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[00:00:23] (♪) >> Adrienne: THANKS FOR JOINING
[00:00:25] US, THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE NATIONAL" AS AMERICA VOTES
[00:00:29] IN HISTORIC MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND SOME OF THE LAST POLLS IN
[00:00:32] THE UNITED STATES ARE CLOSING RIGHT NOW IN ALASKA.
[00:00:35] BUT AS STATE AFTER STATE FLIPPED BLUE TONIGHT, THE RESULTS IS
[00:00:39] ALREADY CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[00:00:43] AND THEY WILL HAVE COMPLETE
[00:00:45] CONTROL OF U.S. CONGRESS IN A CLEAR REPUDIATION OF PRESIDENT
[00:00:49] DONALD TRUMP. WITH JUST TWO YEARS LEFT IN HIS
[00:00:52] FINAL TERM, WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE EMBATTLED PRESIDENT?
[00:00:55] LET'S GET INTO THAT AND HOW WE GOT HERE.
[00:00:58] BUT FIRST UP, AN INTRODUCTION TO
[00:01:00] THE TEAM, PAUL HUNTER IS HERE BESIDE ME AND HAS BEEN ALL NIGHT.
[00:01:04] AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE PANEL, THE MOST RECENT FORMER
[00:01:08] AMBASSADOR OF CANADA TO THE UNITED STATES, KIRSTEN HILLMAN
[00:01:11] AND BESIDE HER, ASHLEY ÉTIENNE,
[00:01:18] AND MAURA GILLESPIE TO THE PRESS
[00:01:23] PERSON FOR JOHN BOEHNER.
[00:01:26] AND SO EXPLAIN TO US HOW WE GOT HERE? >> David: THE HOUSE WAS CALLED
[00:01:30] QUICK AND THE SENATE WHICH WAS
[00:01:31] THE BIG PRIZE FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND IT ALL STARTED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
[00:01:35] THIS WAS THE FIRST SEAT TO FLIP,
[00:01:37] THIS IS WHERE ROY COOPER, THE
[00:01:40] FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WON THIS SEAT FOR
[00:01:43] THE DEMOCRATS WITH A NEARLY 20-POINT LEAD OVER MICHAEL
[00:01:47] WHATLEY, DONALD TRUMP'S PREFERRED CANDIDATE IN THAT SEAT. AND THE WINNING CONTINUED IN
[00:01:51] SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE ANNIE ANDREWS WITH 95% OF THE VOTE
[00:01:55] COUNTED HAS 51% WITH A FIVE-POINT LEAD OVER DARLINE
[00:01:59] GRAHAM, THE SISTER OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
[00:02:02] THAT WAS FLIPPED, NUMBER TWO. AND THEN WE MOVED TO OHIO.
[00:02:06] J.D. VANCE'S OLD SEAT IS UP FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TONIGHT
[00:02:09] BECAUSE OF HIS DEPARTURE TO BE THE VICE-PRESIDENT.
[00:02:11] AND IT WENT TO THE DEMOCRATS, SHERROD BROWN IS RETURNING TO
[00:02:14] THE SENATE WITH 48.7% OF THE
[00:02:16] VOTE OVER JON HUSTED THERE FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
[00:02:19] AND HISTORY MADE IN TEXAS, EVERYTHING IS BIGGER THERE, INCLUDING THE DEMOCRAT LEAD,
[00:02:23] BECAUSE LOOK AT THAT, 58.5% OF
[00:02:26] VOTE FOR JAMES TALARICO OVER KEN PAXTON, THE FIRST TIME THAT THE
[00:02:30] DEMOCRATS HAVE WON A SENATE SEAT
[00:02:32] IN TEXAS SINCE 1988, BEFORE
[00:02:35] JAMES TALARICO WAS EVEN BORN.
