this. >> he's in the middle of nowhere. it's been visited by a number of these exploring channels and as such it's taken a bit of a beating. we'll go inside. >> oh, we're in. >> there's holes in the roof. that's holes in the walls. it's essentially been picked clean or just trashed by random people. >> that breaks my heart because you can tell this was an absolutely stunning building at some point. >> the one thing that really gets his attention i must be honest, i did crack up at this part. >> this is pretty cool. >> look at this dude's fat tv. oh, crazy, man. this place is in a bad shape. >> what a shame to see it go to waste. >> the upstairs has been blocked so the only choice -- >> to take every bit of furniture around here and build a ladder right here to climb into this hole. >> he climbs himself up. and he's been going to the gym. he is strong enough to get himself up there. >> can't you do one of those put

your foot -- catch yourself? >> yeah. to get upstairs it hasn't been picked clean. a lot of temptation, a lot of danger. >> but i can't walk on this floor no more. it's super destroyed. >> yeah. that's the same floor that we saw the ceiling had fallen into. a bunch of stuff in the room. but um, i would don't in there. >> the whole thing could cave under you. >> there's pianos everywhere. he climbs out of the skylight. he's just enjoying the view of the britishness of it. >> this is crazy, a castlever there. >> in england there are castles everywhere. >> it's freaking amazing in here. ladies of all ages reveal what it means -- >> to live a good life. >> so many answers. >> find out what they say is the key to living the good life, next. >> to be loved. >> mm-hmm, you want that. >> plus keep watching for tuesday's buzz word. we have your shot at a new ipad

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[woman 7] go to mypsaproof.com to see proof in action. well, after months of campaigning, billions of dollars spent, most of the midterm elections have now been decided. >> this election will be remembered for record voter turnout, which was fueled by enthusiasm and raw emotion from both voters and the candidates. >> what west virginia said loud and clear tonight, mr. president, we want our senator, not your senator. >> i give you my word i will always fight for your jobs, for your freedom, for your security. i will always fight to defend your constitutional rights. that applies to everyone in the great state of texas. >> i'm as hopeful as i have ever

been in my life, and tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas or this country. >> i sincerely regret that i couldn't bring it home for you. i can guarantee you this, i'm not going anywhere. we're going to fight. >> i didn't go to tallahassee eight years ago to be everybody's friend. i'm not going to d.c. to win a popularity contest. i'm going to d.c. to get something done. >> a democratic congress will work for solutions that bring us together because we have all had enough of division. >> division only diminishes. we are better than that. we are not a nation of red states or blue states. we are a nation of red, white and blue states. that's america. >> thank you for believing in america. thank you for believing in our

future. thank you for believing in what we can yet achieve. congratulations. this is your victory tonight. >> i will be out there fighting with you. i am not going away. i love this state. i will continue to serve. >> we know a vow, a vow takes effort. it takes commitment to hold truth. reaching out, reaching across is hard work, but as i told you then, hard work is in our bones. [ applause ] >> stacey abrams there overnight from her election headquarters in atlanta. >> yeah, one of the governors' races we are still waiting to learn the outcome of, alaska, connecticut, georgia, maine, new hampshire. >> a lot still to be decided, indeed. josh hawley there, the 38-year-old beating claire mccaskill. there are a number of different headlines that we noticed overnight and we continue to keep our eyes on. our election coverage continues. for some of you your local news is next. >> for everyone else "america this morning" continues next. orning" continues next.

this half hour our special election edition of "america this morning" continues with america's midterm decision. >> from florida. >> thank you, florida, for your support. >> to texas. >> tonight is a victory for the people of texas. >> and across the nation, the races that matter most. the races still not called and what happens next in washington. >> today is more than about democrats and republicans, it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. >> president trump responding overnight. what will it mean for his agenda and for the stock market this morning? plus, the problems at the

polls. americans going to new extremes to cast their ballots and say, i voted. new insight coming in overnight on the issues from health care to immigration and the message for america this morning sent by voters coast to coast. >> we believe in america. we believe that our best days are ahead. >> abc news election night coverage, "your voice, your vote" continues right now. and we say good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm marci gonzalez. starting off this half hour with both parties claiming victory after months of contentious campaigning and a midterm election marked by massive turnout. >> control of the house will soon switch hands from the republics to the democrats, but the senate remains firmly with the republican party. here's where congress stands right now. house democrats have won at least 222 seats, exceeding the

net gain of 23 they needed to take control. over in the senate so far it is 45-51 in favor of republicans who have gained 2 seats. abc's stephanie ramos has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: kendis and marci, president trump and control of congress was front and center during these midterm elections and people got out to vote. the total projected turnout is topping 100 million people. votes are in and are still being counted in one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in history. >> remember this feeling. know the power to win. >> reporter: democrats winning control of the house with at least 25 seats. republicans maintaining control of the senate with wins in several states including texas, missouri and north dakota. in texas, senator ted cruz holding on to his seat edging out democrat beto o'rourke. >> i want to thank this amazing campaign of people, not a dime

from a single pac, all people, all the time in every single part of texas. >> reporter: preliminary exit poll results asking people nationwide their motivating factor to vote. 38% said opposition to president trump. 26% citing their support for the president with the remaining third saying he wasn't a factor. overnight the president posting on twitter claiming tremendous success even as his party loses control of the house. for weeks democrats campaigned on the promise of providing a stronger check on the trump administration. >> anybody that was anticipating a blue wave tonight is not going to get it. maybe you get a ripple. >> reporter: republicans winning high-profile governors' races in ohio and florida. the democrats' national rising star andrew gillum seeking to be florida's first black governor conceded defeat to his gop rival ron desantis. >> we recognize that we didn't win it tonight. we didn't win this transaction.

