senator mcconnell: they are called elections, and they will not be on the agenda in the senate. thehs that now that republicans control all aspects of the government, you might reconsider the earmark moratorium? senator mcconnell: i don't think so. >> criminal justice reform is something that has supports on both sides of the aisle. is that something you look at in the new congress? donald trump has not talked about law and order on the but it has not made it into legislation. senator mcconnell: in terms of scheduling the senate, we have serious division among republicans. i would not rule it out. i do not want to speak for the speaker. he said something about whether or not they might tackle it. it might be a good question to ask him. if they send a bill over to us, we will take a good look at it. it is a pretty spirited debate. not only on a philosophical basis. i have some conservative members who are in favor of it and opposed to it. it did not look to me like a good agenda item for us at this point, but i would not want to rule it out for next congress. >> back to the supre

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in effect, the senate -- this is not even senate 101. that's what everybody thinks senators are supposed to be about. when we're talking about search and seize iewrks that's an issue for -- when we're talking about search and seizure, that's an issue for congress to debate. and the justice department shouldn't have the ability to at a minimum, as i indicated in my conversation with my colleague from texas, to come up with a very novel approach to the fourth amendment without elected officials being able to weigh in. now, i'm going to close by way of saying that i think when americans find out that the congress allowed the justice department to just wave its arms in the air and grant itself new powers under the fourth amendment without the senate even being part of a single hearing, i think law-abiding americans are going to ask, so what were you people in the senate thinking? what were you thinking about when the f.b.i. starts hacking the victims of a hack or when a mass hack goes awry and breaks their device? or an entire hospital syste

senator. and before people got used to the idea they had a senator named joseph brotten, the voters didn't get to replace him. the governor got to replace him. it was an open seat. the governor of north carolina decided to look to a very prominent north carolina citizen to take brotten's senate seat. he decided to give it to the president of the university of north carolina. and the president of the university of north carolina at that time, 1949, was a really interesting guy. he came from an academic background, he had been a history professor, but was a very politically skilled guy. when he became president of unc, he got lots of funding and made a lot of impacts. there was previously a quota of the number of jews that they would accept at the school. but when he came president, he drafted the jew quota. he was unexpectedly vaulted into the united states senate when he was asked to fill that open seat when the senator who just won the seat unexpectedly died. when frank porter graham was give

a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. blunt: and, mr. president, very two requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: so noted. mr. blunt: mr. president, i want to spend a few moments today talking about adoption month, the month we're just completing. november is national adoption month. and if i could have the attention of members, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. blun i thank the senator from maryland and my colleagues for letting me talk about an issue i think every single member of the senate cares about. mr. blunt: the month of november is national adoption month. it gives us an opportunity to recognize the recent celebration of national adoption day which was november the 19 rgt. as cochair of the congressional coalition on adoption, i really had the opportunity to

the senator has voted to repeal the senator care act every chance he's had a chance to vote on the acts. he's voted consistently every time to repeal it. i voted both to fix it, but also to preserve its. i voted for example to get rid of the medical device tax because hospitals tell me they would pass those costs onto individuals. there things we can do to fix the affordable care act without throwing people onto the street. one of the fixes is to work to allow people to close a loophole that allows people to sign on during the grace period, have a major medical procedure and then drop it. the loophole the loophole that is a bipartisan fix would say that if you sign onto the affordable care act during the open enrollment time and you have a major medical procedure then you need to keep the affordable care act for the entire year. that will alleviate the costs. many things can be done, but we cannot put millions of americans onto the streets without health insurance. >> i think i would agree with president clinton when he called the obama care a crazy system where we have seen the exchang

senator cruz: so did i. [laughter] >> i am wondering now if perhaps that ninth seat, any possibility? [applause] senator cruz: well, thank you for the kind encouragement. what i will say is that history is long and can take unexpected paths. i think it is absolutely vital that in seat and every other seat that comes vacant on the court be filled by principal constitutionalists who will be faithful to the law and checked their own policy preferences at the door and simply honor their oath. right now i have the privilege of serving in the united states senate and representing 20 million texans. that is a privilege and responsibility i take seriously. i look forward to continuing to carry out the responsibility and continuing to fight for the principles of freedom and principles embodied in the constitution and bill of rights. they are very much in jeopardy right now. i, like many of you, and very excited by the historic opportunity we have been given. i look forward to working very hard to make the most of thi

