in 42 days, the united republica haven house to -- republican house takes control. in 42 days we end one party democrat ruled in washington. a new house republican will work to stop joe biden on our laws, borders and border agents. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena. let me be clear. those responsible for this disaster will be held accountable. i've spoken today, again, to congressman jim jordan, and jd,, defeat -- jamie carmer. they have my complete support to investigate the collapse of our border and the shutdown of ice enforcement nationwide. undersecretary mayorkas -- under sec. mayorkas, his laws have approved that deadly. fentanyl is slowing -- flowing in record amount. 300 americans will be poisoned and die. tomorrow, 300 more. it's the equivalent of an airline crashing each and every day in america. again, he does nothing. if an airline crashed three days and around the entire nation would say, we have a real challenge. we have a crisis, disaster, we have to do something about it. he continues to lie to the american public. we

mccarthy and other house republicans were there to evaluate border security operations and meet with border patrol personnel. representative mccarthy went on to say that if the secretary does not resign, there will be investigations in the house once republicans take back control to determine whether an impeachment inquiry is warranted. >> well thank you for joining us today, i am down here for a couple of different reasons, the first to keep my promise. i've been to the border numerous times and el paso. i came in march, 2021. we have watched after the biden administration took office, changing the policies, creating a challenge for our border agents. we just spent time with them. our nation has never been so at risk and their job has never been harder. those brave men and women risk their lives every day to protect american citizens from the consequences of illegal border crossing. together we bear witness to the worst border crisis in the u.s. history. there has been more than 4 million illegal border crossings, since joe biden has taken office. that's not the worst part. now that

president now is not the , time, but i would like to visit with you in the white house to see how republicans and democrats can work together to secure this border." my staff has called the white house every week since then. i urged the biden administration, please work with the house republican leaders to secure the border. because lives are on the line. these 16 border trips, they have been talking about security. you know what we have not been talking about which i wish we would? commerce and trade. there's so much more that el paso has to offer the world. re-shoring. taking stuff that is happening in china and re-shoring to the u.s. and our partners in mexico. we don't have those discussions because our borders wide open and people are dying every single day. these are the discussions that i wish we would have in congress. but it starts somewhere. change is coming. that change is now. that change does not happen with out those that are willing to roll up their sleeves and fight for it. with that, i would like to introduce my good friend dr. brian babin. >> thank you, tony, great to be in

side, back again talking about the budget or border debates or almost any policy debates, the house republican republican relationships will be fascinating. same when it comes to trump. >> yes, same when it comes to trump. and the reality and romney is such an interesting voice on this because he's the only one that can say and did say it yesterday i voted to remove this guy from office twice, not once but two times and we should not be putting up with this and, you know, we haven't even talked about the fact that donald trump is going to be running for president for all of this time and we are about -- what, six, eight months away from the first round of republican presidential primary debates, i mean, this was how washington worked from 2017 when trump took office until 2020 when he was thrown out of it and, you know, it looks like we'll be in it again and republicans still haven't come up for the most part with a good way to talk about it. >> yeah, senate republicans, there's a lot more distance with trump obviously in the house. i mean look at mitch mcconnell. he is target number one of mr

republicans now look poised to win. make no mistake, gop control of the house is a big deal. i'm not going to understate, this it giveses republicans the power to set the agenda, committee assignments. it gives them the power to subpoena and investigate the biden administration on numerous important issues, subpoena witnesses, stop the left's radical agenda and of course they have the power of the purse. despite the lies from the media mob, we never predicted this red wave. in fact, we warned all year long that this election would be incredibly close because we were always talking about bellwether states. we talked about toss-up states with the balance of power decided in a few of these purple battleground states. i'm getting a little sick and tired of being lied about. we'll refresh their memory and remind you. >> three key swing states, if you go back to 2016 that put trump in victory. the combined vote of those three swing states, 70,000 votes. 2020, 43,000 votes in three states. that would be georgia, wisconsin and arizona decided the election. if you stay home, democrats,

