning the first muslim women he been ha ted to congress, and so the first native american women. debolland in new mexico and

sharice davids. davi was among a record number of lbg candidates. >> jaredis p is the first gay candidate elected. a new wave of diverse lawmakers, changing the face of american politician. >> we are awaiting a news conference now from president trump to talk about the b midterms already this morning the president tweeted a warning to house democrats. he said, "don't waste taxpayer money investigating us." also saying republicans may be forced to investigate them considering all the leaks of inclassified rmation. we'll bring you the president's news conference live when it happens. the girl scouts are suing

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substantial. we're talking about an injection th saline or water or a pill filled with powder. so when you give it, they find benefit that technically is not a treatment. >> so how effective can a placebo be when you're treating pain andther things? >> ooelievably. about 50% of people will respond to a placebo. in general there's a high placebo response rate. sometimes getting the difference between a placebo or head case can be heed to or prove. they've even done sham surgeries. there's a surgery for the meniscus in your knee. there was a study that came out a few years ago that found that the sham version of meniscus rgery was just as effective as the real thing. mind over is just a

matter sort of thing? if you say yes to cpain, i maybe understand that. the meniscus is a whole other thing. it a mind-over-matter thing? >> we don't exactly know. if you believe something is goin to help you, then it has a chance of helping you. they've done functional i studies where you can look at the brain in particular and see when somebody is taking a placebo, if they believe they're going to benefit from the treatment,ou actually see brain changes taking place. they mightrelease natural endorphins o dopamine. it's clearly not coming from the substance you're ki. a few interesting things. one is that a capsule, forer what reason, works better of a pill. the larger the ll, the bette it works and an injection works better than a pill. wow. >> it's fascinating.

>> is it just as effective if you kno you're getting a placebo? >> yes. ishat wild. there was a study for irritable bowel syndrome. they told people, we are going to be giving you a placebo and yet 60% of the people benefite and other studies they told people they were getting an active medicine and they were getting the acti placebo and the results. >> some have mild depression because of the placebo. what do you think? >> i would lo eink i'm doing more than giving people a placebo. i see in my experience, i see about 80% of people getting better when i givehem these

medications. that is better than what you see in the studies. typically when they do studied they f the benefit is 60%. the reason i think i see better vul results is not because i'm a magician i think it has to do with the population i treat. i see people who do very well. they're not getting their lights shut off so if you tweak something, they can do bett. if moved my practice and i was treating people who weren't doing as well socioeconomically, they may not be doing as well. >> relief for many of us this morning, it's not raining. let's talk about whether or not this is going to stay this way for thet couple

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>> sounds like a pretty happy new year to me. >> youknow, jesus turned water into wine so there you go. >> there youave it. >> chuck's here to talk about this gorgeous day we have behind us, beautiful fall weather without a drop of rain in sight today. >> isn't it nice? lter a total soaking around here thet couple of days, over two inches of rain when you addueonday anday together. nice to have the sunshine back. still mild today but cooler. we'll be inhe60s today and tomorrow. nor ha another half inch or more of rain coming on friday. it's nice outside. 64, winds out of the west averaging almost0 miles per hour. over the next couple of days our 60se will around here but this is it, much cooler weather arrives saturday and it will be downright cold for the weekend

and next week. 59 i washington, 63 from fredericksburg. highs today not a big jump from where we are itnow. getting late in the year so the sun is down at 5:01. y amount of cloud cover does put the kibosh on the warmup. this low will stay well to our south. you can see the cloudiness early this morning. these are showers out in west virginia. those are n actually reaching the ground. so it's all dry around the region for w. future weather has the clouds in and out of here for the remainder of the day. skies will be partl cloudy overnight. tomorrow you'll start out with a fair amounf sunshine. i think any rain chances will hold offbl until pro midnight or later thursday night into friday morning. but friy itself looks lik it can be rather rainy, especially the second half of friday. friday morning just kind of cloudy and showery but friday evening wet for sure.

temperatures in the 50s all day. on frid saturday ther rain will be of before t -- over before the sun comes up but a gusty w will keep temperatures below tfreezing. nk you. >> president trump called election day a tremendous success. we'll see if he has the same reaction today. a news conference is expected to start in just a few minutes. >> with power now split on capitol hill, questions about what'sctually going to get a waiting for a liver transplant..

