. >> the gop in control of congress until the end of president obama's second term so how did they do it? >> live in our nation's capitol it's been a long night. what do the numbers look like this morning? >> heather and leah the long night of counting votes from coast-to-coast still isn't over. but republicans know they will have at least 52 seats come january and they know that harry reed will no longer then be the senate majority leader. it will probably be senator mitch mcconnell and he got there with the help of republicans that squeaked it out in close races like senator pat roberts that just won a 4th term in kansas. >> you did it. so tonight as is always with a night, there will be the start of a new day. the tide has turned and the era of the obama-reed gridlock is over. >> in north carolina where president obama voiced a radio ad to give kay hagan a last minute boost thoms tillis claimed victory instead two years after democrats held their national convention in the tarheel state. >> there's only one thing the government can give you that doesn't come at the expense of anyon

clincher that gave the gop the majority in the upper majority for the final year of president obama's second term. >> only one thing government can give you that doesn't come at the expense of any one else. that's freedom. >> pat roberts held on to beat a strong independent challenger greg orman. orman wouldn't say if he would talk with republicans or democrats. senator roberts who has been in dc since 1980 will be here at least six more years. >> so tonight as is always with a night there will be the start of a new day. the tide is turning and the era of the obama reed gridlock is over. >> history in iowa as joanni ert is the first women ever in the senate out of the hawkeye state. >> in washington politicians are more interested in talking than doing. they ignore problems hoping they will go away. isis isn't just going to go away. >> senate is going to look a lot different come january. before this session wraps up leaders from both houses and both parties will meet with president obama at the white house. that will be this week while they still have control of the senate. >> peter doocy live.

. >> congress and the president have not been able to agree at all during president obama's second termow it's republicans controlling both chambers. will that gridlock continue for the next two years? >> i think it depends on each side handle the immigration issue and the health care issue as jay gray pointed out. think of them as political nuclear bombs as far as what the other side considers. if the republicans spend the first month or two just trying to repeal the health care law, chip away at it, that -- the white house would see that as an antagonistic move. republicans believe if the president decides to move on his own on executive action, they would view that as a hostile antagonistic move. that's the way you could see gridlock coming back in a hurry. do they agree to pause both of those issues for a while and leave an opening to do other things on taxes and jobs and things like that? that's the open question. i think we -- that's what we'll have to find out. this meeting went fairly well. but i expected this one to go well. >> the economic picture nationally looking good. vote

things that happened in the last two years of president obama's second term conspired to knock the white house off message, whether it was the rise of i.s.i.l. the website debacle. what happened in ukraine, and the outset of the interpret, the incident in sandy hook connecticut, and the lack of the president and democrats passing gun control through the senate. we are going to start to have to look through this. see what is possible. what is significant majorities in the house of representatives on the part of republicans, and republican controlled senate. continuing on the issue, ground zero in the state of texas, heidi zhou-castro is live in austin. this is a story you spent a lot of time covering, heidi. >> that's right. people in texas, and polls show here that immigration are the top two issues. among the republican majority. 89" say the government should strip people coming to the country, and 74% say that 11 million undocumented immigrants in the u.s. should be deported. these are the voters. grag abbott the predicted winner, and the crisis over the summer. and unaccompanied child

the significance of that is a certain similar industry outside of obama's second term. he visited the secon high school a second time pushing off executive reform. the legislation died in the house. the president was frustrated, and he said he would be taking this action unilaterally at the end of the summer. he put it off and now he's moving forward. here is a taste of the atmosphere in las vegas today. >> while i support a path to citizenship, and so do all these legislators here, this does not mean that undocumented immigrants receive the same privileges a citizens receive. only legislation can do that. >> they have to step forward. register, undergo a background check, then they can work legally and pay taxes in this country. the president moving forward, there is nothing--there is very little that referenc republicans can do in the short term to stop them. >> the republicans vowed to stop president obama from carrying out his executive action. any word on what they plan to do? >> they don't know. and it's really a problem. because the confidentiality base tea party