. >>> gearing up, after winning narrow control of the house, republicans look ahead to their time inower. what will they do with it? >> we're going to give you a government that's held accountable. >> i want to be clear, this is an investigation of joe biden. >> >>> plus, he's back, former president trump is back on the trail, back on twitter, and back to being under the shadow of a special counsel probe. >> i will ensure that the special counsel receives the resources to conduct this work quickly and completely. >> what does that mean going forward? january 6th committee member congressman adam kinzinger is ahead. >>> i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is thinking there is so much fresh content, and yet we're about to watch a rerun. this morning, president biden celebrates his 80th birthday. he says he's planning to run for a second term in 2024 and his opponent could be donald trump, who announced he's running for president. he'll do that under the shadow of a brand-new special counsel investigation, and if he wants, trump can now tweet again after his ban w

it allows them to play off of those house republicans. but he's not going to be in control of the house of representatives. >> interesting. the backdrop of all of this is the big news about speaker nancy pelosi stepping down from her leadership position, and steny hoyer as well. both saying it's time for a new generation of leaders to step up. hoyer will be our guest this morning. elizabeth, if we could just take a moment to just mark the end of this era and, by the way, ending, again, with a lot of disgraceful behavior by republicans in congress and even during her announcement. not showing up, not clapping. acting just like they were raised in a barn. i mean, seriously, they don't know how to be polite. this is not what i'm used to in washington. i've seen vicious fights happening between right and left here in washington. but when you're picking up each other's kids at school, your parents, your americans, your patriots, you're respectful of each other. they were disrespectful, even during this announcement. your thoughts on that, and a

you are a liz cheney republican who is a strong -- [applause] paul: constitutional conservative. let's talk about this house majority, assuming, there are at 217 right now. the republicans. i assume one of those final four races will break their way. the senate has stayed democratic. there is still a democratic president. what do you expect from this house g.o.p. conference that you served as a -- one of the leaders of for a few years. is this -- do they understand what happened? or are we going to just see the hard march to the right? liz: i think that -- first of all i'd say it's really important for everybody to understand it's not a game. the forces of marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar inside the house republican conference are strong. the majority of the house republican conference does not believe the election was stolen. recognizes reality. but they right now seem to be a silent majority. and those forces who think that we can whitewash what happened on january 6, who think that we can embrace insurrection. they are following the lead of kevin mccarthy. paul: i get this question a lot when i talk

>> that's a decision ultimately that the house republican conference is going to have to make.es seem to be struggling to get to 218. let's see what happens on january 3rd. >> there is going to be because of the narrow majority that house republicans are going to have, the far right wing, the maga caucus is going to be empowered and emboldened. it's going to make it tougher for mccarthy to govern as speaker if he does in fact become speaker. if kevin mccarthy needs votes to pass essentially legislation, such as keeping the government open or raising the debt limit. will democrats be willing to help him if the freedom caucus folks, the marjorie taylor greens of the world refuse to participate? >> well, it seems to me that that's a case by case basis, but democrats have always been willing to lean in on making sure we fully fund the government and democrats have always been willing to lean in in making sure we meet our nation's obligations and do not default on our debt for the first time in american history. i think it's also important to point out, jake, that we have consistent

the reality is, we -- the republicans winning the house, albeit a small majority is a big deal. the last election, nobody thought republicans would pick up the seats than we did. >> it was a tougher year. the truth is -- >> sean: i did say the foundations were there. >> the truth is, we were fighting on their terrain. more than we were in 2010 when i was in the house majority. we won 63 seats. i knew that the possibility of winning 20 or 30 seats was there. it was a challenge. it was going to be tough. all that being said, a win is a win. i have to tell you, i was there the last time that we fired nancy pelosi. i couldn't be more proud of kevin mccarthy and steve scalise and every single one of the rank and file members that worked their hearts out. i traveled to 35 states. i campaigned with a lot of house members across america. i want to tell you, this incoming class of freshmen is going to make everybody proud. it's an extraordinary group of men and women, strong conservative principals. the day that nancy pelosi hands that gavel to speaker kevin mccarthy is a great day for am

host: it's almost so decided in thest house and reporting 220 republicans with 21 democrats that left undecided in colorado and 222 or 213. what does that mean for a potential house for kevin mccarthy? guest: kevin mccarthy has to channel his inner nancy pelosi and columbia arrowhead the volt -- corral the votes he needs. there's already five house republicans on the record saying no to kevin mccarthy as speaker. it doesn't mean they won't flip. it doesn't mean that they're for kevin mccarthy not the next speaker. there's not a clear alternative to him and they're using their leverage to get something to win over their vote from mr. mccarthy. host: go to calls for linda feldmann and mike on the independent line in circleville, ohio. >> hi, [inaudible] with our congress and senate. we've got two house bills that need passed by the 23rd, s2598, hr9110. this brings bankruptcy protection back to student loans and right now you can't get them paid off or file bankruptcy on them. right now i'm a truck driver and come out of ohio, and i was home with medical stuff through the pandemic and th

