a great job. >> reporter: even the bratts say they could at some future point shift and vote republican northarolina's considered a purple state. is that something you see staying for a while? >> charlotte's expected to grow another 300,000 people by 2040. i don't know what shape we will be but it might be a little bit deeper blue. >> reporter: and according to the latest nbc news poll, biden is currently ahead here but well within the margin of error. >>> from north carolina to the battleground here in ohio, up next, my conversation with black voters and some concerns they're being taken for granted. >>> also, remembering the man who made james bond a legend. >>> tonight, tributes are pouring in for the big screen's first james bond sean connery here's erin mclaughlin ♪ >> reporter: sean connery was the first and for many the best james bond >> bond. james bond >> reporter: the unforgettable introduction launched a billion-dollar franchise. >> what's your name? >> reporter: and propelled connery to the status of hollywood legend >> a martini, shaken not stirred. >> reporter: today, with the

north carolina, haven't seen is moving 24 hours, still 94% of the vote coming in the republicans feel good about holding north carolina. pennsylvania just watching this, 14 present outstanding votes, a 3 point advantage in pennsylvania. we will see which way that breaks. it hasn't been talked about a lot, balance of power in the senate, how is this breaking down, it is very tight, very interesting too, 48 democrat, 48 republican, north carolina tonight, tom tillis continues to hang onto it too point lead in that race in the tar heel state, how much we talked about that with cal cunningham. in georgia we have two senate races, here's one of them. david purdue needs to keep this above 50.0% and avoid a runoff. at the moment he's hanging on with 2 tenths of a vote in georgia. that is important because the other senate race for sure is headed for runoff on the fifth of january. over the next 2 months, 60 days there will not be a race in america that people will give more focus on than that one in georgia. i venture to guess with the balance of power hanging out in the u.s. senate early ja

guest: north carolina now is technically 10-3. republican. although i should say it is 9-3, because mark meadows left an open seat. redistricting, lawsuits force north carolina lawmakers to change the map. we believe two seats are going to flip. we are going to go from 10-3 to 8-5. a republican advantage. district two, south of the triangle, and district six, which is in the piedmont triad, i think the greensboro area, those will flip democrat. there are a couple of other seats on watching closely. district eight, richard hudson, he has run against patricia goodman, a former states of bring court justice. has spent a lot of outside money. i could be interesting. we might be a cycle away from not being very close. and someone on the inside has told me in the ninth district, where all the controversy was in 2018, which runs from charlotte along the southern border east in north carolina, and the 11th district which is mark meadows, both of those traditionally republican strongholds. republican money has put into those in recent weeks. there is c

donald trump had declared victory for himself in the election that could still be a twist as the republicans north will suit over a late surge and post a pilot's the biden. on the fallout from election night in america creates division we have from new york because claims of force hung over the u.s. democratic system. oh miss going north you know. you got to do what the foot of the american people trust is a direct.

donald trump out declared victory for himself in the election that could still be a twist as the republicans north will suit over a late surge in post a pilot's the biden. on the fallout from election night in america creates division we hear from new york because as claims of fruit go for the u.s. democratic system. ole miss gold or you know. what good would it be to people we trust is a direct threat to our looked up by the sea trump he's right and he's to find what he's fighting for because to be some kind of front this country. how low you are watching our teams national the sauce save the 7th. it's now fool day since the u.s. election and it looks like we might find me have a result a number of media are projecting the joe biden has been elected the fool to president of america having secured 273 electoral college votes just to remind 270 are needed for victory the former v.p. when in his home state of pennsylvania has pushed him across that threshold donald trump meanwhile stands at 214 well let's cross live now to. wolf and who's in new york ok to everyone wanted to know the results from pe

with north carolina's republican delegation in a new republican majority in the house of representativesan forrest in the governor's office -- [applause] with president trump in the white house -- [applause] and, with god's help, we will make north carolina and america more prosperous and secure than ever before. we will make north carolina and america more united than ever before. and we will make america great again. again. thank you all very much. god bless you, god bless america. now let us go get it done, north carolina. ♪ >> ♪ the sun is coming up over new york city, bus driver in a traffic jam. staring at the bank in her rearview mirror, looking at the plan. one kid dreams of fame and fortune. one kid helps pay the rent. one could end up going to prison. one just might be president. only in america, dreaming in red white, and blue. only in america, when we dream as big as we want to. we all get a chance, everybody gets to dance, only in america. sun going down on an l.a. freeway. newlyweds in the back of a limousine. a welder's son and a banker's daughter, all they want is everyth

