show time for us. go time for you guys at home. good morning, everyone. good morning, poppy. >> good morning. >> how are you doing? >> i'm great. >> good morning, kaitlan. how are you? >> good. >> i'm like dad, good morning, kids. time to get up. it's thursday, november 10th. thought there might be clarity, i don't know if you like this news, still no clarity. the balance of power in the house and senate remains undecided. some critical races to tell you about. house republican leader kevin mccarthy has announced his intention to run for speaker of the house, but the thin margins

republicans may have is complicating that whole thing. >> you won't want to miss this, christiane amanpour sits down one on one with ukraine's president zelenskyy and the first lady to discuss what the u.s. support for ukraine looks like after all the midterm votes are counted. >> translator: we would like to have this bipartisan support remain after the elections because, yes, there have been mixed messages that were in the u.s. mass media, particularly from the republican side. we start this morning with the waiting game. you have to be patient when it goes maybe into the weekend on who controls congress. no one is watching it more than members of congress right now. we have three key races undecided, arizona, nevada, georgia. we know georgia is headed to a december runoff, so you have time to watch that one. but control of the senate may not be determined for a month, john berman. we had to wait until january the last time there was a runoff.

now it's december. >> maybe or maybe not. if democrats carry both of these races, the runoffs won't matter, in terms of control, if republicans carry this, it won't matter. i dispute no one is watching closer than members of congress. i didn't sleep last night. if you slept last night, it looks different this morning. there were more votes counted, you can see here tilt a little bit democratic that cut into adam laxalt's lead here. let me show you overtime what took place. back to 7:00 p.m. last night you can see adam laxalt's lead was 22,000 votes. at 9:00 p.m., clark county, the largest county in the state, reported new counting, cutting the lead to about 17,000. wait, at 12:05 a.m., lion county

reported new votes, laxalt's lead grows. but at 12:30 a.m., washau county reports, and the lead goes down to 15,000 in washau county he went from leading by four points to trailing. >> all within 25 minutes. >> all within 25 minutes. this is getting very, very much closer. let me tell you about nevada. there are 110,000 votes left. largely mail ballots from clark and washau counties, which tends to favor the democrats if catherine cortez masto wins 60% of that, if of 110,000, we should net 22,000 votes. net. that would be enough to put her into the lead. we don't know it'll go this way.

there may be more mail votes coming in that could change this, but you could see which way this could go this week. >> the trend seems to be the rural votes are breaking in his favor now it seems to be the urban votes, based on the numbers we've seen, have been breaking in the favor of the endangered incumbent democrat. >> the urban vote has been going towards catherine cortez masto. i can give you the percents. in washau county she had 61% of the vote. i told you 60% was the target. that's over that margin. and in clark county, down here, it was even higher. excuse me, peter brady, it was 65% of the vote. so much higher than the 60% threshold she needed. that's what's happening in the counties. i will tell you, talking about the senate because it matters what happens in arizona as well. a different story in arizona where there's more than 500,000

votes remaining from across the state. his lead did change overnight. i can take you back there, too. you can see his lead was 83,000 at 7:00 p.m., at 9:00 p.m. it had grown to 95,000. still 95,000 at 12:05 a.m. you can see that lead changing -- >> here's the number that matters, 76,000 is what's -- 76%. >> 76% reporting. some 500,000 votes here. so there is room for blake masters to make up the margin. next hour i'll give you a percentage he needs to do that. >> if you're waking up, waking up every day to check the numbers if someone is watching at home, what's the timing here? when will we know? how long is it going to take? >> in nevada, any ballots received by mail postmarked by election day will be counted by saturday. so we should have a better sense by saturday and they will be counted day by day.

saturday is the target for nevada. arizona, get ready to wait at this point. we don't know. it takes a long time. they'll count 60,000 votes here, 80,000 votes there. two years ago in the presidential election it took deep into the next week before the projections were called. >> i remember that well. pack a lunch. >> yeah. and the dinner. >> it's like when you watch your favorite team, john, trying to get into the end zone. >> the red sox. >> who won the alabama game? >> berman. >> wow, john. >> you have lsu colors. >> no, i'm not. >> okay, john. good morning. so this morning sources say that republican leader kevin mccarthy is looking to lockdown the votes to be -- elected the next speaker of the house as the

