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welcome to "cbs this morning," and as you wake up in the west, both political parties have something to celebrate from the midterm elections. the new congress will be divided with democrats leading the house and republicans in charge of the senate and growing their majority. this means president trump's agenda will face new challenges including the threat of investigations by democrats. mr. trump responded with this warning on twitter. if the democrats think they're going to waste taxpayer money investigating us at the house level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them, all of the leaks of classified information and much else at the senate level. two can play that game. shots fired this morning. >> the talk of unity has gone by the wayside. democrats picked up more than two dozen house seats to take control for the first time in eight years. but the gop added to its narrow majority in the senate after the

president's last-minute campaign blitz. this election was big for female candidates. at least 114 women won their races to serve as governors, senators and congresswomen. that included incumbents and new candidates. nancy is here with last night's outcome. good morning. >> you're about to see a seismic realignment in washington when it comes to the balance of power. house democrats will now have the power to investigate the president and his cabinet and to block funding for his top priorities, like a border wall. president trump tweeted this morning that nancy pelosi, quote, deserves to be speaker and that house democrats should not give her a hard time. i think he likes having that foil, but the reality is if the president wants to get anything done over the next two years, he and the democratic leadership will now have to work together. >> change came tonight. >> reporter: it wasn't a tsunami but the blue wave was big enough. >> we want a better nation.

>> reporter: democrats defeating moderate house republicans in suburban and urban districts. >> i don't want anyone to feel sorry for me tonight. >> reporter: nancy pelosi, who lost the speakership in 2010 when her party lost control, will now seek to reclaim the gavel. >> we will drain the swamp of dark interest money. >> reporter: democrats made health care their number one issue, and exit polls showed it was top of mind by far for voters, too. helping to drive up turnout across the country. but that turnout had a down side for several senate democrats up for reelection in republican states. >> keep that fire burning. >> reporter: missouri's claire mccaskill, indiana's joe donnelly and nld orth dakota's heidi heitkamp got swamped by republicans. they all talked about brett kavanaugh. the only senator to back

kavanaugh, joe manchin, did survive but delivered this sharp rebuke to the commander in chief. >> mr. president, i want you to be the president of the united states, not the divided states! >> reporter: one of the most closely watched senate races was in the lone star state. >> this election was a battle of ideas. >> reporter: republican ted cruz beat back a texas-size challenge from democrat beto o'rourke, wrapped up a huge following but ended up falling short by three points. >> this campaign holds a very special place in the history of this country every day going forward. and you have made that possible. >> reporter: cruz offered this olive branch to o'rourke's supporters. >> i am your senator as well. my responsibility is to represent every texan. >> reporter: he'll be joined in the senate by republican mitt romney. the former presidential nominee is finally heading to washington as the junior senator from utah. >> the victory tonight is more

than a victory of a candidate for the united states senate. i believe it's a call for greater dignity and respect. >> reporter: democrats did manage to knock off one republican senator, nevada's dean heller, who concede to do his challenger jackie rosen early this morning. and we're still waiting for a winner declared in louisiana and montana. it's looking like republicans will be adding to their majority by two, possibly three, seats. >> thank you very much, nancy. always good to have you here. president trump is highlighting his role in the republican victories last night. he also thanked his supporters for a, quote, tremendous success in spite of democrats taking control of the house. major garrett is at the white house where the president will hold a news conference in about 90 minutes from now. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we expect president trump to

talk about more wins than losses and a protected senate majority. at that press conference we're also going to press the president on possible cabinet changes, maybe changes here in the white house staff, trade, foreign policy, all the rest coming up in about 90 minutes, as you said, gayle. now, the president did lose the house majority. that means democrats will be in a position to not only resist the president's domestic agenda but investigate this white house and other cabinet agencies, an area already in contention between this white house and the coming democratic majority in the house. as i said, on the senate side, this white house feels good. 30 rallies by this president in the last two months before the midterms, republicans won in all places the president circled on the map and campaigned and told his supporters to get out and support. last night he called the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to work on future legislative strategy. also an olive branch extended to

the upcoming house speaker, nancy pelosi, outlining her need for house bipartisabipartisansh. this shows the country remains resilient in outer america, but it took a beating in suburban america. this means the majority will have more seats, more power and the prerogative to investigate this white house and this trump administration. >> we'll see how long that olive branch will be extended to nancy pelosi. major, thank you. two prominent californians are expected to lead their respect active parties in the next house of representatives. as you just heard, house democrat nancy pelosi is like toll return as speaker. and kevin mccarthy is to serve as minority leader. there are a handful of house seats in california where we still don't have a winner. carl evans is at the registrar of voters in santa ana. carter, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. workers here at the registrar's office were counting ballots until about 3:00 a.m., then they knocked off. they'll return today and have to continue counting the mail-in ballots that were dropped off. they still have to tally the votes in orange county, and until they do, the house majority will remain an open question. republican congressman dale rohrbacher has held that seat for three years. he's currently behind his democratic opponent by almost 3,000 votes with a lot of outstanding mail-in ballots still to tally. that's one of seven republican-held congressional seats throughout california the democrats thought they had a chance at flipping, but it may not turn out that way. one of those is currently leading toward the republican candidate while the other six are still too close to call. one race that was decided, republican duncan hunter of san diego was reelected, and here's

