patty murray of washington moves >> in two months, mr. trump will be commanding troops in comb battle for the first time. with u.s. forces fighting and advising in syria and iraq. we asked war correspondent, holly williams to compare the campaign rhetoric with the campaign against isis. >> this new isis propaganda video shows the the treacherous urban battlefield in the fight for mosul. narrow streets that isis car bombs can slip down unnoticed. surprising the iraqi army with deadly blasted. president elect trump threatened to bomb the hell out of isis. but with around a million civilians in mosul, indiscriminately air strikes are impossible. >> i know more about isis than, than the generals do. believe me. >> during his campaign, mr. trump said he would send in up to 30,000 u.s. troops to take on isis. he would pressure other countries to fight instead. >> i would hit them so hard your head would spin. there is nobody bigger or better at the military than i am. >> reporter: on the ground in iraq, the u.s. spent two years of careful diplo

patty murray of washington moves into the third position. some of america's european trump victory. president obama spoke to them today in the city where democracy was invented around 500 b.c. margaret brennan is traveling with the president. >> reporter: on his last foreign trip, president obama walked through the ancient ruins of the acropolis, once the strongest democracy in the world. and he warned of the consequences of the pop list anger that powered donald trump's campaign to victory. where cultures clash, it's inevitable that some will seek a comfort in nationalism. >> reporter: but he said those crude forces could be avoided by restoring a sense of justice. >> they are less likely to turn on each other and they're less likely to appeal to some of the darker forces that exist in all of our societies. >> reporter: that's exactly his america-first campaign rhetoric. >> great again. >> reporter: "we are in unchartered waters," one key u.s. ally told us. "god help us all." president obama tried to reassure h audience, saying progress follows a winding path. >> the next american

washington's patty murray will put the assistant leader. -- be the assistant leader. they will challenge donald trump when values or progress are under assault. chuck schumer said when you lose an election like this, you cannot flinch expect one thing we know is that we heard the american people loud and clear. wasn't working for them. they felt that the economy was rigged against them in many places. >> mitch mcconnell was reelected to the senate majority leader. >>> president barack obama on his way to germany after completing his trip with air force one. the visit began in greece. he has emphasized the message that pushes back against of isolationism and calls for the benefits that technology and globalization to be more broadly shared. >>> the presidential name really not meaning enough to people. why they want no one to know that they live in a trump property. >>> chronic pain some of the complaints against a particular form of birth control and the esure device. >>> are you planning to head out of town for the holidays? let us know by heading to >>> it is someth

new york's chuck schumer will be minority leader, dick durbin of illinois, minority whip, and patty murrayington state will be assistant leader. senator schumer told reporters democrats will work with president-elect trump on issues where they agree that challenge him when values or progress are under assault. former french economy minister has announced he's running for president in the cure's election. he is a pro-eu liberal who pledge to offer an alternative to both the political establishment and to populists. the european union's unveiling plans for a new system of security checks to crack down on extremists. people from 60 visa waiver countries, including the u.s., will have to pay a little more than five dollars and fill out an online form to obtain clearance to travel within europe's 26 nation id checkfree area. i am mark crumpton. my colleague paul allen has a look at the markets. good morning. paul: good morning, mark. let's take a look at the nsx, trading for 35 minutes so far. not too much happening in terms of gains. media stocks are doing ok. was out this morning with first-h

new leader says, chuck dick durbin will be the no. 2 democrat as minority whip and washington's patty murray will be assistant leader. schumer says he's expanding the leadership team including a new role for vermont senator bernie sanders which is a nod to the progressive wing of the party. he's now the chair of outreach. schumer told reporters they will work on donald trump with issues where they agree but challenge him where values or progress is under assaulted. you need to look it right in the eye and ask why? analyze it and learn from it. one thing we know is that we heard the american people loud and clear. they felt that the government wasn't working for them. they felt that the economy was rigged against them in many places and that the government was too beholden to big money and special interests. >> house minority leader pelosi has formal him announc -- formally announces she's seeking reelection and says shell already has support from 2/3 -- she already has support from 2/3 of the caucus. it's not known if there will be challenges. >>> vice president joe biden and vice president-

there is talk that possibly patty murray would be interested in the job. who are the other players that senator schumer is going to lean on to make sure that his caucus states together regardless of who the with is? who are those people that he is going to rely on? >> senator schumer knows, when you are in the minority, when you have no control over the white house, or even houses of government, that it is an all hands on deck kind of an approach. rodell: senator schumer, having spent so much time at the dsc c has relationships with the broad spectrum of members of these caucus. you will see him rely on senator warren and sanders. there will be point in time where we have to rally the left part of our base. there were -- there will be times when they had to look at some of the more moderate things we are trying to do with republicans. a possibleins to with fight, i had the pleasure of working with senator durbin and senator murray as part of that leadership team. connections and friends in both of those offices. i think this is going to work itself out. we

