dan springer, you're still with us.two minutes before shep smith is going to take over. i was trying to get my speech coach there in anchorage on the phone, but her battery is very low. they have no power in their house, but they are safe which, of course, is the good news. in the minute and a half we have left, tell us a little more about what we can expect in the coming hours. there is only about six hours of daytime this time of year in alaska. >> reporter: it's interesting. alaska's power grid is pretty deregulated. they've got multiple power companies serving those 280,000 people who live in anchorage. we've got reports from those multiple power companies. it seems like they've got about 60,000, by my count, about 60,000 people out. could be more than that. they got most of their customers who still have power. they've got all hands on deck, obviously. they will have everybody in and then some coming to the area to restore power. that's the big issue. they do have multiple watermainbreaks. you have students sitting

let's go to dan springer who is in seattle, washington.we have already had a journey with how strong this was. tell us about it. >> we have it at 6.7 or 6.6, also been as high as seven or 7.1. sometimes these things take a few minutes to figure it out. the depth of this thing, i talked to the pacific northwest pacific northwest seismic management folks in seattle and they have equipment that goes all the way up the coast there and they said that this was so deep at 25 to 30 miles but apparently it's more like 19 to 20 miles deep, but it's so deep that they didn't think it would trigger a tsunami warning, but as you said one has been issued but it's not the type of tsunami warning that they are too worried about here in seattle. we talked to some folks in hotels, the marriott there, stay there many times. one of the taller buildings, one of the newer tall buildings in alaska, 12 stories high. and talk to a woman there who said they definitely felt it but there was no damage yet at the hotel. talk to some other folks who texted me a picture

dan springer on the neck and neck battle in arizona. steve harrigan reporting on the georgia governor's race. first to phil keating in south florida. phil? >> this 3:00 p.m. hearing aiming to resolve and deal with the fraud alleging laud filed last night but governor rick scott who happens to be the republican senate candidate in this razor tight race. a similar hearing on the same issues was held in palm beach county. the judge's ruling there still pending. looking live right now inside the broward county elections canvassing board. the members are now going through all of the ballots left in broward. about 200 provisional ballots to check voter intent and see which ones get added to the count and which ones don't. to 2000 recount, partisan sides yelling and screaming at each other of election theft. the supervisor of the state's most democrat voting county under attack defending her process. >> we ran 22 sites, we ran 14 days, we ran 12 hours, we had a big vote by mail. so don't try to turn it around to make it seem like i'm making co

was a three-person race in alaska is now a head-to-head battle and the math is changing droid dan springerells us all about it from anchorage. >> squeeze over there, thank you. >> alaska's race for governor pitting former democratic u.s. senator mark baggage against former state senator mike dunn leaving might appear conventional, it's not. missing is the incumbent governor bill walker, an independent who dropped out a few days ago. the stunning move gave life who polls showed was splitting that liberal and moderate vote with walker. >> people look at which one is the right one but now it's changed. there's huge momentum. governor walker bailed three days after, he then threw his support who is open to new taxes and lowering oil and gas fund dividend checks in order to close a huge budget deficits. dunleavy said he could do it by cutting spending. alaskans are used to bizarre elections. ted stevens was defeated due to a federal corruption verdict before the vote. senator lisa murkowski retained the seat with a right and victory. might dunleavy appeared to be cruising to an easy win but see

>> dan springer reporting from phoenix.orgia, the democratic candidate for governor, stacey abrams is not dropping out of the race despite her republican opponent declaring victory. the republican candidate, brian kemp resigns his current post as georgia's secretary of state earlier today. he and his campaign team claim the race is over and kemp won. steve harrigan reporting live from atlanta. >> shepard, you have the unusual situation here of one side going on about its business as if this campaign is over. brian kemp said he won the election as governor of georgia, that he's forming his new team to take over. on the other side though, stacey abrams is saying there's still enough votes out there to possibly force a run-off. >> stacey abrams has been fighting for people her whole life. we're going to keep fighting for every voter. >> camp has 50.3% of the vote out of four million votes cast. he has a 60,000 vote lead. this has been a bitter campaign from the get-go. there's 25,000 potential votes out there, absentee and pro

shannon. >> shannon: dan springer in washington. thank you.tree lighting in d.c., new york's rockefeller center christmas tree was late tonight. did you ever wonder what happens to the tree after this season? the rockefeller center tree is donated to habitat for humanity, that organization mills the tree into lumber. it is used to build homes for the needy. the last ten rockefeller center christmas trees were used in home construction in new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania. no word yet where this years 75-foot tree will end up but it will be doing good. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spend your evening with us. good night from washington. i am shannon bream. stick around. tucker carlson is up next. your mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. it can reduce pain, swelling and fur