house and senate still divided with more than of the same gridlock we have seen in president obama's second term. here to get a little extra practice in before he breaks it all down tomorrow when the rules start pouring in, bill hemmer standing by at the aptly named billboard. >> nice to so you, gretchen. how are you? pardon my reach here. >> got to get the thing working. >> something in order here. >> first of all, critical times for tomorrow night, if people. coming home from work and want to tune in. >> yeah, we will be on the air at 6:00 with bret and megan at that time. two early keys, 7:30, north carolina closes. if thom tillis is able to beat kay hagan, a really good night for republicans. if kay hagan holds them off then it goes back to the old republicans have a lot of ways to get to the majority. democrats have a few ways to stop them. north carolina is another one. new hampshire, closes at 8:00, if we can make a call on new hampshire, 8:00, between scott brown and jeanne shaheen right now it's neck in neck. a dump ball now. if scott brown can come back and continue to put the pressure

would mean republican control in both houses of congress for remaining two years of president obama's second term. >> that gives you a sense what is a at stake. we have you covered on election day, get results fast, by signing up for our mobile app, we will also send out alerts on facebook and twitter, and you can also let us know if you voted by using hash tag cbs-3 election, head to cbs philly.com for signing up for all of those things. >>> we will also keep you informed here on the air, we will have hourly updates for you tomorrow night, and cbs news special at 10:00 o'clock, then complete locally lex coverage on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> good evening, everyone, not an easy commute today, in matter where you are traveling, lets start first with 95. ninety-five we have live chopper 3hd over 95 northbound anyone planning to head to the philadelphia international airport will have a big old problem. as live chopper three is moving, following i-95 northbound in this area, in delaware county, you will notice big delays. we had multiple vehicle crash occur earlier this afternoon around 1

not happy with the secretary, and this really reflects the change in how the world looks in obama's second termen chuck hagel came in shortly after his reelection, it looks like the main task for the secretary was going to be to initiate a budget and wrapped up the war in afghanistan and basically continue on the core obama national security policy which was basically a reluctance to use the military as a primary tool of foreign policy, and chuck hagel was very much attracted to that, and what we have seen over the past year with civil war in syria and the rise of isis and the collapse of the iraqi army, it is just a very, very different scenario, and the white house is having to go on a war footing. and what was happening in 2013 was not really a good match for the challenges they were facing. host: secretary chuck hagel spoke after the president made the announcement, and here is what chuck hagel had to say about his accomplishments during his time at the pentagon. [video clip] >> i am immensely proud of what we have accomplished during this time. as the president has noted, our allies and th

still think that the visionary president could do this but i guess is not going to happen in obama second term. espn now exist the idea that steve and i have talked about factoring in graduation rates in the college football rankings, i have been twisting arms at espn for five years and in this case a little success starting over the summer. go to espn.com and type in the words espn grade. it takes you to a college football ranking adjusted for graduation rates. i am not trying to get the world to notice that because of coaches have in their contracts that there had espn great has something to do with their bonuses they may get a little better perform. >> thank you for writing these books. they are very important and very timely and i hope they are widely read especially by roger goodell and the nfl brass. >> his lawyers will certainly read my book. >> here in washington d.c. we have a professional football team that has been resistant to change probably since they moved here and became the team of the south sider. he refused to integrate the team playing an african-american player in this 15

final two years of president obama's second term here. all eyes now on the united states' senate controlled by the democrats and republicans. tomorrow we'll have a real chance to pick it up. take a look at the current balance of power in the united states senate. see the republicans only need small handful of seats here to take control from the democrats and if they're going to do that it's going to have to be on the backs of weak candidates, candidates that seem to be on the verge of losing to the republican challengers starting with the state of alaska, mark begitch against dan sullivan the republican. we have an average here of about 2.4% advantage for the republican in alaska. arkansas, senator mark pryor polling 42% running against tom cotton. that is leaning republican by about 7.1%. in colorado, we've got senator mark udall running against cory gardner, that one, leading republican 2.35% and louisiana senator mary landrieu is going to have difficulty running against bill cassidy the republican. that leaning republican by 4.8%. we'r

important that it reflects the change in how the world looks in obama's second term. when hagel came in, it looks like the main task would be to finish cutting the budget, wrap up the war in afghanistan, and, basically continue obama's core national security policy which is a reluctance to use the military and hagel has antiwar views and was tracking with that. or we have seen with a civil war itsyria, the rise of isis, is a different situation and the white house is having to go on something of a war footing, and the guy they picked in january, 2013, they are realizing is not a good match for the challenges they are facing today. host: defense secretary chuck hagel spoke at that announcement yesterday, stood beside the president, and spoke after the president made the announcement. here is what chuck hagel had to say about is a competence during his time at the pentagon. [video clip] >> i am immensely proud of who we accomplished during this time. we have prepared ourselves, as the president noted, our allies, and afghan national security forces for successful transi

