will come forward. in the meantime, they are keeping their heads down and working hard. justice their father always taught them to do. >> when we last interviewed ryan, he said he planned to do some things differently. do you picture yourself as a dad someday? >> i do. >> what kind of that are you going to be? >> i'm gonna be the opposite of my father. i'm gonna be there when my kids need me. >> and that's the beauty of the american dream. there is always a new beginning, no matter where you came from history. >> definitely not a republican wave, that's for darn sure. >> the democrats hold on to control of the senate. >> america shows that we believe in our democracy. >> while reps are still clinging

to the hope of winning the house. >> we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. how will both parties respond to the message voters sent on election today? my guests this morning, bill cassidy of louisiana, and democratic senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. plus, the biggest loser. >> well, i think if they win i should good all the credit. if they lose, i should not be blamed at all. >> what will his party do when he announce this is week he's running for a third time. >> we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. florida is where woke goes to die. finally. watch me. >> so i'm not going to change. >> president biden said he heard the frustration from voters, but insists he doesn't have to change. how will he govern now? i'll talk to white house senior adviser anita dunn.

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

democrats do have a poll to maintain control of the house, a path unheard of a few weeks ago. nbc has the estimates for the republicans at 219, plus or minus four seats, high as 223 or as low as 215, means the democrats could end of having control. we go to the board to shows this path. look. 20 uncalled house races right now. republicans need to win seven to win back control of the house. democrats need to win 14. democrats right now lead in ten

of the 20. these are the districts they currently lead in. if it's in red, it means currently republican held, yellow is brand-new district in the state of oregon. they have to hold all ten of these, not necessarily a given, but let's assume that. then these are the ten seats that republicans currently lead in. democrats have to win four of these. again, the blue are democratically held seats. here are eight places i'm looking where maybe they with found their four. the california seats we're still counting.

so, look, later ballots could be democratic. so we have a long way to go in california. we should know midweek next week. this one in arizona, with the late ballots are trending democratic. this could find one there. i'm skeptical here, the democrat could catch the republicans in new york. ditto it lauren boebert in colorado, and then this one in oregon. the path exists. no matter what, the control of the house will be by two or three seats max. this number, $7.6 billion. that's the amount of money just a political ads. we've a roller coaster of a cycle. billion thrown at every candidate, all for just a small handful of seats.

not a single senate incumbent so far has lost. just one governor has loss, nevada. just think how few incumbents have lott. the rupert murdoch outlets are on the attack. "new york post" said -- but it's not just trump that's under the microscope among republicans. in the hughes, members of the freedom caucus already threatening to hold support for that kevin mccarthy, and in the senate, a growing group of senate republicans are calling for a delay in leadership elections, the first challenge we have seen in quite some time, to potential mitch mcconnell. joining from baton rouge is republican senator bill cassidy from louisiana. let me just start with the

election, what did you learn? >> i learned that the american people want a way forward that actually focuses on ideas, ideas to make their lives better. not just their lives, but that for future generations. those who are most closely aligned with the former president underperformed. those talking about the future, they overperformed. the american people want ideas, they want a future. >> it sounds like you just blamed donald trump for the senate. is that fair? >> i'm looking at it empirically. we as a party need to have a debate about ideas. in that debate, we need to explain to the american people exactly where we think or country should go. by the way, since i think using the market forces to make the individual lives more free, more prosperous is the way to go. i think we win that debate. >> you have not been shy about your criticism of donald trump

and you voted to convict him. when you look at the vote of some of yours coalition who decided not to, in hindsight, how big of a mistake was it not -- >> i can't speak of that. that's more of a focus on the past. the american people want a focus about the future. i'm an ideas guy. i welcome that debate. i think our party should be pointing to the future. i think our country should be, and i think that's the only way we give the american voter that which she or he deserves. >> it's interesting. >> a bit of a debate between rick scott and the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell about should the republicans offer up an agenda to run on? rick scott offered up something that not every republican was happy about. mitch mcconnell said we'll wait

until after the election. where do you sit on that debate? >> we are after the election. the degree that both parties ducked these big problems and to the degree that the voters have pox on both their houses, let's have a debate about the domestic issues, the foreign issues and then implement. by the way, i think i can say this with some credibility, frankly in the mix or leading on issues to limit surprise medical billing, to lower the cost of prescription discretion, to do the bipartisan infrastructure bill, we can get things done. >> you think it's time for a change in leadership among senate republicans? do you think it's time for senator mcconnell going to step down? >> i think mitch pulled the chestnuts out of the fire for whatever candidates were having trouble raising the money.

