watch me. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. when you're through with powering through, it's time for theraflu hot liquid medicine. powerful relief so you can restore and recover. theraflu hot beats cold. it seemed like this was a race you'd easily win. it's been a real nail-biter. you and your opponent are currently neck and neck. >> that is because the maricopa county officials are incompetent, and it's my belief that the election is rigged and the results should be thrown out. >> it sounds like some new numbers are coming in which has

you taking a narrow lead over katie hobbs. >> which is why i've always said this is a democracy, trust the system, trust the vote. >> i spoke too soon. another batch of volts and you're losing again. >> because our system is broken and it always has been. >> you're actually back in the lead. >> but thankfully now it's if i canned. look, i am 100% confident i'm going to win this election. and i won't stop fighting until every vote is counted and then some votes are taken away because who do arizonans want leading them? katie hobbs, who's hiding in a basement? or me, kari lake, who lives right here in this beautiful pool of vaseline. >> welcome back to the fourth hour of "morning joe" on this monday, november 14th. that was "snl's" take on one of the most watched midterm races for arizona governor. and this morning it's one of the few key races yet to be called.

we'll go to the steven kornacki in just a moment. we're also awaiting president biden, a news conference from indonesia. we'll bring that to you when it happens as well. let's go right to nbc news national political correspondent steven kornacki at the big board. where do things stand now, steve? >> yeah. well, we had the senate called over the weekend, so the question is where is the house going to land? basically, there are right now 211 republican seats, seats that republicans have won. there are 206 seats that democrats have won. so that leaves 18 uncalled races in the house of representatives. you see them right here. we actually had two calls, one that came in overnight in new mexico, a second one that recently came in, colorado. so those have now been called for democrats. everything that's not colored in here, this is it. this is the battleground that's left. there are 18 seats here. you can do the math on the magic number. the democrats would need to win 12 of these seats here to get to a majority.

the republicans would need to win 7 of them to get to a majority. now, you can see here there are some districts where democrats have a pretty clear advantage here. there are some district where is republicans have a pretty clear advantage. so what's going to make the difference here, i'll give you an example, will be a place like arizona's first district, dave schweikert is running here. this is a district if democrats are going to get to 218 and hold the majority, this is a perfect example of a district they need to carry. in that sense, they got some bad news last night. you played that clip, they are still nightly reporting out volts from maricopa county. in last night's batch of votes, dave schweikert actually took the lead. so they have shifted in terms of which ballots are counting in maricopa and getting down to the most republican friendly of the votes here in terms of the late votes. these are votes that were dropped off by voters in person on election day. talk about the governor's race,

kari lake may not be getting the numbers she teeds to get from those, but she's doing better with those than some of the earlier reports. here's dave schweikert a republican down the ballot from her running in a maricopa-based district here. he benefit from the that batch last night. he takes the lead. there is an expectation that tonight's batch of votes out of maricopa, again, while it may not be enough to lift a kari lake in a governor's race in arizona, it could help schweikert pad his lead. >> all right. steve, stand by. we're going to go to president biden in bali, indonesia. >> a few words about the recent elections held in the united states. what we saw was the strength and resilience of american democracy. we saw it in action. and the american people proved once again that democracy is who we are. there was a strong rejection of election deniers at every level from those seeking to lead our states and those seeking to serve in congress and also those seeking to oversee the elections. and there was a strong rejection

of political violence and voter intimidation. there was an emphatic statement that in america, the will of the people prevails. i have travelled this week, and it's been clear how closely the world and our allies and our competitors, as well, have been following in our elections at home. excuse me. i have a little code. and what these elections showed is that there's a deep and unwavering commitment in america to preserving and protecting and defending democracy. now let me speak briefly about our agenda over the past few days. in egypt and in cambodia and here in indonesia, in this moment of great global challenge from global inflation to climate crisis to russia's brutal war against ukraine, we're bringing together broadest possible coalition of partners to get results. in the cop27 in egypt, i made it clear that, thanks to the bold agenda of our administration, we pursued from day one to tackle

