senator inhofe objected and senator mcconnell did nothing to help. on june 25, senator reid offered x.l. pipeline, senator mcconnell objected. i want to underscore this. i'm not sighing that senator rid is -- is a supporter of the pipeline. but he has asked for a vote on keystone on any number of times when senator mcconnell has objected. now, senator mcconnell will come to the floor and show a list like this when he ask has asked for votes on the keystone pipeline and senator reid has objected. and that is the truth of this congress. the saddest thing about this is, i have believed for over a year now that if we could actually get a vote, that we have the 60 votes to pass it. i have said that on any number of occasions. i believe we have the 60 votes to pass keystone. i believe that the coalition of oil and gas and energy and manufacturing companies that are very strong, with the coalition of the strongest labor unions and organizations that represent working people, and with the vote in this last election and the people of the united states states,

in december 1954, the senate voted to censure senator mccarthy for conduct unbecoming a senator. the democrats, except for john kennedy who was in the hospital and half of the republicans, including prescott bush, father and grandfather of two presidents, wound up votingt to censure. senator mccarthy was never able to regain his national standing after that. he went into a tailspin, and he died at the age of 48 few years later. when roy cohn stepped down as the council of that committee, the committee hired robert kennedy to replace him. you can go through the records of the national archives pretty can tell the moment that cohn leaves and kennedy takes over. this mismatch of paperwork is suddenly replaced by nice, tight depositions. i looks like a serious attorney hast -- is in charge. kennedy brought together a very talented staff. and they began investigating, and continue some of the investigations that mccarthy off, includingt an investigation of general electric. it had a union that was a communist-dominated union. and general electric as a result of this try to improve its

senate. barkley was as we all know leader of the democrats in the senate from 1937 until 1949. in fact, only three men have held that position longer, mike mansfield of montana, joe robinson of arkansas, and robert bird of west virginia. barkley enjoyed public speaking, perhaps a bit too much at times. once, during a speech, he lost track of time and was caught quizzically looking at his watch. barkley tried to figure out how long he had been speaking when a listener shouted, barkley if your watch has stopped running, there is a calendar on the wall behind you. [laughter] barkley quickly drew his speech to a close following that remark. hopefully, i won't prompt any of you to look at your watch or at least not to look at a calendar. it's entirely fitting of course to have this talk take place in paducah, barkley's long time home. and as one biographer has noted, barkley's name has become synonymous with this city. alben barkley was born literally, literally, in a log cabin on his father's tob

manchin, senator toomey, senator alexander, senator harkin, and i am trying to get a sense of how long this colloquy might take so i know when i should be back at the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i can't speak for ores other senators. i'm going to be about three to five minutes. mr. harkin: about the sairnlings about three minutes. mr. toomey: a good 20 minutes. mr. whitehouse: a good 20 minutes. mr. alexander: mr. president, i'll have about 20 minutes. a senator: hour and a half. mr. whitehouse: all righty. now i know. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia is recognized. mr. manchin: i want to thank my good friend, senator pat too maniy, for working with me to make sure ow kids remain safe in every single school across our country. i'm a father of a three and a grandfather of eight. there is nothing more upon than protecting my children and grandchildren. our bill is just common sense and has already passed by a voice vote with not one opposition in the house. this simple placks sure that all employees who work with our stu

senate candidates. i am john by george stephanopoulos. >> this is one of the most closely watched senate races in the country. a lot of big money and big names have come in to try to influence the outcome. i'm excited about the opportunity to help you to get to know these candidates. >> thank you for being here. here are our candidates. senator jeanne shaheen is serving her first term in washington, also a former governor. she will be facing republican challenger scott brown. he's a former senator and served 35 years in the national guard. we have asked our audience to hold our of foster the debate -- to hold their laws during the debate except for right now. please welcome our candidates. [applause] >> we do want to knowledge the death of the former boston mayor, someone who was well-known throughout new england. he passed earlier today and condolences coming in from across the region and the white house. here are the guidelines for tonight's debate. we will out 32nd rebuttals as needed and offer follo