and i think going forward mitch will be or leader, but that is not to say we'll have a necessary debate about ideas. i think it's, again, one more time important for us to explain to the american voter why republicans have a better vision for the future of our country. i get he ask this, if this is the result of the election b. but the republican party has the same leadership, with donald trump as sort of leader out there, if there's no change, do you think that is a problem for republicans going forward? >> first, we're not a cult. we're not like, okay, there's one person who leads our party. if we have a sitting president, she or he will be the leader you have our party, but we should be a party of principles. what's been lacking, perhaps is the fulsome discussion followed up with the policy decisions that we worked to pass that will define what we are.

again, we're not going to have one person anointed unless he or she happens to be a sitting presidents. we should have elective accomplishments that is our load star, if you will. >> i understand that's where you should go. how do you get the party there? you know how hard it is, the base of this party still loves donald trump, or do you think this mid tomorrow could break that stuff? >> you know, elections are about winning. if folks wants to look at the election results and decide that's where you want us to be, we're not going to do well. if people look at the election results and say the republicans have established themselves as the anti-woke brand. he we care about being anti-woke. now let's have initiatives that help people's lives get better. i with point to the examples i've been involved in. trials medical building, that

legislation has prevented about 11 million surprise bills since it was signed into law in january. that's fantastic. similarly, we can go to the bipartisan infrastructure bill, led by the senate, with republicans fully engaged in making sure the average american, for example, has access to high-speed, affordable internet. we can look at those accomplishments, get them done, build the credibility, so that next time, next election, people decide to vote republican. >> look, donald trump announcing his candidacy, whether anybody wants him to or not, and we understand people have tried to get him to postpone the decision, are you nod concerned his mere presence will just make it harder for republicans to recover? >> you know, we have to be a party about the future. if we're talking about the future of the american voters, she'll make her choice. if we have results that show these are out ideas -- now if the left frustrates our efforts, that's part of what we will discuss, but we have to make that case. i think you see, for example, a governor like governor dewine, who has governed extremely well, putting forward policies who makes people's lives better, and he had an incredible victory. we can go around the dun and see that. if we have a track record, the ideas, then we will appeal to that voter talking about the

future. >> like, i know where you're trying to head here, but donald trump doesn't want to head in the direction you want to head.

how do you stop that direction? is it time to rally around ron desantis now? >> by offering an alternative. again, the republican party should be the party of ideas and principles. i have attempted to lead my life like that. who is our next nominee will sort itself on you, but we have to appeal to those within our party and without our party if we're going to win, and they're going to respond to a positive message which says this is how our ideas will make your life better. we should welcome that debate. i do. i try to live my life with principles and ideas. if we do that, then we will win. >> do you imagine having to support donald trump again if he's the nominee of your party? >> our party should be about the future. i think our next candidate will look to the future, not to the past. i think our next candidate will win. >> if that candidate is donald trump, do you plan on supporting that candidate? >> um, you're giving me a theoretical, which i don't think will come to transpire. we have to look to the future. give me a theoretical after a theoretical.

i will say we're an idea of party of principles. i welcome that. i think our next candidate will similarly embody that perspective. >> senator bill caddy, republican from louisiana, thanks for coming on and share your perspective with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks, chuck. joining me now is democratic senator elizabeth warren. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. good to be here. >> same question that i tart the with senator caddy. what did you learn? >> i learned when democrats deliver, democrats win. we got out there and fought for working people.

that's the heart and soul of the democratic party. the voters said, yeah, that's what we want. the republicans by contrast they were there for the billionaires and corporations. they were extremists, wanted to fight about conspiracy theories and the 2020 election and voters said, no, we need somebody on our side. so, democrats fought, democrats delivered, democrats won, and that should inform what we do during the lame duck and what we do in 2023 and 2024. >> you know, in the exit poll we asked which party do you trust more on five sets of issues. the republicans were more trusted on foreign policy, crime, inflation and immigration. the only issue they weren't trusted more on was the issue of abortion. the reason i ask the question this way is this, senator -- the voters seemed perhaps not with democratic governance, but no way they were going to go to trump candidates. do you have a concern that democrats can't win if they're running against a normal republican like chris sununu or mike dewine, people like that? >> i do not have such a concern. donald trump with his preening

