loving, texas. >> how do you remember? there is no teleprompter, no script, nothing in your hand. all stuff you know. >> to be serious for a minute. i have been lucky. in both jobs as an alleged adult. associated press, and cnn, bosses understand me when you say you don't understand america by sitting in washington. go out. touch it. meet it. meet great people. eat fabulous food. >> nobody better than you, john. incredibly impressed. john king. thank you for joining us. and wolf blitzer and jake tapper. >> this is a cnn special report. america's choice. battle lines. president obama and then next senate leader pledge to seek common ground. but immigration immediately emerges as the next possible showdown with mitch mcconnell issuing an ominous warning. >> for all practical purposes, 2016 starts right now. spotlight to the next race for the white house. what will impact the midterm

results. what will they have on the likely presidential contenors. >> who's who? midterm winners including a record number of women. candidates making history for their parties. and some coming to congress with some very heavy baggage. president obama facing reporters trying to strike a conciliatory tone. did it work? michelle kosinski begins our special coverage. the president sent a message directly to the american people. tell viewers what he said. >> an e-mail. letter to the american people from the president. in which he vows to roll up his sleeves as they put it and keep working on issues that affect people's lives. urging americans to stay the political news is just engaged. today he said, you know now we beginning. thanks for watching. really need to work together. >> you can check out all the election results at cnn.com. our live coverage continues right now.

committing to reaching out, finding areas of common ground. getting the things done. why hasn't that been going on for the past two years. now instead of republicans and >> welcome to our viewers in the democrats against each other. united states and all around the locking up things between the house and senate it will be world. i'm rosemary church. republican votes versus the >> ahead this hour, they're president's veto power. talking compromise in washington. and he made clear he would use >> to everyone who voted, i want it. that he is all about compromise. you to know that i hear you. but it has the its limits. >> president obama and gop leaders say they're willing to his party trounced at the polls. work together. we've heard that before. president obama at moments so d what, if anything, can they sounded glumly resigned to two really agree on. more years of having to >> plus, a tug of war over one of jerusalem's holiest sites has compromise or fight it out with republicans. >> what stand out to me though caused rash of violence between is that -- the american people israelis and palestinians. you will see the shocking video sent a message. of deadly attacks on civilians. to everyone that voted. i want you to know that i hear >> also ahead on this hour, a you. to the 2/3 of voters who chose happy ending for a woman not to participate in the abducted from a philadelphia process yesterday. i hear you too. street. she's been found alive. >> but he vowed to reach out. and we have new >> they want me to push hard to close some of these divisions, break through some of the

gridlock and get stuff done. >> on immigration. >> i will be reaching out to both the mitch mcconnell. john boehner and other republicans as well as the democratic leaders. off to find out how it that's they want to proceed. if they want to got a bill done, whether it is during the lame-duck or next year. i am eager to see what they have to offer. but what i am not going to do is just wait. >> reporter: meaning he will still take executive action to grant possibly millions of undocumented immigrants here passage to citizenship. majority of americans support. republicans furious over various executive actions taken by this president said acting unilaterally on immigration will poison the well of goodwill. >> it is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. >> q. latifah: president obama adamant he will act unless and until congress comes up with something. >> they have every opportunity to do it. my executive actions, not only do not prevent them from passing

a law that super seeds those actions, but should be a spur for them to actually try to get something done. i am prepared to engage them every step of the way. >> reporter: there are some issues the president listed where there is common ground. things that could get done soon. funding infrastructure. boosting exports. early childhood education. on the really big challenges, health care, he made it clear this is likely to be a rough road. places he will not compromise. >> congress will pass some bills i cannot sign. i am pretty sure i will take actions that some in congress will not like. >> reporter: he will likely veto any republican attempts to repeal obama care or chunks that would render it dead. >> there are certainly some lines i am going to draw. uh, repeal of the law. i won't sign. efforts that would take away

health care from the 10 million people who now have it and the millions more who are eligible to get. we are not going to support. >> reporter: interesting to see if this congress really is more productive than it has been. butten wh ein what ways? working together in earnest, going to start, the president is inviting congressional leadership to the white house. one of the top thing thousands, crafting an authorization to use military force that will be tailored to the fight against isis, wolf. >> then he gets out of town next weekch heading to asia. china. burma. going to be dealing with world leaders at asia conference. is there concern at the white house that given the political setbacks he suffered. maybe he will be perceived by adversaries out there as maybe weakened right now? >> yeah, there is a concern out there, that's other leaders are going to, be looking at this president and, this country, this time right now. saying, well, what really is going to be getting done. there are some big trade issues on the table. if the looks like there is not

going to be a lot of progress on that during the asian trip. that will be another thing that looks like it is billionsneusin undone. you know the white house will be working to look for the things, any things that are going to work out between, this white house, and this congress. any progress that they can make especially if it is going to be going along with, what they hathave been touting for working class families. that was reflected in the letter isn't out. wolf. >> see what happens in china. russian president putin will be there as well. see huh that goes if they got together. michelle kosinski. thank you straer muvery much. jake? an excellent panel. >> turn to our panel. speaker gingrich if we could. earlier today on my show. we were talking you heard president obama saying that about perhaps taking executive action on his own. about immigration you called it a declaration of war.

qul when you look at what mitch mcconnell and john boehner said and positions of the house and senate. i really want to work with you after i punch you in the face. what i will do take unilateral action as president that might affect 5 million, 6 million, who knows how many million people. i expect you to be passive. now talk xcompromise. that guarantees a fight. i suspect they will not get a continuing resolution out of lame-duck that doesn't have limitation on spending and send the federal government cannot do this. >> democratic strategist, paul begala, do you agree? >> i slightly differ, actually. i would call it faithfully executing the laws of the land. took an oath off to the constitution. promises to the american people. which he has been postponing. to try to, bring people out of the shadows to try to normalize their status. he has an obligation to do that. nothing he does in executive order cannot be over,

overturned, undone, done better even in legislation. the congress has the power they can legislate on this. they should legislate on this. he would prefer this i am quite sure. he has to act. he has an obligation. >> talk about the promises president obama made to the community. republican national committee chairman. was on erin burnett "out front" earlier this evening. take a listen, to what he had to say. >> i don't believe a thing he says. he has been talking immigration reform for seven years. so you are using his word as if they actually mean something. >> ouch. >> should president obama take executive action on immigration reform? >> it is a very hard question. he is in a box. he has made so many promises nor so long he hasn't delivered on to the community. he is running out of time.

