mr. schumer: i answered that question. >> what do you think about the map in 2020? senator schumer: the map looks much better. we will have a very good shot in 2020. i think republicans thought they could hold us down to 40 or 41. this will ensure that in 2020 our map is better and in 2020 to our map is better still. >> bill nelson in florida, do you think you could win there? mr. schumer: there are a lot of ballots that have not been counted from what i have been told, in the hundreds of thousands. this election is not a foregone conclusion. we are in the recount stage because it's below .5% i believe. there are a lot of votes that have not been counted and a lot of them come from counties that are democrat. upwith republicans picking senate seats has anything , changed with regard to the border wall? would you still do a daca fix in exchange for a border wall in the lame duck? mr. schumer: as we have seen, the president is a poor dealmaker on those issues. he makes a deal and then backs off. on the general issue of border security, we have had great discussions in

mr. schumer: i would join her in that. >> your republican counterparts? mr. schumer: they say one thing, that they want to keep pre-existing conditions. on the other hand, they support a lawsuit that would get rid of hem. either come clean and admit you won't protect pre-existing conditions or drop the lawsuit. >> what are your views on working with new republican senators? mr. schumer: i will work with anyone i can to move the country forward but we are not going to sacrifice our principles for that. thank you everybody. that's it. >> as your primary source for 2018, we brought you candidate debates. over 160 races from across the country. voters have now decided on a new congress with new leaders. watch the process unfold on c pan. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, former "cq roll call" editor david hawkings and francine keifer discuss potential leadership changes in congress. be sure to watch c span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, this weekend president trump will head to argentina for the g-20 summit where he is expected to meet with president xi of china to discuss our trade relationship. i have opposed the president on most things -- that's hardly a secret -- but we actually agree on the issue of china. in fact, i agree more with president trump's views on china than i did with either president bush or obama. and i've been supportive of the administration's aggressive course of action on china. china must be made to understand we are dead serious about changing its behavior on trade. to allow foreign companies to compete in its markets, to end illegal dumping of cheap goods into our markets, and most importantly to end the abusive practice of technology transfers and trade espionage that threatens our intellectual property and know-how. for these things don't just threaten our intellectual property in abstract concept. they threaten good-paying jobs, millions of them, and wealth -- billions and tr

mr. schumer: i will work with anyone i can to move the country forward but we are not going to sacrifice our principles for that. thank you everybody. that's it. host: senate minority leader chuck schumer addressing the breaking news that jeff sessions has resigned as attorney general, the new tweet coming "we are pleased to announce that matthew what are, chief attorney general jeff sessions at the department , will become our new attorney general of the united states." let me click back and get back to what the president had to say here. monitorin hold on. wishes jefft's iv sessions well, but jeff sessions has resigned as attorney general. a letter to the president from the outgoing attorney general's "dear mr. president, at your submitting my resignation. i came to work at the department justice everyday determined to do my duty and serve my country. i have done so to the best of my ability, working to protect the principles of justice that are the foundation of justice." you for thenk opportunity, mr. president." we have breaking news the day after the. 2018 midterm elections. we have

mr. schumer: as we have seen, the president is a poor dealmaker on those issues. we are dubious of sitting down with the president and making that kind of exchange again when twice he has shaken hands and then backed off. on the general issue of border security, we have had great discussions in the appropriations process. they have been bipartisan. leader mcconnell, speaker ryan, leader pelosi and myself have come to agreements without any muss or fuss in a bipartisan way. about 70% of the budget has been passed. there are good agreements on border security and other things that are in the homeland security appropriations. which is one of a few that have to be done. i would hope the president would not interfere and we would get something good done. >> can i ask about the sessions news now? sen. schumer: no. you can, but not yet. >> ok. in order to win a majority, do democrats have to win in states beyond just states that were obama's and clinton's? right now i think tester and joe manchin are the only two left and the caucus than one states -- won states that are

