♪♪ this sunday, defying history. >> definitely not a republican wave, that's for darn sure. >> the democrats hold on to control of the senate. >> america shows that we believe in our democracy. >> while reps are still clinging to the hope of winning the house. >> we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. how will both parties respond to the message voters sent on election today? my guests this morning, bill cassidy of louisiana, and democratic senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts.

plus, the biggest loser. >> well, i think if they win i should good all the credit. if they lose, i should not be blamed at all. >> what will his party do when he announce this is week he's running for a third time. >> we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. florida is where woke goes to die. finally. watch me. >> so i'm not going to change. >> president biden said he heard the frustration from voters, but insists he doesn't have to change. how will he govern now? i'll talk to white house senior adviser anita dunn. joining me are hallie jackson, jake sherman, symone sanders-townsend, and stephen

hayes. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. good sunday morning. democrats have done what seemed improper a few months ago. they defied a historical pattern and maintained cross of the senate and may nick the majority. catherine cortez masto narrow log defeated her opponent. mark kelly also held on to his seat in arizona, defeating blake masters in a race we called late on friday night. it means that georgia, where democratic senator rafael warnock and republican herschel walker will meet in a runoff dish 6th, will not decide senate control.

democrats do have a poll to maintain control of the house, a path unheard of a few weeks ago. nbc has the estimates for the republicans at 219, plus or minus four seats, high as 223 or as low as 215, means the democrats could end of having control. we go to the board to shows this path. look. 20 uncalled house races right now. republicans need to win seven to win back control of the house. democrats need to win 14. democrats right now lead in ten of the 20. these are the districts they currently lead in. if it's in red, it means currently republican held, yellow is brand-new district in the state of oregon. they have to hold all ten of these, not necessarily a given,

but let's assume that. then these are the ten seats that republicans currently lead in. democrats have to win four of these. again, the blue are democratically held seats. here are eight places i'm looking where maybe they with found their four. the california seats we're still counting. so, look, later ballots could be democratic. so we have a long way to go in california. we should know midweek next week. this one in arizona, with the late ballots are trending democratic. this could find one there. i'm skeptical here, the democrat could catch the republicans in new york. ditto it lauren boebert in colorado, and then this one in

oregon. the path exists. no matter what, the control of the house will be by two or three seats max. this number, $7.6 billion. that's the amount of money just a political ads. we've a roller coaster of a cycle. billion thrown at every candidate, all for just a small handful of seats. not a single senate incumbent so far has lost. just one governor has loss, nevada. just think how few incumbents have lott. the rupert murdoch outlets are on the attack. "new york post" said -- but it's not just trump that's under the

microscope among republicans. in the hughes, members of the freedom caucus already threatening to hold support for that kevin mccarthy, and in the senate, a growing group of senate republicans are calling for a delay in leadership elections, the first challenge we have seen in quite some time, to potential mitch mcconnell. joining from baton rouge is republican senator bill cassidy from louisiana. let me just start with the election, what did you learn? >> i learned that the american people want a way forward that actually focuses on ideas, ideas to make their lives better. not just their lives, but that for future generations. those who are most closely aligned with the former president underperformed. those talking about the future, they overperformed. the american people want ideas, they want a future. you just

blamed donald trump for the senate. is that fair? >> i'm looking at it empirically. we as a party need to have a debate about ideas. in that debate, we need to explain to the american people exactly where we think or country should go. by the way, since i think using the market forces to make the individual lives more free, more prosperous is the way to go. i think we win that debate. >> you have not been shy about your criticism of donald trump and you voted to convict him. when you look at the vote of some of yours coalition who decided not to, in hindsight, how big of a mistake was it not -- >> i can't speak of that.

that's more of a focus on the past. the american people want a focus about the future. i'm an ideas guy. i welcome that debate. i think our party should be pointing to the future. i think our country should be, and i think that's the only way