watch. >> michelle steele was too well-known to lose. now she is well-known for her corruption.ichelle steele is a maga extremist, a trump lackey, corrupt politician in the pocket of big corporations. congresswoman, sounds like he learned from kamala harris no solutions just insults. >> i don't fit on their image. i'm conservative, first generation asian-american woman. they tried take me out and they have been attacking meme about my accent for the last two election cycles. this time actually they added one more that i don't fit in my district because i am korean american woman. i cannot believe that how far they can go and, do you know what? i speak three languages and i'm very proud of it and first generation korean american. do you know what? i achieved the american dream. they brought clinton out. they brought newsom out. you know how my opponent is going to vote, right? because they are going to open door policy for the border, for us, secure the border. and then we want to have lower taxes. he is going to vote for higher taxes. i mean, we already know that exactly what he

. >> laura: michelle steel. >> michelle steel is fabulous sitting on the ways and means. speed when she is joining us tomorrow night periods everyone has to get out and vote and don't worry about the propaganda messages coming across the transom theory completely late in the cycle. there is huge enthusiasm for trump and i see it everywhere we go even northern virginia mr. speaker, where i wasn't hassled at all today and i sometimes am when i go to the grocery store. people seem like they are in a good mood. mr. speaker, thank you very much. trump dominated news cycles with dominating men and women. first mcdonald's drive through and second, the dump truck. tlt out of touch liberal campaign left to do "snl." >> now kamala, take my problem. [laughter] the american people want to stop the chaos and end said drama. kit back in her pajamas and watch kamala. [laughter] >> let's bring it in. have to tell myself something over here. >> laura: that was as funny as odd spot on a ct scan. but beyond that, it could be illegal under federal election law. brendan carr, sec commissioner

unseating incumbent republican michelle steel and flipping that seat blue. there is that music that you know and love. meanwhile, democrat adam gray is also ahead in his effort. if his lead holds that would put the house map at 220 to 215 seats. in that event, democrats would actually gain seats while republicans would hold onto one of the narrowest majorities in a century. donald trump keeps picking house members for his cabinet eating into that. matt gaetz resigned ahead of his failed nomination for attorney general. and as of right now, it appears stefanik and waltz are scheduled to leave meaning until special elections can be held, republicans would hold a 217-215 majority. that is like a zero vote margin. a single republican defection would be enough to kill a party line vote. brendan, let me start with you. you know your way around the republican caucus, you know that it has some internal fractions. personalities. there can be some beef. the bold case is that with trump as the leader every falls into line and you don't have anything like what you had l

. >> michelle steel. >> she is fabulous she is the sitting member on ways and means. >> she's joiningus tomorrow night and everybody's going to get out and vote, don't worry about the propaganda and messages coming across the transom very conveniently late in the cycle there's huge enthusiasm for trump i see everywhere ago even in northern virginia mr. speaker where i wasn't hassled at all today and sometimes and when i go to the grocery store people seemed like they were in a good mood. mr. speaker thank you very much. trump dominated multiple news cycles by connecting with every man and every woman first the mcdonald strength there and second the garbage truck. like it tot eligible out of touch liberal, the heroes left the campaign trail to do s&l. >> kamala. [laughter] the american people want to stop the chaos and in the drama. >> with a cool new set. [laughter] like legally blonde. let's bring in and i have to tell myself something over here. i'm going to vote for us. laura: that was funny as an odd spot on a ct scan. beyond that could be illegal for federal election, join me bre

california's 45th district, orange county, big chunk of that, michelle steele, incumbent republican, up 2 1/2 points. there are opportunities for democrats, but the bottom line is this particular hour the math is thin and the hour is late for democrats. republicans look on their way to maintaining house control. >> harry enten, thanks for that. >>> at least 2,000 north korean troops are in russia, some now employed in the kursk region ready to engage against ukraine. we'll update you on that. >>> plus immigrants and activists are now mobilizing against the uncertain and potentially hostile future they see coming with a second trump administration. >>> yet another deadly weekend in lebanon and gaza, lebanese media reporting israeli strikes have claimed at least 80 lives. this town is in central lebanon north of beirut, a shiite muslim majority village outside of hezbollah's usual strongholds to the south and east. on saturday more than a dozen separate locations in lebanon were hit. on sunday the idf hit two homes in gaza killing at least 41 people. you're looking at the aftermath of

