we had 360 bills sitting in harry reid's desk. i wanted to make sure it's very clear, a lot of those bills -- i'm guessing, but i'm pretty close -- about 50 of those bills were actually drafted by democrats in the house and also supported by republicans. tavis, most of the bills that we're talking about working with the president on were passed by a 2/3 majority in the house. harry reid -- and i know it's easy to set up these villains. but harry reid of the person that didn't want to vote on any of those bills because he didn't want to put any of his members in a position to have to defend one of those votes in this upcoming election. i think what you're going to now is the president should come down to the hill, sit down and look through those 360 bills and say, here are the 40, 50, or 60 of these bills that we're willing to work with you on. i think you'll see people wanting to get it done. >> i not the american people watching, with all due respect, are having a hard time trying to juxtapose these things. i hear the point you'r

they will make them. >> harry reid is not your parent. >> to be very fair to harry reid, harry reid would accept the following deal in a second. >> which? >> up or down majority on anything in the senate. up or down on majority vote anything in the house. in the house we have not had vote on minimum wage increase. vote on immigration reform bill, vote or equal pay for equal work, haven't had a vote on lots of things that american public overwhelmingly supports. majority vote in the senate. majority wins. majority vote in the house. harry reid would -- >> even on bills that would embarass the white house? whether something on obamacare? something on keystone pipeline? >> 53 times on keystone. >> president would veto bill. >> would he allow a bill allowed would embraer asker the white house democrats would vote for would get majority? >> i think he would accept the deal i just talked about, which is speaker boehner agrees to majority votes in the house. majority votes in the senate. so -- >> part of this is the way constitution is written. history of the country. senate was set in a way wit

we had quotes from harry reid detailing the relationship between the white house and harry reid's staff as being pretty contentious. >> that was really tough stuff. >> you know what is so rotten about that? it is their job to get along and do the job. we're beholden to their stupid grudge. >> we haven't had different type of leaders in washington. it has been harry reid, nancy pelosi, president obama, as he had to say in his press conference. i thought it was telling that towed remind everybody. washington is about relationship sgs the relationships in washington are broken and that's why republicans will put a lot of points on the board. they'll pass sgil dare obama to veto. i think they want to make him the party of no. >> if you look at the white house description of what came out of this meeting, they were talking about more money to fight ebola in west africa. they're probably going to agree on that. then they were talking about iraq. and this may strike voters as amazing but it appears you have this election. the two parties get together and the first thing they agree to is to go

running against harry reid. if she is successful -- if she's successful, i think she's weaken him even further. >> that's a big question, willie, is she going to be successful. it looks like there's a fight. key stone, which by the way, would create about 45,000 jobs -- >> the obama state department said would not have the environmental impact -- >> saying it creates 45,000 jobs and it's not going to a bad environmental impact. apparently democrats are going to try to help. >> hemming and hawing on for six years. for the first time, both the senate and house will vote on the keystone xl pipeline. mostly because of that razor thin senate race in louisiana. cassidy and landrieu are in a runoff after finishing very close in the general. both are sponsoring bills in their respective chambers trying to show that they are delivering for their home state. senator landrieu has branded herself as critical to louisiana as chair of the senate energy committee. a committee republican leadership says cassidy would join if el

>> my hunch is that she probably is not aware of harry reid and he's probably not aware of her. but we are talking about within the congress. i think in terms of what the white house has taken away, the lessons we've taken away from the election, we've done a lot of thinking about it before the election and after the election. we think the message is not that people one action. they want washington to be solving problems. we think that for the president, that means he should be out addressing whatever problems he can as aggressively as he can particularly those that are focused on the future. if you look at the last three weeks, we announced we are continuing to do immigration reform and we will do that before the end of the year. we had an announcement on monday. yesterday, we had this great deal on climate change with china, all of which are very future oriented and addressing real problems. the president is at his best when he's on the offense like that in terms of solving problems. we think that is our take away from what the country wants of him. >> that is a pretty good ru

endthe harry reid agenda -- the harry reid agenda, end the gridlock, end the obama regime, and create real growth. my opponent can not stand up to the obama-reid agenda. contributions, $174,000, to hillary clinton, barack obama, and yes, even harry reid. he cannot stand up to the reid-obama campaign. it is so much more about this election than me. that is why we have had all members of the republican party come to cover the selection. they know one thing is to get this republican majority in the united states senate to end the gridlock to stop the obama-reid agenda. >> thank you. our first question is from brian lowry at the "wichita eagle." withich of the u.s. do undocumented immigrant children? >> before i answer that question, i just have to ask a couple questions. theact, we have gotten to point where we have made up facts about the levels of contributions i have given. he said all traditional republicans would not endorse me, but i have been endorsed. we have to pay attention to what the truth is. in terms of the young adults and the children at our southern order, i think we nee

