margins are maintained until we see them go up on the clark county election department website. >> of course, there was one point, i think, that, to your point, john ralston where the communication was crystal clear and like it or not there is no way that we can move any faster than we are currently moving. a very clear message that this is a process. they are following it. and that is how this goes. whether you like it or not. even if you want it to be quicker or not. nothing nefarious here was his message. we are so grateful to all of you, john, all of you, in various places and on the set. we are flipping over to the next hour and no break. so katy tur is in new york and i'm hallie jackson in washington, d.c. and let's take a look at what we will see live this hour, because we will see some action live

this hour. where things stand in the house of representatives, we've seen races called on both sides of aisle tied and republicans inching closer what msnbc news is projecting for a slim majority and 221 republican and 214 democrat, plus or minus 7. and it could swing either way and that's why we're all watching with such baited breath. the senate side, two key races in arizona, mark kelly is closer to a victory but there are still hundreds of thousands of votes to be counted. and nevada, we just got that update from the clark county registrar that they have more than 50,000 ballots that need to be counted. those votes will go a long way, depending on how they break, to telling us which party can secure a critical senate seat. but again, if it comes down to georgia, hallie, we're not going to know until december 6th. so we're going to be doing these

four-hour sprints, marathons, for who knows how long. i'm just saying. >> cc our bosses. love to see it. >> okay so this hour, president biden is set to speak at a dnc event in washington as control of congress and the future of the white house and the agenda is still unclear. let's bring in nbc news correspondent mike memoli at the howard theater in dc for us. mike, what should we expect? >> reporter: well, i think we got a taste of what we're going to hear from both the president and the vice president, a rare joint political appearance. we haven't seen many of that this year, despite the midterm campaigning. but jamie hairson said listen, we knew history wasn't on our side and the american people were on our side and calling out young voters who were such an important demographic in terms of one of the few age democrats who supported democratic candidates in this midterm and really the white house i think is taking a victory lap.

they may still lose control of the house but they're potentially going to pick up a seat in the senate, and it is all the result of what white house officials described to me as part of their one-two punch here. they knew heading into the midterm election year that the historical trends for a president's party in the midterm were rough and given the economic data, that inflation, the scarring that resulted from of course covid-19, that a difficult climate was faced and likely to be more difficult. and they also were anticipating and obviously we saw the dobbs decision, and so this two-pronged strategy was all trying to neutralize a republican advantage on the economy and we saw the president crisscrossing the country relentlessly talking about an economic message and in fact 17 of his 20 final events outside of washington were all about economic initiatives. but we also saw, especially the vice president, taking lead and talking about the impact of the dobbs decision. with the round tables with state lawmaker around the country

appearing with congressional candidates and governors and attorneys general in the states. so this one-two punch as you call it really resulted in what white house officials are looking back as part of that formula that really did defy history here. >> and in the new reporting that you're talking about here that is just dropping now in the last couple of minutes on nbc news.com, i say folks should read it and it wasn't just the economy, and part of the one-two punch and a key part of strategy may be to to cut into a perceived gop advantage, they may have done more by going on offense in key areas. explain ha? >> yes, and it was interesting, i talked to aen in of prominent labor leaders, liz schuller for instance, the president of the afl-cio and they told me what they were hearing from their canvassers, the army of laborers, knocking on doors and said the president really leaned into this contrast on

entitlement spending, for instance, we saw it almost every event, the president warning about rick scott, the senator from florida, ron johnson, the senator from wisconsin, threatening to potentially make entitlement programs something that would be voted on every year, every five years, as liz schuller, the head of the afl-cio put it, really broadening the definition of what economic security meant. and something that we did really hear, especially late in the campaign from the president, attacking corporate profits. corporate profits especially oil company profits, rising, even at a time that prices were also rising, as it was put to me, this really showed it was an important message to send to voters that the president was fighting tore them, not just trying to pass legislation. >> mike, thank you very much. i think you all caught me blinking my eyes because my contacts are getting dry on this hour four of coverage. we will have the remarks when the president starts speaking. joining us now on set, is