if it's 50/50 in the senate or the democrats control the senate, any one senator is king. one senator can move off and take it and really have to have a loyal opposition on these big issues. so it's critical republicans win the sfat. >> do you have a sense of what the republican focus is tomorrow? >> better be about hispanics, go back and read the previous analysis of four years ago. the autopsy. because everything that we said he said in that autopsy, we didn't do. and obviously they're paying the price for it tonight. >> i remember george bush talking about how civility doesn't end at the rio grande, donald trump talking about building walls there. a large part of the republican electorate has bought into this idea that we need a wall, that we need separation, that we need to be in large part an isolationist place. that's not what's going to win votes in united states. >> equally as important, you can't basically just talk about hispanic voters. there's mexican voters, there's obviously puerto rican voters which is a lot more puerto ricans now in florida and you obviousl

senator from new top 25 longest- serving senators in american history. if grassley gets a seventh term, he'll be iowa's. since the mid-80s, he's won every reelection with more than 60% of the vote. the stakes are high for republicans to hold his seat. if they want to retain their majority in the senate, democrats cannot pickup more than four or five seats, depending on who wins the election. patty judge, iowa's former lieutenant governor and first female secretary of agriculture, aims to be the first to beat grassley. however, the last poll out register, had grassley with a huge margin of victory-- 23 points. iowa republicans attribute their perceived success in this race and the presidency in the state to a better ground game than they had four years ago. more field offices. more door knocking. " "i know the clinton campaign came in about three months ago. we welcomed them when they came, but, we said we've been here for awhile." " the event here at the marriott kicks off at 7:00. we'll be talking about the senate race and get the state party's reaction

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if it's 50/50 in the senate or the democrats control the senate, any one senator is king. one senator can move off and take it and really have to have a loyal opposition on these big issues. so it's critical republicans win the sfat. >> do you have a sense of what the republican focus is tomorrow? >> better be about hispanics, go back and read the previous analysis of four years ago. the autopsy. because everythin he said in that autopsy, we didn't do. and obviously they're paying the price for it tonight. >> i remember george bush talking about how civility doesn't end at the rio grande, donald trump talking about building walls there. a large part of the republican electorate has bought into this idea that we need a wall, that we need separation, that we need to be in large part an isolationist place. that's not what's going to win votes in united states. >> equally as important, you can't basically just talk about hispanic voters. there's mexican voters, there's ricans now in florida and you obviously have cubans, very strong supporters, the younger generation. puerto r

if it's 50/50 in the senate or the democrats control the senate, any one senator is king. one senator can move off and take it and really have to have a loyal opposition on these big issues. so it's critical republicans win the sfat. >> do you have a sense of what the republican focus is tomorrow? >> better be about hispanics, go back and read the previous analysis of four years ago. the autopsy. because everythingha he said in that autopsy, we didn't do. and obviously they're paying the price for it tonight. >> i remember george bush talking about how civility doesn't end at the rio grande, donald trump talking about building walls there. a large part of the republican electorate has bought into this idea that we need a wall, that we need separation, that we need to be in large part an isolationist place. that's not what's going to win votes in united states. >> equally as important, you can't basically just talk about hispanic voters. there's mexican voters, there's ricans now in florida and you obviously have cubans, very strong supporters, the younger generation. puert

senator mcconnell: no. [laughter] senator mcconnell: we have not started the next congress yet. there will be plenty of time to talk about legacies later. >> i wondered if you had a preference for how long you would like to fund the government. that is going to come up and about one month. would you like to go just until trump takes over? are you thinking omnibus? what is your, where's your head on that? senator mcconnell: we haven't really talked on that. there are two priorities. if you raise how are you going , to fund the government? second, excuse me, second, the 21st century chewers bill -- cures bill. the president is interested in precision medicine. i am interested in the regenerative medicine. chairman upton has done terrific work on this. i would like to see us finish that important new measure this year. and the president and i discussed those two matters this morning. >> in june, you expressed concerns about donald trump, his comments about hispanics potentially harming the party's relationship with hispanics similar to the way goldwater did with african-americans.

senate races: democrats need to gain five senate seats to take control there, and when ex- senator evan bayh decided to run for his old seat, it looked like a sure democratic gain. but his post-senate career as a lobbyist has brought him into a dead heat with republican congressman todd young. >> if he's losing, or if it's tied, it would suggest real problems for democratic senate prospects. >> reporter: in virginia, clinton's been well ahead in the polls, and her running mate, senator tim kaine, is from there, and obama won it twice. if virginia is close, that's a sign of real trouble for clinton. by contrast, if clinton is close in georgia, that'll be a sign that her base-- african- americans and college-educated whites-- have turned out to vote. at 7:30, polls close in three states-two of them especially critical for trump. it's endlessly said that no republican has ever won the white house without ohio, and this year its large white working class population seems to be leaning strongly to trump; he's leading in the polls. but sean trende says, watch the margins. >> if donald trump i