on the other hand. let us remember. executive action is temporary. legislation is permanent. remember we are not talking executive action to do a path to citizenship. that is inaccurate. that would be to protect a certain group of people. we dent knon't know who. could be small. could be large. we don't know what we are talking about. in theory. what the executive action would be about. frankly, they're both posturing. right now. both the republicans and the president are posturing publicly. they're going to meet on friday. my hope is that they talk about this. and that they say we have got a problem. how do we address it. there are pragmatic ways to reach a compromise on how to address this short term. could he do something smaller with the promise in a certain time frame republicans are going to do some legislation, maybe. could he decide to do the executive action and just wave the red flag. he could do that. how are republicans going to

ron. many ifs. if they're approaching this from a place of yes. they can reach a compromise on how to address this -- issue right now. >> you worked in the obama administration. is it true there is a compromise that is possible? >> there is. >> with republicans. >> understand what i am talking about. president obama. and republicans. >> those two. there has to be. a human element we didn't talk about enough the we have families being torn apart. we have mothers taken from their children. babies taken from their moms. we can't get this righten washington, d.c. nobody in the controo untry is of that. people working their butts off. making the country better, stronger. in low wages and high wages. they can't come out of the shadows. i do think that, great idea how he can stage this. this president can't back down

the he cannot let down the people who have been waiting too long to be, be accepted and embrace the country. >> let's go bigger picture on the president's press conference today. what was your takeaway from it. >> it was really long. and he didn't -- use -- you know, a word describing how badly he was beaten. >> show shellacking. no thumping. >> "the wall street journal" had a great piece. there was a discussion about it. don't use a word to describe what happened last night. >> a gelding. >> drubbing. whatever. he sort of -- threw out the olive branch. then he took it away. threw it out there again. took it away. we can work on this. we can make work on that. i have things that, that i went sign. i just thought it was, sort of

subdued. and nebulous. there was sort of a lack of -- energy and agenda. >> david gergen, you worked for presidents, what was your big picture take on obama. >> there was an air of reality about it. the president has take in a shellacking. his party suffered totally over the eight years. six years since he has been elected. lost more seats in the house and senate than any other modern president has done over that time. i assumed he would walk in take a measure of responsibility. what i found was he was a bit dismissive. not many people voted. by the way all of the other elections have had the same message the they dent like the people in charge. people are not satisfied. we'll just weak up every day and try to be better. what people were looking for, more of a course correction. >> stick around. we have to take a quick break. our panel will be here for the entire hour you. could call the mid terms, president obama's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. when it comes to washington

gridlock. are things about to get worse. john king will break down the midterm route at the magic wall.

>> republicans may be riding high after a midterm romp. here is a reality check. to capture the white house in 2016. they will need to prove big wins in states like maryland, iowa, illinois, massachusetts, weren't just a one off. our john king is here to ex-plane how the electoral map still gives democrats the edge in 2016. >> wolf, if you are a democrat and you are looking at this. that is bleak. that is the rubble of last night from a democratic standpoint.

republicans building their house majority. winning legislative seats. governors races. why aren't they in a full board panic about 2016. they have a not so secret weapon. they call it the blue wall. this is going back the last six presidential elections. democrats won. 1 in blue. district of columbia. democrats won them in every presidential election since 1992. 242 electoral votes the used to talk about the republican electoral college lock, when i first started. not anymore. if republicans can't change any of the states, red in 2016, all of the democrat would have to do is win florida. game over. takes 270 to win. even if republicans took florida, democrats only need 30 more. right. so if they get the state of ohio. and combination of say, colorado, and new mexico. game over. so the democrats think they go in with a prohibited advantage after last night's drubbing. why? number one. six presidential elections in a

row most of the states. two in a lot of the state republicans have to get, florida for one. new mexico. colorado. nevada gone democratic the last several times. latino voters. democrats see nothing that happened last night to change the republican demographic problem with nonwhite voters. african-americans. latinos, asians. their turnout was down last night. 2016 it will come back up. they will have their secret weapon again they call it the blue wall. long way between now and 2016. go back over the last several cycles. at the presidential level, last remaining, democrating advantage. wolf. >> john, thank you very much. excellent explanation. go become to jake and our wonderful panel. >> excellent. wonderful. ron brownstein. start with you. you coined the term, blue wall. back in, 2009. i think it is very difficult probably for a lot of our viewers. looking at the sea of red we saw last night. think, oh, yeah, blue wall is still there. democrat favored for 2016. >> interesting question.

democrats have won 1 states. the past six presidential elections. most states in the history of the party. win all 1 in 2016. the most states any party has within in seven consecutive elections. the one sentence short version of american politics. democrats cannot win enough white voters to consistn'tly control the congress. republicans cannot win enough minority voters to consistently control the white house. the reality in a presidential election year, minority share of the vote last night was 25%. down 3 points from 2012. youth share went down 19 to 13. six-point drop. exactly the same as what we saw from '08 to '10. even with technology. democrats put in the they could not change the character. put them in structural disadvantage. [ indiscernible ] >> two unhealthy parties. democrating party. that cannot win in the midterm. republican party that can't win

the presidency. means no party -- >> but, but the problem for republicans that is more of the party of the white america. white america is shrinking. they know that. which is why your party has to rool i realize -- >> worth noting. though the minority share of the vote declined from 12 to 14. higher in 14 than 10. in the midterm and presidential. >> the democrats have lost 60% of white voters in three consecutive elections. >> and white men. >> even more. [ both talking at once ] >> to van's point the what you have a congressional party which is the republican party. and a presidential party which is the democrating party. >> which is exact opposite of when you started. >> david? >> an interesting question. of whether when president obama departs. whether in fact the democrating

party can be as strong with t n latino community and young. and the millenials, going in was 44%. that was very low. in the politics. >> vote. >> the millenials. >> the, the voters yesterday were compared to the 2012 electorate, whiter, older, and more male. is that a problem for the republican party. >> first of all as the the party got annihilated isn't that a problem for democrats? itch their performance is so bad and their candidates are so bad that they lost that badly why is there an an am salysis of us? >> a brilliant job of investing heavilien the ground game which worked almost everywhere. understands exactly the nature of the 2016 electorate.