house. a republican house, i would say a few things. the republican house in president biden, we will see more brinkmanship on the government. the appropriations bill and government funding bills will become more contentious because republicans are going to have demands, they will want things on immigration and the border wall, spending cuts. the see issues like government funding. the debt limit, as well. a much more potent weapon. potentially more dangerous. as leverage points for them to get what they want on a policy matter they would not ordinarily be able to get through the normal legislative process. we expect a lot of investigations of the biden administration. that is in the house of representatives. on the epublican side. on the democratic side, there is a big question about what the top three leaders, including speaker pelosi, do, especially if democratse control of the house. they are all in their 80's. there's been a moment democrats have been leading to a generational transition, and everyone is asking when it will happen.

hour on the east coast, a narrow projected majority here called for the house republicans in the housek that what steve brings up is perhaps the first big question that we are facing post election. which is, yes, the republicans have the house, but does kevin mccarthy have the speakership? i don't think that is decided. nbc news reported that the representative out of nebraska said that he was very open to perhaps working with democrats on a moderate republican speaker if the republicans cannot get their act together. when you have such a slim majority and, you know, you're talking about either being the weakest speaker in recent american history, certainly it would be kevin mccarthy if we were to become speaker, or him not being speaker at all. that would throw into chaos a lot of things that the maga republicans, who formed the base of the republican party, really want, like impeachment of joe biden for example. >> as you say, there's a big difference between mccarthy calling the play or it hanging on a couple of those people and what is that play. i've got another msnbc guest standi

when they have this vote, i think it's important for enough house republicans, house freedom caucus to we are done with this. we are done with kind of the cartel speaker, the peacetime speaker. we want real change. we want to save the country in this late hour and we want someone else and then a lot of things can happen once you put down the current candidate in kevin mccarthy. mike: okay, so the next speaker of the house will likely have a single-digit majority. democrats control the white house and the senate, how much power does a speaker with a single-digit majority have? >> a lot. they have the ability to do subpoenas, depositions but they also have the power of the purse. i think the challenge that republicans have had is they've never had a speaker that wakes up with smaller power that they would like and say how do i actually use that as the left would. nancy pelosi never has the problem. she thinks she's minority leader as she was. i'm going to do everything i can to use my power to do battle against the republicans. that's what a wartime speaker, wartime minority leader does

now, the house republicans have already been saying and requesting information from this white house, department of homeland security on notice including homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas saying he and others will be requested to testify before congress when they convene in january and house republicans take over the majority. but over here at the white house, they've been engaged in months-long investigation, hiring a new lawyer to oversee these investigation requests that will be coming their way. they have also been meeting with lawyers from top departments from the custis department, the state dining room, and homeland security. the president for his part says he believes these investigations are going to be a sideshow. at a press conference recently he described it as a bit of comedy. >> and, arlette, you know, the president also fighting fires on another front today over the controversial decision to grant immunity to the saudi crown prince, and, yes, even though the u.s. intelligence said he approved the operation in the murder of ka the journalist, how is it with

if you're looking for a party to moderate, don't look to house republicans.t's not where it's going to come from. >> i want to get reaction from you. the house judiciary gop has just put out a statement previewing of what's to come in the next congress. among the people they have sent letters to, potential witnesses to take part in transcribed interviews are ron klain, the white house chief of staff, dhs secretary mayorkas, merrick garland, secretary of education miguel cardona. they didn't waste any time. >> it's quite a list. i think you have to understand from the republican perspective, they see what democrats in oversight of donald trump as extremely aggressive and in their mind they held nothing back. and so they have no reason to hold back here. i think some people will say that's not a fair comparison. but you have to get in the mind-set of conservative media, what they hear. they think the democrats were breaking all kinds of norm and is they feel like they have the permission to do the same. i think you're going to get a lot of brawling from these c