this is the senate. let folks debate. let the senate work its will. and that means bringing bills to the floor, it means having a free and open amendment process. that's legislating. that's what we used to do here. that's exactly the way this place operated just a few years ago. the senior senator from illinois, the democratic assistant majority leader, likes to say, or at least used to say, that if you don't want to fight fires, don't become a fireman. and if you don't want to cast tough votes, don't come to the senate. i guess he hasn't said that lately. when we used to be in the majority, i remember telling people, look, the good news, we're in the majority. the bad news is, in order to get the bill across the floor, you've got to cast a lot of votes you don't want to take. and you know, we did it and people groaned about it, complained about it. the sun still came up the next day. and everybody felt like they were a part of the process. well, senator durbin was right about that when he said it and i think it's time to allow senators on both sides

the point is the senate must begin to be the senate again. let the president worry about being the president. let the house worry about being the house. let the senate be the senate. i ask for 30 more seconds. the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. landrieu: let the senate be the senate. that's what my voters said. i think that's what voters in tennessee said. that i think's what voters in north carolina said. and i think that's what voters in massachusetts said. let the senate be the senate. we are the greatest deliberative body in the world. let's debate. let's vote. let's get the work done. let the chips fall where they may. the public can accept that. they cannot accept, and they should not have to accept gridlock, game playing and raw politics on the great floor of this united states senate. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: i rise seeking recognition to speak for three minutes. the presiding officer: the senator may proceed. mr. markey: i begin by just

senators. so while we may not see eye to eye on politics and ideology, we eye when to i -- eye to it came to working for iowa's best interest. though our voting records may reflect night and day positions on some public policies, you would not see the light of day between us when we work together on matters that are most important to iowans. including but not limited to natural disasters, such as the tremendous floods of 1990 he and two dozen eight. farmers in agriculture -- recovering from farm crises. renewable energies and infrastructures, that are our mutual interest. we have enjoyed welcoming economic development leaders and constituents to the nation's capital. between the famous steak dinner the steakshington and fry, there is no doubt. tom will miss staking out islands to discuss policy -- iowans to discuss policy. i have no doubt my colleague will continue to champion the causes for which she has devoted a lifetime of service. i have no doubt that he is going senate whatt of the he has

senate. senator hagan trying to get back to the u.s. senate. colorado senate, closely watched as senator udall wants to repeat as incumbent. too close. kansas senate, another of the big ones at this hour, too close to call. will kansas send an independent to the united states senate? georgia senate, too early to call tonight. in louisiana, you might as well set your clock for december. this is headed for a runoff. no one has gathered 50%. the democratic incoumbenincumbe landrieu, will have to wait. a projected winner in montana for senate, this is a gop pickup. they had to flip six tonight or at some point before the next congress to gain control. this was an early result. mitch mcconnell, the gop leader in the senate, re-elected in kentucky after what amounted to a bit of a scare, a bit of a run but he turned it around at the end. new hampshire senate, jeanne shaheen victorious, she's going back. scott brown ran and failed in massachusetts. he moves to new hampshire, ran and failed there. sh

and several other senators like senator joseph montoya who were respected by the senators but not seen as presidential candidates. the republicans picked howard baker as their ranking member on the committee. sort of a mix of members of their -- from their caucus as well. and they began investigating, closed door and then they went to public hearings. again, i was in graduate school and working in the library of congress. we were just fixed on watching the hearings. pbs was broadcasting the hearings live. the other networks were doing highlights. i lived in a group house full of graduate students and watched loads of watergate stories. i took day off from working on the library, came here, sat on the stairs for hours waiting to get my turn to come in here. i stood over there by the column, very back of the room, watched john dean on the third or fourth day of his testimony. all of the senators were there the room was bright white especially the front because of the tv lights. it was like watching a hollywood set. these were tv personalities, and it was just a really electric time to be

senators. now it is one of three senate office buildings. less than half of the senators are in this building. the others are spread out in the hart building. -- and the dirksen building and the hart building. it is a gorgeous building. this is built in the french beaux-arts style. the whole capitol complex was neoclassical. george washington wanted a neoclassical city. he picked the design of the white house and for the capital. he wanted a marble city. they've been in philadelphia. they even renamed a lot of the physical features in the new washington, d.c., after famous roman places. so jenkins hill became capital line hill. and gooseberry creek became the tiber river that ran through the middle of washington. they wanted to give a stature to this new government. the first major republic since the roman republic in their eyes. this was a new city for a new government. it was mostly tobacco fields and empty spaces. so they gave it a grand name and planned out major streets. that was the style. it slowly built the city. in the 1890's, there