and his selection of truly awful candidates didn't do his party any favors, but this will victory belongs to joe biden. it belongs to joe biden and the democrats who got out there and fought for working people. the things we did were important and popular. remember, right after joe biden was sworn in, all the economist and pundits in his clear saying go slow, go small, joe biden didn't lynn to them. in fact he went big on vaccinations, went big on test,, but also on helping people who were still unemployed on setting america's working families up so they could manage the choppy waters in the imply following the pandemic. then with the inflation reduction act, we delivered again, and delivered big. you know, $35 cap on insulin. there will be a cap of $2,000 on what seniors spend on prescription drugs. we're cutting the cost of

utilities and forces giant company to pace a minimum corporate tax. the republicans, every single one of them, voted against every position i just described. the president's leadership put us in a position every candidates, up and down the ballot, to talk about what democrats fight for and what we deliver on. by doing that, we were able to address the values and economic security of people across this country. it sure paid off. it paid off at historic levels. >> i want to tick off about three, four issues. number one, in your op-ed you're calling for raising the debt ceiling in the lame duck. would you simply eliminate it or raise it just past so you with get through 2025? >> this assumes that if the republicans take the house. >> we can't assume anything there. >> that's right. we cannot. if the democrats take the house, there's no urgency, but no matter what, the united states of america has to honor its outstanding obligations. me, i would get rid of the debt ceiling altogether. it assumes no function except create leverage for people

willing to blow up the economy. that's the problem we have now. many new republicans coming in are coming in with exactly one goal -- get donald trump elected in 2024 if they can create chaos in the economy, they think that is moves donald trump one more inch toward election. so we have to take care during the lame take, take care of raising the debt limit or getting rid of it altogether. i want to talk about the president's student lodge programs, which the courts potentially going to say he can't do, look, this needs to be appropriated from congress. okay, this is something you could do in the lame duck, should you way for the court outcome or simply codify the president's student loan program via conference? >> i would be delighted to codify what the president is doing, but here's the key. use have any doubt that the president has the legal

authority to cancel the student load debt. president trump did it. president obama did it, and president biden has done it up on now on student local payments we have a court in texas, and if they're going to play politics instead of following the law, they do put the program at risk. to me, this is one of the clear

differences between democrats and republicans. democrats, led by joe biden, are out there saying we hear you on what it's like to get crushed by student local debt. we know what that means. so we're here to try though help. the republicans, they got nothing. they say, no, the only people they're willing to fight for you are billionaire and billionaire corporations and conspiracy theorists. when democrats fight for working

i want to ask about the fed. you've been somewhat critical of the fed chair for these interest rate hikes right now. do you think they've been too heart and do you want them to stop? or do you think the path they're going on in reasonable? >> look, i worry about increased costs for families. this is -- it's hard on families when prices go up, but i also worry about a fed that only has one tool in its toolbox. that's to raise interest rates. the fed chair has said directly to me in hearings, well, no, raising interest rates actually doesn't directly affect the price of groceries. it doesn't affect the price of oil. it's not going to affect the price of health care. in other words,ist not going to have a direct effect on what families are paying. what it will do and can do is put a lot of people out of work, and tip this economy into recession. the fed has way out on the

extreme. it has raised rates faster and more frequently than any time in decades and decades. so i worry about what it does to our economy overall. i want the fed to slow down here. we're watching inflation maybe ease off a little, and let america's working people keep their jobs, keep this economy healthy. the fed has a dual mandate on inflation, but also on employment. >> senator warren, boy, do i want to spend another five minutes about crypto, but we're running out of time. we've had a great conversation about that in the past. so thank you. >> thank you. the low approval rating and near-record inflation were not enough to stop democrats in the mid terms. what lessons does president biden take away from the mid terms? we'll speak with anita dunn, next.

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president biden said voters welcome back. president biden said voters certainty a clear and unmistakable message that they want to preserve democracy and abortion rights. traveling in cambodia last night, he called democratic senate controlled a win for his own agenda. i'm not surprised by the turnout. i'm incredibly pleased by the turnout. i think it's a reflection of the quality of our contains and they're all running on the same program. >> joining me now is anita dunn, senior adviser to president biden. welcome back to "meet the press." >> hey, chuck, thank you for having me on. i too would have yielded five minutes to senator warren to talk about crypto. >> i know. we are making an appointment to do that again. >> good. >> let me start with something that the president was asked at the press conference.