speakership, if he can piece together a big enough coalition and across the chamber, negotiated with patty murray. he's going to have to negotiate with whoever is in those positions of authority in the senate in the next congress. these decisions are going to really affect his life, which is why he's jumping in and explain thg to voters. if you want a congress to do what you want, you know, to do, you need to pay attention to more than the presidency. >> how strange is this, three days ahead of the election, who is comfortable appearing with whom? >> fascinating. reminds me when i was a kid and she would sago kiss aunt sadie. oh, do i have to? >> hope she's not watching. >> thankfully, she is gone to te great beyond. i would have this arms length thing. in the end, this is so important. what it really is is a battle for the soul of this party. what does it mean to be a republican? where does the party stan on the huge issues of the day? i think it leaves the voters saying maybe we don't have an answer to that. >> maeve? >> paul ryan has been out there this year with a superpack raising a ton of m

dick durbin is coming on and patty murray gets a new title of assistant democratic leader. that's not all. take a look at the other new names in leadership. everybody gets a title. bernie sanders and joe mansion. holding the liberal and moderate wings to leadership and if you were counting along, there are ten democratic leaders in the leadership. we will see if that is a solution for them. coming up, somebody who doesn't have a leadership title anymore. >> welcome back to "mtp daily" it was not a singular thing that cost the democrats the election. it was a one-two punch. rural america turned out and a decline in democratic turn out. rural counties produced 500,000 more votes in 2016 than 2012. even though some of them lost population since the last census. in urban counties where the obama coalition resides, people dent turn out to view. 2.5 million fewer people voted than in 2012. they didn't just dupe clinton, but cost senate and democrats on the hill. they are trying to figure out how to bridge the gap. they will have 25 seats so defend and more than half. conference.

that's held by dick durbin right now and been talk that patty murray would be interested in the job. who are the other players that senator schumer is going to lean on so his caucus stays together regardless of who the whip is? people he will rely on? >> i think senator schumer knows when you're especially in the minority and don't have control over the white house or either houses of government that it's an all hands on deck kind of approach. and senator schumer have be spent time at dscc has relationships with the broad spectrum of members of the caucus. going to see him rely on senator warren and senator sanders, going to be points of time we need to rally the left part of our there's going to be times he's going to look at a mansion for some of the more moderate things we're trying to do as republicans. as retains to the fighter, i had the flesh our of working with senator duran and senator murray as part of that leadership team, still have connections and friends in both of those offices, i think this is going to work itself out. the one thing that we don't need right now and i

schumer appointed to women to high-ranking posts on his team tapping patty murray of washington to serve as assistant democratic leader and senator debbie stabbing out to turn the democratic policy into medication center. dick berman of illinois reelected as senate democratic whip. chuck schumer did not say who will replace senator john caster who faces reelection, but they created a new leadership post for bernie sanders. the independent from vermont, senators elizabeth warren and mark warner also will serve as policy advisers and they have been given new titles serving as vice chairs of the senate democratic conference. the democrats did go on camera this morning to talk about those leadership elections. paul kane who covers the senate for the "washington post" said the first senate democratic leadership team presser without harry reid in 18 plus years. bit jarring not seen him there. we will look now at that senate democratic agenda news conference. >> we had a great meeting. went very smoothly. i am humbled, truly humbled and honored to receive their support of my colleagues to be th

question mark is whether or not dick durbin ends up as the number two or somebody that is like a patty murrayis a push to try to find that deeper bench on the democratic side between hillary clinton being at the top of democratic tickets and the leadership in the house and the senate having opportunity for new younger members to take on the leadership roles. you are seeing that express here. >> hopefully whether or not to showcase it. kasie hunt, here's what they said about the way forward for their party. >> we have an unexpected defeat and we have to decide how we go forward. we have to interpret the results and get the lessons learned. the democratic message in the years to come. >> i will support nancy and think she has done an excellent job. >> i think they would agree with me. we have to learn how to win elections and when she represents. >> joining us right now, we are getting them plugged in and you can't even hear them is ohio congressman. can you hear me? we are glad you necessary place. are you actively planning the challenge of leader pelosi? >> we are having a lot of conversation

