all the democrats, all the white voters are republicans and at 60% almost every election is 60-40 republican and democrat so democrats can feel good that they have outperformed and when we go through the numbers, substantial plaque turnout, a win is a win and the expected outcome occurred and republicans can get on with life.

and all 49 democrats are opposed to mr. farr nomination he does not belong on the federal court. >> thank you leader. i have voted on more nominees republican and democrat than any member presently in the united states senate. i have voted for both republicans and democrats i have a hard time remembering anybody and 44 years less qualified to be on a federal court than thomas farr. he is one of the most controversial nominees i have encountered in those decades. what he has done systematically in what has to be a complete bias to dismantle the franchise for thousands of minority voters. he appears to have a part of that voter discrimination campaign but that was a flat out lie. but then he misled congress about his role of his scheme and he told us under oath he did not know about it before he happened but now we're told his sworn statements are false to the department of justice. how could anybody possibly think they should have a lifetime appointment to the federal court? both the voting laws, and gerrymandering that he was involved in were struck down as unconstitutional. i think somebody who makes a career out of systematically attackin

and democrats allowed him to stay. he was deported under democrats, and he was also deported under republicans. your ad could just as easily say republicans allowed him in, republicans allowed him to stay. or you can say democratic and republican administrations allowed him in and allowed him to stay. that wouldn't be accurate, because he fell through the cracks. but that's not what the ad says. so your ad is misleading, yes? >> no. the ad is relevant for today's purposes. >> that doesn't make sense. relative for today's purposes doesn't make sense. >> their actions are allowing him to say. that is a fact. democrats will not come to the table and work with the president to resolve these issues. they wouldn't to abolish i.c.e. meaning the criminals are allowed to stay, not to mention the sanctuary cities where they are allowed to stay, that is relevant today, that is why the ad says democrats are allowing them to stay. >> sometimes he is committing crimes, sometimes he is in jail, sometimes he is not. sometimes he has been apprehended. there have been republicans and democrats in congress. all th

republicans and democrats, the republican president, president bush had us come together. republicans and democrats to try to develop a significant deficit reduction plan. trying to reduce the deficit. i was with bill clinton we were able to pass similar budgets. a combination of those budgets we don't reduce the budget or the surplus. that was a great accomplishment for the company -- for the country. whether it was serving people in my district, whether it was working with the cia and providing challenges and doing the operations, whether it was the secretary of defense working with those great men and women purpose is the whole to make this a better country and to do things that give people a chance at better life. there is no greater reward in public service. you don't make a lot of money in you havervice, but if a better life, that is probably the best reward you can never receive. >> the political environment in which you both worked in the house of representatives with jack murtha was different in which the environment that cheney and in which panetta worked today. w

i got to that committee that morning and just saw the food fight between republicans and democrats. democrats threatening to walk out of the vote, and thought this was not good. this is not good for this institution and certainly not good for the court have something who is either going to be rejected or put on the court with a cloud. so i felt that what i did was the right thing. it was not popular at the time, i can to you that. steve: sean hannity said republicans predictably caved and flake flaked in a big way. he bought the democrats more delay under the guise of an fbi investigation. sen. flake: right. that is what my colleagues thought of that. and that is what i heard, believe me, back in the anteroom. i teamed up with chris coons and i wanted some democrats to say we would feel better about the process. we may not change our process, but we will feel better if we have a delay. in the end, the delay proved to be a good thing. the fbi conducted an investigation. some wished it would have been more broad. i wish we would have started it earlier and had been more broad . it was

and there's no party designation. they don't tell you who's a democrat or republican but you all run together and there are two republicans running, and one democrat, so the republican vote gets split and you got the appointed incumbent, who is cindy hyde-smith who is an old-fashioned republican, and the other is chris mcdaniel the state senator tea party guy who almost knocked off senator walk republic in 2014. so the republican vote split and it goes to a november 27th run-off with mike esbye, african american, former secretary of agriculture. so he'll be in a run off with one of the two republicans. the republican will probably hold it but if some freak of nature the democrats pick up eighty one seat on november 6, and the senate is 50/a 350 and we have an overtime election in mississippi, then the republican would have an advantage. so you scrunch all this together chances are pretty good we're going to have a republican senate, it just may or may not be a little bit wider or about the same it is now. democrats likely to get the house but not a majority they can do a lot with, but to me is and this is the last thing i

