New Alaska count:
Mary Peltola at 49.99%.
The state added roughly 25K new ballots, which broke to Peltola and lifted it near the 50% threshold — this is the count in which Alaska doesn’t include the write-ins totals. Regardless, she is on the brink of victory.
President Trump in a phone call tonight w/ Sen. Eric Schmitt pushed for Congress to pass legislation modernizing air traffic control, airport towers, terminals and other critical infrastructure as soon as possible, said a source familiar with the conversation.
Schmitt, who serves on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, introduced the Modern Skies Act in September, which would provide $30 billion in additional federal funding to update the nation’s aviation infrastructure.
Talking to a lot of air traffic controllers and folks at FAA. One thing I want to draw attention to… Duffy and Mullin said the failure happened as a result of updating old systems.
One controller put it this way: “He said they were updating equipment. They absolutely do not do that during the day. The do it mid weeks during the middle of the night when flights are at the lowest.”
Senator-elect Sherrod Brown (D) is expected to take his seat by December 15 instead of January 3.
December 15 is the date when Senator Jon Husted’s temporary appointment to the U.S. Senate expires under Ohio state law
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The AP has called #KSgov for Cindy Holscher (D). She defeats Ty Masterson (R) 50.3% to 49.7%. Improbably, Kansas will have at least 12 consecutive years of Democratic governors.
The Hill: President Trump praises Scott Colom after winning the Mississippi Senate race
Trump: “I don’t know the gentleman, but I give him credit… I had a rally there, and we had lines that went 10 miles long, and he campaigned in that line. I give him a lot of credit for that.”
Link to article: https://t.co/lXjKiK0up1
NEW- I’ve spoken to President Trump. He says the ground stop doesn’t seem to be a cyber attack, and that nobody is taking credit for a cyber attack. Instead, this could be a result of a system that relies on some old broken stuff, that he says he’s tried to upgrade
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Mullin: We are able to communicate at certain levels. But but it's overwhelmed. Duffy is doing a phenomenal job in a crisis mode.
Q: Is it going to be days? Weeks?
Mullin: Too early to tell.