guest: the tax keys it starts at the top whoever will be the republican leader in the senate will have an enormous amount of sway and power over the direction of the conversation about tax policy and what that process looks like. the top republican on the finance committee make crapo, the top democrat is ron widen. there were some things that went down at the end of this congress that strained the relationship they had an agreement the house pass the extension of the child tax credit and included research and development tax measures that overwhelmingly passed the house and got sunk in the senate so the two walked away from the table negotiating with widen on those. so that relationship is a bit strained. i think there will be some bad blood from 2024 that carries over into the 2025 process. then there are other republicans appear stphats in the senate who are folks who are sort of familiar with financial services and talking about 345gy hasson on the democratic side and some who are leaving like mitt romney but we will see who needs to take those places as republicans who are influent

it starts at the top, whoever will be the republican leader in the senate will have an enormous amount of sway and power over the direction of the conversation about tax policy and what that process looks like and then the top republican on the finance committee, there were some things that went down in congress before the election that strained the relationship. the house even passed the extension of the child tax credit, including r&d measures for taxes that overwhelmingly passed the house and then got sunk in the senate. so they walked away from the table from negotiating on those measures. that relationship is a bit strained. there is some bad blood left over from 2024 that carries into the 2025 process. there are other republicans and democrats in the senate who are folks that are familiar with financial services. there are some folks who are living like mitt romney who will no longer be in. you will see who takes place and is influential in that conversation. host: emily brooks, if all this is going forward to the tax cut he is to watch the ways and means committee. guest: a rela

house republicans will elect their nominee for speaker and senate republicans will pick their next leader after retaking the majority in the upper chamber. newly elected members will also be in washington, d.c. comment including selecting their offices by lottery. the house and senate are also returning today facing a government funding deadline and must pass additional federal spending legislation by december 20 to avert a shutdown. the house is back later today at noon. speaker mike johnson will swear it two new members who won special elections last week to fill vacant seats in texas is 18th house district, and former

again, that implies or suggests that there will be a couple of republicans who are willing to be out there. i think the larger surprise about this week, if you look at the middle of the week when gaetz was nominated is that republicans on the hill are freaking out. are you kidding me? what did he say on the campaign that made you think he might take a more moderate position or a more governing position. this is something they all campaigned for for the last two years and this is the environment they have to govern >> this is the man they chose not to impeach weeks after an insurrection he staged. this is what you get. enjoy the harvest. my friend, thank you for spending a little of your friday night with me. >>> still to come, senate democrats are raising two kids from -- to confirm dozens of judicial nominees. outgoing senator joe manchin is actually planning to help. first, top brass in the u.s. military is bracing for a pentagon purge. new reporting reveals the trump administration may already have a list of names for the chopping block. drop everything and get some magic of your o

i also think the house will be right on the edge . it looks like republicans will grab it.ill have an outside shot. it will be razor thin. jeffries is a new and younger leader. he could be a forceful figure in terms of putting guardrails into place . >> we will see and we will look at the implications of the reelection beyond america borders. starting in the middle east where the israeli prime minister has already had several conversations with the president-elect. we will have that, coming up. >>> the israeli military was targeting terrorist when they bombed -- in gaza. people desperately searching for survivors. 2000 people were killed . this was the scene in central gaza where 14 people were injured after the strike. on sunday 40 were killed alone. this is video from lebanon. at leaf 23 people lost their lives there including seven children. civilian casualties. it is outside of the usual stronghold abc holder killed since saturday >> benjamin netanyahu is eager to turn the page . the prime minister and president-elect have already been speaking about what lies ahead. >>