worked with him while i was in the senate. he's a very smart man and senator. the problem is that first, the position of majority leader is far more difficult than the position of minority leader. it's a fact of life in american politics and particularly in the senate that it's a relatively easy task to gain cohesion when you're in the minority. it is an extraordinarily difficult task to gain cohesion when you're in the majority. for one thing you have more people, harder to get. >> you have 57 democrats. >> 55. 55, yeah. and that was not nearly as tough a time as it is now. it was 20 years ago, it seems like three centuries ago in terms of the pace of american politics. and the differences that occur. the second is that there are real differences. this is not just all politics. politics is included. but there are clearly substantive differences in american life. attitudes to what the government should or shouldn't do. >> hard for people to believe, but sometimes these senators mean what they say. they are opposed. >> i think there was a tendency to underestima

when your senator, you behave like a senator. i think cory gardner and tom can't understand that it's very different to represent one district and it is to represent a purple state like colorado. [inaudible] >> no, you don't. >> we've talked about a sensitive candidate and i think you're going to have to wait to the journal. and how we will have a lesser challenge. >> one of the reasons that i want to. >> thinking that if you have this campaign you will get your wish. >> even if they have a policy. >> it's not that they are more negative, but that there are just so many and again, the first contacted the election was john adams. and in the election jefferson called atom a hermaphrodite who lacks the manly virtues of strength and the womanly virtues of kindness. and he responded that jefferson was half black. and that was the first election that we ever had and it was way more negative than anything before. this is america. it's the patriotic thing to do. >> i think that there will be a lot of populism because i think the working

>> thank you, senator. except for a few days you worked out mainly with vice president biden, the president and congressional republicans don't have a good track record of working things out. you talk about how you think a united republican congress would possibly have the ability to send the president new bills and force him to veto or sign might alter the dynamic. >> i'm not sure he's going to sign everything. we're going to function. we are. we're going to pass legislation. some of it he may not like. we're going to function. this gridlock and dysfunction can be ended. it can be ended by having a senate that actually works. >> do you think it might be fruitful opposed to the way it has been so far. >> the veto pen is a big thing. the president of the united states can direct the members of his party to vote for legislation or veto it. that's the way it works. >> senator paul said senate would send bill after bill to the president to appeal obamacare until he worries of it. what other powers can you use t

thank you, senator landrieu and thank you, senator manchin. i have a few things to saivment but, mr. president, since this is the first time we've been on the floor since the election, i think what the american people told us, they're frustrated with the way things work in washington. enough political games. they told us that americans want lawmakers to compromise, work together and get things done. they told us that the -- the americans told us they want a stronger economy with good-paying jobs. it shouldn't take an election to get this message through, but it did. so nationwide, including my state of montana, it is fair to say that unemployment is down. but it's also fair to say that wages aren't where they need to be. to many americans a understand too many montana quans are struggling to make ends meet. the keystone pipeline can help. now we have another tempt to block consideration of this bill written by senators landrieu and hoeven. the votes are there. we know that. and if there's one way we can create good-paying jobs right away is by

just ask senator uterus who is now the former senator of colorado.ne of his own supporters heckled him on sunday saying isn't there anything else you can talk about other than abortion? >> isn't that interesting especially sense we have four women sitting here. isn't it the truth that women make most of the business decisions many their families anyway, and that the economy is top of the mind for women voters and for politicians as well. why would -- it's almost demeaning in a sense that you're not talking about the important huge issues of day to day living that a lot of women are facing. >> right. the economy, when he looked at the exit polling, that was the number one concern from voters. yom they're going to drop the war on women playbook. they really need to get away from concentrating on the singular issues and apply it to women making decisions for their families. >> real quickly, i want to get to elise stefanik. the youngest woman ever voted into congress. 30, eebl she is, in the state of new york. what kind of challenges is she going to face