>> reporter: the race for georgia governor still too close to call. a divided country now has a divided outcome. president trump has been rejected in house voting across the country, but vindicated in the senate. now both parties can turn toward the presidential election in 2020. marci, kendis. >> stephanie, thank you. we are watching one other breaking headline this hour. republican governor scott walker has lost in wisconsin. that is a big win for democrats. >> many of those votes coming from madison, wisconsin, which had an impressive 92% voter turnout yesterday. incredible. back in washington, top white house aides are calling on democrats to work with president trump and the counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, is giving the president credit for the victories. >> there's no question that his presence on the campaign trail made the difference, in fact, he went 5 for 5 in st his stops from sunday and monday alone. the house looks like it will go democratic but not by the large margins that have happened in the past. he would very much like to

continue forging ahead on behalf of this country. >> conway says she does not think democrats will want to spend time investigating or trying to impeach the president. well, the democrats will now control the house while republicans cemented control of the senate. so who won the election? >> that's the big question. abc's dan harris spoke with our political team. >> joining us now for some more insight and analysis, our powerhouse team of experts at abc news including former new jersey governor chris christie, donna brazile, former chair of the dnc and matthew dowd, our political analyst. again, the headline of the night, the balance of power in washington shifting. you can see it right there. the democrats retaking the house of representatives, meanwhile the republicans increasing their majority in the u.s. senate so let's start here with you, former governor chris christie. what is your friend donald j. trump thinking tonight? >> what he always think, i won. he's going to say i added seats in the united states senate. i went into red states that i

had won and got republican senators there, vanquished some people who opposed my agenda and, oh, the house, that was paul ryan's fault is i think what we'll hear from the president at some point. i think the president is going to look at that and the landscape of the governors where he did better than expected and say this was a good night for me and he'll move on. but i also think the one change i think he will make is from an issues perspective you're going to see a guy who will look for an opportunity to make an unexpected deal with house democrats that gives him credibility moving into 2020. >> donna brazile, you're former chair of the democratic national committee. would donald trump be right in telling himself a story that he won? if you look at this historically didn't he do better than most presidents do in their first midterm? >> no, because he didn't -- with a good economy, donald trump lost seats in the house of representatives. democrats knew going into tonight we had an opportunity to pick up some of the seats where the republicans had retired or

did not run, but what we saw tonight was that democrats were able to even reach into some red state territory and pick up seats in the house and win back some key gubernatorial races including in the state of michigan and kansas, which was a big surprise for democrats. >> matt, governor christie talked about the possibility of donald trump reaching across the aisle and cutting some sort of deal. do you see that happening? >> well, i think it would be really smart. i mean, i think at this point in time, every president that's been successful after a loss like this has figured out a way to make a deal with the other side. bill clinton did it after he was badly beaten in the '94 election. barack obama attempted to do it. many of the presidents who have been successful in their presidency have done that. the question is does he have the capacity to do that over a longer period of time than 24 or 48 hours, and i think that's incumbent on him. the other thing is, both sides, both the democratic party and republican party, have things to celebrate and things to lament in this. i think they both do. democrats suffered more losses

than they expected to suffer. they expected to pick up more governorships and i think the republicans had a good economy at their back and had an unpopular president and lost the house which could put them in dire danger of investigation, so they can both celebrate but they also ought to identify their own wounds that came from tonight. >> governor christie, a wild card hanging over this is robert mueller. this investigation continues. does the president have reason to be concerned? >> well, i think, you know, i've said this all along. as long as there's a special counsel who has the ability to subpoena things, you should be concerned. >> well now you have democrats who can subpoena things as well. >> well, that's a different story because that's in a political nature. this guy is a prosecutor who can send people to jail. you know, the house democrats are not going to be able to do that. so as long as there's a special counsel out there who can serve subpoenas and bring criminal charges, you need to be concerned and wary of that. until that shop closes down, the president has to be very careful about what he says and does vis-a-vis the special counsel.

the house is a different political problem. a prosecutor problem is much bigger. >> with a wider majority in the senate, does he have more leeway to be tough on the special counsel? >> no. >> could he fire him? >> no, because republicans in the senate will not put up with firing bob mueller. they just won't. that will be a red line. he knows he can't cross that. if he thought he could he would have done it a long time ago. he has a great sense of self-preservation, knows how far he goes before he gets in real trouble with the people he needs like republicans in the senate. what the republicans' increase majority in the senate will do for him is allow him to people both to the bench and as replacements for cabinet members who leave that he really wants because he's going to have a little leeway in the senate, maybe 54, 55 votes to get people confirmed. >> we have seconds left. let me ask for a one-word question. any optimism things will get better, less toxicity in washington going forward.

>> yes, because democrats campaigned on a wave of hope and opportunity for all. >> matthew? >> i don't have much hope in the short term. i have hope in the long term and think we're so divided it will take many years to get through this. hope in the long term, not in the short term. >> all right. our thanks to the crew there. coming up, the record number of americans who used their votes to find their voice. also ahead, how this year's elections returns turned into a night of firsts for congress from the first muslim women to the youngest woman heading to the house of representatives.

