elizabeth warren has held massachusetts seat.a republican candidate has gotten a senate seat in texas. in a closely watched race in indiana, it is projected in the republican will be beaten. he is notorious for saying he opposes abortion in cases of rape because pregnancies from rape are something that god intended. and joseph kennedy the third won a decisive victory over a republican. meanwhile, voters in massachusetts approved a law allowing people to use marijuana for medical purposes. jesse jackson jr. is the projected winner of his illinois house race, according to cnn. polls closed in iowa, montana, nevada, and utah. they remain open in about half a dozen states. cbs is calling new hampshire for president obama, and nbc is saying he will win in new mexico. in the battleground states, president obama has a 1% lead in florida, according to cnn. join us online tonight. the discussion on facebook, and join in on twitter. also, for the first time, you can listen to our show live on your iphone or your android or ipad tonight. an

and now, now, news, we know what elizabeth warren wants to do first.-elect elizabeth warren this week planted her first flag in terms of what she wants to do with her new job. and it is district. and it is to the point. check this out. on the first day that the senate is in session and only on that day, there's something important that can happen. the senate that day decides its rules. right now if any one senator wants to block legislation, they can basically just say they want to block it and presto it's blocked. instant filibuster. which then means you need not a majority but a 60-vote super majority to get anything passed through that body. it was not supposed to be like that. the constitution established super majorities for some things, but for rare things like amending the constitution or ratifying treaties. and yes, minorities of senators could hold stuff up in that body. but the filibuster was really rarely used. that's how it was. that is not how it is anymore. now the republican minority in the senate uses it for everything. for just generic

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what did elizabeth warren do in the end to win? >> she ran as a democrat in a state where the president won by a big margin. >> that helps. >> very difficult. they knew if the president won by 20 seats or more, it will be difficult to overcome. she made very few mistakes. and now she'll become one of the leading voices in the senate for progressives around the country. >> what does she bring to the senate? >> she brings that passion. and from a real liberal left perspective in terms of economic issues. she is a consumer advocate. she will be aligned with bernie sanders the independent and several others on that side of the spectrum. she may make it very difficult for some of the regulators who are trying to do bank legislation and go along with business as usual. i think she will be a very strong voice. she has that spirit. she's proved she can be independent. she's not really reliant on any sources. i think brown was really hurt by taking the bank money, voting against t.a.r.p. several -- not t.a.r.p. but the dodd/frank bill. and

and elizabeth warren says let's do it. in an article titled "the first week of january", which is when the new senate could do this, they have used it 380 times since the democrats took over the majority in 2006. we have seen it block jobs bills, political transparency, you name it, there's been a filibuster. we have seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. why filibuster something with that kind of support just to keep the senate from working. on the first day of the new session in january, the senators will have a unique opportunity to change the filibuster rule. i'm joining six new-ly elected senators to pledge to lead this reform on day one. it can be done. they have long advocated for at least that kind of reform. at least the kind of reform where senators have to work for a filibuster. they have to stand up there and talk for as long as they want to hold something up. they can't just do it easy. those senators have been building support for the new session. and almost al

and elizabeth warren says let's do it. in an article titled "the first week of january", which is when the new senate could do this, they have used it 380 times since the democrats took over the majority in 2006. we have seen it block jobs bills, political transparency, you name it, there's been a filibuster. we have seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. why filibuster something with that kind of support just to keep the senate from working. on the first day of the new session in january, the senators will have a unique opportunity to change the filibuster rule. i'm joining six new-ly elected senators to pledge to lead this reform on day one. it can be done. they have long advocated for at least that kind of reform. at least the kind of reform where senators have to work for a filibuster. they have to stand up there and talk for as long as they want to hold something up. they can't just do it easy. those senators have been building support for the new session. and almost al

and elizabeth warren says let's do it. in an article titled "the first week of january", which is when the new senate could do this, they have used it 380 times since the democrats took over the majority in 2006. we have seen it block jobs bills, political transparency, you name it, there's been a filibuster. we have seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. why filibusteriibuster somethin that kind of support just to keep the senate from working. on the first day of the new session in january, the senators will have a unique opportunity to change the filibuster rule. i'm joining six new-ly elected senators to pledge to lead this reform on day one. it can be done. they have long advocated for at least that kind of reform. at least the kind of reform where senators have to work for a filibuster. they have to stand up there and talk for as long as they want to hold something up. they can't just do it easy. those senators have been building support for the new session. and almost