former obama campaign manager and msnbc political analyst david, let's start with president biden, and the next two years, and i mean we're still again, waiting to see who is going to control both the house and the senate. but what is the president's strategy? what's the agenda for the next two years that is going to be most helpful for them come 2024? >> first of all, you just have to deal with a lot in the white house, as you know, so foreign policy, and no matter what is going on, and congress takes up a lot of the time. but i think you have to put forward what you think the country needs and not really be worryed so much about will it pass or not. this is my agenda, this is my vision, and most on the economy, but i think he's also going to have be, and he said yesterday, i will have an open door, and i'm not expecting much legislation out of washington, maybe none, really, other than the must pass stuff, but there may be groups of members and house members, senators who come together on immigration which has alluded us for two years.

>> was there a message sent and i know we don't know the outcome both chambers but was there a message sent to the white house on tuesday? >> i think the message to the white house and the country, people are concerned about a whole complex set of issue, democracy, abortion, economy, inflation, so i think democrats should be careful about taking too many victory laps. we should feel really good about the outcome. largely i think because democracy is one step closer now to being saved. we got to get through '24. >> you're that confident? >> yes, i think, yes, well, with the democracy on january 21st, 2025, we made it. and i would say a couple of things. one is some of the biggest election deniers in the midwest in particular didn't win. in pennsylvania. but pretty much every republican candidate has abided by the results. trump's, you know, talking about it, and kari lake is out there, but for the most part that is an important signal and the reason we should be careful of victory laps, we are still a closely

divided country. this next presidential election will be enormously important. i think the house will be in play. you will have the senate in play. and so you have to understand, this is really a close election so what you have to do is what did we do well and michigan is a great example of what went well, and pennsylvania. and some other places, not so well. either demographically or geographically, so i think you have to think through how do you put together a 50% plus one coalition and that will require, continuing to do both with independent and suburban voters and moderates and you have to look at republicans continuing to make some gains in some parts of the country. asian american voters. some parts, hispanic and black, and you have to set that and say a lot of things went well but where do we have room for improvement? >> you know' looking ahead here, because we will hear from president biden, we will be taking that live. presumably this hour if the event runs on time, set to start

eight minutes ago and then after the speech, he goes overseas with the international stage with allies on climate and on china, and talking, eastern though vladimir putin will not be there, about vladimir putin, and yet back home as our reports from mark caputo as we talked about last hour indicates, president trump will be announcing another presidential run for 2024. so at this moment when you have president biden on the world stage, you have this huge domestic announcement. and we asked kate beddingfield about that. and what they're thinking about it and as one would expect working in the white house, we won't get that oust pretz. okay. what would you tell us about the white house strategy? what might they be thinking about at this moment on that front? >> on the trump front? >> and being overseas and trump saying he will make another run at the white house. >> that is being president and

about seven different things a day and trying to do it well. i did don't think they will be, i don't think they will be focused on it. and if trump announces next week, it is another line in a of donald trump's political malpractice. and what is clear is 37% of the people in the exit polls who voted tuesday don't approve of this guy. so if the republican party, after just getting almost an historical beat-down, based on expectations and history, in part because of the shadow of trump, if he's going to ascend to the political stage that quickly, you know, i think for democrats, that is a good thing. so i think, you know, biden and the white house, they just have to execute the foreign policy meetings and the trip they're having and not paying too much attention to what is happening back here. i'm sure that though donald trump is not going to listen to anybody, and i'm sure from lindsey graham on down, they are

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to news now we're just getting in from capitol hill, with the house minority leader, minority leader as of right now, kevin mccarthy announcing what he is calling transition teams for the house majority after he announced his bid to become speaker. we got to say here, nbc news has not called control of the house just yet. right? let me bring in nbc's garrett haake live for us on capitol hill. fair to say bold move potentially for mccarthy

assuming the "w" when they haven't got continue officially just yet. >> i think there is something to generating the appearance of momentum here. obviously, mccarthy and house republicans have thought for a long time that they were going to take control of the house in this election, and they didn't get it on election night, they may get it on election week, who knows, but if you're mccarthy and you want to try to be speaker of the house in the next session, you want to try to generate this kind of momentum, try to make it look like republicans are prepared to take over. these transition teams are interesting, too, by the way, because in the announcement, you know, one of the folks who is going to lead the policy commitment is steve scalise, and one with the oversight is jim jordan and they are looked at is potentially mccarthy rivals for the speakership should he not be able to lock it up. doing two things at once, hey, we're getting ready to take over in a responsible way and by the way i'm hugging anyone who could otherwise oppose me in this role i have sought for so long very

