states. only a little bit of the stone is actually from wisconsin. eat big dome also covered with granite. we have the only state capital to completely cover the exterior in granite. we have a statue up on top. we call her "wisconsin." on top of her helmet is a badger. we have "wisconsin" facing towards the nation's capital. she weighs over 6000 pounds. then we gave for that nice gold coat. as you look behind me, it says "legislation." artists created each of these mosaics with 100,000 pieces of colored glass. they represent the three branches of government. legislation for the legislative branch, justice for the judicial branch, government for the executive branch. ,bove us, it says liberty representing all of us that live here. stones from around the world on display right here. all of the patterned marble is from italy. all of the cream-colored marble is from france. this green stone is marble from greece. the red trim is actually marble from algeria. the building was designed by george post, an artist out of new york. a lot of the subcontractors a

state. so we had to set up our own territory. we call ourselves wisconsinan indian word that means the gathering of wers. we haven't gathered 15,000 -- we have gathered 15,000 lakes. the president of the united states sends word back that he had appointed henry dodge to be our first leader. mr. dodge came to wisconsin to get rich because we find lead in our hills. miners come rushing to wisconsin to make a fortune. everybody wants to get rich. lead in thatt find hole, they would live there. look at those miners. they live like temperatures. that is how we get the nickname the badger state. nothing to do with the animal itself. we're outside the office of the governor. we have a badger. he worked on the battleship called the uss wisconsin. 1900-1920, got to sail all over the world. as the sailors left port, they would rub his nose. we invite everyone to rub his nose. i rub him all the time. and i am the luckiest guy in the world. he is working for me. come to the governor's conference room. this is the public office for the governor. scott walker's private o

like all the mounds in wisconsin, they are protected by state law. times when an amateur person would excavated a mound, that is over. we have to rely on older literature. they stunned that, i would guess that there is a single grave in this bird effigy holding an adult, a child, male or female. betweends were built 1250 ad in a time as the late woodland. they were gardeners and hunters andmoved around wisconsin parts of adjoining states and were a spectacular people. they built these monumental sculptures for their death -- structures for their dead and changed the landscape permanently so we cannot forget them. basket at these one the time, taking topsoil from the surrounding areas. there was no sign they were digging deep pits to get phil -- fill. they were probably digging shallow scrapes so the land would heal quickly and he raised the damage they have done to make the mound. the madison area is an extremely rich environment. we have a concentration of several large lakes surrounded by productive marshes that would've been home to flocks of wate

he carried only wisconsin, but he came in second in about 10 other states. stwas la follette's iraq, running for president in hoorah, running for president in 1924. his sons created the third party, the progressive party in wisconsin an attempted to take the party nationally in 1938, carrying on the issues old which werefor important in the context of the 1930's. you saw things like unemployment compensation. yousaw many of the ideas found in the new deal emerged out of wisconsin. franklin roosevelt delivered patronage in wisconsin through wisconsin progressives rather than the wisconsin democratic party. that idea continued right down arough bronson la follette, third generation descended from bob la follette, who was wisconsin's attorney general. many of the ideas bob la follette fought for are still open issues. la follette called for the direct election of presidents as opposed to through the electoral college. he wanted to see the elimination of the influence of money in campaigns. he wanted popular review of judicial decisions, being able to overturn su

the president is very effective in a state like wisconsin, he can really help there. like arkansas and georgia, for example, where there's a lot of resistance to him and where he can't help. there's this general tendency to say these election results are going to reflect obama's relative unpopularity in the country. the truth is folks like charlie cook right after the 2012 election, he's a great election prague naus cater. he said democrats are probably going to lose the senate in 2014 because of the structure of the race. because all these races are in red states. so i think blaming the president is a bad idea. i think he's been very effective in a number of places. by the way, bill and hillary clinton have done a great job of going out there and conveying the democratic message. >> i tell you what, bill clinton has done everything he can do. he has been a power lifter. he had a big response last night down here in orlando, no question about that. the job he did on the ground in kentucky of course was yeoman's work. but there's one race, in the midst of citizens unit