mr. schumer's intervention. mr. warner should be looking for ways to work with facebook, mr. schumer advised, not harm it. facebook lobbyists were kept abreast of mr. schumer's efforts to protect the company. according to the employee. pretty stunning if all of this is true. are you aware of any of it? >> what i can tell you is i don't believe there's anybody in the democratic caucus who's been more involved than i have been in these technology issues. i have been pushing, as your statement indicated, facebook very, very hard. senator schumer never once has indicated that i should back off. >> never once. never felt pressure, never heard anything of it? >> never once, and here are the facts. facebook really can't be trusted. they downplayed russia's involvement in terms of electoral activity. they wrongly took advantage of users' data. the only answer here is to pass my strong privacy legislation, radical transparency, let people control their data and make sure we have tough enforcement. >> well, i think people on both side could agree with that. they want to protect their ow

mr. schumer: i will work with anyone i can to move the country forward but we are not going to sacrifice our principles for that. thank you, everybody. that's it. >> chuck schumer is still the minority leader. smallery getting a bit footprint as a result of the 2018 election. the balance of power in the senate was still a couple of seats to be decided. the remaining races yet to be decided. let's go to mississippi first republicans.ent they will face-off in a runoff election because neither got over 50%. a runoff election is set for the tuesday after thanksgiving, november 27. florida, still a tight race. the governor rick scott with a nelson'sad to bill 49.8% in the battle of the two congresswoman in arizona, martha edge at 49.3%.ht we will update you as we get in more information. later on, we will show you the president's news conference and more throughout the evening. another senate race decided this tester inis jon montana. winning a very tight race. president trump, his son, mike toce came out to speak supporters and reporters this afternoon. let's take a look. [applause] thank yo

mr. schumer: we are not in a quorum, are we? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. so, madam president, the president of the united states swears an oath to protect and defend the constitution, including bedrock principles, rule of law, the sanctity of elections, but nearly every day president trump ignores this fundamental responsibility and tramples on the values that have made our country the light of the world. no president has come close to defaming and trying to destroy the democratic values of this country. no president has come close. none. this morning, for what seemed like the millionth time, the president angrily, wildly, and baselessly ranted about the special counsel's investigation. it the doesn't matter to him that his claims have no basis. it doesn't matter to him that his words may degrade faith in our independent law enforcement agencies and the rule of law. he proceeds only according to self-interest. he's offended that someone might look into the fact that he did something wrong. this happens with every preside

mr. schumer: madam president, later this afternoon, the senate is scheduled to vote on the confirmation of mr. thomas farr for the eastern district of north carolina. i have made my opposition to this nominee clear on a daily basis, but allow me to remind my colleagues to recap before this vote just what we're doing here. we are being asked to confirm the go-to guy in north carolina if you need a lawyer to defend voter suppression. some might think that's hyperbolic, but i sincerely ask my colleagues not to go for hyperbole, but to look at the evidence. mr. farr was the lead lawyer in defending north carolina's discriminatory congressional maps drawn by the state's republicans which were struck down by the supreme court as unconstitutional. this is a very conservative supreme court, which is mostly -- which has been mostly unsympathetic to arguments of disenfranchisement, as evidenced by the shelby county case, but in this instance, they could not help but overturn the map for racial discrimination, despite the evidence provided by mr. farr. mr. farr was also the lead lawyer in defense of

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, next friday, appropriations expire for seven of the 12 appropriation bills for fiscal year 2019, and we are in good-faith for example goes with our republican -- in good-faith negotiations with our republican counterparts here in congress to get them enacted. the good news is, because of the bipartisan work in the senate, approximately 75% of the federal government is funded for 2019. the bad news is that the seven bipartisan appropriations bills are hanging in the balance for one reason and one reason only -- president trump. president trump has said that he wants to shut down the government unless he gets $5 billion from the american taxpayer for an unnecessary border wall. the president hasn't even tried to get mexico to pay for it, as he promised in his campaign over and over and over. he hasn't outlined a plan to deal with eminent domain concerns or even a plans plan as to how it would be built. and he hasn't even spent the $1.3 billion congress allocated last yea

