abc. good morning, america. breaking news. the midterm elections make history. overnight, democrats take the house, promising a check on trump. >> tomorrow will be a new day in america. but republicans gain key seats in the senate. >> thank you for believing in america. thank you for believing in our future. thank you for believing what we could yet achieve. >> as americans vote in record numbers, president trump declares the night a tremendous success. the election being called the year of the women. full of firsts. the youngest ever now heading to congress and two native american women and two muslim women, now all congresswomen, part of a record number set to join the house. but some of the races at this hour still too close to call. like that high-stakes battle in georgia --

>> there are voices that were waiting to be heard. we're going to make sure that every vote is counted. [ applause ] every single vote. >> and for so many other high-profile candidates, the emotional end of a long campaign. >> tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas or this country. >> now the questions this morning. how do we move f split congress and a divided country? what does it mean for health care and immigration? the trump presidency? our team spread out around the country after a night of history. good morning, america. we appreciate you joining us on this wednesday morning. yes, after that historymaking midterm election. >> a record number of americans voting, an estimated 113 million, and, george, you were up all night anchoring the coverage.

>> i was, and they're going to be counting those votes for days and weeks to come. a lot of dramatic swings, a lot of cliff hangers. one thing for sure, voters revealed a deeply divided country in so many ways, a passionate country as well. here's where things stand right now. democrats have taken control of the house. we see that right there, they're likely to add 30-something seats but right now at 28. the senate republicans have picked up two seats so far but we still have three big races out there that could add to that. and in the states, democrats replaced gop governors in six states. president trump is calling the split decision a tremendous success. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega starts us off right here in times square. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. president trump may be feeling victorious after last night's results but now two years into his presidency voters have jolted major changes into his party's control of power. american voters making their voices heard at the ballot box. >> i couldn't imagine not being at the polls today. i hope everybody will be. >> reporter: with tensions

running high, the president's influence looming across the country. >> i cannot stand the president. i think he's just a faker and a liar and i hope he gets impeached. >> i love president trump. what can i say? democrats flipped nearly 30 seats from red to blue. >> thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in america. >> reporter: sweeping democrats into control of the house with the power to act as a check on the president. >> it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. >> reporter: the takeover started close to washington. democrat jennifer wexton taking a virginia suburban house seat from barbara comstock and wexton among more than 100 women projected to head to congress after last night's results. >> i've been saying since the beginning of this campaign that change is coming to america. >> reporter: now the message from the white house is firm. >> the president's agenda isn't going to change regardless of

whose party is there. >> reporter: throughout the campaign, the president said this election was a referendum on his presidency. >> in a sense i am on the ticket. >> reporter: his advisers now deflecting blame. >> a lot of those consultants who certainly have enriched themselves through these races and perhaps lost some of the races are now going to blame the president here and they should think about that because candidates in campaigns matter. >> reporter: they point to the places where the president held rallies and republicans won, like in texas where he campaigned for senator ted cruz. overnight, cruz winning a tight race against democrat beto o'rourke whose energetic campaign brought him within striking distance of the firebrand senator. >> i am as inspired, 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. >> reporter: republicans not only retaining control of the senate but gaining several important seats.

in indiana, republican mike braun defeating incumbent joe donnelly, and in missouri, republican josh hawley unseating incumbent claire mccaskill. in north dakota, another big republican pickup, kevin cramer defeating heidi heitkamp in a state that president trump won. but democrats made gains in other state races taking control of more governors' seats, at least six, including michigan, illinois, kansas and new mexico, but in georgia, a potentially historic outcome is still on the line. >> i promise you tonight we'll make sure that every vote is counted. >> reporter: though down in the returns, georgia democrat stacey abrams says she'll continue to fight to be the country's first black female governor. >> we believe our chance for a stronger georgia is just within reach. >> reporter: on the stump the president's dark rhetoric often taking center stage. >> if you want more caravans, if you want more crime, vote democrat tomorrow. >> reporter: some newly elected

including those backed by the president now calling for a change in tone. >> the one thing i would love to see change in politics is it's gotten way too nasty on both sides. >> reporter: well, we will see if that changes this morning. the president's tone is celebratory. he's once again touting a big victory on twitter and we now expect to hear from him later today, a press conference in just a few hours. sources tell us he is thrilled with the election results, especially those states where he campaigned like indiana and north dakota, big senate seats. >> he could go on for some time at that press conference. also last night he called the democratic leader nancy pelosi. the question is now, are there places they can work together? >> he called to extend congratulations and applaud her call for bipartisanship. look, there potentially could be some cooperation on things like infrastructure but they have to pass a funding bill. they're facing a government shutdown in a matter of weeks. >> yeah, in the lame-duck session.

let's bring in mary bruce. nancy pelosi likely to be the speaker of the house, not certain. her majority fueled by this huge influx of women. >> this is the most diverse congress in u.s. history. voters jolted the makeup of the house, marking a dramatic shift in the gender divide, more than 100 women protected to come to the hill, two muslim women, two native american and the youngest, alexandria ocasio-cortez, just 29 years old, and, george, so many of these firsts also first-time candidates. >> one of the things that nancy pelosi said last night this congress elected the check and balance president trump. >> get ready, we are going to see a lot of hearings and a lot of subpoenas. democrats are going to investigate everything from conflicts of interest to the president's tax returns to russian collusion but don't expect any action on that big questipet t t yeered a ar ader pelosi, whete will be speaker, that's not a done deal yet either.

