the trump candidates drive down the republicans? -- drag down the republicans? [overlapping chatter] >> we needed help. >> there were different places. but you look at places like michigan, the democrats had good incumbents. who withstood trends. but the whole state seemed to move. whether it was just the top of the ticket, governor whitmer, the abortion referendum, or more broadly issues that brought out college-educated individuals, you saw this trend that pulls -- at polls across the way. virginia actually, republicans did well in virginia broadly speaking. abigail spanberger did a lot better. winning, but winning by a very small amount. you saw strong movements at some of the top of the ticket races. some going the other way. i think you see it in some states. >> do we have any states where you had a weak or maga-y senate candidate and no governor running? arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, georgia all had both, right? so maybe the answer is that we don't have a good test, because of a lot of these states also having a strong gubernatorial candidate, too. so it

a new republican senator. how do you put all of that together? you are a democrat, elected where you were elected. yet, the state looks like it is going very red. mr. landsman: yeah. the state is just so different from anyone pocket. in southwest ohio, the city of cincinnati, the eastern suburbs of our county,, up to warren county, it is trending bluer. it is just a lot of folks who, regardless of political affiliation are done with the chaos and extremism that i think voters across the country rejected. one of the reasons why we did not see or are not seeing this big red wave, folks are really wanting a new generation of leaders who were going to work and be done with all of that nonsense. there's so much at stake and i think the expectation is that we get to work. judy: you discussed what congressman chapa's positions were, that you think her 10. what about you? what do you think the arguments you made that did resonate with voters? mr. landsman: i think a couple things. i had a proven track record. i had bu

in 2010, favorable republican districts, so the republicans are in a position potentially to win enough seats this year to have a super majority, which would mean they would override any veto from the governor, so the democrats have kind of a two front battle here. they are trying to get governor eve is reelected and are also trying to fend off republican gains in the legislature because an eve or's when with a -- evers wind would be a hollow victory. host: other statewide races in wisconsin, that we should be paying attention to, what is on the ballot this year? guest: there's another interesting race. the attorney general race, democratic incumbent attorney general facing a challenge from a republican d.a., eric tony, and the secretary of state's race, which normally gets almost no attention because in wisconsin the secretary of state has nothing to do with elections, duties, but this year, the longtime incumbent who has been in office since 1983 and who served a term prior to that is secretary of state facing a challenge from a republican who wants to work with the legislature to tra

and the republican party, those election deniers, that is not helpful to the republican party and they need to look in the mirror. >> i think a lot of republicans, maybe you are right, but i think a lot of democrats also have to look in the mirror. the democrats still lost the house, leslie. maybe the numbers were not what they thought, but the democrats still lost the house and to say only republicans need to look in the mirror and everything democrats are doing, hunky-dory. you look kathy hochul won by four, may be four, five points. the rest of the ticket, the democrats are the rest of the ticket and getting dinged left and right in new york because there was something going on. that something was ignoring the crime issue. and a lot of other things that new yorkers are like, enough is enough, go ahead. >> yeah, there is nothing to be too excited about on the democratic side of the aisle. i totally agree with that. again, it was the night of incumbents. in the if you are in incumbents, you pretty much got to stay in your seat. but you know, you lose the shot, maloney seat in new york

. >> republicans focus on inflation. arguing democrats holding onto power will hurt voters wallets. >> it is important we get the right people so we can maintain our freedoms we worked so hard for. >> i think the country is going in absolutely the wrong direction. crime is of, inflation is horrible. >> with americans so divided with which direction the country is heading. next. >> this is washington week. corporate funding is provided by -- >> consumer cellular. additional funding provided by -- and patricia for the u.n. foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl delay-magnuson, rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. >> good evening, welcome to washington week. election day is four days away. more than 35 million americans have voted early. republicans appear have the momentum on

i think it is because republicans have a donald trump problem, i think as long as he republicans are associated with his brand, independents were willing to stick with democrats because they like joe biden just a little bit better than they like donald trump was favorable ratings than our exit polls were quite low. the republican candidates who did well are the ones who developed their own brand. one desantis, and florida governor -- they were fine. but if your brand was really linked with donald trump, you got punished by independent voters, and we have to deal with it now or face another rough go in 2024. >> so, was this just a bad night for republicans who shot themselves in the foot with the -- was there also a good night, did they do something good? >> i think it was a combination of both, i think is of indication of many of the presidents policies, although you listed a lot of things going wrong with the economy, this has been the most job growth of any president in the first two years of their term. and so, you have to balance those things, out but there are a few things that