north carolina, i not have seen this move in 24 hours. 94% of the vote and republicans feel good about holding north carolina. pennsylvania. watching this. 14% outstanding vote. about a 3 point advantage now for the president in pennsylvania. i think is kind of an interesting story. hasn't been talked about a lot. balance of power in the senate. it is very tight and very interesting too. 48 democrats and 48 republicans and north carolina tonight. tom tillis continues to hang on to a 2 point lead in that race in the tar heels state. we talked about that with kyle cunningham. in georgia 2 senate races. david perdue needs to keep this above 5.0% and avoids a runoff. hanging on in georgia. why is that important? because the other senate race is headed for a runoff to the fifth of january. laura, over the next 2 months, 60 days, from will not be a race in america that people will give more focus on than that one in georgia. with the balance of power hanging out in the u.s. senate in early january, dan sullivan looks to win in alaska. haven't called it yet but a comfortable margin -- i mispu

>> can biden flip north carolina, a republican stronghold. >> hello, north carolina. >> will the president's staunches supporters carry him to victory and the possible power shift in the white house. could the democrats take back the senate. your voice, your vote, we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me ♪ ♪ you can go your own way xfinity mobile's fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. and right now get $250 off. learn more at an xfinity store today. >>> thanks for joining us, we are hours away from a monumeda l eelection. as we come to you from a battleground state. i'm in michigan. >> the can key issue here, changing demographics. >> we begin in the suburbs of detroit, in a look at what could be the swing voter, white, college aged women that may hold the key to up lock a democratic victory. >> four years ago, i did not put up many signs. it was try to keep quiet about your political beliefs. i have changed and i have become very loud mouth about it on social media. >> middle school teacher rachel

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where it currently stands, 46 democrats, two independents who vote with the democrats and 50 republicans. northonceded yesterday. and republican senator dan sullivan was announced as the winner of the alaska senate race in the last few hours. we expected that. so now attention turns to georgia. in both senate races, neither candidate won 50%, so a run off injanuary is required. these are the two democrat candidates, raphael warnock and jon ossoff. raphael warnock is a pastor at the ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, where martin luther king was a pastor in the ‘60s. these are the republican encumbents, senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. he won 49.8% of the vote, just shy of what he needed to secure his seat. so both parties are now focused on the run offs on 5january. if the democrats win both votes, that would make it 50 seats a piece and kamala harris would have a deciding vote in the senate, that's a big if, of course. otherwise, republicans will control the senate which will make joe biden's life far harder. i guess my question to you is how close is this in reality? do the democrat

you had liberal republicans from north—eastern states. uthern democrats abandoned the democratic party right after lyndon johnson signs the civil rights act and african americans become more empowered politically. and conversely, a lot of republicans, who were pro—civil rights or pro—environment, they get driven out of their party. and it makes it much more difficult to find the outliers, the iconoclasts, those who are willing to break party ranks. i'm signing this reform bill into law on behalf of my mother, who argued with insurance companies even as she battled cancer in her final days. i'm signing it for 11—year—old marcellus 0wens. marcellus lost his mum to an illness. she didn't have insurance and couldn't afford the care that she needed. we are done. cheering and applause. it's going to be very rare where either party in america has that big a majority to get things done. and what i worry about is on everything from a pandemic to a major economic crisis, to climate change, it's hard for this big, creaky system to move quickly enough

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over republican because you can count that vote for hastert and the way mail votes are counted in the united states differs dramatically say florida could start. processing in crimea on october 14th north carolina can start processing them earlier pennsylvania because they are even starting process until election day so it was part of the republican strategy to not only on election night as it turns out to him they did not have a lead so that didn't work and now you're getting a little drift which has been true over the past 4 elections i.e. as the mail ballots come in they're more democrat because more democrats vote from home well joe biden is clearly leading so far but i think we can also see that trump's base has increased he has a stronger showing that he had that back in 2016 and why the that gets you 2nd athlete minorities hispanics i heard that. the black well it is higher for him than it wasn't just $1016.00 even the jewish vote is higher how would you explain that well i think it is 1st of all it's too early or too early to know because when people are going on are going to exit polls that work out that are out on the internet now in either of those polls better after because