be enough. and republicans will be enough. ncoming president losing one pic is not critical or shocking. i guess problems happen potentially if more of those pics are called into question don't make it to the confirmation process. there's been a lot of chatter around the pickford defence secretary. do you think we will see some of the other candidates that donald trump wants not getting through that process?— through that process? donald trum is through that process? donald trump is determined - through that process? donald trump is determined not - through that process? donald trump is determined not to i through that process? donald| trump is determined not to go for a traditional washington pic. he's going very outside the box and getting very creative. it will be interesting to see how the folks due under confirmation scrutiny. it's great to say they'll come in here and shake things up and not be traditional, but the fact is you need tremendous managerial skills to oversee these departments that are huge, especially defence

with that, i will be happy to see what you want to talk about. >> senate republicans will have 54, 55, may be 56 seats before this is done. you've been an advocate of maintaining the filibuster, the former president and now president elect -- what will you do outside of the leadership to continue to advocate on that if forces try to get rid of it? >> i'm glad you raised that and i should've cover that before. i think one of the most gratifying results of the senate becoming republican, the filibuster will stand. there won't be any new states admitted that give a partisan advantage to the other side, and we will quit beating up the supreme court every time they make a decision we don't like. i think this shifting to a republican senate majority helps control the guardrails to keep people who want to change the rules in order to achieve something they think is worthwhile is not successful. i think the filibuster is very secure. >> practically speaking, what is having a 52 or 53 seat majority mean forgetting trump's agenda through the senate compared to a 50 or 51 seat, and does this mea

it does seem like republicans have the edge now. we know the senate will go republican. he checked the donald trump will have unified control are pretty high, what does that mean? >> hakeem jeffries and the democrats are still holding out hope they could maybe flip the house. certainly, the window seems to be closing on that opportunity with every passing day. the reliance in california, kenny may be held onto any of those teeth? but at the end of the day, as you just hinted at, we are now entering into a presidential term where the supreme court is essentially removing some of the guardrails here. congress is completely different than it was in 2017, in terms of the folks skeptical of trump are no longer in congress, largely on the republican side of the aisle. you have a lot of republicans who are going to be-- folks like mike lawlor, may object to this notion, but more than willing to fall into line with whatever trump decides to pursue . there will simply be fewer guardrails in washington. a part of the way that the constitutional republic that we have operates is, th

i will read for you some of what he wrote. he said republican senators seeking coveted leadership position in the united states senate must agree to recess appointments in the senate without which we will not be able to get confirmed in a timely manner. sometimes votes can take two years or more. this is what they did four years ago and we cannot let it happen again. we need positions filled immediately. he went on to say he does not believe democrats should be able to pass judges at this time before he is sworn into office. i think when it boils down to it, the reason this matters is because essentially what donald trump is trying to do is shatter norms about how his cabinet and other top officials would get confirmed. essentially he is saying he wants to do this in a process in which cabinet officials would not need senate confirmation. there are other things to keep in mind about how the processes of the senate works. for example they don't normally actually go to recess even though that's what we call it. normally they call for pro forma ses

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republicans will be focused on doing everything we can to expand economic opportunity and increase growth. that starts with taking action to preserve the tax relief republicans delivered for americans during the first trump administration. it's also time to check the bureaucratic machine here in washington, d.c. a key element of making america prosperous again is taking a hatchett to the leg -- to the regulatory apparatus choking our economy, starting with the 1,000 biden-harris regulations that cost americans nearly $2 trillion. of course, a major focus of both the trump administration and the republican congress will be restoring american strength to promote peace at home and abroad. that includes restoring american energy dominance for the sake of both economic growth and our national security. mr. president, yesterday, my colleagues chose me to lead republicans here in the senate during the 119th congress. i'm honored by the trust they've placed in me, and i will work every day here in the senate to serve my colleagues and to advance president trump's agenda. my philosophy of leadersh