here is the challenge for democrats. i have used this a couple times. keep driving it. 1958. republicans get killed in congressional elections. eisenhower wakes up and says you know i will start having breakfast with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson. makes republicans fe s furious. by 1960, nixon almost wins the presidency. let me finish. 1918, woodrow wilson gets beaten badly and says i couldn't care less. i am a princeton college professor. you are stupid. they have a chance starting up with who is up for re-election they have a senator in ohio. they have to elect a senator in wisconsin. they are going to be very

competitive. >> your point about doing deals as a leader. you are the house speaker. i think john boehner has a lot more trouble, bringing his flk with him than you ever. you don't think so. than you ever did? >> really. come on. >> hold on a second. >> what? >> made it stick. made it stick. he has a lot more followers. lot more cushion. he has people who owe him favors right now. the national republican committee played hard. the rnc played hard. outside supported by boehner like american network played very hard. put a lot of money into some of the races. >> can i say -- this is the big picture about gridlock. i think that even though

republicans have a very big majority, even bigger now in the house, you walk around the halls. you till ell me if it was look . speaker's gachlt walk around the halls of the house. republicans are worried not about getting beaten by a democrat but by a republican. they don't care about a general election. their biggest concern is a primary. it seems so much. >> speaker gingrich respond to that. >> can i comment on life inside the house? >> if you would. >> first of all if you are a smart leader if i recommend the are the article in "the wall street journal." boehner and mcconnell. and boehner's speech at american enterprise institute three weeks ago. a smart leader picks thing that are easy. let's pass the keystone pipeline. 2/3 of the country favors it. none of your members rush of and say i will get a primary. you pick a series of votes that the country loves. that there is no base on the right to fight you. then you do a second thing. boehner has done for two years.

build such a big war chest. say to your members. stick with me. we will crush somebody in the primary. don't stick with me. >> are you forgetting the government shutdown? >> a great example. >> of what? >> wait a second. >> what did mitch mcconnell say about the government shutdown? >> it is not going to happen. >> what was it a great example of. >> are you arguing boehner has control over his caucus? >> yes. >> an all history. we have all seen it. >> boehner has a leadership team today which is a boehner-centered leadership team. no tension between boehner and the majority leader, no tension between boehner and the whip. and boehner has proven. he has the largest -- he is not going to deliver immigration unless to his advantage. >> yes.

right. right. >> the term, the blue wall for my party. presidential elections. 18 state we cannot lose. the red wall, greatest strength. republicans have. redistricting. within a landslide. good for them. used it to build bulletproof district. the district ain't got no latinos in them. nothing any body's interest in your conference to vote for a pro -- >> all right. >> in the democrats, congressional party. congressional party. made decisions made it harder to win the white house. >> let's take a quick break. up neck, mr. curbelo goes to washington, carlos curbelo. part of the gop expanded house majority come january. what he hopes to accomplish. also ahead, twhuwho's who of 20. why many of the first timers heading to capitol hill are making history?

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>> welcome back. president george w. bush had a word for it in 2006. that word thumping. that's what the democrats got last night. not just losing control of the senate, but in the house of representatives. where the gop won its largest majority since the second world war. joining us now, a member of the majority, florida congressman elect, carlos curbelo. congressman elect. thank you for joining us. congratulations to you. what do you believe the main message your voters were sending by electing you to come here? >> thanks, wolf. the economic recovery which hasn't benefited everyone. just the people at the top. and they're frustrated with

washington. they want to send people to washington, d.c. that are willing to reach across the island get things done. so that's what i found as i met with voters throughout the last few months. people just very frustrated. pessimistic about the country. and i hope we can do some things for them in washington. >> your district goes from south miami-dade all the way down to the keys. a pretty large area. do they want comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for, for, many millions of those illegal immigrants who are here in the united states right now. >> yeah, this is a 60% hispanic district, wolf. immigration is an important issue. not more important than the economy. most hispanic voters we encountered. the polling we saw. the number one issue was the economy. immigration is important. people do think that those who have been working in the country, contributing to our economy, doing a lot of the jobs that many americans would not want to do. should at least be given the opportunity to stay here and

continue working here and raising their families here. and providing a good education for their children. i am certainly a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. that includes border security. yes, a path to at least legalization for undocumented. >> you will have a lot of work to convince femme low pllow rep in congress, sound look you are ready to work with the president on this? >> i am willing to go to bat for this issue. look, i have been fair on the campaign trail. the president of the united states has not kept his promises to the hiss panpanic community. i have not seen him invest political capital in getting immigration reform done and criticized republicans in the house who have refused to allow the house to address this issue. i am going to work hard within my conference, within my class, the newly elected members of congress to make sure we build a strong coalition for immigration reform.

remember, immigration isn't just about immigration policy, it is also an economic issue. comprehen sieve immigration reform. if we get it right will help grow our economy. >> on this issue and other issues as well you are willing to cross party lines? >> yes, that's what the peoplen my district want. wolf, this is a swing seat. a lot of independents in this district. people want to send leaders to washington that are willing to work across the aisle to get things done. and that doesn't mean we give up our principles. it means we, we follow the reagan model. sit at the table. we can get most of what we want. let's take it. >> a lot of fellow republicans want to repeal obama care. where do you stand on that? >> i think we have to -- look, i think the law is deeply flawed. i think we have to get rid of harmful provisions like the 30-hour workweek that are hurt sowing many low income families and communities like ours. so many immigrant families. people that want to work not 30

hours but, 40, 50, 60, 70 hours. as many as they can work to get ahead and provide a good education for their kids. so we need to get rid of that provision. the important mandate is doing a lot of harm. costing people their jobs. so, at the very least, i hope the president, i think i heard that today. is willing to compro is my on this law so we can fix it. it is deeply flawed. >> you dent want to completely repeal all aspects of it, right? >> look, there are some good aspects to it. the objective of allowing access to the health care market, to those with pre-existing conditions of course we have to do that. treating women fairly. with regard to the health care system. i support that. the problem is to achieve that goal, the democrats rammed this law down the throats of the american people. the law in many ways has wreaked havoc across our economy. it's -- hurt the quality of care. it increased health care costs

for a lot of people. we definitely need an overhaul of this law. i don't think the president is going to sign a repeal law. and we shouldn't pretend the health care system was perfect before obama care. so there are some things we can keep here. but we certainly need to, make some big changes. >> congressman elect, thank you for joining us. good luck here in washington. and once again, congratulations. >> thank you, wolf. thank you for having me. >> up next, january bring not only winter weather to the nation's capital but a new political dynamic as well. we are going to examine the changing face of washington. and a lot of the new faces get this, a lot of the new faces coming to washington are women. ♪

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>> with the republican midterm sweep in the senate. they needed six seats to take control. wound up with seven. that number could grow with races in virginia, alaska, and louisiana still undecided. in the house cnn projecting the gop will have 246 seats. the largest majority for the republicans since world war ii. and there were stunning republican gubernatorial victories in reliably democratic states, illinois, maryland and massachusetts. en all.

