with ana marie cox and nia-malika henderson.t, what changes and what stays the same after tuesday night? that's next. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> in the spotlight, the battle for control of the united states senate. the democrats hold a 53 to 47 majority in the upper chamber and for most of the 2012 the map supported the republicans. they were in a better position for most of the seats they were defending and a number of vulnerable democratic seats in red states. just two days before election day, the democrats appear to be holding their majority, thanks at least in part to two conservative candidates who made rape a campaign issue. democratic congressman joe donnelly has a lead over republican richard mourdock,%

let's bring back in nia malika henderson of the washington post.or joining me. >> thanks, rev. >> starting with you, james, what do you make of the comments? >> i'm not surprised mr. romney made the comments. we should just try to clarify what he's referring to as gift-giving and really ex-prefontaine it for what it is. the things he's talking about are the reformation of different interest rates and policies we have used in terms of privatizing student loans for college students. that's not a gift, by the way. that's us having a better understanding of the ways we should not be privatizing loans for college students. we have to think about the economic impact and think more seriously about what he's referring to as gifts. he talks about free contraceptives to young women. not only do they help diminish abortions but they are used for different health issues for women. it's not just about contraception. putting that as a part of health care is important. young people being able to stay on their parents' health care is not a gift to young people. th

you've seen that that's paid off in this election. >> joe madison, host of sirius xm, and nia-malika hendersonu for your time tonight. >> thank you, reverend. anytime. >>> coming up, on the night of big victory meetings that president obama had with presidential historian. you'll want to hear what he said about his legacy. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >>> in the hours since president obama's victory, he's already called both republican and democratic leaders in congress to say it's time to work on bipartisan solutions. so will republicans be open to that dreaded word "compromise"? joining me now is congressman emanuel cleveland, democrat from missouri and maria teresa kumar, an msnbc contributor. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thank you, reverend. >> good to be with you,

nia-malika henderson and kiki was a senior adviser to hillary clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.r joining me. i think this will be in the back of every -- certainly every washington and capital and political conversation i'm a part of or anybody's a part of, because we know barack obama is president for the next four years, which immediately opens up the mystery can, who's going to be the nominee for next time? it's the way things work. we won't drag on this story. nia-malika, what can you tell us here, the democratic field, andrew cuomo, people like martin o'malley of maryland, governors of new york and maryland. clearly they're in the on-deck circle, do they stand there not knowing how hillary will do? >> i think everyone will wait to see what hillary will do. one big question democrats are doing, as they face this demographic shift, is it a democratic coalition or obama coalition? i think one of the answers to that could certainly be hillary clinton, who could most certainly hold that coalition together. she's widely favored among african-americans, latinos. you remember that

madison, host of sirius and nia-malika henderson, thank ytonight.on the night of big victory meetings that president obama had with presidential historian. you'll want to hear what he said about his legacy. if you think running a reaurant is hard, try running four. . it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone arges and cable, plus at office supply stores. úwa into our business. thmake your mark thing wewith ink from chase. >>> in the hours since president obama's victory, he's already called both republican and democratic leaders in congress to say it's time to work on bipartisan solutions. so will republicans be open to that dreaded word "compromise"? joining me now is congressman emanuel cleveland, democrat from missouri and maria teresa kumar, an msnbc contributor. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thank you, reverend. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> congressman, congratulation on your re-election last night. >> thank you. >> congressman, do you think republicans will work with the president on a second term agenda? >>

. >> joining me nia-malika henderson. dee dee, you must be amazed by this change in reality here. all those times you had to deal with the press and argue with them over facts and particular things. then here comes the romney people around him, the handlers saying we don't have to deal with the quibbling of what's true or not. what's true isn't relevant. if we can spend millions of dollars saying jeep is going to china. if we can say this guy is getting rid of the work requirement for welfare, it doesn't matter what you pencil necks in washington have to say. >> and what they found out and what the theory that underlines their case here is there's no penalty to pay for playing fast and loose with the facts. you put a point of view on television, you line up information that's not true and there's no penalty to pay for that. it's the end result of a 20 year campaign by the right wing in this country to discredit the mainstream media, the liberal press. so now there is no neutral arbiter in the country who can say this isn't true and that everybody will pay attention to and say this

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investigative journalist carl bernstein and political reporter for "the washington post" nia ma malika henderson. good morning to you. everybody is sounding cordial, but we still have the same players. has anything changed, carl? >> i think this is a huge change election in terms of certainly things i did not foresee in terms of the agenda, gay rights, the agenda of women unencumbered by the so-called social conservatism that has dominated our politics and slowed down legislative achievements as hostage over the past four, five, six years. that's over. i think that now the congress is finally free to work with some real leadership from the president, from the two parties. i'm an optimist for the first time in years. i think that the fiscal cliff will be met. i think they're going to come together with an agreement. i think that this enables, one, some democrats to acknowledge that entitlements need some changing, and at the same time, you bring about a real new tax structure that includes some tax increases, and republicans are going to have to go along with it. whether it's going to be a short-

let's bring in the "newsnation" political pandemic, malika henderson, a stevie wonder panda fan, keithkin, also stevie wonder fan, and not because we're all three people of color. everyone loves stevie wonder. let me put that out. i don't want people to say oh, they just love stevie wonder because of that. we all love stevie wonder. i digress. speaking of race in this race, obama's demographic gamble. it says in part, obama is likely to get blown out among white voters on election day, narrowly lose independents nationwide, and may yet still win. based on historic margins among people that often lean democratic, but don't necessarily vote at high stakes, latinos, african-americans, young people and unmarried women. keith, basic point of this article is that the template, if obama wins, will be one that democrats perhaps will follow for years to come. but you heard there in chris's report in ohio, they believe a white working class voters. but it's an interesting article. what do you make of this template change or demographic change for democrats? >> bill clinton had a word for, this a

here we go it's the end of the road last cycle today, and poor malica henderson has been following these guys for months. hi malikai good morning. i cannot believe it's over. >> bill: i can't believe you are not in de beque, iowa or someplace. >> yeah, they have a couple of us back here in the news room for these last couple of days. i have to count myself lucky that i'm not in iowa or ohio but we'll see how this ends tomorrow. obama will end his campaign in ohio. and he is ahead by six points or something. and romney will end his race in new hampshire. >> bill: i do have to ask you this question, because i got into some trouble for asking this question last week, but i still think -- and i'm just asking objectively, when you look at hurricane sandy, because we spent most of last week talking about hurricane sandy last week, with good reason but it does have a political dimension, so i'm asking you, do you think it ended up helping president obama or governor romney? >> i it helps the president. because mitt romney was left doing nothing. he collected canned goods or something in iowa, and it seemed like it was he