so that went, joe manchin with us right now.e whole party is focused too much on the hard part and not this moderating position and trying to help americans. happy to have you join us now. what do you make of this latest pickup for republicans in the senate? >> that is really a strong pickup for the republicans. bob casey is such a good man i have been going for quite a while and worked with him very well. these are all good people. dave mccormick is a good man. i know david i know his wife they are just good people. so we are getting a good person exchanged for another good person. on both sides of this you run hard and you lose the election you think the road is coming to an end it does not. you move on. things happen. and dave is walking into a situation with his expertise and it will take an awful lot of his expertise that he has to bring forward to make certain it is successful that is with the processes of vote. >> neil: and it is tough because lately it goes back and forth between democrats you know some going with biden

yes, we are, joe manchin. msnbc legal correspondent, and dear friend of the program, lisa, thank you for spending time here on your friday night. let me get to the notion of the lower courts and from your bigger, you know, the 30,000 foot view here. how essential they can and should be in acting as a guardrail to trump's most potentially unlawful measures during a second term. >> alex, when bit what a trump second term looks like, the lower courts, the district courts, are imperative that they remain guardrails. we saw that really during trump's first term, particularly around the muslim ban, around the attempts to add the citizenship question by the census bureau. there were any number of attempts made by the trump administration to change policies in ways that felt blatant unconstitutional and of course, our district courts were the first line of defense, and in many cases, issuing what then attorney general bill barr complained about. nationwide injunctions that prevented those policies from taking place an

joe manchin and kyrsten sinema will take the hatchet. >> ainsley: graphic says too close to call, we are calling it just now, sheehy won. >> lawrence: looks like voters didn't buy it, republican with 52-seat majority. >> steve: he won by eight points in wisconsin, democrat baldwin up less than 1 point and slotkin up by .09. dave mccormick is up less than a point. and out in nevada, brown, the republican is up, just a little. two more republicans who could win. >> lawrence: this is important, democrats changed rule for cabinet appointment and supreme court justices, it is not 60 anymore, it is simple majority. they don't have to depend on j.d. vance now. >> brian: senators will struggle with things that are not moderate. >> steve: and vice president can still break a tie because he is president of the senate. >> brian: wanting to get back to normal, electorate college stays put. raskin said we're working on legislation to get rid of electorate college, i want to add puerto rico and washington, d.c. as states, we have to pack supreme court. you can't do that. i want to see if schumer s

. >> it is a different democratic party and i'm proud to say that when you think of joe manchin, tulsi gabbard, they didn't leave the democrat party, the party left them, time to come back to gather. i am hopeful that the history and the name-calling can be put aside, all of the foolish use of the judicial system goes aside, we get back together as americans and get where we need to be. david: i say amen to you. wonderful to have you here, god bless. >> god bless america. david: kamala harris expected to make remarks at 4:00 p.m. long after she was expected to as fox voter analysis found the economy and immigration were top issues for voters. edward lawrence is at the white house. better late than never. >> reporter: that has been added to her public schedule and her husband will be there for that. we expect a phone call the phone call between president biden and donald trump, a phone call with donald trump and kamala harris. a lot of long faces in this building, there's no joy in mudville here but a lot of love in the markets. it has held throughout even with the money voting, the mon

>> well joe manchin is a very good friend.re working together on no labels with the problem solvers caucus, and joe came out and endorsed me and proud to have his endorsement and a 2-1 democratic state and next door neighbor democratic senator get onboard i think it is big for our campaign. brian: you're trying to buck the odds but you have the profile to do it and i think a lot of democrats seem very nervous about it. governor -- >> they're getting nervous. brian: wearing the lucky vest meanwhile in 90 minutes form or president trump set to take the stage in battle ground state of pennsylvania. carr carr carley shimkus is talking to voters in the crowd and they seem to like the country. >> usa. ♪ ♪ no more gross cough syrup. we all want you to feel better. i want extra tv time or i'll walk! how about this? introducing the only kids soft-chew for medicated cough relief. aaaaghhh! new mucinex children's mighty chews are mighty clever. (holiday music) a puppy! everyone loves to find surprising presents under the tree. i love him

joe manchin, who opted not to run for senate facing an uphill battle, probably best he does not, butge for republicans and democrats to moderate their positions and work together. tim sheehy, i wonder if he's taking that to heart the montana senate elect, got the ball rolling for the senate. congratulations. >> thanks, neil, a long race and we got it done. we won the mandate nationwide and all races, colors, creeds. america spoke, they want to put america first again. neil: what do you make of what joe manchin was saying as senator-elect it's incumbent on boats both sides to both together. and the republicans are in charge of the senate, you picked up four, including your own. there might be little reason for people think they have to acquiesce to democrats, what do you think? >> i don't think it's so much about acquiescence. i think it's about common sense, what's good for america. the first thing i said in my victory street, i thanked jon tester for his decades of service and to our nation. we don't have to agree on policy, but he sacrificed a lot of his life, but the reality is am

