Breaking tonight, the Democrats do fall just short in a deep red Tennessee House race.

But with the margin so close that it could spell some trouble for the GOP next year,

the head of the DNC, Ken Martin is standing by to react.

Plus Secretary Pete Heggsath facing accusations of lying and now incompetence as he reveals

what he did and didn't see or notice during that deadly strike on an alleged drug vote.

And Trump is vowing to remove Minnesota's Somali population.

He actually called him garbage and now threatens to send in federal

agents. We've got the mayor of St. Paul, Melvin Carter, to join me to respond all tonight on

Laura Cote's Live. All right, so look, there are close calls, and then there are warning signs.

And the lights may be flashing red at the GOP headquarters

tonight. They're holding onto a critical congressional seat in Ruby Red, Tennessee. But the results,

hardly what they want heading into 2026, even for a special election. One that saw the Republican

candidate Mike Van Epps win for the seventh

congressional district. But he's only leading Democrat Afton Bain by seven points. Yes, that is

single digits. And this was not supposed to be a battleground district. The retiring

congressman Mark Green won it by nearly 20 points last year. And by the way, President Trump won it by 22 points.

So you can practically hear the giddiness from Democrats as the results rolled in today, even though

the Democrat lost.

So the fact that this is even a close race, potentially a single-digit race, whatever the outcome, in and of itself is extraordinary and reinforces the point that Republicans are on the run because they've been complete and total failures. And the American people know it.

Well, Republicans are saying a win to win. And Trump is congratulating the winner,

Van Epps, on his victory, writing on truth social, quote, another great night for the Republican

party. Now, the victory, it preserves that oh, so slim margin the GOP is holding in the house,

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