members but the real import of this potential hearing is that it would give the senators both democratic and republican more ammunition on deciding how to hold saudi arabia accountable not just for its conduct in the yemeni civil war but just as important for the murder of jamal khashoggi both republicans and democrats have been extremely critical of riyadh because of the murder and they say that it is not for the united states to be giving any sort of political or diplomatic cover to a country that would go out and willingly target and then murder some. and that he considers a threat to its ongoing a political rule this is also a situation where the members of congress are going to find themselves pretty much in a fight with the white house the u.s. president donald trump has insisted that saudi arabia's importance in jail pill political affairs is much more important than trying to hold its leadership accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi the president has even been dismissive of the cia's conclusions saying that it's more of a feeling than actual analysis that's not sitting well with members

republicans and democrats, a republican president, president bush, had us come together, republicans and democrats, to try to develop a significant deficit reduction plan to try to reduce the deficit. and when i was omb director with bill clinton, we were able to pass a similar budget. and the combination of those budgets helped a great deal. it helped to produce a balanced budget and a surplus. that was great accomplishment and an important one for the country. but whether it was that or whether it was serving people in my district, whether it was working in the cia and providing intelligence and doing the osama bin laden operation, whether it was the secretary of defense working with those great men and women in uniform, the whole purpose is to make this a better country and to do things that give people a chance at a better life. and there is no greater reward in public service. you know, you don't make a lot of money in public service, but if you can help others have a better life, that's probably the best reward you could ever receive. >> thank you. e.the political environment in

priorities she addressed a victory rally and said they would pursue that and stop republican attempts to take away healthcare >> democrats will clean up corruption to make washington work for the american people republicans will only continue the toxic gop culture of cronyi cronyism, incompetence that grows more brazen and destructive every day. we've seen washington republicans work relentlessly to distract, divide and cover up anything to shift the focus from the gop's tax scam for the rich and their campaign to take away america's healthcare >> so we have a return to divided government, not just a democratic house and a republican white house, but also a republican senate. republicans were able because of the strength of the president in rural states, states with smaller populations, states that supported him in 2016, they were able to expand their majorities in the senate. they went into the election with 51 seats, they gained at least three democratic seats, lost one of their own republican seats. that gave kellyanne conway, the counselor to president trump, something to brag about herself and say that democrats are

once every decade and democrats had that devastating year in 2010. republicans could suddenly draw the states and republicans had the opportunity to do to democrats what they had done for so many decades and they did modernn technologyyo you can now do even better. >> with the democratic with those friendly boundaries to help protect that majority. so when a party wins a district by one vote every vote above that is complacent. where do democratic voters usually live? in cities and college towns in urbann areas. what do republican voters live? everywhere else in the democratic voters are highly concentrated so between where the lines are drawn in the population patterns so unless it is really, really bad. guess what? it probably is. so if you let me get away with a ridiculously wide range democrats a 23 it is very likely to pick up between 20 and 50. that now go with a different range 30 or 40? if you construct a bell curve of profitability that would be at the top. so prior to the kavanaugh fight, i would say it's between 25 and 45 i would have told you the odd

and again i can't emphasize too much, i know it's washington, d.c., i know we're talking about difficult issues here, but these 12 democrats and republicans shall equally divided, reached a conclusion, a consensus about what we need to do, and were willing to speak very strongly about it. so it's possible for democrats and republicans to get together on something in this city, and i'm hoping that my colleagues in the house and in the senate will approach the issues in the same bipartisan spirit that characterized the deliberations of the commission. here's the summary. first, we're in a state of national emergency. for the first time since the end of the cold war, the united states is at risk of losing a war against these peer competitors. that's a euphemism for china and russia. second, there's a bipartisan consensus that congress must provide predictable and sufficient funding for the department of defense to execute the strategy that it's developed -- the national defense strategy. and this must -- this means that congress must undo sequestration, which is the provision in law that says that if we don't meet certain budget requirements