she likely will have some convincing to do but no one is raising their hand to challenge her. >> ty llg for let's go to robin. >> as you've been talking about there are other big races around the country at this hour. the results in the governor's race in georgia as we've been talking about, too close to call, and that's where stacey abrams is trying to make history as the first african-american woman governor in the u.s. steve osunsami is now there outside of atlanta with the latest. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. the thing to take a look here at are the absentee ballots. we don't know how many that are out there, those ballots that are mailed in, but stacey abrams believes that there are about 77,000 of those ballots still to be counted and that her campaign only needs a net increase of about 24,000 of those ballots to push this into a runoff. brian kemp, who is the current secretary of state, the republican candidate, admitted that there are still votes to be counted but believes that his camp has the math in their favor. they're going to be arguing over this all week and if there is a runoff, it will take place in less than a month. robin. >> something to keep in mind,

steve, thank you. georgia is just one of a handful of races too close to call this morning. the results also too close to call in the senate races in arizona and florida and that's where whit johnson is at the state house there in tallahassee. good morning to you, whit. >> reporter: yes, good morning. yes, despite the razor-thin margins, the crucial important swing state of florida still delivering big victories for the republicans and specifically to president donald trump and his agenda. the man who will be governor here, republican congressman ron desantis, rode the trump wave all the way to victory. the president essentially hand picked desantis early on in the primary process. now, the progressive candidate, tallahassee mayor andrew gillum, actually surprised his supporters by conceding the race before many of the major networks were projecting a winner. now, in that senate battle you mentioned, republican governor rick scott declared victory over three-term democrat bill nelson. that race also too close for abc

news and others to call, less than a 1% margin. nelson did not officially concede the race overnight, but a spokesperson acknowledged they didn't get the results they wanted and said nelson would make a full statement sometime today. if those results hold, florida would get two republican senators serving together for the first time in more than 100 years. robin. >> all right, whit, always seems to be such tight races there in florida. but to texas where ted cruz fought off a tough battle from democrat beto o'rourke and held on to his senate seat. paula faris is in el paso and, yes, o'rourke lost, but we're hearing about the beto effect still in effect, paula. >> reporter: yeah, we sure are. good morning to you, robin. texas democrats hoping for a victory instead got hope for 2020. this race was a lot tighter than a lot of people expected it to be. a record amount, $110 million, was poured into this state, into this particular race. in his concession speech last night, congressman beto o'rourke said he's more hopeful than he's ever been about texas and the tr

he said he called senator cruz and told him that he would work with him any time anywhere over the divisiveness in this country, but if you look at beto's platform, he was out there on the stump campaigning for health care and unity and dreamers. rarely, if ever, was there a mention of the economy. you just wonder if that platform was a little too progressive for texas. cruz certainly thinks so, and robin, republicans here call him, quote, a shiny new penny. >> okay, 2020 -- i know we're just getting finished with 2018 but 2020, and you talked to beto o'rrke abou possibility of running for president. >> reporter: i asked him if there was a scenario where he would run for president and he said, "no, punto, period." he said he would be surprised if beto didn't run and cruz who famously ran during his first term, i said will you serve your full term?

he said unequivocally, he will serve his full term. a lot to be determined down here in texas. >> a lot to be determined and i've lost count how many people have said no and then end up in the process of running. >> reporter: ever. >> paula, thank you so much. michael. >> thank you, robin. now let's take a closer look at who voted and what motivated them to vote. abc's chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas is here with that. good morning, tom. >> michael, good morning to you. let's take a look who voted and why using our abc news exit polls. first up, michael, let's talk about gender. it was a historic night for women but the percentage of voters who were women was actually one point lower than in 2016. 48% were men, 52% were women. now what was up was the record number of women on the ballot and now headed to congress. the other factor we're looking at is the youth vote. we heard so much bit. just 13% of voters aged 18 to 29 participated last night, according to the exit polls.

we had seen a record number of new voter registrations and observers speculated by a record youth vote but it appears we did not see that. for the last two years president trump has dominated, michael, you know this, nearly every single political story and his party did gain seats in the senate with his help. >> how much did he really influence the voters? >> this is interesting. 26% said that supporting the president was a motivating factor. you see it right there. 38% said opposing trump was their motivating factor, but a third, 33%, say trump was not a factor at all. and one piece of data, michael, and this is interesting, the president is likely to jump on the issue of the mueller investigation into alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign. a majority of voters, 54%, say they believe robert mueller's probe is politically motivated. he's going to have a news conference later today. i wonder if we're going to hear about this. >> well, i'm pretty sure we will. thank you for breaking it all down for us, tom. all right, george. >> i think you're right about that, michael. let's bring in our political panel right now, jon karl, former new jersey governor, chris christie, chief political

analyst matthew dowd and democratic strategist donna brazile. math thur, let me begin with you. you can cut the results ino ny . it's almost like we have two different countries living inside our borders. >> and each are doing well among their group. as i said last night on the election outcome, it's geography where republicans have more red states and more areas, and democrats have demography which is a growing group of voters that are voting more with them. they won the popular vote overwhelmingly last night but it doesn't do either side any good and that's why we had another split decision to run up the score in home games but not be able to score in away games and that's what each side is doing. >> president trump won where he campaigned, no question about that. he's added to his his majority but he's waking up to a new world in washington this morning. >> it's an entirely new world. the democrats are in control of the house. they will control the agenda in the house and they will be issuing subpoenas left and right, not just personally investigating the president but his administration. those republicans have been protecting him.

now the democrats that are in charge will be going after him but, george, remember, this is a majority for the democrats between 9 and 12 seats, a very narrow majority in the house, even narrower than what john boehner had when he was speaker and saw how hard it was for him. >> difficult for nancy pelosi if she's the leader to deal with and it's a very, very different house now, donna. >> no question, george. it's younger. it is also experienced. it's fresh and what democrats wanted most yesterday was to have a seat at the table so that we can litigate issues like health care, protecting people with pre-existing conditions. this was a historic loss for a president with low approval ratings but a good, strong economy. democrats are going to go back to washington, d.c., and sit down with donald trump and try to come up with a bargain on health care, infrastructure and, of course, lowering taxes for the middle class. >> that is next year. a lot to get through this year first. chris, you're a former governor of new jersey. the story in the states last night, democrats pick up six seats, six switches.