republican primary process? >> absolutely. absolutely. first of all, the midterm election reenforced that if we want to win, you've got to have that kind of republican -- reagan republican leadership. there's a spirit in america that we want washington to work better, whether it takes better leadership or whether it takes institutional reform. and so you need somebody not just with the right principals but with a passion and a fighting spirit that's needed to accomplish those objectives. i absolutely believe there's room for a traditional reagan republican that understands the heart of the republican party and the goodness of america to prevail. >> well, with that, governor asa hutchinson, thank you for your time. thank you for joining me here on "firing line." >> good to be here today. thank you. >> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible by -- mister rogers' neighborhood is made possible in part by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [ "won't you be my neighbor?" pla

republican 5 1/2, right? a republican district but not a comfortably republican district. you are watching. those are three of the four competitive races in florida. the other one we talked about this earlier in the context of the governor's race and to senate race, this is a former democratic district, the lines have been redrawn and these lines, look at that, 0.6. this is a 50-50 district. donald trump would have carried this according to these lines by less than one percentage point. i don't believe we have called this race. sue they here. again, can republicans hold the way to get the majority if you are in the minority is hold what you got and take some away. if you look at the districts here in the state of florida, republicans are doing exactly what they needed to do. so let's check back in. you hold what you got and you look to take some away. we told you the republican in florida winning that district was 6% republican. well, you come here to a district that is 6.7% democratic. republicans are holding the districts where they have an advantage in the six, seven po

there were big -- heavy lee republican, constantly like 60% plus republican. and she just hit one of her better updates with it, but really hit 57%. so just wasn't hitting her numbers there with that vote. folks on the senate side, the masters, folks we're talking about a couple of days ago that that was going to look blake masters in the senate raising clearly didn't. so republicans in these late votes coming in, in maricopa county, have been making up ground, have been doing well sort of just in the rule numbers. but not enough to overcome the advantage the democrats had built in at least three of these races. but, again the tierney generals race is a question. mark and i should add to, the other piece of this is arizona is crucial for the battle for the control of the house of representatives where the republicans still don't have those 218 seats locked up. there are two, you see them in gray, two outstanding districts in arizona. democrats if they want to have a path to 2:18, these are two very important districts. and here, here is maricopa -based for his

all to the advantage of a republican infrastructure, with a republican governor, et cetera. and this would be to his disadvantage. i think that the people of georgia will rise to the occasion and answer that. but i think that if you are talking about playing with a stacked deck, they try to stack this deck. >> you and i talked last, night before katherine cortez masto was declared the winner in nevada. the speculation was it if she did not, when it all came down to georgia, for control of the house, everybody, democrats and republicans, with through the kitchen sink at that. raise money and resources. you are do last night's of katherine cortez masto, did win which he, days and this is no longer about control of the senate, there is going to be some republicans who are not all that interested in supporting herschel walker. because he such a unusual candidate. >> i hold to that this morning, being than i am glad -- maestro one. now, the republicans cannot crusade and get a big republican turnout. it will give you u.s. senate. there's some arsenal i'm sure, we were trying to a

who said i may be a reagan republican i may be a bush republican but this republican party 81 for me. after three failed election three in a row it should be embracing maga is a total loser for the republican party. if anyone thanks otherwise, just looked what happened in purple arizona. katie hobbs the democratic nominee for governor was declared the winner and her race against kari lake. everyone thought kari lake would win because of her communication skills. but even she lost, first positive megan just does not work. i earnestly hope in the next couple of months republicans will realize it's better for the country and even better for their party to focus instead onv working with democrats over the next two years to get things done the american people. now i know this is not going to happen overnight and the next week or two. our immediate focus of course is the claimant dock or there's a lot of work to be done. but when the dust settles come january and republicans have hopefully resolved their own internal fights at least some of them will realize the scorched earth maga policy

republican party. guest: mary is correct. the history has been a tangled one. lincoln was in the gop. republicans were the party of black americans for a time and then they fell away from that. democrats became the party of black america, know everything is up for grabs. host: thank you so much again. our guest was kevin kosar on the american enterprise institute. coming up at 9:15 we will have a discussion with the president of the center for american progress . but first it is open forum, your chance to weigh in on any political topic on your mind this morning. start calling in now. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. ♪ >> congress gets back to work in the wake of the midterm election. watch in the next weeks as the incoming 118th congress greets its new members and sets an agenda for january 2023. the outgoing congress uses its final weeks to tackle unfinished business such as judicial nominations and funding for the government, which is set to exp