and a look ahead to 2020 for democrats. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, house republican and democratic leadership elections and florida on florida'sity governor and senate race recounts. join the discussion. >> tuesday in the house, the chamber welcomed three new .embers here's a look at their swearing-in on the house floor. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from new york he permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. >> without objection. for what purpose this the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition. >> i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from oklahoma be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. >> without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that

quadriga international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week both republicans and democrats say they won the midterm who's right and what lies ahead for texas raid lock and subpoena i want to allies and enemies that. those questions straight ahead on quadriga. quadriga next on d w. you can tell a lot about a society by its garbage. the futurist is for the rich but for many people go first there from each other circle africa is among the most unequal regions in the world. could be lunch for today just like that. our reporters travel to nairobi and new york and meet people who know the true value of garbage. it has created a thriving parallel economy that's been completely ignored by the financial markets but what does all this mean for economic inequality around the world you got to study class was the response to that statement should be yes we are starting class want here because with time. and disrupt an economy. the rich the poor and the truck an exclusive report starts november seventeenth g w. a low and welcome to quadriga w.'s international talk show coming to you from

consequence with that acceleratedcc economic growth and that is important for all of us republicans and democrats. there is still plenty of work to do. the president also ran to make sure the borders were secure and we could stopped the unchecked flow to bring not only criminal behavior to human trafficking and the flow of harmful drugs but also will use the securing of the border to underline a respect for the rule of law. that the family research council we believe the privacy of the individual with our political system there is a clear and consistent out of the public square and when that happens it creates an environment for the expansion of government in our lives. what has made us unique as a country. does the fact that god has been central and as a consequence individuals don't depend on big government but that cradle of whitney is the family? so we make sure we have constitutional governance and the environment where people and that we understand the privacy of a individual liberty really does turn on the reach and the scope of government. that's what we believe, that's what we work for,

, two republicans runing and one democrat. is split.ican vote incumbent ppointed cindy hyde-smith. old-fashioned republican and the other is chris mcdaniel, state senator party guy who almost knocked 2014.enator cochran in republican vote split, november 27 runoff with mike espy, form secretary of agriculture. in a runoff with one of the two republicans, the republican on to it.olds if from freak of nature, this democrat picks up one seat on 6 and the senate 50/50 and we have overtime election down in mississippi, and the would have an advantage, that would be very, very, very interesting. skruf scrunch this all together. senate, it ublican may or may not be wider or about the same as it is now. get house, kely to not majority to do a lot with. to me, the last thing i will say up for e open it questions or comments or accusations, is that i think standpoint, it is what happens out in the states that is much bigger deal. think we are look like we're 5ing to see somewhere between and 10 governorship increase for emocrats and some

and for democratic politics in america. here's the thing, two of the seats we are looking at tonight, north dakota and missouri, women democrats in republicanocratic party, that however centrist, and however non—liberal these women are, they are perceived as such by white republican men, doesn't that pose a problem going forward in swing states ? it's really about elections based on a coalition of voters. i think what we're going to see in north dakota, and in missouri, is that the voters they know these women. they know how ha rd they know these women. they know how hard they work and they aren't afraid to fight when it matters for their state. i think the turnout in these two states for the democrats, again, they know who these women aren't what they stand for. we have to look at the senate races arizona and nevada where we have female candidates running. these are to key pick—ups that are similarly middle—of—the—road states that trump one or came close in, and we are going to be watching those tonight. cani going to be watching those tonight. can i ask a broader question about the democratic party, what happens if this isn't a good night

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to have accomplished something rare in washington political unity key figures in both the republican and democrat parties a demanding answers from donald trump's administration questioning the president's right. monckton's to act on the journalists killing democrat and i'm schiff is set to become the house intelligence committee chairman early next year he's promising what he calls a deep dive into washington's ties with riyadh examining the show g.'s death the war in yemen and the stability of the saudi royal family and some of donald trump's republican colleagues of warned his failure to punish the kingdom will have dangerous consequences president jordan has this update from washington d.c. . the murder of jamal khashoggi the washington post columnist may not be resonating with ordinary americans but for their representatives in the u.s. congress this is very much a controversy that is top of mind the hill newspaper is reporting that the entire senate is going to get a briefing in the coming week perhaps from the secretary of state like john pale and the defense secretary jim mattis about the