senator manchin didn't go. senator mccaskill didn't go.he has made major efforts to try to deceive the people of kentucky about her own views and where she is likely to go if she were to get there. with regard to my own record, there have been three major bipartisan agreements during the obama years between republicans and democrats. the vice president and i have negotiated every one of them. the two-year extension of the bush tax cuts, the fiscal cliff deal on new year's eve of 2012, which made 99% of the bush tax cuts permanent and also got a $5 million per person estate tax exemption which is really significant for family farms and small businesses here in kentucky. 99% of them will not have to be sold in order to get them down to the next generation. so i am prepared to negotiate with the other side when we can find areas of agreement, but i don't share the president's agenda. it's an agenda that i think has been demonstrably bad for america and for kentucky. >> how would your agenda be different? >> as i've said, i have been prepared

you shook up the senate. >> we'll talk with two republicans in the new wave of senators. shelley moore capito and cory gardner. after the white house lunch, did the power shift in washington and the partisan gridlock? >> we do have an obligation to work together on issues where we can agree. i think we have a duty to do that. >> i would enjoy having some kentucky bourbon with mitch mcconnell. >> we'll discuss the agenda for the lame duck session and next year, with two congressional leaders who were at the lunch. republican senator john barrasso and democratic congressman xavier becerra. plus, the president authorizes sending 1,500 more u.s. troops to iraq in the fight against isis. our sunday panel will tackle that. and our power player of the week, a man who goes undercover to rescue child sex slaves. >> we kind of broke roles and said, guys, this is the sound of liberation, the sound of emancipation. all right now on "fox news sunday". >> hello from fox news in washington. we'll get to the new balance of power in washington in a moment. but first some breaking news. tw

tonight we shook up the senate. you shook up the senate.our message was heard from nevada to pennsylvania avenue. as republicans in colorado, we've gotten used to the saying, wait until the next election. well, i've got news for you. that next election, it finally happened. [cheers and applause] a few minutes ago i spoke with senator udall and i thanked him for his incredible commitment to public service and the sacrifices that he and his family have made. in the name of making colorado a better place. and our commitment together to work for a smooth transition. [applause] nine months ago in boulder i stood before you to accept the nomination for united states senate. it was there that we realized together the great challenge that we would face to get to this day. saying then, we have signed up to be the tip of the spear, the van guard of the moament that is sweeping our nation, to pick the shackle of guyed lock and fundamentally change the dysfunction of washington d.c. [cheers and applause] and we have indeed reached that historic day, we

this is in the senate. there will be early part of this exercise will just be administrative, putting the caucuses together, and as john said early on will be some heavy sitting down at least in the caucuses as to what the agenda we should pursue and how we should pursue it. as john mentioned it, it's not a forgone conclusion that this legislation, the majority leader mr. reid has held up. it's easy that it will come up. this is the great deliberative body. 60 votes to past legislation to get over the filibuster. there are ways around that , but those are not simple. in some ways from the top of your question, at the outset of this program, i'm not quite sure you're going to see a lot of differences going forward for the next two years. >> does some of this stuff go in tandem with the lame duck section? they'll come back after the election day. they have business to do before the new congress comes to work in january and new legislators take their seat. will we see the same machinations that william hoguela

, senator tester, senator walsh, senator warner, senator carper, senator casey, and senator ben.net for their great -- nennette, for their great, great leadership. and i specifically in the 30 seconds i have left want to thank the industrial union of the operating engineers that have fought for six years, the international brotherhood of electric workers, the laborers international union of north america, the pipe fitters and plumbers and the north american building and trades union that represents them all and has fought every day for six years to try to talk this administration and this congress into acting on their behalf. the time is now to build the infrastructure necessary to make america energy-independent. we can spend $6 on wars in iraq and afghanistan and we can't give a green light to a pipeline that's gotten five environmental reviews? the time to act is now. i yield the floor. mrs. boxer: madam president, i'm really happy. we would have been voting on this a long time ago if my republican friends didn't block the shaheen-portman bill from being part of a unanimous consent a