the thing. he's facing federal indictment, a 60-count federal indictment for misuse of his campaign funds. he was elected, anyway. nor norah? >> incredible, thank you. the race for georgia's governor isn't over this morning. take a look at this. with 99% of the votes in, republican brian kemp leads democrat stacey abrams by 2%. that's about 60,000 votes. she would be the first african-american governor in the country and she has refused to concede. kemp has expressed confidence that he will score a win. that's like having the quarterback be the referee as we wait for the final count of absentee and provisional ballots. still watching that one. the democratic party's effort to make history in the florida governor's race fell short. republican ron desantis beat

tallahassee mayor andrew gillum by 66 votes. gillum would have been the state's first black governor. senator bill wilson is trailing governor rick scott, but there may have to be a recount. we are at the governor's mansion in tallahassee. manuel, good morning. >> good morning. that race and the one to determine who will live in the governor's mansion is as high profile as it gets. both parties poured millions of dollars into the state, and both had a chance to win. but in the end, the nation's most populist state went largely red. >> thank you, florida, for your support. >> governor-elect ron desantis took the stage in florida, promising to work for all. andrew gillum struck a more defiant tone, encouraging

disappointed supporters not to give up. >> i can guarantee you this. i'm not going anywhere. we're going to fight. we're going to keep fighting. >> reporter: the vote broke heavily along racial lines. gillum won nearly 70% of the state's non-white voters. he also won more than 60% of voters age 18 to 44. but desantis won 60% of white voters and 54% of floridians age 45 and older, by far the largest voting group in the election. >> i'd like to thank our president for standing by me. >> reporter: desantis had the full throttle of the president and campaigned with him leading up to the election, along with rick scott. in the state senate race, scott declared a premature victory over incumbent senator bill nelson. >> i'm not going to d.c. to win a popularity contest. i'm going to d.c. to get something done.

>> reporter: nelson is behind around 34,000 votes, enough to trigger an automatic recount under florida law. >> let's get to work! >> reporter: senator nelson has not conceded as the last votes are being counted. in the meantime, the voting landscape could change in florida for 2020, because voters here approved an amendment that would restore the voting rights of convicted felons once they have served their time, and that could add more than a million new voters to the roles here. >> manuel, thank you. cbs news chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes and ed o'keefe join us to discuss all this. welcome to both of you. ed, let's take a look at some of the exit polls about why there was such massive turnout. we learn about two-thirds of those who voted said they were voting to send a message to trump. >> a fourth of the votes cast to the president, a fourth to oppose him. a third said it had nothing to do with him.

but as much as we expected it would be, it became about him. >> what about the number of moderate republicans who lost their seats in the house? >> anywhere a dying breed. we're down to will herd in texas. the miami area lost, mike coffman in the suburbs. >> those are the moderates who didn't decide to retire because they saw that it was specific to the districts. >> and democrats frankly were stunned. they thought perhaps they might lose the heidi heitkamp race in north dakota or claire mccaskill in missouri. they were not expecting joe donnelly in indiana would lose, and now the senator of florida on the cusp of losing. in delaware he will now have to say goodbye to a number of his colleagues. he's heartbroken and he worries

about what this means for the party because you have so many moderate deal makers in the democratic caucus leaving. they have to have deals to survive. >> what does this mean, if anything, for chuck schumer? the democratic party now lost some of their races. did the democrats think, well, structurally it was just a bad year for us? or are they going to look for new leadership? >> they want to avoid drawing any lessons from this race, because they are going to say, well, look, it was just the math. we were up in all of these red states. what did you think was going to happen? but there are going to be some democrats making the case. first of all, we have to figure out what's going on in florida. this is supposed to be a swing state and yet even in a year where everything should have been going the democrats' way, it didn't. >> just a follow-on, john, what about all those democrats who lost in red states in the senate all voted against kavanaugh. the exit polls showed that was a factor. >> whether it was the factor,

whether it was a contributing factor, i think we'll be sorting that out for several weeks to come. republicans would like you to think this morning it had something to do with it, and certainly we know that it helped drive republican interest and energy and turnout in the closing week. >> it has to draw a correlation. >> but these were states that the president had won by big numbers. they were already going to be on -- you know, they were going to be big targets, anyway. >> but look at joe manchin who won and he voted for him. >> but then you have someone like phil bredesen in tennessee who was a potential pickup for the democratic party, very popular in tennessee even though he's a democrat. he said he would have voted for kavanaugh, and he lost. >> give us your sense, then, what would have happened in those cases in a democratic constituency where women are very important to turning out your vote if those senators had said, i'm going to vote for kavanaugh. there would have been a down side which was the calculation for joe donnelly and claire

mccaskill because they understood they needed to drive up support they did have there and hope there was support elsewhere. remember in 2020, democrats will have the problem they had this year, four states to defend in blue states. >> voters said they wanted more women in power, in congress, hold be that political seat. >> and women made moderate gains last night. we're going to end up, at the end of the day, with most likely more women senators than we had before. so instead of 23, you would have 24. good, not great. >> and moderate gains in the house as well. they go up a little bit from their record, but still a long way to go. >> ed and nancy, we could keep talking for hours like we did last night, but unfortunately we don't have much time this morning. >> we're here if you need us. >> we know where to find you. >> we're never letting them leave. as we mentioned, the president is expected to hold a news conference this morning at 8:30 pacific time.