[00:02:38] AND FROM THERE THE TRAIN CONTINUED IN KANSAS, WHICH HAS
[00:02:42] GONE DEMOCRAT FOR THE FIRST TIME
[00:02:44] SINCE 1932, AND ADAM HAMILTON
[00:02:47] WITH A SIX-POINT LEAD OVER ROGER MARSHALL FOR THE REPUBLICANS
[00:02:50] WITH 93% OF THE VOTE IN. AND FINALLY IOWA.
[00:02:53] ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ECONOMIES THAT IS HIT BY THE FUEL PRICES
[00:02:56] AND FERTILIZER AND A LOT IS CAUSED BY TARIFFS AND THE WAR IN
[00:03:00] IRAN. JOSH TUREK WITH 50.7% OF THE
[00:03:03] VOTE WITH A PRETTY SOLID LEAD
[00:03:08] OVER ASHLEY HINSON. THEY'RE IN COMMAND OF THE SENATE
[00:03:11] AND THE HOUSE, BUT DONALD TRUMP
[00:03:13] IS STILL PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER
[00:03:16] 807 DAYS. SO LET'S NOT FORGET HOW MUCH
[00:03:20] TIME IS STILL LEFT IN THAT PRESIDENCY.
[00:03:23] THERE'S A LOT OF VOW TEE VETOS.
[00:03:31] >> Adrienne: AND TEXAS IS A BIG STATE AND A BIG STORY.
[00:03:34] SO KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
[00:03:37] KATIE? >> Reporter: BIG STATE AND BIG
[00:03:40] STORY, BIG CELEBRATIONS HERE IN AUSTIN, JAMES TALARICO'S HOMETOWN.
[00:03:43] WE WERE ON THE AIR WHEN THEY PROJECTED THAT HE WOULD WIN THE
[00:03:47] SENATE AND WE SAW THE CROWD JUST ERUPT AND PEOPLE WERE JUMPING UP
[00:03:51] AND DOWN AND PUMPING THEIR FISTS IN THE AIR AND PEOPLE WERE
[00:03:54] CRYING AND SAYING FINALLY THEY'LL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S
[00:03:57] SLEEP AFTER THIS GRUELING CAMPAIGN AND AFTER WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DESCRIBE AS A VERY
[00:04:01] DIFFICULT TWO YEARS WITH DONALD TRUMP IN OFFICE.
[00:04:03] AND I'M JOINED NOW BY ERIN,
[00:04:06] SHE'S A DEMOCRAT FROM AUSTIN AND YOU'RE WEARING A SHIRT HERE THAT
[00:04:09] SAYS "VOTING FOR HIS FUTURE" AND YOU ARE PREGNANT.
[00:04:12] AND SO TELL US, TELL ME A BIT
[00:04:16] ABOUT THE FUTURE THOUGHTS AND HOW YOU'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW?
[00:04:19] >> THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT AND I HAVE WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR
[00:04:23] THIS. I'M SO EXCITED, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND
[00:04:27] EDUCATION WILL MAKE HUGE CHANGES AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE HUGE
[00:04:31] CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE. BUT PERSONALLY WOMEN'S RIGHTS
[00:04:34] AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND SO MANY THINGS
[00:04:37] ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER FOR THE WORLD
[00:04:40] THAT MY CHILDREN GET TO G
[00:04:44] >> Reporter: EARLIER YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE TARIFFS ON CANADA.
[00:04:48] TELL ME ABOUT THAT. >> MY MOM AND I ARE INTERIOR
[00:04:51] DESIGNERS AND ONE OF OUR VENDORS IN CANADA SELLS TABLE BASES FOR
[00:04:55] US AND THE TARIFF ON IT WAS SO HIGH -- I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST
[00:04:59] THREE OR FOUR TIMES THE COST OF
[00:05:02] THE PRODUCT ALONE, AND THE WHOLE
[00:05:06] WHOLESALE COST. AND WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER
[00:05:09] VENDOR BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET THAT PRODUCT ANYMORE.
[00:05:12] >> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE TO CUT
[00:05:13] YOUR TIES WITH THE CANADIAN
[00:05:17] COMPANY? >> WE COULDN'T USE THEM BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK.
