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[00:00:24] >> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WELCOME TO "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:00:27] TONIGHT WE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
[00:00:31] SO THE POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED IN
[00:00:33] 48 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C..
[00:00:35] THE ONLY STATES LEFT ARE HAWAII AND ALASKA.
[00:00:39] PLENTY OF RESULTS TO CATCH YOU UP ON. BUT FIRST UP, A QUICK
[00:00:43] INTRODUCTION TO THE TEAM AND JOINING US THEY ARE LOCKED TO
[00:00:45] THE TABLES AND WILL BE UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, MAYBE.
[00:00:49] PAUL HUNTER IS HERE WITH US ALL NIGHT AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
[00:00:51] THE DESK IS THE PANEL, FORMER CANADIAN A AMBASSADOR TO THE
[00:00:55] UNITED STATES KIRSTEN HILLMAN
[00:00:57] AND BESIDE HER IS ASHLEY
[00:01:02] ÉTIENNE, DIRECTOR FOR VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
[00:01:06] AND MAURA GILLESPIE, CONNECTED
[00:01:09] TO HOUSE SPEAK JOHN BOEHNER. I LOVE HOW BUSY YOUR DESKS ARE
[00:01:13] AND THERE'S PAPER EVERYWHERE AND THERE'S PHONES BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INTEL FROM THE
[00:01:16] FIELD AND THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES THAT YOU CONNECT WITH.
[00:01:20] AND THEN THERE'S DAVID COCHRANE WHO WE HAVE PUT OVER HERE
[00:01:23] BECAUSE HE NEEDS A LOT OF SPACE TO DEAL WITH THE RESULTS.
[00:01:26] THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND A LOT OF GREY DOTS STILL, BUT
[00:01:29] YOU'RE GETTING SOME ANSWERS? >> David: I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE STAGE THAT WE'LL
[00:01:33] FILL IN A LOT OF THE COLOURS ON THIS LEFTOVER MAP.
[00:01:36] LET'S START WITH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE IS CALLED FOR THE
[00:01:40] DEMOCRATS AND THE SENATE HAS A WIDE PATH TO TAKE CONTROL OF THAT AS WELL.
[00:01:43] AND LET'S START WITH NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH WAS THE FIRST SEAT TO FLIP, ROY COOPER HAS WON
[00:01:47] THAT AND THE FORMER GOVERNOR HAS DEFEATED THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE
[00:01:50] OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BY A WIDE MARGIN WITH 97% OF THE
[00:01:53] VOTES COUNTED. AND A SIMILAR STORY IN SOUTH
[00:01:55] CAROLINA, THOUGH THE MARGIN IS
[00:01:58] SMALLER, 51% OF THE VOTE FOR
[00:02:00] ANNIE ANDREWS AND 48.8% WITH
[00:02:03] DARLINE GRAHAM AND 90% OF VOTE COUNTED THERE.
[00:02:06] AND LET'S LOOK AT OHIO WHICH IS GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
[00:02:10] AND 86% OF THE VOTES COUNTED AND
[00:02:12] SHERROD BROWN, 48.5% TO 46.6%
[00:02:17] OVER JON HUSTED AND THIS IS J.D. VANCE'S OLD SEAT UP FOR SPECIAL
[00:02:21] ELECTION. AND ANOTHER INTERESTING RESULT IN OHIO.
[00:02:23] THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, VIVEK
[00:02:25] RAMASWAMY HAS LOST TO AMY ACTON
[00:02:27] SO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE
[00:02:32] GOVERGOVERNORSHIP THERE.
[00:02:34] AND THEY NEEDED TO FLIP THREE SEATS TO GET THE CONTROL OF THE
[00:02:38] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A NET LEAD
[00:02:41] OF PLUS 50 SO WELL ON THE WAY.
[00:02:43] THIS IS THE PENNSYLVANIA SEVEN,
[00:02:45] AND BOB BROOKS, 55% TO 45% OVER
[00:02:48] RYAN MacKENZIE FOR THE REPUBLICANS WITH 94 PERCENT IN
[00:02:52] REPUBLICAN, IN A STATE THAT THE DEMOCRATS TARGETED QUITE
[00:02:55] AGGRESSIVELY FOR CONTROL. WE GO FROM PENNSYLVANIA SEVEN TO
[00:02:58] PEFN PENNSYLVANIA EI EIGHT, ANDY
[00:03:05] HAVE WON PENNSYLVANIA 10, AND IF
[00:03:07] WE GO NOT TOO FAR BUT TO NEW JERSEY.
[00:03:10] IF NEW JERSEY 7 YOU CAN SEE
[00:03:12] REBECCA BEN WET A MASSIVE LEAD
[00:03:15] OVER THOMAS KEAN, AND THOMAS KEAN WON THAT SEAT BY FIVE
[00:03:18] POINTS TWO YEARS AGO. DOWN 18 WITH 86% OF THE VOTES
[00:03:22] IN. AND NORTH CAROLINA 11, IT WAS
[00:03:24] THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO FLIP.
[00:03:27] JAMIE AGER WITH A 16-POINT LEAD
[00:03:31] OVER JENNIFER BALCOM, AND THE
[00:03:33] LAST ONE THAT IS KENTUCKY 6,
[00:03:36] WHERE ZACH DEMMO, A FORMER
[00:03:39] PROSECUTOR HAS FLICHED THE SEAT THAT THE REPUBLICANS WON BY 27
[00:03:43] POINTS JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
[00:03:45] AND THAT IS A 36-POINT FLIP IN
[00:03:50] THE KENTUCKY DISTRICT THAT CONTAINS BOURBON COUNTY AND SO
[00:03:54] THE LIQUOR BAN AND THE TARIFFS THAT HAVE COME TO PLAY IN THE
[00:03:56] DAILY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER ARE HAVING AN AFFECT
[00:04:00] ON THAT SIDE OF THE BORDER AT
[00:04:02] THE BALLOT BOX. >> Adrienne: CANADIANS WONDERED
[00:04:05] IF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TARIFFS HURTING AMERICANS WOULD
[00:04:08] ACTUALLY CONNECT AND FOR A LONG TIME THERE WAS A SENSE THAT MAYBE IT WASN'T CONNECTING AND
[00:04:12] THEY WEREN'T FEELING IT. BUT THEY WENT ON AND ON AND ON
[00:04:16] AND SOME EVIDENCE TONIGHT CLEARLY THEY HAVE CONNECTED.
[00:04:18] WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- PAUL HUNTER
[00:04:22] SUGGESTED -- INTEREST HAVING
[00:04:23] SEEN A LOT OF SHENANIGANS AND
[00:04:27] ANY CONVERSATION WHETHER DONALD TRUMP WOULD ACCEPT THESE RESULTS
[00:04:30] AND HE'S DONE AN INTERVIEW WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND HE
[00:04:33] SAID, QUOTE "HE WAS ABSOLUTELY
[00:04:36] WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS." AND OF THE DEMOCRATS HE ALSO
[00:04:40] SAID, "WE'LL, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND
[00:04:44] WE'LL PROBABLY WORK SOMETHING OUT."
[00:04:46] SO THAT'S INTERESTING. WE'RE GOING TO CHEW ON THAT
[00:04:50] FOREVER A MOMENT AND HEAD TO AUSTIN, TEXAS. TEXAS IS SUCH A BIG STORY
[00:04:54] TONIGHT AND KATIE ICATE SIMPSONT
[00:04:58] THE JAMES TALARICO WATCH PARTY AND A LOT GOING ON NOT JUST WITH
[00:05:02] TALARICO BUT THE WHOLE STATE.
[00:05:04] KATIE? >> Reporter: ADRIENNE, SO
[00:05:08] THERE'S BEEN A WILD SEQUENCE OF
[00:05:10] EVENTS THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE AT THIS PARTY. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS
[00:05:14] WHERE THE WATCH IS TAKING PLACE. WE'RE IN ONE SECTION AND THERE'S
[00:05:18] A GLASS WALL BEHIND US AND TVS
[00:05:20] ARE SHOWING DIFFERENT NETWORKS THE OTHER WAY.
[00:05:23] NOT IN THIS SPACE, JUST FROM WHERE I CAN SEE IT HERE, ANOTHER
[00:05:27] AMERICAN NEWS OUTLET CALLED FOR
[00:05:30] TALARICO AND ALL I SAW WAS PEOPLE RUNNING AND JUMPING AND
[00:05:34] CHEERING AND SCREAMING AND RUNNING. BUT IN HERE, THERE'S SO MANY
[00:05:37] PEOPLE IN HERE, THAT THE TVs
[00:05:43] HAVE BEEN FREEZING AND SO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
[00:05:46] SO THE WORD IS SPREADING THAT A NUMBER OF AMERICAN OUTLETS HAVE
[00:05:50] CALLED THIS RACE FOR JAMES TALARICO.
[00:05:52] AND SO WHEN WE SEE THESE MOMENT-
[00:05:56] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:06:01] -- OH, HOLD ON.
[00:06:03] THE TV IS SHOWING A PROJECTION ALERT. SO HERE WE GO.
[00:06:06] ONE SECOND.
[00:06:09] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:06:30] THEY DID IT, GUYS. THE DEMOCRATS PULLED OFF
[00:06:34] SOMETHING THAT TOOK NEARLY 40
[00:06:36] YEARS TO DO.
[00:06:40] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:06:48] JAMES TALARICO, FOR THE TV THAT
[00:06:52] KEPT FREEZING, AND DELAYING THE
[00:06:55] RESPONSE -- FINALLY PROTECTED AS A WINNER ON THE NETWORK THAT
[00:06:57] THEY'RE WATCHING IN THIS ROOM.
[00:07:00] HAVE A LISTEN.
[00:07:06] [CHANTING] >> Reporter: GOOD TIMING THAT WE
[00:07:09] HAPPENED TO BE HERE WHEN THAT CAME CAME INTO THIS ROOM.
[00:07:12] BUT IT WAS HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT NETWORKS CALLING IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
[00:07:16] SO WE SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS COMING ANYTIME SOON. AND NOW IT'S HERE.
[00:07:19] WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE ROOM HERE, PEOPLE ARE CRYING.
[00:07:23] PEOPLE ARE HUGGING. THEY ARE SO EXCITED.
[00:07:27] THEY ARE IN DISBELIEF. THIS WAS AN UNDERDOG CAMPAIGN
[00:07:31] FROM THE START THAT SLOWLY
[00:07:33] CONTINUED TO BUILD MOMENTUM.