republicans won or held on to 24 governorships. the numbers only tell part of the story of this election. it is hard to temperature a candidate who is an admitted former pig castrator. tom foreman introduces us to some of the most interesting winners of the night. >> the gender wars may be raging, but in this vote, women were winners. the next congress will have 100 female members. that is a first. and brings many others. >> we did it! we did it! >> joni ernst, ran a colorful campaign and an ad about pig castration. now the first female skm bcomba veteran to win a seat. and gina romundo, rhode island's first female governor. elise dephanic was born when ronald reagan ran the morning in america campaign. now she will be the youngest

woman in congress ever. and mia love, the first black female republican representative. >> we were the first to do it. >> reporter: on the male front. tim scott is republican too. and first african-american in the south elected to the senate since reconstruction. not all headlines were flattering. remember michael grim's dustup with the reporter. he within re-election, though facing a 20 count indictment that has him quoting rocky. >> it's not how hard you can hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. >> spouses saw limelight. michelle kwan, figure skater did not run. her husband did in rhode island's gubernatorial race. he lost in the primary. kelly mcallister tried to help her husband after he was caught kissing a staffer >> i am blessed to have a husband who owns up to his mistakes. >> louisianans thanked her but

voted vance out. couple years ago divorce papers revealed that he slept with patients. got one pregnant. pressured her into an abortion. and much more. he did apologize. it must have helped. he won re-election. >> nice to have a great mar jen of victory. it send a real message. a message, sure. but what? tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> coming up next, how this year's midterm elections will likely impact the presidential election. what lessons did republicans learn that will help them retake the white house. john king will explain.

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is itight for my country? if i deon't answer yes, to all three. i won't run. if i do answer yes to all three. i will. what did the midterm election reveal that could sway governor christie and potential candidates one way or the other. let's check back with john king at the magic wall. john, what can we take away from last night's rout? >> wolf, a great question. do 2014 results give us clues about 2016. maybe, maybe not. let's start with the senate. democrats started with 55. right. we are at 52 republicans right now. most people assume alaska will go to the republicans. in louisiana, the republican is leading that runoff is a month from now. democrats likely to keep virginia. watch this one as the count continues. assume we have 54-46. look around. what have republicans done. they picked up a senate seat in iowa. joni ernst. the ticket campaigning. picked up a seat in colorado.

the president won twice. like iowa. cory gardner will be someone, seeking support in 2016. look at this map. better for republicans when you think of the presidency. come out of the map. switch over. come to the national map here. look at the governor's races. we may have gotten presidential contenders. scott walker wins a race. thought this would be close. not so much in the end. could be a 2016 contender based on 2014 results. 2014 may have given us new faces in addition to the crowded field that we expected. plus republicans keep the government there shop in florida. a big battleground state. and, re-elected in iowa. republicans happy about that. so they're happy about that too. so 2014, means good year for republicans. translates into 2016. not so fast. warning signs for republicans if you look at the election. number one. a midterm electorate. 275% white. that number was 72 in a presidential year. you can expect the white vote to

shrink. and the nonwhite vote. african-americans, latinos to grow in the next presidential cycle. tilt the battlefield become to the democrats' advantage. lack at this. look tore ra electorate was split. this number higher in presidential years. 53-47. if that happens in 2016. again, shifts the battlefield to advantage of the democrats. a question. another one. vote by age. this number was way down from the presidential year. this number was up a bit. older voters, vote republican. younger voter, vote democrat. if you have a presidential year in 2016. like 2012, the demographics will change a bit as well. to advantage of the democrats see. what happens. now republicans love this one. they look at 2016. yesterday, hillary clinton make a good president. well a majority of the electorate said no. they're not ready to m brace hillary clinton. embrace hillary clinton. republicans are celebrating. not so fast. six in ten, say not jeb bush. don't want him.

64% say, no, not chris christie. don't think he would make a good president. rand paul. he has been working hard. six in ten americans who voted yesterday remember in a big republican year. said no. they dent want rand paul. don't want rand paul as their president. interesting one we asked at the end. who would you vote for. more likely, hillary clinton. 34%. republicans will lake that. as of now they're inclined to vote republican. common sense. 23% of the american people say wait and see. it depend. a big year in 2014. wolf, when you look ahead. lot of question marks for the republicans come 2016. >> thank you so much, wolf. >> john, thank you vae much. back to jake. >> thank you, wolf. dana bash, there are now 100 women in congress. we have seen republicans, elect women. elect, not just republicans, voters, elect republican women. in iowa, joni ernst. hillary clinton said tough for women to got elected statewide in iowa. probably wasn't imagining ernst,

senator ernst from the state. west virginia first senator a woman. also, a republican. mia love. the first african-american woman elected, african-american republican woman elect to congress. are these examples of republicans trying to expand their brand in some ways. >> of course they're trying to expand their brand. just very slow going. very slow going for republicans particularly women. quick point on what you said about hillary clinton and iowa. i was with hillary clinton and the defeated democrat, bruce braley last week in iowa. she went out of her way to make the point that just because joni ernst is a woman doesn't mean she is good for women's issues. >> the republicans deserve a lot of credit. you are right. very slow. a lot of progress to be made. a lot of effort in recruiting. one of the thing that happened. national republican congressional committee, did this rise project. they helped out economically. they helped teach how to

campaign ten women. we have now the youngest member of congress, ever elected. young woest woman, 30 years old from new york. a lot of the women won yesterday. some of them did. some didn't. they lost. they may come back again. >> women senators in congress and dana knows this better than anyone. women senators in congress talk across the aisle. they deal with each other. wic women know how to clean up a mess the i do at my house. >> women everywhere talk with each other. think about that. >> the women around this table do. >> the irony, at the very top of the pyramid. democrats are much more dependent as we were talking on minority voters and republicans are, 40% of obama's votes came from minorities. they have, obviously, marco rubio, susanna martinez, brian

sandoval, plausible. democrats have not been able to elevate minority leaders to that level. to some extent, my home state of california it the problem. haven't been able to find a hispanic who should be governor by now. republicans have better choices than democrats in 2016. look fing for a diverse presidential ticket. >> i want to go back to the women's ticket. 100 is to be celebrated. less than 20%. less than a lot of major industrialized countries. what we are seeing, women running large institutions are doing better and better. also, women running may, your universities in the country doing first-class jobs. we are seeing that in field after field now. really changing our perception of who goodlie lly leaders woul. >> running as a woman candidate this time. didn't do it last time. she ran on experience. this time, she is talking about

her experience. >> she ran away from history in 2008 while somebody came around and ran on history. this time realizes a mistake. >> rick scott re-elected in florida, and governor of illinois. two republicans reached out to the african-american community the they're not going to win the community. increase it from 8% to 14%. could be margin of victory. you are saying something to white moderate as but who you are? >> this is critical. first of all you do have a situation where the african-american communities has to turn out. 90%. 88%. 92% for democrats to win nationally. you do have african-americans beginning to ask what are we getting? for this level of support. for this level of endorsement. republicans have to chip in. 10%. 15%. create problems for democrats, nationally, the republican whose i think are smartest are the ones like newt gingrich, like, even chris christie.