on the other hand, republicans hold the big state, florida and ohio. >> yeah, i think when we were talking about that, the fact there were 26 governorships that the republicans were defending and 12 were open seats, in that situation you know you'll lose some. they lost some last night. i think the biggest disappointment was losing scott walker in wisconsin, a senior governor going for his third term, his fourth run in eight years, so i think that was disappointing but holding on to ohio and florida, enormous not only for 2020 but for redistricting in '21-'22. >> you have known president trump for many years and worked with him on many things. he's going to come out with his first press conference after the defeat in the house. is there any way he can change -- he's not going to change his style but his manner of governing? >> oh, yeah, and i think he will. you know, i think for his core issues for him. the things he really cares about are the trade issue and the

immigration issue and i don't know that you'll see a lot of change in there but i do think you'll see him reach out to democrats on issues like infrastructure, on issues like prison and sentencing reform, and try to cut some deals where he can make the argument in 2020, hey, i've been bipartisan and i passed these things with them. >> he could get democratic allies on trade. >> he could, absolutely, and on infrastructure, this could have been how he started his presidency but now, george, we're looking at a trillion-dollar deficit. there's not much money left to come out with a big expensive new infrastructure bill. >> the problem is the tribes of each side are giving each side no incentive. they won't give nancy pelosi incentive to cut any deals and they're not going to give donald trump incentive to cut any deals. >> when you're giving away money everybody has insensitive and governors all over the country -- >> the debt continues to increase. >> of course. but new democratic governors are going to say, send that money to help me rebuild my infrastructure. >> democrats raise the debt ceiling and the democrats won't turn a blind eye to the kind of

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welcome back to "gma." that is a live look at the capitol. historymaking midterm elections last night. record number of americans voted, 113 million, that's a new record, and we saw those huge lines all across the country. >> it was pouring down rain in new york city and that did not prevent people from getting out there and joining those lines. >> waiting for hours to vote and democrats taking control of the house gaining at least 2 8 se tico the senate, gaining at least two seats, and democrats have also replaced repes. it was also as we've been telling you a historical night for women. a lot of firsts there. two candidates becoming the first native american congresswomen and two muslim women also making history. and we saw many celebrities trying to get out the vote posting their support on social media, taylor swift and beyonce

among those out there doing what they could to get people out to vote. we'll have much more on the election coming up. but now we have other stories to get to. >> we'll begin with those new developments in that story involving a father accused of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters. he appeared in court striking a plea deal and abc's clayton sandell is in denver with the very latest. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this was an unexpected turn. chris watts in court pleading guilty to murdering his family in a deal to save his own life. in a dramatic about-face, the man once considered a devoted husband and father praised by his wife on facebook. >> he was the one for me and he is amazing. >> reporter: now admitting to murdering her and their two young girls. >> my daddy is a hero. >> reporter: leaving their d anri aicreis colorado oil of suburban bliss. 34-year-old shanann watts, her

daughters bella, 4, and 3-year-old celeste vanished from their home august 13th. the next day -- >> if you're out there, just come back. >> reporter: watts pleaded for their safe return but also hinted at marriage trouble. >> it wasn't like an argument. we had an emotional conversation but i'll leave it at that but -- i just want them back. >> reporter: but a day later police say he confessed to driving their bodies there leaving the girls submerged in oil tanks. shanann in a shallow grave. >> this is absolutely the worst possible outcome that any of us could imagine. >> reporter: investigators say chris watts was having an affair with a co-worker, a day after his interview admitting he killed his wife soon after telling her he wanted to separate. but he claimed he only strangled shanann after she killed the girls, a story prosecutors never believed. >> frankly, a flat-out lie has been corrected. the spotlight shines directly where it belongs on him. >> reporter: shanann's parents were in the courtroom tuesday as

watts held back tears, his voice cracking, pleading guilty to each charge including unlawful termination of a pregnant. shanann was 15 weeks pregnant. >> so pink means -- >> that's just the test. >> i know, the pink is going to be girl. >> i don't know. >> that's awesome. >> reporter: shanann's family is expected to speak in court when watts is sentenced on november 19th. michael. >> clayton, with this plea deal prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. >> reporter: that's correct. it is off the table but watts will have to serve consecutive life sentences in prison and there is no possibility of parole, michael. >> tough story. robin. >> really is, michael. now that urgent safety warning from boeing about their brand-new 737 jets after that deadly crash in indonesia. now concerns about a feature that could malfunction causing planes to abruptly dive. our senior transportation correspondent david kerley is in washington with more on all this. good morning, david.

>> reporter: good morning, robin. it was just hours ago that boeing sent word to airlines a safety feature on the aircraft could actually malfunction sending the aircraft into a quick nosedive. it's an admission by the company that there is a potential glitch in its newest aircraft. it is boeing's fastest selling plane ever, the 737 max, but this latest version of one of the most popular jets in the world can apparently suffer a serious software glitch. boeing, this morning, issuing a notice to airlines that a senso eep nodi. this jet is already flying in the fleets of southwest and american airlines. this morning's warning com the crash of an indonesian lion air 73713 minutes after takeoff, what killed all 189 on board. there is no indication the sensor failure caused the crash, but did it confuse the pilots? indonesian investigators have only said publicly the black box

from the jet indicated it had another problem with an airspeed indicator on four flights. the boeing notice doesn't call for inspections or changes, just telling airlines to refer back to the manual. so pilots know what to do if this sensor issue sends a jet into a nosedive. >> it's extremely rare, but crews are trained to be able to handle it and so, one of the questions that comes in, if that was what was involved in lion air, did the crew respond incorrectly? >> reporter: the indonesians are scrambling to try to find the second black box, the voice recorder which could provide more clues as to what actually caused that crash. so, this glitch can cause a problem but it should not cause a crash which is why we still need to know what else happened inside that 737 max 8 from lion air. which crashed off the waters of indonesia. robin. >> boeing isn't making any chachx to any of these aircrafts going forward?

>> reporter: so far the notice to the airlines only says, listen, go check the manual. make sure your pilots understand what to do. you can disengage the safety system and just fly the aircraft. so, so far no inspections, no change to the aircraft from boeing at this point. >> really telling the pilots to check their manuals? >> reporter: the experts will tell you should be able to fly it. if this feature kicks in because the plane thinks it's stalling so nosedives to get speed. if you disconnect it and just fly straight and level, you should be able to continue your flight. >> got it. all right. as always, david, thank you. coming up here, remember the candidate whose siblings turned on him in a campaign ad and we'll tell you what happened overnight. what these identical twins up for election on opposite sides of the aisle are saying about last night's result. plus, why the girl scouts are taking the boy scouts to court.