trump brown's the election fraud you learns and insists he won a twist might be possible as republicans launch north supernovas late surge in coastal ballots but biden. was. heard by don't hold trump's rejection of the results his supporters take to the streets demanding week. after along the way to america's seems to have finally chosen its next leader joe biden is on course to become the 40 think president of the united states of the media projections show that he's secured 290 electoral college votes well above the magic 270 votes needed. well it's been a slow week of counting since tuesday's election day with the decisive votes coming down to a handful of state. it's ultimately it was that biden's home state of pennsylvania that 100 the former vice president the keys to the white house giving him the much needed votes to put him above the threshold of 270 he could also be a historic win for canada harris he would be the 1st black woman and asian american vice president and his 1st speech since he appeared to have to kill victory might and pull down america to heal division. i will govern as an a

north carolina republican thom tillis has held onto his senate seat after his democratic challenger conceded this afternoon. republicans now hold 49 seats compared to 48 for democrats. three races remain undecided. alaska, where the incumbent republican is leading, and georgia, where two runoff elections will take place in january. senator tillis received 48.7% of the vote, while mr. cunningham took 46.9%. c-span's podcast looks at the electoral college with votes in the presidential election still being counted. we look into challenges facing the electoral college and potential reforms. our guests are a manager of election law reform at the heritage foundation, and a brooklyn law school assistant effexor of law -- >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. treated by america's to cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. c-span,g up tonight on supreme court oral argument in california versus texas, a consolidated case regarding the constitutionality of the affordable care act. then joe biden speaks on the health c

to ask, shop, discover the latest on xfinity mobile. >> republicans gaining another seat in the syllabus senate as tom tillis claims victory in northllies on georgia were two runoff races will decide the balance of power. what comes next? >> republicans a step closer to retaining the senate majority, north carolina democrat cow cunningham concedes to senator tom tillis in one of the hardest thought and most expensive races of the year. senator tillis beating cunningham by just under two percentage points, tillis releasing a statement saying i'm incredibly humbled by the chance to serve the people of north carolina in the united states senate for six more years and i pledge to continue keeping my promises and delivering results. north carolina race tipping the balance of power in republicans favor, 39-48. but still two key races set for a runoff in georgia that could determine the senate balance of power. perdue and leffler versus democrats rafael warner. mike pence expected in georgia to give the senators a push. stacy abrams has already raised $6 million for the dems. minority leader chuck schumer hitting on them for calling on th

congresswoman haley stevens from detroit, who noted that in the heartland, look no further than republican-controlled northakota, which has seen a significant uptick in covid-19 cases. the biggest unknown variable is whether republicans in states where there have been a significant uptick, and increased restrictions in the short-term regards to businesses , whether that will drive some momentum forward for additional fiscal talks. lisa: i want to talk about targeted and what that means. i know one of the biggest sticking points was money to states and municipalities, and yet that seems to be a growing concern as places like new york city start to threaten layoffs if they don't get aid. where are we on that provision, given the pushback from republican leadership? kevin: first, they are a world away. in the short term, the issue with regards to 420 $6 billion that the federal reserve is having to return to outgoing treasury secretary steven mnuchin, who is putting this in a fund that will make it difficult for incoming treasury secretary janet yellen to be able to send to markets as a relief, that is $500 b

>> can biden flip north carolina, a republican stronghold. >> hello, north carolina. >> will the president's

question is a story waiting to be discovered. >> ♪ >> harris: republicans are getting closer to retaining control of the u.s. senate with a win in northolina. tillis's victory puts republicans at 49 seats. party leaders urge president trump to get involved in the 2-run off races in georgia schedule for january where he trailing president-elect biden. vice-president pence told republican senators he will travel to georgia this week. senate republicans think the president could push kelly and david to victory. florida's rick scott said this. i hope the president and the vice-president and everybody gets involved to make sure we keep the majority. attending the rally today in land. -- atlanta. senator rubioubio and senate th said trump has atremendous following. nicolas madurk -- nikki haley d to georgia. did the politics change in georgia or is something else going on driving people to the polls for the senate races? >> i have an unpopular opinion. i think the reason former vice president biden has the lead is because stacey aberams worked hard to get people registered. democrats got it done.rams work hard to get people registered. demo