party looks to be on track to take the majority but a group of members may complicate his bid. let's get to melanie on capitol hill. we know anyone who has a chance, a person tries to secure his or her way to becoming speaker but there is one group of his own party that might throw a monkey wrench in it. good morning, melanie. >> reporter: good morning, don. right now it's all hands on deck for kevin mccarthy, he's been scrambling to lockdown a speakership, one that looked like a sure thing and now on the rocks after a disappointing night on tuesday. i'm told mccarthy is calling up members asking for their support, saying he's delivering them the majority, also hearing out their concerns and demands. he tapped a team of allies to make the calls. we did spot marjorie taylor greene, a member of the pro-trump caucus going in and out of his office yesterday. she declined to say whether

she's going to support him for speaker. but sources say there are around two dozen members of the freedom caucus threatening to vote for kevin mccarthy. they have a small majority and they're planning to use it. >> what do they want? >> they want to make it easier for a lawmaker to call a floor vote on ousting a sitting speaker, something that kevin mccarthy is against. it was used over john baner, who eventually resigned. but more demands, they want more representation on the steering committee, which doles other assignments, they have more time to review bills that come to the floor. and speaker mccarthy would have a number of perks, he has a lot of chips to cash in but he might need to cash in every one of them. mccarthy and his allies are confident he'll be able to get the votes but a messy process between now and january when the floor vote comes up for speaker.

hundreds of republicans running for office this year echoed president trump's lies that the 2020 election was rigged. some have taken action to try to overturn the results. let's talk about this and how the candidates fared on election day. john avalon is here. good morning, democracy won but i was talking about tom friedman's op-ed earlier today, if you ask we're not out of the woods. what do you think? >> we're not out of the woods but get a look at the election denier score card. it tells us what happened this election and what future brush back we might see. take a look at the top of the ticket in terms of governor. now there are seven who won, seven election deniers won. but these are predominantly incumbents in deep red states. now if you want to add florida to that category. this was pro forma. one new governor is sarah huckabee sanders from arkansas. the key thing is the 12 folks

who lost. these were people running for the office now largely on the back of being an election denier including in critical states like pennsylvania, and where the governor appointments the secretary of state. so this is a decisive loss for 12 election deniers is significant. it shows the gravity of the rejection of this wing of the party. three governors out to date, arizona and nevada among them. one of the many reasons it's so critical to get answers about what happens in that state. if election deniers are in place, it could have results. >> when have we ever talked about secretary of state races before this cycle -- >> never. >> -- and this is so critical. >> it is. and look, hiring an election denier or electing an election denier who doesn't believe in overseeing elections, it's like

hiring an arsonist to be your fire commissioner, it makes no sense. six folks have lost, including michigan and minnesota where they could have done real damage. four election deniers have won but in the deep red states that are unlikely to go democrat in an election. they'll approve the elections they win. and two not yet projected, nevada, arizona. one more reason why it's so critical to get answers and all the votes counted in these states, huge implications. >> john avalon, thank you. that's a good point when have we talked about secretary of state. >> now. >> you're right. that's the environment we're in. this is what donald trump is waking up to today. the second straight day that rupert murdoch's new york post has taken aim at him. trump said he's not to blame for the midterm performance but some high profile republicans don't see it that way.

>> almost every one of these trump endorsed candidates that you see has lost. it's a huge loss for trump. >> i think it sends a message to the country along with other states that this is a pivot point for the republican party. this is a time that donald trump is no doubt in the rear view mirror and time to move on with the party and quality. >> it's an opportunity to reassess what trump's role is inside the republican party and are people willing to stand up rather than cave in. >> the question is do the rest of the republicans stand up to trump or ac-wes to him. this is certainly a rejection of the maga base. >> governor desantis did it well in florida. i think people are saying we're moving forward. if you look at the trump versus desantis stuff today it's different than three months ago and a year ago. >> i think governor desantis is the biggest single winner of the night and almost certainly will become the rallying point for

everybody in the republican party who wants to move beyond president trump. >> let's discuss now. maggie habermann is here, author of the book "confidence man: the making of donald trump and the breaking of america". good morning. i don't have to say anything to you. did you see what happened? >> i did. what i'm most struck by in that montage that we just saw is newt gingrich and the lieutenant governor of georgia because newt gingrich is someone close to donald trump, talking him up. a lieutenant governor of georgia is not someone we've heard from. we are at a real inflection point clearly the elites in the party are done with trump. we have to look at this to know just where the elites in the gop are. that doesn't mean it translates to the base. i think trump is at his most vulnerable he has been since january 6th.