you have joe manchin leaving and just a couple that oppose harry reid. elizabeth warren at least makes a compelling case on politics. she is an improvement on him in terms of messaging. but in terms of soul-searching as you pointed out, not really. >> the democrats don't really have a problem with the left. they have a problem with the center. >> some people think if they had a more compelling message, that the core of democratic voters would have come out for the midterm. corrected you say joe manchin is leaving gekko -- >> did you say joe manchin is leaving flacco-around. -- is leaving? i think he is sticking around. largely following the budget blueprint that has put/past by paul ryan. -- has been put forward in the past by paul ryan. democrats hate budget. john, i don't understand, given the way they feel about the spending i couldn't democrats make this a cutting political is true -- issue? >> there were some people caliphate 2013, and there was some candidates have ran on not just the ryan budget headline, but the budget. it is a lot harder for him

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>> he waited now because -- he and harry reid, he didn't have to veto bills because harry reid stopped them before they ever got to see desk anyway. he doesn't have that anymore. now the bills will hit his desk, and all of a sudden the republicans need to compromise. the best thing for america right now is republicans continue to send them pro-job, pro-growth bills, let him veto them if he doesn't like it. and let them eat it in 2016, saying look, we tried to stimulate the economy. you democrats have a president and an ideology that is anti-growth. >> where you're missing this is the people's view of the republican party is terrible. >> not anymore, bob. >> not anymore. you think for a minute this had something -- and by the way, if they could come up with an immigration reform bill like the reagan administration did, that would be something the american people would applaud. anything being done, that was never -- >> and they don't want people to be the -- just stop everything. you already got the label of party of no. what do you want? you want to throw a letter -- >> i'm going to agr

politico and huffington post report that harry reid has been holding talks with senator elizabeth warren about joining the leadership in a specially created role. senator warren is the chamber's most high profile progressive, seen as potential 2016 democratic candidate, although she insists she won't run. add this into the mix. at least five democratic senators are refusing to commit to voting for harry reid as minority leader for congress. a lot to talk about. capitol hill correspondent luke russert joins us. a lot of people woke up to news regarding senator warren. turning down this special position in leadership just for her. what are you hearing? >> tamron, all indications are that elizabeth warren will join the democratic leadership in a position that will specifically have to do with communicating the party's message, as well as allowing progressives to have a seat at the table. the current makeup of the senate leadership is reed, durbin, chuck schumer. progressives often felt their voices were not heard loudly enough to those individuals specifically, warren being the firebrand wi

harry reid has a strangle hold on the senate. when i first introduced this, they've been pushing back, what are you talking about? we've already secured these votes, and maybe he has. i'll be interested to see how a mark warner feels. harry reid and president obama own this -- these senate problems. mark pryor lost by 16 points because he couldn't prove he was a centrist because harry reid decided to play a different game, cautious game in the senate on votes that's going to be second guessed. and you can't -- i'll be surprised if there isn't real talk about changing the entire leadership of the democratic party in congress, simply put the focus on mcconnell and boehner. >> as we were saying tonight, make sure you can kill the king if you're going to kill the king. >> i think he'll have as many problems as republicans. >> we have a call and then we'll check in with the white house. this call is about as far west as you can get and still be in the united states. and that is the governor of hawaii. the democrats will be able to at

and you've got harry reid. now, reid has shown in 2010, and the gaming industry showed they can get the votes out and bring them out even when harry reid's job rating was terrible. they conspicuously -- democrats did not do that in 2014 in nevada. and basically they lost both houses to the legislature for the first time in a very long ime. but the gaming industry and the culinary union are capable of ginning that up for harry reid again. and, you know, we have to keep up with our john ralston in the las vegas review journal. >> there's a question in the back. are there any questions on this ide of the room? >> anna smith from the hungarian embassy. can you explain to me the phenomenon of general dissolutionment with the political establishment across the voting base, left and right, with a relatively low voter turnout? by my counts, the highest number of uncontested races and the fact that about 90% of the house races were really not very competitive. in other words, why do you keep reelecting your own members