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, first, i'd like to talk about the unfortunate news we heard from general motors. yesterday, general motors announced it was closing five factories and laying off 15,000 workers. the news is a gut punch, a gut punch to workers in ohio and michigan and maryland. our hearts go out to them and their families. many of these people have labored for decades. many of their families have worked at g.m. i know this from our g.m. plants in new york. and to lose your job when you put so much into it. you wake up in the morning and say my job is to make the best car possible. a gut punch or worse. we need to do more, a lot more to encourage investments in american jobs, in american infrastructure, to bring back manufacturing. what we don't need is more rhetoric from the president who has made a whole lot of promises but unfortunately failed to deliver for these workers. here is what president

mr. schumer: i have been in this gallery for four weeks. it's sort of cold turkey. few i heard the president a hours ago, i could not believe my ears. i thought it

mr. schumer advised, not to harm it.as surprised by this but you report there's some connections between shu mchumer and the com. >> there are. the chief office is connected to the democratic party. if hillary clinton were to win the presidential election, long rumored to be named a cabinet member. they are known for being well connected to top democrats. even show cheryl sandberg lives on the west coast, there's a lot of interaction between her as well as her top lieutenants and top members of the democratic party. this was mo surprise. his daughter works at facebook. >> he was taken aback by the level of opposition. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> it's deadline day in florida but has all the recount chaos yielded anything new? t chs ao yielded anything new ♪ traders -- they're always looking for advantages. the smart ones look to fidelity to find them. we give you research and data-visualization tools to help identify potential opportunities. so, you can do it this way... or get everything you need to help capture

mr. schumer as well. you have to do what's good for the country, and he's willing to do that. if we are going to call for union and talk about incessant investigations, i don't see what the appetite is there. >> let's talk about that because there does seem to be an appetite, for instance, in the president's tax returns to be released. >> is this really what we're talking about today? >> yeah. because there will now be oversight that hasn't existed for the past two years. as you know democrats have long wanted there to be more oversight of this white house. >> well, sure. some of them it seems to be all they talk about. but what do their voters think? the last time the democrats did let's just say an extra investigation informs during the brett kavanaugh hearings, and the four democrat senators that voted against brett kavanaugh all lost last night. and manchin won. it showed how ham handed they were about the investigations. >> for sure. >> didn't matter last night the places where president obama went, the people he campaigned for lost. >> over reach certainly is a problem.

mr. schumer and his partner will play ring master to democrats eager to challenge liberals like himself.ave already shown a lack of respect for tradition of congress. they embrace policies to main stream voters who will likely determine the outcome of the 2020 election. we always talk about this. the push in the poll. republicans have gone through that for quite a while. now democrats seem to have quite a few people within range. >> well, yes, and nobody better to handle them than nancy pelosi, i will say. the fact is, the democrat that won in this election were overwhelmingly, one, women. two, they were in republican conservative strong holds suburbs and had to run as moderates. so the vast majority of democrats that won are moderates. the progressives have been playing smart. bunch of them pledged support to nancy pelosi in exchange for some deals that they want. overwhelmingly, it's moderates who did well for the democrats. >> dana: it's interesting. does the center actually get strengthened in the middle of this midterm election? >> i don't think so. just the fact that nancy pelosi h

mr. schumer: we have to have some bipartisanship here. i would hope that my -- i understand my friend from tennessee. he is my friend. i would hope he would work with us to create bipartisan packages to get nominees through. that is not happening. we need to do it. i yield the floor. mr. alexander: mr. president, i have no understanding of what he's talking about. i mean, i'm the chairman of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee. i have during my time regularly confirmed democratic nominees and republican nominees. i've worked with the democratic leader to make it easier for president obama to confirm nominees, and you now he gives me no specific reason why he is objecting to the nominee from tennessee. i would ask him further, even though he's left the floor in what i would consider to be an act of discourtesy while i'm speaking to him -- and inside mean that happen -- and i mean that. i'm very upset about that. i consider it an act of discourtesy when the democratic leader leaves the floor when i was directly to him on a

reporter: senator schumer, with respect to florida, sir, i know yesterday you appeared with mr. nelson. can you share with us some of the conversations you had with him? what are his thoughts on this? senator schumer: well, bill nelson is strong as could be. he believes, i believe, he's won a majority of the votes. as long as they're counted, he will continue being senator from florida. the -- president trump and governor scott have just lied. they said there's fraud when their own republican officials in florida have said there's no fraud. they are trying to shut down the election because they're afraid of the consequences if they don't. in other words, a nelson victory. that's what bill believes. that's what i believe. reporter: do you believe the deadline should be moved out? senator schumer: every vote should be counted. those deadlines, if you remember, were passed after the presidential election of 2000 because of the need to report to the electoral college. we in the senate don't have an electoral college. and every vote ought to count. it is unconstitutional to say every