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back now with more on the midterms. we know they revealed a country divided in so many ways sometimes within families and the twin sisters running on opposite sides of the aisle to siblings who crusaded against their brother's campaign and chris connelly has more. >> reporter: good morning, george. it looked like some families might have more on their minds this thanksgiving than who is going to stuff the turkey. especially with one group of siblings openly opposing their brother's re-election bid. arizona congressman paul gosar was whacked with this attack by six of his brothers and sisters. >> my name is tim gosar. >> david gosar.

>> joan gosar. >> grace gosar. >> jennifer gosar. >> paul gosar is my brother. >> reporter: only his mother had his back, telling "the new york times" he's done a hell of a job for arizona and they love him. he survived the family feud at the ballot box handily winning his re-election bid and tweeting a shout-out to opponent david brill. i hope to see brill for congress at thanksgiving with my large, somewhat dysfunctional, crazy and wonderful family. while across the country, sibling drama heated up some hotly contested races. even these identical twin sisters were divided by party. jessica ann tyson, a republican, and monica sparks, a democrat, running in neighboring districts for seats on the board of commissioners in kent county, michigan. >> we don't have fights. mom and dad never allowed to us argue but we do have very spirited discussions. >> reporter: last night tyson losing and sparks winning her

race. >> it's very bittersweet. she's my twin and so i'm excited that she came over here with me. >> reporter: but between these twins there's nothing but love. >> i wanted her to know as her sister how much i love her, how much i support her as an individual, and i'm proud of her. >> both: remember that the right wing and the left wing belong to the same bird. >> so i guess in politics the message is love conquers, well maybe not all but some, george. >> some, it sure does. that's not a dysfunctional family at all. they seem to be getting along fine. >> no, i know. the last family. >> that's right. >> the first family, that bird at thanksgiving won't be too comfortable. >> thank you, chris. all right, you guys, coming up, sticker shock. that's how these "i voted" stickers, we'll tell you how they may have affected numbers at the polls. and in our next hour, the new twist in angelina jolie and brad pitt's custody battle. we'll be right back.

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yeah! (music throughout) we are back now with election day sticker shock. photos like these are trending all over social media. the question is this morning is, did they help drive people to the polls? well, lara is here with more. good morning, lara. >> a lot of people think they do. these stickers have become all the rage and the government reportedly spends more than $30 million to dole them out to voters each cycle. they're the stickered selfies

flooding social media from celebrities to families, to four-legged friends. stickers simply proclaiming, "i voted." these commodities so hot some voters even making their own when their polling stations ran out. >> that sticker was a symbol of unity and creative expression and freedom ultimately to do that. >> reporter: but could these stickered selfies actually be driving folks to vote? one recent study, looking at data from 61 million facebook users, found that people who saw pro-voting posts were more likely to try to do the same themselves. the study's author telling mashable the effect of one selfie is very small but millions of people posting these can actually have a large, impactful effect. everyone trying to do their part to get people to the polls even by putting their "i voted" stickers wherever they can find room. with record-breaking lines --

another trend hitting social media the #stayinline and here are tweets from, hillary clinton and marco rubio, celebrities like lady gaga and leonardo dicaprio encouraging voters to #stayinline. so people really love these stickers, right? chrissy teigen even tweeting, i didn't get a sticker and i'm feeling rather left out, so at first she blamed it on the fact she cast an absentee ballot but, when informed that with the ballot should have come one of the stickers, she immediately demanded to know if it was her husband, john legend, who threw it away. >> blame it on john. >> yes. >> but these stickers are kind of like a status symbol now. has it always been that way? they're not new. >> i love what you said. they are a badge of honor, i voted. been around the 1980s. just a note, just for the next time around, be careful where you take your photos with them. more than a third of states ban photos inside their polling places. >> i think our family committed

voter fraud. >> what? >> this is ali with our dog cooper.ck >> no criminal activity happened in the stephanopoulos house. >> priceless. thank you, lara. coming up, we have a very special, very special "deals & steals." we have your first look at oprah's favorite things and they're all 50% off. and the break dancing dad. how this father changed his life but, oh, he's busting moves out there. what his family thinks about it. don't hurt yourself. >> looks impressive. >> he's here live this morning. impressive. >> he's here this morning.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the midterm elections make history overnight. democrats take the house flipping more than 30 seats from red to blue. >> tomorrow will be a new day in america. >> but republicans gain key seats in the senate as americans turn out to vote in record numbers, and record numbers of women sweep into power. at least 101 women projected to win house seats. this, as president trump declares the night a tremendous success. the democrats promise to check trump. new questions this morning. scout showdown. the girl scouts sue the boy scouts filing a federal lawsuit. we'll tell you why. also this morning, could brad pitt and angelina jolie be headed to court for a custody trial over their six children? the latest on their bitter battle. ♪ and would you start

breakdancing in your 50s? the dad so many are clicking on as he busts a move. how did he get started and how breakdancing changed his life. he's showing it all off this morning. ♪ and get ready for a blockbuster "deals & steals." oprah's favorite things revealed. we'll show you what deals she's a huge fan of. >> oh, oh, oh. fantastic! >> it's only here this morning and look who is saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ and good morning, oprah. great to have all of you with us this morning, this post-midterm election. how are you hanging in there, george? >> i feel pretty good. >> you are? >> yeah, i could use a nap. >> i'm sure a lot of people feel that way this morning. >> just don't sit still for too long. you'll be all right. but we're all excited for oprah's favorite things and take a look. we've got savings so big that we

had to get tory johnson and we had to get our audience involved and all i got to say, it's yummy, and you could say they're popping. >> gee, i wonder what that is. we are taking a look at the midterms as well. democrats took the house last night as we've been saying. the final numbers coming in, likely to gain more than 30 seats there in the house. republicans extended their gains in the senate. president trump campaigned for senate candidates and called the night a tremendous success. i want to bring in our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega for more and the president already taking off on twitter against those who po result. >> yeah, we knew he was going to be taking credit for this one. president trump is feeling good this morning. the white house has just announced we'll be hearing from him in a press conference in just a few minutes. american voters making their voices heard at the ballot box. those votes turning to change in the house where democrats ouste d nearly 30 seats from r nstitution cand balances to the trump