[00:07:35] WITH THE DEMOCRATS HAMMERING A
[00:07:37] MESSAGE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, AND
[00:07:40] ACCUSING KEN PAXTON, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THIS
[00:07:44] ELECTION RACE OF BEING CORRUPT, OF BEING TOO CLOSE TO DONALD
[00:07:47] TRUMP. AND REALLY OFFERING A DIFFERENT
[00:07:51] MESSAGE FROM WHAT EXISTED HERE IN TEXAS.
[00:07:53] SO THE CROWD IS CLEARLY EXTREMELY EXCITED.
[00:07:57] IF I MAY -- WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
[00:08:01] CRYING. I'M GOING TO PULL OVER SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CRYING.
[00:08:05] JUST A SECOND. MA'AM, MAY WE ASK YOU HOW YOU'RE
[00:08:09] FEELING IN THIS MOMENT? >> HOW AM I FEELING? THE STATE
[00:08:12] OF TEXAS HAS A NEW SENATOR THAT
[00:08:15] IS A DEMOCRAT FOR THE FIRST TIME
[00:08:18] THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE EVEN BEEN ALIVE.
[00:08:20] HAM I FEELING!
[00:08:23] IT'S SO EXCITING. >> Reporter: CAN YOU BELIEVE
[00:08:26] THIS FINALLY HAPPENED? >> YES. I CAN BELIEVE IT BECAUSE A LOT
[00:08:29] OF US HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES
[00:08:32] AND DOING THE GRASS ROOT WORK TO MAKE HAPPEN AND TONIGHT IS THE
[00:08:36] EVIDENCE.
[00:08:38] IT'S A VICTORY! >> Reporter: WHAT DOES IT SAY
[00:08:42] THAT TEXAS FLIPPED BLUE? >> WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE HAVE
[00:08:45] A VOICE AND WE HAVE A VOTE AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AND WE
[00:08:49] UNIFY AND THINK WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL HUMANITY AND NOT JUST THOSE
[00:08:53] WHO ARE KIND OF SUPER RICH AND A
[00:08:54] LITTLE BIT OF SUPER RICH BUT
[00:08:57] LOOK LOOK AT ALL HUMANS TOGETHER AND TBHEFT INTEREST OF HUMANITY,
[00:09:01] THESE RESULTS WAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU PREDICT
[00:09:04] FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT? >> I PREDICT A TSUNAMI.
[00:09:07] IT'S ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING, SO MANY RED STATES HAVE FLIPPED
[00:09:11] BLUE AND THEY KEEP FLIPPING AND
[00:09:13] FLIPPING AND WE'RE SEEING A
[00:09:19] CHECK BACK IN AND THEY'LL MAKE THEIR LEADER ACCOUNTABLE ONCE
[00:09:22] THEY ARE SWORN IN IN JANUARY. >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
[00:09:26] >> I'M LATONYA, AND I LIVE HERE
[00:09:29] IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. >> Reporter: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[00:09:33] WE HAVE BEEN CHATTING WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS HANGING OUT WHERE
[00:09:36] WE ARE CAMPED OUT AND WHEN WE IDENTIFY AS A CANADIAN NETWORK,
[00:09:39] WE OFTEN GET APOLOGIES FOR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRADE
[00:09:42] WAR AND THE RHETORIC AROUND THE 51ST STATE.
[00:09:45] THIS WOMAN HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME HERE, DON'T FEEL
[00:09:49] UPSET BY THE RHETORIC THAT YOU HEAR FROM DIFFERENT POLITICIANS
[00:09:53] WHEN IT COMES TO THE CANADA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP. [Cheers and Applause]
[00:09:57] BUT THIS -- THIS IS A CROWD THAT
[00:10:00] IS READY TO CELEBRATE, GUYS.
[00:10:05] THERE'S A WOMAN OVER HERE CRYING
[00:10:06] AND IF WE HAVE TIME, GUYS, CAN
[00:10:09] WE SNAG THE WOMAN -- RIGHT HERE. HI.
[00:10:12] WE'RE LIVE ON TV IN CANADA. COME ON, IT'S OKAY.
[00:10:16] CAN I GET YOUR NAME?
[00:10:19] >> MARGARET MARTIN. >> Reporter: TELL ME WHY YOU ARE
[00:10:22] CRYING?
[00:10:24] >> IT'S LIKE -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:10:27] I FEEL JOY AND IT'S JUST
[00:10:31] AMAZING. >> Reporter: AS A DEMOCRAT IN TEXAS, DID YOU EVER THINK THAT
[00:10:35] THIS DAY WOULD COME? >> NO.
[00:10:37] IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY DRY
[00:10:40] SPELL FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
[00:10:43] AND IT FELT LIKE, UM, THAT THE
[00:10:49] CONTROL OF THE MONEY AND THE
[00:10:51] CORRUPTION HAS JUST BEEN, LIKE,
[00:10:53] SEEMED LIKE THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE.
[00:10:56] IT DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE.
[00:11:00] I -- THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
[00:11:03] THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. >> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK
[00:11:06] THAT THIS HAPPENED NOW?
[00:11:11] >> I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MANY REASONS BUT I THINK THAT IN
[00:11:15] PART, YOU KNOW, WHEN -- THE
[00:11:21] CURRENT PRESIDENT SAID PRETEND
[00:11:24] LIKE I'M ON THE BALLOT AND THE
[00:11:27] PEOPLE SAID, OKAY.
[00:11:29] THAT'S IT.
[00:11:32] LIKE, IT'S -- LIKE IT'S -- IT'S
[00:11:37] GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN.
[00:11:40] >> Reporter: TELL ME, ARE YOU
[00:11:42] GOING TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE TONIGHT?
[00:11:45] >> I'M GOING TO GO HOME AND
[00:11:47] SLEEP REALLY WELL I THINK.
[00:11:50] THIS IS MY CELEBRATION. LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING!
[00:11:53] THIS IS AMAZING BEING HERE. WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
[00:11:57] AND I AM GOING TO GO HOME AND
[00:11:59] HAVE A REALLY GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
[00:12:02] FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE. >> Reporter: I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.
[00:12:05] WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> MARGARET MARTIN.
[00:12:08] >> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARGARET. SO YOU'VE GOT CHEERS AND SCREAMS
[00:12:12] OF JOY AND YOU'VE GOT TEARS OF
[00:12:15] JOY F MARGARET THERE BECAUSE THS
[00:12:18] IS GENERATIONAL CHANGE. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
[00:12:21] TO WIN A SENATE ELECTION IN THIS
[00:12:24] STATE SINCE 1988. JAMES TALARICO OF COURSE WAS
[00:12:28] BORN IN 1989.
[00:12:29] AND SO THIS IS A GENERATIONAL
[00:12:32] SHIFT, A GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
[00:12:34] AND THE PEOPLE HERE ARE CELEBRATING.
[00:12:37] >> Adrienne: KATIE SIMPSON I WAS SAYING EARLIER TO THE PANEL THAT
[00:12:40] YOU'RE AN IMMOVABLE FORCE AND ONLY YOU WOULD BE THERE AND BE
[00:12:44] ABLE TO PLUCK THESE POOR CRYING
[00:12:46] PEOPLE OUT OF THE CROWD IN THIS MOMENT.
[00:12:48] BUT I FEEL THAT WE ALL JUST GOT
[00:12:51] A POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS FROM THEM JUST NOW.
[00:12:54] BUT THE STORY OF THE EXHAUSTION
[00:12:56] IN TEXAS, AND WHAT THIS MOMENT
[00:12:59] REPRESENTS TO PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT THEIR VOICES WOULD NEVER BE
[00:13:02] HEARD. KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS,
[00:13:05] AND THAT WAS REMARKABLE, AS YOU ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
[00:13:09] NUMBERS AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS CHANGING BECAUSE A
[00:13:12] LOT IS CHANGING, DAVID?
[00:13:15] >> David: YES, A LOT IS HAPPENING SINCE PEOPLE WERE
[00:13:17] CRYING WITH JOY TO KATIE SIMPSON. TEXAS HAS BEEN CALLED AND THE
[00:13:21] ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS SEEN ENOUGH AND REALLY THIS HAS BEEN
[00:13:25] INEVITABLE SINCE THE FIRST RESULTS CAME IN AND IT'S STILL A
[00:13:29] 20-POINT LEAD WITH TALARICO OVER PAXTON, WITH 67% OF THE VOTES
[00:13:33] COUNTED. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE SENATE IN
[00:13:36] TEXAS SINCE 1988, AND WHEN LLOYD
[00:13:39] BENSON WON THAT SEAT AND HE LATER VACATED THAT TO BE THE
[00:13:43] TREASURY SECRETARY FOR BILL CLINTON. SO IT'S BEEN THAT LONG.
[00:13:45] THEY WON THE SENATE IN 1988 AND
[00:13:48] JAMES TALARICO WAS BORN IN MAY
[00:13:50] OF 1989. THE BERLIN WALL FELL IN NOVEMBER
[00:13:54] OF 1989. IT'S BEEN THAT LONG. SO TALARICO DEFEATED DONALD
[00:13:58] TRUMP'S PICK AND ELON MUSK'S MONEY.
[00:14:02] MUSK PUT MORE THAN $200 MILLION INTO THAT RACE IN TEXAS.
[00:14:06] AND WE HAVE ONE MORE PROJECTION FOR YOU AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
[00:14:09] HAS SEEN ENOUGH, THE DEMOCRATS WIN OHIO.
[00:14:12] J.D. VANCE'S SEAT THAT HE LEFT TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AS
[00:14:15] VICE-PRESIDENT, SHERROD BROWN IS GOING BACK TO THE SENATE WITH 87% OF THE VOTE IN.
[00:14:19] AND HE HAS MORE THAN TWO
[00:14:22] PERCENTAGE POINT OVER JON HUSTED WHO DONALD TRUMP HAS PRAISED FOR
[00:14:26] HIS ASSETS, IS A PHRASE THAT I
[00:14:28] WILL USE THIS, BUT IT WAS NOT
[00:14:32] ENOUGH TO GET HUSTED OFF THE TOP. AND WITH SOUTH CAROLINA AND
[00:14:35] NORTH CAROLINA AND TEXAS AND OHIO THAT'S THE FOUR FLIPS THAT
[00:14:38] THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE AND
[00:14:40] THEY'RE AT 49 TO 37 RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL
[00:14:44] RESULTS TO COME IN, BUT TO GIVE YOU A TALLY WHERE THE THINGS
[00:14:48] STAND -- THEY ARE CURRENTLY PLUS FIVE IN U.S. SENATE SEATS.