>> bret: dan springer in washington state. thank you. cindy hyde-smith gets to keep her job.can incumbent defeated democrat mike espy by 54-46% margins. >> the reason we won is because citizens know me and they know my heart, and thank you for standing up. >> this movement is not going to end! for new mississippi, a more united mississippi come into mississippi where everybody, regardless of race or party, or religion feels they are worth. >> bret: hyde-smith was appointed to the job last spring after the retirement of the previous congressman. she becomes the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. and in january, republicans will now hold a 53-47 majority, a net gain of two seats from the current senate. former president obama did not campaign in person for espy. he did make a call monday. mr. obama has been pretty visible lately during that lead up to the midterms and afterwards, and he wants to make sure you don't forget about him, or the things he considers his achievements. that's the story tonight from correspondent doug mckelway. >> the truth was, i was also

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dan springer has more from the city of republican. >> reporter: lauren cold, is a local celebrity aftering he would not enforce the law or one state law. >> it was such blatant disregard for constitutional rights i felt i had no choice. >> it bars 18-20-year-olds from buying some automatic rifles and makes it a felony if your gun ends up in the wrong hands and create enhanced background checks and mandatory firearms training. voters across washington state past the measure 59-41% but 3 out of 4 voters opposed it. mayor koons is considering an ordinance proposed to make republic a sanctuary city for gun rights. >> everyone in republic has a gun. we don't have a giant crime rate because nobody in their right mind will come to a house where people have guns and know how to use them. >> reporter: when the chief announced his century city proposal he got a standing ovation. in seattle the reaction is very different. >> their job is to one for the laws that are passed, not just the ones they approve of personally. >> the second amendment foundation sued to break down the state law. its leader

dan springer is live in phoenix. dan? >> reporter: hey, dana. seen just a few thousand votes come in today. they really haven't changed things. sinema still holding about a 9,000 vote lead state wide. the big swing took place late yesterday afternoon when maracoba county added to its total and sinema's lead grew from 8,000 votes to 27,000. only once has a republican won a state wide race here without winning in maracopa. today sinemas camp said we believe she will be elected the next u.s. senator. martha mcsally is not giving up. her campaign said with half a million ballots left to count, we remain confident that as votes continue to come in, counties across the state, martha mcsally will be elected arizona's next senator. 2 p.m. local time in phoenix, there will be some legal drama. a court hearing on a republican party lawsuit aimed at decreasing the vote total in maricopa county. the suit claims there's not a uniform way all 15 counties handled the mail-in ballots that have signature problem. some counties throw them out if the votes can't b

dan springer is live., what did we know so far things just took a big swing. the behemoth clark county just released its first batch of votes it gave jackie rosen the lead. 52-44% the republican trying to hold on to the seat with the 5% democratic registration advantage and the a year ago in clark county in the first drop of votes in this you, rosen held a 75% vote advantage. i don't think it is the entire county. just a portion of the county. another bad sign for the helder camp in wascco county in the swing state. rosen held a 10,000 vote advantage. adding an additional 3,000 from people who voted today. she still holds a 9,000 vote advantage. all of the punnedets tell me for dean helder to have a chance to win the state. he has to win in washo county, because he will be killed in clark county around las vegas. he did well in the rural cows 68% of the vote in many rural counties, but there aren't that many votes there. clark county has about 70% of the total votes in the state. they're coming in become f