schumer writes "mr.aker was seen by department officials as partisan, a white house spy, he was known as west wing's eyes and ears and someone who was counseling the white house on how the president and his aides might successfully pressure then attorney sessions and his deputy rod rosenstein to give in to chump's demands," in addition to the lawsuit filed by three senate democrats in federal court, incoming chairman, jerry nadler indicated he will call whitaker to testify as one of his first actions as chairman. >> very first witness on january 3rd, we will subpoena mr. -- or summon if necessary, summon mr. whitaker. >> short time ago, the president backed whitaker and indicated for the first time publicly that the appointment might not be temp rear -- temporary, charles. >> democrats going hard and heavy on investigations. they'll have to be careful how they handle each one. the with the nation so divided, things could backfire. with more, we have democratic strategist antoine, harland hill and daily c

as i interpret what senator schumer said please, mr. president, fire mueller so we have have a constitutional crisis. >> i don't think there is any danger bob mueller will be fired. i think he may be close to wrapping up. paul: what about the firing of sessions? is that justified? >> i don't know the management book where you berate people in public and get the best out of them. and i think he has done some good things. i like that he didn't appoint a special prosecutor against hillary. but when he recused himself he left the president with a crippled attorney general on the central investigation of the times. paul: what about the matt whitaker appointment. it's unusual as judge mukasey said. it would have been sensible to avoid that problem and any challenge to future decisions whitaker makes. >> the president was asked about this, and he basically made it sounds like, he was there and it was easy. it doesn't sound as though there was a great deal of thought put into that. he seems like a very competent person,, the chief of staff. and

kim strassel and bill bill mcgurn, bill, i interpret what chuck schumer said, please don't mr.president, fire robert mueller, fire him so we can have constitutional crisis. >> they have been warning about this for years and bob mueller has gone on merry way, i don't think that there's any danger in bob mueller being fired. i think he may be close to wrapping up and i think maybe there's a prod to wrap up more quickly. paul: what about the firing of sessions, was that justified? >> look, i have mixed feelings on jeff sessions, on the one hand, i don't know the management where you berate people in public and you get the best out of them. paul: the president going after sessions. >> and i think he's done good things, i like that he didn't appoint a special prosecutor against hillary and the other things but on the hand when he rescued himself he did leave the president with crippled attorney general on the essential investigation at the time. so just hope we can move past all of that. paul: what about this -- the matt whitaker appointment, kim, it's unusual as judge mukasey had,

chuck schumer said the funding and imposing limitations on the mueller investigation, mr. whitaker should recuse himself for the duration of his time as acting attorney general. more new reporting. i've just been informed that rod rosenstein is on his way to the white house. we're informed that he's on his way to the white house for a previously scheduled meeting. bret baier for context from washington. bret, the timing last night, he lost the house of representatives, the investigative arm in the house. this morning he holds what could be described as nothing less than at least an extraordinary news conference from the east room of the white house no less and moments later, these shoes begin to fall. >> yes. we don't know exactly, shep, how that came out, how long to the judge's point that letter has been ready to deploy. did he feel like the news conference wasn't the focus he had and this is a development that takes a lot of oxygen in the room. the real question now as democrats take control of the house, that doesn't happen until january and their oversight capacity. d

mr. whitaker is going to be just fine. >> we are going to go to you since you are acting ag. i remember now! i had forgotten. schumeraid the following. given his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the mueller investigation, mr. whitaker should recuse himself for the duration of his time as acting attorney general. just so people know what we are talking about, i want to play this sound bite from mark whitaker. this was from cnn and it was back in july of 2017. let's take a look. watch. >> i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced, a recess appointment, and that attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller and he reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to a halt. >> laura: different life when he was working for a network. grounds for refusal? >> no. two quick points, laura. if every time a lawyer made comments about some matter of public interest and later got involved and would later have to recuse himself, poor joe wouldn't be able to practice law. but secondly, your point is well taken. >> i'm doing just fine. >> this was a different time, a different set of

