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senate races and 38 house races left to be called and to focus on what's happening in the house for the 119th congress we're joined by a capital hill reporter via zoom. when do you think we'll know the result of the final 38 races or at least when we can say who will be controlling the house in the next congress? guest: good morning. i've spoken with some operatives and they all noted, particularly in california, it takes a long time to count these and we saw midterms the last time around some of them took weeks. talking to those operatives, republicans feel like worse case scenario they lose one seat and feeling optimistic they pick up a couple. a lot of the democrats i've talked to have been pessimistic about their odds in a lot of those races and republicans seem to be on track for keeping the house majority. host: democrats would need to net four seats to take the house majority this cycle. where it stands right now, the

republicans have net about four seats. is there enough seats left in play to even try to overcome that hill for democrats at this point? guest: there's a few in the california races and people are watching arizona but right now the republicans are leading with a large percentage of those votes in. while it's not out of the realm of possibility, it's looking highly unlikely at this point in time. host: on the house time as you were watching election results, what was the most surprising race for you and what was the biggest story line if we just focus on the house as many story lines had to focus on the presidency and senate as well, what were you watching in the house? guest: having talked with a lot of g.o. leaders and speaker johnson on election night, the bellwethers they were looking at virginia and worried about the higgins seat and john bacon was another one where the democrats saw it as a sure thing there and he ultimately managed to pull that out. so they're feeling good right

now and looking at these outstanding races and peopling pretty confident. we saw the leaders last night, most of them kind of put out their letters asking for support to talk about the leadership races and they'll have their elections next week and feeling good about where they are with the majority. host: how much confidence is there the current leadership slate of the republicans will be the same slate to lead congress in the 119th? guest: the republicans i talked to are feeling good and if they hold the majority, things look that they'll likely stay in place. we've talked about stefanic tapped for the administration and could be a race over that and trump is standing behind speaker johnson and scalise and tom emmer stay in their positions as well. i know they want to change some of the rules packages to raise a motion to vacate and a couple other things to tamp down on the

chaos scene during this congress. we'll see how that factors in and if any conservatives rebellion that front. right now everyone i've spoken with expects a less chaotic speaker's race on the floor in january. host: not a 15-round speaker vote this time around? guest: we'll see but everyone seems to be unified and trump is behind johnson right now and is the standard play at this point in time. host: what about the democratic state, hakeem jeffries and his leadership team, are you expecting changes in the 119th congress? guest: i think they'll go pretty much in the same space and haven't heard of democrats wanting to oust him. it will be a close majority and think democrats still will have a large role in getting some of these big priorities. i think they'll have to work together given the margins. it looks like things will stay in the same slate of play in

terms of the top of both parties in the congress right now. host: in terms of immediate legislative goals for house republicans who seems likely will take over the house -- or continue with control of the house in the 119th, what are the top legislative priorities, what are they going to start with? guest: i know leadership has been working with trump officials for months to craft a legislative agenda for the first 100 days and they're really hoping to tackle border legislation which was heavy in the past and kind of a hard issue for the entire conference to get around and they managed to get some legislation out of the house during this congress but ultimately died in the senate. so i think they'll try and move forward with that now that they'll hold control of the senate. and tax cuts will be another big thing to watch out for. and the energy regulation. i think they'll try to cut back on some of that. those are the big things to

watch right now. host: you mentioned the republicans talking with trump administration officials. what is the relationship like between speaker johnson and president trump? we know speaker johnson flew from his home district to be at mar-a-lago in time for that donald trump victory speech late tuesday night and wednesday morning. what's it like? guest: we saw leader fly down there and speaker johnson has acknowledged it's been difficult waters for him to navigate given the slim majority but seems now he's standing fully behind him which should help him in the leadership race. host: a capitol hill reporter at axios. we appreciate you being here on

washington journal. and we'll hear a statement from president biden at the white house rose garden, his address to the nation in the wake of election 2024. tune in to c-span at 11:00 a.m. eastern to watch the c-span.org and the free c-span live app and back to your phone calls. split as usual, democrats, republicans andantents, the numbers on your screen and pamela waiting in dayton, ohio, republican. go ahead. caller: i voted for president trump. the reason i voted for president trump is harris was incompetent. she would not answer the questions asked of her. she talked around them, talking about coming from the middle class family. she has lied, also, and so has biden. and the threats they make, when you stand on the podium and tell people he needs to be brought down, that's not a very good representative of our country. you don't threaten, like biden

said, somebody needed to take him out. that was a threat on trump. and that is why trump had so many shooters shooting at him is because of the democratic party. i've never seen so much hatred in congress with the democratic party in all my life. host: that's pamela. this is rebecca, tailorsville, north carolina, democrat. good morning. caller: how are you? host: doing well. caller: i am calling, i'm a democrat in north carolina and i voted for josh stein for governor, our democratic governor. and i could not vote for came malla harris. i voted for donald trump. i had to vote my conscience and had to vote on someone i thought was best for my family, my business, for the economic situation with the country. i did not vote for him because i think he's a good person.