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senate? gov. hassan: my thoughts and prayers certainly go out to the prayers certainly go out to the set -- to the families of t us early this morning or less night in iowa. i fully support the second amendment. i believe that responsible gun owners have the right to use guns to defend themselves, to recreate and to hunt. i think that right has to be balanced with public safety. as governor, i thought it was appropriate to people he gun laws that have been in existence in new hampshire for about 100 well by a republican governor. i made sure for those who think they're wrongfully on the list to go into a court and to make sure that they are off the list. >> as you know, so far, only $7 million from the care bill has been appropriated for the entire griffin, who lost their beautiful making sure we are addressing these programs. that bill just got signed into law this summer on and it will make a difference. in fact, we're going to be fighting for more funding when the event funding bill expires in

senator johnson campaign and reiterated after his win that this will be his last term in senate. reporting in oshkosh kristen barbaresi cbs 58 news. 3 coming up in the next half hour we talk one on one with the newly re-elected senator. 3 former senator russ feingold held the seat for three terms before losing to senator johnson back in 20-10.cbs 58's mike strehlow was at a watch party in middleton last night for feingold...he joins us now with more. 3 3 russ feingold had hoped to become the first it didn't happen, instead it was deja vue in the same place he gave a concession speech back in 2010. 2010.22:32:44-33:05 i really wanted to get this done.. but obviously something is happening in this country tonight i don't understand it, i don't think anyone does. but we as americans have to do the people to come together.. :20-39 feingold wrapped up his 3 minute concession speech by saying that our country is heading into one of the most challenging times but supporters who were here tonight it's now up to them.at the feingold watch party in middleton, mike strehlow for the cbs 58 m

senate hanging in the balance. here's abc's sunny hostin "inside the final 30." >> we are in the heart of america. and we're going to meet with jason canneder, the democratic nominee for senate here. >> i volunteer to be an extra gun in a convoy of suvs -- >> reporter: he snagged national attention with this ad. >> i believe in background checks so terrorists can't get their hands on one of these. >> a guy who seemingly has come out of nowhere. it's interesting that this race is as tight as it is. the outcome of this tight race could give democrats one of the five seats they need to take kander's opponent -- >> i'm roy blunt, the first person in my family to graduate from college. >> reporter: a fifth-generation missourian, blunt's campaign slogan says it all. the campaigning and winning is nothing new. he's served in congress for the last 20 years. but this is jason's first run for u.s. senate. and so our day begins in a small local library. >> good to see you, thanks for doing this. who wants to jump in and start

senator ron johnson - he's hurting wisconsin families. russ feingold: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." ve. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of this morning. that is generating a narrow band of light showers that should pass by around 8am. after that we slowly dry up and clear out. highs today will get to the mid to upper 50s which, while cooler than yesterday, is still well above average. sunshine and low to mid 50 tomorrow as high pressure returns. then we warm into the low 60s for thursday before cooling back to the low 50s for friday and saturday. we stay dry and mostly sunny with a slight warming clearing. high: 56 wind: nw 10-15 mph developing this morning. police investigating three shootings from overnight. the first

and with an especially tight senate race-- senator ron johnson becomes a clear focus. according to the latest marquette law school poll, democratic senate nominee russ feingold is just one point ahead republican senator ron johnson. 12:07 folks, this is going to be a razor thin margin in wisconsin. senator johnson criticizes his opponent for big government initiatives and supporting what he calls a failed affordable care act. 03:41 hillary clinton and russ feingold hav politicians for more than 30 years. they're the people who gave us obamacare. they're the people that create this mess. the crowd rallies behind the nominees-- nats: 42:17 usa! usa! whether others were listening--will be determined tuesday. 12:42: we will make america great again! lets get it done wisconsin! standup: 04:43 these candidates are hoping their messages are heard. they will be making various stops through tuesday. reporting, in mukwonago, ashley sears fox 6 stop here in the milwaukee area this weekend --- donald trump. he's backing out of a campaign event in west allis. our political reporter