but whether somebody moves forward against him we'll see. >> when will we know and how? i'm not saying what month but what indicates to you that we'll know if this time is different. >> among other things, these races not settled have to be settled. so if kari lake wins, if blake masters pulls it out, although that looks harder to see, the senate race in alaska that was a key target of his because of impeachment, that will be telling if his candidates pull it out, it's going to be he had a rough night in pennsylvania and a few other specific spots. if not, you are looking -- a lot of these candidates had tougher races than they should have. we will know in the next few months if, among other things, do doj moves forward against him, ron desantis makes moves and he is the one to watch as we have

heard. trump is never going to acknowledge anything is wrong. and those around him insisting yesterday nothing bad happened. something bad happened. >> what's he saying behind the scenes? he's posting he personally believes he was successful but republicans were not. >> for some people it was disappointing but i did well was his tweet. that's not true. he did well in some places. privately, according to multiple people i talked to. he was very angry. the focal point of the anger was the oz race in particular, that was not a natural fit for him, he was convinced to do it. he never takes responsibility for his actions it was some staffer tricked him. this is complaining i heard from people around him. his aides in his world, paid aides are insisting nothing is wrong, status quo. other people are going to say how many years are we going to spend blaming it on staff.

i think you'll hear more of that as we go forward. >> one question, does it delay his announcement? there are people on the record saying he should wait not do it but wait until after december 6th when the georgia runoff is. >> they all in his world think he should do that. how forcefully they make the case to him versus say it to each other, is the question. that is the key date to watch next week. a bunch of people next to him are worried it will show a sign of weakness. he's going to get blamed if he goes ahead and walker loses. >> what do you make of mike pence with this op-ed, his book coming out tuesday. what do you make of him, as don has been pointing out, he's selling a book, he could have said all this stuff to the public put on the record in the days following january 6th and didn't. >> or the house select committee. >> yes.

>> there's an alternate universe this is his house select committee. >> i think they voiced issues with the select committee, the process and how things were conducted. it's striking hearing pence talk about this in his own words. he is talking about, he confirms much of the reporting out there already. so there are people who are going to read it saying we knew it, except we didn't know it in first person from mike pence. he explains why he didn't want to leave the building, it's that he didn't want the image of his caravan fleeing -- his motorcade fleeing the capitol. he confirms conversations with trump, describes the lengthy pressure campaign. and after january 6th in his first conversation with trump, i think it's five days later, orchestrated by trump's son-in-law and daughter, trump has a moment that says what if

that rally didn't happen, it's too terrible this way. >> it's interesting that you read it that way with the motorcade leaving the capitol. for me, i thought was this about optics for mike pence because he could have left the capitol and still, with his dignity and did what he had to do, his oath to the constitution. but he could have also stood up faster and stronger to the former president and it may not have gotten that far. he said i had compassion for the people. when i drove up and saw people at the rally, i had compassion for them. perhaps if he had been more honest with the former president and the people, it would not have gotten to that moment. i read him staying there as not the way you have. i feel this is reputation rehab for mike pence. this book. and i don't ascribe to the

belief that mike pence is a hero because he did his job. we have to have higher standards than that, especially for elected officials, especially if you are the person who is second in power, you have to be able to stand up to the boss when you know that you're on the right side of history, the law is with you, and it's your oath. >> don, there are a lot of people who feel the way you do. we've heard the criticism not just about pence but a number of trump aides. the way i look at it, looking at everything that happened and the intensity of everything happening, people in the administration, those of us covering, it's shoicking to loo back at how much is taking place. pence is in a different position, i agree with you if he said something publically it might have been different. i'm no longer convinced how much any one person could have done. bill barr did come out in

december and say there was no widespread voter fraud. trump rolled over that. in pence's case if they said i'm not going to do this, they would have proceeded without him. i wonder what would have happened at the end of the two weeks if the riot had not happened would trump have walked out willingly. there are so many unknowns i hear what you're saying, so many people feel that way. i just don't think one person saying this is going to matter. >> he says in his book, the clip -- this op-ed is basically -- >> it's an excerpt from his book. >> but when you look at what he says, when he says i wanted to give people the opportunity to discuss legal challenges, there were no -- or legitimate challenges to the vote. there were no legitimate challenges. >> right. >> so that's where people believe he should have cut it off there instead of giving oxygen to the election deniers

in office. that's all i'm saying. >> it's a valid argument but i also understand where he is coming from in terms of -- >> i get it. >> -- how -- you can make the argument this is what happens when you agree to sign up working for trump and i think that's sort of part of the problem. but personally as a journalist i'm interested in what the former vice president has to say. >> very fair. thank you, maggie, appreciate it. >> thanks. with control of congress still up for grabs, what president biden is now saying about the possibility of working with the republican party. hurricane nicole making landfall in florida overnight it's now weakened to a tropical storm, we're live on the east coast with a look at the conditions and what you need to watch. >> each one is a dry run for the next one because you never know what's going to happen and how severe it's going to be.