wisconsin. shortly after this conference, the university began to reach out to the american indian community in the state of wisconsin sending its researchers, sending other personnel and we get the beginnings of a research relationship. i think it's time we look back on that 100 year history and look forward to the next 100 years of the relationship. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring madison, wisconsin. our cities doorstep traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about madison and other stops on c-span's cities tour at www.c-span.org/local content. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews monday through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> everything has become so that to, well, tell some of the people involved in togress back in the 1830's 1860's like henry clay or stephen a douglas. these people were struggling desperately to try to work out compromises to keep the union afloat and avoided splitting up. >> i think

states like wisconsin, michigan, maryland, these are democratic states and those voters there repudiated the idea that spending public programs would make their life better. it has failed and it has been kind of a test case over the last five years. now the -- i think that's really important. now the republicans have their own chance. >> jason, how do you read the president's body language there and genuine rhetoric that he offered? do you think -- it absorbed and internalized the point dan made or not? >> his body language doesn't suggest he has but here's what's different. during his second term, george w. bush's approval rating averaged 37%. >> not good. >> obama does not want to leave office that unpopular. that's the new insen tif he has to compromise and get something done. everyone has a dog in the fight. he knows the unpopularity could rub off on the next democratic nominee and republicans need to show results and what they can do with their majority. everyone has a dog. there are incentives in here to get things done. >> should republicans, james, should they be willing to work

the state of north carolina was not and the state of wisconsin is also not. particularly in right of the fact that the supreme court ruled on the coverage formula, i think this is an actually good illustration of some of the issues with the coverage formula as it existed at the time when -- at the time of reauthorization in 2006 and at the time it was struck down. we're seeing a lot of these hot button fundamental voting rights cases coming out of the country like ohio and like wisconsin that -- and i think they're -- anybody could agree that they're just as likely to come out of those areas of the country as they are anywhere else. we could debate whether coverage should properly have covered a lot of the original areas today as well. but i think everybody would agree -- the state of ohio in the last three to five years has been as likely a place as anywhere else to have a big decision come out on fundamental voting rights. and it's per tained to early voting primarily but same day registration, as you mentioned, there's some other things as well. and then w

state. remember, wisconsin is a state that the president won twice., he has universal republican support, so there must be a considerable amount of independents who like what he is selling. he has manifestly strong fund-raising skills. a lot of the money came from outside the state. now, he is sort of a nonthreatening, low-key persona. but what he says certainly electrifies republicans. when we talked to him last week, i asked him, "are you going to run for president? is this it?" he said i have a four-year plan in wisconsin. it's not a two-year plan or a year and a half plan. but he didn't say no, i'm not going to run. >> pelley: dean reynolds reporting for us tonight from wisconsin. dean, thank you very much. we have a lot of returns pouring in, and we will have them for you when we come back. helps you find a whole range of coverages. no one else gives you options like that. [voice echoing] no one at all! no one at all! no one. wake up! [gasp] oh! you okay, buddy? i just had a dream that progressive had this thing called... the "name your price" to

states like wisconsin, michigan, maryland, and these are democratic states, and those voters there repudiateded the idea that spending public programs would make their lives better. it has failed. it is kind of a test case over the last five years, and now, the, and i think that is really important, because now the republicans have their own chance. >> and jason, how do you read the president's body language there? and jepwgenuine rhetoric that h internalized and did he give us the point that dan said or not. >> well, the body language doesn't, but the rhetoric does. and here is the point that george bush's approval rating was 37%, and -- >> not good. >> and president obama does not want to leave office that unpopular, and neither do democrats. that is the new incentive to compromis compromise, and everybody a has a dog in the fight. he knows that the unpopularity could rub off on the nex pot ten shall nominee, and the republicans know they have to show some are results between now and 2016, and show what think can do with the majority, and everybody has a dog in the fight, and they have to sho

are stalled. >> of course if his opponent wins that would be the first woman governor in the state of wisconsin in history, right? >> right. and probably governor in madison, unlikely the democrats will take back the legislature. >> craig, thank you, we will be watching on tuesday. thank you. and now, heading south in the bayou state. louisiana, that's where you find ortega taking heat that is after she woman president obama struggles to be popular because is he african-american. >> >> in the south not always the friendliest place for african-americans. it's been a a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader. be able to present ourselves. it's more of a conservative place. we have had to work a a little bit harder on that. >> and "wall street journal" jason riley joins us. race baiting. a lot of the ads has been going on in the south and then you have this comment from senator land drew. is that sort of a democratic strategy or is the "new york times" reading too much in this. >> an absolutely strategy white house on down. this is what they have be