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was on the ballot approved it. americans have spoken at the polls in record-breaking numbers. >> but a variety of problems forced at least seven states to extend their voting hours and the issues range from bad weather to sheer number of voters who overwhelmed polling places. this morning america has spoken with historic turnout coast to coast. >> i have been here an hour and a half. i think there's probably another half an hour ahead of me too. >> reporter: lines as long as four hours in parts of georgia, enthusiasm described as greater than during a presidential election in southern california where abc's matt gutman has been watching the returns. >> reporter: the supervisor here tells me that voter turnout has been so intense, that's one reason we're seeing lines of 90 minutes or more just outside the door here. >> reporter: the day at the polls not without problems. from the downpours in florida to humidity causing this sticky situation, gumming up the ballot

boxes in north carolina. areas of knoxville, tennessee, briefly lost power, so voters used flashlights to cast their ballots. that determination to be heard at the polls also felt among young americans. one exit poll showing 16% of voters say this was their first time voting. in tennessee, the so-called swift lift, taylor swift's endorsement of the democrat phil bredesen in the senate race credited with fueling a 700% uptick in the youth vote. in washington, d.c., this recent college grad took the midnight bus home to north carolina to vote because she didn't get her absentee ballot in time and emily miller asking her mom to pick her up at the bus station at 5:00 a.m. so she could cast her ballot and get back to d.c. for work. >> finally. it's been a long journey. >> reporter: young and old doing their civic duty. margaret norwood is 104 years young. she was alive when women didn't have the right to vote and wouldn't miss this opportunity. of course, that lift from taylor

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happened here in pennsylvania making a big difference for democrats. several of those seats switching as was expected and democrats picking up new seats in the house helping the democrats get control of the house now. one of the interesting story lines here in pennsylvania, four women will now be going to d.c. as congresswomen. prior to the night not a single woman was in d.c. in congress from the state of pennsylvania. that is all changing. the former governor and mayor of philadelphia, ed rendell, dubbing these four women the fab four. these fab four women making a pact with each other they will now be in d.c. together as freshmen congresswomen going through that experience together as well. i'm in swarthmore, pennsylvania, eva pilgrim, abc news. and colorado has made history in this election. >> the democrat, jared polis

will be the state's next governor. >> he is the first openly gay man to win a governor's race in the u.s. he is also colorado's first jewish governor. >> in colorado we dream, we dare and we do, whether it's embracing big ideas or hiking our amazing mountains. we don't back down when something is challenging. we see problems as opportunities in our state of colorado. >> the nation's first openly gay governor, new jersey's jim mcgreevey came out when he was in office in 2004. the first two native american women both democrats have been elected to the house. sharice davids took her race in kansas, and debre haaland won hers in new mexico. >> and two democrats in the midwest will be the first muslim women to serve in congress. rashida tlaib won in michigan, and ilhan omar who came to the united states as a refugee more than two decades

ago winning big in minnesota. in new york, progressive alexandria ocasio-cortez is now the youngest woman ever elected to congress. the 29-year-old rose the way in september. in her victory speech she said a better world is possible. >> one year ago this month she was a bartender. amazing. up next, some of the more bizarre places where americans voted. also ahead, now that the parties are split in washington, what is next? our roundtable panel weighs in. r better things, than psoriatic arthritis. as you and your rheumatologist consider treatments, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once daily pill for psoriatic arthritis. taken with methotrexate or similar medicines, it can reduce joint pain... ...swelling and significantly improve physical function. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection.

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>> they were watched over by lifeguards. >> how did i miss out on that? man. others voted at the city's indoor pool in echo park while a woman was just swimming laps. >> that is so -- >> so l.a. and some people in suburban long beach were able to go whole hog and vote in harley-davidson's showroom. another unusual polling places across america included a brewery and laundromat in chicago. >> so could you have a beer while you were voting? this is brilliant. >> uh-huh. that will help some of your choices, no doubt. >> perhaps. >> gary. >> cheers to that. a california man who couldn't get to the polls had the polls come to him. julian fields was stuck in a los angeles area hospital yesterday after a car crash, but volunteers helped him cast his vote. they delivered ballots to people who weren't expecting to be in the hospital on election day and fields was absolutely grateful.

>> there's a lot of craziness going on, and i don't know, feel like now with everybody's vote we -- everybody can see how their votes should matter. >> california allows voters to apply for emergency vote by mail ballots up through election day. lady gaga sent an election day message toer fans on twitter. >> yes, she did. she sent this photo with the caption, if you're in line, stay in line. every vote counts and stay in line quickly started trending and twitter said at one point the hashtag was used 400 times a minute. >> a lot of celebs using social media to get people out to vote. e.

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[woman 6] ask your rheumatologist about humira. [woman 7] go to mypsaproof.com to see proof in action. finally this hour, a chance to look into the nation's political future. the results of the midterms will have far-reaching implications. >> as you know the 2020 campaign begins right now or last night. overnight we spoke about what's ahead with our political director rick klein and deputy director maryalice parks. >> the big question now is how do you govern like this when you have this split decision? things were hard enough in washington, but now both parties feel like they've got the will of the people but much different directions and president trump, of course, is already declaring victory. we'll have a showdown even before democrats take over congress over wall funding and maybe a shutdown and come january, you can kind of

forget about legislating. what do those investigations look like and what does this mean for the next presidential campaign? >> the democrats are going to try to pass some bills in the house because they know that going forward, they have to be able to show what they stand for and what democratic government could look like. so i imagine they will try to pass something on health care, maybe on gun control, some of these issues where they feel like things are turning in their direction. >> let's talk about nancy pelosi for a second here because a lot of these people who got voted in ran on the fact that they wouldn't vote for nancy as speaker and last time she ran for speaker, there were 60 plus votes against her. will she be the speaker? >> probably. it's hard to bet against nancy pelosi who has quite a stronghold on the democratic party, but you're exactly right. democrats did very well in areas where they ran outsider candidates who ran on being new to politics and asking for a new generation in the democratic party. >> people are already talking about 2020. so what does all of this mean for the next election?