kyrsten sinema was driven out of the party joe manchin left the senate as well.at the electorate is moving in that direction as well. and so i'm inclined to think that in the blue wall states like wisconsin and pennsylvania, the republican senate candidates and they're good candidates pretty dynamic i think they're going put it against coal line i wouldn't be surprised if republicans got it up to 54 seats in the senate. >> one of the big is democratic money chuck schumer has raised a ton of dough pushing it behind races and i guess dave mccormick will do find in fundraising but republicans aren't. they're being outspent. >> oh. hugely paul. i think that's a dynamic you're also seeing it in the house you're seeing it in the presidential race. now, sometimes and this will be interesting to see what we know is that all of the money in the world cannot necessarily rescue a candidate who has become fatally flawed with voters in a good example of that is montana. where john tester is outspent tim but it is off thing for republicans since they don't have the amount of m

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the answer to joe manchin is, so? are they going to do anything? ve: going in joe biden wanted it to be the most diverse cabinet ever. he got that. that's why donald trump wants to shake everything up in washington and he is going to get it. because he has got people who are like-minded and who are going to be able to hit the ground running on the first day. and, thankfully, as we have heard from the former president in talking to the "new york post," apparently the biden team, the transition team is being very helpful to the trump team. and so they essentially rolled out the red carpet when the two of them sat down in front of a roaring fire yesterday. watch. >> donald, congratulations. >> thank you. >> and looking forward to having a, like we said, a smooth transition. do anything we can to make sure you are accommodated, what you need. you will get a chance to talk about some of that today so welcome, welcome back. >> thank you very much. and politics is tough, and it's -- in many cases it's not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today, an

you know, you could use a joe manchin, a lisa mur cow city a susan collins.s want to take that risk. she seems like she would be health and intellectually she would be fully equipped to go another four years. i think she probably gig digs in. >> ainsley: i would think. so no senator seems to be offering to be the person to put his or her neck on the line publicly they don't want to be the one. joe biden is the one who recommended kamala harris and we see how that worked out. >> shannon: yeah. it's just such an unchartered territory because, listen, it was very close when we lost justice ginsburg and the then nomination and confirmation battle over justice amy coney barrett. so, you know, there will be those if they decide to back this plan to say we have done this on this expedited schedule before. but the senate is so tight, it's no guarantee that whoever the president picks he would actually be able to get across the finish line. do you want president trump to start a new term if you are a democrat with an open seat on the supreme court? >> ainsley: she pro

, what joe manchin said in an interview, joe manchin, who left democratic party earlier this year, notedthat he was scolded by president joe biden and other democrats going back to 2021 over his concerns on inflation, rising cost of living, and economic fears of the middle class. trump, he noted, promised to take on those issues directly. when i first warned about inflation, they all said i was crazy. no, it's transitory, manchin told punch bowl news. i think the president even said i got 17 notice belle laureates backing the build back better package, which manchin you ultimately helped kill over his kill of the inflationary impact. manchin was later able to help pass the inflation reduction act, but he clashed with the white house on the implementation of that measure. basically what trump said, his message was able to hit home, it made them more comfortable voting for him over harris, manchin added, and he noted that independent voters make up most of the election. electorate. in west virginia they don't feel comfortable voting for washington democrats, that from the interview with pu

and the tester seat as well as the west virginia seat is very likely to flip republican because joe manchintiring. the only two pickups republicans would need to take control and become the majority, but how much does the size of the majority ultimately matter? not just in the senate, but the house as well? >> in the senate you need 60 votes to do most legislation. in a unified government, democrats or either party could get things through under what is called reconciliation process. we saw that with the biden climate law during his first two years in office. but without that 60 vote majority, things get a little tricky, and we haven't seen that since the obama administration. so the size of the majority, parties always want more, but short of 60, it is complicated to get things done. in the house it looks like whoever rings that majority will be a narrow one as well. it's only going to take four seats, for nationwide seats for democrats to take the majority in the house, and it's looking pretty favorable for them at this moment. joe: it's talk about the house a bit more specifically. this

kirsten sinema, very joe manchin. democrats so to speak becomes an independent. dan says i'm not going to run for reelection. and ruben gallego and kari lake, but the 2 vying for that scene still open there in arizona as well and will continue as been mentioning will be here all night tracking all of those races. we do want to get you a check of the forecast tonight. kathy trafton here with a look. this is a live look across the bay area tonight. it's a clear night. it was windy today. kathy, what's going we'll know. well, with all the excitement tonight in terms of the election, at least you'd think. >> we have some tranquility in terms of the weather. if you thought that you would not be correct. in fact, okay. if you look at temperatures right now, >> it looks pretty tranquil. lot of areas in the 60's. a few 70's lingering looks fabulous, right? what could possibly be going on in beautiful evening, relative and wait a minute, it looks like we're going toward low relative humidities in places such as livermore. 16% vacaville 17%. that's not good, especially whe