. >> she's also pro-choice republican, proudly pro-choice republican. it's my recollection that she voted against kavanaugh. >> she did. so she's somebody who is capable of standing up to pressure for people in the republican party to vote for something she truly believes in. there's the types of republican parties. lisa, my friend, -- >> she was also one of three republican votes to vote against aca repeal, which preserved obamacare. and crucially so. i also think in terms of what it means to be -- i think joy's point is really important, that the biggest, most tangible in the same way, when you look to the pennsylvania governor's race, whether they get a abortion ban or not, the most tangible thing is judges, judges and appointments. not just judges or appointments. people start to leave the government, they serve in the cabinet, iand having control of the senate means that you can do that smoothly, and it also means that you burn less time. it also means that the biden administration has had a remarkably successful record for the first two years. oba

republicans lead in the other three. even though there is a runoff for the senate seat and the house has not been officially called yet as we just mentioned, republicans in both chambers have selected their leaders, at least the nomination of them. but it was not a simple process. congressional correspondent chad pergram has an update from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening, there had not been a challenge to a senate g.o.p. leader in 15 years. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell routed rick scott in a race to maintain his post as the top senate republican. the final vote 37 to 10. kam10mcconnell said victory was never in doubt. >> i'm not going anywhere. i don't own this job. anybody who wants to run for it can feel free to do so. and so i'm not in any way offended by having an opponent or having a few votes in opposition. >> some g.o.p. senators asked to postpone the leadership election until after the georgia senate runoff next month. scott supporters faulted mcconnell for not winning the senate

of which republicans out there, moderate republicans that the democrats can say, hey, do you want to be associated with the pro trump freedom caucus, that is going to hijack the leadership of the republican party? you look at some people like andy bakes, chip roy, they are not prepared to give kevin mccarthy the gavel and the leadership of the house if you does not pledge impeaching joe biden or seeking investigation against the biden administration, and there are reasonable republicans to assure democrats, politically savvy, can say, let's not go down this road for two years. it may end your career as a republican within the party, but if you think of the liz cheney's and adam kinzinger is out there -- >> you may turn out to be a hero. >> you may be able to turn two or three republicans. even if they get to 19, it was still not be enough for kevin mccarthy to be the speaker of the house. >> it's a radical hypothetical, and one i want to put the former republican congressman david jolly of florida. he's a msnbc political analysis and gifford senior adviser -- former congresswoman fro

republicans also like power. we have to do stop the discussion there. i have no idea what will happen on tuesday but it will be consequential. thanks to our guests, and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website . and for further discussion, go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter. for me and the whole team here in the and indo hock, bye for now. ???w?w?woç

one of the things house republicans will be able to do by themselves without having a republican control of the white house and senate. investigations are coming, the question is what the scope is going to be. the hunter biden investigation is something republican members promised and we can expect that, to try to uncover hunter biden's dealings in ukraine and whether president biden may have played a role when he was vice president and also to focus on more substantive questions that includes things like administration's handling of covid particularly origins of covid, they couldn't bring anthony fauci, and elective of developing and collaborating. and the last is the withdrawal from afghanistan. neil: plenty to dig into. want to come back, elon musk issues a dire warning to twitter, he wrapped up his second term as ceo. jerry: elon musk ripped up his second turbulent weekend ceo with a dire warning that bankruptcy is not out of the question. musk said twitter would not be able to, quote, survive the upcoming economic downturn if it fails to offset following advertising income by boosti

the losing republican u.s. senate candidate in arizona, blake masters, has also so far refused to concede. on friday he told fox news that maricopa county should stop its vote count and start all over from scratch. he has since said that he will concede if he loses -- he actually lost. he said he will concede if he loses after every legal vote is counted. not to be outdone, former republican president donald trump has been calling for not just a recount in maricopa, he's calling for a completely new election in arizona. didn't work out the way he wanted it to so he wants the election to be redone. his candidates lost. therefore, it must have been stolen or at least we should just do it again anyway. his former adviser, steve bannon, says somehow the results in arizona should not be certified. he said on his podcast that the certification in arizona should somehow be blocked. i don't know how he intends to do that, but it's an open question what kari lake is going to do now that nbc news has projected she's lost