>> bill: you know, elizabeth warren is a classic liberal, harvard person.ose people because i had some association with them a few years ago. she believes that the american society is basically unjust. and she is a native american woman, you know that. >> sure. >> bill: she was able to rise up and overcome whatever prejudices are against native americans. so, i don't know why she didn't make that a corner stone like say, look what happened to me. i survived little big horn and here i am. and i'm going to be a senator and, you know, shows that our society is fluid that you can rise. certainly barack obama is the greatest example of that. >> well, it's a form of grandiosity. it's governor kasichly saying yes, i'm a woman. i'm three quarters ircoy. and my father was a janitor and i was born in the 30's. but you guys aren't me. you see, i'm smart. i'm gifted. i have been touched by god. i can overcome this kind of adversity. you are not capable of it. >> bill: so you believe that she, elizabeth warren, preached victimization, still won in massachusetts? >> abso

elizabeth warren defeating scott brown bread at one point, a spear headed for the tea party, became ane-timer. up from the bottom set of victories. long shot challenges. four years ago we were talking about a long-shot candidate for president, and this time, long shot movement victories like ben talking about, fighting back on voting rights. movement victories, fighting back extraordinary money. and people voting against the odds on the wing and a prayer, a prayer that this boat would make a difference. we saw them go out into the wet, cold, rainy night in new york city and around this region. hurricane sandy survivors living there cold, dark comes in going out into the cold, dark streets to cas ballot. what happens now is that we hold those hopes and dreams precious, and force our politicians to live up to the extraordinary courage and organizing bravery and smarts that people showed last night. >> i want to play a comment made by bill o'reilly being interviewed on fox news last night. >> so what is your sense of the evening? you look at the exit polls -- >> if mitt romney loses inhi

elizabeth warren's background is an expert on bankruptcy law. she was the chair of the oversight panel for the bank bailout. she came up with the idea for the consumer financial protection bureau and helped get it off the ground. elizabeth warren was born to be on the senate banking committee. if anybody want ever born to be on that committee, she was born to be on that committee. want to know who would very much not like elizabeth warren to be on the banking committee? the banks. we have been hearing pretty much since she got elected about how wall street is going to do anything in its power to keep elizabeth warren off the banking committee and presumably out of their hair as much as possible. the latest reporting coming from mother jones. mother jones reporting on trade groups pressuring lawmakers to somehow block elizabeth warren from getting a seat on the banking committee. one senate aid telling mother jones that d.c.'s lobbying corridor has been going nuts trying to keep her off that particular committee. but what -- how does that work? h

elizabeth warren.y who has come to the senate with 30 years of detailed knowledge of the industry, he said. it's really an abundance of intellectual riches. elizabeth warren has been a crusader against the worst abuses of the financial industry. she was the one who conceived the consumer financial protection bureau. her career, standing up for the regular folks of the middle class has just begun, and the banking committee position reportedly if she wants it is going to be hers. i hope she takes it. >>> tonight if our survey, i asked, who is paul ryan going to fight for? 97% of you say the rich. 3% of you say the middle class. >>> coming up, walmart employees are fed up with low wages and bad working conditions so they could be staging a major black friday strike. we'll bring you all the details next, stay with us. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd m

that duty will fall to senator elect elizabeth warren.hen it comes to treating bank executives as wise statesmen whose council is sought on economic issues a second term obama will feel freer to tune those voices out. the retirement of tim geithner as treasury secretary and who he chooses next. tim geithner a creature of wall street. some names floated according to you, jack lou and ears kin bowles. i question whether he would do that because it would be such an affirmation of bowles-simpson which he turned his back on in the first time. >> bowles-simpson may well be the framework of the deal we get to get off the cliff anding? senator dick durbin has put out there as where we should go back to. once you get past the election, we've seen it before. something that didn't look so good a few months ago, is going to look a little better in the next few weeks. obama may take another look. you know, you change it here and there and say now that we've made these changes in bowles-simpson, now it's there. >> he was walking it back already. >> bow