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you're watching "news4 midday." right nowe are waiting to hear from president trump, a news conference set to start any minute now. the president is expected to talk about the results of the midterm elections. >> last night he tweeted "tres"ndous succ and thanked all his supporters. republicans will keep control o. the sena however, the democrats do now control the house. and that could mean some gridlock on >> do you think it's going to be very difficult to move anything trough washington and t could lead to some crises, more government shutdowns, a lot of uncertainty because quite frankly, there's going to be af lot pressure on democrats not to make deals with president trump. don'torget 2020 basically starts today. there's probably six or so democrats in the senate whore

going to start running for president right away. think about who the people are that are going to be coming to washington i this new class of democrats. they are largely from the midwest, they are largely from suburban areas, they have largely run on messages of being a check on the president b also making washington work. so that's going to be a real push and pull on nancy pelosi, who has already come out and said you know what, we are not here to impeach president trump. >> one of the things that still looks lik it might be a bit striking and we're still waiting on the final exit polli to comet, but this idea there might be 2%, maybe 3% when asked by pollsters whether you support the president or support the agenda, either they're not telling the truth, the pollsters oraybe they're not telling the truth to pollsters. it seems maybe we were b off a again when it came to our polling andehow much we stimated this president. >> i think when you look at the you were looking at 8, 9

points generic lead for democrats. that's where at the end of the day they're going to perform. it will be about a 9% victory, whichs a pretty significant repudiation of the trump administration given that we have anme unemploy rate of 3.7% in the thcountry. last time you saw a gap that big, it was fin 2008, the econoy was in a freefall, we were in the middle of an unpopular war and barack obama was president. i don't think the particular size of the popular vote, if you ll, should be diminished with this. >> stay with us. we're going to bring you the president's news conference live when it. begi stay with us. >> colorado elected the country's first openly gay male

in governor polis. >> the kentucky clerk who went to jail in2016 for refusing to issue licenses to gay couples was defead by the democrat challengle cher. he said his plan is to, quote, treat everyone equally. >> social media may have played a huge role in this year's midterm election. you may h seen your friends and family posting their "i voted" selfie all day. instagram users added an "i vote " "voted" sticker to posts. >> thiss how voters paid

tribute to susan b. anthony, who eventually gave t women right to vote. in 1882he illegally cast her vote and was arrested. now a journey to citizenship more than a century in e making. >> david culver introduces us to one of t newest americans. > on a day when the power of citizenship is exercised at e polls, 13 people representing 12 nations raising their right hand to join one nation, the united states of america. among them, this woman. e says she is 106 and six exact., to be that would put her birth back in 1912. woodrow wilnin w the presidency that year, the "titanic" sinking to the btom

of the atlantic and tokyo washington its first crop of cherry trees.el maria me it's a dream that started with her late husband. after he passed sev years ago, she became more determined than ever to make it to this day. as she received naturalization paermpers, her family embraced her with lovewh does this mean for your family? >> for me and my family, it's a dream come true. >> reporter: she has 18 children and she's lost count of how many grandchildren and great grandchildren she has. she says she hopes to eventually >> we have voice. we have to vote. >> reporter: she is simply si

feeling grateful in this moment. she tells me she feels stupendous, happy about this journey. as her journey as an immigrant comes to an end, her journey as an american is j beginning. >> isn't that something that at 106 the importance that people see in that rightt t we have to .vo >> and in reaching that american dream. >> absolutely. at a story. we are already looking forward to the weekend. chuck lets us ow if today's mild weather is going to stick around. >> and faceboo

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and chief roessler works to change minds about the issue. >> reporter: he is getting candid in hopes of saving lives. >> i see a counselor. i'm a human being. this profession and life il genes something that complicates our day-to-day decision making. unfortately asirst responders, we are seeing horrific scenes or and over again. and also dealing with the stress of people that are just having the worst day of their lives. >> reporter: in 2017 more police officers andie firefighters dd by suicide than alline ofuty deaths combined. chief roessler is ting to

ang that by speaking about his own post-traumatic stress disorder. that's why he started showing this video at all roll calls. >> i started feeling that my little wld would better without me in it. >> t >> reporter: the chief thinks this video will stop some s suicid suicides. what do you think? >> i think it already has. >> reporter: we'll speak to first responders as they share their personal sto of heartbreaks and hope it encourages others to seek help. it's anmportant story and we hope you'll join us for that tonight on news4 at 5:00 and 00. ouror resources, check out app on nbcwashington.com.