. >> our top political priority should be to deny president obama a second term. >> it's incompetencen the line. >> the republican knows how to block. president obama was ready to put the obstruction aside and invited 16 top ranking lawmakers to join him for a bipartisan meeting. the president outlined what he hoped to get out of it. >> everything that we do over the next two years is designs and geared towards ensuring that folks who work hard in this country are able to get ahead. now obviously we've had a significant mid-term election. as i said at the press conference, my attitude has been and will continue to be that good ideas don't necessarily come from just one party and i'm looking forward to seeing the leaders of democratic and republican caucuses this afternoon to have a chance to share with them both what i think we need to be doing to build on the economic momentum we already have and make it stronger but i'm going to be interested in listening to them in terms of areas where we think it's possible to work together. >> the top issues in this election were jobs and the eco

was indelicate of met to subject that our top political priority should be to deny president obama a second term. >> it wasn't indelicate of him to suggest their top priority was denies the president a second term? it was, to use mcconnell's own term, not setting a positive tone, and what about -- what about this line from 2011? >> if the president is willing to do what i and our members would do anyway, we're not going to say no. >> if the president does exactly what republicans want, they'll work with him. i wouldn't call that much of a compromise or a positive tone. they refuse to work with the president, so he's seg forced to do things on his own. he's working on an executive action on immigration reform. last night in china, he announced a bold new plan to tackle climate change. >> today i am proud that we can announce an historic agree. i commend president xi, his team and the chinese government for the commitment they are making to slow, peak and then reverse the course of china's carbon emissions. today i can also announce that the united states has set a new goal of reducing our net gre

. >> our top political priority should be to deny president obama a second term. >> reporter: the 72-r and one-time capitol hill intern must focus on showing that republicans the lead, potentially striking bargains on things like tax reform and trade agreements. he also wants to pass the controversial keystone xl pipeline. he said he'll renew efforts to appeal obamacare. >> we've seen emergence of a new leader in washington. mitch mcconnell is likely to emerge as the second most powerful man in the united states government. >> reporter: the president will be meeting with senator mcconnell along with a dozen other congressional leaders from both parties at the white house tomorrow to begin to chart a path forward. with republicans promising to try again to repeal obamacare and the president promising again yesterday that he'll act unilaterally on immigration reform, it doesn't look like it's off to a great start. >> just because they haven't had their bourbon yet, right agetha? >> maybe a drink would solve it all, i doubt it. >> thanks for that report. >>> let's talk more about that. i

. >> the top political policy should be to deny president obama a second term. >> to some conservatives, mcconnell is a sellout, a established republican still too willing to cut deals with democrats. >> we're certainly not going to send a signal to the markets and to the american people that default is an option. >> but even mcconnell's critics concede he's a master political strategist, a survivor, now poised to become majority leader if republicans can gain a net of six seats in the senate and if he can overcome a spirited challenge from a democrat less than half his age. >> he's a senator that's out of touch, out of ideas, and with the help of west kentucky, will be out of time on november 4. >> helped by bill and hillary clinton, allison gunderson grimes has taken aim at mcconnell for months. >> mitch, that's not how you hold a gun. >> blaming him for d.c.'s dysfunction. >> senator mcconnell's 30-year record is gridlock, discussion, extreme partisanship that's cost this nation. >> a weekend poll put mcconnell up nine points though 49% of likely voters view him unfavorably. the good

important that it reflects the change in how the world looks in obama's second term.hen hagel came in, it looks like the main task would be to finish cutting the budget, wrap up the war in afghanistan, and, basically continue obama's core national security policy which is a reluctance to use the military and hagel has antiwar views and was tracking with that. or we have seen with a civil war itsyria, the rise of isis, is a different situation and the white house is having to go on something of a war footing, and the guy they picked in january, 2013, they are realizing is not a good match for the challenges they are facing today. host: defense secretary chuck hagel spoke at that announcement yesterday, stood beside the president, and spoke after the president made the announcement. here is what chuck hagel had to say about is a competence during his time at the pentagon. [video clip] >> i am immensely proud of who we accomplished during this time. we have prepared ourselves, as the president noted, our allies, and afghan national security forces for successful transiti