certain because what was a 3-person race in alaska is now head to head battle and math is changing, dan springerells us about it from anchorage. >> thank you. >> reporter: alaska's race for governor pitting democratic senator mark baggage. >> things for coming. >> against republican mike dunn leavy might appear conventional. it is not. missing is incumbent governor bill walker, an independent who dropped out 12 days ago. his name will appear on the ballot, the stunning move gave like to baggage who polls show is splitting the liberal and moderate vote with walker. >> people looking at which is the right one. now it has changed and there's huge moment. >> reporter: governor walker failed 3 days after his listening current running mate resigned after making an inappropriate comment to a woman with walker through his support to baggage who like him is open to new taxes and lowering oil and gas dividend checks every alaskan to close a huge budget deficit, dunn leavy says he can do it by cutting spending and would consider trimming medicaid which added $44,000 to the insurer. alaskans are used to biz

dan springer in seattle with more on that. hi, dan. >> hi, neil. a lot of damage, this quick happened at 8:30. 7.0 magnitude. the magnitude came in earlier at 6.6, 6.7 but rose getting up to 7. it had and 19 miles under the surface at point mackenzie, which is about five miles north of downtown anchorage. we have reports of severe damage to the infrastructure such as roads and bridges and that sort of thing. so houses, tens of thousands are without power. although power companies are working to get the power back on because they only have about six hours of daylight in alaska at this time of the year. the temperatures are in the mid 20s. governor bill walker issued a disaster declaration. president trump tweeted that he's monitoring the situation closely and praying for those impacted. the airport is allowing planes to take off but not land. there's a ground stop for planes coming in. getting freight in and out of the area to the airport will be difficult. we're told it might be in the spring when they can fix that road when the thaw takes place. a

fox news correspondent dan springer is in phoenix with the latest on this one. dan?orter: hey, connell. the republican candidate, martha mcsally's lead grown slightly to 17,000 votes. this thing is far from over. could take days. we have our first lawsuit, that was filed yesterday afternoon late by the republican party in four counties. it argues that the process being used to verify mail-in ballots when signatures don't match is not the same across the whole state. some counties throw them out if the vote can't be verified by election day. mayor -- maricopa county and three others are calling up phone who dropped off the ballot to verify whether they voted or not. republicans call it fairness issue. democrats say voter suppression. they said the republican party is doing everything it can to silence thousands of arizonans who already cast their ballots. that is absolutely wrong. interesting a very prominent republican, sydney mccain, wife of john mccain seems to agree. she tweeted to the arizona gop, quote, i am one of those mail-in ballots. i was under the impressi

dan springer is live. explain how this works, dan. >> well, we'll have to wait and see. the police chief here in republic washington says he will not enforce a new statewide gun law. then he went further and drafted an ordinance that would make this small town a sanctuary city when it comes to gun rights. for that, lauren cukulp walks around like a rock star. when he announced the ordinance, he got a standing ovation from 250 people. the mayor says everybody here likes the gun. they don't like the gun from barring 18 to 21-year-olds barring semiautomatic rifles and mandatory firearms training. >> i felt that it was such a blatant disregard for constitutional rights that i felt like i had no choice but to stand up for the people that i serve. >> the new gun law was passed by citizen initiative and passed statewide on a 59-41 percentage vote. here in ferry county, it was opposed by 73% of the voters. dana? >> dana: does the chief have critics up there? >> well, almost everyone you talk to in this city supports the chief. i did talk to a guy that worries about some people c

the dan springer is live in henderson. >> shep, this is a senate seat democrats have been chomping at the bit to flip ever since dean heller won this election seat in 2012, narrowly won that year and narrowly is ahead in the polls in this one. this is marginally a -- still a swing state, but i tell you, trending more and more democratic in recent years, especially in high turnout elections and this is shaping up as one. we're at a polling place steady here all day. this is looking like it could set a record, record 40% of active voters on the roll showed up at polls earlier to do early voting. they are expecting another 20 to 25% of registered voters to show up today. dean heller is considered most vulnerable. hillary clinton won this state by 2.5% in 2016. he's a moderate who initially did not support donald trump, but trump campaigned for dean heller five times in the cycle. jacky rosen hammered heller for repealing to repeal obamacare. rosen is first-term congresswoman fighting for name recognition, she's campaigned hard and feeling confident, mainly due to early voting polls, we h