cbs news will bring that to you live right here. and still ahead, democrats got a surge of support from young voters and independents. we'll take a closer look at the vo

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surpassed the number of unemployed americans in september for the sixth consecutive month. a government report said job openings decreased slightly from august but remain near record highs of 7 million. that compares with just under 6 million unemployed americans. people continued quitting their jobs at record high levels in september, a sign that many workers feel confident at seeking better opportunities. and canadian scientists may have found out why coffee could reduce the risk of alzheimer's and park inson's diseases. they say a type of compound that forms during the brewing process hinders the process of degenerative brain diseases. we tested three kinds of starbuck's coffees and found that dark coffee appeared to have the biggest benefits. the darker the roast the more compounds in each cup. voters said their top issue was health care, especially among democrats. it was mentioned by twice as many voters overall as

immigration, the top issue for republicans. more than two-thirds of the voters rate the economy as excellent or good. despite that, voters are down about the direction of the country. 54% said it is seriously off on the wrong track. 42% said the country is going in the right direction. and more than three-quarters of voters think americans are becoming more divided. anthony mason is tracking some of the other key findings from our exit polling. anthony, good morning. >> good morning. >> what were some of the key factors for democrats? >> first let's look at their base. if we look at young voters, two-thirds voted for democrats. that's actually an improvement of 13 points over four years ago. and among black voters, nine out of ten voted blue much like they did four years ago. two-thirds of hispanic voters also went democratic, and that's a 6% improvement over the 2014 midterms. and while we're looking at 2014, democrats in that election lost independents, they lost white women, and they lost white

college voters, but four years later they've turned around and thai won all three of those groups. so a significant change there. >> what about the number of women -- how did the women votes break down? >> democrats, as we know, went a after this group and they succeeded. democrats won about 60% of the vote and that's significant. we've seen a shift in three categories of women voters. single white women voted for 1994. this year there is a narrow ejiofor the democrats. married women is the second category we've seen a change. four years ago they went 54-44 republican. this time around, mirim ror ima reversed, 54-44 democrat. and suburban women, this time the democrats take suburban women 53-35%. >> it's interesting because you hear from many republicans who say when they're at home, they don't hear about robert mueller. they don't care about the

russian investigation. what are you saying from the poll? >> i was very curious to see what the opinion of exit poll voters was. in fact, he's about as popular with voters as the president is. the president's approval rating was about 44%. robert mueller comes in around the same range. i'm looking for the exact number here. 45% approved of the way the president is doing his job. robert mueller's approval rating, 41%, disapproval 46. the other thing that was interesting that i saw in the exit poll is regarding impeachment. independents particularly do not want this new congress to proceed on impeachment. it's divided party lines of both parties, but if you look at independents, very strongly opposed to the idea. >> there was exit polling about gun control. >> there was, and a very simple question, do you support or oppose stricter gun control measures? 59% are in favor of stricter gun control. >> it's not taboo, anymore.

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a record number of women and minorities won around the country. texas will send its first two la tinas to serve in the house and voters in colorado elected nations' first openly gay governor. where a race is still undecided is going to make history when the votes are in. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in arizona, high voter turnout resulted in high voter drama when this ended in a cliffhanger. we may not know the result for a day or two. about the only thing we know for sure in arizona this morning is this state will join other states across the country in electing women in record numbers. >> we showed that people matter. our words matter. >> it's never been about being a first, it's always been about being the best.

>> reporter: the year of the woman. a term perhaps more fitting now than ever. >> we're going to congress! >> reporter: michigan proceeded to lead and ilhan omar became the first woman voted to congress. >> let's get to work! >> i didn't come here to deliver a victory speech tonight. >> the first black woman to be voted in massachusetts. >> when we recognize these rights are for everyone, then, and only then, will i deliver a victory speech. >> the first native american women to become house members. and at age 29, new york's alexandria cortez became the youngest congresswoman ever elected. in total, 114 women were elected to the midterms, 94 to the

house, 12 to the senate and eight governors. most of the seats went to democrats who took back the house in congress, but american women made their mark in politics as well. marcia blackburn became tennessee's first female senator, helping the majority secure its seat in the senate. but women weren't the first to break barriers. the first openly gay man to become governor, embracing the message on diversity. >> no matter your race, no matter your gender, we are all in this together! >> reporter: we may have to wait until tomorrow to find out who arizona voters will send to washington as their first female senator. part of the reason is that the largest county in the state, maricopa county, they will not release their final early voting ballot tallies until late tomorrow evening. >> that's fascinating, paula. thank you so much. as we talk about those firsts, someone who grew up in texas,

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california senator dianne feinstein... is celebrating victory. she defeated her opponent... kevin de leon... 54 to sterday's good morning. i'm kenny choi. in campaign news this morning, california senator dianne feinstein is celebrating her victory. she defeated her owe.in any, kevin de leon -- her opponent, kevin de leon, 54-46% yesterday. california's voters have rejected a controversial rent control proposition. prop 10 would have repealed the state law that restricts local governments' use of rent control. it fell by 60-40%. and this morning ballot counters in santa clara county are still working on tallying up the votes. at last check, 50% of the