mr. espy won he would vote to put chuck schumer in charge, and he would block people like brett kavanaugh, and he would be a reliable vote for the democratic party as he was when he served in the house, and when he served in bill clinton's cabinet a reliable democrat. so when the president does that in a deep red state, he is reminding people that an extra vote in the senate matters a lot, particularly if another supreme court nomination comes up in the next two years as could happen. it would be much better to have 53 as opposed to 52. for one thing, it will change the allocation of seats on the judiciary committee from a plus 1 r to a plus 2 r. cindy hyde-smith is a mainstream senate republican. she beat the hard right candidate in the three-way runoff three weeks ago, and she's a perfectly acceptable republican. i'm not embarrassed by her. no one is. everyone is down there campaigning for her because she is a very reliable republican mainstream candidate. >> this race, other close campaigns, whether we're looking at florida, georgia, what do they tell you about democrats and the deep s

mr. whitaker, calling him a "great guy." senate minoritleader chuck schumert a letter to the president today, saying whitaker romust go h the senate confirmation process if he is to serve as acting attorney general. whitaker's public criticis of special counsel robert mueller's investigation has also raid concern, since he will oversee the probe in his new role. federal judge has temporarily blocked construction of the controversial keystone oil pipeline. judge brian morris of montana's u.s. district court overturned president trump's permit for the pipeline until the administration conducts a complete assessment of its environmental impact. the decision is considered a victory for environmental and usindigectivists. president trump said today the decision was a "disgrace," and thousands of jobs were on the line. mr. trump continued tcriticize journalists in the white house press corps today, insulting one erreporter and calling ano question "stupid." hahe also refuted claimsa video tweeted by press secretary sarah sanders showing cnn rorr jim acosta at wedne

jane fonda, amy schumer set to appear on a voter telethon. jimmy kimmel, yeah, mrsay harvey junior and musician brandon flowers are appearing at vegas event for the senate candidates somebody. and oprah winfrey is going to campaign for georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams and james come relative is warning of blood in the streets if brams lose the midterms. isn't that nice with them. joining us with reaction tammy bruce. monica crowley. i will throw it to you guys. here we are, six days out woe know what conventional wisdom is, the president working harder than any of these candidates. trying to carry them on his back. what happens? >> is he doing multiple events a day. it's almost like 2016 all over again. i have a column tomorrow in the "washington times" about the trump effect on the midterms and what i think is that the conventional wisdom is out the window the way it was two years ago i think donald trump was able to establish a emotional bond with the voters who got him elected. that emotional bond is kicking in now even though he is not on the ballo

schumer sent a letter tuesday suggesting the justice department inspector general investigate communications between acting attorney general matthew whitaker and the white house. quote, i am particularly concerned about whether mr. whitaker may have shared with the white house or could share in his new role confidential grand jury or investigative information from the special counsel investigation or any criminal investigations, schumer wrote. this is interesting. we hadn't thought about this, ken, but the acting attorney general -- you guys have all thought about this. the acting attorney general is in charge of this investigation. he can take its report and shelf it, put it away and not show it to anyone. but as acting attorney general, he probably has access to information that the white house would be very interested in having. >> that's right, ali. i think that is a very important concernment even more important than chuck schumer caring about it because he's in the minority. the house judiciary chairman who will have subpoena power has already said he's going to call whitaker before his committee -- >> as witness number one. he said that's his first order of business. he's going to call whitaker. if whita

. >> so schumer said given his previous comments imposing limitations on the mueller investigation, mr. whitaker should recan you himself from his oversight for the duration of his time as acting attorney general. clearly donald trump has made enough to know that he's not going to have whitaker recuse himself. >> the whole idea is to get rid of the recuse russia attorney general -- >> so there's zero chance. >> i'm not going to say what the chance is but that's the plan. chris sees the godfather. i see the joker in "dark knight" who had a dark view of people's actual moral courage and said you're only as good as you're allowed to be. and donald trump does have a very dark view of people. so i agree completely with what chris said. he tortured rod rosenstein. he razzled him, he bullied him, and he put him in this car to the white house making him think he was going to be fired. what are you really going to do if i do that? and then he pulled back and that was very deliberate. whitaker was in place to replace rosenstein if need be, again showing when donald trump's family or money or int