no injuries have been reported, but dan springer joining us live from the northwest bureau with a lookt the aftermath. good evening. >> good evening, still assessing the damage in and around anchorage, but we know that it is major and will cause problems getting around for many months, the earthquake was centered in point mckenzie, 5 miles down from downtown anchorage, the ground shook for over a minute causing severe damage to roads, bridges, breaking water mains, and knocking out power to tens of thousands the synonymy warning that was later canceled, and the 800-mile oil pipeline has been shut down as a precaution and there are no reports of damage to the pipeline. the airport was shut down for a while, but planes are allowed to take off and land. the regional head of fema is on his way to anchorage, and the congressional delegation held a news conference. >> it has impacted the arterial in and around anchorage, and that is a concern. >> the video you see is dramatic, this was on the sixth floor of the courthouse in downtown anchorage, you can see things banging against the walls an

dan springer is in las vegas with more on that race. hi, dan. >> hey, i felt. in terms they understand las vegas for democrats take control of the senate, they need to pull off an inside straight to have any chance of doing that. they have to split the seeded nevada. the only place for an incumbent republican senator is defending a seat in which hillary clinton won the state back in 2016. dean heller has a big advantage in name recognition numbers upon a democrat jacky rosen. he's never lost an election in an election it is one for statewide races in a row. he's had a complicated relationship with president trump. he was a critic in 2016 but later under pressure from trump voted for the repeal of obamacare. now trump and his son, don junior are campaigning hard core. >> my father can't do this alone. he needs guys like dean heller in the senate who are seeing that if we push back as republicans we can actually win. >> jacky rosen is the first-term congresswoman. a recent poll has shown 30% of nevada residents don't know who she is. rosen is trying to stick with

dan springer's live in phoenix today. sandra. >> sandra: democrats expanding their majority in the house as more close races get called. the minority leader nancy pelosi saying she's ready to take back the reins. >> what's your level of confidence you'll be speaker of the house? >> 100%. >> do you have reservations whether or not you want this in your life at this point? >> no, none whatever. it's an urgency i can't resist. >> sandra: joining me now is david cicilline. congressman, thank you for your time this morning. what did you make of nancy pelosi's level of confidence there? >> look, we have taken the house back by 31 seats and it may go up as high as 38. leader pelosi is the candidate for declared speaker and will become our speaker in january. >> sandra: is that a good thing? >> yes, look, nancy pelosi led us to victory in taking back the house and was an effective speaker and knows how to keep the caucus together and people recognize she has been a great leader for our caucus and will get us to keep us together t

>> sandra: dan springer, thank you. >> president trump was elected to come to this town and shake it doing just that. where he goes, good results. we have to match his intensity, and i will do that. if it is in a different role, if it is in breaking one of these committees, i will do that. >> bill: jim jordan, he went on to be the future for the party. both kevin mccarthy out of california and a jim jordan in the running to become the next minority leader. ronna mcdaniel, the rnc chair, how are you doing? good morning to you, and thank you for coming back here with us today. >> thanks for having me. always good to be with you, bill. >> bill: we've got a lot to talk about. i will try to get in as many as i can. first up, the leadership, what is the best thing right now? >> welcome of the rnc doesn't get involved in the leadership race, but i can tell you i would be looking for a leader that is going to get involved in candidate recruitment early. is going to recognize that most of our candidates were outspent. many of them 2-1 and some of these key districts. they need to be able to f

that is where dan springer is live in las vegas at the headquarters. are voting. the polls closed over two hours ago, the doors close, but by state law, they have to allow all the people who were inside the polling places to vote before they can release any results, so we don't have a single person, a single vote total yet from nevada. but we did get a little peek into how the rural counties are voting so far. they did release one company, one of those rural counties in nevada. and that won for the republican trying to win reelection. do you think we would have had 70% without donald trump's visit to the county just a short time ago? just about a week ago, so he thanked the president for coming out during the election cycle, so dean heller's and for all real tough race tonight. he is going up against jackie rosen. she is a democrat, first term in congress. she ran a good race. it democrats have a 5% registration advantage in this state. they have a trend in winning big elections, and it was a big turnout today. we are looking at probably record set for