and in new mexico, democrat deb haaland won in the first congressional district, defeating janice arnold-jonesis is haaland speaking at a victory party tuesday night. >> 70 years ago, native americans right here in new mexico could not vote. can you believe that? growing up in my mother's pueblo household and as a 35th generation new mexican, i never imagine a world where i would be represented by someone who looks like me. tonight, new mexico, you are sending one of the very first native american women to congress. amy: deb haaland campaign on covert aggressive -- progressive issues including climate change, renewable energy, universal health care and a $15 minimum wage. congresswoman elect deb haaland, congratulations and welcome to democracy now! >> thank you. i'm so happy to be here. thank you for inviting me. amy: why don't you start off by talking about what this means? you are true path breaker. you made history. davids have sharirice both become the first native american woman to enter congress -- this year's end like it happened in paris. the first two muslim women to enter congress.

i think deb haaland is a perfect example of a person with vision and with heart.hese are a group of leaders who are different, a different kind of leader who are leading with love and a commitment to justice . and d who i believe will govern witha few -- govern humanity. i think the native american leaders would transform what happens in terms of the agenda in congress. in idahoed a jordan would be the first u.s. native american governor if she wins today. >> that's right. amy: aimee allison, i look forward to talking to you tonight. we're speaking today and it is so calm. hear youg we can even tonight because you're going to be at the, what, you're going to be with stacey abrams in atlanta. i can't imagine how loud it is going to be. you're going to be on the phone but we are doing a six hour special and you will be one of the people who we will be turning to to look at what is happening in this country. i hope folks tune in at 7:00 eastern standard time to 1:00 in the morning when democracy now! joins with the intercept in this historic special broadadcast. aime

and kills. >> that's representative elect deb haaland. .this milestone mean to you in your community? >> it means we have a strong voice in our politics. there's so many issues that native americans face. one of those i talked about for a long time on my campaign, missing and murdered indigenous women. it's an epidemic in our country. so we need to make women across our country safe. >> is that the first issue you want to talk about and tackle or is it perhaps the schools which you mentioned in that advertisement? >> we have 310 days of sun per year in new mexico so it makes sense that we would work toward renewable energy. so public schools, early childhood education, missing and murdered indigenous women and this election highlighted so many -- how far we have to go in ensuring every single american has a right to vote that is unencumbered. we saw that in north dakota, georgia, kansas. so i'd like to make sure that i am bringing that issue to the forefront. >> so you're expanding your "the nation." how far do you want to see your party go

native american women ever elected to congress, democratic representative elect from new mexico, deb haalandg with us, and congratulations on your win. >> thank you so much, i'm happy to be here. >> you are one of 61 women who signed a letter supporting pelosi. >> yes. >> as house speaker. why? >> yeah, well, look, i believe that she is the leader we need right now. she's extremely strong. i stand by her because i don't think we would have gotten the affordable care act passed if not for leader pelosi. i am very confident about her leadership. and right now, in this era, we need a strong leader who can stand her ground and make sure that we're moving our agenda forward. and i believe that's leader pelosi. >> and i know you're incoming, but, you know, what about marcia fudge's comment where she schayes there has been a feeling that some have been left out of the process and that's why there is some momentum behind the idea of some congressional members supporting someone else as house speaker? >> sure. well, of course, i know leader pelosi is eager to ensure that we move some leadership forwa

and sharice davids and deb haaland are the first native americans elected. >>> yesterday the county boardf supervisors voted to ban sales at all retailers except specialty tobacco stores in july 2019. tobacco stores will follow suit in january 2020. health experts say flavored tobacco products are inappropriately marketed to teenagers, creating a gateway to tobacco and nicotine addiction. >>> the giants will announce the new president of baseball operations. >> the team is hiring the dodgers general manager farhan zaidi. zaidi is considered to have one of the best minds in baseball. he has a b.a. in economics from m.i.t. and uc berkeley. he worked for the a's as assistant g.m. >>> the safeway holiday ice rink opens today. the ice rink is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. probably a great way to cool down, right, mike? >> absolutely. probably a little soft at the beginning. also until we get the temperatures down a little bit during the afternoon hours. still, what a great time. the fire danger starts at 10:00 tonight. you can see bleeding into the north bay mountains. at 9:00 tomor

then there's deb haaland and sharice davids. >> oh, wow, what a night. >> reporter: the first native american woman. mike' cheryl is one of more than a dozen americans who won. >> doing what is right and just is never a partisan issue. >> reporter: other veterans include greg pence, brother of the prident,l blazed in colorado, where democrat jared polis is the first openly gay man elected to congress. also the state's newest senator, mitt romney. >> i will be only one of a hundred united states senators. but i believe that one person, doing the right thing at the right time, can have a lasting impact. >> reporter: kasie hunt, nbc news, the capitol. >>> tonight the faa has issued an emergency order requiring airlines that fly a popular new boeing plane to follow an urgent safety alert after last week's fatal plane crash in indonesia that killed 189 people. nbc's tom costello has late details. >> reporter: it's a bestseller for boeing, the 737 max is the latest, most sophisticated model yet. now an urgent safety directive affecting 45 planes in the u.s. investigators say the pilots of