reid is -- >> harry reid deserves as much credit for this republican surge as the president. he was the puppet doing the -- >> the gatekeeper. what do you think the president would accept? do you think he would accept opening keystone? would he be open to tax reform, the kind of things that make the next two years constructive for him, good for the country? >> i don't know. i don't know him well enough. i would assume he would. bill clinton would. >> there was a difference, though. bill clinton was facing a reelection. this president is -- >> but no one wants to go out with a total gridlock. look, the republicans are going to have to compromise. but they have to get their positions out there. i want a compromise around a veto. so we see what gets vetoed. i want to see the medical tax issue laid out there. i want to see repatriation at a certain tax rate vetoed or approved -- >> we know clearly where the president stands, what he's doing to do. >> this is the break of this whole election. we'll see what the republicans stand for, a positive, growth-oriented economy, trying to

west virginia senator joe manchin expressed frustration over harry reid's leadership saying, quote, harry, let us vote. let's do something. it's easier for me to go home and explain what i voted for and against than to explain why i don't vote at all. senator angus king, an independent from maine who said he would caucus with the democrats once again, refused today to answer whether he would vote for harry reid as minority leader. senator king said, quote, i can only make one hard decision a day. sneaker of the house john boehner said this about his relationship with president obama today. >> i told the president before, he needs to put politics aside and rebuild trust. and rebuilding trust not only with the american people but with the merp people's representative here in the united states congress. so my job is not to get along with the president just to get along with him. although we actually have a nice relationship. the fact is my job is listening to my members and listen to the american people and make their priorities our priorities. >> joining me now, two democratic senators, sen

you still by and large need 60 votes and harry reid still is very good at blocking legislation. and also you have the fact that the house is going to send over conservative pieces of legislation and the new senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to have to protect members on votes much like harry reid. you have 24 republicans in the senate up in 2016 and only ten in -- for democrats. as good of a map as it was for republicans this year it's a really bad one for republicans in 2016. >> well thanks to both of you for your questions this week. thanks for being on "newsmakers." > thank you. >> mr. president, the honeymoon is over. >> that money moon period is over. he will no longer get what he wants just by being president. >> we're going to take the president head on. the honeymoon is over. >> this is one of those cliches you might say that goes back at least decades to the whole notion of quote/unquote honeymoon for a new presidential administration. i would say this one goes back about 80 years or so probably when fmbdrn r took office in 1933 and he had his 100 days. of

harry reid will look to retake it in 2016. there are many more republicans up in 2016 than democrats. a much more favorable environment for democrats. that's what you're going to be seeing as you look at these policy debates being had. >> what's the winning recipe? is it to stick to your guns even if it means not getting much done so you can go back to the people in two years and say, look, we stuck to our guns. we thought no laws was better than bad laws. >> well, no, i think--particularly after this election a lot of members are going to be looking at what the country wants. the country wants the congress to governor. they want washington to work. i think a lot of members particularly those who are in the middle on the democratic side and on the republican side, are probably going to find ways ways to to work together. i've talked to republicans in washington who want to get things done. you'll see democratic moderates and republican moderates will come together and get some things done, show that congress can work and a dem

senator harry reid did. i cannot tell you how much it made senate republicans want to slow things down even more. some democrats say they could not have slowed it down even more. but said republicans reacted to -- nuclear option by saying senate republicans reacted to the nuclear option by saying we will cooperate even less. the question has been, for mitch mcconnell, because he was opposed to that move, will the reverse it? will a vote to put the rules back to the way they were? it is something he said will be discussed. he said he wants to rinse it to regular order, give committee chairman there power back, "to amendment. -- open up the floor to amendments. there are political reasons to think that will happen. whether or not he sets the rules back, i am not sure. the one thing that is different this time around for harry reid as minority leader and republican majority leader, there is a democrat in the white house, not a republican, so it will be different in terms of the decisions made and how they are v

harry reid will look to retake it in 2016. there are many more republicans up in 2016 than democrats. a much more favorable environment for democrats. that's what you're going to be seeing as you look at these policy debates being had. >> what's the winning recipe? is it to stick to your guns even if it means not getting much done so you can go back to the people in two years and say, look, we stuck to our guns. we thought no laws was better than bad laws. >> well, no, i think--particularly after this election a lot of members are going to be looking at what the country wants. the country wants the congress to governor. they want washington to work. i think a lot of members particularly those who are in the middle on the democratic side and on the republican side, are probably going to find ways ways t to work together. i've talked to republicans in washington who want to get things done. you'll see democratic moderates and republican moderates will come together and get some things done, show that congress can work and a demo