closely. >> and is he hugging matt gaetz very closely? we got an alert, a media advise rye in our email from a podcast saying it is a discussion with matt gaetz and a former trump official, cabinet member, wes vout talking about kevin mccarthy's steep uphill climb to be speaker. >> matt gaetz has been a vocal critic of mccarthy for quite some time and made it abundantly clear he would not vote for mccarthy for speaker. if you're mccarthy with a 10 or 15 seat majority that's fine and you could tell matt gaetz and cast their votes wherever they want and they would still have the margin and if this ends up close, and mccarthy ends up with a two, three, four, five seat margin among republicans, house democrats are not going to throw him a lifeline. he will have to find ways to bring people on board. our team has been covering the house freedom caucus event all

day. our colleague scott wong has a great piece up on nbc news.com, you can read all about it, and a number of house republicans saying kevin mccarthy doesn't have their support yet. they're not as dug in as matt gaetz. they might want something from mccarthy that he has shown them yet. expect a lot of horse trading in the next couple of weeks if republicans are able to take the majority. >> extra, extra, read all about it, he may have to make some concessions. thank you very much. and depending what happens in arizona and in nevada, we play not need to wait for georgia's runoff election to know which party is going to control the senate. votes are still being counted in those two states. let's bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard in phoenix, and nbc's stephanie gosk from inside the room at the clark county election building where we just got the update a few minutes ago. but ron, there is a little bit of news that's coming out of arizona about an update we will get in a couple of hours. what's happening? >> we're going to be hearing from mare coca county officials

we're told two and a half hours from now, right where we're standing from here, and hopefully getting an update on exactly how many ballots are going to be dropped and announced here later today. that will give us an indication of where this race, hopefully will give us an indication of where this race is headed but we also need to deal with the reality that clarity may not come until friday or even saturday or sunday. and the ballot counting process is going to continue. when you look at the senate race here right now, mark kelly holds a substantial lead of about 95,000 votes over blake masters right now, but we think it is important for people to understand that a majority of the ballots are outstanding here at this time. they are ballots that are hand-delivered, mail-in ballots referred at home and mailing them back and walked into polling places and turned them over. the expectation is those numbers will reflect what we saw in 2020 where those types of ballots favored donald trump. and that is what kari lake as well as blake masters are hoping here. of course, that is a necessity in order tore blake masters to have any chance here. we are not going to get that

batch in one day by any means. and the hope is at least we get a few of those tonight. but we should expect in the senate race, if blake masters has any shot, it will take days until we know whether the arizona senate race is going to go to mark kelly or blake masters. we could find out much sooner. within the next 24 hours even. the next 36 hours. whether katie hobbs has any shot against kari lake or whether kari lake can eclipse hobbs. and that should be clear sooner rather than later. >> thank you. >> stef gli, let me go to you -- stephanie, let me go to you with the lay of the land in clark county. talk to us. >> we talked about the press conference here which actually started in a slightly unconventional way, and he responded to some allegations that former president donald trump made earlier in the day, that his system, the voting system here in clark county is corrupt. here's what joe gloria had to say to respond to that. >> obviously, he's misinformed. two years later, about the law,

and our election processes, which ensure the integrity of elections in clark county and the state. we couldn't go any faster now even if we wanted to. >> you've heard that, two years ago, former president trump challenged the vote here, and that effort was led by adam laxalt who is now the republican candidate for senator in this state. he also went on in the press conference to give an idea of how many votes are in clark county outstanding and the most populous county, 70% in the state of nevada and looking at 50,000 or more ballots. what we didn't get today, we were hoping for, is a number of votes that would be dropped tonight. we also didn't get a breakdown of the 50 thousand ballots that were outstanding. we were looking to hear how many of them are the drop box ballots. that is the ballots that were dropped in drop boxes on election day, it is a little unclear to us what the makeup of those votes would be.