[00:05:21] >> Reporter: DO YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO TARIFF?
[00:05:24] >> YES, TARIFFS ARE RIDICULOUS AND ALL WE DO IS -- WHEN WE ARE
[00:05:27] CHARGED THE TARIFFS WE PASS THAT ALONG TO THE CUSTOMER AND THEN
[00:05:31] THEY'RE PAYING IT.
[00:05:32] SO EVERYONE IS PAYING
[00:05:36] ASTRONOMICAL PRICE FOR THINGS AND SO IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ANYONE, EXCEPT FOR PEOPLE WHO
[00:05:40] MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND BENEFIT FROM THAT. IT'S NOT US.
[00:05:43] >> Reporter: SO ALL OF THE PROJECTIONS TONIGHT ARE THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF
[00:05:46] THE HOUSE AND TAKEN CONTROL OF THE SENATE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT THAT SAYS
[00:05:50] ABOUT THIS MOMENT IN AMERICAN POLITICS? >> IT'S SHOWING WHO WE ARE AS
[00:05:54] AMERICANS AND WHAT WE CARE ABOUT AND THAT WE'RE NOT M.A.G.A. AND
[00:05:57] WE'RE NOT TRUMP'S AMERICA AND WE
[00:06:00] ABOUT ARE THE PEOPLE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE AND
[00:06:03] OUR RIGHTS AND THE HEALTHCARE IS A BIG ONE.
[00:06:06] AND PEOPLE ARE UPSET AND THEY'RE SHOWING THAT IT'S TIME FOR
[00:06:08] CHANGE AND WE HAVE WAITED FOR THIS.
[00:06:12] >> Reporter: ERIN, THANK FOR YOUR TIME. AND THE PARTY IS WINDING DOWN
[00:06:16] AND WHEN WE LEAVE HERE AND WE HEAD OUT INTO THE STREETS OF
[00:06:19] AUSTIN AND WE MIGHT SEE CELEBRATIONS OR MIGHT NOT.
[00:06:22] AS WE HEARD FROM OTHERS, PEOPLE ARE TIRED AND PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED.
[00:06:25] THEY WANT TO HAVE A SLEEP. ADRIENNE? >> Adrienne: YOU NEVER GET
[00:06:28] TIRED, KATIE SIMPSON, IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO FIND, YOU WILL FIND IT.
[00:06:31] THAT IS KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
[00:06:34] LET'S HEAD OVER TO DETROIT,
[00:06:38] MICHIGAN, AND MOTOR CITY. AND DAVID COMMON IS RIGHT THERE.
[00:06:40] DAVID, WHAT DO YOU GOT?
[00:06:44] >> Reporter: PARTY VERY MUCH CONTINUING HERE, ADRIENNE.
[00:06:47] AND IN FACT, CUPID SHUFFLE WAS
[00:06:52] PLAYING, THAT 2007 DANCE TUNE,
[00:06:55] AND THEY WERE PERFORMING IT FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT AND ONE
[00:06:59] GUY GYRATING NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
[00:07:02] BUT I DIGRESS. THIS IS A BIG NIGHT FOR THE
[00:07:05] DEMOCRATS IN THIS ROOM AND THEY ARE ECSTATIC WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN
[00:07:08] AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND PEOPLE WITH MINDS BLOWN OVER
[00:07:12] WHAT TRANSPIRED IN TEXAS AND IN NEIGHBOURING OHIO.
[00:07:14] AND THE GOVERNOR'S SEAT AND THE SENATE SEAT FLIPPING FROM THE
[00:07:18] REPUBLICANS. AND THOSE ARE BIG MOMENTS THAT
[00:07:22] RESULTED IN FIST PUMPING AND CHEERS HERE AND, OF COURSE, ALL
[00:07:25] EYES IN THIS ROOM REALLY FOCUSED
[00:07:28] ON THE MICHIGAN SENATE RACE.