mr. president. on wednesday, reach out to schumer and say, put up or shut up.itizenship. steve: they were close before. >> they were so close to that deal. forget all the rest. forget the noise. i think the wall, you want to send a message. a wall sends a message, don't come. also buy public service announcements in latin american tv and radio stations that counters the message all they have to do is show up they have a path to the american dream. be aggressive bit in a smart way. rather than having cameras focus on trooper from the 101st airborne facing off with a mom and her baby, which would be awful optic. smacks of racism. brian: won't come to that. border patrol in front. >> whatever it is, brian, have a measured approach. let's solve the problem, i've been arguing, how many times i almost come to blows during o'reilly's day. brian: you almost hit him. steve: thank you very much. we'll watch you at reels. see you next time. ainsley: senate showdown in texas, five days away. senator ted cruz facing off against democrat beto o'roark in a hotly-contested rac

. >> jon: let me give you the take of chuck schumer, the minority leader. he writes mr.not been sub jebted to the scrutiny the constitution requires to ensure he has the character and ability to fulfill the grave responsibilities of this job. talking about the fact the senate has not confirmed whitaker. does he have a case? >> no, he does not. all interim appointments are not confirmed for the position that they are filling. even if you had deputy attorney general rosenstein, the senate didn't confirm him to be the attorney general. they confirmed him to be the deputy attorney general. or what if the president picked somebody from the environmental agency confirmed for that, not this? an interim appointment has not been confirmed for the job that he is serving by definition. you have to give a little bit of flexibility to the president to consider who to appoint permanently. then you have the senate process of confirmation that could take some time. so interim appointments are an important part of our system and they are being challenged not on correct constitutional gro

. >> sandra: here is senator chuck schumer in his own words putting aside mr.f interest his appointment as acting a.g. is in direct violation of the constitution's appointments clause and should concern every american regardless of party affiliation who cares about the rule of law and justice in our country. you care about the rule of law, justice in our country. is he right? >> look, i think there are legitimate concerns here but this has been done in history. this has been done in the past. i'm a critic of using historical practice as a way of interpreting the constitution. i think if it's unconstitutional, doing it over and over again doesn't improve things. but the court has not rendered a decision on this. this still remains an uncertain question. i tend to follow the text of the constitution. i tend to view the appointments clause as having the upper hand here but it is certainly true that this is an unanswered question as of today. >> bill: so we at dershowitz on last hour and we gave him all three topics. right now you guys are 1 for 1. on immigration t

jen, minority leader chuck schumer released this statement, quote, given his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the mueller investigation, mritaker should recuse himself for the duration of his time as acting attorney general. do you think there is any chance of that happening, and is this even a battle democrats should be waging? >> he should. there doesn't seem to be any appetite. you need republicans as well to partner to push him to do that. and there doesn't seem to be any appetite to do that. you know, i think there's a very interesting time line right now, because we have about seven weeks, six weeks, until the end of the year. matt whitaker can't serve indefinitely as acting attorney general. he could recess appoint him, but it only lasts through that congress, which there isn't a lot more time for. i think the timing of this is very calculated by trump. and perhaps a smart, wicked political way. in that he saw he has more space on the senate, maybe he wants to get his attorney general confirmed. but he would have to probably think about that starting january. at that point, democrats have the house. so democrats ar

mr. trump won by 19 points. missouri toernl general josh holly, a lockstep supporter of the president is challenging mccaskill and said, she is a liberal. plain and simple. >> she votes with chuck schumer90 percent of the time. is that what we want? she voted to raise your taxes. is that what we want in missouri? >> are you voting tomorrow? you already vote hd? >> i have already voted. >> reporter: millennials now out number boomers in america with the potential to be the biggest voting block. the question is will they go to the polls? >> have you voted yet? >> yeah, i have. >> reporter: the nonpartisan gr next ned a out of a y ago. the effort seems to be working impaired with the 2014 mid terms the 18-29-year-olds are showing up for early voting in several hotly contested races, including, arizona, florida, georgia and nevada. >> have you been surprised how many people have come out to vote? >> um, yeah, honestly i waited in line about 45 minutes. >> reporter: the senate race is tight, with obama campaigning for jake rosen and the trump family shoring up the base for dean haler. >> are you sick of winning yet? >> reporter: young voters have been considered unrelooiiable i the past. th