so those huge game so far were republicans for, for republicans. we heard from michelle earlier, kerry lake, being one of these most outspoken a voices of the, the trump part of a republican party, or maybe the core of the republican party as it is today. a running for arizona, govern incredibly important state for the united in the united states. and although she may be losing, we don't know yet, i think we can hear a quick, a quick word from her about kind of what she stands for. we have a big day to day and don't let those cheaters and crooks think anything different. don't let them down. don't let them hood doubt in you. we have a movement. we have a movement and we know it. did you feel it? did you feel that movement william, tell me it's gary, like helping or hurting the republicans course. i mean that's one of the most interesting things that i'm certainly looking at in this election. of course, many other electron observers are looking at if people like kerry lake, sort of donald trump, republicans, these with these election deniers, the on

with republican party. so for presidential purposes the republican national committee and all its wisdom and based on its really still results in the last three -- [laughing] -- elections, has decided to close it off. [phone ringing] >> they are really -- but it's worth looking at the nominees produced in this past election by open versus closed primaries. so just looking at sort of the battleground states where they were real trump candidates on the ballot. close states included nevada, senate and secretary of state. and pennsylvania governor and senator. didn't work so well. the open primary states also didn't work so well, right? so arizona with governor com senate and secretary of state. new hampshire senate. ohio senate, and the michigan and wisconsin governors. so whether it's an open or closed primary can still produce the same affiliated candidates kherson not sure that the whole discussion over open or closed is what you need to get at and discuss to get at the question of what you want to be. >> i

i think 20 seats will move in the republican direction. i'll be surprised if you get a number big or than that. i think the wall street journal poll is interesting in the sense that the democratic coalition is urban young people, urban elites minorities and soccer moms. if they lose the soccer moms as well as the working class that n terms of the midterms and i think they have a fall back on issues that those mobs really care about adequately enough to hold them but in a few days we will see we met kellyanne conway that was very striking the journal poll this week as mark says the suburban women who make up a significant amount many of whom did actually dessert the gop in 2020. one of the reasons president trump loss do seem to becoming back in droves this time around you think that will be reflected in the house. >> yes we saw a month earlier the new york times siena poll suggested there was a 34% swing over one month's time among self identified women on a generic ballot everywhere you look you see the fundamental trend of suburban women

republicans will still be able to filibuster most legislation. republicans holding the house means that reconciliation, the main way they were getting around filibusters to past weeks ending bills, is effectively off the table. not much can happen aside from 2020 for messaging. over the next couple of years -- the big thing for the president retaining the senate is viewed should be able to fill vacant seats in the cabinet and dish area as long as he can get unanimous democratic support. host: brenda, pennsylvania, democrats' line. caller: i wanted to talk about donald trump's campaign strategy. his strategy in 2016 was to spend months condemning the electoral college at rally after rally, he called the electoral college a rigged system. it was unfair, should be done away with one person, one vote. his supporters jumped on the bandwagon. they called for the electoral college to be done away with. they were complaining so loudly that washington journal actually had at least one colin showed dedicated to that topic. every republican caller said the

with republicans in ruin. leading off our discussion tonight is democratic -- as california, impeachment in the second impeachment of donald trump. author of it was all a lie have the republican party became donald trump. and congressional historian scholar norm ernst dean, an emeritus scholar at the american enterprise institute. okay let me begin with you. you now know you're gonna be a member of the minority in the house of representatives. what are you anticipating if kevin mccarthy becomes the speaker, which is in doubt at this moment. it's not clear who among the republicans is going to be the speaker. >> it's absolutely in doubt, and despite being in the minority, we have a historic performance, and i think that's because the voters in the senate and many house races unexpectedly, to the media, chose confidence over payoffs and that puts us in this very tight majority that he referred to which is if kevin mccarthy is a leader will we have a land of misfit toys, a vassal state amalgamation. the shingle o