and the folks that dropped last night, they were very, very heavily for cortez masto. and narrowing that lead that laxalt have. so we don't have a good sense of these votes whether or not they will break for her in the same way. >> he was confusing on. that he said that they're all mail-in ballots even though some of them were dropped at drop boxes. i guess they will officially were delivered by the usps. >> just to be clear on that, on that particular issue, and my apologizes for interrupting you, but as we are learning in this state, everyone in the state gets what is called a mail-in ballot, you can either put that in the mail or you can fill it out and then bring it 0 to a drop box. it is the same kind of ballot and it is whether or not you put it through the u.s. postal system or deliver it yourself. it is in the same format. it is what kind of person would bring it to a drop box as opposed to put it in the mail. that's where the question is. >> very interesting. and i'm glad you clarified that. because i was just making the assumption that it was mail carriers who brought them from one place to another.

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so, they can have more success tomorrow. ♪ one thing leads to another ♪ after eight years of a republican in the governor's mansion, the transition of power in maryland to a democrat is beginning. govern are-elect wes moore made a joint appearance this morning with his republican predecessor governor larry hogan. and we heard things from hogan we don't hear so often anymore in today's politics. >> this is the way it always used to be but it is not happening today. and so we actually discussed that, how important this is, that everybody sees that we're different parties and we might have different philosophies or things we want to accomplish, but we're both committed to making sure that the government continues to function and that we work together as closely as possible. >> we're joined now by maryland's governor-elect wes

moore. congratulations, sir. first off. i do just want to start though with that image from this morning, i mean i was struck by it, just seeing the tease video going into this interview with you. how nice is it to see the outgoing politician, the outgoing governor, who is of a different party, literally handing it off to his successor who is not a republican? >> well, you know, it was important for us to do it, it was important for us to be able to stand there together, and i'm thankful to the governor for that, because that's the way it should be. the way it should be is that we are going to have an orderly and a peaceful transition of power, where i know i'm looking forward to our administration being able to take the lead in the state of maryland, but i'm thankful for the republican governor for being able to ensure that that takes place as well. and you know, it really is emblematic of about how we try

to lead our campaign as well. we've been campaigning all over the state, from democratic areas, republican areas and people have said you're going to a lot of places where there are not a lot of democrats around the state of maryland and my answer is there are a lot of marylanders and the results showed democrats and republicans and a good chunk of republicans believe collectively in the future together. >> governor-elect moore, controlling the governor's mansion and the general assembly. talk log jams. talk policy. what is the priority mow? what do you hope to see the hurdle leaped, right, as it relates to things that couldn't get done because of single party control in your state. >> well, i think we're going to move in a sense of partnership. you know, we're going to move in a sense of understand can that in this moment, this is going to be maryland's time to lead. that we are going to be a state that is going to be more competitive, but also be more equitable, and that's not a choice, we are going to do both.

we are going to be a state that will do big things and bold things and making maryland the first state in the country to have a service year option for every single high school graduate and i'm a big believer in learning and addresses the college affordability crisis and service is sticky and it will help to save us in this time of political divisiveness and vitriol, and we will make sure that we have 21st century schools that people should be safe in their own communities, and things, when we talk about these issues, these are not democratic issues, these are not republican issues, these are issues that all marylanders believe in, and i'm excited to work in partnership with the legislature and also with our local jurisdictions, in order to make that happen. >> and you talked about being safe, you know, i was watching you this morning, and you were describing how you went off the campaign trail, to attend the funeral of a grandmother, i believe it was in your church, who was killed in the basement of that church. it's horrible. >> that's right. >> how are you going to address crime? how are you going to make people feel safe? >> it is true, and i tell people