[00:07:31] ABDUL El-SAYED AND VERSUS MIKE
[00:07:33] ROGERS AND PERHAPS THE MOST FASCINATING RACE AND ONE OF THE
[00:07:37] MOST CLOSELY CONTESTED IN THE ENTIRE NATION.
[00:07:40] WHY DOES MICHIGAN TAKE SO LONG TO MAKE A CALL ON THIS?
[00:07:44] NUMBER ONE, IT'S VERY CLOSE. NUMBER TWO, THE STATES COUNT,
[00:07:47] AND THEY COUNT THEIR BALLOTS AND MICHIGAN COUNTS SLOW.
[00:07:51] AND WHERE DO THEY COUNT THE SLOWEST? WAYNE COUNTY, WHERE I AM AND
[00:07:55] IT'S ALSO THE MOST POPULIST DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
[00:07:58] AND THEY TAKE TIME. AND THAT'S WHY IT TAKES TIME TO
[00:08:01] GET A RESULT ON SUCH A BIG RACE. BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIG
[00:08:05] QUESTION ON THAT? YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN TARIFFS,
[00:08:08] WHETHER IT'S AUTO TARIFFS OR OTHER TARIFFS THAT HAVE TO DO
[00:08:11] WITH THE GAS PRICES THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
[00:08:14] AND THE PRICE OF BUYING A NEW CAR.
[00:08:16] AND THAT HAS MADE THEIR INTEREST
[00:08:19] IN SOME WAYS ALIGNED WITH CANADA'S INTEREST.
[00:08:22] AND CANADA BUFFETED BY TRUMP'S
[00:08:24] TARIFFS AND MANY MICHIGANANDERS
[00:08:28] SAID THAT IT MADE THEIR LIFE
[00:08:31] WELLESS AFFORDABLE. AND SO THE CHEERING CONTINUES
[00:08:33] AND THEY CHALK UP ANOTHER
[00:08:37] DEMOCRATIC WIN. IT'S ONE MORE HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.
[00:08:40] WAVES AND WAVES AND WAVES. THAT BLUE WAVE THAT HAD BEEN
[00:08:44] PROJECTED THAT HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT SOME DEMOCRATS
[00:08:47] WHO ARE AFRAID TO SAY IT OUT LOUD -- WELL, IT'S HAPPENED.
[00:08:51] IT'S HAPPENED TONIGHT. TOMORROW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
[00:08:54] AND A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND
[00:08:56] A QUESTION OF WHAT THEY DO NOW
[00:08:59] WITH THIS NEW POWER. >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, DAVID
[00:09:02] COMMON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
[00:09:05] PAUL HUNTER, YOU INTRODUCED US TO A BRAND-NEW WORD TONIGHT
[00:09:09] BECAUSE YOU MADE IT UP --
[00:09:13] MONTICA. >> Paul: I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED. [LAUGHTER]
[00:09:15] AND THE OLDER I GET THE SMALLER
[00:09:18] THAT MY BRAIN GETS, RIGHT, SO I
[00:09:20] NEEDED TO REMEMBER THE STATES IN PLAY FOR DEMOCRATS AND I CAME UP
[00:09:24] WITH MONTIOTKA, AND MAINE AND
[00:09:30] OHIO AND NORTH CAROLINA AND
[00:09:33] TEXAS AND KANSAS AND ALASKA.
[00:09:34] AND I HAVE SOUTH CAROLINA AND
[00:09:38] MISSISSIPPI -- THESE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE I DIDN'T THINK.
[00:09:40] I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT
[00:09:43] KANSAS -- I DIDN'T REALLY -- I WASN'T SURE THAT I WAS READY TO
[00:09:46] BELIEVE TEXAS, BUT HERE WE ARE. LIKE, THIS IS A LONG LIST.
[00:09:50] I'VE GOT MICHIGAN IN THE MIDDLE HERE.
[00:09:53] BUT, LIKE, ONCE AGAIN THINK ABOUT THE MOMENT THAT IS
[00:09:56] HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS AND FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN FAIRNESS.
[00:10:00] IT CUTS BOTH WAYS.