. >> in massachusetts elizabeth warren defeated scott brown. warren'sed a socksy work led to the founding of the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau. >> republican hopes evaporated months ago after the legitimate rape comments came out. mccase cast kill returned to capitol hill for another term. >>> another candidate trying to rebound from controversial comments about rape, richard mourdock. however, he too lost the indiana senate race to joe donnellly. he will replace richard hugher who lost to mourdock in the may area. >>> we go to jessica doyle with more on this. jessica? >> you've come a long way baby. the 113th congress will have at least 19 female senators. that's a record and two more than right now. kate shepherd from mother jones

elizabeth warren is now the senator-elect from massachusetts after defeating incumbent republican scott brown. senator-elect warren, good to see you, good morning to you and congratulations. >> thank you. good morning to you. >> you've become the first woman to be elected to the senate from massachusetts. you will hold a seat that was held for nearly 50 years by ted kennedy. at some point last night, as your victory was announced, you guaranteed that democrats would hold the senate. just talk to me about the significance of your win. >> well, this is a win for america's middle class. this is a win for every family that really has been hammered and chipped and squeezed for a generation now. i got in this race because those

elizabeth warren certainly wasn't as well known in massachusetts. i think her fate was probably tied more closely to the president's. ( phone ringing ). >> woodruff: he forgot of got to turn off his telephone. >> i'm sorry, elizabeth. are you well known. the rule of thumb among democrats is president kaine could take a 2% president obama loss and still survive. >> woodruff: it's interesting, they were showing 37% of the precincts reporting. i think it said-- here it is again, that george allen is up, but, again, we don't know where these votes are, and it's early. >> it tend to be the central part of the state where the votes come in most quickly. >> ifill: it's almost become a cliche when we talk about the economy being a driving issue. when stu was talking about health care, did you expect that would be a bigger issue that would be debated more than broadly in this election? >> yes, from both side. as we said, the romney-ryan medicare plan didn't bite as much. obamacare, sort of broke sort of even. somehow that just faded away, i guess overcome by

senate, that includes elizabeth warren who won in massachusetts defeating a moderate republican senator scott murphy. in that race, she becomes the first female senator from massachusetts, a former member of the obama administration and harvard professor. in wisconsin, tammy baldwin defeats tommy thompson, she becomes the first female senator from that state and first openly gay u.s. senator. >> byron, what happened in the house? >> well, in the house it was a status quo election there as well. there the republicans retain control of the house of representatives. they got to the magic number to take back the house. currently there are 226 republicans in the house and as you said a lot of money was spent,bout $2.3 billion on congressional races and when it was all over it was about just like it was before the election. >> byron pitts thank you very much. >>> after a long election night, host of "face the nation" bob schieffer, also cbs political news john dickerson and major garrett, they were all up late night as was norah. here we have an election. what's next? do you remember last nig

elizabeth warren won the first coin toss. just last week, we saw the national unemployment numbers fall below 8%. millions of americans are still looking for jobs. things are especially difficult for minority cities. what will it take and what will you do if elected to support job growth? >> thank you very much. thank you for everyone for being so hospitable. we have nearly 200,000 people unemployed in massachusetts. there are higher unemployment rates here in springfield. it is a serious problem. i look at this as a short-term and long-term problem. short-term, they should put people back to work. i was surprised when senator brown of voted against a three in a row that would have supported 22,000 jobs here in the commonwealth of massachusetts, would have prevented layouts, and police officers, it would have put construction workers back to work. why? it would have been an increase in taxes, not for most people, but for those who make a million dollars or more. making the investments in education, making the investments in r

the race on my mind is in massachusetts, elizabeth warren, scott brown.roken in elizabeth warren's favor. she's favored to win tonight and i'm wondering about this post-election scenario that could kick off. we know hillary clinton is leaving as secretary of state. john kerry would very much like to be secretary of state and i look at it this way. if john kerry is picked to be secretary of state and elizabeth warren wins the senate race tonight, then it means that thereto will be a senate vacancy in massachusetts that will be filled by a special election and it means scott brown who is a popular politician in massachusetts even if he loses tonight would be able to run in that special election and win. i wonder if that possibility would give the white house pause when it comes to picking john kerry as a secretary of state. >> i think it's legitimate to say that and i think it's legitimate scott brown could win in a special election. he did it the last time. it's not like they don't like him. i think -- he's take an couple votes that were not the smartest v

