Attorney General Jeff Session has been fired from his post at the Justice Department. One day after the midterm elections, Sessions resigned at the request of the President. His chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, will be acting Attorney General until a permanent replacement can be found. Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters joins us to discuss what this firing means and how it could impact the Mueller investigation.

Next, we continue our conversation with Ginger about all the fallout from the elections. Big picture… how does the dynamic change now that Democrats control the House? Get ready for a lot of investigations. Also, women made huge gains and historic firsts by being elected to office all around the country, Ginger will run down the list. And we will also get into the President Trump’s combative press conference with the media… It was classic Trump and classic Jim Acosta.

Finally, money is pouring in to a GoFundMe campaign for a teacher was was caught on video punching a student. Marston Riley, a music teacher, can be seen punching a student after the student threw a basketball at him and used racial slurs. There are many that say the teacher handled it poorly, but there are also those supporting him donating over $145,000. My producer Miranda joins us for all the details on this brawl.

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