[00:14:51] AND SO THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY. THEY JUST NEED TO BRING HOME
[00:14:54] MICHIGAN AND SOME OTHER STATES THEY'RE LEADING IN AND THEY'LL
[00:14:57] HAVE A MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES
[00:14:59] OF CONGRESS.
[00:15:02] >> Adrienne: AH, NOT -- NOT A DONE DEAL YET.
[00:15:05] INTERESTING, BUT THE TEXAN OVER
[00:15:07] HERE -- OUR TEXAN -- ASHLEY
[00:15:11] ÉTIENNE, YOUR FLOWN HAS BLOWN THROUGH A FIRST CHARGE AND YOU'RE ON THE SECOND.
[00:15:15] >> I JUST GOT MY LORD, TEXAS!
[00:15:17] THIS IS -- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
[00:15:20] EXCITED I AM ABOUT THIS MOMENT.
[00:15:24] I REMEMBER -- TO DATE MYSELF I
[00:15:26] REMEMBER ANN RICHARDS BEING OUR
[00:15:29] GOVERNOR -- FEARLESS, YOU KNOW, A PRACTICAL DEMOCRAT.
[00:15:32] AND WE'RE SEEING NOW -- WE WILL SEND SOMEONE TO THE STATE HOUSE,
[00:15:36] TO THE U.S. SENATE, AND I'VE
[00:15:39] SAID REPEATEDLY THAT THE ROAD TO
[00:15:41] BLUE RUNS THROUGH TEXAS.
[00:15:43] AND THAT WHERE TEXAS GOES THE
[00:15:46] NATION GOES AND WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN TONIGHT. AND, AGAIN, I CANNOT BE MORE
[00:15:49] EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY STATE. AND, YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S THE
[00:15:53] OTHER POINT -- IS THAT THE -- IT'S THE REALLY -- THE DEPTH OF
[00:15:57] AND HOW DEEP THIS WIN IS, AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
[00:16:01] WE POTENTIALLY HAVE FLIPPED THE STATE HOUSE IS NOW RUN BY THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:16:05] THAT IS OVERWHELMINGLY AN
[00:16:08] INDICTMENT -- NOT OF TRUMP, BUT OF ABBOTT AND PAXTON.
[00:16:11] THE REPUBLICANS IN THAT STATE THAT HAVE JUST TRASHED MY HOME STATE.
[00:16:15] >> Adrienne: SO WHAT DOES THAT ALLOW? WINNING THE STATE HOUSE, WHAT
[00:16:18] DOES THAT ALLOW THE DEMOCRATS TO CHANGE IN TEXAS?
[00:16:21] >> WELL, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. YOU'VE GOT THE GOVERNOR'S
[00:16:24] MANSION AND YOU HAVE THE STATE HOUSE -- I'M NOT SURE WHO WON
[00:16:27] THE STATE SENATE, BUT THAT PUTS
[00:16:29] US IN A POWER POSITION TO
[00:16:32] TRANSFORM A LOT OF POLICIES.
[00:16:35] YOU HAVE TEXAS AT THE BOTTOM WITH EDUCATION AND EQUALITY OF
[00:16:39] AIR AND SO MANY THINGS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND YOU HAVE THE DATA CENTRES
[00:16:43] AND ALL OF THESE -- YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN TAKING
[00:16:45] OVER SCHOOLS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. SO IT REALLY PROVIDES US AN
[00:16:49] OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TO TRANSFORM THAT STATE IN THE
[00:16:53] DIRECTION OF THE STATE. >> Adrienne: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT
[00:16:55] YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OHIO AND LOOKING AT TEXAS,
[00:16:59] AND THESE ARE SOME HARD THINGS FOR REPUBLICANS TO ACCEPT.
[00:17:03] AND WHAT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S STATEMENT TONIGHT, THAT WE ARE
[00:17:06] WILLING TO ACCEPT -- AND I AM WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
[00:17:10] WITH THEM. WE WILL PROBABLY WORK SOMETHING OUT.
[00:17:14] DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT DONALD TRUMP? >> WHAT IS INTERESTING IN THE
[00:17:17] WEEKS HEADING UP TO THE MIDTERMS DONALD TRUMP WAS OUT WITH
[00:17:20] MAMDANI AND SAYING HOW GREAT IT IS AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
[00:17:24] AND HE SAID THAT RECENT INTERVIEWS AS RECENTLY AS A FEW
[00:17:27] WEEKS AGO, THAT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME MUCH.
[00:17:31] AND THERE'S AN AVENUE WHERE DONALD TRUMP JUST LIKES TO BE LIKED SO HE MAY DO SOMETHING
[00:17:35] WHERE HE SEES, ONE, AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIMSELF AND, TWO, HE'LL WORK
[00:17:39] WITH WHOEVER HE NEEDS TO GET WHAT IS BEST FOR HIM.
[00:17:42] I GO BACK TO A SENSE OF WHAT
[00:17:44] PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PUT FORWARD
[00:17:47] IS NOT IN LINE WITH CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.
[00:17:50] HE'S VIOLATED THE STATE
[00:17:54] POLICIES, AND SO I JUST THINK
[00:17:55] THAT HE IS A PARTY OF ONE MAN,
[00:17:58] SELF-SERVING POLICIES THAT BENEFIT HIM. AND I THINK THAT HE WILL WORK
[00:18:01] ACROSS THE AISLE, BUT SOLELY
[00:18:04] THROUGH HIS -- AND TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE EXECUTIVE POWER AND HE'LL USE THAT TOO.
[00:18:08] I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S DETERRED BY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TONIGHT
[00:18:12] AND HE'LL CONTINUE TO RUN AND TELL US THAT IT'S NOT A LOSS FOR HIM.
[00:18:15] >> HE HAS TO CONSIDER HIS LEGACY. >> Adrienne: DOES IT MATTER TO
[00:18:19] HIM THAT MUCH? >> I DEFINITELY THINK -- HE'S AN EGO-DRIVEN PERSON.
[00:18:23] I THINK THAT HE'S GOT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF HOW HE'S GOING TO
[00:18:26] GO DOWN IN HISTORY AND THIS LOSS
[00:18:27] IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT
[00:18:31] IN TERMS OF HOW HE DEFINING HAD LEGACY.
[00:18:35] >> I DON'T THINK THAT HE CARES WHAT THE HISTORY BOOKS WILL SAY
[00:18:37] WITH THIS LOSS AND HE PUTS HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE HE
[00:18:40] THINKS THAT IS HIS LEGACY. HE THINKS THAT THERE ARE THINGS
[00:18:43] THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE.
[00:18:45] >> BUT IF YOU LOSE BOTH CHAMBERS YOUR ABILITY TO DO THAT IS
[00:18:49] LIMITED NOW. >> I MEAN, HOPEFULLY. >> YOU CAN TAKE A NAME OFF OF
[00:18:53] THE BUILDING, THAT'S THE EASIEST THING TO DO. >> Adrienne: KNOWING HIS
[00:18:57] INTEREST IN BEING LIKED -- THAT IS USEFUL FOR CANADA.
[00:19:01] >> I THINK SO. AND THIS COMMENT OF WANTING TO
[00:19:04] WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS IS ALSO INTERESTING. WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY?
[00:19:07] IS IT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
[00:19:11] REVEALED SOME POPULAR POSITIONS
[00:19:14] AND POLICIES THAT ARE REALLY OBVIOUSLY RESONATING ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
[00:19:18] AND DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT TO
[00:19:20] BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE? IS IT A LEGACY QUESTION OR IS IT
[00:19:24] A QUESTION OF SIMPLY I WANT TO
[00:19:26] BE THE PERSON WHO IS WORKING ON
[00:19:29] THE THINGS THAT ARE RESONATING WITH AMERICANS.
[00:19:32] I MEAN, THAT'S NOT BAD NEWS,
[00:19:34] THAT'S NOT BAD NEWS IF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SPEAKING FROM
[00:19:38] THE EFFECT OF THIS ON CANADA,
[00:19:39] FROM CANADA'S PERSPECTIVE. >> Adrienne: DAVID COCHRANE
[00:19:43] SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE NUMBERS THAT NEED TO COME
[00:19:47] IN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DEMOCRATS
[00:19:50] CAN DO, PARTICULARLY IN THE SENATE.
[00:19:52] ONE OF THOSE STATES THAT WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON IS
[00:19:55] MICHIGAN AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO COUNT IN MICHIGAN
[00:19:59] AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHY. BUT DAVID COMMON IS IN DETROIT
[00:20:03] AT THAT WATCH PARTY FOR ABDUL El-SAYED.
[00:20:06] THE REACTION THERE, DAVID, WHEN PEOPLE HEARD ABOUT TEXAS?
[00:20:08] BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THE OTHER RACES
[00:20:12] TOO. >> Reporter: YEAH. BOOM IS THE SHORT ANSWER.
[00:20:15] YOU KNOW, IN EVERY ELECTION THERE'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTUM
[00:20:17] MOMENTS AND I THINK THAT WE ARE
[00:20:19] IN IT RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE
[00:20:22] RESULTS AFTER RESULT AFTER RESULT ON PROJECTION AFTER PROJECTION AND AFTER
[00:20:26] PROJECTION -- 25 MINUTES AGO IN THIS ROOM PEOPLE WERE JUST DANCING DOWN HERE.
[00:20:29] THEY HAD THEIR DRINKS AND THEY WERE HAVING SOME FUN.
[00:20:31] AND THEN ON THE BIG SCREENS THE
[00:20:34] RESULTS STARTED TO POUR IN. TEXAS GOVERNOR -- PEOPLE SHOCKED
[00:20:37] AND CHEERING. TEXAS SENATE -- I SAW SOMEBODY
[00:20:40] DO ONE OF THESE MIND BLOWN.
[00:20:44] AND OHIO GOVERNOR FLIPPING AS WELL.
[00:20:46] AND MORE IN OHIO. THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
[00:20:50] TRENDING IN THIS STATE OF STATES THAT WERE TOSS-UPS AND STARTING
[00:20:53] TO SEE SOME OF THAT TRENDING AND EVEN ONLY 30% OF THE VOTE
[00:20:57] COUNTED HERE AND SEEING THINGS
[00:21:00] GOING IN THE DIRECTION THEY WANTED AND IT'S BEEN A FASCINATION OF SO MANY IN THIS
[00:21:04] STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE SENATE RACE.
[00:21:07] ABDUL El-SAYED, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AGAINST MIKE ROGERS.
[00:21:11] AND AS WE LOOK AT THAT RIGHT
[00:21:13] NOW, AND IT'S STILL EARLY, BUT
[00:21:16] THEY ARE SEEING THE TRENDING THEY WANT.