where the money went specifically and they certainly haven't gotten most of it back right now elizabeth warren was going to serve under a barack obama as a consumer watchdog in the financial industry but she was prevented from assuming that role because she was actually talking about accountability so they would allow her to assume that position but now she's a senator in massachusetts is she going to just do anything to stop this well you know i bet they wish that they didn't stop her from being consumer financial protection bureau chief and now they've got a deal with her in the senate there's a lot of people that assume she's going to be on the banking committee maybe even have some kind of leadership role i think that's a little bit wishful thinking but if elizabeth warren stays true to allah for her promises and all of her rhetoric before i think she'll be talking about banking no matter where she is even if she is on some ag committee or put on some obscure other committees have been any communication with elizabeth warren's office and your group who has been a tireless whistleblower and

all right guys today i want to congratulate and highlight the center elizabeth warren for winning the second senate seat in massachusetts in the most recent election some of you might be wondering why i should highlight a senator elect before they got a chance to actually do anything heroic well because i'm celebrating this is a win for the people of massachusetts who voted for a candidate whose platform goes against the grain of the current establishment who caters to wall street and special interest groups. it took on the powerful wall street banks and special interests and you let them know you want to senator will be out there fighting for the middle class all of the time. and despite the odds you elected the first woman senator to. elizabeth warren as a politician who has come to embody the goals of the so-called ninety nine percent because for years she's been an activist and a vocal opponent against financial inequality and wall street's grip over washington senator warns win in massachusetts is not just a win for the state but the entire country so for the years she's devoted

. >> the banks revolt against elizabeth warren. >>> and workers are threatening strikes at walmart stores across america. >> we expect our associates to do their job. >> josh ed elson has the latest on the workers versus walmart. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. democratic leaders are in the budget fight to win it for the middle class. president obama is wrapping up his southeast asia trip. he was overheard requesting help from a higher power to solve the standoff in washington. >> in washington he's deadly serious about keeping the upper hand in negotiations. democrats are defending the line in the sand. here's how democratic leader nancy pelosi when she was asked if the democrats would accept a deal extending tax cuts for the wealthy. >> talking about a possible come romiez that would cap deductions. is that something that's acceptable? >> no. the president made it very clear in his campaign that there's not enough resources. what you just described is a formula and a blueprint for our future. >> democrats from both chambers are not budging. senator dick durbin wouldn'

wouldn't have bw he's what justhe ra elizabeth warren. >> scott brown very good politician popular inthe pty in a presidential year in the massachusetts. so not a big surprise. disappointed. >> he did run a bad paign that he was capable juvenile campaigni was just there sunday monday. he did this thing was a very is d understanding that this notiat tries to project is an attack on ence. th honored byere. it is as there a by the wise corner of the massachusetts politics which isday of the nerd, the one who does her homework. jockl thing and hi one irrelevo do governing. if you look at the indiana race that y n just by independence and democratic lso significant portions of the republican party as one4o other thing, terms of a skree-upor seople really care about the supreme court and thew: prospect of a republican president in the supreme court and having a republican >> prosecuted that case8 against republican senate. elizabeth warn prosecuted that case brilliantly. >> i want to go to jonathan some news about the race in florida specifically.an you tell us?rachel. anybody at inside th

and despite the odds you elected the first woman senator to our i was elizabeth warren is a politician who has come to embody the goals of the so-called ninety nine percent because for years she's been an activist and a vocal opponent against financial inequality and wall street's grip over washington senator warner's win in massachusetts is not just a win for the state but the entire country so for the years she's devoted to activism and her success in the latest campaign to become massachusetts first woman senator senator elizabeth warren is our hero of the day so she's the hero who's the villain well that dishonor goes to none other than the u.s. attorney general eric holder and no this is not about the fast and furious scandal that was inexcusable and no this is not about him starting the whole look forward not backward mentality instead of holding the bush administration accountable for war crimes no today eric holder is our villain for a different reason you see it all starts with the two thousand and ten b.p. oil spill where eleven crewmen were killed in the rig explosion and mo

stuart: elizabeth warren beating scott brown in massachusetts.heaths -- use the one who said this. >> nobody in this country got rich on his own. nobody. you build a factory out there -- a stuart: that wasn't her greatest hit. we are sure you remember the controversy over her native american heritage. she was elected. before you start, i am going to suggest liberalism won and is gaining ground. if you elected as the warrant to the senate, liberals are winning. >> if there's any point that marked that last night this would be one of them but remember what this does for business and banks and wall street. elizabeth warren has been a harsh critic of business in general and business does not see this as good. you wonder why the stock market is down? has been like this last night. elizabeth warren. this is serious for anyone who owns businesses out there. charles: liberalism has the wind at its back. when a liberal candidate wins in mississippi i will say it is all over. the bastille liberalism is kennedy's old seat. i claim scott brown as much as eli