and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online at c-span.org/history. >> next, house republicansutline their investigation of hunter biden and the biden family at a news conference on capitol hill. reporters heard from representatives james comer and jim jordan, who are expected to chair the house oversight and house tradition area committees went to new congress convenes in january. representative jordan also spoke about leading an investigation into an alleged political activity at the justice department. >> we want to thank everyone for coming out today. today, we are going to provide you with something you all are not used to with respect to congressional investigations, and that's evidence. committee republicans have spoken with multiple whistleblowers from numerous schemes involving the biden family, reviewed hunter biden's laptop, and received documents of previously unknown transactions. what we found are business plans aimed at targets around the world faced on influence, including people closely tied to foreign governments like china and russia. we also found plans wher

contests should be enough to give the republicans control of the house. where kevin mccarthy is expected to run for speaker this january. the leader faced down a light mutiny in his party today. 188 house republicans voted for him to be speaker, with just 31

. >> house republicans have chosen kevin mccarthy as house speaker. he will need 218 votes on the house floor when the new congress meets in january. representatives were also picked to serve in leadership additions. here they are addressing reporters on capitol hill. >> a good. i am proud to announce the era of one-party democrats rule in washington is over. washington now has a check and balance, the american people have a say in their governments. and this new republican leadership team is ready to get to work to put america back on the right track. it was our commitment to america that we create in an economy that was strong, a nation that is safe, a future built on freedom and a government that is accountable and that is exactly what we will do. i want to bring up our conference chair alisa stephani. >> i am honored to our and support from my colleagues to continue serving as house republican conference chair. we went this majority because of our commitment to america and we are the last line of defense to stand up for the american people. i part

cnn projects that republicans will win control of the u.s. housetives, re-claiming a majority for the first time in four years. this is a major blow to democrats, as republicans gain new power to potentially limit president biden's agenda and make crucial decisions about house investigations. let's go to manu raju. this is a major development. the republicans take the majority in the house. >> reporter: with that the power of committees and to set the agenda, which is why it's hugely significant. even though it's not as big a majority as kevin mccarthy had wanted. they had hoped they would be in the 230-seat range, maybe even 240. we don't know the final numbers, but they have at least 218 seats. that's the majority to take back the house. they may have up to 220 we'll see ultimately how many they have. once you have the majority in the u.s. house, you have the chairmanships on each key committees. you have subpoena power. you can set schedules for hearings. you can call cabinet secretaries to testify. on the floor of the house, the speaker of the

but we are still awaiting results in key house races on the west coast that will determine the shape of congress. cbs news estimates republicansntain an edge in clinchng control of the house of representatives but democrats still have a shot at the majority. president biden called it perilously close. at this hour, cbs estimates the gop will win at least 214 seats and democrats, 210. but a majority requires 218 seats, and neither party will reach that numbe a handful of closely contested districts finish counting. cbs news senior national correspondent mark strassmann has more from atlanta. >> reporter: for days to come, many states will still tally ballots. but the biggest midterm winner is already clear -- democracy. it held without mobs in the streets, without violence, despite all the election denialism o there. >> are you ready to take this state back? >> reporter: arizona's gubernatorial race between republican kari lake and democrat katie hobbs could still go either way. lake, a trump protege accuses election officials of slow-rolling returns. reality check -- no state counts all ballots by midnight election day. >> we'

jacqui heinrich from our white house unit said that a republican source told her that the knives are for kevin mccarthy. if he is under 225 house seats in the republican column, expect scalise to make a move quickly for speaker. >> brian: which is unbelievable because he has raised so much money for some candidates and mccarthy brought the republicans to within five seats in 2020 of the house when no one gave him that shot. i have would be shocked if there was a legitimate run at his power. >> ainsley: i would, too. mccarthy is predicting that nancy pelosi will find herself in the minority this morning and hopefully we will find out quickly. >> brian: maybe within our show. we will go over to carley shimkus. we will find out what she is doing with the news. >> carley: start here with america's crime crisis. police in georgia searching for two suspects in a deadly shooting following an hours long swat standoff. a 25-year-old man was shot and killed in a residential area. and authorities believe the suspects barricaded themselves in an apartment complex nearby. but there was no sign of