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jim justice flipped joe manchin's seat and bernie moreno beat sherrod brown, who was seeking a fourth term. >> talked about wanting a red wave, i think what we have tonight is a red issue white and blue wave. what we need in the united states of america is leaders in washington, d.c. that actual ly put interest of american citizens above all else. we're tired of being treated like secretary-class citizens in our own country. >> josh hau josh hawley won their races and former republican hogan lost to brooks. republican incumbent senator ted cruz and rick scott defeated allred and powell, respectively. >> here is what texas promises. not a quality of outcomes, but a quality of opportunity, not guaranteed success, guaranteed chance. not life without struggle but a life where struggle has meaning, that is the promise of texas and the american dream. >> this is a team win. we won, they lost. god bless you, god bless this great country and what do we say? let's get to work. [cheering] >> madeleine: now race between kuhn, cornyshg n and rick scott scheduled for next wednesday. >> steve: that

coming up, tonight joe manchin, how does he feel after they are routed at tuesday's elections?ere's the independent. tom cotton, he does want to play a dominant role in will tell us why and what he had in mind. tomi lahren breaks out media moments that matter this week and there are meltdowns to go through. this is going to be fun but first things first, we witnessed history this week, the greatest political back of all time donald trump winning the presidential election as you know but the other destruction of the democratic party for resounding red, white and blue wave. >> you voted for donald trump, you are like a week and some as bricks. [screaming] do you really hate me that that? this country did this again? [sobbing] >> i'm genuinely confused to what happened. [screaming] >> i can only hope they realize this is not a republican victory, this is an american victory is not about conservatives, it's about common sense. americans say i'm done with the economy, affordability is the sole focus. >> americans see increase in cost for food, energy and housing. overall station, co

three terms, tim sheehy looking stronging according to past as far as reporting, west virginia joe manchin's seat jim justice again, another race looking very competitive, looking strong, so i will tell you this when you have "new york times" maria writing immaterial is very likely that the republicans are going to take back the senate, i would pay attention to that, at this point but yeah, arizona, you know we talked about this but kari lake race may not go the republicans way nevada concerned about that but may not need that, because they've got so many races just the republicans are looking so strong. >> let's talk about the impact on markets, chris, because oil prices are higher this morning, on the idea that we could see the issues in middle east bubble up, and the reason oil is higher is comments out of iran that it would retaliate, against the recent israel strikes oil prices, off the highs of the year built this morning, up about half a percent or so, well above 70 dollars a barrel again, talk to us about the trades going into this election, there was a very specific "trump trade" no

rubber meets the road for a lot of republicans, susan collins is up in 2026, it is very much like a joe manchin position if she is to retire that seat is very democratic. the politics is interesting . that is why i also took note of bill cassidy who has not afraid to be a trump critic , did not commit to confirming kennedy but did not rule it out and praise him in a statement yesterday. very interested to see where this goes. >> to your point, what i am wondering is this is not traditional republican pick for health and human services, this is a former democrat who has a lot of left coated views. i want to know , when he is expressing views that challenge the pharmaceutical industry and other aspects of big business is that something republican senators will go along with? when he is expressing views about government regulation, that he wants more state control over what we eat and how the government governs our health and that kind of thing, is that something that republicans senators want to go along with . these of the policy questions that i think will be interesting when and if he gets to

the vice president had the deciding vote on that, taking credit for the additional leases, joe manchinde sure of that. tell us who you are. and if you get the job, we don't know what to expect. stuart: thank you very much, we needed that.it out. kilmeade is all right. thanks very much. want to thank you for staying with us, thanks a lot. still had, steve hilton in the us presidential election for the first time, telling us what that means to him. senator john thune would be the majority leader of for publicans take the senate. what's the first item on his agenda, we will ask him. if abortion really will be driving polls in large numbers and other trillions of regulatory cost under the biden administration. jimmy faila on election day. the 11:00 hour of "varney and company" is next. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. nothing beats it. i recommend pronamel active shield because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients. try pronamel mouthwash. ah, these bills are crazy. s