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look at the wind at the trees that makes the point as to how strong these wind gusts are that are coming down. in fact, this road right behind here is closed off, because police tell me they have hot wires down there, given power lines that are down. let's go to the other side i can show you also just on the ground some of the sea foam coming in earlier when we were here. and then, of course, there's that. there's the atlantic ocean that has just been aggressive all night long. those waves just pounding this area. and, you know, today will be much about damage assessment. much about figuring out exactly what went wrong overnight and how this area moves forward. because, poppy, you know this, i constantly talk about timing when we're out here at these storms. six weeks ago, hurricane ian really pounded this area as

well. so folks waking up as the sun comes up right now, they could very well be waking up to a very different coastline that was already vulnerable because of ian and now enter nicole. >> no question. that's what that reporter was saying at the top, it's been a month and a half. you have been talking to emergency management officials overnight. the wind is so obvious there. what are they most worried about now going forward until this fully passes? >> reporter: so interestingly enough, as i checked in overnight and the last half hour, there are three things coming up, one is high tide, that's a matter of hours, they're worried about that given the water that they're expecting. the flooding that could come up. and then the one that has come up over and over and over again is beach erosion. what we were just talking about. you're going to probably wake up to a different coastline here.

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while we don't know all the results yet, at least i don't know them all yet, here's what we do know. while the press and pundits are predicting a red wave it didn't happen. >> the president taking a small victory lap, the red wave that most expected, turning out trickle maybe. so congress still hanging in the balance at this hour, looking like republicans are going to gain the house of representatives. that means that partisan gridlock could get worse. so here's what the president had to say about working with republicans. here's what it is. >> under no circumstances will i support the proposal put forward by senator johnson and the senator in florida, to cut and make changes to medicare and

social security. i will not do that. i'll veto any attempt to pass a national ban on abortion. but i'm ready to compromise with republicans where it makes sense on other issues. >> we'll see if there's anywhere to compromise. let's talk about this. thank you for being here. >> i have nothing to say about this so i'm just going to sit here. >> we know better, don. scott, you had a tweet that went viral, shall we say, where you were talking about -- >> that tweet. >> -- we heard from so many republicans what i have heard from so many republicans over the years but now people are saying publically. which is this unusual blowback to trump following tuesday night and wahat happened there. the question is whether the criticism lasts? >> i think it's his weakest moment politically since january 6th on january 6th there were

some of us who thought if you were going to move on someone now is the time. there was all reasons to do it and the republican party hesitated and he filled the void. i think the reason is there's no obvious alternative. who was going to lead the party, no pending election. now there is a pending election, the '24 election is here but more importantly there's someone to filled the void. the only great thing that happened to the republican party tuesday night was florida. ron desantis had a crushing victory, sent a message about what a governing coalition could look like, turning a purple state red. so republicans are seeing the next lilli pad on which to hop, they've never been able to see that before. time will tell. we'll see if desantis jumps in and gives it a go. his instincts are good. we'll see if republicans get on board. >> can i ask one more question. i know you're close to mitch mcconnell right now, he wanted

to become senate majority leader. yesterday when he was asked what he thought about tuesday's results he said, i don't deal in feelings. >> that's accurate. he does not. he deals in reality. and dealing -- and just playing the hand he's dealt. but i will tell you, if you look at all of the polling, the cnn exit polling and the mood of the country, the way people feel about the economy. people don't love joe biden either. if we don't find a senate majority here, it's a travesty. all the indicators were there. the whole thing was there to be won and we didn't win it. >> mcconnell said candidate quality. >> absolutely. mitch tried to tell them. if you look at some of the races, it was laying there to be won and wasn't. we'll see if the party learns some lessons here, sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. >> there's also a doctor in the room. >> they say admission is the

first step to recovery and this was an addiction. >> out and about last night and people are saying i'm so glad trump is over, and i'm like, i'm not so sure about that. we're here in what was a blue bubble in new york, i'm not sure anymore considering what's going on with the changing demographics here. what do you think? is this the beginning? is it a blow? what is it? >> admission is the first step, there are 11 more steps. the worry i have is, i don't see the choreography that ends up with donald trump not being the republican nominee as it has to go through an entire primary process. this man has called into question the entire general election. what's going to keep him from calling into question the outcomes of a primary that's in a party in his thrall. i don't see that. i also see that donald trump will be a hanging question over the head of the republican party and politics until he is clearly