republicans are opposed to roe v. wade, or post any gun reform, opposed to increasing the minimum wage. when we say that, yes, the democrats have moved to laughed but that country has moved the left. gay marriage. almost every single issue, we've moved laughed. the center is better aligned to where the democrats are then where the republican are on every single issue. >> i think we need to leave room for audience questions. lacks shirt. >> i'm going to ask patricia to call on more questions. >> chuck, asked, what do you think that the impact is of the january 6 committee hearings, if any? >> substantively, i think it had a huge impact. ed is absolutely necessary in the moment we are in to hold people accountable. subsidence will -- subsidence will he -- it is good for our country. in the moment. it helped democrats combined with a lot of other things in the summer, combined with the supreme court decision and a number of other things that raised the standard for democrats where they were behind and then by the end of

and while some may be voting to get that vote, whether republican or democrat, but on the republican side, i think it is very hard to explain the threat to democracy. you can explain the consequences of losing abortion, writes you can explain crime, it is easier, but explaining this is tough. >> well, i mean, it is tough if you are not good at politics. >> no, but people have things they're worried about. voting, on inflation. >> if you are good at doing this, -- you sound a lot like, i don't know, josh shapiro. or -- who somehow both know how to come and walk at the same time, talk about inflation and crime, while talking about saving democracy. they somehow make it seem pretty easy to do. >> i mean look, those guys are both talented politicians, and the congressional level, there are up. so both sides of the aisle, there is people with performance goals. look, it is obviously -- you saw barack obama, and the campaign giving a master class on how he did in it is clear that if you saw that inflation was clear and roaring back in the beginning after labor day, if -- have a strong defe

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it's not just all republicans. you have places in michigan, i think democrats are going to win there. but i would keep an i would keep an eye on arizona, nevada and wisconsin. >> i agree and jessica will be back in a minute. i think it's called the independent legislatures theory which is basically that if you read the constitution literally, it says state legislatures get to determine who are the electors in the electoral college, it does not mention one the majority of the vote. there has been a tradition of 100 years of that being the case. if you go to the u.s. constitution and read that sentence, it's pretty clear state legislatures can do whatever they want to do in terms of appointing electors and that will factor into the makeup of the legislature and mood of that state. i want you to be able to finish your thought. >> not sure where it cut out. arizona, nevada and wisconsin are places where we can see election deniers win. arizona is the most likely. you should feel good about wisconsin, pennsylvania and g

up clearly for republicans. they find themselves one seat away with a number of different ways to geter there. >> steve kornacki, never receives well, it doesn't escape us that new york and california may ultimately be instrumental in handing republicans the control of the lower chamber however margins matter. steve, if we get any more calls this hour, please stand by and let usan know. we'll get right back to you. thank you as baalways. >>> we have much more to come tonight as we wait for the once future of the republican party to make his big announcement. including the beginning of the campaign headquarters at the club. >>>ea and michigan governor gretchen whitmer joins us for the first time prime time interview since winning the election. stay with us. ♪♪ >>> i told them, i said if you just keep a little bit lower standard, you're going to have a big victory. they said, let's win by 40 seats, let's win by 50. if you win by two seats be happy but she's on her way to another country right now. she's been f

vote for republicans. they are not only not offering a solution, in many instances, social security, we are gonna hurt medicaid, it is going to be detrimental to voters. voters seem to be, in the last few weeks, realizing that i need to pay attention to what i could get on the other side. he has been an extraordinarily effective messenger. the question was, was it too late? >> i feel like when you say it is a complicated economy, that is obviously terrible political messaging. it is also true. i was just talking a friend the other day about the issue about the job situation in her small town in western new england. i was like, the bottom line, the thing everyone is talking about is, it is at 3. 5%. unemployment is at build the man camps in north dakota levels. unemployment hasn't been this low in 50 years. and yes, there's other things going on in the economy, but isn't that something for the democrats to be running on? >> without a doubt, they could be making the argument, if you are struggling, there's n

if you are a republican. there was a surge of optimism around the debate, fetterman didn't do well, but he's still leading in some polls. i think the map is such now that republicans can drop pennsylvania and still have really plausible paths to a majority. >> david, same question to you different twist, where democrats feeling good now that you're a little worried? and is there a state there that is not being talked about where you think democrats are poised for a good night. >> well, i think both of the democratic candidates -- have run strong races in north carolina and ohio. the question is, can they get to 50. i think both gonna be close. jim ryan in particular i think is gonna be get voted -- in the year 2022. so maybe somehow you pull one of those off. i think i agree. new hampshire is tightening, and that's concerning. of course, you showed, if if fetterman wins. that's enormously strategically important. because it just up the degree of difficulty for republicans. but you know nevada, arizona, georgi