joe manchin was in the middle. they told him to get another j job. to bring up one more thing.cribe what you didn't like about the democrats. that is incredible. >> liars, leakers, and liberals. >> al gore should have said i'm running again. she should not say she's running again. >> what do you say? >> i agree largely with what has been said. donald trump -- i have read stuff from members of my party and listen to them on networks including our own. suggesting a few different things. we shouldn't think that this was some kind of a mandate for president trump. message alert, you are wrong. we have to stand back and recognize a couple of things first. donald trump made gains. blacks, hispanics, asian americans, young voters. more gains with them then he did with white voters who don't have a college degree. that is a realignment. donald trump did something amazing in 2024 just a few weeks ago. he killed in a political way the traditional democratic party and the traditional republican party. they've got to figure out to build around him. democrats, anybody looking at running. i'

good reason, the popular governor of the state jim justice projected to take the seat by senator joe manchin win for jim justice. 68.9% 27.6% for the challenger. as of now, fox news is projecting republicans will have 51 and democrats 43. let's start with pennsylvania it's not been called but this is bob casey up against former hedge fund executive david mccormick. casey had sought to distance himself from the body to administration on energy policy. think about that and pennsylvania. mccormick 49-point to percent, 48.3% fox news has this race too soon to call. let me show you wisconsin this is senator tammy baldwin two-term democrat trying to defend off from the republican banking executive, this is 48.7% right there, too soon to call, 49-point to percent. this is a wisconsin-based too close to call, let me show you michigan. two candidates with national security credentials with the seat left vacant by sabado. democratic elissa slotkin verse mike rogers. here you go this is unbelievably tight, too soon to call according to the fox news decision task. it is point to percentage points at a d

i'll be sure to pick up a scene in west virginia after senator joe manchin's retirement. republicans also eyeing montana as one of the best opportunities to make more gains. democratic incumbent senator jon tester has lagged behind his opponent in recent polling, that democrats have filled a boost of optimism and she faces scrutiny. he originally told voters he was hurt while serving as a navy seal in afghanistan in 2012. but in 2015 he reportedly told a park ranger he accidentally shot himself when he dropped his gun in the parking lot at glacial, glacier national park. we will see how that turns out. in ohio, sherrod brown. the race looking tight as brown hopes to win a fourth term in a state that has trended toward republicans in recent election cycles. in pennsylvania, democrat incumbent senator bob casey is facing off against david mccormick. he's been ramping up attempts to appeal to the center, even releasing an ad last month that touted a moment where he sided with former president trump. as democrats fight to keep their majority in the upper chamber, the house me

joe manchin voted against him, and you had six republicans that weren't there for the vote includingimportant because the 11th circuit covers the state of florida. these are really important votes and, you know, these are lifetime appointments, so the senators don't have a whole bunch to do right now, but they do need to be showing up for their constitutional duty of advise and consent. hopefully, they've been scolded a bit and hopefully that ship will be righted. paul: well, ron desantis, the governor of florida, issued a pretty blistering criticism of the republican senators, collin, i guess because the 11th circuit covers florida. his laws could be affected by. what's the excuse for the -- that the republicans are using to explain their absences? >> well, there's really no excuse here. there's a bunch of excuses. of course, j.d. vance has transition business, marco rubio's getting ready for his own hearings to be secretary of state, you know in sometimes, you know, children are sick or you get stuck on a plane. there's any number of reasons why they might not get there, but it's r

watch in republicans all but sure to pick up a seat in west virginia after democratic senator joe manchin'sirement and then i am 19 and it is the best pick appeared to the democratic incumbent senator has lagged behind former navy seal and recent polling. in ohio, democratic senator sherrod brown within the sickness meant bernie moreno and the race looking tight as brown hopes to win that a fourth term in a state that has trended towards republicans in recent election cycles. in pennsylvania, democratic incumbent senator bob casey against dave mccormick and casey trying to distance himself from the biden administration biden administration and highlighting his importance some of former president trump's policy last month. to the base for the open senate seat in michigan is a toss-up between democratic congresswoman alisa slot and mike rogers in wisconsin democratic incumbent senator tammy baldwin facing the toughest political fight yet against entrepreneur eric. but they feel optimistic with their teams is in the house and four seeds to take control of the lower chamber and many competitive

senator joe manchin is retiring. news can project that jim justice will flip the seat to republicans. that win puts the g.o.p. one seat away from out right majority in the u.s. senate, assuming they don't lose any seats on the way. that they already hold. >> and fox news decision desk said too early to call, another republican target, ohio where sherrod brown fighting for his fourth term, against republican businessman bernie moreno, and we'll watching that one as well, that could be a flip there is a toss up race. balance of power looks like this in terms of what we have fed in so far. in to the data. you have 40 republicans, one seats flip that is west virginia seat. jim justice will be new senator, he was former governor for state of west virginia, and democrats have 29, you can see a lot of spaces to be filled in. >> we're following a number of g gubernatorial races, fox news project north carolina democratic attorney general stein will defeat robinson. >> in west virginia, republican attorney general patrick m m