senator john f. kennedy's story. ♪ >> this is washington, d.c. -- official capital of the united states, unofficial capital of the free world, or the people of massachusetts visit today with senator and mrs. john f. kennedy. in this historic building, each senate and democratic battle which is its climates -- reaches its climax. the senate office building -- a handsome, white marble structure just across historic constitution avenue from the capital. here, most committees, all senators, and the vice president of the united states maintain their actual working headquarters. it is here that scores of massachusetts visitors and hundreds of massachusetts letters, telegrams, and telephone calls are received each day. john delaney about the activity. she is talking to the senator's administrative assistant. pardon me, joan. >> won't you come in? >> how many visitors do you have? >> between 50 and 100 a day. sometimes for the senate, other times for his assistance. >> what about with all the mail? >> we r

on his senate staff. interesting. even though he only brought back as a june the yeas are staffer, the junior staffer -- junior staffer, the junior staffer proved to be ambitious and hard to tie down. the junior staffer didn't have that much interest in staff work in the senate. he wanted to keep running those kinds of campaigns. he wanted to keep running campaigns like that willis-smith campaign that knocked out the incumbent senator in north carolina in 1950. by 1952, that staffer was back out on the campaign trail this time working for the presidential campaign. this time working on the overtly segregationist presidential campaign of a failed candidate but longtime southern senator named richard russell. by 1960, he was on another campaign, working on a north carolina governors's race that time. supporting an insurgent candidate, 1960, whose only issue in his run was race. this congressional staffer supported a candidate called bev lake in that race. bev lake only ran for governor because of the insuff

the senate is very much in play tonight. we're watching one race in particular and that's the state of indiana. where a republican seat is up for grabs. that republican seat, the decision desk tells us, is too early to call. the former democratic senator there evan bayh facing off against todd young. it has been a difficult ride for evan bayh to say the at least. they thought they might win just off his name recognition. it's been much closer than people have thought. now we'll look at the balance of power in the united states senate. this is going to be crucial for whoever wins the white house. you need at least one house to try to get some things done. it all starts in the house. looks like the house is going to stay reliably red republican tonight. the senate is another matter entirely. democrats need to flip five seats. take away five seats now controlled by republicans to win the thing, and it's possible. here's another interesting part. the democrats only need four seats if clinton wins because the vice president is th

senator daschle. both of you, would you advocate making the rewriting of federal health care policy the first big ask or not the first big ask? i think did you both say the transportation and infrastructure should be the first big ask instead? >> it's one that they can find common ground, none of it will be easy. >> i agree, i would take trent's ammunition to president-elect trump, look for small things we can agree to. find ways to work together so that you can take on the bigger things. and besides that, the affordable care act is now about the most important element in public policy that relates to health, that's going to take a lot of time, and there's enormous amount of detail involved. we're dealing with 20 million people that didn't have insurance before. 31 states have expanded medicaid, you have all these new protections that are built in, new opportunities for 26-year-olds to sign up on their parents plan. all of that, a new -- totally new infrastructure around the marketplace and exchanges,

the next senate in the next president, more than any senator -- any senate or president in a long time or for a long time, is also going to define the supreme court. when you are talking to your friends about this, there are lots of supreme court decisions over the last few years that have been 5-4. once you get on the court, you stay there a long time. antonin scalia, who died earlier this year, was appointed by president reagan. he served for 26 years after reagan left the white house, and 12 years after reagan died, he was the fifth vote and many of those 5-4 decisions. we know there is one vacancy. looking at the age of the court, you have to assume there will be two. i would not be surprised if there were three. i would bet three, and i would not be surprised if there were four. all of those 5-4 decisions are going to be decided by the next president and the next senate. the heller case, the second amendment case, was 5-4. i have an a from the nra, my opponent has an f. less than 10% of the general assembly figured out how to get the f. he had to work hard for that, he worked for

idq is to know, th the senate wouldn't advise and consent up senate wouldn't advise and consent senate wouldn't advise and consent up on that action can what you think about the action taken by the u.s. military. >> i think regarding the movement to retake the city of mosul from the hands of isis, this is appropriate. this is being led by iraqi forces. which is appropriate. we do have advisors in their. it really is quite a coalition that is pushing back and we taking that city. this is the way in my mind that we should operate, and get the support to our allies to make certain that this threat of isis is contained and eradicated. >> that's your time. senator grassley, your thoughts on the movement and mosul. >> considering the situation the president put us in by withdrawing troops in 2011, leaving a vacuum that isis filled, i think we are doing there is about the best we can do. the president has all the information. it doesn't seem like we have a strategy. we need our constitutional commander-in-chief who is a president of united states with that responsibility to make sure that he