schumer questioned the legality of matt whitacre's appointment. he sent a series of questions to the president. among them, kwet, did you ask or receive from mr. whitacre a pledge of loyalty to you? if you look at what matt whitaker has said, he comes as cross as a man to kiss the ring. let's talk a bit about loyalty. let me ask you about that piece, your piece in "the washington post" today. what accounts for that, the surprise that those who surround the president have at this point? >> it's a apparently, you see. donald trump in the past, when close associates have become embroiled in controversy, paul manafort, the campaign chairman who he really didn't know, michael cohen the personal attorney who he didn't really know. this is trump's m.o. to distance himself from people when it gets too hot. but the reality is trump selected whitaker for this job. he knows whitakew. he's met with whitaker many times in the oval office and he was drawn to whitaker because he said so many things on television and in writing about the mueller problem. he saw whitaker as an ally. >> on this subject of loyalty, let's dig into this a bit more. paul talked a w

democratic leader chuck schumer is asking the inspector general of the justice department to ask if attorney general matt whitaker communicated about the probe about wh he is communicating with mrwhitaker in the role confidential grand jury or other investigative information from the mueller investigation or any inf information. and joining me is mimi rocah from the southern district of new york, and clint watts former fbi agent. and is this letter based on communications or politics or something in between maybe? >> well, it is hard to know. i don't think that senator schumer would put that out there, and i mean, it is, look, a lot of criticisms of whitaker being appoint and, i think that all evidence is pointing to the fact that he was appointed to slowdown the mueller investigation and despite trump's lies in the interview, because that is what is going on, because he claims that he did not know the views on the mueller investigation, and that is simply fly ing ing in the fa reality, and no one has said that whitaker has been or might already be sharing information with trump. and so, i think that for shumer to say this, there must be some indications and none that we have p

schumer released a memo to investigate unlawful contact prior to the appointment between acting attorney general matt whitaker, and president trump as well as white house chief of staff john kelly. mr. whitaker was seen by officials as a white house spy and known as the west wing's eyes and ears. house democrat jerry nadler who was positioned to take over the judiciary committee has threatened to immediately force whitaker to testify on capitol hill in january. on the white house lawn, the president stood by his choice. >> president trump: he's doing a good job, everybody tells me that matt whitaker is doing a fantastic job. we'll have to see where everything goes but everybody tells me he's doing a fantastic job. >> whitaker has a major speaking event in new york city tomorrow on national security issues. >> bret: more problems for big tech and major retailers led to another wild ride on wall street today. the dow lost 552 today, the s&p 500 fell 49, the nasdaq dropped 120. what is happening? let's get some perspective. good evening, susan. >> 2018 is looking to be a down year for investors, both the s&p and the dow have now wiped out their gains on the year while the nasdaq is ba

mr. trump warning democratic control of congress could lead to an economic downturn. >> we've g to stop crying chuck schumer>> reporter: but keeping his focus on his signature issue, immigration, stoking fears of a nation under siege by caravans of central american migrants and refugees. >> if you want more caravans, if you want more crime, vote democrat. >> reporter: earlier, the president was asked if he had any regrets about his first two years in office. >> i would say tone. i would like to have a softer tone. >> reporter: the campaign's final day, featuring a marquee match-up of presidential messengers, pitting 45 against 44. >> the good news is is across the country, i'm seeing a great awakening. >> reporter: former president obama with democrats in virginia. >> you're going to go out there and make sure people vote to start making things better. when you do that, then the spirit of america is going to shine. >> reporter: interesting to hear president trump say he would like to have a softer tone. really could tone it up. as for the president, after weeks of campaigning, 11 rallies in 8 states today,