[00:21:19] AND SO, I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT
[00:21:21] THE DANCING IS BACK ON RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE WAITING
[00:21:25] FOR MORE RESULTS TO COME IN. BUT THIS IS A NIGHT -- WHEN YOU
[00:21:28] THINK OF THE VARIOUS ELECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN ON BOTH
[00:21:32] SIDES OF THE BORDER THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE PARTIES THAT SEEM
[00:21:34] TO GET THE OXYGEN SUCKED OUT OF
[00:21:38] THEM WHEN THEY HAVE A DARK NIGHT. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
[00:21:41] APPEARS. PARTIES
[00:21:44] AND THEY ARE EXPECTING GREAT THINGS IN MICHIGAN AND SEEING
[00:21:47] GREAT THINGS FOR THEIR PARTY IN OTHER PLACES.
[00:21:49] AND FOR MANY, ON THE A
[00:21:52] REPUDIATION OF DONALD TRUMP, WHICH IS A CORE THING THEY
[00:21:55] WANTED TO SEE, ADRIENNE. >> Adrienne: ABSOLUTELY, IT'S
[00:21:58] INTERESTING, EH, THE WAVES DO TEND TO SORT OF HAPPEN AND NOT
[00:22:02] SPSPORADICALLY AND SO
[00:22:06] UNDERSTANDABLE WHY THEY'RE EXCITED THERE AND ANXIOUS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT DONE,
[00:22:10] PARTICULARLY IN MICHIGAN.
[00:22:11] THAT IS DAVID COMMON IN DETROIT,
[00:22:16] MICHIGAN, AT THE El-SAYED PARTY. A GOOD MOMENT TO GO TO OTTAWA,
[00:22:20] ROSIE, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CANADA AND TALKING
[00:22:24] ABOUT THE UTILITY OF KNOWING THAT DONALD TRUMP JUST REALLY WANTS TO BE LIKED.
[00:22:28] AND HOW CANADA WORKS WITH THAT. HOW DOES CANADA WORK WITH THIS
[00:22:32] NEW HOUSE AND POTENTIALLY NEW DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED SENATE,
[00:22:36] ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT KNOW THAT YET? >> Rosemary: NO, BUT I MEAN,
[00:22:39] WHEN THE WAVES START AS WE ALL KNOW, AS PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW
[00:22:43] POLITICS -- THEY DON'T USUALLY BREAK. THEY USUALLY JUST GROW.
[00:22:46] SO IF THAT IS INDEED WHERE WE'RE
[00:22:49] HEADED, UM, YOU KNOW -- I THINK
[00:22:51] THAT THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS TOMORROW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE.
[00:22:55] I MEAN, YES, HE'S TOLD "THE NEW YORK TIMES" THAT HE'LL WORK WITH
[00:22:59] DEMOCRATS BUT HE'S ALSO POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT IF HE HAD
[00:23:02] BEEN ON THE BALLOT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT
[00:23:06] OUTCOME. THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE RESULTS AND
[00:23:10] WHAT THE MESSAGE IS FOR HIM TONIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALSO
[00:23:14] TELL THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO
[00:23:17] CANADA PETE HOEKSTRA THAT CANADA DIDN'T CAUSE THIS LOSS.
[00:23:21] THAT THIS LOSS IS OWNED BY DONALD TRUMP ENTIRELY.
[00:23:25] AND THAT IT IS -- IT IS WIDESPREAD.
[00:23:27] I MEAN, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TARIFFS, RIGHT.
[00:23:31] AND IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT CANADA AND IT IS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC
[00:23:34] PAIN SO MANY AMERICANS ARE FEELING.
[00:23:36] AND SO I GUESS THAT MY NEXT
[00:23:39] QUESTION WOULD BE -- WHAT KIND OF LEVERAGE THEN DOES CANADA
[00:23:42] HAVE MOVING FORWARD?
[00:23:45] OR -- AND HOW ERRATIC A RESPONSE
[00:23:47] WILL THERE BE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE?
[00:23:51] AND, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO
[00:23:54] LEAD TO A NEGOTIATION.
[00:23:55] I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
[00:23:58] AND CERTAINLY I THINK THAT IT DOES GIVE US SOME LEVERAGE.
[00:24:01] I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE
[00:24:04] ANY CONCEPT OF HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO RESPOND IN
[00:24:07] THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS EVEN.
[00:24:11] AND I WONDER ABOUT THE
[00:24:13] OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
[00:24:15] IT'S A BIG -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG SHIFT THOUGH. THIS IS A BIG SHIFT.
[00:24:19] AND IF THERE'S ANY SENSE THAT
[00:24:21] DONALD TRUMP IS WILLING TO BACK
[00:24:24] DOWN, OBVIOUSLY, CANADA WILL TAKE IT. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT HE IS
[00:24:27] GOING TO CONCEDE SO QUICKLY ON
[00:24:30] THE IDEA OF TARIFFS.
[00:24:32] WHICH HE IS SO COMMITTED TO. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE AMERICAN
[00:24:35] ELECTORATE IS TELLING HIM HERE TONIGHT. >> Adrienne: AND IT'S ALSO SO
[00:24:39] INTERESTING, ROSIE, THAT YOU ARE
[00:24:40] RIGHT -- I MEAN, HE HAS
[00:24:44] EXTRAORDINARY AFFECTION FOR TARIFFS.
[00:24:46] AND YET EVEN TODAY HE WAS
[00:24:49] TALKING ABOUT MAKING A DEAL WITH CANADA. I MEAN, IN A WAY THAT YOU WOULD
[00:24:52] HAVE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD HAVE
[00:24:54] SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT MORE
[00:25:04] FORCEFULLY. BUT HE SEEMS COMMITTED TO THAT NOW. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE?
[00:25:08] >> Rosemary: THE PROBLEM WITH SAYING IT NOW IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE AMERICANS
[00:25:11] ALREADY FEEL ALL OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S THE PRICE OF OIL OR
[00:25:15] THE COST OF TARIFFS TO THEM, TO BUSINESSES AND TO LAYOFFS.
[00:25:19] SO IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HE SAID IN THE DAYS AHEAD. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT
[00:25:23] MATTERED THAT HE CALLED THE PRIME MINISTER AND THEY HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
[00:25:26] AND IT MATTERED PERHAPS TO US BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT MATTERED TO AMERICANS.
[00:25:30] SO I JUST DON'T KNOW -- IF HE
[00:25:33] DOESN'T BACK DOWN ENTIRELY OFF OF THE TARIFFS I'M NOT SURE WHAT
[00:25:36] CANADA HAS TO GAIN HERE. PERHAPS THERE IS SOMETHING BUT I
[00:25:39] THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE FACT
[00:25:42] THAT JAMIESON GREER, THE TRADE
[00:25:43] REPRESENTATIVE, HAS BEEN TRYING
[00:25:46] IN RECENT DAYS AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET SOMETHING GOING.
[00:25:50] AND THAT MAY BE BECAUSE PEOPLE AROUND HIM AND HIS CABINET FELT
[00:25:54] LIKE THE WINDOW WAS CLOSING FOR
[00:25:56] ANY DEAL AT ALL.
[00:25:59] AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
[00:26:02] FASCINATING NEXT FEW DAYS, JUST
[00:26:04] TO SEE HOW THEY -- HOW HE
[00:26:07] POSITIONS HIMSELF AND REALLY CRITICALLY HOW THE PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO THAT AS
[00:26:11] WELL. >> Adrienne: YEAH, NO KIDDING AND WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
[00:26:15] THE PRIME MINISTER OF COURSE IN THE CARIBBEAN TONIGHT.
[00:26:18] NO DOUBT -- NO DOUBT WATCHING ON
[00:26:21] YouTube MAYBE. ROSEMARY BARTON IN OTTAWA, THANK YOU.
[00:26:24] WE NEED TO HEAD TO DAVID COCHRANE AND WE HAVE BREAKING
[00:26:28] NEWS. >> David: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS PROJECTED THAT KANSAS WILL
[00:26:32] FLIP TO THE DEMOCRATS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THERE
[00:26:34] ARE NOW 50 BLUE DOTS ON OUR WALL
[00:26:37] WHICH MEANS THAT 50 DEMOCRATS
[00:26:39] ELECTED AND ADAM HAMILTON WHO
[00:26:42] HAS NEVER HAD AN ELECTED OFFICE
[00:26:44] BEFORE AND LEADS THE LARGEST METHODIST CHURCH IN KANSAS HAS
[00:26:47] WON KANSAS FOR THE DEMOCRATS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1932.
[00:26:51] A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON
[00:26:53] ON WHAT THIS MEANS IN KANSAS.
[00:26:55] 1932 -- AND 1930 -- DEMOCRATS
[00:26:57] WERE ELECTED THERE BECAUSE
[00:27:00] CHARLES CURTIS LEFT TO BECOME HERBERT HOOVER'S VICE-PRESIDENT.
[00:27:03] AND HERBERT HOOVER, A PRO-TARIFF PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS WHEN
[00:27:07] HE WAS THERE BROUGHT IN THE
[00:27:09] SMOOT HOLLY ACT THAT LED TO THE
[00:27:16] DEPRESSION AND WERE FEATURED IN
[00:27:20] "FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF" AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH "POWER &
[00:27:24] POLITICS," PAUL, WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL OF THE TIME. BUT THE LAST TIME THAT THERE WAS
[00:27:28] A BIG PRO-TARIFF PRESIDENT AND
[00:27:30] IT WAS BLUE AND NOW GOING BLUE AGAIN. AND THEY HAVE BEEN HAMMERING
[00:27:34] THEIR ECONOMY THERE AND THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE GREAT
[00:27:37] DEPRESSION -- THE LONGEST STREAK, 1932 -- I THINK THAT YOU
[00:27:41] COVERED THAT ONE, PAUL?
[00:27:43] EXACTLY, THAT WAS YEURG YOUR YOO
[00:27:48] DAYS. AND THEY'RE LEADING IN A BUNCH OF OTHERS AND THEY HAVE A WIDE PATH TO GET THERE.
[00:27:51] >> Adrienne: TALK TO US, DAVID, ABOUT THE STATES THAT WE ARE
[00:27:54] LEFT TO LOOK AT HERE THAT COULD
[00:27:56] MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THAT
[00:28:00] NUMBER? >> David: AND NEBRASKA WHERE THE
[00:28:04] INDEPENDENT WAS LEADING DAN
[00:28:05] OSBORNE AND MAINE WHICH IS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEMOCRAT
[00:28:10] AND THE REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS. AND MICHIGAN WHERE ABDUL
[00:28:13] El-SAYED HAS A NARROW LEAD
[00:28:15] RIGHT NOW.