let me play it again. it was what he took away from the mid terms. >> reporter: 75% of the voters say the country is headed in the wrong direction. despite the results of last night, what do you intend to do differently to change people's pin of the direction of the country. >> nothing, thee just finding out what we're doing. the more they know about what we're doing, the more support there is. >> when you look at they polls, let me put up a graphic, where more people said -- do you really believe this is a messaging problem? >> you know, chuck, as the president traveled the country and i had the opportunity to travel the country with him in the final week, you didn't go to a congressional district or state that the democrats weren't running on some aspect of the president's agenda, whether it's

the inflation reduction act, clear energy provisions, which young voters in particular are excited about, making corporations pay their fair share finally, the richest corporations have been to pay a minute numb tax. the forward bills, the chips investments that are making a leader again in both manufacturing and the economies of the future. that's who democratic candidates were running on. the reality is that a lot of communities across the country haven't felt the effects, because it takes time to implement these things, and the inflation reduction act didn't even pass until august. what the president has been saying and what he believes, as the programs become projects, community-changing forward-looking project across this country, people are going to feel it, the president likes

to say they haven't felt it yet. but starting next year they'll start to feel that. i'm curious of what you thought of the fact there were two distinct results, republicans far away from trump did quite well, and obviously those easily classified, i think the term the president use was maga republicans, showed that was a very effective message to push back on that. do you think the democrats and the president are really to win a debate with a normal republican? >> you know, chuck, when the president first started using the term "maga republican" back in may, a lot of pundits, a lot of people thought it wouldn't work. you know, trump -- former president trump kind of adopted it himself, but it was a very effective strategy for kind of

raising for the american people the hazards of going down that path with democracy denial. within as extremist program that involves denies women the right to an abortion. no, economic policies that tick to be trickle down as opposed to bottom up and middle out the way president biden is fighting for. the republican party has to come up with what they're actually for. it's very clear what president biden and the democratic party are for. they're for working people, for policies that change where the wealthy just got wealthier, and everybody else lost ground. that's what he ran on in 2020. that's what he's said out to do, and he ade made some real progress, but he has a lot more to do. >> a house of representatives

with a two-seat either say with a tough plates to corral. good luck to whoever has to do that on that front. what does that pour tend for the next two years legislatively? smaller, incremental things that get through congress? or even with a one-seat majority you could do more if somehow the democrats end up on top here? >> i wouldn't sigh a 50-50 senate and a close house is easy. >> it could be considered the good old days, when you look at this. >> but the president got huge bipartisan legislation passed. the chips and science bill,ed infrastructure bill. presidents have been talk fog decades about infrastructure. joe biden got it done. the pact act to help or veterans. the gun legislation was bipartisan, and is the realities is people in this country want

progress. they want leaders in washington to put their priorities first and not necessarily political priorities. that's the message i think that you hear. so, you know, we believe democratic agenda versus republican agenda, democratic agenda wins, because it's about working people, middle class, moving this country forward. senator warren is calling for, number one, having the debt ceiling in the lame duck. is that something the president would like? >> the white house has been clear that the debt ceiling needs to be lifted. the reality is that under the prior president, it happened three times with republicans controlling congress. it needs to happen again, obviously, sometimes next year. whether it's in the lame duck or next year is really up to

congress, but here's what's important, which is the debt ceiling should not be health hostage to policy changes, and there's no way that any political party should throw this economy and the global economy into chaos by refusing to lift it. >> and the president's student loan plan, the courts would clearly believe it should be codified in congress, of the ones that have vacated it. do you want to pursue that or would you like to see what the supreme court has to say? >> well, chuck, there have been a couple challenges to it that have gone directly to the supreme court so far that have been kicked out immediately. there's one judge in texas right now who has made a ruling that we just disagree with.

we think it's wrong. we believe the law is on our side, we're appealing and we believe the program will be upsaid. there's 26 million people in this country already applied for the student dead relief. people who are just looking for a little breathing room. republicans are trying to stop this. we are going to fight for it. with he believe it will be upheld. we believe we can give them the student debt relief, but we want to make it clear who is trying to stop this. that's the republican party who has no trouble giving tax breaks to wealthy corporations, but denies $10,000 to people who are really struggling. we appreciate you coming on after the mid terms and sharing your perspective. >> well, thank you for having me on, chuck. the vote counting continues. what are the real lesson from the mid terms?