the climate crisis and advance energy security at home and around the world, the united states will meet our emissions targets under the paris agreement. we're going to keep working with our partners to support the most vulnerable countries in building resilience to climate impacts and to align global ambition with the 1.5-degree celsius goal while supercharging our clean energy transition. at the u.s./asean summit, i laid out a commitment to working with our partners in the indo-pacific to ensure a future that is vital to this region that's free and open and prosperous as well as secure. and i met with our allies from australia, japan, and the republic of creeia, underscoring our commitment and deepening our engagement with our closest partners and strengthening our cooperation among our allies to meet shared threats to our own security and to their security

including the dprk. i just met in person with xi jinping of the people's republic of china. we had -- excuse me -- we had an open and candid conversation about our intentions and our priorities. it was clear, he was clear and i was clear, that we'll defend american interests and values, promote universalstand up for t international order. we're going to compete vigorously, but i'm not looking for conflict. i'm looking to manage this competition responsibly. and i want to make sure, make sure that every country abides by the international rules of the road. we discussed that. the one china policy, our one china policy has not changed, has not changed. we oppose unilateral change in the status quo by either side and we're committed to maintaining the peace and stability in the taiwan straits. it was also clear that china and the united states should be able

to work together where we can to solve global challenges and require every nation to do its part. we discussed russia's aggression against ukraine, reaffirm ourd shared belief in the threat with the use of nuclear weapons is totally unacceptable, and i asked that secretary blinken travel to china to follow up on our discussion and continue keeping the lines of communication open between our two countries. looking ahead at the g-20 meetings tomorrow, we're going to be taking on the very issues that matter in people's lives not only here but also our allies and our partners. that means tackling the suffering russian aggression has released not just to the ukrainian people but people around the world, particularly food insecurity, and strengthening the fundamentals of our global economy for everyone, support for debt relief, reforms for multilateral development banks, investments to bolster global health security, and to make sure the world is better prepared for the

next pandemic. the g-20 has been an important forum for the world's largest economies to work together for the good of people everywhere. and i'm looking forward to our meetings tomorrow. let me close with this -- my first trip overseas last year, i said that america was back, back at home, back at the table, and back to leading the world. in the year and a half that's followed, we've shown exactly what that means. america's keeping its commitments. america is investing in our strength at home. america is working alongside our allies and partners to deliver real, meaningful progress around the world. at this critical moment, no nation has been better positioned. i'm happy to take questions. i'm told there will be four. but i'm not doing ten questions from each questioner. all right? make that clear. ken thomas, "wall street

journal." >> you said at the outset of this meeting that you did not want competition to turn into conflict. based on this meeting today, do you believe a new cold war with china can be averted, specifically on the issue of taiwan? you spoke about intentions. do you believe china is preparing, intending to invade taiwan at some point, and what warnings did you issue president xi if he would attempt such action? >> the answer to the first part of your question, i absolutely believe there need not be a new cold war. i met many times with xi jinping and we were candid and clear with one another across the board. and i do not think there's any imminent attempt on the part of china to invade taiwan, and i made it clear that our policy in

taiwan has not changed at all. it's the same exact position we've had. i made it clear that we want to see issues peacefully resolved. so it never has to come to that. and i'm convinced that he understood exactly what i was saying. i understood what he was saying. and, look, i think the united states is better prepared than any country in the world economically and politically to deal with the changing circumstances around the world. and i think that -- i think xi jinping -- we agreed that we would set up a set of circumstances where on issues that we had to further resolve details, we agreed that we would have our chief of staff -- the appropriate cabinet members and others sitting with one another to discuss the details of every issue that was raised, and we

raised a lot of issues. sung kim, associated press. >> thank you, mr. president. you met with president xi and met with him face-to-face after he had consolidated his power at home. now that you've met with him face-to-face, how do you assess his sort of posture towards the united states now? and do you find him personally to be more confrontational or more conciliatory and willing to compromise? >> neither. and yes. >> thank you. >> yes. i found him the way he's always been, direct and straightforward. and do i think he's willing to compromise on various issues? yes. i think he understands that -- look, i think -- how can i say this tactfully? i think the -- i think the

election held in the united states was -- still leaves a little bit uncertain has sent a very strong message around the world that the united states is ready to play, the united states is -- the republicans who survived along with the democrats are of the view that we're going to stay fully engaged in the world and that we, in fact, know what we're about. and so i don't get any sense that there's more or less confrontation. we were very blunt with one another about places where we disagreed or where we were uncertain of each other's position, and we agreed we'd set up, and did, mechanisms whereby we would meet in detail with the key people in each of our administrations to discuss how we could resolve them or if they weren't resolved on what basis were they not resolved.

