. >> heidi highcamp joins me for an exclusive interview. and republicans in ohio haven't learned anything. tonight state senator nina turner on today's republican vote to defund planned parenthood. >> good to you have with us tonight. thanks for watching. absence of arrogance. president obama continued his fight for the middle class today and hit back at republican bullies in the process. the president held his first new conference since winning the president once again pipts the first time he's faced the news media without the worry or pressure for reelection. president obama is staying in constant communication with the american public as he makes it clear the country cannot afford to extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. >> this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. if there was one thing that everybody understood was a big difference between myself and mr. romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, i argued for a balanced responsible approach and part of that included making sure the wealth yet americans pay a little b

i think we saw heidi highcamp in north dakota. a state where republicans should have easily won. she is a breast cancer survivor and that was actually, she appealed to women and men about the need for women's preventive care. mitt romney continued to be dismissive his entire campaign saying any issues that women were concerned about were small and irrelevant. >> where in god's name did he say that? can i see that quote please? >> i was on with you on a panel where you said women didn't care about women's health issues -- >> i didn't say that back it up. you want to pretend that the word abortion means women health because you are scared to say the word abortion. stop pretend iing about the wor abortion. can he talk about heidi, he is not for what is led to the north dack -- >> as opposed to quote abortion? >> ladies we have to leave it there. there is a nice simmering tension between you. >> i want to be truthful. thanks. >> next, does president obama's victory mean the nation is moving to the left? but mr. single miles can't join

nbc news reports that heidi highcamp is the apparently winner in north dakota. interested in this birace and so there you have it. another female member of the th. we'll keep you up to kate on the lopments. but there you have it. heidi heitkamp apparent winner in north dakota. >>> i'll talk congressman from maryland chris van hollen. th committee. does he think the partisan gridlock in congress can be broken? >>> first, here's a few things we knew thought you should know. wow. we saw this one coming. an angry donald trump lashed out on twitter last night as the election results came in. he slammed the electoral college. the results themselves. one of the tweets read, this election is a total sham. and a trafdy. we're not a y. well, another tweet that's since disappeared from the twitter page said, quote, votes equals a loss. revolution! that's now gone. those are the things we thought you should know. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's

i think we saw over and over again, heidi highcamp who was victorious inned in in the. te where a republican should have easily won. but heidi has a strong position in support of women's health. she's a breast cancer survivor, and that was actually she really appealed to women and men about the need for women's preventive care. mitt romney continued to be dismissive through his entire campaign, saying any issues that women were concerned about were small issues and irrelevant. >> where did he say that? can i see that quote please? >> i was on with you, kellyanne on a panel where you said women didn't care about women's health issues, all they cared about was jobs. >> i never said that. back it up. you want to pretend that the word abortion means women's health because you're scared of using the word abortion. stop saying women's health if you're not talking about obesity, cardiovascular disease. can we talk about the fact that heidi probably has a different view on energy than you and your president. he's not for hydraulic fract fracturifractu fracturing. >> we'll bring

. >> and heidi highcamp, the democrat in north dakota, the state that had byron dorgan and kent conrad forever forever, in a deep red state, was leading last time i checked. it's remarkable. >> ifill: the gender caution displood there were 17 going into the election. and there were some organizations who follow the women elected officials who were say it could get up to above 20. i haven't seen aically claigz yet. >> ifill: can i also say as we wait to hear-- that's heidi heitkamb, we're waiting to hear from the president and waiting to hear from mitt romney there's an electric detail reported from fox news. apparently part of the delay may be that karl rove on the air is saying he believes ohio is far from settled, and even fox news' call was premature. if that's being taken to heart somewhere deep inside the bowels of the romney headquarters-- >> woodruff: but we also said once colorado and nevada was called, there was no other route for governor romney-- displen our map still takes us where it takes us. >> the last count in virginia, president obama is ahead by 60,000 votes. the ass

north dakota heidi highcamp has eeked out a victory. she has been declared a winner. new women. >> i'll bet todd akin is feeling legitimately raped. >> but it is god's will. >> stephanie: he would have had a way to shut down that whole electoral process. >> you would think so. karl rove would think so. you just say it didn't happen. >> stephanie: now david you know i like my pundits happy clappy and i would never point out a friend being wrong. however, i do recall you saying back when, we're going to lose the senate. there's no way we're not going to lose the senate. >> and frankly, a year ago absolutely. you look at it. we were defending 2/3 of the seats. but they put up these tea party candidates. they drop-kicked this thing. they had it. unhappiest guy in the world today is mitch mcconnell. >> stephanie: you've been a political strategist since rutherford b. hayes. you can't write the akin and mourdock were going to say things like they said. if you were their strategist -- >> let's say for the record. it is christine o'donnell, all of these people. every time. th

and heidi highcamp. both states toward republicans said they may not make it over that 50% mark. the difference between winning and losing is the difference for a reasonable night for democrats and a really good night where they could end up picking up seats at the end of the night. >> there is one hour and 40 minutes left to vote in virginia. this is fire station no. 10 in arlington. polls close at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the line here at first station when an10. -- fire station 10. our live coverage and we will have more election results beginning tonight. you can castro on line on our yourook page -- castor vote. 52,557 people voted for barack obama. 30,419 for mitt romney. that is facebook.com/cspan. >> i watch the morning journal and i like the give-and-take there. i like the balanced approach. i also like the colors. -- callers. some are unusual. c-span is everywhere. a small hearing, public policy meeting downtown, c-span seems to be there. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. a short while ago