will republicans hold the house. a slim majority right now that you would like to take away from them. there are a number of races in your state that are close to what are you hearing from your colleagues and how do you think it will shake out, based on what you are hearing and seeing right now? >> a couple of thoughts. first, i am always cautious about the predictions. i believe democrats are the favorite now to win the house. we have three great democratic incumbents in close seats all three of them are leaving -- leading in their polls and doing better now than where they were two years ago. they were in close races to make years ago. when a wonderful chance to defeat scott perry, the leader of the freedom caucus. a district based in harrisburg area. appreciate the fact that the republicans want to campaign in that district this week and he was caught on video admitting that republicans plan to repeal the formal care act or obamacare. it is something they have been trying to do for 14 years. it was literally the f

will have 53 senators if they win in pennsylvania. to the democrats' 47. if bob casey wins the republicans will have 52 senators to the democrat's 48. late last night, arizona democrat ruben gallago defeatedt kari lake. seems the republicans are likely to control the house of representatives as of this hour. republicans have 216 seats in the house and democrats have 207 seats in the house according to nbc news with 12 seats remaining to be decided. in the presidential election, the final national polls indicating that the race was a tie within a three-point margin of error are proving correct. donald trump currently has a 2% lead over kamala harris at 52- 48. anyone who understands what polling data actually means knows that, that result in the election is within the three- point margin of error of all the credible national polls in r the final days of the campaign. this afternoon, vice president harris returned to the white house for the first time since the election before her scheduled lunch with president biden. vice president harris was greeted by white house staff. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> we love you! >> we sti

republicans. well, lester, this is the last piece of the puzzle for donald trump as he now officially will have controlboth the white house and his republican colleagues will now have control of the senate and the house. it will make passing his agenda the agenda that he ran on in this past campaign that much easier of getting through washington and it does not come as much of a surprise, especially given the results of what we saw last tuesday night that republicans were able to maintain control. although this did take much longer to call than the races in the senate. and, of course, the race for the white house, in part because many of the battlegrounds that we were still waiting to project came in areas that were not presidential battlegrounds. they weren't in swing states, in particular, the state of california, which took quite a long time to count many of its votes. many of these races that tip the balance in favor of republicans came from california. this, despite the fact that democrats saw gains in the state of new york, which is a state that they had difficulty with in the midterms in 2022. n

he will have single party rule again. this is a republican party that is much different than it looked like last time he was in town. there were more critics of donald trump back then. fewer critics now. and donald trump will be able to work his will over the house gop, no question about it. this is very much a trump republican house. the house had very few competitive districts. millions of dollars were spent in key districts lake in california and new york, in the suburbs, places like arizona. places where they thought they could pick up seats. places joe biden won, in some cases, by double digits in 2020. given donald trump's gains, the republicans' down ticket were able to ride his coat tails. also the ability to shape and drive legislation on the floor. put whatever they want on the house floor. then it will go to the united states senate, now run by the incoming senate majority leader, johnathan. the senate will be a different complication. democrats will be needed to pass most legislation. nevertheless, a huge boost for the gop. now th

way that they made the dw years live in from berlin, maximum power in the west. donald trump's republicans will soon control the white house and both houses of congress. the republicans have secured enough seeds to control the house of representatives and the senate, the when making possible what is known as the trump try sector. also coming up the suffering of children in war torn level, not a woman in b roots is trying to provide a safe space for kids to be kids. and at the un climate conference in either by john, the question will germany and other rich nations have to pay a lot more to mitigate global warming? we'll get some answers from germany's climate on voice at the top 20. no. the break off is good to have you. with this in the united states, republicans have a one enough seeds to control the us house of representatives. the result gives the party a president elect donald trump full control of the government after winning control of the senate and the white house. but even with this majority, trump may still not get everything he wants, including his top picks for is kept. donald trum