sebastian smith, the afp. >> thank you very much, mr. president. this is truly close. does the retaking of kherson in ukraine signal a turning point in the war in your opinion that the ukrainians -- where the ukrainians could realistically pursue their ultimate goal of expelling the russians completely, including retaking crimea? if so, does the u.s. intend to support and facilitate that goal as you've been doing so far with their other goals, or would you perhaps see kherson as a different kind of inflection point, basically a good time to start negotiating now that they've got some more strength than they had a few weeks ago? >> first of all, it's a significant, significant victory for ukraine. significant victory. and i can do nothing but applaud the courage, determination, and capacity of the ukrainian people

and the ukrainian military. i mean, they have really been amazing. and i think it's hard to tell at this point exactly what it means in terms of -- but i've been very clear that we're going to continue to provide the capability for the ukrainian people to defend themselves and we are not going to engage in any negotiation. there's nothing about ukraine without ukraine. it's a decision ukraine has to make. i think you're going to see things slow down a bit because of the winter months, and the ability to move as easily around the country, but i think it remains to be seen exactly what the outcome will be except that i'm confident that russia will not occupy or defend ukraine as they intended from the beginning.

i'm having trouble reading this. reuters. netanya bose? >> mr. president, quick question on north korea, which appears poised to conduct a new nuclear test. i'm wondering if you can talk about your specific discussions with president xi on that. to what extent do you think china has the ability to talk north korea out of conducting such tests, and what are the repercussions for u.s./chinese relations if a test goes forward? >> well, first of all, it's difficult to say that i am certain that china can control north korea, number one. number two, i made it clear to president xi jinping that i thought they had an obligation to attempt to make it clear to north korea that they should not engage in long-range nuclear tests, and i made it clear as well that if they did, they

meaning north korea, that we would have to take certain actions that would be more defensive on our behalf, and it would not be directed against north korea -- excuse me, would not be directed against china but it would be to send a clear message to north korea. we are going to defend our allies as well as american soil and american capacity. and so -- but i do not think that it's difficult to determine whether or not china has the capacity -- i'm confident china is not looking for north korea to engage in further escalatory meetings because i made it clear from the very beginning and last year as well that we will do what needs to be done to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea as well as japan, and that we'd be more up in the face

china but it wouldn't be because of china, it would be because of what was going on in north korea. again, on a number of these issues, we have put together team where our national security adviser, secretary of defense and others are going to be engaging with their counterparts in china to see -- we're not going to be able to work everything out, and i'm not suggesting this is kumbaya, you know, everybody's going to go away with everything in agreement, but i do not believe there's a need for concern of -- as one of you raised the legitimate question, a new cold war. and i think that -- i'll conclude by saying it this way. i want to be clear and be clear with all leaders but particularly with xi jinping that i mean what i say and i say what i mean. so there's no misunderstanding. that's the biggest concern i

have is a misunderstanding about intentions or actions on each of our parts. so we wanted to look at my team, how long that meeting lasted -- 3 1/2 hours -- so we covered an awful lot of territory. and i must say that he was as straightforward as he has been with me in the past and i think that we understand one another, which is the most important thing that can be done. i guess all of you are going swimming from here. it's not far. >> mr. president, what should americans expect from congress as it relates to abortion rights? >> i don't think they can expect much of anything other than we'll maintain our positions. i'm not getting into more questions. i shouldn't have answered your questions. >> mr. president -- >> i don't think there's enough votes to codify unless something happens unusual in the house. i think we're going to get very close in the house, but i think it's going to be very close, but

i don't think we're going to make it. >> all right. thank you, everybody. thank you. >> president joe biden after an historic meeting with president xi of china. the president said that the two world leaders of the two superpowers had an open and candid conversation. the president was quite clear he would continue to defend u.s. interests at home and around the globe, that he would compete vigorously and america would compete vigorously with china, but he was not looking for a conflict, and several times he stated that he did not fear that a new cold war between the two superpowers would emerge. president xi told president biden that taiwan was the most critical issue to china, and the president said that the one china policy the united states