that when we talk about the issue of public safety, this is not political. this is personal. you know, i have seen the impact of violence. and the challenge of public safety, you know, with my own eyes and in our own communities. and so we know that we have to move with a sense of real partnership in order to address it. that means things like fixing a broken parole and probation system where a third of all violent offenders in the state of maryland are people who are in violation of parole and probation. so we know who they are. but violent offenders continue to get back on our streets. that we have to get these illegal guns out of our neighborhoods and working with federal partners in order to do that. but it also means that we cannot arrest or mill traz triz our way out of this. -- militarize our way out of this. i first felt handcuffs on my wrists when i was 11 years old. and if someone would have told me, when i was 11, handcuffs on my wrist, that one day you're going to be the governor of the state of maryland, i wouldn't have believed them. but i also know, no one ever told me that. we've got to change the dynamic

that we have with our young people, we've got to change the dynamic that we have in our communities to understand that we've both got to deal with the immediate challenge of public safety, but also deal with the root causes of crime that our communities continue to wrestle with. >> i want to play a moment from your victory speech on tuesday at the closing moment. let me roll it and then i want to talk about it. true patriotism is alive and well in maryland, and it is alive and well in the united states of america too. >> patriotism means knowing that this country is great, but if we work together, we are going to make it even greater, because more people will benefit from that. >> the idea, right, you talk about patriotism, you talk about, you are literally talking about making the country great. i assume that was a very intentional word choice for you in language that has largely been key-opted obviously by former president trump. >> that's right. and you said it exactly right.

that language has been co-opted and we cannot let that happen. i refuse to be lectured by people who storm a capitol and try to destroy democracy on what it means to be a patriot. my grandfather was the first black minister, and the first on my mom's side in this country, my entire family was chased out by the ku klux klan while my grandfather was just a toddler and he came back to this country, he served and he served in the ministry, and he died at 87 years old, with a deep jamaican accent. his entire life, and was maybe the most patriotic man i've ever met. so i know, i've seen patriotism with my own eyes. say it with the parts that i led in afghanistan. and we can never let an individual, nor a party, try to co-opt or bass ardize the idea of patriotism. it means standing up every day to be noted. >> governor-elect wes moore of

maryland, you will be taking the governor's mansion soon. thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. you are hearing the voice of vice president kamala harris speaking at the did. nc event not far from where i'm sitting in washington, d.c. and she will be followed by president biden in just a moment. let's listen. >> and no one fights harder for our democracy than the people in this room and this president. [ cheering ] >> he knows what we saw again this week, when we fight, we win. my fellow americans, it is my great honor, to introduce the president of the united states, joe biden. [ cheering ] >> let's go, joe. >> let's go joe. let's go joe. >> thank you, thank you, thank

you. kamala and doug, by the way, doug crisscrossed the country, i think he did, he spent more time making sure that the folks who actually count the votes in these states do it honestly. and thank you for that. >> doug, doug, doug, doug, doug! >> and folks, on behalf of jill and myself, we're here for a simple reason. to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. and not a joke. we mean. it this is not a political piece. this is to say thank you, thank you, thank you. most of all, thank you for believing in your country. thank you, you know, i really mean it. thank you for fighting like the devil to make sure that we had a free and a fair election. and you know, all of those election deniers, so far, to the best of my knowledge, none of them has not said, when they

lost, and said we lost, that's a big deal, you know, i really mean it, you know, tuesday was a good day for america, a good day for democracy, and it was a strong night for democrats. [ cheering ] >> for months and months, all of you heard from the press and the pundits, it was the democrats who are facing a disaster. remember that? and all of those polls, all of those polls, god love them, you know, historic losses were on the way, giant red wave, folks, that didn't happen. you know, we were talking backstage here, before we came out, each of us crisscrossing the country, all four of us, and we're saying, we came back and said i don't know what they're talking about. no, no, no i'm serious, the overwhelming response that we were getting and the fact that even those folks who may not like me and may not like somebody, but they agree with it, and they thought what we

were doing was right. yes. and by the way, all of the democrats ran on the same agenda, without being told, look, our votes are being counted, we don't know the outcome of all of the races, here's what we do know, we lost fewer seats in the house of representatives than any democratic president's first elected in the midterm for 40 years. the best midterms for governor since 1986. and experts said we couldn't beat the odds. but we did beat the odds. and we did it for one reason. this is not hyperbole. because of you, and all of you up there in the back, it is hard to see you up in the balcony, but god love you. i really mean it. because of you, you believed in the system, you believed in the institution, you fought like hell for it and that is the most important thing that happened in my view in this election. the first national election since january 6th and there were a lot of concerns about whether democracy would meet the test. it did.

