joining us on the phone is congressman michael capuano from massachusetts 7th who is unopposed in the elections. good morning and congratulations, congressman. >> thank you for small victory. we will take whatever we can get today. >> sara: you woke up this morning, trump is president. what are your thoughts? >> well, right now the white house controls the white house, the senate and the house. some people have wanted that for a while. clearly the country has been trending to the right the last, oh, ten years or so, and we will have to wait and see. if -- if this is what the country wants after about two actually do now that they control it all, then, look, so be it. that is what elections are all about. i don't think that will be the case. i think many americans will wake up a little while from now and say what did we do. and kind of bring us a little bit back to the middle, but we will find out. that is what elections are all about and see where it goes. >> sara: what do you think happened in the battleground states. hillary clinton was leading in many and they went to trump. the po

reporter: dimasi's advocates include representative michael capuano and senate president stanley rosenberg, both of whom have written letters urging his early release. dimasi's wife and children made no comment after today's hearing. >> his family wants nothing more than to have sal back with them. on the judge will make his rolling. reareid lamberty, wcvb newscenter 5. anchor: commitment 2016. just one week to go until election day. new polls are showing the presidential race is tighter than ever. newscenter 5's mary saladna joins us with the latest. mary? reporter: nearly 26 million americans have already voted, but with the race tightening, both candidates are stumping nonstop and trying to control the conversation. 11th hour surprises have translated into tighter polls going into the final week of the election. the daily abc news/"washington post" national tracking poll now shows a mere .7% of a difference separates the two candidates, a statistical deadheat. both sides know it's now about getting out the vote. >> we are going to pull it off the market so it stops burning up our wallet

also set moulton, michael capuano and bill keating. neither ed markey nor elizabeth warren were up for reelection. erika: more on the balance of power. a republican wave in congress. big victory in pennsylvania giving the gop control of the the race between hassan and ayotte to close to call the hassan has declared herself the winner. louisiana were go to a will run off next month and the gop maintains their hold on the house extending their six-year streak in control. 15 seeks not protected republicans of 230. immigrants have 190. paul ryan did win his reelection campaign. a former two-time republican presidential nominee, mitt trump a fraud and faulted him for misogyny and bullying posted a subdued congratulations on twitter. best wishes for our duly elected president, may his victory speech be his guide and preserving the republic his aim. pope francis tweeting from the vatican this morning, may we make god's merciful love ever more evident in our world through dialogue, mutual supported hillary clinton are concerned that a trump pr

. >> joining us now is democratic congressman michael capuano of massachusetts.y much for joining us. big battle brewing between pelosi and ryan. who are you ban icking? >> i'm trying to figure that out. i think everybody agrees the democratic message needs to be changed. who is going to offer the most likely changes we can actually accomplish. >> do you think congresswoman pelosi is partly to blame for the losses? >> i think there is plenty of blame to go around. i think to put it all on one person's shoulders would take that person and make them a little more important than any individual is. so i think we all share a little bit of this blame. >> whoever it is, congressman, there is a concern that like the republicans may have done to the democrats, by stymieing them, the democrats are now going to do the same or try to the republicans. is there any bipartisan spirit at all or is it literally you guys tried to block us under obama, now we're goinging to screw you guys over? >> i don't think -- i haven't heard that from any democrats. i would not support it. i t