senator john f. kennedy story, i campaign film from 1958 detailing the compliments of jfk's first term serving the people of massachusetts as a democrat. senator kennedy won reelection that year with about 73% of the vote. >> we present the united states senator john f. kennedy's story. ♪ >> this is washington, d.c. -- official capital of the united states, unofficial capital of the free world, where the people of massachusetts visit today with senator and mrs. john f. kennedy. in this historic building, each senate and democratic battle reaches its climax. it is here that senator kennedy debate its merits. ae senate office building is handsome, white marble structure just across historic constitution avenue from the capital. here, most committees, all senators, and the vice president of the united states maintain their actual working headquarters. it is here that scores of massachusetts visitors and hundreds of massachusetts letters, telegrams, and telephone calls are received each day. let's ask

you will see him rely on senator warren, senator sanders. there will be points in time where we will need to rally the left part of our base. there will be times when he will look at a mansion or a warner for some of the more moderate things we want to do with the republicans. , i havesible whip fight had the pleasure of working with both senators as part of that leadership team. so i have connections and friends in both of those offices. i think this will actually work itself out. the one thing that we don't need right now, and i think that the democratic caucus gets this, when you are out of power and in the wilderness, you tend to have -- you tend to sometimes cannibalize yourself or start a circular firing squad. i think the republicans have had to deal with that a little bit. schumer and some of those other members who have been there for a while don't want to see that happen again. i expect this to work out very well for all parties involved. wilderness,of the neil, you were there after president obama was elected. 2008 afterats in los

following the death of senator ted kennedy, senator harkin, in 2009, became the chairman of the labor and pensions committee, and has made a real trailblazer in combating obesity, having led the efforts to require school districts participating in the national school lunch program to establish school wellness policies. other plans and efforts have led to the 2010 child nutrition bill, and the healthy hunger-free kids act. he has also worked closely with the ftc over the years, which was discussed in our previous panel, and has commissioned reports and studies, and has pressed the industry to adopt uniform, system-wide, age-appropriate guidelines for food marketing to children. as you can probably tell, senator harkin is a well of information and is a walking historian when it comes to these issues. there is no one that knows the politics, and that was referenced in both panels -- the politics involved in food policy and food law. there is no one that knows the politics of food policy and health than senator harkin. again, it is very gracious of him to be here with us and to share with

the senate. let me begin by thanking president obama and vice president biden for their strong support and their interest. the president's interest in precision medicine, the idea of personalized medicine that if the senator from pennsylvania and i each have the same disease, that we might not take exactly the same medicine because our genetics might be different. we now know enough about that that if we can help doctors have that information, they could prescribe medicines that will help us to live longer. the president and the executive office of the president have issued a statement of administration policy that's one of the strongest that i have seen. i hope p persuades republicans and i hope it persuades democrats both to be supportive of this legislation. i ask consent that following my remarks, that the statement of administration policy be included in the congressional record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, i mentioned the bipartisan nature of the

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. a senator: mr. president, are we currently in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. a senator: mr. president, i ask the proceedings be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to address the senate as if in morning business on a matter related to privacy protection to be succeeded by senator ron wyden and if he arrives during the time of our remarks, by senator daines. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. coons: mr. president, i rise to address a pending change to privacy protection contained in the federal rules of civil procedure, but before i proceed to the details, the sometimes wonky details of what we actually do here, let me just start by speaking to concerns i've heard. as early as this morning from my train ride down from wilmington, delaware, by e-mails, texts and by from my friends in the state of delaware and all ove

the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> the senate returned from his thanks giving break today, tomorrow they put on legislation that require the department of health and human services to study whether role medical care should be expanded. off the floor this week, negotiations on government funding bill reviewed on december 9 current government funding expires. when the senate is in session, lives coverage here on c-span to >> writers sitting that donald trump stepped up his search for secretary of state. they said general petronius, once the top military commander in iraq and afghanistan was sentenced to two years probation and fined 100,000 dollars lester for the unauthorized removal and retention of classified information. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> the meeting went well. i was with him for about an hour and he basically walked us around the world and has a great grasp of the friday of challenges out there. some of the opportunities as well. a very good conversation and we will see where it goes from here. >> that's all i can say