rand paul. are starting to talk about criminal justice reform. that is a sleeper issue. it is a bipartisan issue. saying, listen, we are spending tons of money. hurting the communities, throwing young lives awave. let's give the guys a second chance. >> nonviolent offenses. >> tell you right now. if republicans continue to reach out on criminal justice. that begins to reset the conversation. could be a problem for democrats. >> the healthiest things for our communities, women, country in general, political parties is if both parties were actually competing for these votes. were courting these votes. and were delivering to the people. because -- ignoring them on the one hand. taking them for granted on the other. achieves nothing. >> everybody stand by. we have a full hour ahead on what is next for washington. speak with the rising star of the gop, senator-elect cory gardner of colorado. president obama says he would look to have a glass of kentucky bourbon with mitch mcconnell. that may be. how is he going to deal with the

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just ahead a lame-duck congress and more divided government in the next race for the white house. we are going to dig deeper in our next hour with our expert political panel. >> i will introduce you to the

man who turned colorado from blue to red last night. stay with us. much more ahead. our special report, america's choice continues. >> i'm wolf blitzer welcome to our viewers around the united states and the world. >> i'm jake tapper. cnn special report "america's choice." president obama and mitch mcconnell talk of common ground. when it comes to imgraemigratioo will blink first? >> rising star. turned a swing state from blue to red. how did he do it? what does he plan to do when he arrives here in washington? we will meet senator-elect cory gardner. >> the race for the white house now under way, likely presidential contenders navigate through midterm fallout. which potential candidates will benefit the most. >> welcome to this special hour of our cnn coverage. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. where come january, the republicans will be sweeping into the city. as the new power in both houses

of congress riding a country wide tidal wave. voters sending a clear message last night ushering in a majority. the biggest republican house majority since world war ii. president obama came out not quite hat-in-hand to address the prospect of serving the last two years of his term answering to mitch mcconnell in the senate and john boehner in the house. >> obviously republicans have a good night. they deserve credit for running good campaigns. i will leave tight you and pundits to picture yesterday's results. what stand out to me though is that -- the american people sent a message. one that they sent for several elections now. they expect the people they elect to work as hard as they do. they expect us to focus on their ambitions and not ours. to feveryone who voted i want-u

to know i hear you. to two thirds of voters who chose not to participate in process yesterday, i hear you too. all of us have to give more americans a reason to feel like the ground is stable beneath their feet. that the future is secure. that there is a path for young people to succeed. and that folks here in washington are concerned about them. we are going to make sure that we do is to reach out to -- to mitch mcconnell and john boehner who are now running both chambers. in congress. and find out what their ajen days. congress will pass some bills i cannot sign. i am pretty sure i will take some actions that some in congress will not like. that's natural. that's how our democracy works. if, in fact, there is a great eagerness on the part of republicans to tackle a broken emigrati immigration system. then they have every opportunity to do it. my executive actions, not only do not prevent them from passing

a law that supersedes those actions, but should be a spur for them to actually try to get something done. i would enjoy having some kentucky bourbon with mitch mcconnell. he has always been very straight forward with me. to his credit he has never -- made a promise that he couldn't deliver. >> so how do republicans see all of this. i asked south carolina senator lindsay graham. >> well had very good candidates for a change. this was the best crop i have seen in a long time. but it was not embracing us. this00er herd you describe runn over democrats could turn on us. you didn't have to read the tea leaves to understand. american people put a stop sign in front of the oval office. the president obviously can't see it. i don't take this as people in america becoming republicans i the see this as telling the

president stop, rekid where you are going. jake our political experts. >> speaker gingrich. let me start with you. i understand your issues with president obama, talking about executive action, acting alenon immigration. that aside. what can he do with mitch mcconnell and john boehner. what is possible now? >> the most important thing he can duo is spend time with the two of them. without anybody else? and clinton and i negotiated 35 days, nas face to face. >> why is that important the you understand this better than anybody. you have to create a human understanding. let done your hair. understand what i can't do. then they have to let down their hair. let us say what we can't do. now, is there a road map here to get something done? shoud he do it or unleash joe biden. >> the only person who matters is the president of the united states. and he is dealing with the senate majority leader and the

speaker of the house and that is a peer to peer relationship. if you don't create that bond. can they create it in year six? >> sure. these are all professionals. >> the ways to do it are in the peace process. north ireland. confidence building measures. both the president and the new majority leader were talking immigration. the hardest. how about this. when you were speaker, bill clinton was president. you guys agreed to double funding for basic science. national institutes of health. over a five-year period. the country benefited. once you got something like that done. then the next compromise comes easier. the political dynamics push them away from each other. at this point. there is enormous force. in each coalition.

you said before -- the speaker, you know, and, agree with mitch mcconnell. waving a red flag in front of republicans to do executive action on immigration reform. republicans may feel there is no choice but to do that. >> bring in candy crowley. what do you think they should work on? a confidence building measure as paul suggests? >> i am not sure the president constitutionally. i dent mean that in the constitution. is, is the guy that is going to sit around and. you know spend five days in the same room. mitch mcconnell. i don't think that, that's who this guy is. so there has to beanoth another. where can they find it. you heard a little of this from mitch mcconnell. you heard it, you find it in the little bitty things.

this medical device thing doesn't work. you do that. from the president said. they mention tax reform. infrastructure. and how mcconnell treats appointees in small bills. >> can i say, just to the point that you were making, mr. speaker. it used to be, in your day, that -- those tough us in the press pool. would sit around in hallways for hours. for days. overnight. waiting for a deal to be hatched. because you were talking. you were trying to -- that doesn't happen now.

you can spend a lot more time. >> accentuating my point. if they don't change that if will not get change. >> real change requires real change. so the president is going to make it. the ball is much more in his court. he has got to make a decision. let's assume he can't do it constitutionally. then the republicans need to figuree out. wh which he gave on the senate floor in january. re-creating where every senator has a role. that says to me. mcconnell is going to build bipartisan bills. going to work with boehner. boehner will come from the harder right position. conference committees will fiend something in the middle.

there will be a bipartisan bill going down to get signed or detailed. it will be designed around carrying pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, and -- i know. that is the point. this continued myth. that the president, can't talk to anybody. the president doesn't want to reach out. from our point of view. our criticism of the president is not that he has been too -- too unwilling to reach out. the fact, the opposite. we felt for the first two if not four years. this president reached out over and over and over again. on issue after issue. had his hand slapped. the policy.