>> well, i think first president trump can probably forget about having to worry about a primary challenger. i think he got enough of a referendum from republicans that it's going to be almost impossible to choke him off on the republican side. maybe he has an independent challenger but that's different and in terms of the democrats there are a couple of potential stars that didn't break through, beto o'rourke as you were talking about earlier, is one of them. the folks that won tonight are the next generation, and the question is who do the democrats put forward? >> the country will get to know new democratic governors around the country in kansas, illinois, michigan, new mexico, and we don't really know yet how those governors are going to play against this president. will they bring lawsuits? will they try to expand medicaid and will they try to govern in a way where they set themselves up as potential 2020 candidates? >> maryalice parks and rick klein. nancy pelosi overnight in her speech said they are going to go after the president's income tax. so -- >> we shall see. we'll see about that and

we'll see about some of the races that are still hanging in the balance waiting on those results. >> we are watching those. for some of you your local news is next. >> for everyone else our this morning on a special election edition of "america this morning" -- >> tonight is a victory for the people of texas. >> this resistance began with women, and it is being led by women tonight. >> neither a blue wave nor a crimson tide as the house goes blue, but the senate gets redder. pelosi declares victory. >> today is more than about democrats and republicans, it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. while trump sings success. overnight some races down to the wire, undecided after america's

voting system is put to the test with a historic crush of midterm voters. >> i have been here an hour and a half. i think there's probably another half an hour ahead of me too. this hour, the message voters on both sides of the aisle are sending to the president and the congress. the impact on statehouses coast to coast, the historic ballot questions from election reform to marijuana. and a night of firsts for women, muslims and native americans as we ask what it means for the issues most important to americans. >> we are not a nation of red states or blue states. we are a nation of red, white and blue states. that's america. >> plus, expert analysis from our powerhouse political team. abc news election night coverage, your vote, your vote continues right now. and it is morning in america, and good morning,

everybody. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm marci gonzalez. we begin our special election coverage with the split decision on congress. democrats have won control of the house for the first time in eight years, but the senate remains in the hands of republicans. >> firmly in the hands of republicans. here's a breakdown at this hour, in the house democrats now have at least 222 seats. only 201 was needed for control. and now the new makeup of the senate, so far it's 43-51 in favor of republicans who have gained two seats so far. red firmly in control there. one high-profile senate contest remains undecided this morning. it's in florida between the democratic incumbent bill nelson and the state's current republican governor rick scott. >> meanwhile, the race to replace rick scott as florida's governor has been won by republican ron desantis. abc's whit johnson is in florida for us this morning. >> reporter: kendis and marci, i'm here in tallahassee outside what was andrew gillum's

headquarters on election night. he conceded the race to republican ron desantis, his challenger. desantis, essentially a president trump pick, he's been all in on trump and the trump agenda, voters basically said when they were voting in this election, they were voting to either support or reject president trump's policies. well, it turns out by a razor thin margin they sided with the president. they sided with the republican ron desantis, and i can tell you here at andrew gillum headquarters, the crowd was surprised. hundreds of people were waiting for him to come out. perhaps give a victory speech. at the point when he came out on the stage, abc news was not projecting a winner because the race was too close to call but andrew gillum came out and said that he conceded the race, called desantis and congratulated him on a hard fought victory. >> i still believe that there is more of us who believe in what is common and decent and right,

and i believe in the long run good always wins out over evil. >> reporter: talking about the senate now, that race again still too close to call, however, republican rick scott, the current governor here in the state of florida already declared victory. the republican party here in florida already declared victory. senator bill nelson, who is hoping for a fourth term, has not technically conceded the race, however, his spokesperson came out and said that they were disappointed in the results. he said that the senator would speak publicly and thank his supporters on wednesday. so, it remains to be seen how this will all play out, but for governor rick scott, this is a third razor thin victory in the state of florida. kendis and marci, back to you. >> our thanks to whit johnson there in florida. and the incumbent democrats have been defeated in several hotly contested senate races, but they picked up a key senate seat in the west. jacky rosen defeated republican dean heller in a hard fought battle in nevada. >> in tennessee republican

marsha blackburn beat former democratic governor phil bredesen to keep the seat in gop hands. she'll become tennessee's first female senator. and texas senator ted cruz managed to hang on to his seat with a narrow victory fending off a fierce challenge from democrat congressman beto o'rourke. abc's paula faris has more from el paso. >> reporter: hi, kendis and marci. well, congressman beto o'rourke gave senator cruz a run for his money. this was a close race. he was trying to become the first democrat elected to that seat since 1988, but it didn't happen. you know, at the end of the day their personality and their policies just couldn't be any more different. ted cruz, his platform was jobs, security and freedom and beto o'rourke's platform was health care, unity, it was dreamers and just this morning he talked about the borders not being a threat. there's going to be a lot of talk about whether or not his platform was too progressive. in fact, when i sat down with