next, california's 45th district where republican michelle steel is running for reelection. that's a very interesting race. washington's third congressional district, facing a rematch with her opponent, one of the biggest upsets of the night in southwestern washington. and finally, the last one i want to mention is colorado's eight congressional district which is just all tied up in all of the polling that is out there. democratic congresswoman running in a relatively new district against republican gave evans. this one will be a really good bellwether for how the cycle is going for either party depending on who wins. host: can you talk to me a little bit about the race for the house seat in alaska? guest: this is one of the most interesting races on the map, a seat held by a democrat that is the most republican. the incumbent, trump won alaska by 10 points in 2020. there's no democrat who holds a seat as republican as that. really only a couple of republicans hold seats as democratic as that would be on the others. so this is a pretty rare instance for any house member in t

michelle steele, her advantage is only 2272 votes.an one point, the margin has been tighter and tighter. it would not be surprising if republicans end up a little closer to 220 then 222. >> if that is how this works out they would still hold the majority but it would be a slim majority. i am in palm beach were trump has picked two house republicans to serve in the administration. how could that complicate the math for republicans? >> first off let's say that trump in fact did not put anybody in his cabinet and we know he will. right now the gop may have a record small house majority. 222 is tied for the lowest ever since there was 50 states in the union. if it dropped to 221 it will be lowest on record. you mentioned of course he may be selecting two folks from congress, let's take a look, a lease and waltz from florida. for national security advisor and un ambassador, that could end up with the majority at 220 or 219, what a small margin for error. >> yes a small margin for error means basically none. thank you as always for breaking

nbc news called the second to last outstanding house race for democrat derek trend who defeated michelle steele in california's 45th district and in the final outstanding house race of this election cycle, democrat adam gray has taken the lead over the republican in california's 13th district. if the democrats are victorious their it will make nine house seat flips for democrats and the republicans with just 2 seats to spare for a 218 majority and that is before the house members tapped for trump administration jobs resign their seats. vice president harris said this to supporters in a call last night. >> let me say to everyone on this call, i am so grateful for you. i am so thankful to you. i am thankful for your love of our country and your willingness to put the work into it. i know this is a uncertain time, i am clear eyed about that. i know you are clear eyed about that and it feels heavy. i just have to remind you, do not let anybody take your power from you. you have the same power that you did before november 5. you have the same purpose that you did. you have the same ability to engage

got others like michelle steele and others that are very close.th arizona we've got some still to be called. i believe of a majority somewhere in the low to 20s. and again it's a good thing for the country president trump having a republican house and republican senate. president trump delivered a clear message for the american people they rally behind a landslide by any reasonable definition in modern times. strong house strong senate w >> notes state has been affected by the illegal immigration crisis as much as texau have has come across the texas border than any other s. president trump, incoming president trump won 12 of the 14 border counties in texas. what does that say about how people down there are feeling? >> first about the massive shift. when you have people on the front lines of an invasion feeling it in real time, then you see what happens. this is not about race for this is not about identity. this is not about divvying up in the category spirit people rejected that prevents the most positive thing that came out of this. this is pr

this is michelle steele, the republican incumbent here. this race is now moved inside of one point. still votes to come. republicans hoping very much to hang onto this one. trying to give themselves any kind of a pad. this is an exceedingly narrow majority. another opportunity for republicans hanging onto a seat. could the republicans get this count up to 221, 222? that is where they would like it to land. that is where it could land. it doesn't take too many absences or surprise vacancies. and things could get very tight there very quickly for a mayorty like that. >> and you have two people the president-elect wants in his cabinet. let me ask you steve. obviously the margin will matter potentially significantly with nine yet to be called. i didn't know whether or not having one called in california had been in california. if that is a sign more could come in quickly. if you want to venture any kind of guess about when we might actually have a final number. there was someone who said we would have it by thanksgiving. we are all in. in unchartrd territory. tell us what you know. >> t

michelle steele at this point, her advantage is 2,272 votes, less than a point.t wouldn't be surprising if republicans end up closer to 220 than 222 seats. >> okay. so that's how this works out. obviously they would still hold the majority but it would be a slim majority, and here in palm beach where trump has picked two house republicans to serve in his administration. how could that complicate the math for republicans? >> oh, how could it complicate the math. let's say donald trump in fact didn't put anybody in his cabinet and we know he is going to. right now the gop may have a record small house majority. 222 would be tied for the lowest ever since there were 50 states in the union. if it dropped to 221 it would be the lowest on record heading into a congress. now, you mentioned, of course, he may be selecting two folks from congress. let's take a look, right. elise stefanik and waltz, of course, are from florida for national security advisor and u.n. ambassador. it could end up with a majority at 220, maybe 219 seats. my goodness gracious, what a small margi