administration. >> reporter: the takeover started close to washington. democrat jennifer wexton taking a virginia suburban house seat from republican barbara comstock. wexton among more than 100 women projected to head to congress after last night's results. >> change is coming to america. >> reporter: now the message from the white house is firm. >> the president's agenda isn't going to change regardless of whose party is there. >> reporter: throughout the campaign, the president said this election was a referendum on his presidency. >> in a sense i am on the ticket. >> reporter: his advisers now deflecting blame. >> a lot of those consultants who certainly have enriched themselves through these races, and perhaps lost some of the races, are now going to blame the president here and they should think about that. >> reporter: they point to the places where the president held rallies and republicans won like in texas where he campaigned for senator ted cruz. overnight, cruz winning a tight race against democrat beto o'rourke whose energetic campaign brought him within striking distance of the

firebrand senator. >> tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas or this country. >> reporter: republicans not only retaining control of the senate but gaining several important seats. in indiana, republican mike braun defeating incumbent joe donnelly, and in missouri, republican josh hawley unseating incumbent claire mccaskill. in north dakota, another big republican pickup, kevin cramer defeating heidi heitkamp in a state that president trump won. and democrats made gains in other state races taking control of more governor seats at least six including illinois, michigan, new mexico and kansas, but in georgia that potentially historic outcome still on the line. that's democrat stacey abrams waiting to find out what's going on in her race and we also heard from winners including those who were backed by the president now calling for a change in tone. >> we will see if that happens, cecilia, thanks very much. >> we could see it as soon as

the press conference and see how his tone will be. these midterm elections have literally changed the face of congress, many historic firsts. let's bring back senior congressional correspondent mary bruce with all those details. good morning again. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this new class looks like nothing we've ever seen before, the most diverse congress in u.s. history. voters here have dramatically shifted the gender divide. more than 100 women projected to be coming to capitol hill including two muslim women, two native american women. in massachusetts, ayanna pressley will become the first african-american woman to represent her state in congress, and here in new york, the youngest woman ever elected to congress, alexandria ocasio-cortez, just 29 years old. and, robin, so many of these firsts also first-time candidates. >> got to keep that in mind. all right, mary, thank you. coming up, scout showdown. why the girl scouts are taking the boy scouts to court. and holiday shoppers, are you listening, what the only thing better than "deals & steals"? when you throw in oprah's favorite things. we've got your first look and

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take a look, we can't wait to see what is making oprah so happy. yes. [ cheers and applause ] her favorite things this year is coming up but first a little "pop news" there. >> yes, robin roberts. good morning to you and to you. we begin with a long overdue honor for mr. michael douglas. it has taken 50 years in the biz but the man who brought us "fatal attraction," "wall street," "romancing the stone" finally got his name set in stone on the hollywood walk of fame. [ applause ] hang on to these pictures, please. let's just take that in. 50 years he has waited. brought us so many incredible film moments. michael's wife catherine zeta-jones was by his side along with his son cam and his co-star in "the china syndrome," jane fonda, who said in her speech about her friend, it's about time. but making the momt en

sweet was this man, ready? there he is, yeah, that's michael's dad, hollywood legend, kirk douglas, 101 years old. [ applause ] >> still looks good. >> yeah. michael telling the crowd between tears, it means so much, dad, that you were here today. i'll say it simply and with all my heart i am proud to be your son. >> so nice. >> took way too long. >> took way too long. when you think about some of the names that you see on the hollywood walk of fame, michael douglas so well deserved. [ applause ] also in "pop news" this morning, the holiday season is upon us and that means it's time for all those wonderful, warm, fuzzy christmas movies. [ applause ] the king of the genre, the hallmark channel, has 37 different fluffy flicks airing in the upcoming weeks and now we

give you a podcast to offer some help in choosing which to watch first. it is called "deck the hallmark." it's hosted by these three guys who sit around watching the movies giving you their every daniel and daniel review and dish and they all have very different viewpoints. their tag line, three guys reviewing all 37 hallmark christmas movies in 2018, what could go wrong? [ applause ] i thought that was funny. >> a podcast for everything. >> absolutely. yeah. you have a thought, there's a podcast. and finally, this is sort of in the same vein, george. what do you do when you get dressed up and it's cold out and you have a lot of money? you consider the puffer gown. >> what? >> please take a look at this. >> lara. >> it's like a chic sleeping bag. >> chic?

>> they're kind of fun to look at. listen, this eye candy is free to look it's but 2 grand plus if you want to buy it. the hybrid comes from the desitindtwr branclr. to be combined. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> i'll tell you right now the fact that it's valentino and montclair, somebody will buy it and we'll watch them walk down a new york city street, i guarantee. >> absolutely. the shot that we saw this morning of all of them, you couldn't look away. so there you have it, everybody. that's "pop news." >> thank you, lara. as always. [ applause ] we move on now to our "gma" cover story, that scout showdown. the girl scouts are suing the boy scouts after the boy scouts dropped the word "boy" from their name and started inviting girls to join their ranks and, t.j., i know have you this for us. >> we just had a nasty election cycle. divided government.

democrat versus republican. now the boys and the girl scouts can't even get along. we're in trouble. the boy scouts want to start including girls, okay. but the girl scouts say that inclusion takes something away from them. their very identity. >> what are you doing? >> reporter: renee is showing how to start a fire. >> this is a fire starter. >> reporter: a skill this girl learned in her boy scout troop. >> i like to go kayaking and i like to go hiking and go outdoors. >> reporter: the century-old boy scouts of america organization began enrolling girls into its cub scouts this past summer. >> she likes more outdoorsy things and hiking, kayaking, things like that, so the boy scouts fit right in. >> reporter: and say its flagship program known simply as the boy scouts will get a name change early next year. it will drop the word boy and be called scouts bsa and accept

girls, and the girl scouts say they aren't having it. the girl scouts say they believe the name change is confusing, causing people to think the two groups merged or that the girl scouts no longer exists. the girl scouts of america filed a federal trademark lawsuit to prevent the name change saying, the suit is standard practice in any field and we did what any brand, company, corporation or organization would do to protect its intellectual property, the value of its brand in the marketplace and to defend its good name. the boy scouts say their decision to expand our program offerings for girls came after years of requests from families who wanted the option of the bsa's character and leadership-development programs for their children, boys and girls. on the boy scouts' homepage you see just as many girls as boys in each of the pictures. but some girls aren't signing up for the boy scouts because of confusion. >> i chose the boy scouts because it's fun. >> now, a lot has to do with numbers.