democrats take back control of the house of representatives that happens very early in january but this is really been bipartisan from both chambers both congressmen members and senators democrats republicans they have widely condemned the president's handling of the murder of jamal khashoggi and the response. thousands of people have been rallying in the french capital against rising fuel costs they've been outbreaks of violence for police firing tear gas to disperse the crowds price of diesel the most commonly used fuel in france is written by around twenty three percent in the past twelve months. taiwan's ruling party has suffered a major defeat in midterm elections after hearing the results of president zine when resigned as head of her democratic progressive party although she will remain as president elections have been taking place alongside ten referendums. yemen's saudi backed government has rejected a u.n. offer to manage the running of a crucial port on friday special envoy martin griffiths held talks with senior hoofy rebels who agreed to open dialogue on the un's role in running the key port of her data and the rebels are currently in control of the city but saudi led coalitio

the republican and democrat lawmakers are demanding answers about the u.s. president's reluctance to punish for the killing of journalist. democrat adam schiff is said to become the house intelligence committee chairman early next year and is promising a thorough investigation into the affair. mexico's incoming government is in talks with u.s. officials about the plan for mexico to host asylum seekers while their case is heard in the u.s. courts it's a pressing issue at the moment thousands of central americans are gathered on the mexican side of the u.s. border hoping to cross mexico's incoming interior minister says there's no agreement yet on hosting u.s. asylum seekers. but tweets from donald trump seem to suggest some kind of deal has been done migrants at the southern border will not be allowed into the united states until their claims are individually approved in court we only will allow those who come into our country illegally other than that our very strong policy is catch and detain no releasing into the u.s. or will stay in mexico if for any reaso

and i hope there will be a response tomorrow and this month that tells republicans and democrats, we deserve better. >> josh, because you're taking -- we'll turn to you next and hear all about your show. somewhere between 31 million people and 34 million people, the two different numbers i've heard, have cast their ballots already, a 68% rise since 2014. that sounds significant. what does that tell us? >> that there's massive intensity on both sides. one thing strategists in both parties agree on. there will be massive turnout in states like texas. you're seeing more term turnout than the last midterm election. for democrats, that's good. they were counting on this influx of anti-trump voters to push them over the hill in florida and georgia, but until we count the votes we don't know, are these all democrats or have the republicans heard the president's dog whistles and decided to show up? >> intensity makes it hard to model. it's just hard to know because you're looking at some voters who never showed up before. one thing we know about voters who never showed up before -- >> as good

and our foreign relations. host: you belong to a caucus known as the climate solutions caucus. is this a, nation of democrats and republicans? combination of democrats and republicans? guest: yes. i'm concerned that some of the republicans lost seats this year. of theress, as part national defense authorization act in the armed services committee, which fell apart, we put in a provision that said you have to take into account climate change as part of our national defense strategy. the republicans on the committee voted for that, and then they tried to take it off the agenda when it went before the full congress. enough republicans voted to keep that as part of the national defense authorization act. that was a positive, hopeful thing, more republicans recognizing this is a reality we face. it is usually republicans in coastal communities, or communities affected by severe storm events. events, sincetorm 2015, have cost the u.s. economy $400 billion to respond to. thatif we took money like instead and invested in the future of trying to improve our climate? the election will shift things as far as the caucus is concerned. h

thousand years old the first year university student and she's from new jersey a rather blue democratic state her vote is a prime target for both of republicans and the democrats but for young americans like alexandra who are gripped by politics the motivation to vote is low i really don't know if i'm going to vote yeah i want to vote it's just there's nothing pushing me there's no one there my parents tell me to go but. i don't have anything around you'd say now you should know this registration this is everything polls show that young people prefer democrats over republicans by a wide margin and largely disapprove of president donald trump that's good news for democrats if they can convince those voters to show up and in the last midterm elections only sixteen percent of eligible voters from ages eighteen to twenty nine voted new york needs and deserves a new nation publicans also know it's to their advantage to convince first time voters that their party. it's a young age but it won't stop me from working hard america is an exceptional place and it's still a young country bridget on the president of george washington university student dem

