host: let's start with david barker on this. she is pointing out the fact that what she heard the president make was a threat to democrats. have you heard that kind of dynamic in recent presidents addressing congress? guest: no. we have been talking a lot about the 1990's and the clinton situation. that is probably the case that is most similar to this one. you have such heavy investigation that could potentially lead to impeachment. the important thing about term is thatinton he was working with republicans every day on bipartisan legislation that precisely the same time republicans were pursuing impeachment proceedings. that is not likely to happen now. host: the same question, is president trump capable of doing this? guest: one of the big changes we have seen between the clinton era in the current era is the increasing polarization of the parties and the degree to which getting anything done under the best circumstances in congress is harder than it was in the 1990's. we have seen over the past two years that president trump

host: let's start with david barker on this.he is pointing out the fact that what she heard the president make was a threat to democrats. have you heard that kind of dynamic in recent presidents addressing congress? guest: no. we have been talking a lot about the 1990's and the clinton situation. that is probably the case that is most similar to this one. you have such heavy investigation that could potentially lead to impeachment. the important thing about term is thatinton he was working with republicans every day on bipartisan legislation that precisely the same time republicans were pursuing impeachment proceedings. that is not likely to happen now. host: the same question, is president trump capable of doing this? guest: one of the big changes we have seen between the clinton era in the current era is the increasing polarization of the parties and the degree to which getting anything done under the best circumstances in congress is harder than it was in the 1990's. we have seen over the past two years that president trump i

[laughter] another political junkie, doctor david barker was the director of the center for congressional residential studies, and also an expert on all things politics and election related. then i'm happy to have one of my former colleagues from nbc who is now with pbs, amna nawaz, she's a national correspondent for pbs and has a long career in journalism at nbc, abc and now , pbs. welcome to all of you. thank you. i want to start with you. there was a lot of discussion leading up to this election that we were going to see this massive turnout among the voters. what do we know about turnout? what do we know so far, i know it is early, we don't even know some of the election results yet -- but what do we know about who voted in terms of demographically, gender, race, age, etc.? >> thank you, betsy. one of the challenges talked about turnout is the post day panels, is we usually don't have a lot of good answer -- ono which to answer those questions. but you've probably seen through various social media and news outlets of course, the high number of ballots that were cast. the kind of obvio

this morning, american universities david barker and the brookings institutions molly reynolds discussedow president trump might work with a divided congress. joined the discussion. >> later tonight, housing and urban development secretary ben carson speaks at a conference in washington dc. the young america's foundation is hosting the annual gathering, also live on c-span starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. analysis postelection in a discussion moderated by ken walsh. under two hours.

coming up friday morning, american university's david barker and the brookings institution's molly reynolds discuss how president trump might work with a divided congress:and the history of presidents working with the politically divided congress. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. live at 7:00 eastern, friday orning, join the discussion. >> tomorrow, white house trade advisor peter navarro talks about economic policy and national security under the trump administration. live from the center for strategic and international studies. at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. and later in the day veterans affairs secretary robert wilke speaks at the national press club about priorities for the v.a. in the year ahead. also live on c-span. starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> i thought about the forgotten presidents before i began the book and occurred to me there might be something all these presidents had in common. that -- not that they were forgotten but perhaps significant in some way. >> this week on q&a university of north carolina constitutional law professor michael gerhart talks ab

coming up, david barker and the brookings institutions molly reynolds discussed how -- might work with a divided congress -- how president trump might work with a divided progress. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. when congress returns next week the house will work on legislation to fund the federal government passed a december 7 deadline. forsenate is also back votes on coast guard programs and a nomination for the federal reserve ordered. you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. dashboard -- board. you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span 2. we brought you over 160 races from across the country. voters have not decided on a new congress with new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. next, political analyst charlie cook shares his thoughts on the midterm election results. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much, kevin. first of all, luke, that was fabulous. that was really good. i'm extremely impressed. this is my 20th year at national journal but what that really means

up friday morning, american university's david barker and the brooking institution's molly reynolds discuss how president trump might work with a divided congress, and the history of president's working -- of presidents working with a divided congress. live at 7:00 eastern friday morning, join the discussion. up next on c-span, more about the 20 midterm elections with democratic national committee and a lookerez, at changes in congressional leadership another democrats are set to take control of the house of representatives. and more postelection analysis from the american enterprise institute. democratic national committee chair tom perez shared his thoughts on the midterm election results at a breakfast held by the christian science monitor. he also talked about strategy for 2020. this is just over one hour.

house from republican to democratic. ,t our table, david barker director of the american university sector for congressional and presidential studies. us.k you for joining >> we are also joined by molly reynolds, a fellow in government studies at the brookings institution. molly, start us off with a basic question. is it typical in a midterm election that the party controlled by the president changes hands in either the senate and the house? going, one thing we know back to the post-world war ii era in the united states, the president's party al a