senate race. the senate race between mark begich and his republican challenger dan sullivan.ullivan's race to lose. he is up in most of the polls. tu tu turnout shows he is ahead. the polls close here in alaska at 8:00 local time which is midnight back on the east coast. they will not count ballots until 1:00 a.m. it will be a very long day of voting and very long, long night of waiting while i if this is one of those pivotal races to flip the senate. the issue in alaska is the governor. it looks like the incumbent governor is in trouble. he is facing a big challenge from an independent, but republican leaning challenger. we have two ballot measures. one would raise the $2 over the and whether or not alaska should allow recreational use of marijuana. all that decided today. a long, cold, but clear day in most of alaska. back to you. >> drew makes a good point. incumbent governors in trouble. that is a story line that is fascinating. >> democrats are saying this is not a wave election. we may pick up some of the governors mansions. the senate is not the only prize up for grabs

this is the senate. let folks debate. let the senate work its will. that means bringing bills to the floor. it means having a free and open amendment process. that's legislating. that's what we used to do here. that's exactly the way this place operated just a few years ago. the senior senator from illinois that democratic assistant majority leader likes to say or at least used to say if you don't want to fight by her stomach, firemen and we don't want to cast tough votes don't come to the senate. i guess he hasn't said that lately. when we used to being the majority are a member telling people look, the good news we are in a majority. the bad news is in order to get the bill across the floor you have to pass a lot of votes that you don't want to take. and you know we did it in people moaned and groaned about it, complain about it and the sun still came out the next day and everybody felt like we were part of the process. senator durbin was right about that when he said it and i think it's time to allow senators on both sides to more fully participate

senators. now it's one of three senate office buildings. less than half the senators are in this building. others are spread out in the heart building. it's a gorgeous building. this is built in the french bozart style popularized. the capital complex was neo classical. george washington wanted the city. he picked designs for white house and capital. he wanted a marble city. they had been in philadelphia. they renamed a lot physical features in the new washington d.c. after famous roman places so jenkins hill became capital hill. it was once called gooseberry creek and named tiber river that ran through washington. they wanted to give stature to the new government that would be the first major republic since the roman republic. this was a new city for a new government. it was mostly tobacco fields and empty spaces. they gave it grand names and planned out major streets. that was the style. it slowly built into the city. in the 1890s there was a major ex position in chicago, the white city they called it. it looked like a white marble roman

senate. will there be more cooperation with president obama? will president obama be more aggressive? on thell often sat campaign trail, i was the defensive coordinator and not get to be the offense of coordinator. of what you doot is to disrupt. in a democrats would refer to doctor ofas the dysfunction. no yes to govern as well in particular for the democrats and republicans in 2016, it is support for them to show how .hey can govern many are frustrated with mcconnell overall. congress is less popular. americans seem to be saying, get anything done. we are to see house and a majority leader richard mcconnell can get that accomplished. >> that's go back to senator mcconnell speaking last night in louisville. >> some things don't change after tonight. i don't expect the president to wake up tomorrow and view the world differently than he did when he woke up this morning. he knows i won't, either. >> that is mitch mcconnell. phillip, can you talk about with the key issues were in kentucky and w

senate. democratic senator mark begich from alaska, though, may not be coming back. as we reported last night, 50,000 outstanding votes remain to be counted in that race in alaska. as of tonight that number is down from 50,000, now closer to 30,000. that's still a huge number of votes still left unaccounted a week after the election. but the associated press today called the alaska senate race for mark begich's republican opponent dan sullivan. dan sullivan then declared victory today. mark begich is so far refusing to concede that race. with this ap call now signs are pointing towards mark begich not coming back to the senate. that leaves the only outstanding senate seat from this year's elections, the seat that is held by democratic senator mary landrieu in louisiana. she's in a runoff that will happen december 6. she had won a couple of senate runoffs in louisiana in the past, but the odds are thought to be against her in this one, so much so that the democratic senate campaign committee p