positive governor races starting to come in that will be firsts exciting firsts for both democrats and republicans who are on talk about women maine is seemingly poised to to elect their first female governor a democratic candidate janet mills and likewise in south dakota it's close but if they elect their first female governor that will be the republican christie you know him so we're going to be seen some interesting things there we also have colorado jared polis looks very strong there as the democratic candidate for governor and he would be the first openly gay. openly gay governor of the u.s. so these are some exciting time ok talking about women it is going to depend to some live pictures that coming to us from wisconsin that we can see tammy baldwin speaking said let's just listen to what she's going to say their ideas you have shown how we make government work for them. this is a hard fought race i have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone motivated to run for office based on their personal experience and mayor ran for office advocating a better education for her daughter and i want t

that it's business as usual with saudi arabia has certainly inflamed feelings among both democrats and republicans on the hill it's been made very clear that congress is going to take whatever steps it can to get to the bottom of the matter to find out once and for all with one hundred insolvent the crown prince was responsible for the death of jamal khashoggi to get this done they are intent on introducing legislation within congress republican senator lindsey graham says there is a enough bipartisan support within congress to get this legislation through very quickly in addition the senate foreign relations committee has sent another letter to president trump reminding him that it had already invoked the global magnitsky act which accounts for accountability for human rights abuses anywhere in the world the good relations committee says in this letter to the president that they want him to continue and conclude this investigation and they add in the wake of the recent events they want him to make a definite finding on whether or not the crown prince mohammed bin selman was responsible for the de

democrats when it comes to the 2020 presidential election. kavanaugh and the caravan, they say. those messages from republicans, those messages from president trump enabled people, ooin even like claire mccaskill to lose decisively. do democrats not have to come up with a better response when it comes to border security and did you not get outplayed when it came to the kavanaugh nomination? not just the fact that he's on the court but also the politics of it? >> the bottom line is, you know, kavanaugh dispute, i think, helped us more than it hurt us. it's one of the reasons we won the house so decisively. suburban voters, traditionally republican, came to our side. if the coalition -- the old democratic coalition can add suburban voters to it and continue to focus on issues like health care, which matter to working class americans throughout the country, we're going to win. west virginia. the state that trump won by more votes than any other, other than wyoming, joe manchin, despite president trump's efforts, won. and he focused exclusively on health care. the issue of health care, infrastructure and jobs will

this committee for over 40 years and i devote myself to the good it can accomplish in both republican and democratic administrations and the republican and democratic leadership in the senate, and i've done that buzz he's addressed the most complex and contentious issues in this country. oftentimes we've had the eyes of the nation upon us as that's happened, and in many ways, i worked this congress and it's been no exception. what concerns me today is that even the most partisan ones to protect this committee as a unique constitutional role and remain intact and you hear what senator booker said and others, we realize that's no longer the case today. perhaps the most important response of the committee is to provide informed consent to a president's nominees for li lifetime appointment. in recent years my friends in the republican party have taken any steps necessary including ignoring precedent after precedent in a partisanship race to reshape our judiciary, and during the last three years despite our body's role, i fear this committee has become's mere extension of the trump white house. we know t

america,c socialist of democrats and republicans are strong, governor walker was supposed to be workingh campaign -- college democrats and the republicans have been a smaller club on campus but are still hosting big-name speakers this year. onre is a lot of action campus but not as much as the 2016 president election but still a lot happening. host: you can see differences between the 2016 election and this time around, what do you think will be the turnout? guest: it may be lower than in 2016, a lot of people were more energized in 2016. i think that is because, someone i spoke to, i reached out to followers and students at pitt and asked which issues are important to them and they said that was one of them, this is not asked an important of an election -- as important of an election. host: what other issues is dunes talk about -- issues do students talk about? guest: lgbtq plus rights are important, especially trans have beens who affected by the news that the trump administration wants to remove the want definitions of definitions ofed gender. corporations in pittsburgh driving growt