january 3rd, the new congress will be seated with a republican-led senate, as the house continues to be counted. january 6th, the electoral college votes are counted. vice president harris will, in fact, preside over that process. and then, of course, january 20th is the inauguration. john? >> all right, eva mckend, thank you very much for that. kate? >>> this morning, new reports special counsel jack smith is in talks with justice leadership over the legal cases against now president-elect donald trump, preparing to wind them down. >>> and ray-gun, the viral olympic break dancer, calling it quits. >>> this morning, special counsel jack smith is in talks with justice department leadership about how to now wind down the federal cases that he's been leading against donald trump. now preparing to call it quits, really, after investigations that have stretched years. smith was first appointed as special counsel in november of 2022 to investigate trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and also, his mishandling of classified documents. cnn's zach cohn is tracking this from washingto

the president-elect will address republicans in congress, lay down the law and insist on unity. if he can pull that off, that will be a shift from the ugly divisions of the past. donald trump sits down with president biden. who knows what will be set on either side but they will appear very briefly for a photooptical. fascinating to read that room, the president squeezed out of power, loathing his opponent and the president-elect quickly assuming power. watch this unfold. i use the word trans formational to describe the administration. >> reporter: specifically doghe is my focus, these appointments are fascinating especially pete hegseth but when you look at what's will transform our economy going forward, taking with some estimates $2 trillion out of government waste is the thing. bridges to nowhere happen on the republican and democrat side. the taxpayers money, to watch what they are going to hopefully do could transform, to use your word how our government moves going forward so it's not the ordinary course of business to say government waste. not anymore if they can accompli

and again, that implies, or that suggests that there will be a couple of republicans willing to be out there on that. i think the larger kind of surprise i feel like about this week, if you look at the middle of the week when gaetz was nominated, was that actually, republicans on the hill are freaking out about this. are you kidding me? like what about, what did he say on the campaign that made you think that he might take a more moderate position? or he might take a more governing position? and look. this is something they campaigned for the last two years and this is the environment they have to govern. >> yeah. and there is the man they chose not to impeach weeks after an insurrection he staged at their workplace. this is what you get. enjoy the harvest rft seeds you have sewn. my friend, thank you for spending a little of your friday night with me. >> thank you. >>> still to come this evening, senate democrats are racing to confirm dozens of president biden's judicial nominees before donald trump takes office. and outgoing senator joe manchin is actually planning to help. >>> first

i have no doubt that this house republicans team will get it done.ime for failed policies that are free to have it on hard-working americans for last four years is over. the time for proven leadership is now. with that i turned over to one of our proven leaders, our majority leader steve scalise. rep. scalise: last week the american people delivered a mandate to washington that they want to fix the problems that have been plaguing families the last three and a half years. i got the ability to travel every single swing district throughout the nation and i got the opportunity to travel to a number of swing districts with president trump and i saw the same theme everywhere we went. people are furious there is an open southern border and they want it closed. people are struggling because they cannot afford to buy food or fill up their cars or pay their utility bills. the leaders in the white house were not listening. what we talked about when we were out on the campaign trail and our candidates talked about were real issues, real solutions to the problem

mary, as you know, abc news projecting today that republicans will win the house. the white house with a republican house and a republican senate. president-elect trump was cheered at a meeting with house republicans today, shaking hands with speaker mike johnson. and news from the senate tonight. republican members electing south dakota senator john thune as their next majority leader, their first new leader in nearly two decades. rachel scott on the hill again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, it is official. president-elect donald trump will return to the white house with both a republican senate and a republican house. >> please stand to your feet. the 47th president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> reporter: trump was greeted by republican lawmakers with cheers and a standing ovation. >> well, thank you very much. this is a very nice gathering. isn't it nice to win? it's nice to win. it's always nice to win. >> reporter: and tonight, for the first time in nearly two decades, republicans will have a new leader in the senate. john thune, the senior senator