. >> our top lyrical priority should be to deny president obama a second term. >> to conservatives, hestablished republican still withilling to cut deals democrats. >> we're not going to send a signal to the markets and the that default is an option. >> even his critics concede he become majority leader if republicans can gain a net of six seats in the senate and if he can overcome a serious challenge from a democrat less than half his age. >> he is out of touch, out of ideas, and, will be out of time on november 4. >> helps by hillary and bill -- ton, she is >> mitch, that is not how you pulled a gun. >> naming him for d.c.'s dysfunction. >> 30 year record is gridlock and obstruction and extreme partisanship that has cost this nation. >> a weekend poll put macconnell up nine points even though 49% of voters view him unfavorably. lessdent obama is even popular. his main message is that kentuckians will benefit from his promotion. >> majority leader sets the country, but to look out for kentucky's interests. one of the basic questions is, who can do the most for kentucky over the next s

bush's second term in 2006 mid terms, the republicans lost the house and the senate and the president called it a thumping. 54%. the same as president obama has now. also disapproved of mr. bush back then and 38% approved. >> i want to say one thing to the american people. i want you to listen to me. i'm going to say this again. i did not have sexual relations with that woman. ms. lewinsky. >> and then there's bill. after that infamous denial in 1998, his approval rating remains sky high at 67% and the republicans still lost five seats. two years into president reagan's second term, the democrats did take the senate and many predict that will happen again on tuesday but in reverse proving once again that the most powerful man on earth sometimes is really no match against the wishes of his citizens. maria? >> great analysis, eric. thank you so much for that. more with senator jerry moran. senator, how important do you think is the president obama component of this? are people going to vote against their local representative's policies because they are after all the same as president obama's policies? how much of a drag will he be? >> you m

this is probably the biggest thing president obama would do in his second term on foreign policy. that? >> absolutely not. and imagine how it's read in tehran when they see this yearning, this desire for a deal. it tells them we can get more concessions because the administration is so desperate to get a deal. we haven't squeezed them yet as hard as we can. when you hear at secretary kerry saying we hope they don't get stuck in a tree of their open, in tehran they're celebrating more concessions coming. >> let's talk about the ayatollah because no matter what the diplomats from iran say, it really comes down to the ayatollah's decision and he views the west with disdain and distrust. can we ever expect any cooperation from him? >> not as long as this regime is in power. and, you know, the ayatollah obviously is the supreme leader as you say, but the nuclear weapons program is controlled by the iran revolutionary guards core. that is one reasons that the diplomats can smile and smile all they want. they have zero decision making authority over the future of the nuclear weapons prog

mitch mcconnell said after the elections, it's his job to deny president obama a second term. they have vice president joe biden do that. democrats have gotten an grel at the deals that they've cut. there are almost no relation ship between this white house and those on capitol hill and it's probably a little late. >> the bourbon summit should have probably come at the beginning of the first term. how bad was this defeat would you say, for the president? >> it's pretty bad. it was a rejection by the voters over his leadership. we've had stagnant wages for quite a while. the economy has been getting better, but for folks earning wages, they're just not seeing that movement and that's what you saw on election day. the prlt peak the president peaked 2009 to 2011. now it's a republican majority that's as big as it's been since the 1920s. >> it doesn't look too promising. i hope something turns it around for as of us. john allen in washington. >> take care. >>> also president obama will formally announce he has appointed loretta lynch as the attorney general. if piemted she would b