the senate democratic leader harry reid stared stonefaced into the distance. his chief of s by staff basically dissing this his 47% saying approval rating -- you need to do it you need to do. is comments never would have been given to the washington post had harry reid never off on it -- not signed off on it. >> it was shocking to hear what he had to say. these are very critical of the president. the now majority leader approved it. there is a split to the president and the majority leader on what to do and what strategy should be taken. >> chrone discover present as drag on democratic president. house arge of the white had senate democrats from tapping some of the most loyal donors. the hit was the political equivalent of the kind of uppercut that senator reid during his delivered boxing career. >> that is a great quote. yes, he was a boxer and it was of the e, but many people that -- that he was to ing with, do not want let the president to their and campaign for them because it was so unpopular. 43%, 30% support for the president in kentucky. there was a re

senior democratic leader harry reid about to lose grip on the upper chamber barely said a word. as house speaker john boehner was making an argument on immigration, obama responded that his patience was running out and joe biden interrupted to ask how long the republicans needed, obama angrily cut biden off. >> it doesn't seem to be starting off too well and a lot of this is because i think there's such a disconnect between what the white house thinks is going on and what everybody else thinks is going on and the world pretty much recognizes that there is a repudiate of obama and the white house and the white house believes that it did not and it's not the fault of obama, it's completely the fault of the democrats who were running and they don't really feel the need to come together and do v come together and do >>> coming up, the friday lightning round. so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. oh, that's so cool. well, i would disagree

harry reid will look to retake it in 2016. there are many more republicans up in 2016 than democrats. a much more favorable environment for democrats. that's what you're going to be seeing as you look at these policy debates being had. >> what's the winning recipe? is it to stick to your guns even if it means not getting much done so you can go back to the people in two years and say, look, we stuck to our guns. we thought no laws was better than bad laws. >> well, no, i think--particularly after this election a lot of members are going to be looking at what the country wants. the country wants the congress to governor. they want washington to work. i think a lot of members the middle on the democratic side and on the republican side, are probably going to find ways ways to to work together. i've talked to republicans in washington who want to get things done. you'll see democratic moderates and republican moderates will come together and get some things done, show that congress can work and a democratic majority can work or a

what about harry reid. after taking such a beating, historic beating on the house side, do the caucuses turn on their leaders? will there be a shake-up? >> i think they may be a little bit more apt to be turning on president obama because that's actually the one piece that seems to be uniting congressional democrats right now, which is they're pretty annoyed with the impact of the president and his policies on the elections. i think i would have more questions about the future of senator reid than i would about the future of leader pelosi. no one expected her to have a good night in terms of taking back the house, though. if it was worse than expected, okay. losing the senate and losing the senate is a bad thing for harry reid. and -- but i -- in the end, i think they're both apt to survive, including leader reid. >> and then, we look forward to the launch of the 2016 campaign already, rand paul last night tweeting and in interviews. he tweeted that tuesday's biggest loser is @hillaryclinton and then also o

: i think hara . >> i think harry reid had to bring her in. you have the moderate side of the democratic conference and you have the liberal balance. >> does it definitively answer the question she's not running? >> no. >> because hillary clinton was given a similar role in 2002 before she ran in 2008. lib rals were overjoyed to see her finally get a seat at the table. there are now four women in the democratic leadership and four men and reid brought some parody to that, a signal to women voters that we're listening to you. lot of you here in the senate at least among democrats and getting more of a percentage. >> exact same 07-something leaders been there for years and years, not a fresh face after a bad election. they chose to double down rather than make a change. >> you wonder why people don't like washington and it continues to look the same. we'll see if it acts any differently. >>> up next, tomorrow's news today, our reporters get you out ahead of the big news around the corner. democrats and republicans in the senate could find a rare