republicans. so unity is going to be the name of the game. this will be a more unified party but no margin for error for house republicans. senate side it will be fascinating to see who emerges as the senate republican leader. there are a lot of supporters of donald trump that like rick scott and his more grassroots -- closely tied to the maga grassroots. but i think john thune is probably the favorite and interesting to see what trump has to say about all three senate republicans. >> dana: can you talk a little bit about teamwork and leadership from the white house and how it could help republicans work together as a team? once you have a also bit of success and show that you can work together as a team it can sometimes propel more success. >> yes, dana, you put your finger on it. the momentum was lost in 2016 or 2017 when he came in. remember all the talk was repeal and replace obamacare and it was the freedom caucus that voted down that first attempt and all the momentum was lost. you have the debt ceiling coming up. you have budget reconciliation,

will play out in congress. whether you like it or not, the republicans will force the debates.we have to be prepared for them as democrats. >> let me move to overseas now. today ukraine launched the biggest drone strike on moscow since the start of the war. u.s. and ukrainian officials say 50,000 russian and north korean soldiers have assembled to begin an assault to take back part of the kursk region that has been taken by ukraine. putin knows trump will be in office soon. as the biden administration's days are waning, what can it do about xae serious escalation? >> i have said that putin will not negotiate at all until he sees the end of the election because he thinks he is going to get a free pass. now putin knows that. he is counting on trump to support him as he has in the past. let's pause for a moment to say how extraordinary this is that vladimir putin of russia can count on an american president to support his position. but that's what trump does and that's what he is counting on. what he is trying to do now is build momentum in the war before trump comes into office s

this is the w nears live in from berlin, maximum power in the united states. donald trump, the republicans will soon control the white house and both houses of congress. republicans have secured enough seats to control the house of representatives and the us senate, the when making possible what is being called the trump troy effect. also coming up the suffering of children in war torn level, they women and baby root is trying to provide a safe space for kids to simply be kids and police and self advocacy that they're determined to arrest hundreds of illegal minors that they cornered underground. the relatives say the miners will die without food and water, which police are blocking. and germany's economic experts have spoken the economy. the largest economy in europe is suffering and the government needs to act. but it doesn't look like that. when this happens. any time soon, the i bring jobs, our viewers watching on cbs in the united states, and to all of you around the world. welcome. it is now official republicans in the us have one and not seems to control both the house of representatives

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work and taking too long and we will find ways to speed this around and frankly the senate will be in republicanrol anyway. and the people of new jersey deserve to have about and have to have a sense of who their leaders will be and if he circumvents that and goes around that it will be a problem and be something i hope the american people see through. >> senator elect kim , it is good to have you here. do you make your wife call you that? what about your kids? >> of course. if it helps with the dishwashing. >> it is appropriate. congratulations again and good to see you. >>> bitcoin and what you need to know and what it means for the broader economy is next. believe it or not baby... you could earn your... master's... for under 11 thousand! master's degree for under 11k in less than a year. earn your competency - based master's at university of phoenix. >>> here bitcoin makes an all-time high monday continuing to soar and after president elect trump's win last week other cryptocurrencies are climbing in the surge likely reflects optimism that president elect trump will fulfill campaign promises

republicans meeting. we do expect him to be with elon musk, who will attend this, this will be a victory lap of source -- sorts. house republicans, they have not projected the house being in the gop have but it appears it's going in that direction. this afternoon, we expect house republicans to formally nominate as mike johnson for speaker. and a critical moment right here in the united states senate. for the first time in 18 years, there will be a new senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, the longest-serving leader in history has decided not to continue on as the republican leader. there are now three candidates flying, a secret ballot election underway. trump has decided to stay neutral at this moment. it's an open question about who may win this. >> thank you very much, let me go to mj lee, i believe she's over at the white house for us. lot of things to follow including where you are , in a few minutes, trump will be headed to the white house. what are you learning about this meeting with the president? >> within the next hour or so, we expect president biden to welcome former and incoming presid