charles schumer to be the senate minority leader and behind him you are going to have people like patty murray of washington state, dick durbin, but elizabeth warren and bernie sanders coming into the top of the democratic fold in the senate. >> the democrats -- the gop opened up a can of whoop-ass on the democrats over four of the last five election cycles. when a team is losing, you change the coach. you don't sell the team. you change the coach. the coach isn't leading. leadership in the democrats -- look, they were hoping -- they needed 30. they were hoping to get 12. they got six. they lost. they continue to lose the senate. this one, republican governors are 62% of the governors in america. the republican party has taken over the country. the ideology of conservatism has spread. it's time to change. the best thing that tim ryan said is out with them. it's out with -- >> yeah. he said -- he got a message that is important right that they should listen to if they fall back on -- there's one reason why they would keep pelosi. she has leverage over them because she's the money -- >> that's w

there's been some talk that possibly patty murray would be interested in the job. who are the other players that senator schumer's going to lean on to make sure that his caucus stays together? regardless of who the whip is? i mean, who are those people that he's going to rely on? >> listen, i think that senator schumer knows especially when you're in the minority and, you know, you don't have any control over the white house or either houses of government that it's an all hands on deck kind of approach. so i'm going to -- and senator schumer, having spent so much time at the dscc, has relationships with the broad spectrum members of this caucus. so you're going to see him rely on senator warren. you're going to see him rely on senator sanders, or because there are going to be points in time where we're going to need to rally the left part of our base. there are going to be times when he's going to look at a manchin or a warner for some of the more moderate things that we're trying to do with republicans. and as it pertains to a whip fight or a possible whip fight,

he announced a ten-member leadership team yesterday, which will include senator dick durbin and patty murraywhile bringing on joe manchin, bernie sanders, and elizabeth warren. schumer plans to create a wedge between republican lawmakers and president-elect trump by finding common ground on him with a number of issues. the times says democrats are looking to work with mr. trump on tax credits and childcare credits. >> we will take it issue by issue, case by case, but i can tell the american people this. we're ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with republicans, working with soon-to-be president trump on issues where we agree, but we will go toe to toe against the president-elect whenever our values or the progress we've made is under assault. >> well, in the house, the democrats' long-time leader is looking to hold on to her job as she faces growing dissent. nancy pelosi formally announced yesterday she was running for re-election as house minority leader. she wrote quote, it is with both humility and confidence that i write for your support. i'm pleased to report the support of more than t

in the senate, washington state senator patty murray is rumored to be considering a challenge to democratic be a competitive race to be his number two. that's a secret ballot race. that's always fascinating. on the house side, nancy pelosi has led democrats to victories in defeats for nearly 13 years now, could face a challenge of her own as talk grows about a new direction for the party in the house. a group of roughly 20 house democrats spearheaded by seth moulton has urged them to delay their conversations until the party can better assess what went wrong last tuesday and map out a pace forward. kasie hunt is a democratic correspondent and jim is a strategist. if you lose the popular vote and you can get solace from that, you lost and you lost the presidency when you should have won it. the knives are out. the knives are always out, as they should be. i love this part of politics. when your party loses, the knives come out. there must be punishment, to quote donald trump, there needs to be some form of punishment. there has to be. jamal, who's going to get the ax? who's going to get hurt

. >> patty murray might be the top democrat on appropriations? >> i was not going to say that. i think that -- i'm just going to leave it there. >> we have time for one more. >> one of the big promises that donald trump had made was about the deportation thing. i think a lot of americans, including a lot of republicans are conflicted about it. it is obviously not an all or nothing thing. it has to be some. one of the biggest voices in the senate has been sessions, and as an immigration reporter i find him extremely knowledgeable. what happens if he leaves the senate and joins the administration? will his power be more or less on this issue, and who might replace him in the senate? there are a lot of voices in the house, but i'm not sure about the senate. what about sessions? if he joins the administration, it depends on where he goes. obviously, if he is in the white house or if he somehow had some interaction with ins, he would have a lot of influence. at the fence, i think it would be less so, even though the republican -- the g -- pentagon got involved in immigration somewha

all eyes are watching to see if patty murray will challenge dick durbin to be the whip.ouse republicans and their lack of drama. they are look ahead to governing. a key player in the house republican leadership was asked about trump's tough stance on trade. >> i want congress to skirt on our timetable. but i think president trump is right on target when he says enforcement first. make countries play by the rules in trade. we are backing him all the way. reporter: brady is a key player as chairman of the ways and means committee. they oversee the tax code. bill: what can you track down? reporter: they were going to have elections tomorrow more leadership. they bumped that back to november 30. nancy pelosi is having an election review session to hear their concerns. all are watching a rising star from ohio to see if he might challenge pelosi. >> there is a real appetite in the country for a new democratic party. the binds are gone, the clintons are gone. the house leadership race is going to be an important signal of what the new democratic party looks like. reporter: if r