i didn't vote for him on his personality. i voted for him because the people who are surrounding him we are the best there is in the country. we've had an issue with leadership not being the best in our country. and i feel like he's finally putting people in position that will allow us to have good leadership, a skill set that belongs in those positions. instead of just having -- host: who are some of those people? caller: r.f.k. jr. and will take on food supply issue and ron paul, elon musk taking care of the financial issues we have with the country. those people are known for doing good in those fields and being representative of those fields. and i think it's about time we have people in the position that are qualified, not just people

who have the money to be in those positions or have the clout. and you know, the lobbyists backing them. so you know, i voted for trump. a lot of my friends didn't. a lot of women are shocked i would vote for him. there is some concern that trump took away women's rights. he didn't. he didn't have anything to do with it, number one. i don't know why he gets the rep for that. he didn't. the supreme court made the decision that that would go back to the states. and therefore, giving the people the democratic right to have their state allow what they wanted. the power is now back in the hands of the people. and that's a true democracy. even if you don't like what the people do. even if you don't like what they say or what they choose. that's a democracy. that's what we want. and that has been changed and taken away from us by representation that doesn't

always speak the voice of the people. host: are there other social issues that you think should revert back to states deciding individually and not this country nationally? caller: i think a lot of things need to go back. i believe that are a lot of things decided by the federal government that shouldn't be. you know, medical issues is a big one, obviously, with women's issues. i think that -- you know, some things -- it's hard. because a lot of things i feel are basic human rights and those things are being misguided by government and don't think they should be. but how you get government out of it, in my opinion, is you take things back to the state. you give the power back to the people. then the people get to make

those decisions. transpeople being in women's sports. that's an issue the federal government shouldn't be talking on. i think that's something that should be individualized, the power of the people. i don't think that the majority would have the same voice that the federal government would for those things. host: you said you voted for donald trump for yourself and for your business. what line of business are you in? caller: i work in transportation and own a freight brokage and the transportation industry has been hard the last four years. the rates do not match what they should be. you have drivers out here who are running at nearly cost because the competition is out there and people are taking -- they're so afraid not to have work, that they're taking things for rates that they normally

wouldn't just so that they can survive. host: what sort of freight do your truckers run? caller: they run dry goods, refrigerated goods, heavy haul equipment, things of that nature. and you know, everything that runs this country goes on the back of a truck. all your groceries, all your clothing, toiletries, your shampoos and conditioners. pharmaceuticals. everything goes on a truck at some point, it's either the product used to make it or the final finished product coming from the manufacturer to a facility to distribute it. it all goes on those trucks. host: what's the one thing -- the top thing you think donald trump will do to help your industry? caller: i think he'll reduce fuel prices and make sure that the prices in the stores come down based on things he's going

to implement. i think if there are more manufacturing facilities in the united states, there will be more work and therefore there will be less of a competition for each individual load. say, if you've got 10 trucks in one area and there's no industry there, those strucks have to travel out 100-200 miles to find a load and you have mass competition for those loads. so people -- you know, for your company to have those loads, they're not playing very well so trucks have to take what they can get so they can get to a area of better paid freight and a lot of it has to do with the manufacturing jobs not being in the country. host: one more question on tariffs. there are folks who disagree with tariffs who say that's just going to be passed on to average americans, it just means they're going to be paying more -- higher prices for the things that they want and need. what is your answer to that?

caller: i disagree with that. host: why? caller: i think what would happen is you're already paying that stuff. you're already paying taxes over and over again. by the time you get a product. so you've got people who are taking those jobs overseas because we can't compete with the prices that they're paying for the workers overseas. but how you get those jobs back is you put tariffs. so every country in the world, free market country, anyway, they have tariffs. i can't go to china and mass sell my product without having to pay a huge tariff but they can come here and not have to pay that. so i think there's so much incentive right now for the united states businesses to go overseas and build their companies and then what they're doing is shipping it back here,

they're taking it to a distribution center and they're doing one thing to it and market it made in america but it's not. i know it because i work in the transportation agency. i bring it from the port to the facilities and pick it up with a different marker made in america and i know it wasn't. if you have a tariff on products that are sold that are made in another country and you get around those loopholes that allow people to put made in america on their branding when it's not made here, number one. number two, if there's a tariff, it will be more economical for businesses to put their businesses here instead of overseas and in other countries. nafta has taken all the jobs out of these small towns. i've seen it. bel air, ohio. robinsonville, north carolina. those two towns have lost their manufacturing and really went downhill because of it.