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washington. >> change came tonight. >> we expect the president to be in a triumphant move because on those senate races he prioritized, more wins than losses. >> they still have to tabulate about four races and until they do, the democratic house majority will remain an open question. >> both parties poured millions into the state. in the end the nation's third most populace state went largely red. >> thank you, florida, for your support. >> two-thirds of those who voted said they were voting to send a message to trump. >> that signals that the president, much as he wanted it to be and expected it would be, it became about him. in the tennessee race for senate, republican marcia black burn defeated democrat phil bredesen despite bredesen receiving an endorsement from taylor swift. i guess she didn't have that much sway. and blackburn's support for the trump administration eventually outweighed support for higher

teach pay at the end of the day. >> he can make just about anything funny. >> stephen colbert, okay. >> we're talking this morning on two hours' sleep. he's funny and really, really good. >> he's professionally funny and always funny. >> right. >> exactly. >> without trying. >> lack of sleep with him. >> that's right. >> did you have one, john? >> okay. >> let's get under way. >> yeah. wow. >> we would like to apologize to you, audience of "cbs this morning." >> that's right. >> let's go? i'm john dickerson with bianna golodryga, dora o'donnell and gayle king. power will be divided starting in january. tuesday's midterm election brought a split victory in the house and senate. >> democrats will control house for the first time in eight years after flipping two dozen republican seats. the gop will hold on to the senate. republicans are sure to have at

least 51 seats with five races still undecided. >> this morning president trump declared a, quote, big victory tweeting now we can all get back to work and get things done. nancy cordes is here with a look at the new congress the president will have to deal with. let's talk about the democrats. we've heard talk, nancy pelosi likely to become the next speaker. these are a lot of young members joining the house, will they want her as the leader? >> some of them say they don't and won't support her. if you say you don't want her to be speaker, you to have someone else you want to be speaker instead. the party hasn't coalesced around that individual and doesn't have much time. they will have leadership elections in the next few weeks. >> you can't deny what she's done and her skills? >> that is something she will remind you about any time you ask her. >> as any strong woman will. >> she raised more than $100 million for democratic candidates this cycle including some candidates who have said they won't support her. she says she backs all

democrats. they all need to do what's right in their own districts. she's going to point out she has experienced negotiating with this president. >> right. >> that's something democrats are going to need over the next couple years. there's not that many people who can say that. >> interesting the president called her to congratulate her. >> right. he needs her too. if he wants to get anything done, if he wants to notch any accomplishments over the next couple years he is going to need to work with her. they don't have a great track record so far. they've gotten close on a couple of issues, but each time, his party, particularly conservatives from that freedom caucus, have yanked him back and so he is going to have to figure it out and she will have to figure it out. chuck schumer, how do they work together in this new divided party. >> what issues will they work together on? >> they would like to talk about infrastructure. this is something that both parties say they're interested in. the president in particular. they would like to work on lowering prescription drug prices, but the challenge is going to be that the two parties have very different approaches to these issues.

>> he's known to be very transaction. what they both know is they have to figure it out. >> right. >> thank you, nancy. >> you're welcome. >> always good to see you. the only senate seat picked up by democrats so far is a battleground state of nevada. first term congresswoman jacky rosen defeated republican senator dean heller in one of the closest contests of the night. >> on a night when women are winning up and down the ballot this is a historic night for us. now nevada joins to be the fifth state with two women senators. >> all right. she's not looking so whacky right now. jamie is outside caesars palace in las vegas where rosen celebrated with her supporters. good morning to you. >> good morning. it was a late night for democrats. many volunteers here at caesars were late for their party because they were taking last-minute voters to the polls just before they were closing. all that effort seems to have

paid off with a win for jacky rosen. over the past 48 hours, rosen had rallied and canvassed nearly nonstop. she won here with a large backing from the culinary union, which she was actually part of when she worked as a waitress at caesars palace in college nearly 40 years ago. this was one of the democrats best chances to flip a senate seat. incumbent dean heller was the only republican senator up for re-election in a state that democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton won in 2016. heller did both low-key meet and greets and large rallies with president trump. heller was once a critic of the president, but the two aligned when it came to repealing the affordable care act. heller said last flight this is the first time in 30 years he had to call an opponent and concede an election. according to exit polling, health care was the number one tomic for voters here in nevada and that's what rosen ran her

campaign on. >> thank you. dan you may have heard him there, was a senior adviser to the romney/ryan presidential campaign and was talking to republicans last night when the results came in and speaking to them again this morning. dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> what message are republicans taking away from this split result? >> first of all, they are sort of jostled because it was not what they expected. in other words, if you think back the last two years of the trump presidency, it's probably one of the most tumultuous two years in the history of presidential politics. at the beginning of the two years, if this had been a conventional republican presidency you would look forward to the next two years and say the republican president would probably win the states that -- in the senate that the president won in the presidential election. the republicans would probably lose the house. inn accordance with averages about 30 seats. it wouldn't be like a dramatic change. the congressional districts that