the republican would hold that seat. in northlina, tom tillis had one of the most talked about re-election campaigns in the state. he leads kyle cunningham by two points. that race has not been called. tillis is in a good spot. this is georgia. the one to watch. this could -- this race could determine in the near term the balance of power in the u.s. congress. david purdue has to hang on to 50.0% for the republican to keep his seat. if he doesn't do that, he will have a run-off in january. the second senate race here in georgia has been called. so they will have a run-off in georgia for that seat. so as it stands today, you have a divided washington. alisa slotkin just won in virginia. good afternoon to you. >> michigan. state of michigan. >> what did i say? >> virginia. >> bill: sorry about that. i would never make that mistake again and you'll beat them in football every time. how do you fend off the movement of the far left in the democratic house? do you think? you're pretty center left. how do you do that? >> yeah, i mean, l

jeanine: and in the end, in north carolina if you are able to keep that seat how does the senate look for republicans>> well, north carolina and the reason why our state is the most expensive state in history again is because north carolina has the firewall against chuck schumer getting the gavel. i believe if we went north carolina and we will win north carolina we will probably be able to say that we save the senate. we have other races that we are watching but the north carolina, the electoral map of the president and the map for us for mitch mcconnell with the majority leader and republican of the senate comes right to our state we are working hard and we've got a lot of volunteers out there getting votes in and i really feel confident that on tuesday night we will win the day. jeanine: what have you been experiencing in north carolina what a lot of america has been experiencing with the violence and rioting in the burning and the anarchy? >> we have. we had asheville due from the police and we have raleigh just last night have another protest against the police so for the most part north carolin

we begin with the republican senator from north dakota kevin cramer. legal systems. these are processes in our constitution and they are not just appropriate, they are an obligation to the millions of americans that president trump is a reflection of. a lot of people may think we are the reflection of him, he is a reflection of m

republican senators are reelected there. looks as though the senators in alaska and north carolina, republicans will be returned, so at the veryorst, if the georgia races are lost by the republicans, it will be a 50/50 split and vice president kamala harris, assuming she is vice president, will be the deciding vote the re. but i suspect that at least one of the republicans, david perdue, will be returned. 50%, but washan several points ahead of his challenger. i think we are going to end up with a republican senate led by majority leader mitch mcconnell, and that is just something which joe biden is going to have to work with, which is a very good thing. it's a very good thing that he is going to have to work with republicans, who are stronger on capitol hill, probably after all this process goes through tht han they were before the election. host: supporter of pres. biden, stephen, good morning. caller: yes, my name is david. host: go ahead, you are on. caller: i have a different take on the use of the word left and right and radical. i think there is a false screening of progressive and populist issues as being radical. if y

the democrats have a6, add two independents they are on a8, so other republicans and there are four outstanding. north to go in the direction of the republicans are stopping to think we're all focused on is two ru n — offs think we're all focused on is two run—offs for the two senate seats and georgia. they will happen in january. 0f seats and georgia. they will happen injanuary. of the democrats take them, it will be 50-50. democrats take them, it will be 50—50. then the deciding vote goes to the vice president and it was the vice president—elect is kamala harris, a democrat. so that is why there is going to bea so that is why there is going to be a huge amount of attention on georgia in the coming weeks and that is not just because we still don't know who won the state in the presidential election. i will quickly mentioned the house as well. less politically dramatic. the democrats controlled it before election day and they still control it now. the republicans made some gains but that will not have any impact on the fact that the democrat control, on the whole, the lower house. it is the senate tha

he is the 900lb gorilla ruler when it comes to the republican party. 0ur north america editorjon sopelressure. there are also reports that the first lady, melania, believes that the president should concede and so too his son—in—law, jared kushner, who was a key adviser. against that, his two sons say you have got to fight this to the end, and other senior republican voices saying that. but you also had former president bush coming out and congratulating joe biden. the only thing to do in the circumstances is congratulate him and kamala harris. this looks as if these legal challenges are just going to keep coming. for some committee will be a numbers game. this really is going to muddy the waters. if he keeps knowing the challenges at him. yes. i think the other thing about this, i read commentary today saying thatjoe biden‘s victory with a repudiation of donald trump. and trumpism. donald trump got more votes in this election than he did in 2016, and donald trump marches to the tune of what is base wants to hear, and if they believe that he‘s still fighting on immigration doi do i thi