amongst my guests, joe manchin talks about what's left of his party senator tom cotton why he decidedn and what trump should do from here. towing last murray back from ukraine just back from israel now wants to -- with mar-a-lago with the president when he won. he brings that perspective and robert davi now are weeping at home and wondering what have they done and tommy puts it in perspective tonight at 9:00 pete. pete: great stuff watch "one nation with brian kilmeade" field of valor we won't tell anybody but i'll see in a few hours and we'll tell everybody why. not giving out any details. will cain will be so jealous. >> he's looking at me right now on camera wondering why we're hanging out this afternoon if he's not invited yeah exactly let's not tell him. i'll see you brother. [laughter] he's officially headed back to the oval office. so what's up first on trump's to do list? will and i go off the wall next. i'm thinking... (speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. lik

i said, one of the things we need to figure out, are we the party of aoc, joe manchin, josh shapiro, newsom? very different views on the future of the party. i think we will see a lot of internal family debate about what that looks like and ultimately, what the voters want to decide about was the right person to lead this party. >> tyler pager, thank you for coming in this morning. >>> still to come on "cnn this morning," a get out of jail free card. we will take a look and see where trump's legal problems stand now that he is president. >>> joe biden vows to uphold the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power. >>> at age 78, trump has also become the oldest man ever elected president , breaking a record set by president biden in 2020. it is nice, biden will pass the torch and his life alert necklace. it's our son, he is always up in our business. it's the verizon 5g home internet i got us. oh... he used to be a competitive gamer but with the higher lag, he can't keep up with his squad. so now we're his “squad”. what are kevin's plans for the fall? he's going to college. out of st

it would take a lot of maneuvering by chuck schumer and get joe manchin on board and sinema on board. >> chuck schumer is no mitch mcconnell. could mitch do something like this? yes but chuck , i would not hold my breath. >> you guys are stirring it up. thank you both very much. >> a federal judge has set a final deadline for rudy giuliani to turn over once and for all , what he is court order to turn over after being found guilty of defamation. a judge ordered him to give his most valuable possessions to the two georgia election workers whose lives he basically tried to ruin after the 2020 election as part of the nearly $150 million judgment against him. turn it over or else. >> reporter: it is contempt of court for rudy giuliani if he does not follow the orders of the judge and does not get the keys in the title of his classic car, the one he took to vote in palm beach on tuesday , that mercedes-benz convertible. if he does not get those things , and does not get them the two dozen luxury walk should watches, including one he inherited from his grandfather, furniture he had that he

i also thought it was interesting that joe manchin, a centrist, democrats are really going to miss, wasg to say this last four years. he wasn't trying to give joe biden a hard time. self-trying to say what you are jamming down everyone's throat with the green new deal wouldn't fly and the rescue package wasn't needed left the democratic party he wouldn't have beat jim justice anyway. his party should take away from this devastating loss. >> donald trump he was able to have a program that basically more people bought in than what kamala did. that's the middle. the power of the middle sun believable. i hope when they get to washington they remember how they got there they got there to appealing to reasonable, responsible, sensible people that are in the middle. >> steve: that's right. and we saw from the fox news voter analysis where we talked to 110,000 people coast to coast throughout the process. there were only -- there were less than 10% of people this time who identified as independent. ultimately -- what's interesting. as we wait for what happens in pennsylvania, 13 democratic sena

me, i would look to my form ifer high school classmate andy beshear, to folks like shapiro, like joe manchinu know, kind of more centrists who have broader appeal, but who knows? maybe if the country continues to be as polarized as it is, somebody from the far left like aoc will gain traction and momentum. but were democrats, i'd like to kentucky. griff: al, i'll give you the last word. are you ready to endorse aoc in 2028? >> you're going to need to give me about four years. [laughter] are i don't think so. i don't think she's going to be the nominee. she is incredibly persuasive, articulate and a great voice for our party on the left, but we need to nominate someone more moderate. this election just proved that. donald trump spoken to working class voters in a way across the ethnic spectrum, not just white working class. every demographic. so we need to work to convince those people to vote -- she can do it, i can be convinced. griff: we shall see. thank you, great segment, gentlemen. have a great weekend. >> you too. alicia: fox has confirmed that two members of the venezuelan gang tren d

so the seat currently held by senator joe manchin is all but assured to go red with former republican as the gop candidates in deep red, west virginia. one top republican target has been in montana where democratic senator john tester has trailed his republican challenger in most polls, though there's been a little tightening here of late. and democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio is also running a tight race against trump-backed businessman burny merino, who has sought to cast brown as too liberal for the senate. joining us now to help break down these races melanie zinona, also a punch bowl news contributor. let's talk about those senate races we just highlight said, montana and ohio, two held by democrats. republicans feel pretty good about their chances. break down that pair for us. >> yeah, republicans are in a really strong position to take back the senate majority. as you outlined right there, they only need to flip back two seats. they already have one in the bag with west virginia. so all eyes are on that montana seat and that ohio seat, and those are both red states, trum