democrat deb haaland of new mexico is one of the first two native women elected to congress.blican dan crenshaw of texas is a retired navy seal who fought in afghanistan. he may also be first representative elect to appear on "saturday night live." and democrat chrissy houlahan of pennsylvania is a former captain in the air force, a former chemistry teacher, and she is also a mother of two. so you ladies know something about multitasking here. a lot of americans when you talk to them seem to have lost faith in congress. in fact, the approval rating cbs news just took was at 19%. what made you run? >> you know, look, i was very concerned about the direction that our country was taking. as you mentioned, my parents were eritreanmgrants to this country. we have been able to live the american dream. the freedoms and opportunities that have enabled us to live the american dream for us i felt like were slipping away for other americans. i decided to try to do something about it and threw my hat in the ring. >> brennan: congresswoman-elect. >> thank you, thank you. well, of course,

at 29, the youngest woman ever elected to congress, thenhere is deb haaland and sharice davie first native american women. >> doing what is right, doing what is just is never a partisan issue. >> reporter: other veterans include greg pence, the brother of the vice president, and dan crenshaw, one m of the first lean -- republicans elected and a fresh face to congress, one of the most familiar, the state's newest senator mitt romney. >> i will be only one of 100 uniates senators, but i believe one person doing the right thing he right time can have a lasting impact. >> reporter: kasie hunt, nbc news, the capitol. >>> tonight, the faa issued an emergency order requiring airlines that fly a popular new boeing w plane to fol urgent safety alert after last week's fatal plane crash that killed 189 people in indonesia. nbc's tom costello has late details. >> reporter: it's a best seller for boeing, the 737 max is the latest most sophisticated model yet. now an urgent fety directive affecting all 246 planes worldwide, 45 of them in the u.s. investigators say the pilots othe doomed flight struggled

the class includes the first two native american women elected to congress, deb haaland of new mexico, sharice davids of kansas. sharice davids will be the first lgbt person to represent kansas in congress. also rashida tlaib of michigan and ilhan omar of minnesota. they will become the first muslim women in congress. omar will be the first somali member of congress. she came to the u.s. more than two decades ago as a refugee. nine now african-american representatives will serve in congress next year including jahana hayes and ayanna pressley, massachusetts first black congress woman. there are eight new latino members of the house including veronica escobar and sylvia garcia, the first hispanic woman to represent texas. iowans are sending women to the house democrats abby finkenauer and cindy axne. finkenauer along with alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york are now the two youngest women ever to be elected to congress, both 29 years old. list of firsts for this democratic class goes on and on but the bottom line is, democrats heading to capitol hill are younger, they're browner, and d

♪ ♪ and in new mexico and kansas, deb haaland and sharice davids became the first native american womenress. ( cheers and applause ) and davids is also the first openly l.g.b.t. representative in kansas and the first openly l.g.b.t. woman of color in congress. ( cheers and applause ) she-- she-- >> jon: wooo! >> stephen: is a liberal dream! i hear she also doesn't own a v gd. hear coco milk pr totes . pl meanwhil ♪ ♪ perhaps the most satisfying race for me occurred in south carolina's first district, which include my hometown of charleston, south carolina, where democrat joe cunningham defeated huge trump supporter katie arrington. ( applause ) now, as a democrat-- as a democrat from south carolina, cunningham joins the ranks of rare mythical creatures, like big foot, unicorns, and people who do crossfit without telling anyone about it. in michigan they voted to legalize recreational marijuana. ( applause ) to celebrate, michigan turned ewlo hten.en into a bong. pine. ♪ music playing ♪ ♪ why shop marshalls? because... their prices will thrill you. whoo-hoo! the brands will surprise you.

deb haaland became one of the first native-american women elected to congress, and sharice davids in kansas the other. rashida tlaib, ayanna presley. antonio delgado, disgusting campaign against him to win a seat in congress. incoming democrats are a striking change from the republicans they beat. the only way that kind of change can happen is if people can and do vote. when we come back, what should be the biggest issue for democrats for years to come? getting those votes to count. that's next. >>> the two big stories of last night are record turnout, and example after example of an electoral system designed to make it harder for people to vote. voter i.d. laws, broken machines, registration problems and long lines, including in georgia, where the state's republican secretary of state oversaw his own election. as secretary of state brian kemp's office has purged over a million voters from the state's rolls, and just last month, put over 50,000 voter registrations on hold. his race for governor is now separated by just over 60,000 votes. kemp's campaign has declared victory, but stac

