and robin johnson, democratic party analyst, and host of the podcast, heartland politics. he teaches political science at monmouth college in illinois. let me start with you robin and thank you both for joining us. robin. i, you know, there's a lot of different spots of, you know, what's happened in the country and i've got my own views. i'd love to kind of hear what is heartland america see in this. what do you, you know, being an informed political observer? see, are the biggest lessons to take away from what happened this week in the elections . for the 4th election in a row, the american people defied the pundents in the experts and had their own say on the future, the country which i, i like as you said, a selection of went a kind of opposite of the way that a lot of the pundents were saying it was a big surprise is evening went on, what happened? and i just think there's a lot of layers to uncover here on what happened and why. and i think it's going to be interesting when all the data gets in, when all the number numbers get in to look at. because for example, florid

robin johnson, thanks so much for your candor. and for being with us today, ask you thank you for having me. so what's the bottom line? democracy is way bigger than elections. it's about fair courts and about minorities who have rights and checks and balances on power. but a big part of it is having no idea what the outcome of an election will be and then accepting whatever the results are. and that just happened this week in the united states. there was not one big issue that moved all americans. some were moved by abortion, right. somebody inflation, somebody, crime and racism in the environment or drugs, guns, even foreign policy. so american politics are still really a patchwork. no one party has a definitive hold on the course. americans want to take, it's kinda like the said biden isn't so bad. but trump's not the answer. now the hard part is all sides are going to have to have a conversation or deal with each other at least, and figure out together which direction the country goes. and that from my view is an excellent thin

>> whit johnson, thanks very much. robin? that instant world series classic? the astros throwing only the second no-hitter ever in the fall classic. this one a combined no-hitter and tying the series with the phillies. will reeve is there in philadelphia and joins us now. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. coming into game four the phillies seemed to have all the momentum having crushed the astros in game three taking that 2-1 series lead. but there is a saying in baseball, momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher. last night the phillies ran into a brick wall of a starting pitcher and three more out of the bullpen, and history. >> realmuto. >> reporter: overnight world series history in game four. >> the astros have a world series no-hitter! >> reporter: the houston astros throwing the first ever combined no-hitter in the fall classic and just the second world series no-hitter of any kind. starter cristian javier pitched the first six innings. >> strikes out the side. >> reporter: then out of the bullpen fo

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