andrews, north carolina, used to be a wonderful little town. beautiful valley out there. they have no manufacturing jobs. they can't even keep a mcdonald's open in this little town. and it's because the jobs that were there, like the lee plant was there and it closed and went overseas because there was so much incentive, economical incentive and nafta for these jobs to go overseas. host: i've got to get to a few more callers but thanks for chatting. i appreciate it. caller: you're welcome. thank you.

i think a majority of americans look at things the same way and if we can find that common ground and start promoting that and if the media could report the facts, not their opinions on the situation, but the facts, i think most americans can come together and find that common ground. hopefully the parties can find that common ground. not fight each other on policy. host: bill, district heights, maryland. democrat. good morning. caller: good morning.

good to hear you guys. the democrats dropped the ball on this election. focused on economic achievements. president elect trump looking his chops. they knew that kamala was not going to be elected. we had a female that was just as qualified as kamala a few years ago and they did not elect her to the office. trump did not win this race because he is such a perfect guy. he was a convicted felon. he has not been sentenced in his one conviction. there is a lot involved in this. it is not as cut and dry. they did not want to vote a

woman in office much less a asian american, black american woman. is the bottom line. thank you. host: dallas, texas. harvey, a republican good morning. i want to thank you for taking my call and most important the fact you of all the moderators listen i think the most to hear people out and i appreciate that. i am an 81-year-old retired physician. i am in the minority. i am a white male who is jewish. when i was younger, i voted for john kennedy because he represented the youth movement. i did not vote for personality this time should i voted based on the issues and the platforms and policies. if george carlin were alive, he would talk about the word salad. we had affirmative action for students rights and college. now we have dei.

what time looking at is not and opinion but i would like to see positive contributions. i was appalled before this election was finalized that we spent over $20 billion on an election when you have our veterans, when i watch commercials on tv without any limbs and retreat them with less respect than we do others trying to come in to this country illegally. i have had the privilege to travel around the world. the canadians had it right. only 90 days of campaigning and 30 days before the election, nothing. i think people have a brain. use it. can do their own research and they can make their decisions. i don't need my local newspaper to tell me how to vote.

i am looking at those kinds of issues and the last thing i want to say is i don't mind having a democratic or republican administration. what i mind is something more important. that the dominance of islam spreading through the world and it is in our government. whether you have a republican or democrat, if they don't look at organizations like care that have infiltrated our college campuses -- host: would you ever vote for a muslim? caller: yes, i would. host: how does that square with what you just said? caller: how does it square? because there is such a thing as radical muslim or radical islam and you have moderates. do you know anything about the corona -- the koran? you either convert and you pay a

tax, you subjugate or you die. those are the three choices. this is what radical muslim islam is teaching. host: what do you say to folks who point to the old testament and the new testament and find parts of the old and new testament that talk about violence and the parts they disagree with? caller: this is how our history has gone. we are a judeo-christian country. . we have principles. i heard a lecture. people use the term nationalism like it is a dirty word. one of the greatest nationalists was moses. he believed in the land of israel. he believed in one common language. if it was not for that scenario, judaism would not have survived through the centuries where all

these powers tried to impose upon them. they stuck to their fate. our country has to get back to their faith. we have it too good in this country. be appreciative for what you have. not what you want. i want to look at issues for building and making things more positive. we can have all the opinions when they call in for various reasons. i voted for the policy. what i'm looking for is the healing process. i lost part of my family members because we have a difference in opinions to the point we don't talk about politics. host: that is harvey in texas. philip is next in jackson, mississippi. independent. good morning should caller: you have got yourself in trouble today with listeners all of our comments. basically we are all individuals and we have an individual perception on the madness that is going on.

host: it is not trouble, philip. it is a privilege to be able to do it. caller: that is a good point. it should be but be honest. how can it be a privilege in this world when we have so many things we have to accomplish to keep it going? staying out of war. that would be a big help. reducing pollution so climate change does not affect us all. my real point in calling is we don't really sit down and talk to each other. we are talking to the phone but not to each other. my goal in life, what i wanted to do is be a consultant who can bring people together to talk so we can iron out the reality, the truth from the miss truth and misinformation. we have not gotten to that point. when i heard your program this morning --