has had for decades has not changed, that the two countries should work together to solve problems to make sure that any misunderstandings in the straits were resolved peacefully as well as international problems that they would be facing, including climate change. both opposed destabilization from the invasion that russia committed against the ukrainians. the prospect of nuclear weapons, tactical nuclear weapons. the president said that in the direct and straightforward conversation with xi that he sensed that the election had sent a very strong message to xi and to other leaders around the world that the united states knows what we're about and that we'll defend our allies as well as our national interests, and

also said that while he wasn't sure that the chinese had direct impact over whether north korea continued testing and possible nuclear tests, he didn't warn president xi that there would be consequences toward north korea and not toward china if a nuclear test was, in fact, put forward by the north koreans. but he said his main goal was that there would be no misunderstanding between the two powers. joe biden said it's important that he knows i say what i mean and i mean what i say. and the thing that he believed was most important from the meeting was that even if they disagreed, mika, on a variety of things, it was important that, quote, we understand each other. >> and he started his comments by making a very clear statement about the united states of america, saying america is back.

he said that the last time he was there and keeping its commitments, but he started out by talking about the strength of america's democracy, that democracy, he said, is who we are. he's talking about the results of the elections over the weekend. and he characterized those results. among other things, he talked about the results of the election being a strong rejection of political violence. quite frankly, there was also some pushback to conspiracy theories about political violence in the words from vice president mike pence, who did an interview talking about january 6th and validating that his life was in danger. and president biden again calling the election a rebuke to political violence and political extremism. >> right. >> and he put a marker down about america's deep and unwavering commitment to democracy. >> well, and mike barnicle, you have known the president for

decades, as have mika and myself, so fairly good at reading joe biden personally and seemed to be a president that was enjoying this month, a president that was in complete command, and obviously still basking in the glow of political upset that was historic. >> historic proportions, yeah. >> we a u.s. v just saw a very confident president of the united states who knows exactly what he's doing and knows exactly how to get to where he's going with regard to president xi. he indicated that, when he was asked the sense, the essence of the meeting, how it went, the president said he found him, xi, he found him the way he's always been, and that they were very blunt with one another, and you can bank on that. president biden has stories about his past meetings with putin and he was very blunt with

putin. and i'm sure he was very blunt with president xi. and as you indicated, joe, he indicated that he got a sense from president xi that there is no imminent intent to invade taiwan. it seems like a very successful meeting. and as you indicated earlier, there are probably going to be follow-up meetings between our secretaries of state, secretary of defense, and national security advisers with the chinese equivalent of that in the chinese structure of government. >> right. and, you know, mika, what makes the statement so interesting, joe biden was asked was he tougher, was he more conciliatory when president biden said, well, he's the same xi that i've always known. it's important to understand that there's -- the context to that. when joe biden was the vice president of the united states and president xi was the number

two leader in china, they spent a great deal of time together. they got to know each other fairly well. that obviously is a positive background going into this meeting. and so when he says he seems the same as he's always been -- >> always been. >> -- that goes back more than one or two phone calls. that goes back years. >> and jen palmeri, another person in the room who's the same as he's all been, joe biden. always, always underestimated. i can't imagine it helps going into the g-20, going into these meetings that he's backed up by his country when it comes to the strength of democracy. >> when i worked with both president clinton and president obama after '94 and 2010, they had to make a similar trip, right. there's usually the asean, the economic trip at this time every year, and this time the g-20. it was really tough because

you're walking in in a weakened position on the world stage. and, you know, we talked about this a little bit with richard haass when he was here earlier, like how important it is that the president of the united states sat across the table from xi and looked at him and was able to say, like, our democracy is holding, right. it's not just that it's great that people voted and that people conceded and election denying was lost, also there are foreign entities trying to mess in our elections, right. it's not just russia. it's also china. and for them to know that is not working, we are holding, really, you know, puts the president in a position of power in that really important relationship. i saw on the campaign trail that, you know, another thing that's really registering with voters was the chips act. it may sound like a small thing, but people got that the congress, that president biden passed something that was going