the boy scouts had 5 million, the membership in the '70s, down to about 2 million, so trying to get the numbers up, but get this, the girl scouts, front page of their website says this, in a world of boys clubs, give your girl a place of her own. so they're trying to hold on -- this is a special place for girls. >> it's going to be a fight and rightly so. i'm a lifetime member of the girl scouts and i remember i played sports and that was great but being around other girls and being taught leadership and not having to because at that age, you know, sometimes when you're a girl and a boy, the side is a little bit to the boys. >> let us have our own place is what they're saying. >> you know it's something when you start stomping when do the lead-in. >> first the elections, and now the boys and the girls can't even get along. >> over to you, michael. >> can't we all just get along, that's right, t. now to that new twist in the bitter custody battle between angelina jolie and brad pitt. we've now learned the stars are set to take their final -- their fight to trial next month if

they can't reach an agreement. abc's diane macedo is here with the latest on this battle. >> we're continuing the theme of can't we all just get along. after two years of back and forth brad pitt and angelina jolie still cannot reach terms for custody of their six children, and now the clock is ticking. if they can't reach an agreement by early next month, a judge will likely be making that decision for them. >> satisfied? >> not for years. >> reporter: they were once hollywood's biggest power couple. now, brad pitt and angelina jolie could be headed to court their six children. new court documents filed in los angeles say a custody trial is set to begin on december 4th. >> the date can sort of focus the mind so it's a possibility they might sort things out, but they are headed there and it's less than a month. >> reporter: the exes have been battling since their split in 2016, and custody arrangements for their kids have been a particular point of contention. in august, jolie filed public court documents accusing pitt of not paying meaningful child support. pitt slammed the allegations

filing documents saying, in addition to paying over $1.3 million in child support, he also loaned jolie $8 million to buy a los angeles home where he says she and the children currently live. >> it's been kind of nasty and testy and there's been accusations on her side that he's not paying child support. he claims that he's loaned her millions of dollars and doesn't know what she's talking about, so they seem to have a distance to go. >> reporter: and in june the court ordered jolie to help repair the relationship between pitt and the children or risk losing primary custody. >> california law favors joint custody when you have two loving parents and it doesn't matter if those parents are high profile, a-list celebrities or everyday working people. >> reporter: so far neither side is commenting but a source tells "gma," jolie is not seeking sole custody. she continues to support the reconciliation of the children with their father and that both parties are actually still working toward an out-of-court settlement so they're still ho without that judge. >> hopefully they can do it without obviously public and being in court and also do

what's best for the kids. hopefully it works out. >> they also hired a private judge so this will all be settled in a private courtroom if it does go to court. >> even better. diane, thank you so much. i'll throw it three feet to my right to ginger. >> i'm like right behind him. [ applause ] >> there you go. >> yeah. time for your "gma" moment and i don't know about you but i am always so impressed with the river dancers. did you know that they're letting dogs into it now? ♪ yep. that is scooter, and scooter is from columbus, ohio, and he's just wanting the sweater off really. send your "gma" moments right to my facebook page so we can share with everybody else.

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♪ i wanna dance with somebody >> welcome back to "gma." it is great to have you all with us this morning and we're -- >> i still have on my slippers. >> i'm jealous. [ applause ] >> but i have a question. since we work here, are we still eligible to get the voucher so i can get a pair? >> sure. >> i like that. robin says it, it's true. we are dubbing this would you look at that wednesday. we're not talking about robin's shoes even though we should but talking about this video you just have to see. take a look at this 60-year-old break-dancer. yes, 60 years old. amazing. >> that's ben hart. he's competing at a break dancing competition in philadelphia. he may not have won but i tell you what he is winning over a

lot of people on the internet. he really is. >> he's winning over a lot of people on the internet. and our producers said, what's that, ben or benihana as he's known in the break dancing world. he's here this morning in our oh, erhe is, b show us what you got. ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ i'm not internationally known but i'm known to rock the microphone ♪ ♪ because i get stupid i mean outrageous ♪ ♪ stay away from me if you're contagious 'cause i'm the winner no i'm not a loser ♪ ♪ to be an emcee is what i choose ladies love me girls adore me ♪ ♪ i mean even the ones who never saw me like the way that i rhyme at a show the reason why, man, i don't know ♪ ♪ so let's go 'cause it takes two ♪

[ cheers and applause ] >> oh, man, that was awesome. there you go. i mean, they want to shake your hand. >> awesome. >> i want a hug. i want a hug. that was fantastic. >> i just got to say -- >> good for you. >> love the hat too. >> i'm going to hold this for you. that was amazing. and you didn't start break dancing until you were in your 50s. >> right. >> what did you do, wake up one morning and say i want to be a b boy? what happened? >> i'm out of breath right now. you know, a friend of mine who runs break dancing events, knew him since high school, said when are going to come to one of my break dances? i said, okay, i'll go. i'm just amazed. i went and looked at this and thought, i'm just amazed at the level of athleticism here. and i thought it would be a lot more fun than running on a treadmill for 45 minutes, going to the gym. so i met a guy there.

one of the top breakers and said would you be willing to be my trainer, fitness, so he said, sure and so that's what happened. >> and now all over the place. >> ben, it is very athletic. you're truly out of breath right now. >> oh, yeah. >> it's legit and sometimes there can be some injuries. i'm not saying you broke a hip or anything but has anything ever happened? >> my wife does want to make sure my health insurance is paid up. [ applause ] disability, life insurance. >> you have broken -- >> i've broken a couple of fingers, a couple ribs, toes. >> a contact sport. >> because i wasn't doing it right so that taught me to do it correctly. >> there you go. >> break something, don't do that. >> i didn't do that in football. i didn't break all that stuff. fingers, toes, ribs. >> i'm glad you mentioned your family. what do they think of this new life? >> completely embarrassed. >> oh, no, no, no. [ laughter ] like it's like, dad, what are you doing? other dads aren't doing this. >> they should be proud because