senate. you shook up the senate. your message was heard from nevada to pennsylvania avenue. >> tonight, as is always with a night, it will be the start of a new day. the tide has turn and an era of the obama gridlock is over. >> and let's take a look at the big senate races for you at this hour. first we begin with north carolina. republican thom tillis taking down democrat republican kay hagan. >> in iowa joni ernst with 52%. >> and in mark shapiro, tom cotton easily defeating incumbent mark prior 57-39. >> and to georgia republican david perdue over michelle nunn. 53-45. >> corey gardener taking down mark udall. and steve daines beating amanda curtis 58 to 40%. south dakota easily going to the gop. 51 to 29. >> and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leading with 56%. grimes with 41%. >> so west virginia republican shelly moore capito winning 62-34. >> and in alaska ballots are still being counted at this hour but republican dan sullivan holding on to a five point lead over mark begich w

the senate.6 seats are up in the senate for control of the chaum ber and control of the entire u.s. congress could very well swing to the republicans. the gop needs to gain just six seats. now there are ten key races that could decide it all. our team is covering the key races and states throughout the day and tonight miguel marquez is in north carolina, joe johns in kentucky. i want to begin in kentucky there with you, joe. senator minority leader mitch mcconnell is in the fight of his political life. if he wins, he could keep it all but if he loses, a huge personal loss for the entire party. >> reporter: yeah, a little bit of a glitch here in kentucky earlier this morning. floyd county, the eastern part of the state, they weren't able to boot up some of the voting machines. but over the weekend mcconnell seemed to be running strong, pulling away from the democrat. there is a picture being circulated on social media right now that sort of tells the story of the race. senator mcconnell voting in

, the senator from texas. and i believe what the current majority leader has said, soon-to-be minority leader in the next congress, that we need to work together. and that we can work together and we need to begin to do that today. not tomorrow, not january, not in february or in march, not around the corner or next week but today. and that would send most positive signal. i'm not having to have unanimous consent on 10 bills that are controversial, not asking us to do the impossible. i'm not asking us to do something that just came out last week and i'm asking us to move forward on a bill that has labor support and business support and general contracting support and the american people, most importantly, the latest polls on the keystone pipeline not just in my state, and not just in west virginia, but polls in this country from california to new york to michigan, to pennsylvania and ohio and florida and texas. overwhelmingly democrats and republicans and not everyone, but overwhelming support to build the key

he is our junior senator after serving 30 years in the united states senate. senator grassley has served for 34 years. and having both of them holding those offices for so long, there was little room, really, to beat out these very popular incumbents. and we don't see the house seats changing over very often, either. once elected in iowa, those incumbents generally stay in office. >> all right. so when you get to washington, will you come down to "on the record" or let me come up to the hill and let me interview you in your new office? >> i would love that greta. you're welcome at any time. >> all right. well, congratulations to you and we'll be watching. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, greta. >> now to the other key races that helped republicans take the senate. most of the g.o.p. victories happening before midnight giving the g.o.p. the first senate majority since 2006. >> republicans will control the u.s. senate for the last two years of president obama's term. >> that changes, obviously everything in washington. >> we are heading to washingt

more with senator jerry moran. senator, how important do you think is the president obama component of this? are people going to vote against their local representative's policies because they are after all the same as president obama's policies? how much of a drag will he be? >> you make a great point, which the democrats are trying to distance themselves from president obama but the reality is in states we run races in which there are democrat incumbents, they voted with president obama 97%, 98%, 99% of the time and you listen to them in their campaigns and they suggest they had nothing to do with president obama's agenda. the reality is the way senator reid has won the united states senate it was to adopt the president's agenda during the time in which the democrats had the majority in the house and then thereafter to protect it and one of the things when you asked me what would be a difference between now and a republican majority in the future, what i would say is we'll actually do some work as compared to the

the longest-serving junior senator. >> i am the most senior junior senator in the senate. used to be fritz onyx when strong thurmond was here -- strong thurmond was here. senator grassley and i got sworn in on the same day on 1975. >> a few hours earlier in his case, senator grassley? >> we got elected the same day. we were sworn in on january 1975. same day. rut he came to the senate fou years before me. in terms of our time here -- >> you are in the house for 10 years before you came to the senate. >> exactly. that is right. i know people say iowa, he is a conservative. he is a liberal. how do they do that? we have always had a good relationship. we do disagree on some things once in a while, but when we work for iowa, our staffs work closely together. you have to remember, iowa is a very close state. the registration is about what was when i first started 40 years ago. democrat, one third republican, one third independent. so i have often said there are a lot of conservative islands, -- iowans, andt of liberal iowaans, the rest are moderates. out the grassley fills cons