substance. that matters. >> can't get policy without the personal relationship. >> i want to be the dissenter. i think the personal is, interesting. but vastly overrated. after '96, '97. when you made a series of deals with the president on welfare and the budget. got a lot done. enormous push backs. impeachment. last two years were basically, kind of scorched earth warfare. the last two years of bush. democratic congress was warfare. there was pressure on each party. 40 of the republican senators now are from states that voted twice against president obama. their electorates did not send them there to make deals. i think there will be enormous difficulty to getting to yes on very much. >> to that point. the new majority leader, mitch mcconnell said, there will not be a government shutdown. there will not be any problems with, with the debt extension. speaker gingrich, was that a mistake? >> no, it is mcconnell being

mcconnell. guys who get to be leaders get to say what they believe. that's fine. a very strong view. to rescue both presidents and the house. has to recognize that. in fact, the house decided to shut the government down. he couldn't stop it. the nakt he doesn't want to do it. his opinion. may, may not work. if they get into the wrong kind of roll. you will have a mess. this is one. 2016. you could not have said. understood the collapse. you have no idea. and took serious action to change things. he gets two more years as bad as this year. doesn't matter. >> you can say the same thing

for republicans. >> do you agree? >> mitch mcconnell has to look at his own team. i looked today. six. six incoming republican senators. voted to shut down the government as members of the house or candidates praised it. one of them, who we have talked about, senator elect from iowa, ernst, called for impeaching the president already. you are about to interview cory gardner. senator elect from colorado. he voted to shut down the government as member of the house. is he going to make the same pledge as mitch mcconnell. no shutdown. he helped get them elected. the senate is not the house. also in the sense that, chits do matter in the u.s. senate. we have off to take a quick break. the panel will stay with us. one of the senate seats. republicans picked up. in a state where president obama won twice coming up. i will talk with colorado senator elect, cory gardner about the message of his big

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welcome back. with the majority in the house and senate. the president of the united states will have an uphill battle when it comes to getting any major items on his agenda passed the last two years of his presidency. our tom foreman has more. >> wolf, for all the democratic losses the single biggest casualty may be president obama's agenda. his ability to move the discussion in congress in a direction he would look to see. here are specific examples. think about the newtown shooting and after that there was a great outcry for gun control in the country from some people. the democrats were unable to turn that into workable legislation. there is very little chance, emboldened republicans will take that up. what about immigration reform? an issue again upon which democrats and republicans have fundamentally disagreed as to the approach to it.

the republican maze ss may say, may bea nonstarter. the president thinks he can work with republicans on infrastructure. knowing that republicans too like bridges and new dams and roads and power grids that sort of thing. here's the sticking point. many republicans are going to say, yes. but that must be paid for without new taxes. you will have to cut social programs. democrats will balk at that. and of course there is obama care. a lot of top republicans are saying there is no way to completely overturn this now as some might wish. what they could do is slow down any efforts by the president and his party to put in, improvements. thing that might make it work better. all of that could make all of this essentially fall by the wayside. and what's more. while that is happening, the republicans could be shoving legislation at the president that they know he will veto. that he just can't support.

and then, they will say, who is the party of no now. that wolf could be a very tough pill for democrats to swallow. >> tom, thank you very much. very good explanation. back to jake with his panel. >> thanks, wolf. candy before we were so rudely cut off by me. we were talking what deals will be able to be made between -- the, the new republican majority in the senate and the house and president obama. i wonder how much you thing the conservative faction, the 40 senators from states that voted against obama twice. how much they will block anything. one of the things that happens. going from congressman to senator. it its a broader constituency that you are beholden to. they have seen -- first of all what it means newt have a guy in the white house.

now, how badly, i mean how well can mitch mcconnell say i know this is tough. but you, you, you, you have four years to, you know, to explain this to your folks. you got a pass. you got a pass. let's do this because. it will help the party nationally. >> i think mitch mcconnell. one thing we know about him. inscrutable. hard to figure out. one thing. he cares about winning, winning. winning. he is prague matmatic to the co. he has also got a bunch of senators who are up in 16. in tough swing states. wisconsin. new hampshire. he doesn't want them to take tough votes. he is really, really going to want to get something done i think. just for his own legacy. >> on the other hand. challenge. he said clearly don't want to shut down the government. i went to use the appropriations process to stop obama rules, regulations. i don't like. starting with epa rules on car been emissions from power plants. the two things are not

necessarily come patable. the president is not going to sign legislation blocking the, the unilateral executive action, regulatory actioning th that he to take. though he does not want that confrontation. if you pursue the strategy. >> the other thing we haven't talked about. is, sort of be careful what you wish for. or remember things that you do today could come back to haunt you tomorrow in the senate. >> nuclear option. >> also nuclear option. also broadly. democrats, harry reid they know huh to be in the minority party in the senate. they know how. >> look two years ago. like two years ago. a senior democratdemocrating -- democratic source say, our goal for two years is to make mitch mcconnell's time as majority

leader a footnote in history. >> is it possible speaker gingrich that mitch mcconnell will be able to make more deals pass under a republican majority than under harry reid. because -- how so? >> first of all. i can't overstate the importance of looking at the mansfield model and mcconnell's speech last year, earlier this year. mcconnell i believe is going to to the committees. and his point in describing it is, committees are inherently bipartisan. i will give you a good example. the idea. is, is part time, or is full time work, 30, 40 hours. very specific amendment to obama care. >> talking the senate or everybody else. >> the senate right now. for us. a nonterm. you know, our lives. occasionally get to sleep.

but if you think about it. you can get lots of different groups who think the 30 hour deal has been a disaster. now if that is true. you get a bunch of democrats al well as in committee have hearings and mark up a bill that is narrow. you come to the floor. and you have, basically split the democrats. have the partisans. i will stop everything. you will have the guys, you know. i am sick of not getting anything done. under rooet. a lot of democrats who got sick. and all of a sudden the president has to veto a bill that may have a third of the democrats voting for it. a very different environment. >> go ahead. >> you are describing is great. for those of who try to figuree out what to expect it is helpful. i dent think we can get away from underlying tectonic. you have a tea party base. let's not forget the a liberal base to this party that is very concerned tonight. we are concerned about a couple things. one is obama going to throw the

latino community everboard to the tender mercies of the republican majority. number two these, this whole idea of tax reform. to us that sound like -- giving, rewarding, corporate tax cheats hiding their money overseas, all is forgiven. bring your money back home. spend how it uh you want to. a lot of things the liberal base all day on the twitter, blog sphere is obama going to sell us out. a big ramping out. >> you are going to be sold out. >> panel. >> you already have been. >> the panel is going to stick around. he skrd a big victory for the gop. he scored a big victory for the gop in an attempt to take over the senate. i will talk with cory gardner on i will talk with cory gardner on why his state took a red turn. ♪ ♪