>> we areng gethe better part of fall that we'll see just for a couple of days. >> a nice day to be outside today. thl color wase mfor o year beca of all the rain we had. there's city cam looking over the urban landscape. a lot of screen for this month of november. theellows and reds didn't really stand up very well this year. that's all right.oi it's still to be a nice day to be outside today. partly cloudy skies. temperatures already in the mid 60s so that's nice. and these high cloudsoverhead will not bring us any chance for rain today or tomorrow. today's temperatures staying in the0 to around 60 degrees. but there's a change coming around the first blast of cole arrivd on saturday and a inreinfo shot of cold weather areevrive

next week. around noontime on saturday, temp atures will fall out o the 40s and into the 30s saturday afternoon and evening. even national airport cld get down below freezing by sunday morning. and another shot of colder a arrives with more rain on tuesday next week. that may very well end with a mix ofain and wet snowflakes, especially for the higher terrain north and west of the city. since it's hump day time to start thinking a the weekend. saturday and sunday will be dry but noticeay chillier. temperatures falling to the 40s on saturday. if you're going to go to a game on saturday, in morgantown, tcu plays west viinia, a noon kickoff. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s,zy br cold and passing snow showers not completely out of thequestion. have your heavy winter kout rco ready to go. 65 today. not bad. 58 tomorrow. not bad.

in on friday. nobody wants rain onfriday. wednesday' high temperature around towny struggle mightily just to get back to near 40 degrees. brrr. >> wasn't ready forthat. >> thank you, chuck. >> apple hopes to get you shopping for the holidays early. what's available starting toda ♪ >> and a group of student activists take their fight to the stage in a powerful play. see how their experienc ise

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inallytudents doing something, final lip we are d.lking about the trauma that we have fa >> that is a scene from "the ll" on stage n at studio theater. it was created by student activists and tells the story of their firsthand experience, bringing down a statue of cecil rose. so much for being here with u on midday." start by giving a little bit of the history andow you guys came to be involved with this. >> well, it really startedell before 2015. it's an ongoing process. engage with ng to

the history, the colonial past and history of apartheid in morn day south africa with the youth that is in the rainbow tion now. >> talk to me about maybe some of the similarities between the two countries. have you been following fsr t car any statutes here in the united states and does that have any impact on the work inthat you a are doing? >> we are aware of people of color fighting for their rhts around the world. marginalized people are saying we'd like to be recognized and treated like human beings. and any symbol that dehumanizes shouldn't be celebrated or be put in public where everyone gets toalk past it. >> what was the point that you all said we need to make this a in production, telling this story on a larger platform for differentnc aud to see? what was that that clicked that

you said this is it this is the right medium? >> we need to archive what we're going rough. a lot of what the students were doing at that moment was being misrepresented through the media. we wanted to share a keyhole for the audience to see the talks and discussions that went the amtssadors t we took in 2015 and 2016. >> i understand for a lot of you it's your firster time in washington, our nation's capital. what are some of the takeaways for you since you've been here? >> the people are really friendly. halloween was really te sting. we don't get halloween in south africa. the food has been amazing. it's been a great way to end our tour in an amazing city. >> i'm so glad you had a pleasaexperience. "the fall" is on stage at studio

theater. >> it's until the 27th of nove ber. it's jusn extended. >> congratulations to you guys. thank you both. thank you so very it's a pleasure to have met you both. break a leg. thank you. >> happening today at apple stores, the latest id is going home with customers. it ditches the home button and adds an edge-to-edge display. it's 1,000 to $1,200 depending on what version you buy. after adding accessories, a keyboard, case, extra storage pace, the cost goes up to about $2,700. >> facebook is dropping out of the internet and into the mall. right now we want to go to a special report. the president is about to speak. good morning, everyone. on this morning after a divided nation elected a divided

government, we're about to see that in action. and with sback-to-back n conferences. first by president trump and then houseit min leader, nancy pelosi, who is t poised return as house speaker. we're waiting for the president to come out for a news conference. we anticipate that in moments. nbc news estimates when all races are called, the democrad will h total of 230 house seats to the republicans' 205, regaining house control for the first time in eig years. it is another story in the senate where the republicans held on to their majority, 51 seats, andt exp to extent it with races in florida, mississippi, montana undecided. the president will speak at the white house east room. kristen welker ishere with the latest. good >> reporter: harharry, good morg to you. expect trump to cast ts as

win. in talking to white house officials, they tell me, look, thlu wasn't the wave that a lot of people were anticipating. so you can expect president trump to point to that. he will likely also point out that he was out on the campaign trail stumping for a lot of people in states in a did win, in ana, missouri,florida. expect him to talk about that. but there's also the reality check, the fact that there is now divided government. there is going to be oversight of thissopresident. this white house is bracing for subpoenas and investigations. democrats already signaling they e going to ask to see the president's tax returns. this was the president on twitter earlier let me read it for you. he wrote "those that worked with me in this incredible midterm election embracing certain policies and priiples did ver well. those that did not, say good-bye. yesterdayas such a very big win and all under the pressure of a nasty and hostile media."