republicans won the house.he democrats beat expectations, and the reality is that we have divided government. the question is what can get done in divided government? often times it is nothing. in the first 2 years of the biden presidency, egot a lot of things passed with help from the republicans. that cost of the american taxpayers a lot of money. actually the markets like that. you saw when republicans locked in control of the house, the markets went up because of inflation. what i liked about talking to jason gourmet is that he is an optimist. a lot can get done with the other party. a lot of bipartisanship can take place, even when control of a house is very narrow. next two years, maybe not so much. host: where are both wings of both parties in terms of those moderate members, the problem solvers caucus, if you will. what does it look like for the 118th? guest: they will have a lot of sway. we tend to hearing a lot of voices, whether it is -- we tend to hear the strongest voices, whether it is joe manchin

a lot of anger, hurt feelings, and in the house, meanwhile, republicans are going after kevin mccarthywho was obviously really expecting to be speaker. but it is obviously from his election party, tuesday night, a rather subdued affair. empty stage, take back the house, it kind of ill omen, you know, on a night like that. mccarthy did not take the stage until after 2 am eastern time, at which point the house was not called, because a house still isn't called, because it might not even win the majority. unthinkable proposition on tuesday morning! honestly, almost for everyone including myself. and if republicans do take the majority, it is going to be a very narrow majority. it is very unclear that kevin mccarthy even has the votes to become speaker, because he is just taking hits from all sides, including from some moderates who want to dump trump entirely after these electoral disasters, than from far right house freedom caucus is, who wants mccarthy to push the party further in the maga direction. the trump acolyte, florida congressman matt gates, summed up how that wing of the party

months ago all democrats can run on at this point i leave final point make no mistake, unless republicans win the house and the senate, this cannot be considered a total victory, given the conditions on the ground could never line up better for republicans as far as running against all those things we just talked about. maria: yeah unfortunately, though, liz we are at the bottom of the barrel going to take years to get out of mess this country is in when economic issues or foreign policy decisions. liz: we haven't seen talked being much about foreign policy i have to say i think biden white house has been as wrong foods as here, aappalling to people supporting donald trump voted for him bau. of unexpectedly successful abraham accords trying to get back together with iran country continues hostilities against our allies in the middle east against counts where americans are stationed supplying armaments to russia you couldn't come up with a worse approach to a what is into middle east and our security interests about you know look at our relationship with china deteriorated rapidly the fact a war taking

if there is going to be republican leadership and the house, the house republicans are going to have to figure something out. are we going to lean towards the marjorie taylor greene of the party that is very extreme, very strident, very conspiracy theory focused. or are they going to look at the new seats in places like new york where to keep them they will have to have a moderate agenda and work with the president. if you want to keep your majority, you have to take care of your moderates in the swing places. if you want to get had wings on redwing media, you go to conspiracy theorist. in a certain sense, this is going to be up to a potentially new house republican leadership, should they take the majority. host: let's get some of the callers in this conversation. let's start with chuck on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i finally got in to talk to jeff kessler. first thing i like to say is, biden did not win on anything. what have bidens candidates -- one of bidens candidates is the fact that the republican party did not offer anybody anything. t

i don't know if there is room for that if republicans take the house. uld be republicans in the senate who might be interested in that. whether or not there's ten or nine, depending on the make-up of the senate, is another question. i think you will see president biden try it, try to find legislation he think work on republicans with. it's a big question whether or not house republicans even want to entertain it as they head into '24. >> panel, thank you so much to all of you. several key congressional races are yet to be called, as the balance of power in the house remains up for grabs. so, could democrats really still have a chance at holding the chamber? >>> and who should lead the party going forward? we'll ask the congress who won his re-election race next. this is "election night in america continued." ♪ give the gift of shine to your person. your one, your everything. introducg the you're the one collectn. exclusively at zales, the diamond store. two new ihop lunch and dinner menu items for twice the goodness, twice the flavor, and twice the choic

house and bring in my car, who's there for us. so kevin mccarthy, absolutely determined that the republicans are going to take control of the house still not by the majority that he perhaps was hoping for. indeed, yes, perhaps he's putting the best face on a situation which is actually disappointing. many republicans, every mid term election, there is normally a major swing towards the party that is not in power. and predictions for this term had been that the republicans would gain substantial numbers of seats in both the house and the senate, a red wave, so to speak. well, that has not transpired. many results are still too close to call. we're still waiting for a lot of results. you heard the way the situation stands at present. but for mccarthy, to start looking at a substantial majority that is not going to happen. and that will have problems form a copy as well. if the republican should gain control, it's going to be by a slight majority which will raise into question his ability to maintain the position of speaker of the house. now the current speak of the house, nancy pelosi says that democrats remain confident they will m