[00:28:17] AND MICHELE LATOYA, THE FORMER
[00:28:20] FOOTBALL BROAD BROADCASTER THERA
[00:28:24] LEAD, AND MAYBE 52, 54 IF IT ALL
[00:28:28] BREAKS RIGHT. BUT KANSAS AND TEXAS AND SOUTH
[00:28:32] CAROLINA -- AND OHIO -- FLIPPED FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:28:35] LIKE J.D. VANCE'S SEAT, TEXAS. AND KANSAS WHICH HAS BEEN
[00:28:38] REPUBLICAN FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
[00:28:40] AND THIS IS TURNING INTO A WIDESPREAD REBUKE OF THE TRUMP AGENDA.
[00:28:44] I THINK THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU CAN SEE IT NOW. WITH THE WAY THAT THE HOUSE IS
[00:28:48] GOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND THIS --
[00:28:50] I KNOW THAT MIDTERMS ARE TOUGH ON THE INCUMBENT PARTY.
[00:28:54] BUT WE STARTED THIS YEAR, ADRIENNE AND THERE WAS NO HOPE OF THE DEMOCRATS TAKING THE
[00:28:58] SENATE. AND NOW IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW
[00:29:00] BIG IS THEIR SENATE WIN GOING TO
[00:29:03] BE, AND SO A LOT OF VOTES STILL TO BE COUNTED AND NOT PROJECTED
[00:29:06] YET BUT, BOY, THEY'RE BACK ON
[00:29:08] THE HITCH THIS TIME IN THE SENATE. >> Adrienne: AND SOME COULD TAKE
[00:29:12] A FEW DAYS AND MAINE -- FAMOUSLY MAINE --
[00:29:15] >> David: AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
[00:29:16] TO ALASKA AND IT COULD TAKE
[00:29:20] WEEKS, BUT WHO KNOWS AM. >> Adrienne: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS DEMOCRATIC
[00:29:24] WIN IN THE HOUSE. AND SO THAT MEANS HAKEEM
[00:29:28] JEFFRIES COULD BECOME THE MAJORITY LEADER AND WILL BECOME THE MAJORITY LEADER.
[00:29:32] HE'S BEEN MAKING A SPEECH SO WHY DON'T WE LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS
[00:29:36] TO SAY.
[00:29:40] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:29:43] >> WE UNDERSTAND AS HOUSE
[00:29:46] DEMOCRATS THAT LIFE IS WAY TOO
[00:29:49] EXPENSIVE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.
[00:29:52] THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
[00:29:54] WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.
[00:29:59] AND CERTAINLY CANNOT THRIVE HERE
[00:30:02] IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[00:30:05] AND WE BELIEVE IN THIS GREAT
[00:30:08] COUNTRY THAT WHEN YOU WORK HARD AND YOU PLAY BY THE RULES, THAT
[00:30:12] YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE AN
[00:30:15] AFFORDABLE LIFE, A COMFORTABLE LIFE, AND A GOOD LIFE.
[00:30:19] AND THAT'S A GOOD-PAYING JOB. GOOD HOUSING.
[00:30:23] GOOD HEALTHCARE. AND A GOOD EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
[00:30:26] AND THEN WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND
[00:30:29] DONE, A GOOD RETIREMENT.
[00:30:31] THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM AND
[00:30:33] HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL WORK HARD
[00:30:35] TO REVIVE IT FOR EVERY SINGLE
[00:30:39] PERSON IN THIS LAND.
[00:30:43] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:30:50] WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR SMALL TOWN AMERICA.
[00:30:53] AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR URBAN AMERICA.
[00:30:56] AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR RURAL AMERICA. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR
[00:31:00] SUBURBAN AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA.
[00:31:03] WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
[00:31:07] AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO MAKE
[00:31:09] SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS COUNTRY
[00:31:14] AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.
[00:31:17] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:31:19] THIS IS A CHANGE ELECTION.
[00:31:21] AND WE UNDERSTAND AS HOUSE
[00:31:24] DEMOCRATS THAT WE NEED TO
[00:31:27] DELIVER DRAMATIC CHANGE. THINGS ARE BROKEN.
[00:31:31] AND WE NEED A CONGRESS THAT PUTS
[00:31:34] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
[00:31:39] THE WEALTHY AND THE WELL OFF AND
[00:31:40] THE CONNECTED TRIED TO BUY THIS
[00:31:45] ELECTION. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
[00:31:48] RESPONDED IN A RESOUNDING WAY
[00:31:50] AND MADE CLEAR THAT AMERICA IS
[00:31:54] NOT FOR SALE.
[00:31:57] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:32:03] WE WILL DELIVER A CONGRESS THAT
[00:32:07] PUTS EVERYDAY AMERICANS FIRST.
[00:32:10] WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS FIRST. AND MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS FIRST.
[00:32:14] AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO
[00:32:17] BE PART OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO
[00:32:21] FIGHTING FOR AN AFFORDABLE
[00:32:23] AMERICA, AND WE WILL FIGHT HARD
[00:32:25] TO LOWER THE HIGH COST OF
[00:32:29] HOUSING AND GROCERIES AND GAS
[00:32:31] AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT HARD TO
[00:32:33] MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE
[00:32:37] THAT EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CAN
[00:32:41] AFFORD TO GO SEE A DOCTOR WHEN
[00:32:43] THEY NEED ONE.
[00:32:46] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:32:49] WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR HOSPITALS AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR
[00:32:53] NURSING HOMES AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH
[00:32:57] CLINICS. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO
[00:32:59] REVERSE THESE PAINFUL MEDICAID
[00:33:01] CUTS.
[00:33:03] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:33:06] WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IN
[00:33:09] ADDITION TO FIGHTING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY AFFORDABLE, THAT
[00:33:14] WE'RE GOING TO BRING
[00:33:17] ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE WHO HAVE
[00:33:19] VISITED UNPRECEDENTED CORRUPTION
[00:33:22] ON THIS COUNTRY. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN
[00:33:26] HIGH OFFICE WHO ARE SO FOCUSED
[00:33:29] ON ENRICHING THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR
[00:33:32] FRIENDS OR THEIR DONORS, THEN THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON MAKING
[00:33:36] LIFE BETTER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:33:39] BUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
[00:33:42] WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION, A DRAMATIC CHANGE
[00:33:46] ELECTION, MEANS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT
[00:33:50] FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. WE HEAR YOU.
[00:33:52] WE SEE YOU. AND WE FEEL YOU.
[00:33:55] AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING LIFE BETTER
[00:33:59] FOR YOU.
[00:34:02] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:34:04] BEGINNING ON DAY ONE.
[00:34:11] THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
[00:34:14] THIS IS A PATRIOTIC ONE.
[00:34:17] THIS IS NOT A BLUE MOMENT, OR A
[00:34:21] RED MOMENT, IT'S A RED, WHITE
[00:34:23] AND BLUE MOMENT, BECAUSE AMERICA
[00:34:26] HAS WON TONIGHT.
[00:34:29] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:34:31] AND SO, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
[00:34:34] YOUR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS AND FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE
[00:34:37] AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE PLACED IN US.
[00:34:39] I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE
[00:34:42] MEMBER OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
[00:34:44] CAUCUS AND INCLUDING OUR
[00:34:46] EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS, KATHERINE CLARK, THE NEXT MAJORITY LEADER
[00:34:50] OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
[00:34:52] REPRESENTATIVES.
[00:34:55] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:34:59] AND SUSAN DELBENE, OUR AMAZING
[00:35:05] FIELD GENERAL WHO LED THE CHARGE TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE OF
[00:35:07] REPRESENTATIVES.
[00:35:10] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:35:13] I THANK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE
[00:35:15] PLACED IN US.
[00:35:17] AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO
[00:35:20] DELIVER ON THE DRAMATIC CHANGE
[00:35:24] THAT YOU DESERVE.
[00:35:25] AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT TRUST HAS
[00:35:29] BEEN BROKEN BETWEEN THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:35:32] AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO RESTORE IT.
[00:35:36] AND YOU WILL HAVE A CONGRESS
[00:35:40] THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WE DON'T WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT, AND WE
[00:35:43] DON'T WORK FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT, AND WE DON'T
[00:35:45] WORK FOR THE SUPREME COURT, AND
[00:35:48] WE WORK FOR ALL OF YOU, THE
[00:35:50] AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:35:53] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:35:58] AND THAT IS WHAT THE HOUSE
[00:35:59] DEMOCRATS WILL DELIVER.
[00:36:02] AND SO LET ME JUST SIMPLY SAY TO
[00:36:07] THE COMMUNITIES THAT RAISED ME
[00:36:10] BACK AT HOME --
[00:36:13] >> Adrienne: THAT WAS HAKEEM JEFFRIES BUT WE HAVE TO INTERRUPT HIM BECAUSE WE HAVE
[00:36:17] BREAKING NEWS. AMERICAN NETWORKS HAVE SEEN WHAT
[00:36:20] THEY ARE READY TO SEE AND
[00:36:21] THEY'RE READY TO MAKE A CALL.
[00:36:24] (♪)
[00:36:27] >>> AND THAT PROJECTION IS THAT
[00:36:29] THE DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL
[00:36:31] OF THE U.S. SENATE.
[00:36:33] THE POLLS SUGGESTED THAT THEY COULD DO IT, BUT IT WOULD
[00:36:36] REQUIRE FLIPPING SOME RUBY RED STATES AND SO THEY'VE DONE JUST
[00:36:40] THAT. WHAT A MESSAGE THIS WILL BE NOW
[00:36:43] TO THE LAME DUCK PRESIDENT OF DONALD TRUMP.
[00:36:46] SO HOW DID THE DEMOCRATS GET THERE? THEY GOT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[00:36:50] AND HOW DID THAT HAPPEN, DAVID? >> David: WELL, WE JUST FLIPPED
[00:36:53] OFF TO 51 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN OUR PROJECTED AND ELECTED,
[00:36:57] THANKS TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
[00:37:00] ASSOCIATED PRESS. AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS TOOK TO WIN.
[00:37:04] AND IT STARTED IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE ROY COOPER KEPT HIS
[00:37:07] WINNING STREAK ALIVE AS A FORMER GOVERNOR OF THAT STATE AND NEVER
[00:37:10] LOST WHEN HE PUT HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT. HE FLIPPED NORTH CAROLINA WITH
[00:37:14] 58% OF THE VOTE. AND NEXT DOOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
[00:37:17] SIMILAR STORY, AND A ANNIE ANDRS
[00:37:22] TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE SISTER OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY
[00:37:25] GRAHAM, WHO WAS APPOINTED TO RUN IN THAT SEAT.