he is the 900lb gorilla when it comes to the republican party. 0ur north america editorjon sopel saysapparently, melania trump believes the president should get ready to concede. that has been reported although she has put out a tweet that seems to deny that. jared kushner is reportedly, his son in law, believing that donald trump should call it a day. against that, you have got his two sons eric and donjr, saying you should fight on and some of the prominent republicans as well. but you also had against that george w bush, the only living former republican president coming out and congratulating joe biden on his election victory. president bush, who doesn't intervene that often in politics these days, choosing to make it very significant intervention as if to say i'm not waiting for donald trump's legal process to play itself through, i believejoe biden has won this election and the only thing to do in these circumstances is congratulate him and kamala harris. it looks as if these legal challenges are just going to keep coming. for some, it may well be a numbers game. this really is

ireland and a whole power sharing agreement between the irish republic the loyalists the republicans in the north of ireland and indeed the u.k. government getting a says well that is going to be a sticking point and so of course the trade deal with the u.s. is also a major issue whether or not that will go through as the u.k. hopes and this couldn't happen at a worse time for johnson because in a week's time the time will be up for a deal with the european union or post brics a deal on europe and if that doesn't take place biden will possibly certainly. go near to pulling the plug on any u.s. trade deal with the u.k. and supportability so very very tense times inside downing street they've got to get this right absolutely than string few weeks to watch or get under 7 brings the view there from europe for the moment thanks very much now one of joe biden's more delicate foreign policy challenges will be in afghanistan way u.s. troops remain 20 years after invading the taliban is in talks with the afghan government after the u.s. signed a peace agreement with the taliban earlier this year but viole

president trump, is still refusing to concede victory to mr biden despite pressure from fellow republicans, as our north his rallies repeatedly said that once the election was over, you'd not hear much more about covid. covid, covid! covid, covid, covid, covid! a plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don't talk about it. it's covid, covid, covid, covid. by the way, on november 4th, you won't hear about it any more. it's true. covid! fat chance. there's a fresh infection outbreak at the white house... because we follow the science... ..with his chief of staff and the person leading the legal fight against the results among those to have gone down with it. 10 million americans have now been infected. and from the president—elect today, a markedly different message. it doesn't matter your party, your point of view. we could save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. not democrat or republican lives, american lives. shares in the us have soared on news from pfizer on the vaccine, an announcement welcomed byjoe biden and donald trump. but how the president mu

north carolina, the republican there, thom tillis, still has a small lead with about 94% of the votes counted in north carolina. in georgia, david perdue, the republican, still holding on with a lead as well. and then there's another senate race in georgia that's going to go to a runoff in january. so bottom line: we may not know control, norah, of the senate for a couple of months. the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, said today he still doesn't know whether he's going to be the offensive coordinator or the defensive coordinator in the next political season. >> o'donnell: i understand there were also some history-making wins last night. >> reporter: that's right. some really interesting firsts. the first two african american, openly-gay legislators are going to be going to the house of representatives from new york state. new mexico sending its first all-female house delegation to washington. they are all women of color as well. and then delaware voters elected their first transgender woman to the state senate. so she now becomes the highest ranking transgender woman in america. >

this would appear to be unless it changes significantly, here in north carolina, republicans still hold on lead there. the president with edge over joe biden, 76,000 the difference now in north carolina. why do i make this point? let's say for the sake of argument now that republicans hold north carolina, they hold alaska, half a vote in alaska. we expect results some time around tuesday, they are telling us november 10th and then if joe biden were to hang onto his lead here in georgia, georgia would go blue for the first time since 1992 for bill clinton. immigrant population that's moved into atlanta over the past 15 to 20 years, changing dynamic in the city of atlanta and surrounding suburbs and down here in the southwest, we are mentioning arizona and the changing demographics possibly, phoenix, arizona, people packing up and moving out of california, possibly going into areas of maricopa county. maybe that is the future for american politics or maybe it's just a one-off now that we are looking at in 2020. let me go back here and just fill this in, okay, guys, sorry, sorry. this is t