the republican opponent had lost would probably lose. this is exact ly what happened. there's been no radicalizing moment like obama in 2010 or clinton in '94. >> there was a record number -- >> you wouldn't say that 68% approval for the economy? >> absolutely. i'm just saying, this has not been like a siege in terms of radicalized electorate turning congress upside down. that said, they are living with the reality that while it was not a shock to the system, the new reality for house republicans and they said that to me last night and this morning, we are about to be besieged by investigations. and the conservative policy agenda is over. >> dan, you said -- >> no -- >> go ahead. >> you just said it wasn't really polarizing. because what we -- we talked about it last night and woke up still thinking about it, how president trump won the election putting out tweets that say every time you see a caravan of people coming think and blame

the democrats. many gang members and bad people are mixed into the caravan. that is blatantly not true. >> polarizing rhetoric. >> that's my point. it's polarizing rhetoric. you would think the outcome would not be a split decision. it's basically a split decision. >> that's not true. we knew it was going to be a split decision. they were facing tough times in states he won handily and that in the house, those house republicans that retired and left a lot of open seats including speaker paul ryan said i don't want to be around when democrats are in charge. they called that all the way back in january. >> and feels the same way today. >> will that be the playbook for the republicans in 2020? i won't -- still thinking about this. >> you know what, this is a discussion that's happening right now and going to be happening going forward. the reality is republicans, while they did not get as shellacked as they thought they might, they lost really important suburban, middle and upper middle-class seats and it's hard to build a governing majority going forward without those seats. to your point that's where women -- the women vote --

>> voters, they lost last night play a big role in presidential politics -- >> but i do think, though, that the investigations is a whole new world and a lot of republican conservative-minded policy leaders in the house are not going to be excited about that environment. >> all right. dan, always great to have you. >> always -- >> geez. i don't mean to like -- >> feisty. >> yelling and screaming. >> we're not yelling. there was no yelling, dan! >> it's spirited. >> it's been a while -- >> we're glad you came. >> all right. now a moment of quiet. the president will hold a news conference at the white house in a few hours to talk about the election results. we'll bring it to you live starting around 11:30 eastern time, 10:30 central here on cbs. >> we're going to lower the temperature right now. the president says politicians who didn't embrace him in this campaign have to say good-bye. ahead, how last night's results set the stage for his next campaign in 2020. we'll talk with "usa today's"

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if you look at those house races and especially in suburban districts you saw a different kind of judgment on how president trump is doing. it doesn't just set the landscape for 2020. 2020 is under way. president trump has been running for 2020 since the day he was inaugurated in the rallies we saw, were able helping republican candidates on the ballot this year, they were able helping him in two years. >> he has transformed the republican party. the chairwoman was defending his ad that many people, john kasich, jeff flake, and others said was a straight up racist ad. if in the challenge for the president is whether they get a primary challenge, seems like last night and his complete sort of control over the republican party, he's in very good shape in terms of any kind of primary challenge in his own party. he may get one, but he's got a real relationship with those primary voters. >> you know, he may get a primary challenge. there are still republicans who don't support president trump.

he's not going to be deposed from the head of the republican party. this is his republican party, a different republican party than existed before when he ran for president. the people you named who are critical of president trump, they are people who were not on the ballot and decided not to run in the trump republican party. if you look at the handful of republicans who were on the ballot who distanced themselves from president trump, congressman in florida, congressman in texas, they lost last night. >> yeah. did we get any more clarity last flight as to who the democratic opponent would be that the president would run against in 2020? >> i don't think that we -- i think this is a wide open race, one of the most wide open races in modern times for the democratic nomination. one other heritage from president trump is that he demonstrated, you don't need the traditional credentials of a presidential candidate to win the nomination and even win the white house. that is a message that we're earing. not only kind of the candidates you would expect like joe biden, for instance, and bernie sanders

who won last night and elizabeth warren, we will see i think a much bigger field that will include mayors and former cabinet members we see running for president and even people who lost like beto o'rourke in texas are being talked about as potential contenders for this nomination. >> how do you see -- >> we talked all night about congress, but there will be change in president trump's cabinet in the coming week. how will that effect his presidency? >> yes. i think we're going to see a wholesale change in -- on some white house staffers and in the cabinet in particular. some of that is natural after two years. people get tired. this has been a presidency that has unprecedented turnover in those tough jobs. some people have lost the president's confidence. i wouldn't be surprised if we saw changes in the attorney general. some people are just ready to move on. good news for the president that he got to bolster the republican margin in the senate. that will help him win confirmation for some of the new people. >> quickly, susan, how do you see the president working with

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thank you. sometimes you look at a word and go what is that word? tying? >> yeah. i think they suspended the accounts and saying yes, they were linked to the russian -- >> that threw me, thanks. >> i've always got your back. "u.s. news & world report" those born during the summer has have a higher chance of developing near sightedness caused by focusing on close objects while eyes are developing. the study published in the journal says kids born in the summer are at risk because they start school and reading at a younger age and technology causes kids to spend less times outdoors. >> "usa today" reports pick-up trucks are going upscale. with upgrades once limited to sedans, pickups now have massaging seats, luxury interiors, secret storage spaces, and multiple usb ports. some trucks are selling for up to $100,000.