[00:37:29] AND IT CONTINUED FROM THERE, WITH OHIO.
[00:37:32] AND WHERE SHERROD BROWN HAS WON
[00:37:34] J.D. VANCE'S OLD SEAT OVER JON HUSTED WITH 88% OF THE VOTE IN
[00:37:38] AND HE HAS 48.6% OF THEM AND
[00:37:41] THAT IS THREE SENATE FLIPS FOR THE DEMOCRATS WHO NEEDED FOUR
[00:37:44] COMING INTO TONIGHT. AND THE FOURTH COMES IN THIS STATE, TEXAS.
[00:37:48] THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1988 THAT A
[00:37:51] DEMOCRAT HAS WON A SENATE SEAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
[00:37:54] JAMES TALARICO WITH A MASSIVE
[00:37:57] LEAD BY TEXAS STANDARDS, OVER
[00:37:59] KEN PAXTON, 58.9%, AND 68% OF
[00:38:05] THE VOTE IN AN HISTORIC WIN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
[00:38:09] AND UP NEXT WE SHOW YOU KANSAS.
[00:38:10] THEY LOOKED AT TEXAS AND VOTING DEMOCRAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
[00:38:14] SAID HOLD OUR BEER, THEY VOTED
[00:38:15] FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1932
[00:38:19] WITH ADAM HAMILTON OVER
[00:38:22] MARSHALL, WITH 9 I 91% OF VOTES
[00:38:29] COUNTED. AND ANOTHER STATE THAT HAS FLIPPED IS IOWA. JOSH TUREK HAS WON THAT SEAT
[00:38:33] OVER THE FORMER TELEVISION
[00:38:35] BROADCASTER ASHLEY HINSON.
[00:38:38] 50.9% TO 46% AND THEY NEEDED IT
[00:38:42] AND THEY GOT THEM AND GOT SOME SPARES AND WE'RE STILL WAITING
[00:38:45] ON MICHIGAN AND MAINE AND MINNESOTA AND A BUNCH OF SEATS,
[00:38:48] BUT, ADRIENNE, THEY WON THE HOUSE EARLY IN THE NIGHT AND WON
[00:38:51] THE SENATE AND GOT 51 AND ONE
[00:38:55] MORATOR FETTERMAN PROOF AS WE LIKE TO SAY BUT RIGHT NOW THE
[00:38:58] DEMOCRATS HAVE FULL CONTROL OF CONGRESS. >> Adrienne: THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY AND I CAN'T THINK
[00:39:02] OF A PLACE THAT I'D RATHER GO TO
[00:39:05] THAN TO KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
[00:39:09] BECAUSE THAT BIG STATE IS
[00:39:10] TELLING A BIG STORY TONIGHT.
[00:39:14] KATIE? >> Reporter: ADRIENNE, WE HAD TO
[00:39:16] MOVE SO WHEN LIVE TV IS HAPPENING AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE QUICKLY.
[00:39:19] BUT THERE'S A DANCE PARTY THAT HAS JUST BROKEN OUT HERE ON THE
[00:39:23] FLOOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC WATCH PARTY HERE IN AUSTIN.
[00:39:25] AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXCITED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER,
[00:39:29] EVER SEEN DEMOCRATIC SORT OF CHANGE LIKE THIS.
[00:39:31] AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED.
[00:39:33] AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D POP
[00:39:36] DOWN TO SEE -- YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
[00:39:38] OVER HERE -- NOT ONLY IS THIS A
[00:39:40] WIN FOR JAMES TALARICO AT THIS
[00:39:42] POINT IN TIME, BUT YOU CAN ALSO
[00:39:44] SEE PEOPLE WEARING GINA FOR
[00:39:47] TEXAS TEXAS, FOR GINA HINOJOSA
[00:39:52] AND THE GOVERNOR ELECT HERE IN TEXAS AS THAT WAS PROJECTED AS
[00:39:55] WELL.
[00:39:56] SO WE'VE GOT A DANCE PARTY AND
[00:40:00] AN IMPROMPTU DANCE PARTY HARE ON THE FLOOR AS PEOPLE ARE VERY
[00:40:03] EXCITED. >> I'M VERY EXCITED.
[00:40:05] I DON'T KNOW -- I KNEW THAT GOOD
[00:40:09] THINGS WERE GOING TO HAPPEN BUT THIS WAS BREATHTAKING.
[00:40:12] LET'S JUST SAY THAT. THIS WAS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.
[00:40:15] AND I COULD NOT BE ANYMORE
[00:40:18] HAPPIER, THIS IS SUCH A GOOD NIGHT.
[00:40:22] >> Reporter: I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.
[00:40:23] WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> NATHANIEL.
[00:40:27] >> Reporter: IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFETIME THAT YOU
[00:40:29] HAVE SEEN A DEMOCRATIC WIN? >> YEAH, I WAS BORN IN 2006.
[00:40:33] >> Reporter: THAT IS VERY YOUNG.
[00:40:37] WHAT DOES THIS WIN MEAN FOR TEXAS?
[00:40:40] >> IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A BRIGHTER F FUTURE.
[00:40:43] IT REALLY DOES. I AM SORRY, I GOT DISTRACTED.
[00:40:47] >> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
[00:40:50] AND SO THAT'S THE VIBE HERE AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING
[00:40:53] AND WE'LL SEE IF THE DANCE PARTY
[00:40:55] VIBE CONTINUES. AND THERE'S A GUITAR PLAYER HERE
[00:40:59] IN THE CORNER AND I WOULD SAY, ADRIENNE, HE'S BEEN PLAYING THE
[00:41:03] SAME THREE SONGS ALL MIGHT, AND
[00:41:05] WAGON WHEEL AND FAST CAR BY TRACY CHAPMAN AND ONE OTHER
[00:41:08] SONG, BUT PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED. AND THE PARTY IS GOING TO SPILL
[00:41:11] OUT INTO THE STREETS IN AUSTIN AND THOSE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS
[00:41:15] OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH HERE IN THE ROOM.
[00:41:18] AND, YEAH, IT'S -- THAT'S THE
[00:41:20] VIBE AND THAT'S THE FEELING AND
[00:41:23] GENERATIONAL CHANGE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONLY DREAMED THIS
[00:41:26] HAPPENING AND JAMES TALARICO WAS
[00:41:30] AN UNDERDOG UP AGAINST THE TRUMP-BACKED REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
[00:41:34] KEN PAXTON, BUT HE IS AGAIN
[00:41:37] COMING WITH A LOT OF BAGGAGE.
[00:41:40] AND PERHAPS THAT BAGGAGE IS PART OF THE REASON THAT KEN PAXTON
[00:41:43] COULD NOT GET ACROSS THE LINE.
[00:41:45] BUT I'M SEEING A LOT OF EMPTY BOTTLES ON THE TABLES AND A LOT
[00:41:49] OF PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING VERY
[00:41:53] LOUDLY AND I EXPECT THAT WILL
[00:41:56] CONTINUE AS THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE ON HERE IN AUSTIN.
[00:41:59] >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, KATIE SIMPSON, THANK YOU AND I WROTE
[00:42:02] THAT DOWN, THAT IS VERY YOUNG. YOU ARE NOT WRONG THERE.
[00:42:05] THAT IS KATIE SIMPSON AT JAMES
[00:42:08] TALARICO WATCH PARTY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
[00:42:11] I JUST WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON
[00:42:13] WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING.
[00:42:16] WE TALKED EARLIER THAT HE HAD
[00:42:18] POSTED THAT WE -- HE ACCEPTS THE
[00:42:20] RESULTS AND WILLING TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:42:23] HE JUST POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL A
[00:42:25] RED HAT WITH THE WORD "VETO" ON
[00:42:29] IT. >> HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING FOR?
[00:42:31] [LAUGHTER] >> Adrienne: HARD TO SAY.
[00:42:35] WHERE ARE THEY MADE?
[00:42:37] I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU,
[00:42:40] AMBASSADOR, TO START.
[00:42:42] AND KATIE ALLUDED TO IT,
[00:42:46] GENERATIONAL CHANGE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WE ARE WATCHING LEADER
[00:42:49] JEFFRIES SPEAKING A MOMENT AGO AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE FIRST
[00:42:53] TIME THAT I MET HIM AND I WAS IN HIS OFFICE AND WE WERE TALKING
[00:42:56] THROUGH A NUMBER OF THINGS. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CANADA.
[00:42:59] AND HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME -- HE WAS NEW IN HIS ROLE AS LEADER
[00:43:03] AND HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME SOME OF THE -- WHAT HE WAS GOING
[00:43:06] THROUGH IN TRYING TO BRING HIS
[00:43:08] PARTY -- HIS PARTY TOGETHER ON CERTAIN INITIATIVES THAT HE WAS
[00:43:12] IN FAVOUR OF. AND TRYING TO GUIDE AND TO COACH
[00:43:16] THEM ON HIS VIEWS ON WHEN TO FIGHT AND WHEN TO BACK DOWN AND
[00:43:19] WHEN TO COME TOGETHER.
[00:43:21] AND HE -- HE GAVE A REFERENCE TO
[00:43:24] EXPLAIN HOW HE HAD, UM, COACHED
[00:43:28] HIS MEMBERS IN THAT WAY.
[00:43:30] AND HIS REFERENCE WAS FROM RAP MUSIC.
[00:43:33] AND IT'S -- IT WAS A REFERENCE -- AND I'M NOT GOING
[00:43:36] TO GET INTO IT -- BUT IT'S A
[00:43:38] REFERENCE AROUND HOW, UM -- IN
[00:43:49] CERTAIN SONGS AND FOLKS DECIDED
[00:43:52] WHEN TO LEAVE THE BATTLES TO LIE AND THE BAD CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DIDN'T.
[00:43:56] AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO LET GO BECAUSE IF IT
[00:43:59] ESCALATES YOU GET NOWHERE. AND I WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED BY
[00:44:02] THIS AND, IN FACT, I WENT BACK
[00:44:04] TO MY OFFICE AND I CALLED ONE OF
[00:44:08] MY SONS IN HIS 20s AND I SAID
[00:44:10] I HAD A EXPERIENCE THAT I NEVER HAD IN THIS JOB.