by the time president obama began his second term he no longer had control of the house. he vowed again to make immigration a focus of his agenda, but then the administration turned its sights on gun control. in june 2013 the senate finally passed an immigration bill. but the house by that point said no. now after a major midterm election loss that put both the senate and the house in gop control, the president says he now plans to bypass congress altogether allowing with the stroke of a pen millions to stay in this country. despite the fact he himself has argued he does not have the power to do this. >> the notion that can i just suspend deportations through executive order, that's just not the case because there are laws on the books that congress has passed -- there are enough laws on the books by congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me simply through that order to ignore those congressional mandates to not conform with my appropriate role as president. >> joining me now chief white house correspondent ed henry

obama. then in january of 2013, just as he started his second term, president obama came to the school to make his pitch for immigration reform. should be known, nearly one-third of nevada's population is hispanic. critics say the president went back on his own word when he said before the election that he was no emperor and couldn't just do what he wanted on immigration. and while some congressional republicans are threatening to sue the president over this, they also acknowledge they take control of both chambers in january, the pressure will be on them to come up with their own reform bill. at the live desk, chris lawrence. >>> in the meantime, republicans filed a different lawsuit today against the obama administration. house republicans say the president broke the law to implement obamacare. speaker boehner says the president waived the employer mandate and transferred money to insurance companies without congress's approval. in fact, the lawsuit claims the president used money designated by congress for other purposes. democrats call the suit a political sideshow and a waste of money. >>

president obama more importantly wants to have a legacy item in his second term. he wants to fill something with the second term fill the president obama presidential library and i think that will be immigration. will be interesting to see how that plays out with the more conservative house still than the senate. jon: it is interesting, jamie, you got to wonder if he really is intent on doing something with executive action through immigration. he has got to wait until this lame-duck session ends, right? because, if he is true to his word, if he is waiting for republicans, republican house and senate to send him a bill that he either likes or doesn't like, he has to wait until that senate convenience in january, doesn't he? >> he does indeed. i think what we're seeing here is nothing more than political theater. it happens after these type of elections all the time. it happened after 2010. everyone comes out and says, it is time for bipartisanship. but reality is, even a lot of democrats will tell you, president obama is not very good building relationships. he has

one of the things we love is that right now, at this time, in the second term of the obama administration on the eve of the midterms, you can tell a lot about how 2016 is shaping up, by just looking at the travel logs, i encourage you to do so, of hillary clinton, jeb bush, marco rubio and rand paul, all people with the 2016 question mark over their heads, sometimes not so much a question mark. so we sat down and talked to rand paul about his party, about what he thinks he might do come next year in deciding on whether to run or not, and some of the various headlines around ebola and ferguson are a couple things we talked about. >> a lot to talk about coming up this morning. candy crowley thanks so much. >> thanks, guys. >> keep it here for "state of the union with candy crowley" starts at the top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> have you dared to open up the window or the door yet this morning? ahh, cooler weather. >> don't rush it. >> it is a long distance runner's best friend, whether you like it or not. >> so i hear. in new york 50,000 people from all over the wor

obama running for a second term, and african-american, a democrat with primarily a liberal philosophy, a pretty good representation from each party of a candidate. >> james reston said the higher we flew, the less we know. planes took the place of trains. >> thank you. well done, charles. thank you, great to see you. >> we will be right back. stay with us. ♪ >> we continue coverage of midterm elections. joining us is robert costa from the "washington post." he is relevant to what we are talking about looking ahead. he has been spending time with the people who will shape the congress over the next several months after the election. i'm pleased to have him back. tell me what you found. tell me what is the take away from these series of interviews you have done? myte like ali and i -- >> colleague and i wrote 5000 words for the washington post. it looks at the tension behind this election. we have to start with the president. how did he work with the senate democrats starting after he won reelection in 2012? there has been a disconnect ever since. >> in what way? >> the president had an

boiled down, people will remember the saving of general motors, the killing of barack obama, the first term and the second term will morph together so this idea that barack obama's wildly unpopular i think is wrong. there is no such thing as a jimmy carrer it democrat or george herber walker bush republican but there is such a thing as a barack obama voter and that's 95% of the african-american community has stayed by this president and there will be a big legacy for him not just as president but as one of the great african-american leaders like frederick douglass or booker t. washington. >> we heard the president seyed in his speech he will work with republicans. take a listen to part of what he said. >> still as president, i have a unique responsibility to try and make this town work. so to everyone who voted, i want you to know i hear you. to the two-thirds of voters who chose not to participate in the process yesterday, i hear you, too. >> that really stood out to us. do you find it unusual at all to hear the president mention those who did not vote? he emphasized to the two-thirds of you who did not