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>> the republican tie turned colorado from blue to red when voters elected cory gardner. rejecting, mark udall. earlier i asked senator elect gardner how he got the win. >> well, you know we went around the state over eight months talking about our vision. one of the things people have to understand about colorado the they vote for people who they belief are going to put solutions first. that are going to wear well with the state. i think over the past several months we proved that to the people of colorado. >> what is your reaction to president obama's remarks. were you expecting him to say that he was still possibly going to do this immigration executive

order. >> well, again, i think that is a tremendous pressure from him. from a lot of people on his side of the tiaisle to do that. focus on the message of last night. the people of kol kill and the country want pam to work together. and i hope that is the message we can drive to the president. work together. house, senate, white house on solutions to big, use, like imgraegs i immigration reform. the senate voted and passed an immigration reform bill. the house failed to do so. president obama has said that he wants congress to do it. but, the house hasn't done it. should, is that not a measure of the house republican failure? >> well, look our founding fathers. constitution wasn't designed for people to pick up their sticks and go home. the fact is we have to work with people. that is negotiation. that's finding that common ground. and i hope that's what the president will continue to do. that's what i hope the house will do. speaker boehner i will work with

the speak r er, making sure we l put it forward. i spoke with the speaker earlier today. and i look forward to bridge the gap between the house, senate on policies important to the country we can put forward to the president. >> i guess my question is, if the house isn't willing to act, then how can people in the house get mad at president obama for doing so? i hope the senate will work with the house. and house you-ear committee. passed five pieces of legislation reform out of committee. those haven't moved on the floor. and i hope the speaker will use his majority with greater numbers to pursue policies we know are important for the american people. and the senate didn't get his way on this or thatter to. doesn't mean you try to do something by running around

congress. we have to work together to achieve these solutions >> will you back senator mitch mcconnell for majority leader of the senate. >> i am aun weunaware of any bo running against mitch mcconnell. yes, i will. >> mitch mcconnell said it would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull. do you think if obama does it, nothing else will be able to be accomplished, that serious an issue? >> again it does come down to trust, house/senate, trust between the white house-senate-house the we need to fine the ways to work togeth together. instead of taking politically di visi dd ddi divisiveness. >> what are you specifically willing to comb pro my with democrats on, in terms of

achieving something for this country? where can you find common ground? on a variety of issues i have in the house. i voted. one of 33 pubs in the house to vet against the house version of violence against women act. support the senate version of violence against women act. i believe the house watered it down. gary peters of course who was just elected to the senate last night from michigan on a variety of issues. spending issues. reducing duplication. energy, renewable energy. things we have to pursue. i will continue to buck my party to do just that. >> one of the reasons you within according to expert, pollsters, pound yi pundits, your opponent soon to be former senator mark udall spoke too much about women's reproductive rights. while you won, male voters in kol ki colorado by double digits. he won male voters by single

digits. do you think that was his biggest mistake? >> i think the senator made a mistake of not addressing mosh iruse in the campaign. fact is we spent a lot of time talking to voters about a lot of ish us. we ran a tv commercial saying our campaign this cam pan should aim higher. we talked about growing our economy. energy, environment, education. and the "denver post" described senator udall's campaign as obnoxious and focused on a single issue. the people of colorado wanted something much broader, discussion about the direction of the country. >> senator elect cory gardner. republican of colorado. thank you for talking to us. congratulations again. your campaign is heralded by people in washington as a near-perfect campaign. >> we had a great team around us. thank you very much. >> does their midterm ramp put republicans closer to winning the white house two years from now. a look at 2016. what is at stake for both

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>> the mid terms, they weren't all about the senate. there were also some very closely watched governors races and republicans won the vast majority of them. they took stunning victories and blue states. illinois, massachusetts, maryland. wisconsin, scott walker, possible 2016 presidential contend ter. won re-election along with in come benlt and republicans came out on top

in 24 governors races. the mid terms are over. republicans can't get their guard down right now. 2016 starts right now. and the prize is the presidency. brianna keeler has more. >> reporter: the race for the white house begins after a huge night for republicans including those eyeing a presidential bid. like new jersey governor chris christie. whose stumping and winning gop contests across the country earned him more 2016 speculation. >> incredibly flattered. but this morning, what i feel is incredible pride. in really great candidates across the country. >> ohio governor another possible contender cruised to re-election. governor scott walker won a close race in wisconsin. hinting he might run for the presidency as a washington outsider. >> that's the difference between washington and wis wconsin. they're all against something. we are for something. >> reporter: intraparty scuffles

are under way. walker ticked off at christie who chairs the governor association for not sending more money his way. christie scuffling with rand paul on foreign policy. and paul taking shots across the aisle too. asked about the new senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's win in his home state he quickly turned the conversation to the democrating front-runner. >> i think, kentucky, repud yags of the president's policies but also of hillary clinton. hillary clinton was very active in kentucky. the interesting thing is, she decided she would run as a clinton democrat. >> now on paul's face book page. a photo album, including hillary's loser. clinton campaigned for her twice and she lost big. by 16 points. and democrat bruce braley in the first in the nation caucus state of iowa. he lost by nine points. clinton campaigned for winner,

jeanne shaheen, the losses outweighed the successes. >> thank you, very much, brianna. let's go back to jake. >> rand paul said not only was obama on the ballot, a repud ya -- repud yags of hillary clinton. does he have any cass e to make there? >> sure. if you look at hillary clinton and bill clinton went to all of these places. and they lost. but it wasn't hillary clinton's fault. it was the president's fault. the atmosphere's fault. state's fault. it wasn't, she was not on the ballot. let's just be clear. you pointed out last night. this is, this was all about her getting out there and getting chits. i remember, it wasn't that long age i was hearing from place, sure other people here were too. from democrats saying, excues me. she wants to be the leader of our party. she wants to run for president. why isn't she raising money for

me? coming in campaigning with me? where is she? well that's what she did. and it will help her. >> it may not have been her fault. the problem you correctly identified is still there for her. if she runs in 2016. if americans have the same negative verdict they expressed last night. the obama presidency in 2016. it will be a huge head wind for any democrat. >> a different electorate. >> i understand the dem graphogs are different. when an out going two term president faces discontent. woodrow wilson, harry truman, lyndon johnson. george w. bush. hard for his party to hold the white house. ultimately, democrats tried to run from obama. didn't work. you can run but can't hide. they have to find a way to defend what has been done. >> there is no such criticism of hillary clinton. a lot is fair. how she is as a candidate.

you are right. the biggest problem all along how does she walk the line between, keeping together the obama coalition and adding to it. how great it will be for hillary clinton to have the governor in florida on her side. the newly elected senator of iowa on her side. >> coat tails. i don't know when they went out. they want out a while back. co-tails are coat tails are so overrated. people, important, news making headliner people. come to your state. to bring a crowd in. so, that, get you on tv. get you on the paper. >> look. the city loves politics. because the city loves itself. the city loves to read about itself. >> it's called narcissism.