if i had had had a brain, i would have just campaigned in a few states. wisconsin, michigan, ohio, maybe connecticut. just set up operations in those states and nowhere else. but people said you have to campaign in texas. i remember one time, driving down the highway in south carolina on a rainy day, and i thought, what am i doing in south carolina? i have no support here. dick riley, who they are became a good friend of mine, he was running clinton's campaign. what was i even spending a day -- aside from having staff and campaign people. if i had just concentrated on a few states, that might have been different. but i also believe my message was wrong also. my message was wrong. but i think about those things, and i look back, and however, both the country and me and my family and my personal life are probably better off that i never got elected president. i am not just saying that out of fake modesty. i say that because i love legislation. i like legislating. and i just like that atmosphere. the more i thought about it, i am not really the executive type person.

they shorted states like wisconsin and other states across the country. relying on the federal government for your balancing your budget is really i think a fool's bet. >> you made your name to do with the collective bargaining issue in wisconsin. there has been an agreement, i guess, over the years that if you come into the public sector, teacher, firefighter, police officer, that in exchange for not getting a private sector-like salary opportunity, that you will get a pension, you will have protected retirement in the form of a pension, which of course, many in the private sector don't get. do you believe in that basic agreement? >> well, in it the end, i think providing for good, decent, hard working public servants is a good thing. we still do. my brother is a banquet manager. his wife sells appliances at sears. they are classic working americans. my brother said i would love to have the deal you are offering public employees. we match the pension requirement. we ask them to pay 12% for their health insurance. the average family in our state is paying

and in the end, our law was supportive by five of the largest police unions in the state of wisconsind i urge the brown family to do the same. talk about this. remember police officers are human beings. they have a very difficult job. also the families are hurting badly. when you come to the table and sit down and work on it, that's when magic happens. >> whenever there is a police-involved shooting that you learn of, how much of that makes you think about your son and what you as a family went through? >> all the time. when i was looking at the tamir rice shooting in cleveland, i was sickened by it. i know the family is sitting down at the thanksgiving table and that child is not here. you don't know how to categorize it. it is a tremendous amount of pain. >> clearly this grief really will be forever that you have lost your son. so what advice would you have for the michael brown family? how do you carry on? of course never forgetting the memory of your son. >> well, a couple of things. you need great therapy. you need to go out and you need to be able to talk about this. you need to

one of those states, wisconsin. mike? >> and specifically milwaukee is going to receive some federal observers. what we don't see, neil, is a rim effect around the state. speaking with a local observer in the different election wards, they haven't received any sort of special instruction, essentially they have been told to follow the law. observers are going to eight states, total of 28 different voting districts, and the role of observers will be to report back and talk about whether the voting has happened in compliance with the america vote" act. >> these officials will gather information on numerous aspects of local election procedures. including whether voters are treated differently depending on their race or color. whether jurisdictions are adequately serving individuals with disabilities. >> they will also be looking at language barriers, bilingual election material is required but people in the local ward say they received a lot more instruction about the voter i.d. law or lack thereof than federal monitors. >> th

the rest of the country and state of wisconsin. particularly in light of the fact supreme court ruled on coverage formula, this is a good illustration of some of the issues with the coverage formula as it existed at a time when reauthorization in 2006 and the time it was struck down. we're seeing a lot of hot button fundamental voting rights cases coming out of cases like ohio and like wisconsin. i think anybody could agree they are just as likely to come out of those areas of the country as anywhere else. we could debate whether coverage should properly have covered original areas today as well. i think everybody would agree the state of ohio in the last three to five years has been as likely a place as anywhere else to have a big decision come out on fundamental voting rights. it pertain to early voting in the last couple of elections but same day registration. there's other things as well. wisconsin has been in the news as well for voter id. in terms of the coverage formula, i think that's actually instructive. what we've seen b