they will have at least 52 senator, republican senators in the next senate.licans. we're about to see if they're going to be able to expand that number from 52 to 53, because they're getting ready to close the polls in alaska. we're going to take a look and see what we can report right now. in alaska right now, the race between mark begich and dan sullivan, the challenger, no projection. we don't have enough information yet to see if the incumbent democrat gets re-elected or if the republican challenger takes that seat. that would be another pickup for the republicans. here's the count where it stands. you see 52 republicans at least, will be in the next united states senate. 45 democrats. they're still waiting for virginia. we know there will be a runoff in virginia. none of the candidates there got 50%. so mary landrieu, the incumbent in louisiana will face bo cassidy, the republican. that will be on december 6. we'll see what happens in louisiana. let's take a look at the exit polls right now for alaska. these are based on exit interviews with a sampling o

senator, all this. all this from the party of big government. >> well, look at each of these issues. yes, we do believe that we have responsibilities, and on the ebola, we are seeing that the united states is leading not only in making sure our homeland is safe, but also dealing with the core of the problems in africa. in each of these issues, let's talk about it. what we've been able to do is more consensus, more strength to deal with serious problems that affect u.s. security. on extremist groups, this -- we've been able to do through u.s. leadership, through the democrats, through president obama is to get the international community working together to isolate these problems. that's what you call leadership. that's what we've been able to do. i think the american people understand that, and appreciate the fact that americans' leadership has made a huge difference on these global issues. >> i guess what i'm asking without relitigating each one of these when you talk about obama care, irs, secret serv

she is one of the top senators in any legislative body, whether you are in the house or senate, if you want to get something done on a bipartisan basis, talk to klobuchar. elizabeth warren, somebody asked me on the way in here, what do you expect her to do? i expect her to be elizabeth warren. we have to take a few questions. >> what message do you believe voters [indiscernible] >> i believe that if we look at voter patterns and what we saw in this incredibly difficult election is the people that should have voted that didn't vote, are people who needed a reason to vote. we have to create an atmosphere where the middle class feels we are fighting for them. we had a number of brilliant statements in our caucus. a number who talked about how important it was that we do something to let those people out there know we work for them. >> some say some of your members didn't have much of a record to run on. looking back, do you think you should have managed the senate a little bit differently? >> we tried on many separate occasions to have a vote. the minority refused to let us have a vote. w

senate. you certainly had a political upbringing with your father, ron paul, who ran for president a couple of times. when you look at your, how you got here, it was as someone who was fighting the party from outside the party. now you're kind of the ultimate insider because you're going around, you're helping mitch mcconnell from your home state of kentucky, other what we would call mainstream republicans certainly incumbents. is this an effort to say i am not the iconoclast republican my dad was? >> well you know i think that i genuinely believe that our party is significantly different in philosophy. within our party there are difference answer i've tried to support the republicans in the party who i think will be more dramatically for the program i'm for, but also when i see the differences between the parties, i think the republican party is a much better choice. i also kind of laughingly sound for peace and commerce with all republicans so i want to be someone who does bring the party t

senators. now it's one of three senate office buildings. less than half of the senators are in this building. the others are spread out in the two other buildings. it's a gorgeous building. this is built in the french style that was popularized -- the capital complex was neoclassical. george washington wanted a neoclassical city. he picked the designs of the whitehouse. he wanted a marble city. they had been in philadelphia. he didn't want another brick city. they even renamed a lot of the physical features in the new washington, d.c. after famous roman places. so jenkins hill became capitol line hill. it was called gooseberry creek that ran through the middle of washington. and they wanted to give a stature to the you are in government. it was the first major republic since the row map republic in their eyes. this was a new city for a new government. it was mostly tobacco fields and empty spaces. so they gave it sort of a grand name and planned out major streets. and that was the style. they slowly built the city. then in the 1890s, there