there democrats have sixty eight seats republicans have seventy so it's a very close scenario and out of those remaining seats the democrats really did try and turn some of those republican seats a third of them that are up for a vote. and we're just getting results now in from indiana on the republican line brawl has beaten john donnelly by fifty three percent to forty two percent of the vote that's been counted so far things that confer results john hendren is all correspondent he's in indianapolis not so much of a tight race the sudden in fact to victory for the republicans. as right joe donnelly just conceded much of the vote remains to be counted but he could see that he was so far behind that there was no way he was going to be able to make up that vote considering a lot of the urban voters who generally will vote for democrats had already been counted this was one of those races that democrats pointed to as one that they could hold in hostile republican territory joe donnelly was called the accidental senator when he was elected because he came from a republican state and democ

the first thing is peace and it is not really a popular idea whether you're asking democrats independents and obviously republicans so and i think that we have to be careful when we start talking about impeachment because even though the democrats have control of the house they will still have to have two thirds of the vote in the senate and i don't think that the senate is going to obviously vote to impeach the president still investigation the investigation is done and unless that investigation reveals some sort of criminal behavior on behalf of the president i don't see impeachment actually working or really getting the support of the american voters because it's already not a popular idea and we have to also remember that yes people did have to the polls and vote against donald trump i think there was a poll out there said thirty nine percent of people were voting to oppose trump so a lot of people weren't even voting. in response to the to the ideas but you know as far as nancy pelosi being the speaker of the house i do think that people want to change this is a very like david said a more liberal. democratic

representatives but president from calls the midterms a tremendous success after a strong showing by republicans and. democrats are celebrating their triumph in the house with a record number of women winning seats in congress but the republicans making gains in the senate and beating back strong challenges from democrats in key states governor races so what will the results mean for the second half of the trump presidency while some analysis from washington and from here in berlin. and in other news dozens of children kidnapped in cameroon have been freed by their captors we'll get the latest details from our correspondent. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us well both democrats and republicans are claiming bragging rights after the u.s. midterm elections with the results pointing to a very mixed picture in the first nationwide vote since president trump's victory two years ago democrats have taken control of the house of representatives but republicans have actually expanded their majority in the senate and also defeated strong democrat challengers in some of the important state governor races

so florida really does represent that swing nature of american politics going back and forth from republican to democrat and the diversity that you're beginning to see in the united states is really reflected in florida as well. the importance of this state isn't lost on the president too often refers to florida as the second home as the midterms approach he's focused on two key races one for governor the other for the senate if you want a leader who shares your values and who will fight for your families you need to get out and vote for rick scott now i'm really talking about the people on television because everybody it is for the democrats to the stakes are high in many ways candidate for governor andrew gilligan represents the hopes for the democratic party's future. that is big coming out of our white house that right here in the state of. going to remind this nation. can live in a state still recovering from hurricane michel and plagued by environmental issues there's a lot on voters' minds and the race is a tight senator bill nelson has been in office for more than forty years and is now in the r

country it was billed as the most important midterm election in a generation where both sides democrats and republicans energized to cast ballots in support of their candidates i. mean not to be a blue we've but democrats have sent a message to washington i don't win in metropolitan and suburban america has left the party in control of the house of representatives. jubilant democrat leaders said they will rein in the polarizing president. and civilians to morrow will be a new day in america i was a member is feeling you know the power to win was. is brilliant there are chemicals and republicans it's of their restoring the constitution's jackson down to the champions was. was but it didn't all go to democrats way from tennessee to texas republicans won increasing their control of the senate. one time presidential hopeful ted cruz was among those fending off challenges the. fact is there's already the president hilda results in a tweet calling them a tremendous success. then there is the changing face of u.s. politics the record number of women elected twenty one year old alexandria. becomes the youngest

and the bullying of election officials? because republicans know that if this recount is conducted fairly and thoroughly, senator nelson has an excellent chance of being re-elected. we democrats are prepared to live with the verdict of the florida voters. but the republicans seem to be doing everything they can to stifle the voice of florida voters. if this is done fair and square, we believe senator nelson has an excellent chance, much greater than half chance of being re-elected. we will not have a rerun of 2000 when bullying and intimidation rules and created a rush to judgment so that to this day, many americans believe the election was unfairly decided. that cannot happen again. thank you. >> the midterm election of 20 team changed the balance of power in congress. prepare for the new congress in january. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with the news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, the national journalist daniel neuhauser previews house a republican and democratic leadership election as part of the university's michael morley discusses florida governor and senate