also touting nancy pelosi, saying she deserves the leadership. is he not winding her up toe a il as he looks to the 2020 reelection campaign. we got a two-minu warning. we are awaiting president trump. the stakes could n be higher. this is the first time we'll hear from him since last night. >> joining us in thetuo is halle jackson. i think thatee almost like taunting. >> bring it on almost. this is a little bit of a choose your own adventure midterm. if you're ademocrat, y can point to historic wins for women, for example, in the house of representatives. control of that for the first time in eight years. if you're donald trump, i expect we'll see a l victory for him. we've seen it on twitter, a place he likes tot go to t those things. i expect he'll talk about holding on to the senate, the stateshere he did campaign

quite a bit in the final days. i was in indiana right before election day. he'll talk about the judicial this is a president who has been reshaping the federal judiciary, most notably with those supreme court picks that made it through with justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh. think about the cabinet shake-ups we may see, specifically in the department of justice. there has been widespread speculation that the attorney general's days are numbered. we said two-minute warning. tend to be a little fluid in the white house. >> let's look at the four senate seps that are for grabs that ofe very, very close, haven't been ficially announced yet. too close to call in florida. razor thin margin there. the's also arizona and montana is another one and finally the

last senate. these are all basically expected to go the republican way. but that has yeto be seen. >> down to the wire, harry. >> let's go t kasie hunt, who is on capitol hill.in good mo >> reporter: harry, good morning to you. we are expecting nancy pelo d, theocratic leader and perhaps the next speaker of the house to address supporters and perhaps supporters here at the capitol in just a few minutes. i suppose that depends on how long the p tsident of united states speaks. we're anticipating she will follow his remarks. she ofourse is stepping into potentially a situation that could b a little tricky for her. we're still waiting to see how it a shakes out. there have been some questions

about people who have now been elected to congress who said on the campaign they did not want to suprt her. nancy pelosi has been raising money, making sure these candidates feel supported. that's a looming issue here.r the num three and two democrats in the house are also here at the building. we'll bg watch see if they appear to make remarks today. but the other question, too, is beat's going t the legislative agenda. you have split government now tween the house and the senate. that's going to makeor some very difficult legislating. i thi there is going to be pressure on democrats to show that they're actually getting things done, that ty're not just the opposition party. will they cooperate with the president on an infrastructure bill ors there going to be so much pressure from liberal

democrats who areth angry a president that that's not even something that they really want to entertain. then of course y have all of the questions about investigations. democrats have now won back subpoena power in critical commits, oversight a they could reopen the russia investigation. we already know they're interested in seeing president trump's tax returns. that's ld going to be a difficult path to walk without overreaching. some on the left have been argug to push to impreach president trump. that's not something nancy pelosi expects her caucus to do in the next two years, harry. >> and a lot of democrats anticipate this new house wantin to do. "if the demoats, then we would

be forced to vet them for all the leaks of classrmied inion and much more at the senate level. two can play that game. we thought this whole thing has been interesting to say least for the last two years. we may be on thege the v of something on a completely different level. >> in is the first time that donald trump has hth to deal check on his power, has had to deal with, afrankly, unfriendly -- >> here is the president of the united states entering the east room. thank you. thank you very much. please. thank you. it was a big day yesterday, incredible day, and last night the republican party defied history to expand o senate

majority while significantly beating expectations in the house for the midterm year. we did this in spite of a very dramatic fund-raising disadvantage driven by democr s democrats, wealthy donors and special interest and very hostile media coverage to put it mildly. the media coverage set a new record and a new standard. we also had a staggering number of house retirements. so it's a little tough. these are seats that could have been held pretty easily. we had newcomers going

as an example of the 11 candidates we campaigned with during the last week, nine won last night. this vigorous campaigning stuff thw talked about, i don't k if there was such a thing, but could have been if we didn't do the campaigning. probably could have been.d e history will see what a good job we did in the final weeks with tremendous stuff over the finish line but many of them not known, but they ll be known. this election marks the largest senate gains for a pnt's

party in a first midterm a election sinleast president kennedy's in 1962. there have been only four midterm. and most likely, the number will be three. you people probably e that better than i do at this point because you've looked at the more recent numbers.