i think the beginning of the second term for obama was -- about a month later. we had that horrible slaughter. the president stepped up and put forward a gun control bill. pretty modest. much smaller than what clinton passed in the 90's. that had 92% popular support. and themcconnell senator republican said we will kill it. they did. when you can take on a newly reelected president, pushing an issue that has 92% support -- if you can take him on and beat his ass, you never need fear him again. the message from the voters was we reward gridlock. the cajon these on a guy to take on the gun bill embedded. voters did not say i hate gridlock and partisanship. they did not. that is an important lesson for people like me to get, but also the republicans. mitch mcconnell said all the right things after the election. now we will work after this president. i hope he does. party, it is difficult to run around a country and make the whole election about obama and then cooperate with obama. >> i hope they are wrong. i do think it was a rejection of gridlock. the reason you s

obama running for a second term african american as a democrat was primarily a liberal philosophy.t those two people together and say that's a good representation of candidates from each party.w% i don't know where you go find other candidates. we've had experiences in the past where people surprise us, harry truman is a perfect example. others were enormous disappointments. we had high hopes for them. it is not the s.a.t.'s plus the litmus test where you can say that person deserve to be in the whitehouse they have to earn their way in there. >> rose: doris. >> i think the problem is the way we evaluate our candidates when you think about those debates, who has the better zink against somebody else, who has a better ad on television. these people have come from leading somewhere and we should be looking at their leadership traits. how did they build a team, how are they expanding the inner circle how do they mobilize support among constituents, how do they keep track what's goin. how do they acknowledge errors in themselves. we never talk about those things in a way we should. it'

. >> while support for president barack obama and his policies has waned during his second term. his popularity has hit a new low. although his name is not on the ballot, it may as well be. today's vote is seen by many as a referendum on his performance in office. >> voters lining up to cast their ballots in new hampshire. this is one of the states that will be watched closely as a result come in. most agree that if democrats lose here, their prospects of holding onto the senate will diminish. many think it could go down to the wire. >> i think it's going to be a very tight race, but i think this is what it's all about, to be able to vote and have a voice and hopefully select people that you think are going to represent the state the most appropriately. >> i'm hoping we can have some republicans in the senate so we can have the votes going eerie >> democrats such as kay hagan of north carolina, another key state, are determined to stop the republicans from winning a majority in the senate. she has been campaigning until the last minute, doing all she can to encourage traditional

president obama must serve out his second term with no power to legislate. >>> clashes are out between protestors and police at the most holy site in gentlemjerusa >>> we look at the british built treatment center for ebola in sierra leone. >> it's hard to believe eight weeks ago this seven acre sight was scrub land. now it's a lully functions treatment center. >>> and we report from lebanon where the groups say they're protects their families from sunni militants. >>> hello. welcome. in the united states, the republican party is celebrating after making sweeping gains in the midterm elections. they now control both houses of congress. let's look at the story of the night in numbers. in the senate, republicans have gained seven seats so far taking their total to 52 with alaska still to declare but looking set to go red. the democratic party retains 45 seats of 100 seats with two independents. in the house of representatives, the republicans took more seats and retained control of the house. they currently have 243 seats. the democratic party at 175. that is a gain of 10 seats so far fo

right after he was sworn in for his second term president obama took a trip out to nevada and gave a speech at a high school in las vegas where he was so happy he was like vibrating three feet off the ground. he just had been re-elected and sworn in for a second term. democrats did great in the election all the way down the ticket all away around the country and nevada voted for by a mile and at the high school with the kids and crowd all psyched to see him and then listen to what he says here about how he thinks it's finally going to happen. it's an emerging consensus. republicans are finally coming around. he really believed it. everybody did. >> those of you who have a seat, feel free to take a seat. i don't mind. >> i love you obama. >> i love you back. [ cheers and applause ] >> last week, last week i had the honor of being sworn in for a second term as president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> i know that some issues will be harder to lift than others, some debates will be more contentious, that's to be expected. but the reason i came here today is because of a