. >> this is obviously an attempt to get this vote for her by harry reid another democrats. with all the things going on with the house and senate can this get to the president's desk? does the vote help her save her job? >> i think there are 62 senators who have said they are in favor of this. it doesn't look like there is going to be a filibuster. i'm not sure it's going to save mary landrieu. you look at those numbers, she had 42% at her challenger. then there was a third-party candidate at 15%. that is going to go to cassidy. i don't think she has enough to being drowned. >> senator reed failed to hold the majority in the new senate. they do want to save the seat. it is a closer chance to win back the senate. republicans are being sophisticated talking about different things they might do with the house bill that her opponent has put forward. republicans are not going to give her a clean shot to make clinical advantage. >> they are trying to mute her trump card. >> everyone believes he will sign keystone. >> they abandon mary landrieu. a lot of democrats would like to sa

maybe it was harry reid giving elizabeth warren potential lay bigger role is in senate, or nancy pelosi saying she never heard of jonathan gruber, or the president still going forward with an freeze deportations. if you thought democrats were moving to the middle, all doubt removed today. just as the republicans signaled an even harder right turn that all but tipped where they're going today, pushing for quick votes on keystone and repeal of obamacare. chad says spell out how both sides are having it out. they're just getting started. >> just getting started. and one thing here on health care, which is very interesting, in the past couple of minutes here, i've got won press releases, one from the republican national commit year, one from the club for growth, and they used a new term on me here, -- a reference to jonathan gruber, and this is this issue about the what was known about the health care bill, what was said about the health care bill and whether or not the democrats were trying to cover this up. they're championing this -- this will be an issue in the next congress. house spea

if we finally have someone beside harry reid in the senate. we will get it done. republicans in the house of representatives are looking at what was coming officer the senate and saying, we can do better and we pick up more seats in the senate. i can't tell you whether we will win the senate on tuesday but i can tell you we will pick up a lot of seats and we have a lot better prospect of having a piece of legislation that deals with the issue in the way i described. >> governor, a couple of weeks ago republican party chairman put out 11 principles for what the party should stand for but they are awfully general. on the economy, "we need to start growing america's economy rather tha washington's economy so working americans see better wages and more opportunity." on health care "we need to start over with real health care reform that pits patients and doctors in charge not unelected bureaucrats in washington," while people may agree with those principles it doesn't president mutt meat on the bone. have republicans made a mistake not running on a more specific agend

things will move without harry ride d reed. americans -- harry reid. >> speaking of the gridlock. i want to talk about mitch mcconnell. he discovered an address. >> a republican majority wouldn't mean we can get everything you want from washington, but it would mean we'd bring the current legislative gridlock to a merciful end. >> what do you think about that? do you think he can swayed the gridlock. >> he is the gridlock. >> no. >> if you are the gridlock... [ laughs ] >> maybe you have more power to change it. >> he said his number one goal is to make president obama a one-term president. staffers have been on the record, on the record telling the press they don't want to give president obama a win. giving president obama a win - that's ridiculous to say that's what you base your policy making on. it should be based on giving america a win. when you hurt the president here, you hurt him abroad. republicans thought if they attack the president and don't give him wins that it will bring him into the office. yes, but you weaken the office of the presidency abroad. and it hurts peop

reid, so divisive and even though we don't blame harry reid for the carnage in the senate, you should. >> : reporters saying this is obama's fault. it is unbelievable. >> the rhetoric started last night. after the election, the polls were barely even called. it is rather narcissistic. where do all of these narcissistic's go? she is look at all of them going, you owe me that money. i own you. >> exactly. the thing they're so unpopular with the american people. when you poll and specifically poll nancy pelosi and harry reid, i don't care who you are, democrat, republican, independent, totally disgusted. astonishing to me. they're is part of me hopes they stay. this helps republican fund-raising. stick them in email, people get angry, donate money, they are passionate. so i don't know. >> three words debbie wasserman-schultz. bring it on. >> even the dnc didn't want her askafter she asked for wardrobe allowance. they miss ad good party. final weeks leading up to the midterm, nearly every endangered democrat brought clintons to come in to stump for them and they got routed. should hillary