[00:44:13] I NORMALLY WOULD SIT ACROSS FROM A POLITICAL LEADER, AND THEY
[00:44:17] WOULD WANT TO MAKE A POINT. AND IT WOULD BE A SPORTS
[00:44:20] REFERENCE MAYBE, BUT MORE OFTEN
[00:44:22] THAN NOT IT'S AN HISTORIC
[00:44:25] REFERENCE -- WORLD WAR II, THE
[00:44:27] AMERICAN REVOLUTION, RIGHT?
[00:44:30] AND EXCELLENT REFERENCES CAN ALSO ILLUSTRATE THAT KIND OF POINT.
[00:44:33] BUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS A
[00:44:35] REFERENCE COMING FROM MUCH MORE
[00:44:38] MODERN TIMES, BUT ALSO QUITE FRANKLY FROM A DIFFERENT
[00:44:42] COMMUNITY OF AMERICANS, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS REMARKABLE.
[00:44:45] AND MOVING AND INCREDIBLE.
[00:44:47] AND I ASKED MY SON TO EXPLAIN TO ME THE REFERENCE. [LAUGHTER]
[00:44:51] BUT IT WAS REALLY -- IT WAS AMAZING.
[00:44:54] AND SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT THIS COULD SIGNAL A
[00:44:57] DIFFERENCE -- AND IT'S NOT JUST A DEMOCRAT ISSUE, THERE'S A LOT
[00:45:01] YOUNGER GENERATION COMING INTO
[00:45:02] POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES N GENERAL.
[00:45:05] AND SO YOUNG PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THEY ARE NOT
[00:45:08] CARING ABOUT PAST GRIEVANCES AND THEY'RE LIKE WHAT IS IT GOING TO
[00:45:11] BE LIKE AND WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY
[00:45:14] DO WE WANT FOR OURSELVES AND OUR
[00:45:16] FAMILIES AND OUR YOUNG CHILDREN. AND I THINK IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH.
[00:45:19] I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA.
[00:45:23] >> Adrienne: ASHLEY, HOUSE AND
[00:45:24] THE SENATE TO THE DEMOCRATS --
[00:45:28] >> GLORIOUS. I MADE ONE PREDICTION THAT WE'D
[00:45:30] BE IN BED BY MIDNIGHT AND IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT AND THE NIGHT IS
[00:45:34] OVER. >> Adrienne: WITH GREAT REWARD
[00:45:36] COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
[00:45:38] SO I LISTENED TO HAKEEM JEFFRIES
[00:45:41] THERE AND TALK ABOUT IT BEING A CHANGE ELECTION AND AMERICANS
[00:45:44] EXPECT US TO DELIVER DRAMATIC CHANGE. HOW?
[00:45:48] YOU JUST HAD A PRESIDENT WHO
[00:45:51] POSTED A BIG HAT WITH A PICTURE OF A VETO ON IT. HOW WILL THEY DO THAT?
[00:45:55] >> THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BOTH
[00:45:57] CHAMBERS REALLY GIVES US THE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE NOW THE PERSON
[00:46:00] ON THE MARGINS WILL BE DONALD TRUMP.
[00:46:02] AND HE'S GOING TO LOOK SMALL.
[00:46:06] HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK SMALL. >> Adrienne: BUT THAT VETO
[00:46:10] SHARPIE IS BIG? >> IT IS, BUT WE HAVE THE
[00:46:12] ADVANTAGE IN THAT YOU WOULD --
[00:46:14] YOU WOULD BE -- YOU KNOW,
[00:46:17] CONTRASTING A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY THAT IS ACTUALLY TRYING
[00:46:20] TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST A PRESIDENT WHO
[00:46:24] IS STILL OPERATING IN HIS EGO
[00:46:27] AND SELF-INTEREST, ETC. THAT IS -- I'M A COMMUNICATOR
[00:46:30] AND I'M A STRATEGIST -- THAT IS
[00:46:33] THE IDEAL SCENARIO THAT YOU WANT GOING INTO 2028.
[00:46:36] WHICH IS TO HAVE THE OBSTRUCTION FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE
[00:46:40] REPUBLICAN PARTY, BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH WHATEVER HE
[00:46:43] DOES IN TERMS OF POSTURE.
[00:46:45] SO THAT IS -- THAT IS THE IDEAL
[00:46:48] SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE QUESTION IS THAT
[00:46:51] MR. JEFFRIES IS GOING TO HAVE A VERY DIVERSE CAUCUS.
[00:46:54] HE LOST SEVEN MEMBERS AND THERE
[00:46:56] WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS THAT HE LOST AND
[00:46:59] HE'LL HAVE NEW DSA CANDIDATES
[00:47:01] AND I USED TO WORK FOR SPEAKER
[00:47:04] PELOSI AND WE HAD THE AGENDA THE SUMMER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WON SO
[00:47:07] EVERYBODY WAS ONBOARD. AND NOW YOU'VE GOT TO COORDINATE
[00:47:10] WITH THE SENATE SIDE. SO NOW YOU'LL HAVE A HARD TIME
[00:47:14] GOVERNING -- WINNING IS EASY AND IT'S THE GOVERNING THAT IS VERY
[00:47:17] HARD. >> Adrienne: MAURA, I'M WONDERING WHO IS SAYING WHAT TO
[00:47:21] DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW DO YOU THINK?
[00:47:23] >> HIS INNER CIRCLE IS VERY INSULATED AND HE IS FED
[00:47:27] INFORMATION. EVEN A FEW HOURS AGO HE SAID THAT HIS APPROVAL NUMBERS WERE
[00:47:30] SO, SO, SO HIGH, DESPITE EVERY
[00:47:33] POLL THAT SHOWS HIM BELOW 40%.
[00:47:35] SO I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S GETTING THE MOST ACCURATE
[00:47:39] INFORMATION. >> Adrienne: ARE THEY LYING TO
[00:47:42] HIM? >> AND THAT'S WHY HE LASHES OUT
[00:47:46] AND SAYING THERE'S FALSE REPORTING ISSUE BUT WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT IT'S HARDER
[00:47:50] FOR HIM TO I GUESS SLEEP WITH THAT WHEN YOU HAVE -- WE JUST
[00:47:53] GOT NEWS THAT THE NRCC CHAIRMAN,
[00:47:56] RICHARD HUDSON, IS LOSING HIS SEAT. WHEN LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE WHO
[00:48:00] HAS STOOD BY YOU AND JUST GIVEN YOU THE GAVEL AS THE SPEAKER HAS
[00:48:04] DONE, AND THEN THIS IS WHAT YOU
[00:48:06] DO WITH IT, THEY ARE SUFFERING MASSIVE LOSSES.
[00:48:09] SO IT'S HARD TO AVOID THE REALITY THIS IS A REFLECTION
[00:48:12] UPON HIM AND I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -- AND I THINK THAT
[00:48:15] THERE'S A CHANCE TO STEER AWAY FROM WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE
[00:48:18] AND TAKE THIS MOMENT TO VEER OFF
[00:48:21] OF THIS RAMP AND RECLAIM SOME INITIATIVES THAT YOU CAN DO SEE
[00:48:25] BY STICKING WITH CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. WE TALKED ABOUT CORRUPTION.
[00:48:28] WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO SAY THEY'LL FIGHT
[00:48:32] CORRUPTION AND WHETHER THAT TARGETS THE MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AT LEAST THEY'LL
[00:48:35] SHOW CONSTITUENTS THEY HAVE THE BACKBONE AND THEY STAND WITH WHAT THEY HAVE TOUTED.
[00:48:39] I THINK THEY CAN REALLY FOCUS ON
[00:48:42] ISSUES THAT RESONATE WITH THEIR VOTERS AND TALKING ABOUT NOT
[00:48:46] ONLY DOES ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS
[00:48:48] >> Adrienne: AFFORDABILITY.
[00:48:52] >> BECAUSE THEY RUN THE SAME
[00:48:53] RISK AS DEMOCRATS DO, IF THE
[00:48:56] REPUBLICANS OVERINDEX ON FIGHTING DEMOCRATS IT WILL WORK
[00:48:59] TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE. >> Paul: YOU WILL NOT COUNSEL TO IMPEACH?
[00:49:03] SOMEONE IS GOING TO RAISE THAT. >> I WOULD NOT AND I THINK THAT
[00:49:05] THE SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN THE PRESIDENT IMMUNITY AND I THINK
[00:49:09] THAT IT'S TOO HARD TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE. BUT THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
[00:49:12] HAS TO BE THE POCKETBOOKS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT WON TONIGHT.
[00:49:16] THAT'S THE MESSAGE THEY SENT TO WASHINGTON.
[00:49:18] >> Adrienne: PAUL, CAN YOU REMIND CANADIANS -- BECAUSE IT'S
[00:49:22] A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM. BY HAVING THE HOUSE AND THE
[00:49:24] SENATE, I MEAN, IT'S STILL 51
[00:49:28] AND IT'S STILL NOT FETTERMAN
[00:49:30] PROOF, BUT WHAT CAN THE DEMOCRATS DO?
[00:49:33] WHAT DOES THIS GIVE THEM? >> Paul: THE POWER TO SUBPOENA
[00:49:37] AND THEY CAN HOLD HEARINGS AND
[00:49:39] DO INVESTIGATIONS AND NAMING AND SHAMING.
[00:49:42] THERE'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
[00:49:43] PART OF THE LEAD-UP TO 2028.
[00:49:46] WE'LL HEAR ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN I IMAGINE AGAIN BEFORE TOO, TOO
[00:49:50] LONG AND THEY CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
[00:49:52] AND ON THE SENATE SIDE, THEY CAN
[00:49:55] BLOCK JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND
[00:49:57] THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE NOTION THAT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER
[00:50:00] SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND THEY WOULD HAVE A BIG IS IN THAT NOW.
[00:50:04] AND THEY COULD NEGOTIATE AND FORCE THE WHITE HOUSE TO
[00:50:08] NEGOTIATE ON LEGISLATION ASPECTS.
[00:50:11] TRUMP HAS PROVEN -- AND HE HAS SHOWN IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS
[00:50:14] THAT HE CAN DO ALMOST -- ALMOST
[00:50:17] WHATEVER HE WANTS AND HE WENT TO
[00:50:19] VENEZUELA AND GRABBED MADURO AND
[00:50:23] TARIFFED THE WORLD EFFECTIVELY.