>> yes, senator. again, it's regarding the incident of honda vehicle in 2004 according to my knowledge it was informed to takata in may of 2005. there is no way we can do any test relating to that unfortunate incident before hand. and also the series of incident happened in 2007, and at that time we actually started investigation about the -- to identify the problem. and that time we have the series of tests of the inflators, and all test result since 2007, that's the starting point of the investigation by us, is shareded with automakers and also ntsa. >> okay. so just to get to the -- go back to 2004 another time or in writing, but my issue is my constituent got blinded. of course she was driving a bmw, but it had received docume documentation from takata indicating that bmw vehicles were not affected. so what documentation did takata provide to bm sfwhshgs because, remember, this is post 2007 now. we're not back in 2004. we're in 2013. so i'm asking specifically about bmw. and if you don't know, you

in the senate race between jim webb and george alan. the republican senator. he was behind by 12,000, guess who his campaign manager was. yes, ed gillespie who said "you're 12,000 behind, doesn't look like you'll make it up", george allen decided not to go with the recount. gillespie is possibly in the same position, but as the candidate, and may not be a race that matters in terms of control of senate. if they are looking at 12,000 votes, thinking ed gillespie, you know the state well, do you ask for a recount or go back to what you told your own candidate. >> so we are close, but not quite there yet. >> sorry, i couldn't hear the question. >> i said we are close, but not quite there yet when it comes to republicans in the senate. >> that's right. i think the writing is on the wall. i don't want to get too far ahead of this. democrats pretty much have to put up with what is out there. president obama. president obama having to live wh what happens. there'll be a press conference at the white house to sift through the wreckage. when you look at the communicati

senate. right now the speaker of the house in the state of number tom till us, the republican, with 63,000 votes, 1% reporting, compared to 52,000 votes to kay hagan trying to seek a second term. in new hampshire where senator jeanne shaheen is facing another term facing a tough challenge with scott brown with 80% reporting in new hampshire and she has about 57% of the vote share compared to 43% for republican scott brown, the former senator from neighboring massachusetts. in virginia, this has the potential of being the surprise pick of the night with ed gillespie, 24% now reporting, 54% of the vote. 248,000 compared to just over 200,000 for incumbent senator mark warner. in west virginia, where you indicated shelley moore capito is the winner and 38% of the vote for natalie tennant. the numbers will continually be on the bottom of the screen and check out the results in the house, senate and governor races any time on c-span.org. >> christina ballantoni is the editor and chief of "roll call

senator john thune a member of the republican low pressure in the senate and senator chris murphy a democratic on the foreign relations committee. thank you both for joining me. i want to get to the consequences of the election but first i want to ask you about something else that broke this week and that is the president deciding to send 1500 more u.s. advisers and trainers to iraq to help in the battle against isis. this pretty much doubles the number of u.s. folks on the ground. senator murphy, what do you think? >> well, i think what we know is that ultimately your military operation there is only necessary insofar as it's giving you the ability to achieve some political reconciliation on the ground and my worry is that we're not seeing the kind of progress that we would like from the iraqis when it comes to actually creating the political preconditions upon which sunni populations inside iraq are going to choose to move way from isil and back towards the baghdad government. and so these 1500 troops are ultimately just going to be a temporary band aid if there isn't a fully inclusive gover

>>> opened in 1909, the russell senate office building caucus room has witnessed many notable senate investigations. in this second of a two part program, senate historian don richie tells us of hearings held from the 1940s to present day including the 1954 mccarthy hearings and water gate investigation. >> people come into this room all the time now. it's used for lunches, receptions, used for lectures, meetings, award ceremonies, announcements, all sorts of things happen here. it's a grand room. it's just a wonderful setting. immediately people are impressed by the dimensions of the room, wonderful carvings and fixtures here, great chandeliers and history. there's a plaque on the wall that lists the famous events that took place in this room. i was once asked by a radio correspondent to describe this room to a radio audience that couldn't see it. i said this room always reminds me of grand opera. it's a magnificent setting. it usually has a large cast of characters and plot. everyone sits around waiting for the witness to sing. television came along in 1847. the first hearing was g