him a couple of weeks ago i asked if his platform was so progressive that he had his eye on a bigger prize, maybe the presidency and i asked him if there's any scenario he runs for president in 2020. he said no. but cruz believes he will probably run one day. >> and i also want to take a moment to congratulate beto o'rourke. he poured his heart into this campaign. millions across this state were inspired by his campaign. >> i want to thank this amazing campaign of people. i'm so [ bleep ] proud of you guys. >> reporter: the state is as close to purple as it's ever been. four in ten texans are hispanics. every other baby born is a hispanic. the voters are younger and more diverse and the cities are getting bluer, and you can't

deny what was happening here in the state with early voting, and also 500,000 registered to vote for the first time. that's a wrap from el paso, you guys. we'll send it back to you. >> beto dropping the "f" bomb on live tv. >> got to love a bleep on election night. >> yeah, except they didn't bleep it. all right, well, we had to. a democrat also suffered a devastating defeat in the deep red state of indiana. >> the republican businessman mike braun unseated joe donnelly. abc's linsey davis filed this report from indianapolis. >> reporter: for quite some time now this race is indiana has been billed as a hotly contested senate race, and in the end that's not what we got. we didn't see the nail-biter between the democratic incumbent joe donnelly and republican businessman mike braun. mike braun was actually able to oust him fairly easily and proving the reputation of

indiana to be true, that this is one of the reddest states in the midwest, and it has been said indiana is as red as the red barns that dot the corn line countryside, and this election here appears to make that true once again. you know, in the thank you speech, the victory speech from braun, it was a big thank you to president trump who visited here four times campaigning on his behalf in indiana including on election eve where he showed up in ft. wayne on his behalf. but in the contrast, donnelly had a very short and somber speech. you know, one interesting exit poll here showed that more than half of hoosiers felt that donnelly's decision to vote against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh was important in their vote and asked the senator if he felt that would be favorable to him or unfavorable. he said he didn't know but in the end he felt that it was a decision that just had to be made and in the end hoosiers deciding to vote him out of the

senate. i'm linsey davis in indianapolis for abc news. >> and the senate race in arizona has been up in the air overnight. democrat kyrsten sinema and republican martha mcsally are neck and neck. >> they're battling to replace the republican jeff flake, who chose not to seek re-election. whoever wins will be the first female senator from arizona. and the senate race in missouri has gone republican. josh hawley defeated two-term democratic incumbent claire mccaskill. >> hawley touted his support for president trump during the campaign. abc's deborah roberts has more. >> reporter: democrat claire mccaskill's loss here says as much about the president as it does about the state of missouri. >> i want you to keep that fire burning because there is justice around the corner. >> reporter: the two-term senator lightly positioned herself as somebody willing to work with the president even distancing herself from her democratic party in some ways.

but in the end it was not enough to overcome a republican challenger who had the backing of the president. in fact, president trump was just here visiting just a couple of days ago throwing his support. the president is wildly popular in this area. he carried missouri by nearly 20 points, so it was a very difficult uphill battle. she knew that this would be tough and she said so today while she went to cast her ballot, that it might be a nail-biter but no one expected her to lose by such a large margin. the two-term senator denied a third term. coming up, the governors' races including that key race in georgia that is still undecided this morning. also our powerhouse political team joins us to analyze the results and later the big ballot decisions nationwide including a mixed victory for marijuana.

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today is more than about democrats and republicans, it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. that is house minority leader nancy pelosi reacting to the democrats flipping the house. now that democrats have the majority, pelosi could become speaker once again. >> and outside of the many house races there were plenty of surprises. >> our political director rick klein and deputy director maryalice parks told us the results are a story in contrast. >> it's amazing one country could have two different verdicts on the same night. 100 million people estimated to vote and ratified the decisions to have this totally different makeup of the house and the senate. at one time you're rejecting president trump and at another point you're saying we kind of like what he's doing.

>> the victories the democrats won were in a diverse number of districts. a lot of those suburbs that we were tracking from the beginning where democrats have been pouring money into some of those suburban districts in new jersey, pennsylvania, new york, but they also had a big night in iowa and kansas and some unusual places for them so, again, i think rick is right. kind of a mixed bag. >> but the surprises that i thought that stood out for me, oklahoma. >> right. >> a congressional seat got turned around. >> we were tracking 100 races, this huge map and we thought we had it all covered and one race we did not have on our map, oklahoma. oklahoma 5th democrats were able to switch that one. like we said there hadn't been any democrats in the kansas delegation and yet democrats picked up two there. they picked up two in iowa so kind of a heartland story for democrats which is really interesting. wa, surprised that they were also able to take the kansas governor house.

>> i think if you look at races outside kansas city, outside oklahoma and dallas and houston, all of america's major cities seem to have a republican stronghold that flipped back to the blue. >> that kansas city, kansas, area really came up big. what about the makeup of the candidates? what's the story line there? >> such a big night for women. >> absolutely. a historic night for women any way you shake it. for the first time ever there will be more than 100 women in the u.s. congress, in the house specifically. unbelievable. possible with all the house races still to be projected it could be closer to 130 and just a lot of firsts. a lot of historic firsts. two muslim women that will be going to congress, two native american women. those are firsts in the nation's history. so we're going to have a lot of people waking up feeling like they have a real new sense of representation going to washington. >> the first ever 20 something women elected to congress as well. historically young, diverse, the military background. i also think there's probably a superstar in there. we just don't know who he or she

right now. the biggest names on the democratic ticket overnight are people that fell short. look in texas, beto o'rourke didn't win. we know what happened with andrew gillum in florida. stacey abrams, they're still counting votes but doesn't look like she'll be the top name on the top of the ticket so someone else, there is a diamond in the rough that the democrats have to figure out what happens next. >> a lot of the women that did well were new to politics and were successful in this pitch that they could be outsiders. veterans like rick said, a former cia officer, small business owners, teachers, doctors who said they want to help rebuild the democratic party running on a message of being brand-new and new to washington. they found success there. all right, coming up, the races for governor including the breaking news from georgia. >> also ahead, how florida just expanded the number of eligible voters by more than a million people. all of them convicted felons. all of them convicted felons. pey five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade.