. >> majority leader harry reid says the answer is for the house to vote on the bill the senate passed with bipartisan support. >> yes, sir. >> republicans in the house would allow a vote on the bill we passed here, posed many months ago. would pass overwhelmingly. >> republicans differ on how to respond to the executive order since they'll control both houses of congress next year. most are leaning against the government shutdown. >> shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. >> texas senator ted cruz says they should stop confirming presidential appointments and some suggest writers on bills that would undo the executive action which the white house suggests would trigger vetoes. >> obviously we would take a very dim view of any effort to try to curtail the president's executive authority using a rider on a budget proposal. >> reporter: the president will fly to las vegas on friday to defend his executive order, something his aides expect he'll spend quite a bit of time doing in the weeks ahead. >> wendell goler on the white house lawn. >>> familiarout tonight for the ob

mitch mcconnell should call harry reid. he should say, i want to sit down with you to discuss what we will do in lame duck. there has to be communication. if they start saying, there is no into the possibilities of what we can do. >> i think president obama and mitch mcconnell have had one meal or private meeting. would you urge them to have multiple frequent meetings with mitch mcconnell if he is majority leader? said by no question. >> do you think he will do it? >> no question. >> pete grassley, no one will ever convince president obama to do it, he says. will it be different in the last two years? >> you have a different situation today. you have mitch mcconnell as the potential, and i emphasize potential majority leader. that changes the circumstances and i think that ought to change the tactics. >> you say it would but you think it will, which is the posture of a lot of democrats. the president is unpopular particularly in red states like the one you used to represent, south dakota. why is he unpopular in places like

harry reid could have brought this pipeline, create ad number of jobs but didn't do it. now when mary landrieu is in trouble, he figures i will try to bring it to the floor. >> it's a hail mary pass for sure. i don't think it will work. i talked to people in louisiana, friends of mind. it is not bacon she didn't bring home for energy. really energy she expended on supporting the rest of the obama agenda, health care and everything else. especially some of the regulations on energy. those things are not going to get changed by this vote. by the way, even if they brought this up to vote, it will not pass the senate. even if it did pass the senate, it will get vetoed by the president. in the end what do we have no change, no new jobs for louisiana. it's a lame move. >> vetoes the pipeline, i mean that will, i think severely hurt him. this will pass. it will get through with republican support. >> there is not a lot of expectations out there that the president will be okay with this. listen, let me remind everybody, she is chairwoman of the senate energy committee. the repub

harry reid will never allow a vote on the keystone xl pipeline. then he will play barbara boxer as head of the environment and public works committee to make sure that there is a stranglehold. she has clout which uses it from barack obama. -- clout but she uses it for barack obama. there is a picture of her holding hands with obama. she has clout but she uses it for barack obama. >> the follow-up questions are a little more open-ended. i want to make sure everybody gets their shot. colonel, they used to joke that republicans in louisiana -- why do you suppose that is if it doesn't involve jobs? >> they have the lowest unemployment rate down there. that is the way the entire state of louisiana ought to be. her clout is being used for things like funneling money to political candidates that fight against oil and gas companies that should be helped here in louisiana. and of course boise bollinger is going to love her because she incorporates things like coast guard cutters they didn't ask for. those dollars should be around the state of louisiana for

the damage, well harry reid is no longer

. >> harry reid? >> for reelection. >> you know. [laughter] >> let's assume he does run for reelection, what he has done in the past is cut everyone at the pass. any candidate who gets in the race cannot raise money. notional candidates can get into the race. strong candidates can get into the race. i assume that will be his strategy. >> cutthroat. >> the republicans got a good candidate who is well funded, we will have another barn burner. it is an evenly divided -- >> the former congressman said a warm mammal would have beaten harry reid in 2010, and they got the one candidate who could not pull the race through. he is obviously very well funded. do you expect to see harry reid in the senate in 2017? >> i would not bet against it, because we will get a nasty phone call. >> whether it is tom steiger on the left or the koch brothers on the right, how influential has outside money been? >> i think it has set the table in a lot of these races. i think it came in and polarized these races earlier than ever. i do not know that it had th

harry reid won't give him that authority. republicans want him to have that authority. we want to see trade negotiations under way and see if we can't find more places to sell american goods. the president will sign that. with regards to health care, for instance, when reince priebus talks about adjusting our health care system to make obama care work better, look, we've got obama care for at least the next couple years. there are a lot of democrats in the senate great with republicans on. once is to keep the penalty for people who are part-time work from driving more people out of full-time jobs. and so these kinds of changes i think you'll actually see the president sign. i'm absolutely convinced that you're going to see with a republican-led senate, if we're lucky enough to get that you'll see bills get to the president's desk, he will sign some. some he won't sign. he'll veto some, no question about that, but i think we'll find out then who is the party of no. >>> finally as soon as this election is over on tuesday, you know we're going to all start talking about 20