100% beaten by 10, 20 points. if he does run, and is the nominee, he's not a popular politician. you can see people running from him in almost every election he put his finger in. the one person who cannot see that is donald trump. >> you were once a candidate for governor of michigan. you know what it's like to run for governor. what ron desantis did in florida was remarkable. not only the spread but who he got. the latinos on board, miami-dade. do you think he can repeat that across the country? that's a question. was it just florida, or is it bigger? >> are we getting ahead of ourselves on this whole desantis? >> that's not what i'm asking. i'm asking, does he have the power to repeat that? >> what i think the desantis playbook looks like is, competent local, technical

leadership, which can't take that away from him. he has competently led in terms of the fundamental basics of governing. and then a very good instinct for figuring out how to weaponize a culture way in a way that goes to particular communities he's troo ying to p up. so the way he played a fear of change when it comes to schools, for example, has been important in his ability to make an argument to a latino community, for example, in miami-dade. the bigger question for democrats we have to ask big questions why are we losing communities like this when we have been advocates for issues that should unite many people around the bread and butter issues that we always talked about. i think that's a question for whether or not desantis can scale that brand to politics and whether or not democrats can address it. the last thing i want to say about this is that i worry a lot

about where our country goes under desantis. a lot of people think the exit of donald trump means the spell is broken. i see ron desantis as a far more efficient version of what donald trump has done. and i worry a lot about the ways that it tells us we ought to be tearing each other apart that we cannot accept each other for who we are. >> why does it make you laugh? >> here's the republican party saying it's time to move on from trump and my friend has come to tell us desantis is much worse than trump. >> both can be true, scott. >> what i predict is going to happen, the democrats' tactics in this election, it paid off. they helped a bunch of really bad republican candidates get nominations and defeated them. they will judge trump as being the easiest person to defeat. i expect a lot around everybody else is much worse than trump, maybe you should nominate him one more time.

we do need a nominee, we have to move on. >> i don't think that desantis is worse than trump. i think he's more efficient at trumpism than trump is. >> you think that's better? >> the point i'm trying to make is this, if we continue in the country to pedal the politics of division, there's a bigger cost to the country. and what i don't see is a conversation about whether or not this kind of politics that tells people that some people are less human than others, don't deserve the same freedoms as others. whether or not that politics itself is a valid form of politicking on the right. i wish this is the conversation you would all half. whether it's trump, desantis or anyone else. >> i love this conversation. you disagree civilly. and you gave some props to a republican governor. so therefore we can from other parties see good things and bad things. >> the michigan democrats where you come from had a really good

night. >> which they were not expecting. >> michigan was a bright spot. >> i'm going to help the control room. >> i find it interesting -- >> or i'm not. >> i find it interesting when you talked about the messaging the whole time before you were saying democrats have the wrong message. now you're saying democrats have the right message. >> i looked at the exit polls, biden was unpopular, most people thought his policies were hurting not helping. so independents misbehaved, did not behave the way you would expect. the way i interpreted that is i don't love biden but i like him a little bit more than the people affiliated with trump. hence time to move on. >> poppy is going to beat me up. time to shut up. >> just trying to help the team. we want you to see this too, christiane amanpour sat down with the president and first lady of ukraine. what prosecesident zelenskyy is saying about russian-occupied

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♪ in an exclusive cnn interview, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and the first lady sat down with our own christiane amanpour. she joins us live from kyiv. good morning to you here and hello to you there. what do they have to say? >> reporter: well, it's interesting, sat down with them as the midterm results were coming in. of course, they're really dependent on u.s. help. they both said, especially the president, he hopes the valuable help will continue, they believe it will. they have spoken to many senators and groups and are assured the help will continue. i'm in kyiv for the last

saturday days. the russian missile and drone attacks on the cities and energy infrastructure has abated. therefore they're trying to fix the energy infrastructure before the devastating cold and dark of the winter. i did start by asking them how they're coping nine months in and they both looked extremely tired but they were happy to talk certainly to the american and global audience. >> translator: you asked whether i thought this war would last so long. no. because i didn't start this war. and i'm sure there isn't a single ukrainian who knew what this will be and what tragedy this would bring to every home in our country. because, i repeat, we did not start this war. but ukrainian society united and showed that it was ready for what, unfortunately, was such a tragedy, showed that it was ready for these challenges.