it did. it did. [ cheering ] >> and i want to compliment all of those mainstream republicans, i mean as they get in, they fought like we usually fight, and we got a result and we accepted it. everybody accepted it. so for many of you, you organized, you got the vote out, you volunteered at the polls, think of all that we heard before this election, about all of the people being intimidated, all of the people being threatened at the polls, all of the people who work the polls, despite the threats and the abuses, too many poll workers on election day, and i said election officials, experienced as of late, you did your job and fulfilled your duty and showed up and did what you were supposed to do, and so did the american people. [ cheering ] >> look, the american people overwhelmingly supported our agenda. lowering prescription drug costs. making health care more affordable. rebuilding america.

revitalizing american manufacturing. taking on the economic crisis. and finally, making big corporations pay their fair share. [ cheering ] >> preserving democracy. protecting fundamental rights. this is the progress and the programs that we ran on. this is the vote, and it shows, there is real enthusiasm for what we're fighting for and guess what, it matters. when we came to office, we inherited a nation and a pandemic reeling and an economy, and a lot of you just didn't show up on election day, you have been working the last 20 or so months for it. but you went to work. building the economy. from the bottom up. and the middle out. and so you know, in the maga republican trickle down economic policy, we decided it didn't work for america. our economic policies created 10 million new jobs. unemployment, unemployment went from 6.4% down to 3.7%.

one of the lowest in 50 years. american manufacturing is surging with 700 new manufacturing jobs created, and many more to come. and look, as i said all during the campaign, where the hell is it that america can't lead the world in manufacturing? we are, and we will and we will continue to. folks, look, just today, we learned inflation came down last month. and members of congress saying this is a positive sign and the resilience of the economic recovery. it will take time to get inflation back to normal levels. we can see setbacks along the way. i realize that. but we are laser focused on it. that's why it is so critical for us to pass important legislation this year to lower those costs for families. and i know it is going to take time to implement our entire economic agenda. which we already passed. and for folks to feel it in their day to day lives. but i think folks are going to see it in the next few months. that's what is going to -- and i think that's what they voted

for. watch what happens, when people see new roads, bridges, being built in towns. and they start to see the investments being made, and the electric rail, all across america, where it's going to take a significant number of vehicles off the road and reducing pollution. watch what happens when there is affordable high speed internet in every home in america. watch what happens when they realize we have lead pipes pulled out of schools, day care centers, homes all across america, watch what happens in january when seniors on medicare in january with diabetes will only pay 35 bucks a month for insulin instead of 400 bucks a month. and the corporate america paying their fair share. and by the way 15% tax. isn't that terrible? you all pay more than that. and a 5 of the largest

corporations of america paid zero in $40 billion in profits. those days are over. watch what happens when new factories are being built in communities, and american workers making the most advanced computer chips in the world. and by the way, that will create thousands of good-paying jobs. and i mean jobs between $120 and 135,000 dollars a year, and you don't need a college degree to do them. look, you all made this possible. and we're just getting started. we're just getting started. we saw extraordinary results with these midterm elections that no one thought possible. more independent voters, voted for democrats than republicans in this election, young voters, in historic numbers just as did two years ago. young people voted to continue addressing the climate crisis, gun violence, personal rights and freedom, student debt relief. all of those things that you

stepped up to do. and as i said, women in america made their voices heard, man. i said last year, one of the most extraordinary things about the dobbs decision is what was about to challenge american women when the justice said, let's -- they have it in their power, basically saying let's see what they're going to do. well, guess what. you all showed up and beat the hell out of them. look, i said it then, those who support ripping away the right to choose don't have a clue about the power of women in america but now i think they do. and by the way no one worked harder to get that message across in america than this lady right here. [ cheering ] >> look, we also think the american people sent a message that they want us to work together. i've always done that. i know i get criticized for it,