take a listen to what former republican congressman charlie dent had to say about his future. >> i would say, i bet they will have to withdraw his nomination. i think it is a bridge too far. nobody should underestimate how much these house republicans dislike him. dislike is a dramatic understatement. i think he has a problem. that ethics report that is looming, there's a good chance that might come out as well and those reports are not pretty. >> so the ethics committee is supposedly going to postpone the meeting that they canceled yesterday where they were going to vote on whether to release the report or not. that said, i will believe it when i see it because johnson had told us yesterday he directed the republican chairman not to release the report. the pressure could build from the other side of the capitol. republicans say they want to see the report. if not this report certainly there will be a background check. there will be extensive questioning he has to face before the judiciary committee. it's a very long road and just one more point on this. johnson had flip-flopped as madeline dean laid out to

will republicans be on board with potentially blowing up these more extreme picks? y think this will be a loyalty test for the senate republican conference. he's made a number of these controversial picks, matt gaetz being one of many that come to mind that republicans are deeply skeptical of and have concerns over, but i think a lot of them will be con flicted at the end f the day with their personal feelings about matt gaetz probably one of the most unpopular republicans on capitol hill, versus this feeling that trump just won in this huge election. republicans have what they feel is a mandate to govern, and i think there's going to be very few republicans who actually want to stand in trump's way at the end of the day. now i will say, trump is really flooding the zone with a number of these controversial picks and tulsi gabbard is another one, and rfk, jr., pete hegseth, so there could be some desire for republicans to sort of use their political capital wisely. they're not going to go against every pick perhaps because there are so many controversial nominees. th

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candidate and he will do with the justice department what trump has said he wants done at the justice department and it is as simple as that. >> do you think moderate senate republicans will get on board with some of the foreign policy positions tulsa gabbard has taken? like russia and syria? >> those are hard questions she has to answer in the confirmation hearings and there is a chunk of the senate republican congress that will not have her worldview on a lot of these issues. whether they are able to accept someone with a different worldview and judge them qualified and saved the president deserves his staff and vote to confirm, that is a open question. i do think her hearings will be more difficult, not as difficult as met gates but a rocky ride. on pete i have a different opinion, it is a fine choice. a lot of republicans look at the way the pentagon has been run for the last four years and they say are you happy with the results of the last four years given the disastrous afghanistan paul pull out, the spy balloons all over the u.s. and the fact that we participated in building a adp or that cost 300 million and the life of a u.s. soldier? they look at these thi

party is, because for the majority of the republican electorate and the majority of house republicans, donald trump will say jump and they'll say, how high? right. so, like senate republicans have to be willing to go past that. and i just don't know where that lands. >> you know, like you all have maybe more of an idea, but i don't think we should assume that that courage or willingness is there. >> yeah, it's going to be so fascinating to watch significant of course. consequential. thank you guys. all for chatting in. but we're not done yet. we have more to discuss coming up, including what doctor sanjay gupta will join me with new reporting on robert f. kennedy jr. and a preview of his special on weight loss drugs. >> that's next episodes of how it really happened wasn't just about tampering. >> it was about evil. >> why did they do it? >> this pathological how it really happened. >> tonight at nine on cnn. >> why didn't we do this last year before you were preventing migraine with tulip to remember the pain, to cancel plans. the worry that was then. and look at me now you'll never truly forget migrai

it is confirm that republicans will control both chambers of congress. -- violation of a cease-fire agreement made three major nominations for his administration in the last few hours including republican congressman matt aides to be his attorney general. in an official statement released a short while ago, donald trump said it was a great honor to nominate him, calling the congressman a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney. the president also nominated republican senator -- on tuesday, donald trump announced that the tesla billionaire elon musk will lead a new department of government affairs. -- government efficiency along with an entrepreneur. aside from elon musk, these nominations -- house republicans applauded mr. trump's victory as he visited capitol hill. -- that presidential debate back in june four years ago when mr. trump did not honor the tradition of hosting joe biden in the wake of his election win but today, the pair promise there would be -- >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> i look forward to having a smooth transition. we are going to get a chance to talk about that. welco