we saw the house control flip to republican hands. about what we know tomorrow at the white house wedding. and now the prep that the press secretary was likely to be engaged in, now likely to be sitting with members of the white house counsel to talk about what she can and can't say from the podium. i will predict we are likely to get a similar camera to what we got off camera, reporters lodging questions to the justice department and referring to the justice department and we will get at least some insight about how the president learned about this process moving forward is, there communication between the justice department, at least to give the white house the heads up that this was coming, did they have advanced knowledge much further than what we ourselves have learned publicly. >> mem, thanks. let me go to you, julie and jack smith's investigation here. talk about what is in the scope of the special counsel's orbit here and not in the scope of the special counsel's investigation. >> let me start what is not in the scope and that

republicans will take control of the u.s. house next year. cbs news projects the gop winning at least 218 seats in what will be a slim majority. it's a narrower margin than what many expected before the midterm elections. earlier this week republican lawmakers nominated kevin mccarthy to lead their party meaning that he will now likely be the next speaker of the house. a formal vote is still needed when the new congress convenes in january. elise preston is in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the nominations come as the gop is divided over its future after an underwhelming midterms and former president trump's announcement for a 2024 white house run. republicans are taking a victory lap after narrowly clinching control of the house. >> one party democrat rule in washington is finished. we have fired nancy pelosi. >> reporter: on fox news channel's "hannity" gop leader kevin mccarthy downplayed challenges to a potential house speakership after his fractured caucus voted to nominate him this week. current

dealing with a house speaker that will be a republicanelevant committees. we will see what kind of oversight they decide to pursue, including potentially about biden some of the business dealings of the president and his family but plenty of other issues on the republican agenda as well, looking at the border and other major crises facing this country and so, the president now reacting to the reality that there will be a republican speaker and a republican controlled house going forward, bret. >> bret: thank you, mike. byron, you know, you forget about when the handover happens all of those committee chairs change. and we have heard earlier from maxine waters who was scheduling all kinds of hearings upcoming if not the ftx situation that will not be maxine waters in the next congress. >> no. and jim jordan will be chairing the house judiciary committee. that will be a big change as well. but, you know, you heard what mitch mcconnell said about working together. you know, at this stage, a lot of times they say they want to work together an

the american public elected house republicans as the majority for us to find ionstions. interest, allt of ours to secure the southern border. we have to do that by comingant together. >> i want to put up this graphic, that is the terror watch list encounters, 2020 and a forward three back then, 15 and fiscal year 2021, 98 in fiscal year 2022 and the new fiscal year which is october, there have already been nine, l these arise terror watch list encounters, that is real as far as threats that you see on the border. >> you are hundred 100% right i spent 20 years in the military, five years in iraq and afghanistan. there are people all ovell or te world that hate us not because bwe are democrats or republicas buuse t because we are american. this threat is very real. that last number nine, we already had nine this year. that is more than fiscal year 17, 18, 19 combined. we are a month into thish in ne year, it is beyond political football, this is la national security threat and we have to come together on it once again. house republicans are committed, kevin mccarthy has le

tomorrow, house republicans will vote to nominate their choice for speaker. at that meeting we do expect a potential challenge from the right. one person mentioned, congressman andy biggs, an arizona republican, an effort to show that mccarthy does not have the votes right now to become speaker, forcing him to make negotiations, make concessions to that hard right faction. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell does have the votes to become leader once again, but there are a number of conservatives who are saying hold on, let's hit the brake, not move forward on this leadership election because of their concerns the election didn't go the way they wanted. at the moment, senate republican leaders are plowing ahead, plan to have the vote on wednesday and will go behind closed doors to hear those concerns tomorrow afternoon. >> manu, how about the democrats? what about nancy pelosi's future? >> that is really the big question because house democrats have been waiting to see what pelosi decides to do. she had said several years ago when she won the votes to become sp

state house to 202 republicans and 201 democrats. he won i had recount by two votes. that brought the partisan split in the state house to 201 republicans and 199 democrats. yesterday the recount in new hampshire's rochester ward four that ended in a hit ral tie. 970 to 970. that means that seat shifts to being undecided. it will be litigated, ballots questioned, et cetera, et cetera. that brings the partisan split of the new hampshire state house to 200 republicans and 199 democrats. and there are still 11 recounts left to go. every vote matters. that does it for me and my broken voice box tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. "way too early" is coming up next. >> when i first came to the floor at 6 years old, never would i have thought that some day would go from homemaker to house speaker. now we must move boldly into the future grounded by the principles that have propelled us this far and open to fresh possibilities for the future. and with great confidence in our caucus, i will not seek reelection to democratic leadership in the next congress. >> one of the most