when i ran, and i run for three reasons, one to restore the soul of america and two to build this economy from the middle out and bottom up, and thirdly, to unite the country. regardless of what the final tallies showed, i'm prepared to work with republicans. but the american people made it clear, they expect republicans to work with me as well. [ cheering ] >> and folks, i am always open to good ideas, whether democratic or republican, to move the country forward, but i also made it really clear that republicans try to repeal the power we just gave medicare to reduce prescription drug tests, i will veto it. if the republicans try to walk away from the historic commitment to deal with the climate crisis, i will not let that happen. if republicans try to cut social security and medicare, i will not let that happen. and if they try to cut taxes for the super wealthy again, the biggest corporations, like they did in the last administration, i will not let that happen

either. look, now, as we look at tax cuts, we should be looking at tax cuts for working people and middle class people. and i'm going to keep the commitment we both made, that no one making less than 400 grand a year will ever see a penny of their taxes go up, as long as we are in power. and folks, and i love the republicans talking about big spending democrats, really keep working to keep the federal deficit low, and we cut the deficit in two years by 1 trillion $700 billion. more than ever in all of american history. i don't hear republicans call democrats big spenders. we're the ones bringing down the deficit. they're the ones who blew it up over four years. and one more thing, if republicans pass, and i don't think they can do it now, ban, the national ban, to ban abortion, i will veto it. it's simple. we need to codify roe v. wade as

the law of the land. look, let me close with this. you've heard me say before and i'll say it again, i honest to god have never been more optimistic about america's future than today. and i'm optimistic for a number of reasons. better situated than any nation in the world, any nation in the world to lead the world. we're better positioned than any nation in the world in terms of our economic growth and possibilities. and i'm optimistic because of the young people of this nation. you heard me say it time and again, and i meant it, your generation represents the best eds kated, the most talented, the least prejudice generation in the history of the united states of america. and i'm not -- and by the way, i wasn't trying to be nice, i was just stating the facts. just stating the facts. and in 2020, many of you voted for your first time, and you volunteered in the first

election. and look at what you did. when you exercised your power to vote, you elected kamala harris, the first woman vice president in american history. [ cheering ] >> and you helped me keep my commitment that i would appoint the first black woman to the supreme court, justice jackson. [ cheering ] >> and guess what? she's probably the smartest person on the supreme court. and because of your vote this year, we're going to keep building the foundation we laid during the first two years. you prove once again on tuesday, that our democracy, our democracy, the power in the hands of the people, we for real, we the people, it really is truly in our hands, we set the course for the nation's future, and we just have to remember who in god's name we

are, and i hope if nothing else happens, remember this. there's not a damn thing, i really mean it from the bottom of my heart, not a damn thing we can't do if we do it together. we are the united states of america. and you made it better. thank you, thank you, thank you. god bless you all. and may god protect our troops. go get 'em. we got a lot of work to do. thank you, thank you. >> all right, president biden saying he will use his veto power if he needs to, let's go and bring in mike memoli standing by for us. so it is incredible how happy the democratic party is right now, how happy the president is right now, even though it is still looking like he's not going to maintain control of the house, the democrats, and he could lose control of the

senate, but they look, i mean just from that, from that attitude, and that, you know, that energy, it looks like the democrats won, even if they lose. >> it's funny you say that, katy, because i've been joking off camera, never has a president been happier to lose control of the house, but i think it's just a measure of the level of expectations that the president himself alluded to in his remarks. he took a shot at us here in the media, the pundits who were all forecasting a red wave, and then really did turn it around and thank the energy, especially the young people in this room, and across the country, who he said helped make the difference. and now, i know everyone can see on the screen here, we still have msnbc decision 2022 in the chyron, and we are getting close to change that to decision 2024, because i can't help but watch this kind of event and hear the president and his speech here and not think they're test-driving the kind of message

that he would take into a 2024 campaign. you heard the president really talking about the way in which during the campaign, and we heard him talk about this yesterday as well, yes, some of the head winds that the democrats were facing was because they haven't implemented. so legislative achievements and he says offer what happens and talked about what republicans in congress might be able to, with the majority, and he said i won't let it happen and really preparing to use republicans as a foil as he sets up his own presidential re-election. >> mark memoli, thank you very much. and another president where democrats are feeling happy, in colorado, where we're seeing in realtime, turning very blue this cycle,real-time one purple straight. we're talking about denver, colorado, where the denver post says they fended off who mitch mcconnell called the perfect candidate, and continued trifecta control of the