when you look at a state like wisconsin where we're almost dead last in job creation. s understand public. governor walker promised the state 250,000 jobs and didn't deliver on his promise. so wisconsin has a jobs problem. >> at this point, as i mentioned details are not available such as costs and how expanded the plan would be. what is the strategy for democrats in your state who are opposed to this? >> we're going fight it. we're going fight it tooth and nail. especially for those areas that will be most impacted. this is just another republican piece of legislation aimed at further causing disparities among minorities of color and the poor. wisconsin has seen so many bills and pieces of legislation that are aimed at punishing individuals in the state for being poor. and it's not fair. >> assemblywoman of wisconsin, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >>> new york city police are looking for two men who they say stole $2 million worth of jewelry in a bold heist that happened in broad daylight. one of the stories we're follow

the mounds are concentrated in particular locations in wisconsin and surrounding states. moundspes of effigy change as you move from one territory to to the next, and these may be family or clan symbols. the folks in the madison area lived around the madison area and probably moved from one territory to another from time to time, but this would have been their home base. the campus has more mounds than any other campus in the world as far as i am aware. there are mounds on picnic point, which is a very popular spot to just relax and look at the lakes on -- there's a northwest side of campus. there's also a group of mounts including a goose effigy, a very nice one, knew the lakeshore, knew the students that a tory them. there are other mounds in the university arboretum just a short distance from us. we are walking onto a mound that is called a two-tailed total. .t is not a turtle mound that was a term that was applied to any effigy mound shown from above so you see all four limbs. it laid out like kind of a bearskin rug. the actual creature that seems to be represented is

and i think that's true of a number of other states, including wisconsin. we'll be watching tomorrow night, the governors' races. bill richardson and ej deeian, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, did some democrats make a mistake by running away from president obama in this election? lots of fierce debate on that today on both sides. >>> also, what do you do for an encore once you've done a blindfold tight rope walk? is a head stand really the next step? >>> and the ugly brawl that's given nascar a black eye. it's all part of "conversation nation," next. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from

the few bright spots for the losing team, voters in five states approved voter minimum wage increases. joining me now is the governor of wisconsin, scott walker, after winning his blue state for the fourth time in with wisconsin and many rocketed governor walker to the top of many of the list of potential presidential lists. thank you for coming on. >> thank you, chuck, for having me on. >> and 52.3%, and 52.3% in the recall, and 53% for you and barack obama in 2008 and 53% in 2012 and a pat e tern here, and i think that we know what your ceiling is 53%, and the president's ceiling is maybe higher than that, but is there an obama/walker voter, and if so, who are they? >> well, in our case, we had double-digits with thement in -- with the independents, and we can't win in our state withoutt the double-digit independent voters. so we reached out to the younger voters and not just the traditional voters go ourg way. >> you said that one of the reasons that you had success in wisconsin and president obama had success in wisconsin is that you were principled in the beliefs, and do you believe that centrism does not work in wisconsin,

wisconsin. shortly after this conference, the university began to reach out to the american indian communities in the state of wisconsin, sending researchers and other personnel. we get the beginnings of a research relationship. i think it is time that we look back on that history and look forward to the next 100 years of the relationship. >> american history tv is featuring wisconsin's state capital, madison. learn more about madison and other stops on our city store at www.c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> president gerald r ford pardoned former president richard nixon. up next, john logie and jill wine-banks recall the events up to the pardon. this was at the gerald r. ford presidential museum. this event is one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, hank. along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. ford presidential museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our c-span audience to this event. my passion for this flowed from my understanding of archibald cox, who became a national hero who stood up to rich

state. wisconsin has a voter i.d. which was blocked for this election because the supreme court said it was put into effect too close to the election. technically that will go right back into effect today. so they'll be court battles to determine whether that will be in effect. there's likely to be a number of other states where republicans as you say will move forward, including ohio, where there's a new push by conservatives for voter i.d.s so we'll see a lot of these things. >> zach roth on the ground for us in houston, thank you. >>> trivia time. since the civil war, 12, that's the most senate seats lost in the midterm by a party controlling the white house since the civil war. it was 1958. that dreaded six-year itch of the eisenhower presidency. congratulations, our winner today, eric feldman. appreciate you writing in. we'll be right back. alka-seltzes the cold truth. i have a cold, with terrible chest congestion. better take something. i'll catch up later. awww... truth is, theraflu severe cold doesn't treat ch