they're not just for work anymore. vehicles are used to travel to the grocery store and to -- have carpools and driving in style. the immigration debate played a key in the midterms. after health care, 75% of republican voters, it was the most important concern. president trump made immigration his central theme in the final weeks of the campaign. remember his speeches and he also spent thousands -- sent thousands of troops to the border ahead of the arrival of the caravan. we are in texas on the u.s./mexico border. good morning. >> well, good morning, guys. the midterm elections might be over, but this military base, it is just getting started. we have seen more military vehicles show up, more equipment, more troops, and take a look, just over my shoulder, you can see in the last 24 hours, these giant tents showed up. the framework is here.

several generators have been brought in. now we watched more than 300 troops pour into the border town of donna, tx. they're putting up barbed wire where there is no wall and they are setting up their home base. the rare use of active duty military has led to criticism this was a political move ahead of the midterms and it's clear the issue made an impact on voters. exit polls show americans are split, nearly half say trump's immigration policies are too tough, but nearly the same amount feel the policies are either not tough enough or about right. now just last week the president said he would use executive power to acquire immigrants seeking asylum in the united states to apply only at legal ports of entry but he will face new obstacles passing sweeping lejs legislation with a house controlled by the democrats. this location here in 2016 was used as a temporary processing facility when we saw the influx

of unaccompanied minors. as of right now that central migrant caravan coming up through mexico, we know that it has shrunk from 7,000 people to about 4,000 people. from where i'm standing right at this minute, they are about 600 miles away and that translates to about three to four weeks. bianna. >> the president said he will be spending thousands of troops there as well. thank you. the new democratic majority in the house could open the door to negotiations with president trump on deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca. that obama-era program protects immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children. cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe is with us with more on this. i'm having deja vu because it wasn't that long ago where we thought the president and nancy pelosi, chuck schumer at the white house, looking like they were able to come up with a deal. nothing happened. >> you remember who was the primary barrier to that deal happening? house republicans. >> right. >> so you wonder now, is there a

way to get a deal between house democrats, senate republicans and the president who is eager to get his wall built. >> how are the democrats going to agree to a wall? >> there have been discussions about maybe not a full-blown berlin style fortress wall. >> paid for by whom? >> if they get -- you legalize the status of a few million dreamers that is a deal many democrats say they might have to relu reluctantly swallow and accept. >> it will be a conversation about immigration before the end of the year. the president has a spending agreement that has to be passed by congress or the light gos gof december 7th. now that republicans are losing control of congress, they're probably going to make one last ditch attempt to get as much money as possible and that could ruin our christmas plans this december. >> yeah. we don't want that, ed. >> we don't. >> some of the newbies coming into congress have said they do not want to vote for house speaker nancy pelosi.

who do they want? >> we have a great congressional producer who was saying this morning this is such a frustrating nebulous conversation in washington. you have several who have said explicitly i will not vote for nancy pelosi. but you had dozens of others, up to dozens of others, running, maybe who didn't win, who say we need new leadership in washington. that's hair splitting. there will be a lot of combing in the next few weeks when democrats figure out does she deserve to be speaker again or someone else in that position. >> do you have any predictions? >> i don't. we're in the facts business, gayle. >> okay. >> this seems to mirror what used to happen on the republican side. people would belly ache about john boehner and who would replace him, no one. you can't beat something with nothing. do you buy that? sounds like you do. will anything happen on the republican side? kevin mccarthy was going to be speaker on his way glide path, but now what happens? >> and no disrespect, gayle, i'm

just saying we don't know. it's hard to know. >> i'm not speaking to you. you just go on. >> yes. >> old unforgiving gayle. >> it's all good. >> there's always a chance mccarthy could face a challenge now, but there are other ways to reward those conservatives who might have been ambitious. talk this morning that jim jordan, who was one of those being talked about as a potential challenger, could just merely be appointed top republican in the house oversight and government reform committee, which would give him a starring role in every high-profile investigation the democrats will hold with their subpoena power to investigate the trump administration. >> interesting that the president had two of his lawyers with him last night. >> yeah. >> as the results were coming in. he must be anticipating that this is going to be a top priority. >> everyone who works at the white house in some kind of senior position if they don't have one already, needs to find a lawyer. >> talk about committee chairs. >> yeah. >> in terms of in the house. you have jerry nadler, members of congress will be in charge of

the house investigative committee, maxine waters -- >> house judiciary committee. >> thank you. what are some of the other characters? >> maxine waters head of the house financial services committee, the democrat for several years and has a good relationship with bankers. she goes back to the barney frank financial regulatory reform bill. the other name to know and get to know better is elijah cummings of baltimore, the top democrat on the house oversight and government reform committee and adam schiff who, of course, has never met a television microphone he doesn't like will be head of the house intelligence committee which will put him in charge of all those sensitive issues. >> all right. thank you. >> very comfortable talking on camera as are you ed o'keefe. >> you know. >> always good to see you. most americans say politics is driving us further apart. bob schieffer with us in studio 57. he stayed up late last night too. hello, bob. taking a look at the election. >> just woke up. >> what it says about we, the