mr. president. you said many times on the campaign trail that you didn't want nancy pelosi or the speaker or suggested that. you talked about her and chuck schumer. >> it's not a question of want. let me answer it. would i have preferred winning by two or three or hour? i would almost have to think about that. but certainly i like to win. and if i win, she's not going to be speaker. >> reporter: what did she say to you yesterday that -- >> we had a great conversation. we had a warm conversation. she loves this country. she's a very smart woman. she's done a very good job. she was really -- i mean, she's had. >> reporter: did she promise they didn't seek to impeach you? >> we didn't talk about impeaching. we didn't talk -- what do you do? do you impeach somebody because he created the greatest economic success in the history of our country? let's impeach him because the country is so successful. has he done anything wrong? they asked somebody has he done anything wrong? no, but let's impeach him anyway. and they also said let's impeach justice kavanaugh. let's impeach him. and now the second woman is coming out, and i hate to say this, but it was

i hope and pray that pelosi, waters, schumer, all the big bangers out there just come to their fences, like mrgraham said the other day. just vote your heart and vote what you feel. host: thanks to the call from new jersey. a competitive senate race there. that race giving a slight lead to the democrat, bob menendez. poll alongoday," a with suffolk university. it shows what factor the president is for those casting their ballots. the question is how much impact will the president have on your congressional vote? with a margin of error of 3%, opposeing a lot, i want him. only 1% undecided. 25% he does not have an impact on my vote. 23% saying that a little, i want to support him. you can read the full survey at usatoday.com. robert joining us from indiana. big senate race there. caller: good morning. thank you for letting me all in. i called on the wrong line, but i am definitely for trump. i do not see how this younger generation can vote for the democrats, the way they are. i will tell you what is happening to this country. if we do not get it straightened out. the younger people better wake

mr. trump warning democratic control of congress could lead to an economic down rn. >> we have got to stop cryin' chuck schumerhing that we've gained. >> reporter: keeping his focus on his signature issue, immigration, soaking fears of a na under siege of immigrants and refugees. >> if you want more caravans, if you want more crime, vote democrat. >> reporter: earlier the president was ask if he had any regrets about his first two years in office. >> i would say tone. i would like to have a much softer tone. >> reporter: the mpaign's final day featuring a marquee matchup of presidential messengers, hittipitting 45gain 44. >> across the country i'm saying there is a great awakening. >> reporter: former president obama with democrats in rginia. >> you are going out there. you are going to make sure that people vote and start making things bette when you do that, then the spirit of america i going to shine. >> reporter: interesting to hear esident trump say he would have like to have had a softer tone. a week ago he said he rlly coul tone it up. as for the president, after weeks of campaigning, 11 rallies in eigh

schumer. >> if that doesn't happen, we democrats, house and senate, will attempt to add to must-pass legislation, in this case the spending bill, legislation that would prevent mr. whitaker from interfering with the mueller investigation. there's no reason we shouldn't add this and avoid a constitutional crisis. reporter: at the presidential press conference last week, the president was asked whether or not there would be a shutdown scenario involving the budget and the request for his wall funding, whether or not he could put that to the side. he said quote, i can't commit to that, but it's possible. lot of balls up in the air here when you talk about spending and how 2018 will wrap up. liz: and again, what might be to blame for a marked selloff like today or last friday. blake, thank you very much. speaking of market selloff, let's take a look at the major so-called fang stocks. right now, the biggest names in tech are caught in the headline of a whole bunch of crosshairs and that deluge is not slowing down any time soon. starting with tech regulation, not in europe as you would expect but here at home in the u.s., president trump saying he will consider reac

mr. morrisey: know, the suit was to get rid for obamacare. the judge ruled that we could determine what the remedies are. another example of the misinformation from the hillary clinton, the pelosi and the schumeream. they are the problem. protecting people with pre-existing conditions. that is critical. but what senator manchin is doing is trying to disguise his support for obamacare. he will not change it. meanwhile, premiums are skyrocketing, 160% over four years there he had the real goal is to get to hillarycare which senator manchin supports. open-mindedness which went bankrupt our country, is a wrong direction. a big difference between us on health care, but we are not going to ever allow people with the existing conditions -- you don't need obamacare to protect people with pre-existing conditions. mr. manchin: you know what his friends and republicans put on that after my bill that i was trying to make sure to intervene and stop him from throwing it hundred thousand west virginians of -- make no mistake about it, they would be out on the street. their remedy for this is say , exceptwill protect you will not protect the disease you have. if he had cancer, we will take care of the rest of

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