we don't want harry reid running the senate. i'm sure they can raise money saying nancy pelosi, no, no, you don't want this. are they actual liabilities when it comes to votes being cast election day? >> you talk to folks on the house level and they say nancy pelosi is, that you do see her image in campaign ads in a way that you don't with harry reid. harry reid is more after symbolic punching bag for democratic control of the senate. i think the idea if you got rid of him and replaced him with chuck schumer that wouldn't be an issue for republicans. you may recall back in 2008 when mitch mcconnell was running for re-election back then he ran ads. this new york guy's favorite candidate. changing up in the senate makes that go away, i think is sort of a fantasy. >> the other thing i always noticed when i covered nancy pelosi, the minority at the time, she had a really tight leadership circle. there were people she knew and trusted and nobody could get into that. i wonder if that's one of those things. if that's part of the reason

. >> this is obviously an attempt to get this vote for her by harry reid another democrats. with all the things going on with the house and senate can this get to the president's desk? does the vote help her save her job? >> i think there are 62 senators who have said they are in favor of this. it doesn't look like there is going to be a filibuster. i'm not sure it's going to save mary landrieu. you look at those numbers, she had 42% at her challenger. then there was a third-party candidate at 15%. that is going to go to cassidy. i don't think she has enough to being drowned. >> senator reed failed to hold the majority in the new senate. they do want to save the seat. it is a closer chance to win back the senate. republicans are being sophisticated, talking about different things they might do with the house bill, that her opponent has put forward. republicans are not going to give her a clean shot to make clinical advantage. >> they are trying to mute her trump card. >> everyone believes he will sign keystone. >> they abandon mary landrieu. a lot of democrats would like to

we consider harry reid evil. evil. we consider harry reid a puppet for barack obama. he needs to be cleaned out of washington. >> so -- but that is a view a lot of main stream republicans have had about getting onboard, supporting whoever the nominee is, and quit bitching. right? >> we don't care. who cares? >> mark, you're doing t. listen to me. listen to me. what's important here is to stop playing this game, who gets two points and who gets three points? we conservatives do things out of principle. the rhinos do things because they want to hold on to republican power and control the republican party. wolf said exactly why he did this. he's had enough of harry reid, not enthusiastic about pot roberts but told the truth. voting for roberts, orman is a liberal. that's the way life is. >> that's what the nature was saying from the very beginning, that harry reid's evil trumps, however you feel about us -- >> spent tens of millions are dollars beating down the base, beating down conservatives and we're not done with them. we need a new, treasurer republictreasurer -- fr

harry reid won't give him that authority. republicans want him to have that authority. we to want see trade negotiations under way and see if we can't find nor places to sell american goods. that will help the economy. the president will sign that. with regards to health care, for instance, when preibus talks about health care, we have obamacare for a couple of years. a lot of things democrats agree with republicans on. people in part-time work, driving people out of full-time jobs. these changes i think you'll see the president sign. i'm absolutely convinced you're going to see with a republican-led senate f we're lucky enough to get that, you'll see bills get to the president's desk, he will sign some. some he won't sign. no question about that. he'll veto some. but we'll find out who really is the party of no. >> finally, as soon as this election is over on tuesday, you know we're all going to start talking about 2016 and the presidential race. one of the big questions is whether or not you're going to run again. your most recent comment on that was you said, probabl

you've been by harry reid as he's done his job. i'm sure you tell us he's done a good job. >> absolutely. >> speak to us, candidly, about this part of the job that people are criticizing. you heard it from manchin, boehner, not exactly a credible critic if he wants reid to fail. but speak to the criticism. >> first of all, to paraphrase the great jay-z, democrats have 99 problems, right now, but i don't think their senate legislative amendment -- >> that isn't as catchy as jay-z, the way you said it. it's a good start. >> look. the fact of the matter is the caucus is going to have to get together and decide what changes if anything they're going to move toward next congress next year. everything senator reid has done so far. designed to protect the caucus and he tries to do what he can to protect the centrist members of the caucus. i'm sure they're making calls. but, remember, the fact of the matter is, there's a little bit of a problem here. democrats have this nasty habit of offering good government type amendments that are desig

but harry reid is referred to as senator harry reid. so a sign of things to come, that the majority leader is about to become a minority leader. some of the things that we're looking for in this news conference this afternoon from the president is whether or not there's a change in tone. from talking to white house officials, they are saying the president on down, they recognize they are clear-eyed about what happened in those midterm elections last night. but they do see a path forward. and white house chief of staff denis mcdonough has been con conveniencing meetings in washington over the last few weeks to prepare for a gop congress. they say they're ready for that. but the question -- and i think it's going to be asked today of the president, is what that will result in in terms of policy. the white house was saying just yesterday, josh earnest was asked, will the president take aggressive action on immigration before the end of the year? he said, yes. but the republicans want to do it as well because it helps with their demographic