republican incumbent lost. won from miami to new york to minnesota, to california. the democrats one was an open seat, and they claim to have one a redistricting in north carolina. the republicans didn't even run. i heard the speaker call it a mandate. it was a mandate against socialism. it was a mandate against defunding the police. it was a mandate against wasting a majority that the democrats had done for the last congress. while the democrats praise socialism and advocated to defund the police, our members made a commitment to america that they would restore our way of life, rebuild our economy, and renew the american dream. we are eager and ready to show up to work. unlike the democrats. yesterday chairperson lofgren signed -- she signaled that the democrats have interest or in place to ensure democrats can continue to get paid for not showing up to work. americans across this country don't have the privilege to do. millions of americans have already returned to work and millions more want to return. if they're willing to show up in person, so can we. mannerbe done in a safe to minimize the risk for members, for staff, employees, and for you, the press. just

they'll take a little bit to count, expected to go to republican. north carolina right now, donald trump has held a pretty solid lead. not a huge lead, 79,000 votes for a couple of days now. we'll give that to him, as well. we'll give him maine 2, the single electoral vote right up here, as well. what does that leave? that leaves pennsylvania, it leaves georgia, it leaves arizona, it leaves nevada. >> give him all of it except georgia. >> we'll give him pennsylvania, we'll give him arizona. right now joe biden is leading in arizona. it has narrowed. we'll see how that plays out when maricopa reports in a couple of hours. we'll give him nevada. clark is supposed to report this morning. should go democratic, but we'll see. joe biden wins georgia -- i no pathway for president trump -- >> through the electoral college. we wind up in constitution land and the country would get a tutorial in a very severe process. all right, let's do this. let's go to break. when we come back, we'll take you through the state of play and what we're waiting for and when. please,

was signed into law by the former president a decade ago now president trump and other republicans want the north struck down more than $20000000.00 americans could lose their coverage if it is eliminated a decision is expected by the end of june next year it's among the many priorities for president elect joe biden as he tries to navigate a challenging transition can be health it is at the white house with details on this latest legal challenge. this is a lawsuit that was brought by republican state attorneys general but instead what happened was the trumpet ministration joined on to this lawsuit certainly giving it more weight and grab the toss now what the arguments are from republicans is that this is an uncaused to tional mandate within the affordable care act and they are seeking to overturn the law by declaring it i'm caused to tional at stake $20000000.00 americans and their health care coverage this would include preexisting conditions as something that was not protected entirely before as well as allowing those who are under the age of 26 to save the parent's health care so this is some

republicans succeeding now up 1 in the battle for the u.s. senate. democratic challenger cal cunningham has conceded his race to north carolina incumbent republican senator thom tillis. correspondent mark meredith has the details from raleigh. >> good evening. republican thom tillis has won a second term and six more years in washington. he faced a tough challenge from cal cunningham, former state senator and iraq war veteran. tillis has maintained a lead since election night but coming and had hoped outstanding absentee provisional ballots would reshape the race. north carolina is giving its 100 counties more time than it normally does due to the pandemic to count its votes. republicans have made it clear they are frustrated that this process is still going on. as new numbers came out today it became clear to the cunningham campaign winning was no longer on the table. cunningham releasing a statement writing "the voters have spoken and i respect their decision. while the result of the election suggest there it remains deep political divisions in the state and the nation, the more complete story of our country lies i

let's say joe biden keeps pennsylvania here and let's say alaska stays in the republican column. north holding for them to republicans. let's say the president keeps that. he is at 232. but if nevada checks in for the blue team, joe biden is at 290. i don't know what happens in georgia statewide recount that could go on for weeks but if the president takes that 248 and well below the margin need a four to 70. what happens ultimately late november, early december or many weeks from now, what if joe biden able to keep that slim margin of a lead he has at the moment and georgia of 1,584 votes? he would then be 306 electoral votes and the president to 32. just hold onto those numbers and i will take you back, hang on, hang with me, i've got you come i got you come okay. this is 2016. donald trump was actually at 306, and hillary clinton was at 232, five electors left her. five years later, it is possible under that scenario we could be in the same situation we were with electoral college that we saw and 2016. one last thing in the u.s. senate, guys, and i will give it back to you. watching