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welcome back. hallie jansen, host of hallie jackson now. jake sherman s. stephen hayes, and symone sanders-townsend. all right, as we all face the reality of the worse than expected performance for republicans, they say it's one man to blame, donald trump. we have all seen this movie before. i want to remind people. >> i respectfully ask you, with all due respect, to step aside, step down. >> it's sad, really, but i can't endorse donald trump for president after those comments and the way he said them? >> then there was january 6th.

>> all i can say is, count me out, enough is enough. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress. >> some republicans swear this time is different. >> this time donald trump is no doubt in the rear-view mirror. >> it's moving in a different direction as we move forward, is a good thing. >> the voters have spoken and said they want a different leader, and a true leader understands when they have become a liability. >> throw the puck, hallie. >> we have sat around this table before and people asked, will this time be any different. what he's doing this week, i'm told is signing off on the placard to go on the run. the speech is written. i'm told it has no mention of glenn young kin or ron desantis.

>> i love that he has a speech, as if he's going to follow it. >> we know who donald trump is. i hear senator cassidy when he sis people aligned with the past underperformed and we have to mow on, but i think -- i'm not saying it couldn't happen. but look at the pattern. >> people are trying to be more donald trump than the next guy. >> you mean the house leadership? >> the house, yes. i mean, he remains the most popular figure in the house conference, probably the most popular on capitol hill. >> could he get 218 votes for speaker? >> no, i don't know who can. >> steve, you started a news organization designed to steer conservatives away from donald trump. breaking this morning, a high steaks meeting breaking off twin president biden and president xi. they're coming face-to-face in

bali for the first time in more than a decade. mr. biden's first meeting with president xi since taking office. for more on this let's bring in our nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander. peter, what can we expect from this meeting today? >> i don't hear the anchor. >> we're going to have peter back in a minute. right now we're watching president biden sitting at the table here. we're going to take a quick listen in. >> the secretary. one of the national security advisors is expected to be there as well. the secretary of state anthony blinken. the president is gathered with an opening remarks for the chinese president. this is first face-to-face meeting between these two men since president biden took office two years ago. their relationship dates back more than a decade.

they were serving as vice presidents of their country. and then vice president biden inviting him to the united states when they met separately. then 2015 president xi came to the u.s. he was hosted at a state dinner in the united states. he continued the relationship then. he said it is all business. and on that topic of business, we certainly expect this conversation to be focused on a series of topics. among them, the economic conditions between the two countries. here is president biden speaking right now. let's try to listen. >> the key to the theme of the cop 27 meeting. where i spoke on friday and we'll be discussing a lot of the challenges together, i hope, in the next couple hours. and the world expects, i believe, china and the united states to play key roles in

addressing global challenges from climate changes to food insecurity and for us to be able to work together. the united states stands ready to do just that. work with you if that's what you desire. so president xi, i look forward to our continuing and on going open and honest dialogue we've always had. i thank you for the opportunity. >> mr. president, it's good to see you. the last time we met was in 2017 during the world economic forum in davos. that was already more than five years ago. while since you assumed the presidency, we have maintained communication via video conferences, phone calls, and

letters. but none of them can really substitute for face-to-face exchanges. today we finally have this face-to-face meeting. from the initial contact and the establishments of diplomat uk relations to today, china and the united states have gone through 50 plus eventful years. we've gained experience and we've also learned lessons. history is the best textbook. so we should take history as a mirror and let it guide the future. currently, the china-u.s. relationship is in such a

situation that we all care a lot about it. it is not what the international community expects us. as leaders of the two major countries, we need to chart the right course. we need to find the right direction for the bilateral relationship going forward and elevate the relationship. a statesman should think about and know where to lead his country. he should also think about and know how to get along with other countries and the wider world.

in this time and age, great changes are unfloating in ways like never before. humanity, confronted with unprecedented challenges. the world has come to a cross roads where to go from here this is a question that is not only on our mind but on the mind of all countries. the world expects that china and the united states will properly handle the relationship. and for our meeting, it was the world's attention. so we need to work with all countries to bring more hope to world peace, greater confidence in global stability and stable impetus to development n our meeting today, i'm ready to have a candid -- as we always did,

have a candid and indepth exchange of these with you on issues of strategic importance in china-relations. i look forward to working with you, mr. president, to bring the stable growth to the benefit of our two countries and the world as a whole. thank you. >> those are the remarks of president xi of china. seated opposite president biden of the united states. the first face-to-face meeting since president biden became president. also notably comes now just a month after that norm breaking beginning the third term for china's president xi as we noted, the two men have known each other for more than a decade now. but this is a significant and tense time in this relationship with a series of topics that are expected to be discussed by the two leaders alongside their

