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News Wrap: Democrats hold onto U.S. Senate seat in Nevada as vote counting continues

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In our news wrap Saturday, Democrats held onto one more Senate seat while control of the House remains unknown, Qatar is suspending its efforts to mediate between Israel and Hamas, 26 people died in a train platform bombing in Pakistan, windy conditions are sparking wildfires on both U.S. coasts, and a FEMA worker was fired for advising her team to avoid homes with signs supporting Trump. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm John Yang. Democrats have held on to one more Senate seat. Over night, Nevada's

0:05.9

Jackie Rosen was declared the winner in her bid for re-election. We still don't know the size of the

0:10.8

Republican's majority in the Senate. The race in Arizona has yet to be called, and there's the

0:15.3

possibility of a recount in Pennsylvania. Also still unknown is which party will control the

0:20.6

House. Twenty-three races are

0:22.5

still too close to call. So far, Republicans have two hundred twelve seats and Democrats two hundred.

0:28.6

Two-18 are needed for a majority. And President-elect Trump won another state. He was declared

0:33.9

the winner in Nevada overnight. It's the first time in 20 years the state has gone Republican.

0:39.4

Only Arizona remains to be called.

0:41.9

And the White House said today that President Biden

0:44.3

will host the president-elect in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

0:47.9

It's her tradition that Mr. Trump broke four years ago

0:51.0

after Mr. Biden defeated him.

0:53.5

Qatar is suspending its efforts to mediate a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas,

0:58.4

saying that neither side is negotiating in good faith.

1:02.0

This comes hours after two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 16 people,

1:06.7

including women, children, and local journalists.

1:09.5

One hit a school-turned shelter in the east,

1:11.6

the other hit tents in a hospital courtyard in the south.

1:15.6

They attack unarmed people, displaced people,

1:20.6

keeping to themselves, but nothing can be said

1:22.6

except we can only rely on God.

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