i was really impressed by the power of one nation and was impressed by the swiftness of the response of europe. the whole world. and the whole international community that rallied around ukraine for this challenge. >> first lady, what motivates you to get up in the morning? how do you feel you've endured this war? >> translator: well, thank you. it's a big question. it covers many spheres of my life. what helps me get up in the morning is my husband's example. i know if he endures i have to endure. if the day is begun we have to keep fighting. that keeps me going. >> mr. president what is the a d status of kherson and the battle to retake kherson? >> translator: that's a serious question and i'll be frank with you. i'll try to answer in a way that doesn't give you an answer, to

be honest. because these planned military actions they're discussed in a small circle but then they're executed in silence. and i really want to have an unpleasant surprise for the enemy and not something they're prepared for. so i'd like to apologize. but at any rate our people and public need to know we're working on serious steps with a positive outcome for the citizens of ukraine and all the communities that support peace in ukraine. >> is it true that you said to president biden when they offered to evacuate you at the beginning that you said, i don't need a ride, i need ammunition. >> translator: yes. that's right. nothing changed. you know, my answer is still the same. >> what strength do you get from each other? >> that is my love and that is my best friend. so that is my energy.

i wanted to answer your question at the very beginning, like she prepared breakfast for the children in the morning and prepare clothes and what i wanted to tell you that i have no such possibility so nobody gives me breakfast in the morning. i mean, that is such difficult period. >> reporter: so they live apart because of security. and so just a little bit of humor and humanity from this first couple thrust into the midst of a war that clearly they didn't anticipate. >> fantastic interview, christiane. thank you so much for that. go to cnn.com to see more of christiane's interview. poppy? okay. president biden said elon musk's relationship with other countries is, quote, worthy of being looked at.

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countries is worthy to be looked at. >> that is a significant statement from the president as elon musk's twitter takeover has really the world's attention. what do we know about the foreign entities also that invested in musk's new venture. saudi arabia one of them. let's talk about it with sarah fisher. there's the investors' part of it, whose money is in this, and there's all of these positions he's taken and comments he's made on big global issues like ch china/taiwan, iran, russia/ukraine. >> the white house said it wasn't going to do a national security review on this particular deal. if they thought there was too much foreign investment they would have had the committee look into it, they are not. also, twitter has always had foreign investors. saudi arabia has been an investor in twitter since 2011, and it hasn't been a foreign

national security issue thus far. but elon's positions are more problematic, he's a global leader with a following of 114 million on twitter. and what he says has major sway in terms of international affairs. >> he's also involved when it comes to ukraine and the star link satellites there. questions about iran. he's also dab ling in the major geopolitical issues. and another question is the layoffs. there was the ones with twitter. we're now seeing them with meta, the parent company of facebook. >> it's huge, 11,000 people. it's not just meta in a vacuum, it's meta, twitter, snapchat, so many big tech companies this is reminiscent to me of the dot com bubble 20 years ago. what this represents for the economy could have major implications to moving into a

recession. meta represented the most optimistic view of capitalism in the u.s. and to see a company that hasn't stopped growing for a decade fall like this, it should send shivers down the spine across the business in the united states. >> do you foresee regulations coming? >> of course. we know they're looking at meta and google in terms of anti-trust but the challenge is in order to get things done, congress needs to come together. we have not seen congress be able to move on things even with bipartisan support, things like a national privacy law. >> we have senator klobuchar on later. this has been her thing. >> 64 votes, that's all that separates one house race in colorado. we're breaking down all the races that are right now this morning, 6:57 a.m., still too

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not to worry, poppy is here. >> we didn't get rid of her yet. >> she's just not sitting here. she's going to be along in a second. there she is. it's thursday, november 10th. welcome everyone to "cnn this morning." and we've got a lot to get to this morning. two days out from the election and control of congress still up in the air with races in three states too close to call right now, republicans are two seats short of taking back the senate, a runoff election in georgia next month could ultimately decide the control of the chamber in the house, republicans secured 209 seats, nine short of the magic number 218 needed for control. >> that means the red wave most republicans had been banking on turned out to be a ripple. it was a rough night for election deniers as well. something that left president biden reenergized as he came out in front of the pres