republicans? >> i think they will.are conversations that will have to take place over the course of the several months once the president is in. we can make a formal nominations. but we are very excited about working with the republican senate. we are excited we have a good majority 53-53 working majority and senator thune and the leadership team to make sure we get the nominees through. >> todd: from the senate to pass the present nominating to the cabin after keep control of the lower chamber making already small majority razor-thin. the number one question i'm getting this week besides what is pete hegseth like, are republicans in danger of compromising the house with the trump nominations? you literally note the landscape better than any human on this planet except for lara trump. are you worried? >> no, look, we will absolutely not have the president make a choice that is going to flip this house. we need the house and we need those gavels. i had a great conversation with aker johnson over the course of the last s

control of the house, that gives republicans the trifecta. they will control the white house, we saw they just elected a new leadership team. and control of the house projected to go to the republicans. i want to bring in former burgham campaign campaign lance trover, there were democrats holding out hope as you know up until the last second that they might eke out a small majority. what does it mane now? >> it is full speed ahead for the trump agenda. the folks at mar-a-lago must be thrilled by this news. everybody thought this was going to happen. but you know, donald trump made a lot of promising on the campaign trail. talking about getting our border under control. we have the tax cuts and jobs act. he will need all the help he can get. how much will the democrats want to help? that is a pretty big mandate from the people of this country. so i think they are expecting not just republicans but democrats to come to the table as well. >> so let's talk a little bit about the kind of, the civility we saw between biden and trump to get things done. there

the incoming administration will be filled with great men and women i trust and we trust and hope that senate republicannings and the whole senate will perform their constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on president trump's nominees and to do that in a speedy, expeditious manner. we've been working with the senate as well on this big plan we have to hit the ground running in january. we laid out this morning for the house republicans what leader scalise was referring to and that is kind of the overarching points, the overarching pieces of the reconciliation package. in quick summary, we want to grow our economy and defeat inflation. we want to restore the border. we want to restore america's energy dominance, provide education freedom and dismantle the deep state. of course, we have details on each of those categories but we're working that out together in a bicameral fashion with senate republicans, house republicans working together and of course coordinating with the new trump administration. in the meantime we have items to go through for the remainder of this year, as you all know. we hav

that will likely turn republican and i think it will be slim that they will maintain the control of these. >> todd: interesting katie porter ran for senate as a democrat and the fact percy could go republican is interesting. just in one way to get us kicked off here. former president trump and endorsement from patrick my moms' mother last night. >> make america great again, let's do it! >> todd: i was going to say patrick moans himself. for seal of approval after his wife indicated her support of trumpian august and instagram posed, patrick has not endorsed a candidate and not publicly shared his political beliefs. that is the best course of action for that young man, as for the game involving patrick and his chiefs that tampa bay buccaneers and ramie casey, super bowl champions in overtime to remain undefeated, watch. >> come in for a touchdown! kansas city remains unbeaten! 8-0. >> todd: 30-24 and the nfl's final and the stepper repeat. >> from the game of football to politics the harris campaign to defeat trump today. >> it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity t

gallego will take the seat of retiring senator kirsten sinema. this prevents another republican pick up there. gallego will become the first latino to represent arizona in the u.s. senate. speaking to reporters after his victory speech, gallego said this was the reason he was able to win in what has been a tough cycle for democrats. >> you have to earn every vote. and this was a swing state and there are 300,000 more registered republicans than democrats. i needed to earn the support of all arizonans. i went out and i talked to everybody and i also didn't agree with them all the time and they didn't agree with me all the time, but we had respectful conversations and at the end of the day we walked away sometimes with support and sometimes we didn't. i had to make sure that people now knew that i was out there talking to them and fighting for them. hopefully at least then we can build some trust. that's the only thing i would say. >> some republicans really regretting they couldn't have nominated someone more mainstream than kari lake thinking that seat could have been in play. t