she ran against a moderate, popular senator. she was banking a lot on hillary clinton being a popular nominee and not donald trump being a nominee bringing a different coalition to the table than mitt romney did iw mistake, if she loses, is getting in the race in the first place. >> if kelly ayotte loses, what did she do wrong? >> she would say one thing in washington and do another in new hampshire so she was putting her d.c. ambitions first and that approach caught up with her when she endorsed trump, then supported trump, but then didn't support trump and didn't endorse him but she might vote for him and might write in mike pence. >> thank you. ed: a moment of true inspiration voters honor a voting rights hero. maria: still to come, how susan b. anthony was remembered today more than a century after she led the charge on women's ed: acknowledge the past. maria: a long-standing tradition taking on a more pun anthony's gravesite, honoring women's hard-fought right to vote. they're celebrating the first opportunity to vote for a

senator rep. duckworth: it is clear hillary clinton is one of the most qualified nominees and our nation's recent history. i voted yesterday for her. regardless of who is president of the united states, we need to work together across the aisle to do things like having a hearing for the nominees of the nominees for the supreme court. we need to make sure we work to bring jobs back here to the united states, to our hometowns. to illinois. get thewe can government working again is to make sure we put aside partisanship. we put aside anger. the work on the things most important to us. both hillary and donald truly do love america. moderator: thank you. sen. kirk: i have served as the glue between republicans and democrats. you are as partisan as my opponent, i worry she will go to war. republicans, you cannot get anything done in the senate. . we have to make sure we do criminal -- criminalize. -- we have to make sure we criminalize gun violence. moderator: rebuttal if you so choose. duckworth: the f

senator, we will start with you. who is your most trusted advisor who is not a member of your own party? ms. ayotte: members of my family. my husband and my mother. i turned to them first. also, the people in new hampshire who give me such great advice. on the heroin epidemic, it was people like doug and pam griffin who lost their daughter, people like melissa cruse who founded hope for new hampshire recovery. advisors ihe best have. >> to you have a conduit to communication from a democrat in washington? withyotte: i have worked claire mccaskill on sexual assault. i have worked with senator shaheen on many issues for new hampshire, whether it is support for the shipyards, refueling units, care for veterans. i am always looking for common ground to get things done. >> governor, who do you reach out to for a republican counterpoint? ms. hassan: first of all, the people of new hampshire are great sources. there are so many times when i talk to people in this state and nobody identifies by party, which is the point. we

this is how the senate looks now. senate horseshoe, pretty even. right now it's 48 democrats and 51 republicans. democrats picked up two seats last week, but republicans retained control of the senate narrowly. you can see the one clear dot there that's not filled in, that's what we're talking about tonight. that's louisiana. if a republican wins that, that would make the difference 48-52, it's be a four-seat difference, republicans would have a fairly firm grip on that chamber, but if a democrat would win, that would make the difference between the democrats and republicans only two. that is a gap democrats can work with. that is a gap that stuff might happen. you know, winning this louisiana senate seat could mean a world of difference for democrats trying to stop the trump agenda, as the best website in the world, wonkette.com, put it today, if a democrat won that seat, it means it wouldn't be as much of a stretch to try to form majority coalitions with republican senators who are occasionally decent on specific issues, like john mccain with rus

senator marco rubio will return to the senate. he beat democratic challenger patrick murphy. rubio decided to run for another six years in the senate -- after dropping out of the presidential race. surrounded by his family... rubio thanked his this is an extraordinary place greatest nation on earth. of immigrants, florida is america. extraordinary state." in the coming term... rubio said he hopes his state - and his colleagues in washington - will lead the country to engage in more civil political discourse. house speaker paul ryan was elected to his tenth term. he was elected 13-months ago after john boehner resigned from congress. ryan thanked the people of wisconsin's fidi generosity and your good will. the speaker told the crowd he was ready to head back to washington to keep working for them... and he sounded optimistic about republicans winning across the country. incumbent rod blum retains his seat in congress. it was considered one of the house. kwwl was also there when monica vernon conceded to blum. kwwl's kristin rogers

senate. a white house appointee, bud the oth but the other two require senate confirmation. sunlen serfaty joins us from new york city. we know senator sessions was deny add federal judgeship back in the 1980s. what can you tell us about that and about the senator's resume? >> reporter: only 1986, denied that federal judgeship, wolf and only 39 years old at the time. but he was dogged by allegations and even testimony from those who work with him that said he had repeatedly made racially charged statements. now sessions denied that at the time. clearly some of those comments from those who worked with him coming back to haunt him now. the trump team seems very ready to push back on these allegations, on a conference call with reporters today aides say look at his entire record. the fact that in the time since he has served decades on capitol hill, in the senate, and the fact that he voted for things like the extension of the civil rights act and voted for the nation's first african-american a