>> well look, there are definitely some thoroughbred liberals with elizabeth warren.re-election he's a tried and true liberal. but they have got political elements to deal with because you have moderates heidi heitkamp, one of the biggest surprise. she railed against the president and said he's an enemy of big oil and energy interests. jon tester won for re-election in montana and was critical of the president. you've got senators up in 2014 in louisiana, alaska so i think there could be some tension even we know the democratic caucus between the elizabeth warren new wing that should definitely be progressive. out front on issues. the cameras are going to be out there. will there be push back from the moderate caucus? i think that will be an interesting part to watch as much as the tea party phenomenon on the right. >> eliot: you're right. there will be significant moderate voices pushing back against the progressive wing of the party. but it is renewed resuscitated. you have elizabeth warren and voices that have strength and passion and support. >> there is no questi

elizabeth warren winning comfortably in massachusetts.ic women, these senators, looks like they will hold on in north dakota. it's an interesting new crop, some future stars or stars in the making actually look at elizabeth warren is going to be a national figure. i'm guessing she is popular in this room. tammy baldwin. by the way, making history, first openly gay woman to be elected to the united states senate. >> you also had two ballot measures in support of gay marriage. in maryland and maine they both passed. >> remember ohio in 2004. and then all the pot smoking. >> you can tell gregory is from california. >> so brian's interviewing the governor of colorado, going you know, you guys, what was he saying exactly, david? >> weed is like significacigare. >> and the governor says, hey wait a minute, they do it in cambridge, too, you know. >> there are 19 female senators. for the first time -- >> this is not like the first openly gay woman, this is packer fans. >> it's interesting that this network has -- it is a microcosm demographically

the guy that just lost to elizabeth warren. you have huge gains tonight.ou have got a couple of outstanding seats as well. we will see how those play out. i think we have a couple others out there. >> we know how the balance of congress is going to be made up. we need to talk about the agenda. mitch mcconnel, i know we have a graphic of that. i could read it directly off the set. we don't have the graphic unfortunately. okay. but basically it wasn't the most resounding yes i'm going work with president obama. robert, let me ask you, with the fact that mitch mcconnel is coming out holding nothing back, basically and the vice president said that maybe the fever would break. do we think that mitch still has a fever going forward? >> mitch has two issues going on. first he is running for re-election in 2014 in kentucky. what mitch does not want is a tea party challenge that happened with his friends. number two there could be a challenge from the right within the senate caucus. i hate to say this. if mitch mcconnel goes too far to the left what he is doing is

i think elizabeth warren is going to be one of the real stars of the new democratic congress, and i can see her in national politics, at the presidential level, really soon. the other really interesting result, i thought, was that initiative in massachusetts -- it is not exactly a party issue. to have legal assisted suicide legalized in the most liberal state in the country, it failed. i think that is because doctors opposed it. >> nina. >> i want to go back to the question of the hispanic vote. i think it would go a long way if republicans did sign-ons to an immigration reform up law. it would not go all the way. the pugh center has shown that hispanics by and large are very hard workers that believe government has helped them succeed. they do not oppose government in the sort of traditionally anti- government way of some of the west, for example. i think it will be harder than republicans think. >> once again, i want to remind everybody there is still a republican majority in the house. >> it is not personalities. is not marked rubio. it is policy. -- it is not marco rubio. is policy.

it's cruz will be legislating alongside elizabeth warren as a denison of washington, d.c., politics,think the implications of that are? >> well, i mean, look, every senate and every congress has its own sort of ecosystem and its own personality. granted mitch mcconnell and harry reid will still be in charge but i think that calculus of one president obama not being an incumbent anymore and also mitch mcconnell having another four years removed from his initial are imperative to defeat the president will be different. there's always going to be ideological divides, you know, among specific members, whether it's ted cruz or elizabeth warren or jesse helms and ted kennedy but i think the larger personality of the senate will be dictated to some degree by the leadership again but also from the white house and what kind of tone is struck between congress and president obama going forward. i think there are some real chances just because of the calendar and also because of the results last night to maybe do some things in the first year or so that might not be there after the mid terms. >>