house republicans are voting behind closed doors to pick their leadership team for next year. house minority leader kevin mccarthy faces andy biggs for speaker, marjorie taylor green stands by mccarthy. >> we don't unify behind kevin mccarthy, we are opening up the door for the democrats to recruit some republicans and may only need 1 or 2 since we don't know what we will have in the majority, i will not allow that to happen. >> mccarthy likely prevails behind closed doors but could be short of an outright majority of the house. that's needed to win on the floor in january. pressure for mitch mcconnell to postpone senate gop elections. >> leadership elections are scheduled for tomorrow morning. personally, i think it would be insane, nuts, to get the exact same leadership. we don't know who is going to win in georgia. >> mcconnell and freshmen gop senators were mum when i asked about a possible challenge tomorrow. >> do you all support leader mcconnell as leader to return as leader? >> thank you. no comments. >> you don't have to answer that. >> gop florida senator rick scott h

merrick garland. >> i'm introducing articles of impeachment against joe biden on monday. >> house republicans vowing to investigate everything from the biden administration and his family, the u.s. mexico border, the department of justice, and the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. katie? >> allie raffa, happy to see republicans had their priorities in order, of course and saw how the violent, thank you for joining us this morning. we're also following the big business move this morning. theranos founder elisabeth holmes sentenced more than 11 years in prison, this after holmes was found guilty in january. and for charges of defrauding investors by overhyping the capabilities of a failed blood testing device, the judge has ordered her to surrender to authorities on april 27th. now to western new york, which is getting hammered by a historic winter storm. so far, snow totals reaching more than five feet in most locations, in the snow is still falling. officials say at least two men have, died as a result of the lake effect snow storm that is expected to create dangerous conditions throughout th

top house republicans heading to the border today nor a closer look at the migrant crisis. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is leading today's delegation to el paso. welcome to news narcs i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. how are you doing? getting ready for turkey day? >> dana: a little bit. in training. >> bill: i like the drumstick. >> dana: i don't like it. >> bill: no? >> dana: no. hard pass. >> bill: i think it's good luck. mccarthy says his goal is to make democrats recognize how bad the border situation is. >> dana: border agents encountered 2.4 million migrants this past fiscal year. >> when i become speaker, i'll move meetings actually at the border so democrats can no longer ignore the problem. the american public can have the information. and we'll move legislation on the floor to secure that border out of the house onto the senate. >> dana: tennessee republican senator is a member of today's delegation. you will force the media to cover this because you'll be on the border. >> that's right. we're here to shine a light on what is a failed policy. tho

house do to lower taxes fight inflation? >> here is good news we've done this before, when obama was president we had a republican house a republican wasn't yet republican but if you have to filibuster, one we do what happened take republican tax cut make it permanent, remember what obama did was two years, he made, he took bush tax cuts 85% permanent a similar fight democrats lied to people said tax cut wasn't help to middle income americans they have to vote against continuing 1,000 dollar tax credit going to put them in a difficulty position republicans need to focus expanding iras, 401(k)'s for all education, and say let's make that available, now, for homeschoolers as well democrats largely voted against that in the past, and we should index capital gains something passed in one house three times, in the united states history, right now when you pay taxes sell a house 40% inflation with biden's inflation you are paying taxes only on nation, that could be stopped, legislation tee ted and davidson of ohio put forward. >> what about irs, we know president biden wants to hire 87,000 new irs agents we know kevin mccarthy said he is

. ♪ ♪ >> pushing back from calls from house or republicans for the resignation of secretary.t from los angeles. >> mike, they've no plans to step down as a matter fact department is strongly defending it in a statement to fox they said in part members of congress can do better than point the finger that someone else. if you come to the table and work on solutions for a broken and outdated laws should have not been overhauled in over 40 years. el paso democratic congress woman also echoed the white house sediment that this particle stunt after a delegation of house republicans visited el paso on tuesday. >> republican's are doing what they always do a parachute and, they throw temper tantrums and then they zero solutions. >> some republicans are arguing that they have brought forward solutions including ways to improve the asylum process and deportation efforts. sickly and would our plan would be? how the state a permit to its job? so that also saw a 280% increase in illegal border crossings last month compared to this time last year. in addition a claim for them to resign mcc