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we're back with the 36 governors' races across the country. democrats were able to flip control of at least six statehouses in illinois, kansas, michigan, nevada, new mexico and wisconsin with several states still undecided overnight. >> in the florida governor's race, ron desantis defeated democrat andrew gillum. desantis campaigned as a close ally of president trump. also in the southeast the contentious georgia governor's race between the republican brian kemp and democrat stacey abrams still too close to call. abrams saying overnight she's not giving up until every vote is counted. abc's steve osunsami in atlanta. >> reporter: kendis and marci, stacey abrams just finished speaking and the crowd is leaving. this is not over according to the abrams campaign. they are still by their count if you crunch the numbers within the margin of error to take this

into a runoff. >> no one would be unseen, no one is unheard and no one is uninspired. a vow, a vow takes effort. it takes commitment to hold truth. reaching out, reaching across is hard work, but as i told you then, hard work is in our bones. [ applause ] but we still have a few more miles to go. >> reporter: on the other side of this race at the kemp campaign -- >> what an amazing night that we have had with incredible support in all four corners of our state. there are votes left to be counted, but we have a very strong lead, and, folks -- [ applause ] and, folks, make no mistake, the math is on our side to win this election. [ applause ] we are waiting on the final results, but i'm confident that

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[woman 7] go to mypsaproof.com to see proof in action. well, after months of campaigning, billions of dollars spent, most of the midterm elections have now been decided. >> this election will be remembered for record voter turnout, which was fueled by enthusiasm and raw emotion from both voters and the candidates. >> what west virginia said loud and clear tonight, mr. president, we want our senator, not your senator. >> i give you my word i will always fight for your jobs, for your freedom, for your security. i will always fight to defend your constitutional rights. that applies to everyone in the great state of texas. >> i'm as hopeful as i have ever

been in my life, and tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas or this country. >> i sincerely regret that i couldn't bring it home for you. i can guarantee you this, i'm not going anywhere. we're going to fight. >> i didn't go to tallahassee eight years ago to be everybody's friend. i'm not going to d.c. to win a popularity contest. i'm going to d.c. to get something done. >> a democratic congress will work for solutions that bring us together because we have all had enough of division. >> division only diminishes. we are better than that. we are not a nation of red states or blue states. we are a nation of red, white and blue states. that's america. >> thank you for believing in america. thank you for believing in our

future. thank you for believing in what we can yet achieve. congratulations. this is your victory tonight. >> i will be out there fighting with you. i am not going away. i love this state. i will continue to serve. >> we know a vow, a vow takes effort. it takes commitment to hold truth. reaching out, reaching across is hard work, but as i told you then, hard work is in our bones. [ applause ] >> stacey abrams there overnight from her election headquarters in atlanta. >> yeah, one of the governors' races we are still waiting to learn the outcome of, alaska, connecticut, georgia, maine, new hampshire. >> a lot still to be decided, indeed. josh hawley there, the 38-year-old beating claire mccaskill. there are a number of different headlines that we noticed overnight and we continue to keep our eyes on. our election coverage continues. for some of you your local news is next. >> for everyone else "america this morning" continues next. orning" continues next.

this half hour our special election edition of "america this morning" continues with america's midterm decision. >> from florida. >> thank you, florida, for your support. >> to texas. >> tonight is a victory for the people of texas. >> and across the nation, the races that matter most. the races still not called and what happens next in washington. >> today is more than about democrats and republicans, it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. >> president trump responding overnight. what will it mean for his agenda and for the stock market this morning?

plus, the problems at the polls. americans going to new extremes to cast their ballots and say, i voted. new insight coming in overnight on the issues from health care to immigration and the message for america this morning sent by voters coast to coast. >> we believe in america. we believe that our best days are ahead. >> abc news election night coverage, "your voice, your vote" continues right now. and we say good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm marci gonzalez. starting off this half hour with both parties claiming victory after months of contentious campaigning and a midterm election marked by massive turnout. >> control of the house will soon switch hands from the republicans to the democrats, but the senate remains firmly with the republican party. here's where congress stands right now. house democrats have won at least 222 seats, exceeding the

net gain of 23 they needed to take control. over in the senate so far it is 45-51 in favor of republicans who have gained 2 seats. abc's stephanie ramos has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: kendis and marci, president trump and control of congress was front and center during these midterm elections and people got out to vote. the total projected turnout is topping 100 million people. votes are in and are still being counted in one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in history. >> remember this feeling. know the power to win. >> reporter: democrats winning control of the house with at least 25 seats. republicans maintaining control of the senate with wins in several states including texas, missouri and north dakota. in texas, senator ted cruz holding on to his seat edging out democrat beto o'rourke. >> i want to thank this amazing campaign of people, not a dime

from a single pac, all people, all the time in every single part of texas. >> reporter: preliminary exit poll results asking people nationwide their motivating factor to vote. 38% said opposition to president trump. 26% citing their support for the president with the remaining third saying he wasn't a factor. overnight the president posting on twitter claiming tremendous success even as his party loses control of the house. for weeks democrats campaigned on the promise of providing a stronger check on the trump administration. >> anybody that was anticipating a blue wave tonight is not going to get it. maybe you get a ripple. >> reporter: republicans winning high-profile governors' races in ohio and florida. the democrats' national rising star andrew gillum seeking to be florida's first black governor conceded defeat to his gop rival ron desantis. >> we recognize that we didn't win it tonight. we didn't win this transaction.

