Democrats win control of the House of Representatives, CBS News projects
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[0:00] and Tony, at this hour we have some
[0:01] breaking news to share with all of you
[0:04] from our CBS News election headquarters.
[0:06] We can now project that Democrats will
[0:08] take control of the House of
[0:10] Representatives. This flips the House,
[0:13] which Republicans have controlled since
[0:15] winning the 2022 midterms. Democrats
[0:19] needed to win 218
[0:21] seats to take control. Remember, they
[0:23] needed to gain at least three seats. And
[0:26] with this Democratic wave underway
[0:28] tonight, CBS News can now project that
[0:31] Democrats will take control of one of
[0:33] the houses of Congress.
[0:34] >> It's it's major news. We won't we won't
[0:36] know a final count uh the number of
[0:38] seats they've won probably for several
[0:40] days here, but the CBS News futurecast
[0:42] is putting it into the 250 range. And by
[0:45] the way, while Secretary Buddhajudge was
[0:47] talking up there, we also have a
[0:48] futurecast on the Senate race and we
[0:50] were projecting 53 as a possibility.
[0:52] That's within the futurecast range in
[0:55] the Senate. That is very striking. Major
[0:57] Gary, you're looking at exit polls.
[0:58] What's standing out to you?
[1:00] >> What is the comp