watching the video and watching you in person is really amazing. >> thank you. >> you got skill. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for doing that for us. appreciate it, ben. thank you. >> keep it up. >> thank you. you're a beautiful soul. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> well said, robin. >> you know, we kind of needed that this morning. >> that's amazing. >> all right. that's going to be hard to top. but i think we have somebody who can do that. our next guest is incredibly talented. he's an actor who's done more than 80 movies from "chicago" and "gangs of new york" to "talladega nights," shake and bake, "stepbrothers" and "ralph breaks the internet," please welcome john c. reilly. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> nice to meet you. good morning. good morning. how are you doing? >> how are you doing? hey, michael. >> that was impressive too. [ applause ] >> they said you have to break dance. i guess they were talking about the previous guest. i'm not sure. >> you got some moves there. you got some moves there. >> yeah, well, thank you. michael, i heard you were moonwalking on the street not long ago. >> every once in a while i'll bust a move. every once in a while but i'm not doing that. i need to learn that. i like that. >> but i love this looming larger than life behind you right there. >> good old ralph. [ applause ] >> now, we can tell that you -- you love your hats, so what hat would be appropriate for him? >> what hat would be appropriate for good old ralph? let's take a look. we'll get rid of that one. that one maybe? what do you think? >> that's a nice touch. >> yeah.

[ applause ] >> that's close. i mean, there. >> there you go, you got it to fit. >> you weren't giving up your hat. >> i could give him my hat. >> no, i love your style. >> love these movies by the way. most actors say they love doing animated movies because they go into the booth and be as comfortable as they want to be in pajamas or whatever it may be. we have video of you. let's check it out. >> i mean, like what am i going to do all day? >> come on. are you kidding? you sleep in, you do no work, then you go to tappers with me every night. i've literally just described that is a huge number. >> thank you. paradise. >> but i loved my game. >> check this out. 15,000! >> sweet echo, check this out. >> 15,000. cacaw, cacaw! do i hear 15,500? >> you are so well dressed. >> 15-5er. >> 16. >> 17. you are so well dressed in the booth. no sweatpants. >> 18. >> 20. >> 23. >> 25. >> 27,001. >> i know, sometimes when you have the right to wear sweatpants you go for a three-piece suit instead, what >> and sold for 27,001 to the can i say? it makes sara really happy.

barefoot hobo in the broken sara is so sweet. overalls. >> ah. [ applause ] yeah, ralph doesn't quite it got to be this running joke i understand the concept of auctions and like what it would show up way overdressed for our recordings sessions and, means -- what these numbers yeah, it's a good thing to make mean. sara happy. she's a sweet girl. >> she is a sweet girl and i love her voice. he thinks you just say numbers and you get the thing. fun to see you guys in the booth then he realized that together. a lot of times when we talk to you have to pay for it and have to figure out how to go into the actors about animated features internet and get this part for they're in the booth alone but you really wanted that connection with your other actors. >> yeah, i figured if we're penelo going to work with someone penelope's game which is sort of that's fun and creative as sarah the plot of the story. silverman like why not have them in the room with you. but what it's [ applause ] about is the friendship between these two and what it means to be a good friend and what a lot of times -- yeah, a lot of happens when friends change and evolve, how do you be a good friend to somebody even when it means they might spend less time times actors going for animated with you, so it's got a real sweet beating heart, this movie. >> ah. e done over 80 movies movies are just alone playing someone's best friend but never lay eyes on them and i thought, and your range is incredible. >> i agree. we ought to be in the room [ applause ] yes. together so we can find stuff and improvise and, yeah, sarah and i definitely did that a lot for this movie so i think it has an extra soulful quality because >> but this, surprisingly enough, this is the only sequel we're actually in thereher, tal you've ever done. >> i know. well, i was in "anchorman 2" but i wasn't in "anchorman 1." other. so technically -- >> and you riffed? >> oh, yeah, we riffed like >> you're one of the greats. crazy. [ applause ] >> want to see a little bit? "ralph breaks the internet." >> everything that you've done,

here it is. "ralph breaks the internet." is there one movie you make a sequel to of all the movies? >> i know what you want me to say, michael. "stepbrothers." >> yes. [ applause ] >> that's what i'm waiting to hear. >> would you, could you? >> yeah, if possible. it requires the cooperation of a few other people but i would love to do another one of those, yeah. >> we would love to see that, man. [ applause ] >> we got one of them. >> we got one of them. >> we got one and we'll hold out for the other but until then keep on just making movies. we love when you do it. john c. reilly in "ralph breaks the internet" and it hits theaters on november 21st. make sure you check it out, everybody. we will be right back. out, everybody. we will be right back.

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welcome back to "good morning america." what a beautiful morning it is here in times square. but it's about to get a lot we'll hear from you in a little bit. can you imagine having more than six feet of snow right now? >> crazy. >> i can't imagine. >> all you have to do is go to breckenridge, colorado, because they've had that since mid-october. six feet. more than six feet or almost i should say. 71 inches. but i mentioned that cold. can i just show you how cold we're talking because this is by next week, wednesday, in the teens and subfreezing windchills. yep, get those coats ready. all right. that's the big pict

all right, lara, let's head over to you, speaking of warm coats. >> all right, now it's time for our annual warm coats and warm hearts coat drive in partnership with our friends, our with our friends, our sponsors, burlington and delivering good. we'l here's a look at what's been accomplished over a decade of collecting coats. >> time to donate. let's go. >> reporter: this morning we're kicking off the season of giving. >> let's share the warmth by sharing some coats if you don't need them. >> reporter: our coat drive tradition now 12 years in the making, "gma" teaming up with our sponsor burlington and delivering good and this year it's all about families helping families. sharing the important message of