deb haaland, republican congressman-elect dan crenshaw of texas, a former lieutenant commander in thee.a.l.s, and crissy houlahan, air force captain who flipped the seat in pennsylvania. go eagles. perhaps the good luck you had will come to them as well. you've always seen congressman-elect crenshaw get attacked on snl and your congresswoman from new york has also been attacked quite a bit in her first week on the job. a lot of people talking about civility. things here in the nation and in washington seem nastier than ever and i'm wondering if you think your class will try to usher in an era of cooperation, bipartisanship and stability. >> some people's version of attack is different from ours. this week we've all worked together extremely hard. it's been a fast paced week. going from one orientation to the next at opposite ends of the capitol. and i feel like we've all been very cooperative and actually quite civil to each other. >> what do you think? you've been in the barrel as it were. >> i would echo that sentiment of what it means to be attacked. my whole message last week was

formation of the committee include congressmembers ro khanna, carolyn maloney, and the incoming deb haaland, ilhan omar and rashida tlaib. on monday, climate activists from the youth-led sunrise movent disrupted an event with dnc chairman tom perez in rhode island to demand the democratic party do more to cbat climat change and back congressmember-elect ocasio-cortez's committee. >> as we speak them and nearly 1000 people are missing in the california fires and over 77 haveerished. totophave 12 years clime change. poticians li you have t demonstrated the leadership we need to meet the scope and sca of this isis. we neeyou to stand up for our generation. we are asking the dnc reject all contributions frofossil fue lobbyistand execuves and aski for thereen newealo incorpoted intohe decratic ptform. amy: sunse movemt is orgazing gre new deal y of tion arod the cotry toda prident iseportedl consering vitingroops in iraq and afghanistan. it would be his first visit to a war zone since he took office. trump has come under fire for skipping recent visits to a cemetery for world war i soldiers and

among them deb haaland in new mexico and sharice davids in kansas, who made history by becoming the nation's first two native american congresswomen. rashida tlaib in michigan and ilhan omar in minnesota became the first muslim women elected to congress. in new york city, 29-year-old democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez has become the youngest woman ever elected to congress. everyday people, knocking on our neighborsrs doo, and despite beingg outspent $4 million, 18 or 13 to one, despite the fact that we were running against a 10 term incumbent, despite the fact it was our first am running for office, despite the fact that we did not have the money, despite the fact that i am working class -- despite all those things, we won. amy: history was alslso made in new england where two states elected their first is elected their first african-american congresswomen, ayanna pressley in massachusetts and jahana hayes in connecticut. and in texas, veronica escobar, and sylvia garcia have become the state's first two latina congresswomen. in other election news, voters in florida approved a hi

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deb haaland and sharice davids who is a former mma fighter, davids is also the first lesbian congresswoman jeremy after a birthday party. despite these challenges to his campaign, he won — and the republicans will now select some to serve in his place if you want to go to the results, you can get it all online/ news. next let me show you some of the celebrations last night. this was in houston texas, republican ted cruz was re—elected to the senate. house democratic leader nancy pelosi had a dance on stage in new york. very likely to become the speaker of the house. in georgia, democrat stacey abrams went even further. an entire dance troupe onstage. she was standing for governor — but she isn't celebrating yet — she's down in the count, but it's so close stacey adams isn't conceding. and this is how they do it in charleston, west virginia. democratjoe manchin held onto his senate seat there. lots of celebrations all over the country. i asked barbara plett usher how quickly the democracts could make themselves felt, and change things for president trump. well, i think it depends on what th

according to the congressional research service.first native american womendemocrats sharice davids and deb haalande the first native american women elected to congress, cnn projected. davids' win in kansas against gop rep. kevin yoder was a pickup for democrats, who cnn projects to gain control of the house. haaland will replace new mexico democratic rep. michelle lujan grisham, who vacated the seat to run for governor.davids is a member of the ho-chunk nation, and haaland is an enrolled member of the pueblo of laguna, according to their respective campaigns. davids identifies as a lesbian, making her the first openly lgbt member of congress from kansas as well. she will enter congress having previously worked as a lawyer and a former mixed martial arts fighter.first muslim women cnn projected michigan democrat rashida tlaib and ilhan omar of the minnesota democratic-farmer-labor party will become the first muslim women in congress.victories for both were expected following primary victories earlier this year.tlaib will fill the seat formerly occupied by michigan democratic rep. john conyers, who

deb haaland/congress woman-elect, -d- nm: "i think it is important, i think representation is importanti think diversity in every level of government, i'm happy new mexicans saw that, that we deserve every voice deserves a seat at the democrats made it a priority to get more women to that table in 2018 but republican women made their mark tuesday night too-- republican congresswoman marsha blackburn supports president trump who returned the favor, stumping for her multiple times.blackburn will become the first female tennessee...marsha blackburn/senator-elect, -r- tn: "now you don't have to worry if you're going to call me congressman, or congresswoman or congresslady. now senator will do." republican congresswoman kristi noem will now answer to governor, becoming the first woman in south dakota to do so. jessica dean/washington: "it wasn't all good news for women- senators claire mccaskill and heidi heitkamp lost their seats in races.but tuesday marked a turning point, as the congressional representation of women got a little closer to matching the percentage of women in america." (gra

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