earlier this month, the supreme court upheld an injunction barring the state of wisconsin from executing its new voter id law. because reasoning seems to rely on the degree for which the states make it possible for the poor to acquire identification. such as by reducing the cost to obtain a birth certificate or state issued identity card. 31 states now require voters to show some form of identification. 15 states require photo identification. despite predictions that such laws will suppress minority turnout, evidence from recent elections tells us a different story. in ohio and rhode island, where photo id laws have gone into effect, minority voting actually increased rather than decreased. >> question, is a requirement to show photo identification before voting a good idea or a bad idea? mort zuckerman. >> i think it's a good idea. and new york state and to some extent, new york city, believe me. they are people who are selling these cards that will now allow people to vote and they are not, shall we say, representative of the people. so i think it is perfectly appropriate to make sure

and wisconsin woos the first state in the united states to allow public employees to collectively bargainor those things. and so this was, particularly difficult for the unions to agree with. essentially calling for their dissolution and having employees have to speak individual voices instead of collectively. this was met with some resistance from the collective bargaining units, all the different unions of wisconsin. and people came to the capitol to protest over a 30-day period in january and february of 2011. [shouting] >> i just thought it was really interesting story especially because it was non-violent. especially because so few people were arrested. especially because, it is the way the system is supposed to work. and we don't have a lost examples of that often in our country that people can gather, have their voices heard and something really, really bad does not happen. and that is a really good thing. and i thought it was just unique. and so i woos here one day and turned to somebody, nobody would believe the behind the scenes of what is really going on here. i ought to write

which people do not usually think of as having--that were part of the jim crow south, wisconsin now has these laws. statesven to be discriminatory, they would be subject to the parents. they would require federal oversight. that bill though, that it is still in, the house. sponsorshiptisan but the speaker will not hold a hearing. it is something we are working on next year. bob, republican line. caller: i think what hundred percent that each state should voter id laws. if you can get there, he can call somebody. i have volunteered many times to have somebody who cannot--you commie, i will take you to vote and get you back on. --you call me i will take you to vote. guest: the commission did not get into voter id. i think the big set for threat forthe big our election is not impersonation, it is laws on the books that have proven to be discriminate--discriminatory. million americans are not registered to vote. we have scores of people who are voices heardeir and are not empowered on election day because they are olls. nohe roles--r voter, no eligible americans that are should find themselves kicked out of a

and in the state of wisconsin is also not. in terms of particularly in light of the fact the supreme court ruled on the coverage formula i think this is actually a very good illustration of some of the issues with the coverage formula as it existed at the time come at the time a reauthorization in 2006 and at the time it was struck down. a lot of these hot button, fundamental voting rights cases, out of areas of the country like ohio and like wisconsin bat, and i think anybody could agree that this is just wanted to come out of those areas of the country as they are anywhere else. we could debate whether coverage should properly, a lot of the original ares today as well, but i think everybody would agree in the state of ohio in the last three to five years it's been as likely as anyone else to have a big decision come out on fundamental voting rights. it's pertaining to early voting primary in the last couple of election but same-day registration as you mentioned. dozen other things as well. and then wisconsin has been in the

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring wisconsin's state capital, madison. the city was named for james madison. many streets surrounding the capitol square are named after other signers of the constitution. posted by our charter cable partners, our staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about madison all weekend on american history tv. great things i have been able to do is to get elected in the last two campaigns, 1976 and 1982, without accepting any contributions at all and spending less than $200 in each campaign. i spent $177 in 1976. $145.10.i spent in 1976 pending no money, i got more votes than anyone had gotten running for office in wisconsin. >> do you think your other colleagues could do the same thing? >> no question. 2/3 could be reelected at least. >> we are at the wisconsin historical society headquarters in madison, deep in the archives stacks where the public never gets to go. this is what the inside of any large archives look like, filled with miles and miles of boxes of unpublished papers. we have come

gop holding governorship in several key battleground states, scott walker in wisconsin. n four years. john kasich commanding victory in ohio. rick scott squeaker over charlie crist. picking up democratic seats like maryland where the president campaigned and president's home state illinois, that went republican as well. martha: very red across the south in the governor's races. a fascinating map. now the president looks ahead to his final two years in office with republicans controlling both the house and the senate. "time" magazine seeing big changes under the expected new leadership of mitch mcconnell, posting this mock cover online today. it harks back to the president's iconic campaign poster, when candidate obama was promising hope and change. bret baier, coanchored last night's election coverage magnificently i might add. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning is right. the president will speak this afternoon. obviously it's been a tough road for him. they really made sort of what i would call a final spasm attempt over the last 4hours to -- 48 hours