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♪ ♪ we saw a lot of negative campaigning over the past year leading up to these midterm elections. once the people had voted and votes were counted many of the candidates started talking about

unity. >> i don't care if you were against me in the campaign. i want to work to advance our common priorities. if we think that way, i think the limits -- i don't think there's going to be limits to the amount of good we can do. >> i make my commitment to each and every one of you, those who supported me and those who might have voted for someone else, i take my oath serious when i raise my hand and swear god to uphold the constitution. that's for everybody. >> this state drives me crazy, but i love every corner of it. i really do. i mean, i even love the reddest of the red counties. there were a lot of them tonight. >> i will be only one of 100 united states senators, but i believe that one person doing the right thing at the right time can have a lasting impact. i'll work with good men and good women on both sides of the aisle to serve the cause of america's enduring greatness. >> cbs news political contributor bob schieffer is

here. this is the 25th election he has covered in his long, stellar career. do you like us saying this is the 25th election you've covered? >> yeah. >> good. >> it means i'm still here. >> yeah. >> i hope you're saying it is his 26th. >> 76% of the voters think americans are becoming more divided. you see the politicians talking about unity there. how do you see this election shaping up? what does it remind you of? anything? >> not anything, really, but i think what we saw last night is the country is more deeply divided, i think, than probably it was after the election in 2016. i don't know where this goes. i mean, i said before this election, i meant it sincerely and honestly, i didn't know how it was going to come out. i felt -- i had never felt that clueless about what was going to happen, but, you know, the conventional wisdom was that the democrats were probably going to

take the house and republicans were going to hold the senate. >> they did. >> and that's what happened. now we're all talking about how surprising that was. that's the part that i find kind of interesting. >> when we hear politicians talk about unity and their acceptance speeches, we though that in a few hours, that will be exchanged with reality. >> this is -- that used to happen in politics. people would have big fights and then work together. that second part seems to have fallen away. what did they know and how did they do it in the past when they would fight like cats and dogs and then actually do some business together? what can they learn they might apply today? >> what has happened, john, i think is that as the republicans moved more to the right, democrats moved more to the left. i mean, when i came to washington, we had liberal democrats and conservative democrats. we had liberal republicans and conservative republicans. it was the conservative democrats and the liberal republicans who could always get together and figure out a way to

do something. now, compromise, frankly, has become a dirty word. you know, everybody is talking about unity. i don't see any sign that there's going to be any unity. i think we're in a -- i hate to sound like scrooge here before christmas, but i don't think the two sides are going to come together. i think we're in for a lot of gridlock. >> isn't it up to the president, though, bob, to set the tone for that? he's sent a tweet out this morning basically saying game on to the democrats who want to challenge him. >> well -- >> or investigate him. >> this was the first midterm i can remember when a president didn't seem to want to expand his support, but motivate the people who voted for him in 2016. i don't see that changing very much. >> we have the greatest country in the world, but democracy is messy. >> it is. >> the founders knew that when they established democracy philosophe philosophers talked about it for

centuries. what we've seen also too is a more diverse house. there is a sliver of optimism there in terms of more women, more veterans, more people of color, more gay americans, bisexual americans that will be in congress. does that change how washington operates? >> well, it should. and i think that's one of the things that we want to think about. i'm trying to figure out -- john and i were talking this morning, i don't know what to make of this. i'm still -- but it really doesn't matter what i make of it. i think what it -- >> meaning the election in general. >> the election in general. what matters is what the two parties and the party leaders make of it. i mean if i were in the republican party right now, i would say we got to find some way to appeal to these women because they're the growing force and, you know, if this is going to be a party just basically of old white men, that's -- that's a depleting resource. that's not going to do it. they're going to have to do

something to broaden their appeal. if i were in the democratic leadership i would say, what we need to do is find something and some way to help people and, you know, they're talking about health care and all that. i think that's important. i think going into this saying our main objective here is to do all these investigations, i just don't think that's going to be a sailable thing. we're going to see what happens. we'll find a way. i means this is not the first time in our history we've gone through a crisis like this. john meacham has a wonderful book called "the soul of america" where he talks about the crises that we have survived. in some ways he may be a little bit optimistic about it, but we ought to think about that. i ran across a quote the other day and i want to do this just because nobody ever quotes

martin van buren -- >> well -- >> have you quoted him lately. he said at one point, the government should not be guided by contemporary excitement, but by sober second thought. i think if both parties could kind of keep that in mind -- >> that's -- >> maybe it would be a starting point to getting back to where we know this country can be. this is a strong country. it's a great country. >> thank you. >> we have to figure out a way. >> he was a one-term president. >> thank you, bob. >> you can hear more of "cbs this morning" including extended interviews and content on our podcast, wherever you like to download your podcasts. you're watching "cbs this morning." podcast. you're watching "cbs this morning."