>> reporter: the race for georgia governor still too close to call. a divided country now has a divided outcome. president trump has been rejected in house voting across the country, but vindicated in the senate. now both parties can turn toward the presidential election in 2020. marci, kendis. >> stephanie, thank you. we are watching one other breaking headline this hour. republican governor scott walker has lost in wisconsin. that is a big win for democrats. >> many of those votes coming from madison, wisconsin, which had an impressive 92% voter turnout yesterday. incredible. back in washington, top white house aides are calling on democrats to work with president trump and the counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, is giving the president credit for the victories. >> there's no question that his presence on the campaign trail made the difference, in fact, he went 5 for 5 in just his stops from sunday and monday alone. the house looks like it will go democratic but not by the large margins that have happened in the past. he would very much like to

continue forging ahead on behalf of this country. >> conway says she does not think democrats will want to spend time investigating or trying to impeach the president. well, the democrats will now control the house while republicans cemented control of the senate. so who won the election? >> that's the big question. abc's dan harris spoke with our political team. >> joining us now for some more insight and analysis, our powerhouse team of experts at abc news including former new jersey governor chris christie, donna brazile, former chair of the dnc and matthew dowd, our political analyst. again, the headline of the night, the balance of power in washington shifting. you can see it right there. the democrats retaking the house of representatives, meanwhile the republicans increasing their majority in the u.s. senate so let's start here with you, former governor chris christie. what is your friend donald j. trump thinking tonight? >> what he always think, i won. he's going to say i added seats in the united states senate. i went into red states that i

had won and got republican senators there, vanquished some people who opposed my agenda and, oh, the house, that was paul ryan's fault is i think what we'll hear from the president at some point. i think the president is going to look at that and the landscape of the governors where he did better than expected and say this was a good night for me and he'll move on. but i also think the one change i think he will make is from an issues perspective you're going to see a guy who will look for an opportunity to make an unexpected deal with house democrats that gives him credibility moving into 2020. >> donna brazile, you're former chair of the democratic national committee. would donald trump be right in telling himself a story that he won? if you look at this historically didn't he do better than most presidents do in their first midterm? >> no, because he didn't -- with a good economy, donald trump lost seats in the house of representatives. democrats knew going into tonight we had an opportunity to pick up some of the seats where the republicans had retired or

did not run, but what we saw tonight was that democrats were able to even reach into some red state territory and pick up seats in the house and win back some key gubernatorial races including in the state of michigan and kansas, which was a big surprise for democrats. >> matt, governor christie talked about the possibility of donald trump reaching across the aisle and cutting some sort of deal. do you see that happening? >> well, i think it would be really smart. i mean, i think at this point in time, every president that's been successful after a loss like this has figured out a way to make a deal with the other side. bill clinton did it after he was badly beaten in the '94 election. barack obama attempted to do it. many of the presidents who have been successful in their presidency have done that. the question is does he have the capacity to do that over a longer period of time than 24 or 48 hours, and i think that's incumbent on him. the other thing is, both sides, both the democratic party and republican party, have things to celebrate and things to lament in this. i think they both do. democrats suffered more losses

than they expected to suffer. they expected to pick up more governorships and i think the republicans had a good economy at their back and had an unpopular president and lost the house which could put them in dire danger of investigation, so they can both celebrate but they also ought to identify their own wounds that came from tonight. >> governor christie, a wild card hanging over this is robert mueller. this investigation continues. does the president have reason to be concerned? >> well, i think, you know, i've said this all along. as long as there's a special counsel who has the ability to subpoena things, you should be concerned. >> well now you have democrats who can subpoena things as well. >> well, that's a different story because that's in a political nature. this guy is a prosecutor who can send people to jail. you know, the house democrats are not going to be able to do that. so as long as there's a special counsel out there who can serve subpoenas and bring criminal charges, you need to be concerned and wary of that. until that shop closes down, the president has to be very careful about what he says and does vis-a-vis the special counsel.

the house is a different political problem. a prosecutor problem is much bigger. >> with a wider majority in the senate, does he have more leeway to be tough on the special counsel? >> no. >> could he fire him? >> no, because republicans in the senate will not put up with firing bob mueller. they just won't. that will be a red line. he knows he can't cross that. if he thought he could he would have done it a long time ago. he has a great sense of self-preservation, knows how far he goes before he gets in real trouble with the people he needs like republicans in the senate. what the republicans' increase majority in the senate will do for him is allow him to people both to the bench and as replacements for cabinet members who leave that he really wants because he's going to have a little leeway in the senate, maybe 54, 55 votes to get people confirmed. >> we have seconds left. let me ask for a one-word question. any optimism things will get better, less toxicity in washington going forward.

>> yes, because democrats campaigned on a wave of hope and opportunity for all. >> matthew? >> i don't have much hope in the short term. i have hope in the long term and think we're so divided it will take many years to get through this. hope in the long term, not in the short term. >> all right. our thanks to the crew there. coming up, the record number of americans who used their votes to find their voice. also ahead, how this year's elections returns turned into a night of firsts for congress from the first muslim women to the youngest woman heading to the house of representatives.