this was invented by republicans in arizona, brought in by republicans. so there's just a lot of issues. we continue to look at maricopa county because this is where we're still waiting for a lot of votes. by the way, tends to vote overwhelmingly democratic, phoenix. slightly more in voting, 58%. you see the margin is narrower. 52% to 45%. let's go to pima county in tucson, that's along the border. look at that, 52% of the vote in, you can't call things when you have that little vote. but 65 to 32. there are more conservative counties in the state, you can take a look at that, blake masters ahead of mark kelly. and the counties well ahead of him, navajo county -- that's closer, 50.5 in graham county, you can we've still got a lot of business to do in arizona. and we are going to spend the night now thinking about georgia which may not get settled tonight. we're thinking about wisconsin where the sitting senator ron johnson is in the lead. and we're thinking about nevada and arizona. that's what it's going to come down. typically, election night, we'd be t

i have voted for republicans before. we have a great republican governor in the state. it is the discord, it is people hating each other. i had open heart surgery. the surgeon was great, saved my life. later on, i went to some rally. some democratic rally. then, i went to a republican rally. i saw my surgeon, my heart surgeon was a republican. it was like, i have this life-saving operation. i did not care if he was republican, i did not know what he was. the hate has got to stop. people, try to love one another. you never know when you are going to need help. policeman, if that crazy person is a democrat or a republican yelling at you, do not know what they are or what they can do for you in the future. just stop it. just take a deep breath before you ask and just this into the other side. i am just asking that people -- it sounds kumbayaish, come together, but if we do not do that, we are going to end up killing each other. host: i've got to ask, what motivated you to go to a democratic rally and then a publican rally, both -- republican rally, both after having heart

republican party. for the presidential purposes, the republican national committee in all its wisdom and based on its stellar results has decided to close it up but it's worth looking at the nominees produced by open versus closed primaries. closed states included nevada, secretary of state pennsylvania governor and didn't work so well. the open primary states also didn't work so well. arizona with the secretary of state, new hampshire senate, ohio senate and michigan and wisconsin governors. i'm not sure that the whole discussion is what you need to get at and discuss to get at the question. i am saying i don't think the closed primary matters and i don't like the kind of artificial changes of jungle primaries. i think where you should go is back to what voting and democracy is all about. democratic, public, public mobilization. >> i thought that is what john was saying. the open primary didn't produce more moderate candidates that's why i'm not sure that it's the real argument here. >> now we have re

it was drawn in favor of republicans, republicans when it. that's again for republicans there. you take a look at -- here it is, the fourth district. again, this was a district representative by a democratic congressman, a heavily democratic district, lines were dramatically redrawn to favor republicans and here it is, the republican candidate aaron beane has one. that is a net gain for republicans. the purpose of this map, rhonda scent is pushed through politically with to help republicans along towards that goal of getting five seats in the house. i just showed you three districts that republicans have not picked up seats in florida. one other state here that we have neglected tonight, and i don't want to neglect further is new hampshire. we neglected it a bit because it's a very slow count. we're hoping for it to be quicker here in new hampshire, so it's a scattering. oh, we just got philadelphia. i'll come back to new hampshire. >> for new hampshire. >> here we go, here's philadelphia and what we got here is about 61,000. they're telling us 100, 000, but we got here about 6

that is the moment we have not heard any republicans from the republican side of any challenges to this account. in about 30 minutes just over my right shoulder we will hear from senator cortez masto. a victory speech which will be very well received here at the headquarters of one of the very powerful nevada unions. senator cortez masto now 82 term senator and forever known as the woman who delivered control of the u.s. senate to the democrats after the 2022 midterm elections. arthel: a history making race there. thank you. eric. eric: what will the next two years under president biden and a democratic-controlled senate look like western mark chad is limp to break it all down and tell us what this exactly means. >> good afternoon. democrats can hold the senate even if they lose it georgia next month. guaranteed a 50/50 split. democrats hold the majority. >> even when the polls look bleak, our candidates never gave up and never lost faith. as they fear division, democrats were talking about how we delivered on issues that matter to people. >> a democratic senate means president writing