i would normally say they will go together and that the republicans will take the senate because the map looks so much better for them, but every time i turn around, this election has defied all odds. i'm hesitant to say but i think at this point republicans really look strong as it pertains to the senate, and that means divided government and that means guess what, really hard to get critical things done in this country and we are back to square one where people are frustrated again. kailey: thank you so much. we will have more from our signature panel in the next hour of balance of power and of course throughout the week. divided government is an idea that the markets might like we know they are watching this election in anticipation. let's bring in bloomberg markets correspondent abigail doolittle. what are we seeing? >> we're seeing the markets reflecting the tension around this very close election. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq have been slightly higher. not so long ago down more than half of 1%. this really reflects the uncertainty, investors being nervous around the election, what

republican. the filibuster will stand. there won't be any new states admitted to give a partisan advantage to the other side. and we will quit beating up the supreme court every time they make a decision we don't like. i think this shifting to a republican senate majority helps control the guardrails. to keep people who want to change the rules in order to achieve something they think is worthwhile, is not successful. i think the filibuster is very secure. >> leader mcconnell, practically speaking, what is having a 52 or 53 seat majority being for getting trump sit then the -- trump's agenda through the senate compared to a 51 seat? do you explore other things and what might those things be? >> we hear optimistic reports of what may have happened in the house. obviously, if you were going to legitimately work around the filibuster, it would be through reconciliation. we would be more successful if we flip the house. the speaker put out a statement. >> in march, you blamed president-elect trump and his inner circle on the d

you will see many republicans oppose him. i am hopeful that they will oppose matt gaetz. yesterday troy nehls, if donald trump says jump three feet high and scratch your head, we will. they have accepted , the house particularly in the senate, they are not in check and balance with this administration. i think that rfk will get there. hopefully matt gaetz is not. hopefully another thing to conjure up resistance on is tulsi gabbard. it puts national service at risk. >> why do you think appointing tulsi gabbard as the director of national intelligence, why does up with the nation at risk? >> she has a deep affection for vladimir putin. a deep affection for asad. she defended him using nerve gas on his own people. something happened with japan and she tweeted a reminder that japan attacked us in world war ii. i think that helped you create in this war and she has been clearly on russia's side in ukraine. does that mean she will reveal secrets? not necessarily. there are people concerned about that. i don't know enough to be concerned about that. this will be damaging to nati

you will have republicans controlling the senate, republicans controlling the white house. realistic and achievable for you in the way of policy goals? rep. mcbride: democracy only works if we are willing to not only have conversation across disagreement but work across disagreement. i'm proud during my time in the general assembly, nearly every bill i introduced and passed, past bipartisan support. i am ready to roll up my sleeves and work with anyone who is willing to work with me to help delaware. given the results of the election, that is often going to mean standing up to the trump-vance administration and their attempt to undermine workers and retirees. where there are opportunities to find common ground, sometimes on their issues outside of the headlines -- amna: what are some of those issues? rep. mcbride: in delaware, i was able to work closely with our conservative republican leader and the state senate to expand access to oral health care in rural communities. i would love to continue to work on issues that matter to delawarians across of delaware. i am going to l

now, trump will have unified republican control of washington to push through his agenda. boris. >> we will keep a close eye on that contest. manu raju live on capitol hill. thank you so much. >>> president elect trump got a warm welcome during his trip to capitol hill this morning. what do you know? this was behind closed doors. >> reporter: some of it, we got to hear a little bit of, when donald trump addressed the group and they went behind closed doors. one of the things that is interesting is about how house republicans have this razor thin majority. donald trump brought that up. he was really taking a victory lap with this visit and meeting with the house republican caucus today and he said, i won big in all of the states. it's crazy that you have a slim margin, making fun of them. the point of that entire meeting, and from my conversations with those involved in the planning was that donald trump wanted to go and claim, which he did, that he had won the popular vote. i know there are millions of votes being counted, but he claims he has a mandate. really, he wants al