[00:10:03] AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW, A GAIN
[00:10:05] HERE IS A LOSS THERE. AND IT'S A MONSTER.
[00:10:08] I MEAN, I THINK THAT PEOPLE
[00:10:10] EXPECTED A REBUKE OF SOME KIND
[00:10:13] AND, HENCE, THIS LIST.
[00:10:16] KANSAS -- YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF NUTS.
[00:10:18] AND I WAS WRITING DOWN, YOU
[00:10:20] KNOW, THE POLLS WERE RIGHT. VOTES MATTER.
[00:10:24] CHANGE HAPPENS. TRUMP ISN'T MAGICAL.
[00:10:27] RIGHT? I MEAN THAT IS A LESSON FROM TONIGHT.
[00:10:30] AND WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT TRUMP SAID THAT HE'LL ACCEPT THE
[00:10:34] RESULTS OF THE VOTE? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE
[00:10:36] HEARD THOSE WORDS COME OUT -- >> Adrienne: THEY DIDN'T LAST
[00:10:39] LONG, THERE WAS THE VETO THAT HAD --
[00:10:43] >> Paul: FAIR ENOUGH AND THERE'S LAKE ONTARIO FOR SALE. >> Adrienne: WE WANT TO
[00:10:47] INTERRUPT YOU AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING SOME NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED ON THE SENATE SIDE IN
[00:10:50] PARTICULAR. ONE MORE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:10:52] WHAT IS HAPPENING?
[00:10:55] >> David: THIS IS MINNESOTA, AND
[00:10:57] IN 2026 IT STARTED WITH THE NEWS
[00:10:59] OF THE I.C.E. RAIDS IN MINNESOTA
[00:11:03] AND THE KILLING OF RENEE, AND ALEX.
[00:11:07] AND NOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD MINNESOTA.
[00:11:10] THIS IS TO SEEK THE
[00:11:15] GOVERNORSHIP. PEGGY FLANAGAN HAS WON THIS SEAT FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:11:19] SHE IS AS THEY WOULD SAY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, AND AS WE
[00:11:22] SAY HERE FOR THE STATE, SHE
[00:11:25] DEFEATED MICHELE LATOYA ON
[00:11:28] MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALLS AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE WORKING FOR THE
[00:11:32] PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA IN THE SENATE AS PEGGY FLANAGAN HAS WON THIS.
[00:11:36] AND THIS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE
[00:11:39] SAW MICHELE LATOYA LEADING AND IT FLIPPED QUICKLY.
[00:11:43] SO THIS IS ANOTHER HOLD FOR THE
[00:11:46] DEMOCRATS AND JUST LOOK AT THAT,
[00:11:49] 52 -- FETTERMAN PROOF IN THE HOUSE -- IN THE SENATE RIGHT NOW
[00:11:52] FOR THE DEMOCRATS, ADRIENNE. >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, DAVID,
[00:11:55] THANK YOU.
[00:11:57] ASHLEY, THIS IS -- THIS IS A LOT FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO TAKE IN.
[00:12:00] THERE'S A LOT TO BE INCREDIBLY
[00:12:03] PROUD OF.
[00:12:06] THE SLEEVES HAVE TO BE ROLLED UP THOUGH IMMEDIATELY.
[00:12:10] >> ABSOLUTELY, BUT THE FOLKS WHO WILL BE CONTEMPLATING AND SORT
[00:12:13] OF LACK SLOPE TONIGHT ARE GOING TO BE THOSE REPUBLICANS AND
[00:12:15] THOSE MEMBERS WHO TRY
[00:12:18] DESPERATELY TO GET DONALD TRUMP TO CHANGE COURSE, UP TO TWO DAYS
[00:12:22] AGO AND THEY WERE BEGGING HIM -- DON'T DO THIS -- RETREAT, RETREAT.
[00:12:25] AND HE DID NOT. WHAT I WAS STRUCK BY IS PAUL'S
[00:12:29] POINT AND YOU SAID AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW THAT USUALLY THE ANSWER IS THE OBVIOUS ONE.