to help make america more competitive with china. and so he has the -- he was able to go in there strong as the president of the united states, our democracy is holding, also showing him and the congress are doing things that are going to protect americans' economic interest. it's far better than we imagined president biden would be walking into ten days ago. >> absolutely. joining us from capitol hill, co-founder of punchbowl news, jake sherman. he's an msnbc political contributor. jake, great to see you. so let's talk about what it moons, the democrats' big win in the senate over the weekend. pretty unexpected. but also the president made a little bit of news at the end of his news conference talking about how roe probably will not be codified, probably not going to make it. your thoughts. >> it's an acknowledgment of reality, mika. it's been very difficult for this congress or any congress whose composition we don't yet know to codify roe, especially

if republicans could control, excuse me, the house of representatives. here's what i would say, though. i think we're entering a new era in which moderates have as much sway in the house of representatives as ever before, probably since the early to mid-2000s. so we've gotten accustomed to a right-more drifting house of representatives when republicans controlled the house. but now i think you're just going to see a different center of gravity than we've seen before. i don't know if that's helpful to joe biden, if that will be dispositive to his governing general, dark but it is a new reality for the house of representatives. >> jake, i'm so glad you brought that up because there's always this sort of ebb and flow back and forth when you have a majority as thin as it is. nancy pelosi had to deal with that several years ago. she was masterful at doing that. but when newt gingrich had small majorities, when dennive in hastert had small majorities the time i was there, those of us on the hard right on economic

issues said, you know, people must pay attention to us, and everybody sort of caved far little bit, and then suddenly the moderates were like, wait a second, why are we caving to those hot heads? and they basically called their bluffs. okay, you want to vote with the democrats, vote with the democrat, and the moderates stepped forward and were able to exert influence too. a majority of two, three, four, that cuts both ways, doesn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah, it absolutely does. it's unlike anything kevin mccarthy has ever experienced. you bring up a good point, though, joe, when you were in the house of representatives and when denny hastert was speaker, they had a rarazor-thin majorit and never lost a vote. so it does instill some sort of discipline perhaps that republicans have not had in the past. you see this now, the far right of the house republican conference trying to almost, you know, toot their own horn about how powerful they will be, and

little do they know they'll be less powerful than ever before. i want to see how this plays out, but it probably means in practical terms that impeaching joe biden is going to be off the table, impeaching mayorkas, which republicans were hot on doing, is going to be off the table. this is something that kevin mccarthy told me he did not want to do during the campaign season. i think he in understands how politically toxic it would be. it's just not tethered to politically reality anymore. i wonder from that moderate house republican congress there will be a desire to work with joe biden. but they won on blue state republicans winning districts that joe biden won by 7 to 12 points. that's very unique in the modern kind of house of representatives to have that dynamic in the conference. >> well, one of the things, you bring up so many great points here, one other thing, too, is that the tide right now, just

now, but the tide of american political thought has moved sharply away from the most extreme voices on the right. as biden would say, the mega maga crowd, who we often see covered in the media most often, people inside the republican caucus, they understand that. and what you just said is so important, republicans are going to be in power because they want seats, if they are, in fact, in power enough, they won seats in blue states like new york, in states like california. so somebody from those districts says, yeah, i think i'm going to turn this over to m mtg or othe, that ain't going to happen, is

it. >> no. and i talked with a republican last night involved in the elections who made the point hopefully republicans take away from this election that actually that trump-fueled candidates are no good. i mean, they lost very winnable seats in ohio against marcy captor, in a new district in north carolina in beau hines, in new hampshire, all trump-inspired, fumed, or endorsed candidates. i just think that it's resounding how much of a difference that makes. and you see people like mike lawler in upstate new york who's distanced himself from trump, who beat john patrick maloney. so chalk one up for the middle of the conference and just the coming clash between that wing, the mtg, to use short hand, wing, and the moderate, more traditional republican wing, is going to be epic because the mtg wing lost in this election. those candidates did not win. they had a tough time and they lost winnable districts for republicans. >> all right. co-founder of punchbowl news,