>> so we have gigantic italic ied, capitalized narcissist. there is a real world out there. putin. potential war in ukraine. crimea which is gone. pressure on europeans to leave us and work with russia. there is isis which is gaining ground not losing ground. there is ebola which is a -- we are risking young men and will tune be in the region hard to be in. you look around. would you look to bet the next two years work. >> all those things. >> the reality is. under the presidency. i checked this. the number of net new jobs created. is 5-1 for the bush eight years. by 2016. that could be 10-1. you could have the opportunity for democrats to make an argument very few made in the campaign. do you want to go back. that would be one way to deal

with the obama presidency. >> if hillary clinton -- who is on the bench there? >> no one. no one. >> it's not fair. there are impressive people. they could be good presidents. but they don't have i think the electoral prospects hillary does that ron states. you don't get three terms in this business very often. literally wrote the book. when john mccain. perfectly wonderful man was running to succeed bush, he hated bush. everyone knew that. i wrote a book. making the case against mccain's campaign. title was third term. she is going to have to overcome that. here is the difference. president bush at this stage of his presidency was where obama was, little lower. heading to 26. he was at 26 when john mccain was carrying him around on his back. barack obama is not going to 26. he is not. he has a much more solid floor. >> let me say one thing. >> van. i do think we are everlooking something. republican strategy.

this week. haven't talked democratic weakness. we have to have a nominee that can excite our base. i don't know yet if hillary clinton can do that. i know one person can. it is elizabeth warren. we have not talked about her tonight. elizabeth warren was able to go into kentucky. massachusetts liberal. able to go into kentucky. when obama couldn't go there. i am telling you if we do not have a message. excites young people. that excites our base. hillary clinton has not proved she can excite the base of the party. >> i have to till you. we are getting past the point of no return for hillary clinton. if she doesn't do the just about now the she will go done as one of the biggest political pieces in the history of the united states. >> we are all coming back. steak round. numbers are huge for republicans. and dismal for democrats. back to john king at the magic wall for final look at 2014 fallout. stick with us. in this accident...

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>> congressional republicans have had a secret weapon the past election cycles, happens to be the president of the united states the during the obama era the gop has seen gains in the

house and senate capped off by last night's historic sweep. our john king is hear to break down the numbers. >> wolf, numbers and colors don't lie. yes, president obama won two convincing presidential election victories. just about everywhere else, america is turning more red. the obama years have been a boom time for republican party. 55 democrats, blue headed into last night's election. 45 republicans. here's where we stand. when the senate convenes. there will be 52 republicans, and most people believe when we are done counting in alaska. republican dan sullivan will be the winner there. that will be 53. a run-off in louisiana. in early december. and right now, phil cassidy, lead in the polls. 54 there. mark warner, leading at the moment. let's assume that one stays that way. narrow victory. 54 republicans, 46 democrats. what a big turn around. that's just the senate. switch maps. take a look at this. one of the most stunning maps you can look at. the house of representatives, coast to coast.

look at all the red. compare elt it to when the prest took office. 257 democrats. majority when you look at the map. see the blue. look at the northeast. down through the border states. south. west. northwest. look at it now. remember where you live. take a peek. that was then. this its now. 257 democrats here in the majority. republican resurgence at the house level. 179 democrats now. republicans are at their post-world war ii high watermark when it comes to house majority. beneath this. 31 republican governors. dramatic gains. for republicans in the state legislatures. already democrats have lost 600 seats heading into tonight. last night they lost 165 mosh. when you look at it from the house perspective. ruby redme. can they crack this map. the electoral college. the question for the next cal pan. as we end this campaign.

republicans are looking at this map. they feel very, very empowered. wolf. >> john king. thank you very much. go become to jack and the panel. >> is there any silver lining for democrats, anything they can take heart in? >> big one. it is actually. the president said when he was, having that gaffe. my ajgenda. look at the issue agenda that people voted on in referenda. passed marijuana in three states. almost fourth. m minimum wage. pro-choice. gun control. washington state. voting rights. criminal justice. paid sick leave. three states. environmental regulations. that, quite liberal. if i just only told you that didn't show you king's map. >> people can vote for your agenda items. >> term limited. can't run next type. >> of course there is a silver lining we have seen

bipartisanship in this country. both parties ran as far as they could from barack obama. >> harry reid is going to run for senate minority leader. nancy pelosi will run for house minority leader. are there any rumblings of their rank-and-file democrats saying boy i were they wouldn't run for re-election we need new blood. >> let's start with the house. yes. that was so 2008, 2010, and -- 2010, 2012. ready in the house for new blood. pretty much the leadership that was there, maybe underneath when you were there 20 years ago. >> a wake-up call for them. >> no. >> that's number one. you know. noon s nancy pelosi is a force of nature. she does not need this. a lot of things she could do with her life. this is her passion. she decided she doesn't want to

leach y leave yet. they're waiting. everybody in a waiting pattern. >> what about harry reid? >> on the senate side. harry reid is going to be up in two years, i believe. but, i definitely don't want to get inside harry reid's head to see what he will do. but i was not be surprised if he didn't run again. and there already is, you think he is running? >> made it clear. >> for re-election. >> in 2016. >> made it absolutely clear. >> i know, with sandoval. i know that. but there is, there is a new prop. in the senate of leaders, potential leaders. they're ready. >> speaker gingrich, removing the partisanship, you are republican, they're democrats, do you think that they should step down and let others lead their party in the house and senate? nancy pelosi? and harry reid? >> no one voluntarily gives up power. okay. you are nancy pelosi you have

been speaker of the house. still a very substantial force in american politics. your life is highly amusing. many people come to see you for a variety of reasons. or you could go back to san francisco and watch the grandchildren. now, at that point she thinks. i think i will stay. >> and the giants. >> how about go to a winnery? >> that sound good. >> i'll tell you where there is fresh blood and momentum. i want to brag on the younger people. a big dropoff on the youth vote. but the young people who stayed in. stayed in in amazing ways. you had votemob. group, student power networks. there is a new crop of young, democratic, activists. every color in the rainbow. did a really good job. i've tell you what these things we don't think about anymore. ferguson, trayvon martin, it is energized a bunch of young folk who really want to see real change. i think you are going to see way beyond all the people we are talking about. some of the young people that got involved on issues, criminal

justice, ferguson. around a long time. decided not just to march. vote mob. decide sue vote. >> thank you, playing in the post game. wolf and i will be right back. ...the getaway vehicle! for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. ♪ i thought it'd be bigger. ♪ ♪

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