>>> house republican leader, kevin mccarthy is visiting the u.s.ico border today, highlighting the issue they'll make a priority come january. it comes as he tries to quiet republican critics who want to block him from becoming the speaker of the house. he's short votes. as democrats plan to surrender the gravel, steny hoyer predicts chaos and predicts speaker mccarthy could have a short and stormy tenure like the previous two republican leaders. >> mr. mccarthy is going to have a tough time dealing with a caucus, conference as they call their group, that is very negative in its perspective and wants to look back, not forward. when you look at john banner, and paul ryan, two previous speakers, they got out and got out early because they could not deal with their right wing extremists. >> with me to share hair repo -- their reporting. democrats are trying to stir up trouble for the republicans, right. it's post election, stir it up, however steny hoyer is right that both banner and ryan said i can't deal with this anymore and got out of dodge. so ca

democrats back on their heels in an election year where we already have republicans favored in 216 house races. it takes 218 to get the majority. democrats need to defy history, defy that math, turn some of these light red blue if it's going to happen. right now republicans poised. we count tomorrow. then the senate battle for control. the democrats can't lose anything. this is the current senate, 50/50. only a democratic majority because the vice president breaks the tie. look at the map now. republicans want to hold pennsylvania, democrats hope to pick it up. there are some democratic targets. they hope in north carolina, they hope in ohio, they hope in wisconsin. but midterm history says those would be heavy lifts. what do republicans think? republicans think they have a shot in several including in new hampshire, in georgia, out in arizona, out in nevada. there are some republicans thinking they could even have hopes in washington state or in colorado. but without a doubt, without a doubt it is advantage republicans if you look at the data. and it's advantage republicans if you look

house. i think they were at 58 maybe republican member of a big majority of house republicans in that case it. that the bill clinton begin to attack there was the reform of welfare for example, is that defensive marriage act on those indications wherect the presidet doesn't attack toward the republican view to get something passed like that? >> absolutely. that congress with president clinton democrat and newt gingrich republican speaker, realizing they could either stand apart and get nothing done, each come to the middle and get a lot done. >> are there issues that in a similar situation with the president joe biden and a likely speaker of the house there. >> that is a really good question and i do not know. i think a lot depends on what kind of deals kevin mccarthy has to cut to gain the speakership. he's arty got marjorie taylor greene, republican of georgia. considered one of the pro- trump upstarts in the house for his already got hurt in his camp. but there's t a bunch of others who we do not know. honestly it's too soon to say what kind of coming to the mid- middle we will be able to

house. republicans at this hour with at least 216 seats, democrats with at least 207. 2:18 is the number youer for republicans is to. they need to pick up two from this list of see-through see here. these are the uncalled races. again, the vast majority of them are in california, so what could come in the next few hours? what could come this evening? one place to keep an eye on, the 41st district of california, we're expecting riverside county to release a new batch of votes tonight, this with the republican incumbent, ken calvert, in last night's release of votes, extended his lead over democrat rill rollins. rollins runs out of votes in this district, not another favorable release recover tonight. that math can be daunting for rollins there. that could be a number to 17 for republicans. also, the third district of california, runs along the nevada border, but the population is set in the sacramento suburbs going to the sierra nevada here. republican -- has a lead here. we do think another update in this district as possible tonight as well. again, we will see if it's a favorable one for ki

they're out there fighting those races in the house where i think that most people can see the republicans are going to take control of the house, the question is by much. the senate is the coin flip, and that gets to the question about this pulling. it could go either way, they could end up with 53 or 54 seats, and think that democrats could get another seat or two. the weight of conventional wisdom pushes you towards republicans, but i don't think anyone would be surprised if john fetterman, raphael warnock, and catherine cortez masto all managed to win in those three races that are so central to you the outcome of the senate. it really is that close out there, and there are wider reasons to get into, it's really hard to predict. >> every year, there seems to be one or two point margin of error. if that one or two point margin gets to the republican favor this year, which you would think it would, then republicans are going to win big in the house and do very well in the senate. if it tips to the democrats, way and there are a lot of reasons why they could get the democrats way, you sudd