the better part got chopped up because joe manchin and then, i remember, the good congresswoman from washington state saying well, i don't think we are going to get the second part. congresswoman pramila jayapal, thank you so much. we can listen to you all morning but they said we've got to do more show. >> and we've got to pull it apart because people want to focus on this moment and they want to point fingers and usually the blame comes back to progressives and young people and the base and people that didn't turn out. what are we doing to actually speak to folks. >> i'm about to be a non-party affiliated voter if these democrats don't pull it together. we are going to talk about young men, if you are with us last week we will talk about young men in the party and we had questions, maybe not these young men but the weekend, y'all, we will be back. be back best beard conditioners for soft, no itch facial hair. the best a man can get... ...is king c. gillette. make this christmas the year you go all-in on joy. at balsam hill, celebrate with one of our beautifullly crafted, life-like

joe manchin said, we don't have the money for that. so it was -- boom. it was exited from the bill.al funding to try to keep those childcare centers from closing. that has expired. there is no momentum anymore to renew that funding. so you got kind of multiple problems. >> what you make of -- not even the republican argument, but the argument lots of americans make, which is, i don't know, maybe we do spend too much money or maybe we don't spend it wisely. should the government, without elon musk coming in, spending more time to auditing or viewing programs ? not to take them away, but to make them smarter? >> definitely. that's why we have something called the government accountability office. >> people like to think w counts for anything, but we do. >> we do, we have a lot of good recommendations here. we have too much paperwork. we just saw this with the internal revenue service. there was a huge overhaul. they were literally going with paper processing people's tax returns. should be happening in 2024. there are upgrades to be made. another one that came up on the campaign trail

a committee director for joe manchin. doug, let's start out with you from north carolina. does this happen that the federal government is paying billions of dollars of tens of thousands of migrants and luxury hotels and some folks in north carolina seeing winter come in and supposed to be under 32 degrees and they are living and tents, entire families. >> i've worked on disaster legislatively and seen up close the tough job not just fema. but a multitude of government organization and i was press secretary small business administration you don't think of disaster relief. it is a big part of what spa does. we talk about two pots of money and who does not satisfy? nobody because of what you showed. and not just that fema needs to do more and thom tillis and chuck edwards the member from nashville and second most impacted district being a big part of that. they had meetings just yesterday to say to fema and government organizations not just that we need more because that is not an answer, but you are is what we need and what we need to do. this is public and private. we forge

of the senate and democrats are medially going to lose in west virginia with the retirement of joe manchin and that is one republican pickup right away. in montana, senator jon tester faces a tough race. all the polling shows him down and that will be to seats for republicans and that would be a majority . the question is, do they pick up seats in ohio? sherrod brown is running there and you have pennsylvania, wisconsin , not only presidential races but huge senate races which are in the margin of error and right now was a pull out yesterday in ohio that showed brown losing and he is been narrowly up but it is a very close race. if republicans pick up another it is 52 for them and that is a good night for them. nebraska is a problem . there is an independent running in nebraska who is leading or tied with republican. if you somehow wins and he caucuses with senate democrats, that is a huge gain for them. an enormous win. there is a lot at play and ron was talking about , how does michigan and pennsylvania and wisconsin go and there are senate races. if harris were to win or trump were to w

jim justice expected to flip that seat held by the retiring democrat turned independent joe manchin.p. democrats have been seeing gains in the sates of polling shows these races within a margin of error. gop win in any of these states would really be on top of the projected vendor majority flip. it means they hold onto all of these. let's say for the sake of argument they do, all three of those. in nebraska republicans have been slow to respond the first part to a competitive challenge of independent candidate dan osborne incumbent gop senator deb fischer has won twice before but osborne and navy veteran a local union leader is making it tight. that said it still leaves republican for this scenario. we are going to give nebraska senate seat to the republicans. there's another when they are. maryland former governor larry hogan running against democrat county executive angela. hogan has publicly stated he does not support former president trump he has rejected the former president endor endorsement. he's been trailing in the polls also is ahead in the polls we are going to turn maryla