senator mcconnell: we had that in 2000. the american people understand that if you get 270 electoral votes, you are president. i would like to welcome vice -- complement vice president gore. you know he conceded. , he didn't run around saying we ought to amend the constitution. he accepted the results of the system that we have. and secretary clinton did the same thing to her credit this morning. the election is over. we know who won, and we are going to move on from there and the best we can for the american people. thanks a lot, everybody. >> the outgoing members of congress will meet for a lame-duck session with several items on the agenda before the end of this congress. the house returns on monday. live coverage on c-span. the senate is back on tuesday, as usual live coverage on , c-span2. they will be working on a government funding bill, flint 's water system and a defense , programs bill. as always, live gavel to gavel coverage of congress on the c-span networks. now, more of the congressional races from a briefing

party tries to regain control of the senate. johnson is up against history also. no gop candidate has won a wisconsin senate seat in a presidential election year since 1980. for everything you need to know before you head to the polls -- including the latest from the campaigns -- head to our website, fox six now dot com, or your fox six news mobile app and click on "links." and remember -- fox6 is the come in tonight. we will bring you expert analysis and reaction throughout the evening-- on air and online! we don't even know who'll when the race for the white house but d-c already getting ready for inauguration day. plus, we are learning more details about a serial killer investigation in south carolina. jessob is in the newsroom with a look across america. authorities have discovered a third body on the property of a man who has been linked to seven a on the property of todd kohlhepp. he has confessed to four murders that happened back in 2003. he was arrested after a missing woman was found alive chained up in a metal contain

senator lott: i voted against -- and i think i voted for everyone in my 19 years in the senate but one. i won't mention his name because he's on the court. but i felt like -- [laughter] david but you can go to cq.com : and figure it out. senator lott i felt like he had : a conflict of interest. but i voted for -- i usually refer to this, ruth bader ginsburg because i felt she was qualified. i knew that she would vote on the supreme court on ways i almost never agreed with. but my thinking was -- and i think the attitude then was -- that elections do have consequences. presidents do have a right to their nominations. and once you go through the advise and consent process, i would hate to see the nuclear option imposed. i would hope that the senate could work through these nominations but it begins with , the president. if president-elect trump comes up with a strong nomination, look, there will be opposition , but i would hope that that person would be confirmed. david would you ever vote : against one? do you believe that the ground rules have changed irreverseably and potentially for

that is the kind of leadership i would bring to the senate. senator schumer: ms. long: answer one little thing? ms. benjamin: go for it. ms. long: you don't mind if george soros spends billions and billions, but you want to shut down conservatives spending money. senator schumer: i want to shut down everybody spending money. get them out of the system. unions, corporations, everybody. s. long: what do you think the funder meant when they said freedom of speech. senator schumer: this is a fundamental disagreement. i am a believer in the first amendment. but no amendment is bsolute. there is no right to put an dvertisement on tv because you are a billionaire. here is a clear limitation that when the whole business of government is being poisoned by a handful of people, putting in a whole ton of money, the first amendment is not absolute. it is not absolute when we have ibel laws. it is not absolute against child pornography. this was the most ridiculous decision that just about every legal scholar thought was off the deep end. ms. benjamin: we had three minutes left

that's senator jeff sessions. back in 1986, looking at the record, sessions was rejected by the senate as a federal judge because of troubling actions and statements on race and as a senator, sessions supported rolling back the voting rights act and voted against laws to protect gays and guarantee equal pay for women. the question is, are you prepared to fight democrats to make sessions the nation's chief law enforcement officer? >> i think everyone who knows senator jeff sessions knows that he's going to be an outstanding attorney general. he's a man of integrity. he stood shoulder to shoulder with our president-elect through this campaign, championing not only the rule of law but confronting the scourge of illegal immigration. for many americans, this is a very anxious time relative to the justice department. they know that jeff sessions will restore integrity there. >> what about that record when it comes to race and gays and women? >> well, i'm very confident that in the course of the con dp confirmation heari