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was on the ballot approved it. americans have spoken at the polls in record-breaking numbers. >> but a variety of problems forced at least seven states to extend their voting hours and the issues range from bad weather to sheer number of voters who overwhelmed polling places. this morning america has spoken with historic turnout coast to coast. >> i have been here an hour and a half. i think there's probably another half an hour ahead of me too. >> reporter: lines as long as four hours in parts of georgia, enthusiasm described as greater than during a presidential election in southern california where abc's matt gutman has been watching the returns. >> reporter: the supervisor here tells me that voter turnout has been so intense, that's one reason we're seeing lines of 90 minutes or more just outside the door here. >> reporter: the day at the polls not without problems. from the downpours in florida to humidity causing this sticky situation, gumming up the ballot

boxes in north carolina. areas of knoxville, tennessee, briefly lost power, so voters used flashlights to cast their ballots. that determination to be heard at the polls also felt among young americans. one exit poll showing 16% of voters say this was their first time voting. in tennessee, the so-called swift lift, taylor swift's endorsement of the democrat phil bredesen in the senate race credited with fueling a 700% uptick in the youth vote. in washington, d.c., this recent college grad took the midnight bus home to north carolina to vote because she didn't get her absentee ballot in time and emily miller asking her mom to pick her up at the bus station at 5:00 a.m. so she could cast her ballot and get back to d.c. for work. >> finally. it's been a long journey. >> reporter: young and old doing their civic duty. margaret norwood is 104 years young. she was alive when women didn't have the right to vote and wouldn't miss this opportunity. of course, that lift from taylor

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happened here in pennsylvania making a big difference for democrats. several of those seats switching as was expected and democrats picking up new seats in the house helping the democrats get control of the house now. one of the interesting story lines here in pennsylvania, four women will now be going to d.c. as congresswomen. prior to the night not a single woman was in d.c. in congress from the state of pennsylvania. that is all changing. the former governor and mayor of philadelphia, ed rendell, dubbing these four women the fab four. these fab four women making a pact with each other they will now be in d.c. together as freshmen congresswomen going through that experience together as well. i'm in swarthmore, pennsylvania, eva pilgrim, abc news. and colorado has made history in this election. >> the democrat, jared polis

will be the state's next governor. >> he is the first openly gay man to win a governor's race in the u.s. he is also colorado's first jewish governor. >> in colorado we dream, we dare and we do, whether it's embracing big ideas or hiking our amazing mountains. we don't back down when something is challenging. we see problems as opportunities in our state of colorado. >> the nation's first openly gay governor, new jersey's jim mcgreevey came out when he was in office in 2004. the first two native american women both democrats have been elected to the house. sharice davids took her race in kansas, and debre haaland won hers in new mexico. >> and two democrats in the midwest will be the first muslim women to serve in congress. rashida tlaib won in michigan, and ilhan omar who came to the united states as a refugee more than two decades

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>> there's a lot of craziness going on, and i don't know, feel like now with everybody's vote we -- everybody can see how their votes should matter. >> california allows voters to apply for emergency vote by mail ballots up through election day. lady gaga sent an election day message to her fans on twitter. >> yes, she did. she sent this photo with the caption, if you're in line, stay in line. every vote counts and stay in line quickly started trending and twitter said at one point the hashtag was used 400 times a minute. >> a lot of celebs using social media to get people out to vote. e.

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come january, you can kind of forget about legislating. what do those investigations look like and what does this mean for the next presidential campaign? >> the democrats are going to try to pass some bills in the house because they know that going forward, they have to be able to show what they stand for and what democratic government could look like. so i imagine they will try to pass something on health care, maybe on gun control, some of these issues where they feel like things are turning in their direction. >> let's talk about nancy pelosi for a second here because a lot of these people who got voted in ran on the fact that they wouldn't vote for nancy as speaker and last time she ran for speaker, there were 60 plus votes against her. will she be the speaker? >> probably. it's hard to bet against nancy pelosi who has quite a stronghold on the democratic party, but you're exactly right. democrats did very well in areas where they ran outsider candidates who ran on being new to politics and asking for a new generation in the democratic party. >> people are already talking about 2020. so what does all of this mean for the next election?

>> well, i think first president trump can probably forget about having to worry about a primary challenger. i think he got enough of a referendum from republicans that it's going to be almost impossible to choke him off on the republican side. maybe he has an independent challenger but that's different and in terms of the democrats there are a couple of potential stars that didn't break through, beto o'rourke as you were talking about earlier, is one of them. the folks that won tonight are the next generation, and the question is who do the democrats put forward? >> the country will get to know new democratic governors around the country in kansas, illinois, michigan, new mexico, and we don't really know yet how those governors are going to play against this president. will they bring lawsuits? will they try to expand medicaid and will they try to govern in a way where they set themselves up as potential 2020 candidates? >> maryalice parks and rick klein. nancy pelosi overnight in her speech said they are going to go after the president's income tax. so -- >> we shall see. we'll see about that and

we'll see about some of the races that are still hanging in the balance waiting on those results. >> we are watching those. for some of you your local news is next. this morning on a special election edition of "america this morning" -- >> tonight is a victory for the people of texas. >> this resistance began with women, and it is being led by women tonight. >> neither a blue wave nor a crimson tide as the house goes blue, but the senate gets redder. pelosi declares victory. >> today is more than about democrats and republicans, it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. while trump sings success. overnight some races down to the