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>> announcer: this is an abc news special report. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. good morning, we're coming on the air right now because president trump is about to appear in the east room of the white house the day after those 2018 midterm elections which was a split decision for congress. democrats gaining control of the house, gaining 28 seats right there, still 11 seats outstanding, likely to be in the 30s before it's all over. republicans picking up two seats in the senate. there are still three senate seats outstanding. their majority could grow by a couple more as well. in the governors' races across the country last night, the democrats have picked up seven state houses and from the gop georgia is still outstanding. they're still counting the votes in georgia. a possibility there could be a runoff in that state, though we don't have that yet. the president has been up and tweeting already this morning, calling his victories last night, especially in the senate races, a tremendous success, but also taking on his critics in

the media who have not given him enough credit and those in congress who might want to investigate. >> no surprise, george. we knew that he wasn't going to take responsibility. in fact, he said it himself coming into the midterms that whatever the outcomes were, he was not to blame despite having very much campaigned on his own name being on these ballots. he told voters they should vote as if his name was on the ballot. what we're looking at now from the president, does he address what we saw in these returns last night, that this is a divided america. and they voted in this election based on him and their opinions of him. and will he tone it down, as he said, leading into this election, and as we heard some of his own republican colleagues say that he should and they should tone it down. we'll be watching for all those things. we know he's feeling victorious this morning. >> no question about that. the president has also talked to the newemocratic leader of the house, expected to be speaker nancy pelosi, called her last night, put out a tweet on that this morning as well. >> he said in all fairness --

this is a shocker -- nancy pelosi deserves to be chosen speaker of the house. for a long time there was no love lost there and we know that the white house is now bracing for the investigations to come that will come out of the democratic-controlled congress. they have said -- nancy pelosi said coming into these immediate terms that the first order of business will be to go after president trump's tax returns. other democrats have said that they want to open investigations again, that they want to subpoena people like don jr. and steve bannon and even jared kushner. we know that john kelly has held meetings, getting staffers together to get ready, brace themselves for all the onslaught of investigations to come. >> we saw a tweet from the president that he would use his senate majority to investigate leaks of classified information and possible criminal activity from the democrats. >> i guess what we'll be looking for going forward is whether they can actually work together on anything. they've got infrastructure, that's a possibility. they've got to deal with a spending bill. this government is on the verge

of another shutdown and it's potentially weeks away. i wouldn't be surprised if in the next few days we see a gesture, an olive branch, perhaps a nancy pelosi visit back in the oval office. we will find out. >> the president has promised many times that he would not sign that bill unless it included funding for the border wall. that was something that even the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell this morning, was noncommittal on. >> and going back to this issue of the border, this is something president trump campaigned on day in and day out leading up to this election. and remember we covered this so many times, these troops, as many as 15,000 that he said he wanted to send down to the border, and his critics said that this was all being politicized in order to drum up his base ahead of this election, and now we're just hearing from the pentagon today, george, that they're no longer calling this a military operation, they're calling this a support mission. i think a lot of people are going to be questioning what the motives were behind this. >> jon karl in the east room with the white house.

it will be interesting to see if the president does keep up that rhetoric that we saw in the closing days of the campaign. >> reporter: he closed out the campaign with rhetoric as harsh as we've ever heard from him but he also teth h hing that he wouldears in office it would be, perhaps, his se tone, a softer tone. george, i expect that you will see a president looking like he had a big victory last night. now obviously the republicans lost the house of representatives. that's a big blow to this white house, a big blow to republicans, but this white house, this president, was preparing for a night last night that would have been a lot worse, and they're also buoyed by significant victories in the senate, including race after race where the president campaigned and campaigned hard. you will see a president coming out here talking about a great night as far as he is concerned, a great night where his party also lost the house. >> but the president's success in the senate last night won't necessarily foreclose changes in the white house or the

administration. >> it doesn't necessarily, not at all. as a matter of fact, i expect we will see changes. the big question is not whether or not there will be changes but when. i think you'll see changes in the west wing. you'll also see changes in his cabinet. the president's made no secret of the fact that he is not happy with his attorney general. i think that one of the big guessing games now is when does jeff sessions leave the department of justice. >> chiefssleave, who does the president try to replace him with, with that replacement try to do something about the mueller investigation? >> the expectation is sessions will be fired or resign soon. again, the president may assess these returns last night and make a final decision on that. but you're right, a lot is pending. the mueller investigation is ongoing. we expect that we could see more indictments in the coming weeks and that final report by the end of the year perhaps. >> mueller was quiet during that 60-day period before the

election, in fact, he's been leak-proof for the last -- ever since he took over that job. pretty impervious, pierre thomas, to pressure coming from either the press or the congress or the president. >> george, he just doesn't care. again, he's the only figure i can think of in my time in washington who has had a job for more than a year and not spoken a single word publicly. >> and we really don't have any real idea though on when he might act on either more indictments or issuing this report on the president's actions. >> i think that we just, based on our sourcing and reporting, expect that more indictments will be coming. he has had a steady stream of them in the last two months, particularly since august, and we expect that he is working toward ending this investigation. >> perhaps before the end of the year. the president now entering the east room along with his vice president, mike pence. >> thank you, thank you very much. please, thank you.

it was a big day yesterday, an incredible day. and last night the republican party defied history to expand our senate majority while significantly beating expectations in the house for the midterm year. we did this in spite of a very dramatic fundraising disadvantage driven by democrats, wealthy donors and special interests and very hostile media coverage to put it mildly. the media coverage set a new record and a new standard. we also had a staggering number of house retirements, so it's a little tough. these are seats that could have been held pretty easily and we had newcomers going in and a lot of them worked very hard but it's very difficult when you have that many retirements.

we held a large number of campaign rallies with large, large numbers of people going to every one. to the best of my knowledge we didn't have a vacant or an empty seat. i'm sure you would have reported it if you spotted one, including 30 rallies in the last 60 days, and we saw the candidates that i supported achieve tremendous success last night. as an example of the 11 candidates we campaigned with during the last week, 9 won last night. this vigorous campaigning stopped the blue wave that they talked about. i don't know if there ever was such a thing but it could have been if we didn't do the campaigning. probably there could have been. history really will see what a good job we did in the final couple of weeks in terms of getting some tremendous people

over the finish line. they really are tremendous people, but many of them were not known, but they will gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since president kennedy's in 1962. there have been only four midterm elections since 1934 in which a president's party has gained even a single senate seat. as of now, we picked up it looks like three. could be four. perhaps it could be two. we picked up a lot. most likely the number will be three. you people probably know that better than i do at this point because you've looked at the more recent numbers. 55 is the largest number of republican senators in the last

100 years. in the last 80 years a sitting president's party has only gained a total of eight senate seats, averaging one per decade. if we picked up two, three