this is a cbs news special report. i'm jeff glor reporting from cbs news headquarters in new york. good morning. president trump is about to talk about the election results from last night. the republicans held onto the senate and added to their majority. but democrats took back the house. so for the first time, the president will have to deal with one chamber of commerce controlled by the opposition,

led likely by nancy pelosi. mr. trump fashions himself as a master deal maker, so his skills will be put to the test over the next two years. in his tweet today he said that nancy pelosi deserves the honor of being speaker. republicans added two seats to their majority in the senate so far. they will have 53 seats, it appears, in the new 116th congress, to 47 for the democrats. the president called that a big victory. in the house the democrats picked up at least 27 seats to take control of the house for the first time since 2010. the president will be holding this news conference in the east room. his second solo news conference there since taking office. and as we wait for the president to arrive, it should be just momentarily, we have nancy cordes and ed o'keefe on the set with us, welcome back to both of you, you've been working long hours last night, i apologize if i interrupt you mis-sentence if

the president steps up, but nancy, what are you expecting? >> he's going to try to put the focus all on the senate, according to him that's the big news of the night. of course the fact that the democrats took control of one house of congress is most likely the bigger news, especially when it comes to the balance of power and how he operates for the next couple of years. but he's going to say, look, i got out there, i barnstormed across the country in all these states, and look how many democratic seats we were able to pick up in the senate. >> we won't be surprised if he makes other news too. >> exactly. it's a great chance to change the subject. republicans struggled in the house and he would presumably face a lot of questions on how he would work with democrats. we should point out he wasn't on the ballot but he was on the minds of voters on tuesday, roughly two-thirds said that he was a factor in their vote. but one in four said their vote was to oppose the president. a quarter to support him. the rest said he was no real factor at all. >> life is about to get a lot more difficult for him. democrats in the house now have the ability to subpoena his tax returns, to open all kinds of

uncomfortable investigations into his conduct, his cabinet members, their travel, the foreign money that is pouring into some of his businesses. his lawyers are going to be a lot more busy than they already are. >> yeah, and the low simmering which could then boil over, the battle over that, has already started with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying the house will decide how much they want to, quote, harass president trump over the next two years. "harass" is the word that mcconnell is trying to spin back around on the democrats. >> right. he's trying to send the signal that any time the democrats investigate the president or the administration, basically they're just troublemakers, they're not getting their job done, they're just trying to make life difficult for the president of the united states. they say, no, we can walk and chew gum, we can conduct this oversight that is a fundamental role of the majority party in the house, but we can also work

with the president on things we think we can get done. >> major garrett, are the white house and democrats talking this morning or is the rift growing? >> reporter: well, it's a bit of a pause, jeff. there are still a few hours in which the white house and the emerging democratic house majority will sort out their agenda and decide if there's any area of compromise. i stand here guardedly, the president is expected any second. we see the chief of staff john kelly, usually a sign the president is not far away. there will be lots of declarations of intent. intent is only one aspect of a political conversation. there has to be follow-through. and this white house has sent early signals already that it's not interested in the democratic agenda on infrastructure, on immigration. there will have to be some compromise next year on the budget, because the house democrats will be part of that conversation. they must be. so in that area, the white house will have to at some level

approach an attitude of compromise. but let's not overlook the lame duck session going on now, still under republican control. there has to be a budget resolution. will there be a push from this president for border wall funding? could there be a government shutdown? that's going to be one of the issues brought to the president today. is he going to push so aggressively for border wall funding that he will risk a government shutdown, but he toyed with before the midterm elections occurred. he may land on it now, thinking this might be his one and only chance, with republicans in charge of both chambers, to push more aggressively on the border wall funding issue. and there of course is the suggestion he made in the closing days of the campaign, there might be another tax cut coming. now, the house republicans have already passed a tax cut in addition to the one that was approved in the first year of the trump presidency, the senate republicans haven't acted on it, but it doesn't mean they won't. that issue is also something that could get a lot of attention in the lame duck session long before house

democrats take over the beginning of next year, jeff. >> all right, major, thanks very much. the lame duck session is pretty fascinating to talk about. >> it's going to be wall to wall, because now republicans have a clock. and they need to get everything done that's on their agenda before they lose control of the house. don't be surprised if you see them working weekends, if you see them working right up until christmas. they would like to try to get some trade deals done and signed into law. this is going to be their last big push for at least two years. >> they have exactly one month, friday, december 7th, the money runs off, the lights will go out if there's no spending agreement. if they want to have a fight about immigration, it will start next week when the house returns to town. house republicans will have to decide who their new leader will be and what their legislative agenda will be. >> they've been pushing this president off on border wall funding. this was his huge priority coming into office and house republican leaders keep telling him, wait, the next funding

bill, the next funding bill, because they know that's a battle royal. this is their last chance. you'll see the white house pushing really hard for that $25 billion. >> an interesting thing to think about, as sarah sanders, the president's press secretary, and kellyanne conway, adviser to the president, now walk in, which means the president isn't too far behind, kellyanne conway made this comment this morning that she reminded everyone that the president is a counterpuncher. in terms of talking about the new house at least, as a foil -- all right, everybody is standing up and the president should be coming to the microphone here momentarily. we'll listen to him talk post election results. here we go. >> 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 midtown and midterm year. we did this in spite of a very dramatic fundraising disadvantage driven by democrats' wealthy donors and special interests, and a 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 coming in. it's difficult when you have that many retirements. we held a large number of campaign rallies with large, large numbers of people going to

everyone. to the best of my knowledge, we didn't have a vacant or empty seat. i'm sure you would have reported it if you spotted one, including 30 rallies in the last 60 days. we saw the candidates i supported achieve tremendous success last night. as an example, of the 11 candidates we campaigned with during the last week, nine 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 there could have been, if we didn't do the campaigning, probably there would have been. history will really 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 be known. this election marks the largest

senate gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since at least 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. but we picked up a lot. and most likely the number will be three. you people probably know 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 cumulative total of eight senate seat