also minority whip, dick durbin, and senator patty murray, will be the assistant democratic leader. we also expect to hear from senate republican leaders as they are holding their leadership elections. those announcements will be made and they'll be made to reporters here on capitol hill. hillary clinton will be honored tonight for her contributions to child advocacy by the children's defense fund. it's her first public appearance since the elections. c-span2 will have live coverage of that starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and president obama continues on the road. he is still in the midst of his last overseas trip as president. today he's in athens greece giving a speech on u.s. foreignpolicy. the hill has this article and picture regarding the trip. president obama warned europeans against rising tide of nationalist politics. it appears to be sweeping the western world. this impulse to pull gabbing from a globalized world is understandable. if people feel they are losing control of their future, they'll push back. we have seen it here in greece, in the vote in britain to leave the e

dianne feinstein, patty murray, carol moseley-braun, and of course the underdog barbara boxer. in the senate barbara and i have worked together on matters of importance to nevada, california, and our nation. i've watched barbara boxer lead on so many important issues. i'm only going to name a handful of them. she worked to designate more than a million acres in california as a wilderness, keeping that land in a pristine condition for our children, our grandchildren, and generations to come. and when i say "our," because wilderness in california or in nevada doesn't belong to california or nevada. it belongs to the people of this country. she fought for the pinnacles national monument to become america's 59th national park and it became such. she helped lead the fight for the national wildlife refuge and of course along the california shore line. she has spoken about that so many times. and it succeeded. we have no oil spills on the coast of california because of a number of reasons but no one more responsible for that nondegradation than barbara boxer. she advocated to eliminat

surprise in the senate will be what patty murray does. as late as yesterday come as she was unwilling to tell dick durbin has had a love-hate relationship with schumer. him,rray tries to leapfrog that at serious tension -- adds serious tension. , a bigrepublican side election for them, they are not making any changes unless they feel like they have to. they had a great election day. only losing two seats. host: elana schor >> "politico" is reporting that current house minority leader nancy pelosi is officially running for that position again. announcing in a letter to colleagues today that she has already locked down support from 2/3 of the caucus. with both humility and confidence i write to request your support for house democratic leader. as of this writing i'm pleased to report more than 2/3 of the caucus support. she was forced to delay leadership elections after an uprising from rank-and-file members yesterday. congressman tim ryan has floated the idea of challenging nancy pelosi for the top democratic post. but hasn't formally decl

patty murray is the ranking member but she could take the spot on appropriations.riations committee because you get huge campaign contributions. she might want to do that. she will be the point person. judiciary is one everybody wants to watch. not only immigration but the supreme court going through on the senate side. it will be interesting to see who controls the senate. a lot of what happens will be determined. alix: what happens if we are gridlocked? what will be the narrative tomorrow? michael: a tie? alix: no change for congress and clinton in the white house. if the: if clinton's -- republicans are charged, real gridlock. we may not know until december 10. there to do for the senate in louisiana and the top 2 will go to a runoff. if we are that close, we may have to wait until december 10. jonathan: i thought british, -- elections were complicated. great to have you with us. day, full the election coverage. we are 4 minutes away. markets look like this. we tread water. by six points. doubt futures -31. other asset classes. unchanged. dollar/yen up 0.3%. thi

lamar alexander, mitch mcconnell, patty murray, others, chuck schumer in the senate, caring about this legislation, knowing its impact on so many millions of people. our researchers who have devoted their lives. again, many of us here, we traveled to m.d. anderson, the , sorry nic, ann arbor about that, mr. tiberi, ann arbor, the cleveland clinic, and other great places that do research that actually can save people's lives. and we learned a lot. we learned a lot that working together we can get something done. -- a lot, that working together we can get something done. that's what this bill does. i'll tell you why it's important. we don't want to win by a narrow margin. we want to win by a huge margin. we want to send the message to the senate that what we did, the countless hearings and round tables, has made a difference. that it is a strong, bipartisan message. including the mental health legislation, again, which we debated for weeks and months here in the house. not only in the committee, but on the house floor. very important, it's important to people like joe kennedy who spoke o

surprise in the senate will be what patty murray does.s late as yesterday come as she was unwilling to tell dick durbin has had a love-hate relationship with schumer. him,rray tries to leapfrog that at serious tension -- adds serious tension. , a bigrepublican side election for them, they are not making any changes unless they feel like they have to. they had a great election day. only losing two seats. host: elana schor of politico. politico.com is where you can see her work. we are asking our viewers, how should congress work with president-elect trump? democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. doris is up first from chicago, illinois. a democrat. doris, good morning. caller: good morning. i do have a message for democrats. they need to stiffen their americand put some steel, a rod up there so they can stand straight and they need to become the party of no. republicans were the party of no for eight years. they are, they are controlling all three branches of government. president obama and the democ