montana tim shehey defeated john tester and in west virginia governor jim justice taking democrat joe manchin'se victories give senate republicans a 52-seat majority with races in other toss-up states like michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, all still too close to call. either way republicans have a wide majority to get trump's agenda through, without much worry, at all. in the house, things are still uncertain. republicans have an edge so far in races won but there is still 57 seats still uncalled with democrats with 180 confirmed seats to republicans 198 confirmed seats. it's anyone's game but republicans are closer at this point to maintaining their majority in the senate, the next order of business will be picking a majority leader on november 13. mitch mcconnell, stepping down from his leadership role at the end of this congress, so the race is on for a new gop leader. right now the top contenders are senators john thune, john cornyn and rick scott. stuart: thank you very much indeed. ben domenech still with me. how important is the republicans taking the senate? >> it's enormously impo

joe manchin and kirsten sinema agreed to vote with republicans.t the on the way to block circuit court as well. democrats have been confirmed as well. this is a favorable deal for republicans. brian: chuck schumer, might not be as good a deal as he claims it is for democrats. that's what everybody does when dealmaking, claim you got the best deal. your calling mike rounds, introduced a bill to abolish the education department. listen. >> eliminate the federal department of education. the vast majority of the decisionmaking back to the states and tribes and recognizing there are a number of programs the department of education has that a lot of people feel are important like special education. we spent $16,000 per student per year. it hasn't made a difference. if you take a look, math has gone up four points in four decades. get the bureaucrats out of this thing. brian: republicans have been talking about this for a long time. have the chance is meaningfully improved? >> ronald reagan pledged to a lemonade that part of the. asian. donald trump ran

susan collins and joe manchin.ney, a number people involved in writing the bill and i shepherd it through. the electoral count act changed. used to be one person in each body, like a ted cruz, could object to the will of the people and then we would have to debate that particular state for five hours back and forth, back and forth. it actually could be cause and a lever for a lot of mischief. so, what has happened it has to be 20% of each body has to object before you even can have a debate on it. secondly, and this is really key, you can no longer have fake electors put forward by legislators, the governor has to certify it. if you have a rogue governor there is a set process of going to federal court. finally not relevant this year but we defeated the idea that the vice president can somehow overturn the will of the people. this was a significant bill with brood bipartisan support. it will be very helpful if he plays by that old playbook again as sadly it looks like he is trying to do. >> just to clarify for the

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it started with west virginia and joe manchin.pennsylvania. it's new jersey, it's connecticut. places nobody was paying attention to were donald trump narrowed the gap. it means that voters throughout the country, almost everywhere in the country, moved to the right. i think that's for a couple reasons. one, populism is about people. whether you are donald trump or bernie sanders, you are focused on people. two, the rhetoric of the left has turned a lot of the people off. i saw in so many college football games the trump ad that says kamala harris is for they and them, i'm for you. he would say, you see the signs that say i'm with her? i'm with you. he is talking about people. as the left has moved further and further away from where voters are, it is why they have found themselves in trouble. that old line in "it's a wonderful life." every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings. every time a democrat says hispanic x -- >> it was showing the nfl viewer, fans, transgender rights for felons, which was a trump policy while he was

susan collins, joe manchin, liz cheney, a number of people involved in writing this bill, and i shepherdedugh as chair of the rules committee. the electoral count act has changed in some very good ways. it used to be that one person in each body -- if you can imagine it, like a ted cruz -- could object to the will of the people, and then we would have to debate that particular state for five hours, back and forth, back and forth. it actually could be a cause and a lever for a lot of mischief. so, what has happened is it has to be 20% of each body has to object before you can even have a debate on it. secondly -- and this is really key -- you can no longer have these fake electors that are put forward by legislators. the governor has to certify this. if you've got a rural governor, you have a set process of going to federal court. and finally, not relevant this year, but we defeated the idea that the vice president can somehow overturn the will of the people. so, this was a significant bill with broad, bipartisan support, and it is going to be very helpful, if he plays by that old playbook

joe manchin said, we don't have the money for that. and so it was, boom.ed from the bill. they did do a little bit of additional funding to try to keep those childcare centers from closing. there is no momentum anymore to renew that funding. so you have got kind of multiple problems going on. >> what do you make of not even the republican argument, but the argument lots of americans make? maybe we do spend too much money or maybe we don't spend it wisely. should the government, without elon musk coming in, be spending more time to audit or review programs? not to take them away, but to make them smarter and better. >> definitely. that is why we have the government accountability office. >> people love to think, nobody accounts for anything. but we do. >> they have a lot of good recommendations here. we are in the aih. we have too much paperwork. we saw this with the internal revenue service. they were going with paper, processing some people's tax returns. that shouldn't be happening in 2024. so you are right. there are upgrades to be made. another one tha