in tough swing states. wisconsin. new hampshire. he doesn't want them to take tough votes.ant to get something done i think. just for his own legacy. >> on the other hand. challenge. he said clearly don't want to shut down the government. i went to use the appropriations process to stop obama rules, regulations. i don't like. starting with epa rules on car been emissions from power plants. the two things are not necessarily come patable. the president is not going to sign legislation blocking the, the unilateral executive action, regulatory actioning th that he to take. though he does not want that confrontation. if you pursue the strategy. >> the other thing we haven't talked about. is, sort of be careful what you wish for. or remember things that you do today could come back to haunt you tomorrow in the senate. >> nuclear option. >> also nuclear option. also broadly. democrats, harry reid they know huh to be in the minority party in the senate. they know how. >> look two years ago. like two years ago. a senior democratdemocrating -- democratic source say, our goal for two

the state of wisconsin is also not. in terms of particularly in light of the fact that the supreme court ruled on the coverage formula, i think this is a very good illustration of some of the issues with the coverage formula as it existed at the time when -- at the time of reauthorization in 2006 and at the time that it was struck down. we're seeing a lot of these hot button fundamental voting rights cases coming out of areas of the country like ohio and like wisconsin that -- i think anybody could agree that they're just as likely to come out of those areas of the country as they are are anywhere else. we can debate whether coverage should have covered a lot of the original areas today as well. i think everybody would agree the state of ohio in the last three to five years has been as likely a place as anywhere else to have a big decision come out on fundamental voting rights. it has pertained to early voting primarily in the last couple of elections but same-day registration and some other things as well. and then wis

in his home state of wisconsin was a delegation of state leaders who worked with other average citizens who were concerned the story would have gone unnoticed and the metal needed to happen so they passed a bill taking exception to make this happen. president obama proved that this award would happen. they had to search and search and search for relatives of alonzo cushing. you can see to the left or to the right of the president accepting the pending. this is a huge journey taking place to have this happen today. cushing's family well known in the military. his younger brother william is labeled as the first navy seal by some historians. his father as well fought in the military, so he comes from a long military lineage. as we go to break, we remember him and the medal of honor is stowed upon alonzo cushing. stay with us. [ breathing deeply ] [ inhales deeply ] [ sighs ] [ inhales ] [ male announcer ] at cvs health, we took a deep breath... [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] and made the decision to quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. now we invite smokers to quit, too,

victories didn't stop there, in the governor's races, republicans defended seats in the electoral states of wisconsin and florida and scored huge upsets in deep blue states like illinois and maryland. we're going to go around the table very quickly. we're going to pick onedana, th want to highlight. >> elise stefanik, she's 30 years old, she will be the youngest woman elected to the congress. she's a friend of mine, she used to work in the white house, she was the assistant to chief of staff josh bolton. she won handily in the general, she outmessaged him, she raised a ton of money and she was able to bring that home, so there was a lot of energy that she brings to the congress and i wish her very well. >> you want to comment on the youngest female congressman being a republican? >> i think that's terrific. >> fantastic. brian? okay, have a little dialogue over virginia, dana parino is the only one that i knew of who said i think ed gillespie has a great chance in virginia. and the guy th and. >> rolled their eyes, said that was stupid. >> didn't say stupid. but dreamed that you were so friendly with

i love wisconsin, i love iowa, i love all the states. what took iowa so long to send a woman to washington? have you figured that one out? >> i do believe it's because senator harkin is our junior senator after serving 30 years in the united states senate. senator grassly has served for 34 years. having both of them holding those offices, there was little room to beat out these very popular incumbents. once elected in iowa, those incumbents generally stay in office. >> all right. so when you get to washington, will you come down or let me come up to the hill and swoo interview you? >> i would love that. you're welcome at any time. >> congratulations to you and we'll be watching. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, greta. >>> most of the gop victories happening before midnight giving the gop it first senate majority since 2006. >> republicans will control the u.s. senate for the last two years of president obama's term. >> that changes everything in washington. >> we are heading to washington and we are going to make them squea