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we think this place is worth saving. we think we shouldn't have people denying elections, should respect the way we've done thing for 200 years. as mike said, there is a sense that is slipping away from us, getting out of control, and voters last night said give it back, we want it back, we want this to be a normal country for

lack of a better word. ooh. >> why did we win? we had great candidates. they had flawed candidates. the american people began to worry that this maga group was controlling the republican party and our democracy was at risk. but the other things we won is we talked about things people care about, reducing the cost of prescription drugs, dealing with climate, student debt. young people vote mrd heavy than people thought because of those issues. so we won, and i hope i can convince my non-maga republican colleagues in the senate democrats, the reason we won is we got something done on issues. >> 39 past the hour. senate majority leader chuck schumer on our show earlier this morning. on saturday night, we learned he will remain majority leader when the nevada senate race was called for catherine cortez

masto. she was long considered one of the most vulnerable democratic incumbents but now has defeated her republican challenger, trump-backed adam laxalt. joining us now, ceo of the nevada independent, john recallton. also with us, national political director for indivisible project, maria urbina. thank you very much for being with us this morning. >> thanks thank you guys so much. john, i always told republicans that pennsylvania was fool's gold, right? and it was. i say, you know, we always go in, always pull out the -- i've said the same thing about nevada, that somehow, some way, democrats always pull out victories in nevada. started saying it when harry reed was running. he's going to lose.

no, he's not. i've never seen a state as wide as nevada. it's something you understand, when people were attacking you for just telling the truth about where this election was going. >> yeah, well, you have to put up with trolls, joe, as you well know. you probably ignored them the same way i do. >> he tries. >> it's sad people don't want to look at reality. you just said this is a close race but there have been close race before. but the democratic machine, the so-called reed machine in nevada is unparalleled. just because the senator passed away last year doesn't mean that the machine suddenly disappeared. the people pulling the levers of that machine are still around, and what they were able to do for catherine cortez masto -- and by the way, joe, also saving three house seats here that were considered targets by the republicans, and democratic

incumbents won all of those, it is a remarkable machine and i want's still there. >> by the way, correct me if i'm wrong, you got the senators race correct, but weren't you surprised that all three democrats won those three seats in nevada? >> i was, joe. i thought suzie lee in the swing district in nevada and had a credible candidate, not one of these maga nuts or election denier nuts running against her, i thought that she was going to lose. and by the way, i think many democrats thought that she was going to lose. but it put her over the top like titus and horse berg. suzie lee had a ton of media run against her, really nasty stuff. she created some of her own problem, but she managed to survive. by the way, the democrats are also going to make gains in the

legislature here in a year in which a red wave was predicted quite confidently by a lot of republicans. >> it really was. >> maria, you're looking at masto's story, and you say her story is nevada's story. explain. >> she's the daughter of a latino, of a union worker. she comes from a working-class family. and i totally agree with john. i was on the 2010 race in nevada work under these machine women, right. i worked under shannon and others, and lirned then that nevada is unique and many times the national reporting is lopsided. folks underestimated senator cortez masto, and she delivered. she also delivered the latino vote, outperforming president biden there. >> maria, you're part of the reed machine that's still

working. you mentioned some of the people in nevada that are still working, rebecca lamb, of course, who was a long-standing star, becca kirshner katz, senior adviser for the letterman campaign. the legacy is having a huge impact. i know your project you did a lot of work canvassing, knocking on doors, getting young people out to vote. what lessons do you take away from that experience talking to young voters, particularly voters of color? >> sure. i had two lessons learned. one, nevada, it's a purple state, a tough state, you have to have a broad coalition, and senator cortez masto assembled that. the other thing is the nonpartisan group continues to grow and be sizable. northern nevada did all their canvassing in a critical battleground county that senator cortez masto delivered. it's going to be important as democrats compete statewide there they continue to talk to

those voters. the other piece i want to add more broadly is we were talking about gop extremism from the beginning in terms of being part of a grassroots community, you can often be on the early side of setting trends or shifting them. and when roe happened, i heard from indivisible leaders all across the country talking about that the stakes were higher, that what they were hearing at the doors was different than what they were hearing in the news, that folks were scared about democracy. we went on offense, pulled out -- we put out a guide that was pushing people to go on offense against gop extremism. and it proved to be a really helpful strategy this cycle. >> john, senator reed was an unflappable guy, tough guy, skilled at defining his opponent, a very disciplined guy. what elements of harry reed, the discipline of the campaign, defining the opponent, what elements if any did senator cortez masto use against adam laxalt? >> it's a great question, mike.