second terms. dubersteen endorsed president obama since 2008, a move he does not regret even though things have not turned out as well as he hoped. >>> one thing is sure after elections tomorrow, all these political ads will stop at least for a while. >> as of now nobody knows who d.c. voters will pick as their new mayor and who maryland voters will choose as their new governor. >> jim osman is live with what you need to know about tomorrow's elections. >> tomorrow is a very important day. there's a lot at stake on' election day tomorrow. we want you to know about the top races and the places to find all the information you need. d.c. voters will choose from these three leading candidates for mayor, democrat muriel bowser and independents david catania and carol schwartz. voters will also decide on initiative 71. if approved, it would legalize the personalized and small cultivation of marijuana. anyone in the district could possess up to 2 ounces for personal use and grow no more than six cannabis plants in the residence. in maryland a race front and center on tuesday for governor pitting democrat

it could be a three year program and could go away after president obama leaves office after his second termlot of risks involved for those who want to get included in this program. we want to see how many step forward come out of the shadows as the president puts it, in this deferred deportation program john. >> this has sparked a debate on capitol hill. what are my goodness sayin membs saying now? >> there has been those who have mocked the president as an emperor. for his part the speaker of the house john boehner released this web video opposing what the president wants to do. >> instead of working together to fix our broken immigration system the president says he's acting on his own. that's just not how our democracy works. the president had said before that he's not ki king and he ist an emperor. he's certainly acting like one when we all want to just act stowing. >> well, there's a government funding bill that comes up december 11th. it is likely they will try oblock funds to implement the president's plan. that could lead into a government shutdown heading into the new year, john. >

obama care. >> reporter: but the political trouble will still be there when he returns to office. >> second term presidents frequently engage on foreign policy and leave the country. obama is doing this. other presidents have done it. and sometimes it gets them in trouble. sometimes issues are forced on them. >> reporter: and in an interview earlier sunday president obama for the first time accepted responsibility for the democrats huge love in the mid terms and he did it by quoting a famous phrase from the nation's 33rd president, harry truman. >> the buck stops with me. the buck stops right here, at my desk. and so whenever, as head of the party, it doesn't do well, i have to take responsibility for it. >> reporter: a fraught back drop as president prepared to attend the a pack economic summit here on wednesday. >> thank you. >>> with the mid-term elections over and the president in his last two years of office there will be growing speculation about who might run to succeed him. among republicans, the most prominent names is jeb bush, the former governor of florida. in an interview for the to

we saw president obama's predecessor president bush, the second term, midterm after he was wiped outdemocrats, they took over the house of representatives. there goes donald rumsfeld, and he finally left. chuck hagel was drawing down the military. now the situation calls for something different. mike, thank you. nick schifrin, did this demand in the case of isil? >> what you hear from this region is an echo of what secretary hagel tried to deliver to the white house. jamie and mike were talking about how thisser there is a notion that white house has meddled in the isil situation in iraq. it was echoed by the very allies who the u.s. has signed up in order to fight isil inside of syria. you talk to commanders on the grouped or head of the syrian national coalition, who we sat down with in turkey a couple of weeks ago. everyone says the same thing that none of the u.s. airstrikes designed to defeat and degrade isil and to encourage the u.s. allies on the ground, the so-called moderate operations. none of those airstrikes were coordinated with the free syrian army. there is a lot of cr

obama. has he beenic candidates? >> regardless of the president, second term whether republican or democrat, the president's party tends to lose office, lose seats. that is set up. so you have three things working for republicans right now. you have history, you have geography, you have degree ow n demographics. midterm elections are usually older less diverse electorate. so you have three factors lining up. and the president's job approval was 51%. it would mean absolutely nothing in a red state like kentucky. what is most interesting right now is how in a red state like kentucky with the most powerful republican on the ticket, and you have toss up race. that is not about the president, that is about the republican brand. >> tara is shaking her head, i see the wheels turning. george bush was kept away from republican candidates back in 2006. do you agree with what cornell is saying? >> i applaud cornell for the political gymnastics that he's trying to put forth. but let's be honest. candidates have gone out of their way not to go anywhere near president obama or have him anywhere near them. he's been toxic for the dem