you have states that are almost completely dominated by republican governors, republican legislatures, wisconsinchigan, ohio, pennsylvania. but then those are the same states two years later that go all for barack obama. so it's very different. analyzing national races and local races, which governors races are, are just very unique to the states. rick snyder is doing well. it's a close race. but rick snyder will win. he's turned michigan around. i think kasich is going to run away with it tonight. his opponent never really got out of the starting block. i think they're just local. but if you look at the senate races across the country, the candidates have done very poorly on the democrat side and they're linked to barack obama. his ratings and approval are all in the ditch. so is the country. that's why i think you're going to see a very big win among the republicans tonight up and down the ticket. >> i don't know if the country's in a ditch right now. the economy, at least the macro picture, as far as unemployment, job growth, stuff like that, seems to be doing okay. i don't know if people in

ohio state will face wisconsin in the big ten championship game next week. badgers came from behind to beat minnesota in madison. acc versus s.e.c. florida state taking on florida. second quarter. jameis winston to nick o'leary. for winston, career low 125 passing yards. four interceptions. but he did have two touchdown passes. florida state hangs on to win. they will take on georgia tech in the acc title game. georgia tech playing georgia in athens. late fourth quarter. justin thomas fumbles. georgia recovers. that lead to this. it's fourth and goal. hudson mason. malcolm mitchell. got it. bulldogs back on top, 24-21. but four seconds to go. georgia tech lining up for a 5-3 yard field goal. harrison butker. yes, sir. 53-yard field goal, career long. we're going to overtime. after a georgia tech touchdown, the point after was blocked. bulldogs, second and goal. their overtime possession. hudson mason. intercepted by d.j. white. yellow jackets win over georgia, 30-24. it's their first ten-win season since 2009. their first win over georgia since 2008. more s.e

ohio state will face wisconsin in the big ten championship game next week. badgers came from behind to beat minnesota in madison. acc versus s.e.c. florida state taking on florida. second quarter. jameis winston to nick o'leary. for winston, career low 125 passing yards. four interceptions. but he did have two touchdown passes. florida state hangs on to win. they will take on georgia tech in the acc title game. georgia tech playing georgia in athens. late fourth quarter. justin thomas fumbles. georgia recovers. that lead to this. it's fourth and goal. hudson mason. malcolm mitchell. got it. bulldogs back on top, 24-21. but four seconds to go. georgia tech lining up for a 5-3 yard field goal. harrison butker. yes, sir. 53-yard field goal, career long. we're going to overtime. after a georgia tech touchdown, the point after was blocked. bulldogs, second and goal. their overtime possession. hudson mason. intercepted by d.j. white. yellow jackets win over georgia, 30-24. it's their first ten-win season since 2009. their first win over georgia since 2008. more s.e

in wisconsin, scott walker elected for third time in the state of wisconsin. and dean reynolds is in burlington, wisconsin. deep. >> nora, just looking at some of these statistics from tonight's battle in wisconsin, scott walker would be by just the same margin he won his two previous races for. the needle doesn't move on this guy much. he won older voters. he won just enough independent voters. he won male voters and voters who chose the economy as their number 1 issue. and he won among those that founder that the economy was their number one issue and while he lacked empathy according to the pollsters they do believe that he is a governor who does things. so the pieces for a presidential race are in place if you will. i mean he's won three times now in a blue state. he is a known fund-raising machine. he is battle-tested now, three races in four years. but there is this one pesky statistic from the exit polls today that a majority of wisconsin voters, the voters who know him well, say he should not run for president. scott, nora. >> all right dean, thank you

he traveled to some 36 states, stumping for florida's rick scott and wisconsin's scott walker, both of whom won big. could his success in the midterms give christie the boost he needs to make a play for the white house in 2016? it here's what fwmgovernor chrie said about that earlier on "new day." >> what is your timetable when you'll zmi. >> you know, sometimes next year. there's no rush in making this kind of decision. i think there's no reason to rush a decision as important as this. you know, i've said it all along there's three questions i'll ask myself. is it right for me? is it right for my family? is it right for my country. if i don't answer yes to all three, i won't run, and if i do answer yes to all three, then i will. >> you care about your party. everybody says that, that this was important to you to show that you could give a message in as many states as possible where governors would be helped by it. it worked. that's got to tell you something about your ability to message. you know that your party is pushing you towards getting more involved in this. how do you say no?