has won the race for california's 45th congressional district, unseating incumbent republican michelle steel and flipping that seat. there is that music that you know and you love. meanwhile, democrat adam great, as jasmine crockett was just saying, he's also ahead in his effort to flip california's 13th district. is great's lead holds, that would put the house math that 220 seats for republicans in 250 seats for republicans. 220-215. in that event, democrats would actually have gained seats while republicans will hold onto one of the narrowest majorities in a century. except things get a little more comp located for the republicans from there. donald trump keeps picking house members for his cabinet, even into that slim majority. matt gaetz already resigned ahead of his failed nomination for attorney general and as of right now it appears new york's elise stefanik and florida's michael waltz are on track to become u.n. ambassador and national security advisor, which means until special elections can be held republicans will hold a 217 to 215 majority. that is like a zero vote margin. a sing

. >> that's what garrett says he does in okay county where republican incumbent michelle steel now trails 10,000 still outstanding. >> we are down now to just processing ones that were challenged. waiting for voters to send in a signature cure statement and they have until december 1st to do that. >> that's where the partisans come in. voters identity and party affiliation is a public record. when the sea uncured ballot partisans head out to verify signatures and obtain an eighth. how voters voted on the actual ballot remains secret. bret? >> bret: william, thank you. washington capital's hockey superstar alex is expected to miss four to six weeks with a broken leg. just getting that word. ovechkin is chasing wayne get is gretzky's goal record. surged 18 games this season. on pace to break that record and score the number 895 some time in february. now they are tracking it. up next, the panel with reaction on president-elect trump's new nomination for attorney general and what happened to matt gaetz. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. f

he defeated two time republican congresswoman michelle steel and that gives democrats 214 seats, withepublicans claiming a majority of 220 seats. only one more district. district 13, which includes the western half of the central valley. that's the only race nationwide that is still too close to call. the republican majority could be even slimmer, as that 220 count includes matt gaetz, the florida congressman who has resigned. and keep in mind, president elect trump has tapped two additional house members to join his administration, depending on if or when they vacate their seats. that could give republicans a majority with only 217 seats. >> mammoth mountain in the sierra nevada said they have officially logged their snowiest november in the past 14 years. how about that? the ski resort saw 62in of snowfall this month alone, reporting 30in just in the last three days, 6 to 10in in the last 24 hours. so that means the trails are now packed with a lot of fresh powder. just waiting for skiers and snowboarders to carve them up with the storm behind us now, snow lovers can expect blue ski

i'm watching a couple of races in orange county, michelle steele in the 41st district and in the 47thporter, dave min, the democrat scott baugh. if their lead in pennsylvania holds, one senate republican aide i talked to made a remarkable point, they could end up with a bigger senate majority than a house majority. >> that is remarkable. if you're looking at orange county for the senate, traditionally in california, has been republican. traditionally more of a red county in that state. let me ask you about the senate. there's a bit of a fight for who's going to be majority leader in the senate, between these three guys, john thune, john cornyn and rick scott. i thought it was going to be thune or cornyn but rick scott is making a late game play. what's going on here? >> it's unusual. the first time in 18 years that that position is seriously being contested. mitch mcconnell has held that position for so long, and now there's a real fight for who will succeed him. the leading two candidates for the longest time have been his current deputy, john thune of south dakota, his previous form

michelle steele is down by a bit. we need to get john doherty above the line.ay in counting. in iowa they're beginning a recounted. i deployed 10 election observers to the state of iowa to be our eyes and ears and observers on the ground. this is part of our robust election integrity project from the committee and house administration, our commitment to make sure only legal votes are counting and we're following the laws. what we saw four years ago with marionette miller meeks where she won by six votes, we saw democrats trying to kick her out of office and the end of the day through the committee on house administration, the work of others like representative rodney davis we're able to push back against the democrats and make sure that marionette miller meeks, the dually elected representative from iowa won that race. what we're prepared for is all sorts of actions by the democrats that we saw four years ago. that's why we're deploying 10 election observers to observe the recount so we're in a position to defend this seat when marionette miller meeks is ultima