senator diane finstein. enter[ applause ]en >> welcome back, senator and to my left is our current mayor, mayor edwin lee. i would also like to welcome our state representatives in the house. assembly man tang, assembly man. if we could hold our applause until after because we are going to be introducing a lot of folks, former supervisor and board president, chui, as well as former supervisor and current senator, mark leno. and we also have former supervisor and board of equalization, president, fiona ma. thank you all for being here. we are also joined by many other city department heads, and elected officials. i see our public defender is here jeff adachi and our sheriff, henessee as well as our fire chief, white, and the city administrator noami kelley. thank you all for being here. and i also would like to send a special recognition to the man who has basically worked with every former supervisor in this room, the great harvey rose. okay, i know that we are in a clapping mood, but i would like to at this

i spent 24 years in the senate doing oversight with senator carl levin as a member of the then named governmental. now homeland security. i supervised a number of the executive branch including dod procurement, irs seizure policy, the social security disability program, debarment and extension and web tech and campaign finance reform. throughout those investigations, we took a very limited view of executive privilege and the right of the executive branch to withhold information. it's a position very similar to the legal argument congressman isa made in the lynch case. i don't agree with everything but i am very close to his position on this, i must say. the privilege was very narrow and depended upon the nature of the investigation. i gave little recognition to the deliberative process exception when it involved intrathe agency communications. the kind of questions we were asking of the executive branch i don't think ever raised suspicions about the deliberative process exception. but i must say that my attitude towards it was that we would rarely, if ever, recognize deliberative pro

he was busy building off work that was already done by senators burr and senator coburn, senator hatch area it was going to be quite influential in what happened in the house and he would also work across the dome with the chairman of the commerce committee and so there's a lot of work that really has been done on being able to move in and quickly replace the affordable care act. >> i'm not sure the story is all that great. the coverage numbers for medicaid and if what republicans have to argue is better than medicaid in which is substandard in a lot of cases, people on bothsides seem to admit . i think they're going to have a good story to tell about what they are offering the american people. >> who are the people on both sides were going to be delivering the message ? the messaging particularly on something like the affordable care act is very blunt. on one side it's a disaster, on the other side it's phrased as people who could never get healthcare will have it and you'll be saving people from preventable deaths area who are going to be the people who can call me and sort of ration

senator sessions was a surprise guest. he came out onto that stage in that arena and he put on the make america great again hat. here's a little more about who he is. the chairman of the senate judiciary immigration subcommittee. the chairman of the arms service strategic forces subcommittee. i'm sorry. >> you can't see katy. she's trying to peek over to the laptop to read off the screen. >> he's going to have a lot of influence and control over immigration policy in this country. and that is where a lot of folks who are on the other side of that issue -- hard line issue are going to have a big problem with senator sessions, dreamers, people who are here on executive orders from president obama, things that are very easy to overturn once donald trump gets into office. remember, he campaigned on this pledge of, you know, deporting undocumented immigrants. he softened that a little bit in that 60 minutes interview, but we still don't quite know what his immigration policy will look like in concrete terms. >> when we look at

senate race than anyone had ever spent losing a u.s. senate seat ever before. whoo! and his name was rick lasio. and the person he lost to in that senate race in the year 2000 was somebody you will recognize, hillary clinton. 2000. that was the first year hillary clinton ran for the united states senate from new york state. she beat rick lazio badly. she clobbered him by 12 points. over the course of that campaign, he spent himself into oblivion. he outspent her by a mile. he outspent her by something like -- she spent 29 million and he spent $40 million. he ended up millions of dollars in debt and he lost and he lost by a lot and he had to give up his day job for all that. rick lazio had been a member of congress but you can't hold on to a seat in the house while you run for the senate so he was like quintupely crushed in that senate race in 2000. well, hillary clinton became the united states senator. and then at the end of her first term in the senate, so six years later, republicans went up against her again but they had a hard time getting somebody to run agains

51st -- i would be the 51st republican senator in the next senate. [cheers and applause] and there is a real good chance that that number, there's a really good chance of that that number can go to 53 as we win races in pennsylvania, in pennsylvania and new hampshire. and what a great night for our state. what a great night for our state. never in history of the state, and this is probably been said here before, but never in history of the state have we had, have reelected majorities in the missouri general assembly, the house and the senate, reelected a senator and elected five statewide republican officials. [cheers and applause] the opportunity to move forward, the opportunity to move forward in our state just multiplied by a significant number of times. with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state treasurer and josh holly, what a great introduction, josh. josh holly, the attorney general. [applause] all focused on better jobs and stronger families, joining me in my fight in washington for more jobs and less govern