teams on the u.s. side as you saw the secretary of state anthony blinken is gathered and janet yellen. the topic essential to be discussed is taiwan that china claimed as its own territory. president biden repeatedly said that he, the u.s., is prepared to defend taiwan if china were ever to invade there. certainly the topic of russia given the relationship between china and russia and ukraine. well, the war that's on going in ukraine right now. and north korea. china has some sway over as well. given the fears that there could be a nuclear testing resumption in north korea at this time. as you heard from president biden today, the president is open to working together if this that is something you desire. we'll be keeping a close eye on this situation. we'll have this coming up on the to the day show. >> peter alexander live for us in bali.

thank you for. that we'll have much more ahead on just a few moments on "way too early." thanks for watching msnbc. now back to program.

welcome back. data download time. it seems as our nation gets more polarized, it becomes harder to find and define the swing voters that ultimately decide elections, but when you break down tuesday, there's a pretty defined bloc that emerges. voters who somewhat disapprove of the job that president biden is doing. let me show you here. if you approve of the president, you voted in big numbers for democrats. if you strongly disapprove of president biden, you voted in big numbers for republicans, but look at this. 10% told us they only somewhat approve of the job, and they voted democratic? two states, new hampshire and georgia, where we saw a big split. governor sununu won reelection quite , 61% of biden disapprovals.

go to georgia, a similar solar, governor kemp 57% of the swing voters, herschel walker wins only 44% of the swing voters. we saw this across the board, especially with the more trump-associated candidates. who are these voters? young and independent. overall, as you can see, until the age of 35, but among the somewhat, 50% of the group is in that age bracket, and very independent. just 13% of the electorate call themselves independent, a quarter of this group calls themselves independent. among the democrats, they're way more progressive. 62% of the somewhat approvers were sanders -- among statistic republicans in this group. they are decidedly anti-trump. republicans overall 35% said they were trump supporters, 57%

said they were more republican party supporters. just 13% trump supporters. so this was a group that didn't like the trump wing of the party and seemed to vote that way. up next, a look back at the lessons republicans learned in a different midterm election. welcome back. in honor of 75 years, we're bringing back "meet the press" minute. we look back to 2006. ection.

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depends on the message of american people. are they sick of all republicans, are they stick of incumbents. when they go to the ballot booth, you can tell what their concerns are far better than any other way. what did you hear from the voters on tuesday? >> that we republicans have lost our way, that we came to washington to change government, and government changed us. >> i want to pick up on something that was in there. it's remarkable, if 73% of the company is not happy with the way things are going, really dissatisfied, and the country fired one incumbent -- between all the incumbent governors and senators, they fired one. we reelected a lot of people in the country, evening though we don't claim we like them running.

welcome to america. >> they're talking about how they feel at the time. yeah, if you're going to the gas station and it's costing you $5 $6 to -- if your eggs are still very expensive, you don't like that, but, you know, do i think my senator is doing a good job? sure, i'll send them back to washington. i think we have to peel back the layers. that's why we do the focus group. you get to ask follow-up questions, how people are feeling, not necessarily that they don't like the president. >> dissatisfaction may be on the democracy. >> the other thing john mccain talked about a reckoning inside the party, alluding to that. i remember when there was an autopsy back in there -- i don't know that that's going to happen here. i think you're seeing it in some corners. with your interview with senator

cassidy, there are people grappling with what is the future? that kind of attitude, the attitude we're going to have a big soul-searching moment, i don't know. >> what is the saying, you don't run against the almighty, but the alternative? i know it's cliche, trite -- >> i'm glad they do. this is a good thing. >> i think you had a lot of bad candidates. >> your interview with senator cassidy i thought was fascinating for exactly that points. i think he correctly laid out the stark choice that republicans have, following this debacle, and put himself on the side of principles and ideas and the if you had, but then when you asked at the end will you support donald trump again? he didn't say no. it's an extraordinary moment. >> if mitch mcconnell votes to convict trump, are these mid terms different, steve? >> i think the republicans had the votes in the senate, i think they could have pushed harder in the house and they didn't have the leadership. >> i look to do these what-if games. one, would republicans have had

their reckoning early, and will they have it too late? that's when we come back. that's all we have for today. we'll be back next week, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." ♪♪ president joe biden and chinese president xi are meet right now on the sidelines of the g-20