which means that if you have gerrymandering, those democrats and republicans are locked in and you can't do something about it because of somebody's way to the left, cannot be challenged in a democratic district . if in a republican district they cannot be challenged so they're sitting there and it's job security. what happens when you don't have competition? you lose performance, there's no need for performance and this is why you don't see those guys performing. what they're doing in washington socks. every day i get up and i say they cannot get together. what happened to the days of ronald reagan? and tip o'neill, and they hung out together in the white house. he was the democratic leader and a ronald reagan, republican, they were sitting down together and having a good time and talking. he didn't go out and do their rhetoric and their dialogue and attacking each other but they got things done. the amount of things not done in the 80s and ronald reagan came into office because he was an inclusive president. that's why he's one of my idols. the republicans throw his name around all the

with just two days to go, republicans and democrats are pulling out all the stops. president trump, vice president pence, former president obama and former vice president biden are dominating the campaign trail with stops in indiana, pennsylvania, tennessee and georgia. and now georgia is the focus of a new investigation. the office of the state secretary of state, brian kemp, who also is the republican candidate for governor is accusing the democratic party of hacking into the system to expose vulnerabilities we are awaiting details and in the meantime, it's a very busy day. following candidates and big name backers in illinois, florida, and georgia. let's begin in macon, georgia. soon to arrive if not already. sarah west road is there. what will be the message? >> well, fred. president trump review what is he will display in favor of brian kemp. this is as tight as they come. one of the most closely watched gubernatorial contests in the country. the secretary of state of georgia skipped his last debate with stacey abrams to be here with the president. abrams has be

you find this issue is one that both republicans and democrats care about. it's important to our society. we started out and got some of the bills passed and more past and then be passed 17 and to state question and be able to address things that used to be classified as felony and were talking earlier about getting depicted on nonviolent load of crime in -- if you have some time drug tell us about why you've taken on these issues and what you achieved in the last three years. >> i appreciate the question. my story is not that dissimilar from dance or marriage. my dad was the sheriff and my brother is the sheriff today and my grandfather was a sheriff but for consecutive -- this is what i know about the great state of indiana. for decades we held the distinction of having the highest incarceration rate of the nation but i love my state you know we are not more evil or more criminal until wife for decades have you done that why are we spending so much money to have incarceration rate that is almost twice the national average and we are not favor as a result be

donald trump is urging top republican and democrat in the senate to work together on criminal justiceegislation. the president tweeting really good criminal justice reform has a true shot at major bipartisan support. mitch mcconnell and senator schumer has a real chance to do something so badly needed in our country, already passed with big vote in house. would be a major victory for all. congressional republicans have their post-thanksgiving plates full with budget issues as days winds dealt with the prospect of another partial government shutdown. kristin fisher tells us where things stand tonight. the republicans are in charge and if the government shuts down it is on their back. >> the congressional clock is ticking and members of the house and senate want to keep the lights on they have to ask fast. december 7th is the deadline for congress to pass a bipartisan spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. the big sticking points, funding for the border wall and protecting the special counsel investigation. >> with respect to democrats in the senate and house, we hope they will d

for the most part their interests and not the average people and represents also the interests of war abroad both parties democrat and republican are supporting perpetual war and that wasn't even an issue in this midterm election by the way so yes americans are the ones who are rich americans rich powerful americans have skewered the democratic process by their money having such a profound impact on who runs and who wins. and let's stay with the theme of interfere . sin fluence and money much of which most influence media organizations how do you feel about the role that the u.s. media played in the buildup to the elections with a fair and balanced the accusation is a lot of media outlets a very partisan. you know if you go back on you could see on you tube news america news television broadcasts on the one nine hundred seventy s. i actually did journalism that is a long gone we are totally partisan that fox on the republican side m.s.m. b c openly about the democrats c.n.n. also leaning towards the democrats it's intertainment it's in into time and state we live in so the news has become entertainment it's all about the anchor