and to retire harry reid as majority leader! i heard a rumor that there was a capitol maintenance man headed to harry reid's office now a screwdriver and a new sign for the door. >> reporter: from the great smoky mountains of north carolina -- >> we have swept this nation with a compelling senate majority. >> reporter: -- to the rockies in colorado an the farm fields of iowa. >> we are heading to washington, and we are going to make 'em squeal! >> reporter: republicans not only took control of the senate, they stlerengthened their grip the house. this will change erg, or this may change nothing. >> don't expect the president to wake up tomorrow and view the world any differently than he did when he woke up this morning. he knows i won't either. >> reporter: when tuesday evening began to take shape, republicans suggested maybe now the president will start working with them, to which a white house adviser said the question is whether republicans will work with the president. if voters were hoping for an adult conversation, this wa

we want to get to former senior aide to harry reid. what would you advise harry reid this morning? >> i would advise him that first off mitch mcconnell woke up with the worst job in washington, d.c. this morning. has he to balance two wings of his party, illinois and seven other members of the senate just like mark kirk. on the other side, ted cruz who doesn't care about mark kirk winning election who only carse about his presidential as operatings. mitch mcconnell has to tow the road. if i were harry reid, i would say throw as many about how olders on the road as possible. >> same thing for the white house, throw boulders on the road for mitch mcconnell. >> the white house has the opportunity to get things done. they should issue as many executive orders as possible. i have a feeling one will come down on immigration and we'll see what they do. >> thank you very much. on behalf of michael shure, i'm david shuster, thanks for watching. watching. u.s. air strikes? >> i think this is really interesting. >> hello, welcome to a special consider this. blood baath, disaster, drubbing, th

i know you like to use harry reid and obama. those are your talking points. a simple law change that would require disclosure. we have that here. when you run an alaskan campaign, you have to disclose the top three donors. that is alaska. >> that bill is pending right now. >> we are off to a lively start. lets go to military issues. you will have one minute to respond. >> mr. sullivan, the u.s. is using airstrikes. at what point would american ground forces be warranted? >> we have talked about this and debated it. those are combat troops already engaged. there is some confusion. from my perspective, it depends on what the mission is. there are ground forces to go rescue pilots. i was a commander of a marine task force that did that. also, to save american personnel. we had an incident in benghazi where we had a company of marines on the ground -- we would not have had a dead ambassador. he is saying that we should never have ground forces on the ground. i say it should be a contingency. why would we want to signal to our enemy that we will never have ground

you heard harry reid talking about the catholic church and mormon church. this policy is driven to some extent by keeping families together, dreamers with parents of dreamers. that's a good place for democrats to be. republicans sound like they are anti-family and they sound kind of pinched and negative. democrats have the upper hand right now. the republican governors are taking a post-election victory lap in florida. one who is not there is a former governor of florida, jeb bush. bush was in washington today, speaking about one of his pet causes, education, which is an endorsement of common core is his main vulnerability with conservative voters should he decide to run for president. bush would soon try to reframe the issue, and today he started to do just that. >> this is a civil rights crisis in every sense of the term. when schools fail our kids, we deny them more than education. we deny them their right to their potential. doors close to them. they become stuck in a world that none of us would choose for our own children. in case anyone thinks this is

in that article, senator harry reid is questionoted saying if iowa, we're going to do just fine. iowa is critical. >> that's one of the states that the president carried and the democratic candidate is in real trouble and you're right, bret about the des moines register poll, it has a very good reputation, compared to the other polls it should be noted at the moment it looks like a bit of an outlier because the margin is so much greater, but it is the latest poll and i think the last poll that will be taken in that state. so it's worth paying attention to and it looks likes joni ernst has a margin of error. >> the question of what would get done if the republicans took over the senate. today mitch mcconnell suggested more will get done, there will be less gridlock in washington. mitt romney had a take on what would happen specifically with respect to immigration and a bill there. this is what he told chris wallace earlier today. >> you're going to see a provision first of all to secure the border, second of all to deal with those who come here illegally and third to make sure tha