, in the republican conference. look, we still have over 150 republicans who are part of this sort of election denier crowd who were in there. my experience, having served in the minority, is that kinds of disadvantage that paul ryan had as speaker, and that john boehner had as speaker, actually gave democrats a lot of leverage when it came to doing must pass legislation, because those two speakers had to come to democrats to get those votes. and it meant holding a democratic caucus in a unified position to be able to negotiate. i think that kevin mccarthy is going to find himself unfortunately in the same situation, but i think he's also a much weaker leader, and will not be able to stave off that investigation, with the impeachment, of his conference, and i think, you know, come january 3rd, he might get to be speaker, but january 3rd, he might be setting out the lettuce for him. >> and donna from your experience in the democratic caucus, who in that caucus, in let's say the next generation of leaders has the skil

>> we are there majority as republicans and we will get there as republicans. >> there has been talk about what kind of leader you will be, we went together we lose alone but as a leader, it looks very fractured right now. how do you plan to bridge that gap? >> looks like a majority to me. in four years all we have done is win. it has been one-party rule in washington. we now have inflation at a 41 year high. we have gas prices and now winter heating prices that people cannot afford. we have a border that is unsecure and a secretary who says it is. we have people defunding the police and no we do not even know if we are safe on our own streets. we have a department of justice that goes after parents simply because they go to school board meetings. they call them terrorists. we have a government that has not been held accountable. tell me one time they had a hearing on the origins of covid. to me one tent they had a hearing to know what went wrong in the last 60 days of afghanistan. tell me one time they talked to the department of justice on white -- on why they went after parents. t

republicans are not going to do anything great. they're the do nothing republicans. pass a stand alone bill. we're going to stop pharmaceutical companies from gouging everybody on insulin. stand alone bill. that's it. the senate passes it. the president wants it signed, killed by republicans. pass a billionaires tax, and that billionaires tax goes to funding pre-k, you know, education. i mean, you could line up a hundred bills like this and just let the republicans vote no on every single one of them, and campaign on it in '24. it will make a difference. >> yeah, it turns out everybody in the country for the most part is for lower the cost of prescription drugs. everything you have outlined. you're sort of held accountable to a different standard. if you do nothing, you're the do nothing congress. to build on what sam said, it's not investigations into the president's son or other family members or whatever they may pursue. they have also been verify clear, they want to impeach, mayorkas, tony blinken, a bunch of cabinet members people have probably never heard of an

he's not popular with republicans but he's not offensive to many republicans. maybe perhaps the way george w. bush is perceived by some democrats where they think back on those times and think he maybe wasn't too bad. >> he's looking good. >> they're giving the candy to michelle obama. >> the big question is is the obama coalition still in tact? we know some of those voters have strayed, hispanics and some african-american voters. can he bring those people back? we'll know tomorrow. >> we will see. the insiders have spoken. rachel, back to you. >> thank you very much, joy. let's bring in our friend stephanie ruhle, host of "the 11th hour" on nbc. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> i want to ask you an economic messaging question. they were talking about president obama being the closer and knowing the right way to talk about these issues. is president obama talking about the economy in these closing days of the campaign in a way that tells a story that is true and motivating to democrats? >> he certainly is and he's doing it in a fantastic way. over the su

that is all republican territory currently held republican territory. in order to have the status quo, they have to win all four of those races. if they lose one of them like in pennsylvania they have to pick one up in nevada, arizona, georgia, new hampshire is now off the table. washington state in order to keep a 5050 senate. a huge opportunity cost. we spent $30 million to save that seed in ohio. that is money that could have been spent in arizona, new hampshire, washington state. taking these candidates running far behind the governors and their states, running anywhere from eight-20 points. and because we had to spend that money, we are now looking at a possibility of keeping a 5050 senate or just barely missing or losing a seat. it is a lesson that the republican party will have to look at how this finally shapes out. >> can we do a little what if? >> we can try. a little risky. >> i can screw it up. [laughter] >> i tell you what we will do, if you play along, we will do it. >> we have plenty. >> we have 10 of us. >> you know what we are doing. i