legislature and governor's office. the post citing one gop official saying republicans had their best slate of candidates in recent memory. at the top of the ticket for democrats, governor jared polis, who won re-election by nearly 20 points. thank you for being with us. >> governor, can you hear us? >> i can hear you. >> we had re-elected senator, senator bennett on, 26 hours ago, and he cold us colorado is a purple state for a long time to come. she asked, is it blue or purple. do you agree with senator bennett, purple or blue? >> first of all, i think we're all celebrating doing so well in an off-year election with the party of the white house. this is almost unprecedented from an historical perspective. across the country, of course, where it was more or less even

between democrats and republicans. in colorado, where democrats swept every office. we picked up the new congressional district, won all the statewide offices. it's doing the work of the people and getting things done. we worked on protecting our freedom, saving people money. that's what people need needed right now. costs have gone up and we passed the largest mrorpt tax cut in the history of colorado, cut access fees for state parks, ended sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products, ended tax for senior citizens and 90 other ways. and protect freedom. marry who you love, choose if and when to have kids. what could be more fundamental than that? >> what's happening with lauren boebert's race. within just a handful of votes. might have to be forced into a recount down there. what's your sense of how that

district is turning. >> we picked up a new district, and third congressional district, much of western and southern california, it's neck and neck. it will most certainly be a recount. we of probably won't know until december. the fact that heavily republican seat is so competitive says a lot about the pragmatic, thoughtful solutions democrats offer. and the support for civility, right? lauren boebert's opponent adam frisch worked on i'm here to provide stability to this office and that resonated. >> a governor on the same side of aisle had the same night you did as far as turning his state's party, and that is governor desantis in florida. i know you have tangled with him from afar in the past. you have taken him on directly on the don't say gay law, the fight with disney. you talked about bringing mountain disneyland to colorado

here. talk about what you see as the way forward for democrats on it is culture war issue that governor desantis has been vocal about, at the forefront on. there have been comparisons drawn between him and a democrat who has taken the purple state and pulled it towards your direction? >> the contrast is governor desantis has been bad for jobs, bad for economic growth by driving companies out of florida. we say in colorado, there's home for everybody. i mean, if he attacks particular companies because of their policies or what they do, we're happy to have a home for that. as a governor of colorado, i don't go around bullying or companies. we support them. we want to create jobs. we want good paying positions, a great quality of life for everybody. so i think he's really taken on some -- a lot of the private sector that can provide the economic growth for his state. again, we've had many floridans and texans move to colorado and

probably welcome them even more if governor desantis drives them out of florida. >> you won old el paso and dakota county, both known gop strongholds. what's the message to the broader democratic party about how to run campaigns? can you give them a message for 2024 and beyond? >> this is the republican power house county. this is one the usually goes overwhelming for republicans. we won it within three points. again, we're addressing people's needs. saving money, lowering taxes and fees, protecting and expanding freedom. that's really what colorado is all about. we're a place no matter who you are, no matter your faith, who you love, your race, ethnicity, we welcome you here. you can live your best life. that's really the spirit in which i ran, the spirit on which i govern is one that connects with the vast majority of

colorado voters, republican and democrat. >> governor polis, thank you for being with us this afternoon as part of our msnbc special coverage. we have 45 seconds left after four hours on the air. >> i'm talking to doug, and we won't have time to get to you. the point he was making, and i'll say it quickly, i said it to mike memoli, the democrats even though they might lose, are talking and sounding like winners. the republicans, even though they might win, are talking and sounding like losers. that's the expectation game, how you set up what might happen and the republicans clearly did not do well with that this cycle, hallie. >> katy tur, thanks for doing this. want to thank andrea mitchell. katy in new york. i'm in washington. andrea is in assignment. we'll be doing this for the next couple of weeks on msnbc as we look for those calls on the balance of power in the house and in the senate. that wraps up some very busy hours for us. we'll see you tomorrow at 2:00

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