this is probably the biggest thing that president obama will do in his second term on foreign policy.ealthcare for us, just to put it in context. >> yes, because obamacare has worked out so well for everyone. joining us now to analyze from san diego rick grenell a fox news contributor and former advisor to four u.s. ambassadors to the u.n. and from washington we got matthew dust, president of the foundation for middle east peace. so, rick, first to you. the upside is at least he didn't compare the negotiations to ebola. but, still comparing i do taunt with iran to obamacare he kind of implies it could be a disaster. >> actually, greg, ebola would have been a better analogy because that example actually would pull in the dangerous and deadly element. >> um-huh. >> to what we are dealing with. this is a very serious problem. i think what ben rhodes, his slip-up and it's clearly a slip-up when he is talking to a left wing group, what it does is it tells us that the white house views this as a political issue, not a national security issue. and that's where, i think most ofs have you a fu

president tends to fare badly in elections in the middle of the second term, but this time seems like it could be particularly bad for barack obama. let's bring in our washington correspondent. very early there in the morning. taking a look forward at this day, these kinds of regular midterm elections are truly an american phenomenon, i would say. why are they so organs and one is truly the biggest issue at stake? >> one third of the senate is up for grabs. the senate is the most important institution in these midterm elections. it has been under democratic control since 2006. indications and polls and expert opinions all indicate that the senate could very well be in republican hands at the end of the day for the first time since 2006. what these midterm elections don't do is they don't get rid of the president. president barack obama will remain in the white house for another two years. but if the senate indian will be under republican control for the next two years, that will blunt the white house agenda significantly. it will be very difficult for president obama to get anything done that he wants to get done in the final two

this does have the potential of seeing climate change and energy being a very big second term legacy for president obamaup, whether in the court or with senate republicans who desperately want to be able overturn the regulations the environmental protection agency drafted. >> let me play senate republican leader mitch mcconnell in his past hour reacting to the climate change deal. let's take a listen. >> which as i read the agreement requires the chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years while these carbon emission regulations are creating havoc in my state and other states around the country. >> and certainly this pivots to the tone that the president will feel in experience from he returns from the trip abroad. >> that's right. the issue does break along democrat and republican lines. democrats, for the most part, in favor of curbs to combat climate change. republicans typically are against it. of course, mitch mcconnell won his senate race convincingly for re-election based on attacking president obama's epa regulations when it comes to coal powerplants. there was a recent poll that shows 57% of amer

today, president obama appearing before the cameras, so many wondering, would he signal a fight or would he signal hope for compromise? president bush famed a similar picture in his second term, coming out and calling it a thumping. now, it's president obama. late today, it was a question from our own jon karl and an answer about kentucky bourbon that was most telling. let's get right to jon at the white house. jon, bourbon? >> reporter: yes, david. bourbon. the president offered the drink some bourbon with the new man in charge of the senate. he offered no sign that he has a mea culpa or a desire to change course. no apologies from the president today. in fact, he suggested democrats lost primarily because most people didn't bother to vote. >> to everyone who voted, i want you to know that i hear you. to the two-thirds of voters who chose not to participate in the process yesterday, i hear you, too. >> reporter: with republicans now in control, the man in charge in the senate is mitch mcconnell. his relationship with the president -- not exactly cozy. his office tells me that he's only met with you one-on-one once or twice. was it a mistake for you to do so little to develo

do you believe republicans can stop president obama from staying in office after his second term if they't stop his executive fiat on immigration amnesty from taking effect? 34% of you said, no. be sure to vote in our poll tonight, do you believe that if the president does issue an executive order granting de facto amnesty to millions of immigrants, that he will have exceeded his constitutional authority? is cast your vote at lou loubobs.com. >>> the latest drug enforcement operation targeting at least three nfl teams whose medical practitioners were questioned yesterday on the suspicion they were dispensing drugs illegally to their players. there were no arrests, but there are some questions remaining about how all of this rises to a level of a national investigation when more than three million pounds of narcotics are still crossing our southern border every year. that border, by the way, the major transit point for the majority of the marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines that do enter the country still going on after all of these decades. >>> up next, president obama joining o