you can see that she was influenced by harry reed, who anointed her to replace him when he left in 2016. her media against adam laxalt, defining him as this child of privilege who didn't grow up in nevada, essentially came back to nevada to run for office as an election denier and as someone who said, and they used this over and over again, roe v. wade was a joke, she showed all the instincts of her mentor. and another one she showed that i don't think people really understand is her fund-raising ability. harry reed was one of the best fund-raisers in the history of this state. she really outraised laxalt. of course there was a lot of outside money that tended to overwhelm that, but she raised a ton of money, and that allowed her to keep those commercials i just referred to on the air throughout the election. >> all right. ceo of "the nevada independent,"

jon ralston, and national political director of indivisible project, maria urbina, thank you very much for your insight this morning. two states over from nevada in colorado, democratic governor jared polis cruised to re-election, defeating his republican challenger 58% to 39%. governor polis joins us now. this was not close. congratulations, sir. to what do you point your win to? >> really simple. just solving problems and addressing the issues both ways. i signed over 50 ways to sign people money, the largest property tax cut in the history of colorado, two income tax cuts, free preschool and kindergarten, capped the out-of-pocket costs of insulin, many, many more. we reacted to many people's pain point. costs are going up and what are we going to do about it and let's get i don't. we have a lot of things to point

to. >> governor, colorado has been considered a swing state at times. i know early in the cycle, actually up to the last few weeks, people were talking about senator bennett possibly having problems. not only did that not happen, there was a massive blue wave in colorado. i mean, republicans got wiped out. i would say you look at colorado, you look at michigan, two of the biggest states for democratic waves. what happened in colorado? why did the colorado people reject republicans the way they did this year? >> so, to understand colorado, it starts with the fact that over 40% of our voters are unaffiliated. they're neither democrats more republicans. doesn't mean they're all moderates. some lean left, some right. but what they're looking for are candidates, no matter their party identity, to speak to the issues that matter and will make life better for them. we focused on protecting our

freedom. as coloradans, that means the right to marry who you love, to decide when and if to have kids, and to save people money. those are the issues that resonated with that largest bloc of voters, the unaffiliated voter in our state. >> so you won in some gop strongholds in the state. and i'm wondering, what do you think brought republicans your way? and will you talk about addressing pain points, the economy, inflation, things that impact kitchen-table issues, but what about some of the bigger issues facing the country -- democracy, electiondeniers, and abortion? >> so, certainly the ability to have kids or when to have kids, if to have kids, that really goes into the kind of value of freedom. so we certainly talked about women should be able to make their own reproductive health decisions. there are states next to colorado, board erg colorado, where women and health care

providers and nurses are literally facing jail time for the decisions they've made. we've made clear that as long as democrats were elected, that would not happen in colorado certainly resonated. obviously, there is support for democracy. we had a number of republican candidates that were election deniers, some that weren't. the ones that weren't election deniers fared better, but their brand as republicans was still tainted by their brethren that refused to acknowledge that joe biden had been elected legitimately. >> there was that. colorado governor jared polis, thank you very much for being on the show this morning. >> congratulations.much. >> governor, congratulations. >> always a pleasure. thank you. president biden frauded the liberation of kherson as a significant victory for ukraine. when "morning joe" returns. when "morning joe" returns