. ♪ north carolina republican thom tillis has held onto his senate seat after cal cunningham concededs afternoon. seatsicans now hold 49 compared to 48 for democrats. three races remain undecided, alaska where dan sullivan is leading, and georgia, or two runoff elections will take place in january. received 48.7% of the vote while mr. cunningham took 46.9%. ♪ journal, every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and we will discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, washington post political reporter robert costa will join us to talk about the latest of elements and the postelection standoff between the trump administration and the biden campaign. leo shane of military times talk about issues affecting veterans and the

support in the state. 55% saying that the president was a strong threerd that helps on republican ticket. also northwhite cooper saying let the process work out in that state did declare victory now to south carolina republican senate lindsey graham winning reelection after a contentious race although democratic candidate jaime harrison jot raised by enough not enough to flip the senate race 200 million spent on this one remember gam led that high profile confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. harris hit him on reversal for confirming a supreme court nominee in the presidential election year. so again, this balance of power maria and senate key to watch, obviously, as we try to move forward to get stimulus move forward and by the way, we can't confirm fox news confirms that democrats will remain in control of the house of representatives. maria a lot we're watching back here in the newsroom sending back to you. maria: cheryl thank you so much. president trump and joe biden making their messages clear overnight about every vote in the election counting edward lawrence

in north carolina, republican thom tillis is leading democrat cal cunningham. in georgia, republican david purdue is leading democrat jon as soph. and in michigan, gary peters is leading republican tom james. mitch mcconnell held on to his senate seat as did south carolina's lindsey graham. in maine, democratic challenger sara gideon conceded to moderate republican susan collins. former auburn university football coach, tuberville, is projected to flip alabama's senate seat after defeating incumbent democrat doug jones. john hickenlooper, a democrat, will unseat republican cory gardner. in the house of representatives, party leaders from both sides of the aisle are taking somewhat of a victory lap. cbs news has not yet called which party will control the house, but democratic speaker nancy pelosi has already claimed victory. still, republicans flipped several more seats than the democrats, and house develop leader kevin mccarthy suggest that is speaker pelosi will have a hard vote to keep her role. >> i know there was a number of people who did not vote for her

odds and disprove the poll numbers in a surprising victory, republican senator susan collins was able to ward off or democratic challenger into northpublican senator tom tillis is declared victory but democrat cow cunningham is waiting for every vote to be counted before conceding this race was a win for democrats in michigan as fox news project gary peters will win reelection but republican challenger john james isn't convinced which is campaign accusing local officials of election interference telling fox news there were all kinds of chicanery including battles that came in in the middle of the night. republicans gaining 5 house seats so far shrinking the democrat majority, a situation no one thought possible. >> reporter: every pundit said we would lose 15 to 20 seats. the opposite happened. america is going to be more reflective in congress of the republican party that we have ever had at any given time. >> reporter: one lawmaker who declined to be named told politico the situation in the house is a, quote, dumpster fire for democrats. nancy pelosi writing a letter to colleagues saying while it has been a challenging election a

days ago, the supreme court ruled against republicans allowing pennsylvania and north carolina to continueounting ballots after election day. >> i am a former elections official. litigation can wreak havoc in the process especially in the middle of the election. >> there are many variables, but the bottom line is have patients. unless one of the candidates wins in a landslide, americans and people around the world may have to wait a while before they learn who is been elected president of the united states. >> it is worth remembering that the u.s. has a unique way of electing its president. it's called the electoral college system. it is complicated and contentious if you're talking about who actually gets the most votes. each state is given a share of electors and that depends on the size of the states population. popular states have more electoral college votes. the entire electoral college is made up of 538 members. candidates need to -- need just over half the votes to win. the minimum number is 270. that's the magic number. during an election when people vote for their candidate, they

i think also the top three republican officials in north carolina were indicted for the postmastero general is under investigation right now for illegal contributions. all those folks that are out there saying that the democrats are going to lie, cheat and toal, if you would get john fact check that, i would think that would be great. host: greg in new carlisle, ohio, a supporter of president trump. you are up next. caller: good morning. i would like to know why donald screwed.being from the very first day until 20's ash from the very first day of 2016 until now -- from the very first day of 2016 until now. he is being screwed. i believe donald trump has the presidentart of any -- that any president has. would you answer me this, yes or no? trump -- i'm sorry. host: we will go to rebecca in california on our line for others. caller: good morning. i just really wanted to make a couple of comments. my concernmment is is president pelosi. if trump is going to do all these lawsuits, that just goes on and on and on, and it is my understanding that if a certain amount of time goes by and a decisi