[00:50:24] AND EVEN WHILE HE HAD CONTROL OF
[00:50:27] CAPITOL HILL CAME WITH CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. AND NOW THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
[00:50:31] CONTROL OF CAPITOL HILL HE COULD
[00:50:32] STILL DO THOSE THINGS BUT THOSE OTHER HURDLES WILL BE IN FRONT
[00:50:36] OF HIM THAT WILL SLOW HIM DOWN. >> Adrienne: SO THIS LOOKS TO ME
[00:50:39] AS AN OUTSIDER LIKE A TEST FOR THE SYSTEMS OF CHECKS AND
[00:50:43] BALANCES. >> EXACTLY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
[00:50:46] ALSO REPUBLICANS COULD CHAMPION IF THEY WERE TO TAKE A STAND
[00:50:49] AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND TAKE WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT AS PERMISSION STRUCTURE TO DO SO.
[00:50:53] BUT RECLAIMING THE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLE ABOUT STATE'S RIGHTS
[00:50:56] AND ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING THE POWER OF THE PURSE,
[00:50:59] WHICH WE HAVE, AGAIN, AS WE
[00:51:02] MENTIONED THAT SPEAKER JOHNSON
[00:51:04] GAVE THE GAVEL TO TRUMP, BUT
[00:51:07] RECLAIM THAT SEPARATION OF POWERS AND REMIND THE CONSTITUENTS WHY OUR FOUNDERS
[00:51:11] STRUCTURED OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WAY THAT IT DID.
[00:51:14] AND MAYBE THEY'LL GET BACK IN CREDIBILITY.
[00:51:18] BUT I FEAR THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BUILD BACK TRUST FOR THE
[00:51:22] AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEE THEM AS A PARTY WORTH VOTING IN.
[00:51:24] AND IF THEY DON'T STEP AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP AND SEPARATE THEMSELVES.
[00:51:27] >> Adrienne: THIS IS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CANADA, THAT TRUST TAKES SO LONG TO BUILD AND
[00:51:31] YOU LOSE IT IN A SECOND AND DO YOU EVER REALLY GET IT BACK.
[00:51:35] I WANT TO HEAD TO OTTAWA IF I
[00:51:37] MAY RIGHT NOW, AND BRING IN
[00:51:40] ROSIE, THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING TO ROSIE AFTER WE KNOW
[00:51:43] THAT BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE GONE TO THE DEMOCRATS. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
[00:51:46] CHECKS AND BALANCES, ROSIE, WHAT
[00:51:51] CAN CANADA DO AT THIS MOMENT? >> Rosemary: I THINK IT CAN TAKE
[00:51:55] A BEAT, HONESTLY. I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT IT CAN DO.
[00:51:59] IT DOES NOW NOT HAVE TO RUSH ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO ANY
[00:52:02] SORT OF TRADE DEAL WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENT. AND IT CAN TAKE A BEAT.
[00:52:06] THE PRIME MINISTER IS STILL IN THE AIR FLYING BACK FROM THE
[00:52:10] COMMONWEALTH MEETING. HE IS SUPPOSED TO LAND HERE IN
[00:52:13] OTTAWA I THINK AT 3:30 A.M.. AND I IMAGINE THAT HE GOT THE
[00:52:17] NEWS ON THE PLANE ANYWAY.
[00:52:19] BUT I ALSO WOULD THINK THAT
[00:52:22] THERE'S NO NECESSARILY RUSH TO
[00:52:24] HAVE THIS RESOLVED. SOLVED AT THIS STAGE.
[00:52:28] AND HE EVEN SAID THAT TO
[00:52:31] POLITICO LAST WEEK FOLLOWING THAT E.U. SUMMIT THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO RUSH ANYTHING.
[00:52:35] I THINK THAT THIS GIVES HIM A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY TO DECIDE
[00:52:39] WHAT THE NEXT MOVE IS FOR CANADA.
[00:52:41] AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
[00:52:45] THAT MAYBE THE STRATEGY CAN CHANGE, AND THE CALCULATION CAN CHANGE.
[00:52:48] AND I'LL JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING -- AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH
[00:52:52] AN OFFICIAL, A REPRESENTATIVE, A CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE, WHO
[00:52:55] FELT LIKE, UM, THAT WE HAD SORT
[00:52:58] OF REACHED PEAK ANIMOSITY. I THINK IS THE LANGUAGE THAT
[00:53:01] THEY USED WITH THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT WAS BEFORE WHAT
[00:53:04] HAPPENED TONIGHT. THAT THINGS WERE STARTING TO
[00:53:07] COME DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. AND THAT THE TEMPERATURE MIGHT
[00:53:10] START TO AND DOWN. SO MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOO.
[00:53:13] BUT, AGAIN, JUST SEEING SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S POSTS ON SOCIAL
[00:53:17] MEDIA AND IT'S VE ERATTIC BEHAVR
[00:53:22] AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WILL BRING AND
[00:53:26] MAYBE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE SAID HERE WON'T PAN OUT BECAUSE
[00:53:29] WE CAN NEVER PREDICT HOW HE'LL RESPOND.
[00:53:32] >> Adrienne: I MEAN, THAT IS THE FLINCHING RESPONSE OF PEOPLE
[00:53:35] WHO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE PULLS A PUNCH AND YOU WAIT FOR IT TO
[00:53:39] HIT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ONE POST -- THAT ACCEPTS THE RESULTS
[00:53:42] AND WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND THEN YOU SEE THE VETO AND YOU WONDER
[00:53:46] WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY.
[00:53:49] ROSIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU,
[00:53:53] AMBASSADOR, HILLMAN, IF YOU WERE
[00:53:54] STILL IN YOUR POST IN D.C., IN
[00:53:57] THE UNITED STATES, AS AMBASSADOR FOR CANADA TO THE U.S., WHAT
[00:54:00] WOULD TOMORROW LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WHAT WOULD BE ON YOUR PLATE?
[00:54:04] >> WELL, SO FIRST OF ALL -- [LAUGHTER] I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A
[00:54:07] COUPLE OF ASPECTS. THERE'S A SORT OF WHAT YOU'RE
[00:54:10] DOING IN THE EMBASSY AND MANAGING FOR THE NETWORK AND
[00:54:14] THEN THERE'S HOW YOU ARE DEALING
[00:54:17] WITH OUR POLITICAL APPARATUS, THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS
[00:54:21] OFFICE BACK IF OTTAW IN OTTAWA E
[00:54:25] ADVICE THERE. AND STARTING WITH THE EMBASSY AND THE NETWORK.
[00:54:28] THEY WOULD HAVE SPENT MONTHS PREPARING INFORMATION ON EACH OF
[00:54:31] THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE RUNNING IN THESE ELECTIONS.
[00:54:34] AND LOOKING TO THEIR CONNECTIONS TO CANADA.
[00:54:37] WHAT IS THEIR ECONOMIC LINK TO CANADA IN THEIR REGION.
[00:54:40] DO THEY HAVE ANY PERSONAL LINKS? WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT MATTER
[00:54:44] MOST TO THEM? ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE
[00:54:47] COMMONALITIES? THEY HAVE PREPARED PACKAGES,
[00:54:50] INFORMATION PACKAGES, FOR EVERY
[00:54:52] SINGLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE
[00:54:56] SENATE AND THOSE GO OUT AND FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE
[00:55:00] SEEKING TO KNOW, THEY WILL SEEK
[00:55:02] PERSONAL MEE ME MEETINGS WITH TE
[00:55:07] PEOPLE.
[00:55:08] AND SO THE MACHINE OF GETTING
[00:55:12] THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN PLACE AND SOLIDIFYING THEM AS MUCH AS
[00:55:15] POSSIBLE WILL START FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.
[00:55:19] THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT. START WHEN THOSE PEOPLE TAKE
[00:55:22] OFFICE IN JANUARY, BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE RAMPING UP
[00:55:25] NOW. AND THEN IN TERMS OF ADVISING
[00:55:28] BACK HOME, YOU KNOW, I THINK
[00:55:31] THAT IT IS TIME TO LET THE DUST SETTLE.
[00:55:34] IT IS NOT TIME FOR CANADA TO
[00:55:37] BE -- UM, IF WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE,
[00:55:40] BY ALL MEANS THOSE SHOULD CONTINUE AND WE SHOULD NEVER
[00:55:43] WALK AWAY FROM PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS. BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT IS GOING
[00:55:47] TO SHAKE OUT IN THE UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
[00:55:50] THERE'S A LOT THAT WE WILL SEE AROUND WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION IS GOING TO BE.
[00:55:54] IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT
[00:55:56] MIGHT TEND TOWARDS MORE OF A
[00:55:59] CONCILIATORY APPROACH TO CANADA? IS IT NOT?
[00:56:02] HOW IS THIS CONTINUED DISCUSSION
[00:56:04] AROUND TARIFFS GOING TO PLAY OUT?
[00:56:07] BUT ALSO AROUND TONE, RIGHT?
[00:56:10] AND, MAURY YOU SAID EARLIER THAT YOU THINK THAT THE AMERICANS ARE
[00:56:13] TIRED OF THE TONE AND CANADIANS HAVE BEEN VERY AFFECTED BY THE TONE.
[00:56:17] WE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ACTIONS, OBVIOUSLY.
[00:56:20] BUT I WOULD SAY THAT BROADLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT EVERYONE
[00:56:24] FEELS THE TONE.
[00:56:25] CERTAIN SECTORS FEEL THE TARIFFE TONE.
[00:56:29] >> Adrienne: INDEED. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE CONTINUING
[00:56:31] COVERAGE OF THE U.S. MIDTERMS, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO CBC NEWS
[00:56:35] NETWORK OR WHEREVER YOU STREAM CBC NEWS AND STAY WITH US.
[00:56:37] TIME NOW FOR A BIT OF A BREAK
[00:56:41] AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK IN A COUPLE OF
[01:00:24] (♪) >> Adrienne: THANKS FOR JOINING
[01:00:26] US, THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE NATIONAL" AS AMERICA VOTES
[01:00:29] IN HISTORIC MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND SOME OF THE LAST POLLS IN
[01:00:33] THE UNITED STATES ARE CLOSING RIGHT NOW IN ALASKA.
[01:00:36] BUT AS STATE AFTER STATE FLIPPED BLUE TONIGHT, THE RESULTS IS
[01:00:40] ALREADY CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[01:00:44] AND THEY WILL HAVE COMPLETE
[01:00:46] CONTROL OF U.S. CONGRESS IN A CLEAR REPUDIATION OF PRESIDENT
[01:00:50] DONALD TRUMP. WITH JUST TWO YEARS LEFT IN HIS
[01:00:53] FINAL TERM, WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE EMBATTLED PRESIDENT?
[01:00:56] LET'S GET INTO THAT AND HOW WE GOT HERE. BUT FIRST