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this is a republican on republican senate race in alaska. the incumbent lisa murkowski is facing a republican challenger who is a trump endorsed candidate. right now this is too early to call, with just over one -- facing a republican challenger. this will be a rank choice voting decision in alaska. in the governor's race in alaska, we are also looking at a race that is too early to call. the incumbent for palm republican there is mike dunleavy, facing a challenge from bill worker bill walker. that's too early to call in the alaska governor's race. we were talking a few minutes ago about political accountability and i think that clichÉ term a soul searching among republicans for a kind of shocking result that they have had tonight, rich large, obviously -- they have had some great spots. but overall, the night has not gone the way they wanted to or expected it to. i want to bring into the conversation, along those lines, former republican congressman, carlos curbelo, who has been one of our political insiders tonight. i'm wondering, congres

host: james, a republican. caller: my question is how much does the democrat regret spending all of that money supporting the weakest were publications during the primary now it is coming back to haunt them, it seems. the second seat -- the second thing is just a comment. i hear the media talk about election deniers and i would consider myself one, but president biden is our president and i would put it like this. i am a cowboys fan. every year we lose but i have a reason why they lose, i am a denier but every time we lose. he is the president, but i think the more the media does it it puts a bad taste in our free thoughts. i mean i have a right as an american to believe what i want to believe, not be dictated and told to believe something because people believe in ufos. i do not. but it is what it is. guest: i mean, he does acknowledge that biden is the president. but we have had had candidates in the cycle which in order to win primaries have questioned the election and tried to walk that back. blake masters

every tailwind was for the republicans, history. the economy, gas prices, president at approval, right track, wrong track. and yet republicans are sitting here with possibly a narrow victory in the house and that is even not sure yet. the tailwind was ran into what? what kind of face wind did we run into. >> you want, candidates matter. you need to have good candidates with a track record of winning elections to have a chance of performing in t the big battleground states, if governor doocy would have run in arizona it could have been a big race for republicans. what happened on senate side is some republicans were scared away, they didn't want to deal with primary with some elements within the party. and then also a lot of candidates more celebrities, know dr. oz in pennsylvania, i thought ran a pretty good campaign but he had to thread a tough needle between getting energy from the base and winning over the suburban swing voters. >> let me ask you, body wasn't even cold yet, former president, went after ron desantis and virginia g

why would republicans -- no, no, republicans made the decision to do something unique. if you actually want to win elections, no, no, let me finish now , if you want to win elections you talk about the things that the voters care about. and you look at this polling, and what they care about is economy, inflation, crime. that's what they care about, and that's why republican candidates are resonating, not running from anything. we're running to the voters and what they're concerned about. >> it's also about a vision. what's your vision of america's future? it's about your value system, and i think while it's important that we follow where the voters are leading us because, absolutely, they decide, that's why so many of them have voted -- >> that's democracy. >> it's also about vision. and this is about the vision of our future. yes, this is a prop for some americans, but for me and for millions of americans, it was a reality when people stormed on the united states capitol because of a big lie. so, yes, all of these issues are on the ballot, and we just are going to have

republicans hold north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, ohio, and wisconsin, which means republicans have to win a blue state, flip it red to get the majority. they've been so bullish and spent more than a quarter million dollars in georgia, hoping herschel walker can do that. if republicans do, democrats have to win back a red state. that's why there's been so much money and three u.s. presidents in pennsylvania in recent days. all of this hinges on these ten battleground states. >> that's the senate. what about the house? >> talk about close margins. we have those in the u.s. house as well. 218 votes needed for control. republicans have 213, which means they have to win five more. there are more than five endangered democratic house seats in new england, new york, new jersey, and virginia al norah, republicans could be on a pathway to 218 before much of america sits down for dinner. >> we'll be watching that closely early in the night. thank you. >>> former president trump has played an outsized role in these midterm elections, but he's been teasing a 2024 run, and now some republi

republicans to 52. these two races determine how consequential georgia is december 6th and why we'll count the votes. a democrat or republicans, live in those states or care about balance of power where i work in washington, tense times and tense days before we know the answer. >> definitely tense days. we said, 600,000 votes outstanding anticipating more coming in tonight, but not all. this is a case where you're going to need virtually all to make these calls. >> thank you, john king. >>> republican senate candidates in nevada and arizona in their lot with trump and election die kneers. gist ahead, what happens if they win? all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future. so we're hard at work, helping them achieve financial freedom. we're investing for our clients in the projects that power our economy. from the plains to the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive. harvey denies any allegation of assault. but he is aware of complaints a