he defeated two time republican congresswoman michelle steele.hat gives democrats 214 seats, with republicans claiming a majority at 220. district 13, which includes the western half of the central valley, is now the only race nationwide that's still too close to call. the republican majority could be even slimmer, as that 220 count includes matt gaetz, the florida congressman who has resigned and president elect trump has tapped two additional house members to join his administration. depending on if or when they vacate their seats. that could give republicans a majority with only 217 seats. >> it's just making us feel like more like in the christmas spirit. you know, just seeing everyone just going to store from store. [music] >> it's not even thanksgiving, but people are already looking towards the next big holiday. how stores and shoppers are raking it in this black friday, and a mad dash to be one of the first customers at a brand new costco in the east bay. the items the shoppers waited hours and some even days in line for. >> and san franc

democrat derek tran, ousted republican congresswoman michelle steele in california and republican congresswomaneeks eked out a win in iowa. there's one race left that's in california, where democrat adam gray leads incumbent republican john duarte by 190 votes. now, if gray wins, the house will be divided 220 to 215. republicans are losing three of those seats because of resignations to join the trump cabinet, they'll give house democrats a lot of leverage if they stick together as leader hakeem jeffries posted on x, he said there is no mandate to jam far right policies down the throats of the american people. he said house democrats will not let it happen. my reporters are back. how do we see democrats? because you know, when we look at the first iteration of trump, it was resistance. fight tooth and nail. we're not hearing that as much. what's your sense of how they will position themselves in the minority well, manu, we're not hearing it as much. >> but that doesn't mean that they're not plotting resistance. 2.0 is going to look very different. we know that they are going to wage a legal bat

peter: michelle steel is behind about one point with 60% of the vote in.e on pennsylvania seven and pennsylvania eight. guest: the matt cartwright seat in scranton and susan wild in lehigh valley. those are must win seats for democrats. last i looked, they were trailing slightly to their republican opponents. those are must win seats for democrats. those are the areas where you see harris' underperformance really dra down those members. these are areas where bid really ran up the score on trump or at least, made it close. trump carried the scranton area. it is those white working-class areas, little lower education level, that biden clearly outperforms harris in and have been primed almost a break for trump. as we have seen throughout the night those areas are breaking heavily for trump and harris might drag down cartwright and wilde. peter: as of 1:30 a.m. on the east coast, who will control the house of representatives? guest: it is tighter than a coin flip right now in terms of the house but the trend we are seeing right now at the top of the ticket wit

peter: kirk bado, two california races, michele steele in orange county and ken calvert in riverside,an bernardino, right? kirk: the steele race is really interesting and got online pretty late in the game here facing derrick tran. he has a huge asian american has become a real dividing liney in that ways. derrick tran of vietnamese dissent, not on air but doing targeted mailers and outreach to all the different minority communities in that area from e korean population and this side of the vietnamese population and has been really effective. so much so michele steele in a local news interview went on to defend she actually immigrated from korea and is actually more representative of the vietnamese people in the district than derek tran. and it appeared on our races most likely to flip for the first time because house republicans are getting increasingly worried about her holding on. peter: kirk bado, we appreciate as always your time and analysis. evan mcmorris-santoro, what do you want to add to what kirk had to say? evan: everything kirk says, he's great. but no, we were talking ab

next, california's 45th district where republican michelle steel is running for reelection.t's a very interesting race. washington's third congressional district, facing a rematch with her opponent, one of the biggest upsets of the night in southwestern washington. and finally, the last one i want to mention is colorado's eight congressional district which is just all tied up in all of the polling that is out there. democratic congresswoman running in a relatively new district against republican gave evans. this one will be a really good bellwether for how the cycle is going for either party depending on who wins. host: can you talk to me a little bit about the race for the house seat in alaska? guest: this is one of the most interesting races on the map, a seat held by a democrat that is the most republican. the incumbent, trump won alaska by 10 points in 2020. there's no democrat who holds a seat as republican as that. really only a couple of republicans hold seats as democratic as that would be on the others. so this is a pretty rare instance for any house member in this

onee 45 district of forn out there in the golden state and congresswoman michelle steel republican, trying to hold onr se. she's ahead in her race against democrat derek tran by about five points there. if those races hold, democrats won't the sweep of those california districts. remember, democrats need to net four seats. right now republicans have net three. with some 57 races yet to be called. one more tweet to show you, this is mike johnson expected to be speaker again, mike johnson in the next house. this was his tweet from 2:13 a.m. eastern there is hope donalp is now our president elect chosen for the american people for such a time as this. he went to say the citizens of our great country used their voices to decisively reject four more years ever harris' open borders and high crime. increase cost of living, wee government, dangerous radical woke ideology and weakness on the world stage. demanding instead a return to common sense, peace, and prosperity. the statement went on from there. host: some of you sending us text this is morning. from edward in new jersey, how history record