retiring senator joe manchin says democrats lost because they failed to address moderates.ides remember that. >> the power of the middle is unbelievable. i hope when they get to washington they remember how they got there. they got there by appealing to reasonable, responsible, sensible people that are in the middle. >> moderate democrat scott peters of california won re-election. he says, quoth, it is evident that democrats have not done a good job understanding the challenges that many of our fellow citizens face. dana. >> dana: chad pergram getting ready to cover a new and much different congress. thank you. >> mike lawlor won his seat. they spent millions for your seat. we were speaking to speaker johnson last week and he was on the trail with you. lawlor is good at this stuff. then he was telling us talking about abortion and go ahead. he was on with laura last night talking about that issue was not as prominent as other things people were talking about. >> didn't matter wrsh weather in the country, same thing. everybody fed up about the cost of living. rising crime an

virginia, where democrat turned republican jim justice flipped outgoing democratic incumbent senator joe manchin'srown losing to trump backed businessman bernie moreno it. doesn't end there in montana any minute now a decision could be announced in the very tight race between third term democratic senator jon tester and retired navy seal tim sheehy. >> brian: sheehy. >> ainsley: that's right. >> lawrence: still being counted between bob casey and republican businessman dave mccormick. >> brian: 97%, sheehy is up by a lot. >> blue wall michigan still waiting for results in the race between republican congressman mike rogers who is up and democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin running as almost a trump fan. and in wisconsin republican eric hovde is just behind democratic incumbent tammy baldwin. things could reverse there or not. our next guest knows all about crucial races and when they could come in. former house speaker kevin mccarthy tapped in as anyone. gave millions of dollars to make sure republicans did well. i'm sure they appreciate it. your thoughts, first off about the night overall, the

senator joe manchin is retiring, meaning they'd only need to pick up one more seat to win the upper chamber in the house. democrats need to flip 4 seats to win back the gavel. >> in washington, raquel martin. >> all right. let's going take updated look now at the balance of power for the house. i you're seeing there in blue the dams with 6 and gop with 13 moving on to the senate. let's go ahead flash that looks like the senate dems was 28 and the gop with a san francisco tradition, john's grill hosted election day luncheon and it was packed. i had a chance to pop by myself. it was free and open to the public know rsv necessary. rcp i had to do the san francisco who voted. it also included free food and free drinks. the event usually serves 4 to 5,000 people. every time it comes around this one, certainly a big one. former san francisco mayor willie brown, who also hosted the event says that, well, yes, he voted for vice president harris. >> think we'll wait. i think he will be the president. does the layers will be the right? we're not in days take make that count. what i know she's going.

think of it like the new joe manchin and kyrsten sinema which democrats have to grapple with in this current crisis. that's why these uncalled races are going to be key for the senate. the house a different story. republicans right now are poised to take the majority. in fact arb number of house republican leaders are already celebrating a majority and their leadership race. speaker mike johnson announcing a bid to once again hold the gavel in the next congress, but democrats are saying slow your roll. they're saying this is not over yet pointing to races ongoing in oregon, arizona, and california. right now republicans have about 216 sets, democrats at 204. that means there are 15 seats uncalled-for, jonathan. democrats are leading in nine of them, republicans are leading in six. if things remains as is it will be a 222-213 majority for republicans. that means republicans can only afford to lose four votes ipany party line vote. johnman, we saw how that went this congress. it's tough for republicans when they have that small a margin. regardless how this thing shakes out, it's going

this is the senate seat that was held by former democrat, now independent joe manchin.he republicans have picked up the senate seat in west virginia. nbc news projecting that republican senate candidate jim justice will take that senate seat in west virginia, which of course, is a republican pick-up. that's the one sort of locked down absolute guaranteed republican pick-up in the senate this year. this is the senate balance at this hour, 29 democrats and 40 republicans. with that seat in west virginia, republicans have one senate pick-up. looking now at the north carolina governor's race. this has been a very, very high profile governor's race in north carolina. in large part because of the controversial nature of the republican nominee, lieutenant governor mark robinson. nbc news projecting at this hour in the north carolina governor's race, too early to call between democrat josh stein and republican mark robinson. and in west virginia, we have a governor's race as well. democrat steve williams against republican patrick more asy. nbc news projecting this is at yet to

joe manchin, the retiring independent senator from west virginia said smart man, smart move.er wicker, the republican senator from mississippi, he said this was a positive development, and ron wyden, the democrat from oregon, he said this was not surprising considering his manifest unsuitability for the position. now again, the question is whether or not matt gaetz can serve in the new congress. now i want to direct you to what was set on the house floor just a couple days ago. so he resigned from the house. he said i intend to be the attorney general. i'm going to go through the confirmation process. and in his resignation letter, he indicated that he would not be in the new congress. well, here's the rub: he's not currently a member of this congress, which ends on january 3rd, but he was duly elected just a couple of weeks ago to the new congress. now i spoke to a source who understands the process here and said he would have to write to the clerk of the house of representatives and indicate that he now does intend to serve in the new congress. we don't know if that is in f