dick durbin, patty murray, and he brings on more moderate democratic senators, joe manchin, mark warners and elizabeth warren. that's a good balance. in the house, nancy pelosi formally announced she's running for re-election as house minority leader. she wrote in a letter, quote, it is with both humility and confidence that i write to request your support for house democratic leader. as of this writing, i'm pleased to announce the support of more than two thirds of the caucus, so people are with me, she's saying. the move comes after house democrats announced yesterday that leadership elections would be delayed. reports have surfaced that some house democrats are trying to woo joe crowley and others are looking to tim ryan who is expressing his interest. it's been on the air a lot talking about it. joining us from capitol hill, kasie hunt. kasie, a lot of big battles ahead in congress for democrats within their own ranks a with donald trump with his own party. >> mika, that's right. look, there's a lot of soul searching going on right now for democrats. and my feeling is that it's on t

in oregon, incumbent ron widen is projected winner in washington state, senator patty murray is the projectedholds on as well. in california, harris is the projected winner and in wisconsin, ron johnson is the projected winner. >> woodruff: that is bad news for democrats. >> at this point, hillary clinton would have to sweep all pennsylvania, nevada, newçó hampshire and -- and wisconsin. >> remember nevada is -- that wouldn't be -- >> presidential -- >> woodruff: is wisconsin senate going republican does that -- >> one piece of nickel knowledge that is, in history of the united states, one senator has been defeated then come back six years later and beaten the senator who beat him. that was peter gary in rhode island in 1928 and in 1934. nobody -- >> woodruff: i didn't cover that race. >> russ feingold, that is a tough thing to do, ron johnson -- >> woodruff: he was running ahead for much of the -- >> right from the beginning had double digit lead. but they were confident as of today -- >> woodruff: makes you wonder about the presidential numbers in wisconsin. a little bit? >> this is not jus

lisa murkowski won her reelection, as did patty murray in washington. in new hampshire, a woman will win that race. just a question of which one. ahead ofelly ayotte governor maggie hassan. that is one of those outstanding contests that we are still watching. we will bring you news as more votes come in. host: we are approaching the top of the hour. we continue taking your phone calls. what do you think and what is your take about last night's election? thanks to all of you have waited on the line. .emocrats, 202-748-8000 republicans, 202-748-8001. .ndependents, 202-748-8002 if you are watching outside the united states, 202-748-8003. troy in maryland. a democrat. thank you for taking my call. i'm a lifelong democrat but i voted for donald trump yesterday. i hope it doesn't come back to bite us all. host: who was your first choice? caller: hillary just seemed a little less honest to me. so come i went for donald. host: what about in the primary? caller: i went hillary. host: and then you changed and went to donald trump? -- i sawith e-mails through her.

the the chicago sun-times report senator patty murray of washington state who is number four in the democraticeadership may be challenging senator dick durbin in the number two slot. she may be putting herself in play to move up to number three. we'll. we'll cover the senate leadership elections tomorrow on c-span2. on the other side of the capital, house republicans unanimously backed congressman paul ryan to continue as speaker of the house in the next congress. after the senate traveled in this afternoon, outgoing senate harry reid spoke and called on president-elect donald trump to rescind the appointment of steve bannon. the business insider posted a quote from senator reid who said, trump would be the champion of white supremacists a step away from the oval office.e here senator reid. >> mr. president i been in politics for five decades.ik have not seen anything like we're seen today in america. he lost the popular vote by m 2 million votes and he won the election. so the person who lost the election by 2,000,000 votes is now president. it. o it has sparked a crimes across america. this

washington, where patty murray prevailed, oregon, where ron whieden will beat his challenger and hawaiian project kamala harris will replace barbara boxer from the golden state. harris will defeat loretta sanchez by which the top two finishers go on to win the general election. and the republican challenger in the senate race makes it tougher for house races out there trying to gin up support for this of those republican house races. >> going to go our panel now. brit hume, and monica crowley. your thoughts? he -- we're not going to go there. >> no. no. i want to get monica crowley. i promised to go to her before the last break. someone has been a donald trump supporter, believer, i guess is a good way to put it from the beginning. what does it feel like for you now? >> i have to tell you, three weeks after donald trump announced for president in july of last year, i came on fox news and said stop laughing. do not underestimate him, he can win the whole thing. at the start of our coverage tonight, i told you tonight has the potential to be a realigning kind of election. there are many c