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georgia. the school's police department posted online teams are still searching the campus for the suspect. they are telling everyone to remain sheltered in place as the hours-long manhunt continues. the suspected shooter is christopher darnell jones, a student at the school. he's accused of shooting five people near a parking garage, killing three of them. it is not clear if the victims are students as well. but, again, charlottesville is locked down at this hour. meanwhile, police are investigating the deaths of four university of idaho students found in a home near campus yesterday. officers discovered the deaths when they responded to a report of an unconscious person. the students are believed to be the victims of homicide. authorities have not released additional details including

causes of death. of course we will be following both stories. we turn now to the war in eastern europe where the first major city captured by russia is now back under ukrainian control. richard engel reports from the newly liberated city of kherson. >> reporter: kherson is a city victorious, liberated from russian occupation. and this morning ukraine's president president zelenskyy paid a visit. >> how are you feeling today? >> very well today. be careful. >> i understand there is a lot of security here. but how is this moment for you? >> the moment is very important. that is the biggest since the 24th of february. so that was the biggest city and

now it's free. so ukraine came so i am happy. thank you. >> reporter: the russian occupation came early and was brutal. so the joy and relief now is profound. everyone wants to thank a ukrainian soldier. and collect autographs. there haven't been many scenes like this in europe since american g.i.s helped defeat the nazis in world war ii. a ukrainian soldier was one of the first in rushing to see his grandmother, who collapses to her knees. we found the grandmother, lydia. she hadn't seen the reunion video until now. what was that moment like? i was so, so happy to see him, she says. my grandson, that he is running to me, that he is alive. she watches the video again and again and kisses him on the

screen. as months of fear and uncertainty well up and come pouring out. it was overdue. thank you. thank you for everything, she says. i had no words. kherson was the first city russia captured after it invaded. president putin annexed it annexing it to be forever bonded to russia. it turns out forever had a time limit. nbc's richard engel with that report. we will turn back to the midterms in another notable way democrats were able to defy the odds. the party getting a major boost from young voters and won especially big with young women. exit polls show in the crucial race in pennsylvania, 77% of young women voted for democrat john fetterman, helping push him over the finish line.

72% of women aged 18 to 29 voted for democrats in house races nationwide. joining us to talk about this is the editor of forbes women and the driving force behind the 50 over 50 list. maggie, let's fly through these. first of all,, the women who saved democracy, they really got out the vote. >> reporter: they really did. you can go back to 1920 and look at the league of women voters. but women are at the center of getting out the vote. whether it's the new georgia progress or when we all vote. women are registering 500,000 people at a time at each election cycle. and i would also note since 1980 women voters have outpaced men voters in presidential elections. so what we have seen in this midterm cycle isn't entirely new. women are showing up at the polls again and again at higher rates than men. >> also when it comes to female candidates, they did quite well. especially in races that really

mattered against the big lie. >> reporter: they did well against the big lie. and this is not exclusively a female ten on no, ma'am non. in pennsylvania, we obviously had a man running against a man. i heard jose it earlier. people are sick of the chaos. when you combine women's rights, the reproductive rights issue, abortion, with the big lie, i think it makes sense that you see women coming out for these candidates. there was a poll earlier this year. you talked about younger women. 61% of young women consider abortion a critical issue. that was earlier this fall. i think the numbers we are seeing now support that number. >> they really do. another thing you're looking at, and i really want to hear more about this, but the amount of harassment that female candidates are dealing with. >> reporter: so the anti-defamation league and princeton university studied threats levied against women in all levels of government.

women received three times as many threats as male politicians. women of color receive even more than that. that's online, social media, over email. this is proliferating platforms. and i think it's a really danger to female candidates. >> all right. and also maggie pointing out younger women especially broke hard for democrats this election cycle. this was a historic midterm in so many ways. the editor of forbes women, maggie mcgrath, thank you so much. before we go today, young women voted. >> yeah. >> and broke hard for democrats. this is historic in so many ways, including the young people who know it's a midterms. it matters. i'm there. >> reporter: we're going to look back for decades and decades and decades what happened last week. and also i would want to say in terms of women saving the public, liz cheney endorsing two

women, slotkin, spanberger, two women that ran really tough races on what they had gotten done in a bipartisan way as well. it's just , you know, women saving the republic. >> reporter: it appears a lot of us underestimated the power and attracting of voting in this particular election among young people. we missed the wave that came. thank god it did come. >> all right. well, that does it for us this morning. much more tomorrow on "morning joe". jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m. i'm jose diaz-balart. a very busy monday morning. we begin this hour in indonesia where president biden wrapped up a news conference following his meeting with xi jinping. they talked for roughly three and a half hours during their first in-person