[00:12:33] AND YOU JUST RATTLED IT ALL OFF AND THOSE WERE ALL OF THE
[00:12:36] OBVIOUS ANSWERS COMING INTO TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE,
[00:12:40] INCREDIBLE NIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN RENEWED BY THIS
[00:12:44] MOMENT AND I THINK THAT WE'VE
[00:12:45] GOT A SENSE OF, UM, OF
[00:12:48] ACCOMPLISHMENT AND PRIDE IN OURSELVES AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN LACKING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
[00:12:52] AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE
[00:12:53] INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW THEY PULL
[00:12:56] TOGETHER AN AGENDA AND GOVERN GOING FORWARD AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH AND IT'S GOING TO BE
[00:13:00] CHALLENGING AND THEY'LL HAVE TO RUN DEFENCE AND OFFENSE AT THE SAME TIME.
[00:13:03] WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE TASK.
[00:13:04] I HAD TO DO THAT BEFORE WITH PELOSI.
[00:13:08] BUT I THINK THEY'VE GOT IT IN THEM. AND I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGE
[00:13:10] IS GOING TO BE -- I MEAN, NOT A CHALLENGE -- BUT THE ADVANTAGE
[00:13:13] THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE IS
[00:13:15] JUST A COMPLETELY -- UM, -- YOU
[00:13:19] KNOW, A WEAKENED REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE
[00:13:22] GOING TO START TO DO A LOT OF
[00:13:24] IN-FIGHTING AND A LOT OF
[00:13:27] SELF-REFLECTING AND THAT IS GOING TO JAM UP THEIR SYSTEM.
[00:13:30] >> Adrienne: AND GIVE THEM TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR IDENTITY IS BECAUSE THIS IS A
[00:13:34] BIG NIGHT FOR THEM. >> SO GOOD. SO GOOD.
[00:13:37] YOU'RE LIKE IN MY HEAD. [LAUGHTER]
[00:13:40] YOU'RE PULLING OUT OF ME. BUT THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
[00:13:43] MAURA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OVER
[00:13:46] THE COURSE OF MY LIFE HAS GONE THROUGH THREE TRANSFORMATIONS.
[00:13:50] TEA PARTY, FREEDOM CAUCUS,
[00:13:53] M.A.G.A., AND EACH ONE THEY HAVE GOTTEN STRATEGICALLY BETTER AND
[00:13:57] THEY WON MORE RACES AND EXPANDED THE MARGINS.
[00:14:00] AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TRANSFORMATION SINCE
[00:14:04] BILL CLINTON -- I MEAN BIG TRANSFORMATIONS AS A PARTY.
[00:14:07] THIS MOMENT AND THIS ECONOMY, AND THIS WORLD DEMANDS THAT WE
[00:14:10] GO THROUGH THOSE TRANSFORMATIONS. SO I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT
[00:14:14] WE MIGHT BE, UM -- THE WINS
[00:14:17] TONIGHT NIGHT CLOUD OUR JUDGMENT
[00:14:23] AND RATHER THAN SAYING HOW SHOULD WE REFLECT IN THIS MOMENT
[00:14:27] AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SUSTAINED VICTORY. >> Adrienne: WE CALL THAT
[00:14:31] GETTING AHEAD OF YOUR SKIS. [LAUGHTER]
[00:14:32] I WANT TO ASK YOU, MAURA, IF I MAY, YES, YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN
[00:14:37] BUT YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TONIGHT WITH A SENIOR ADVISOR TO
[00:14:40] THE TALARICO CAMPAIGN?
[00:14:42] >> SO CHUCK ROCHA, HE'S A GOOD
[00:14:45] FRIEND OF OURS AND HE'S FEELING REALLY GOOD AND PROUD OF HIS
[00:14:48] TEAM TONIGHT AND I SHARE -- MY BROTHER IS A NEW TEXAS VOTER AND
[00:14:51] I SAID THAT IT'S THE FIRST TIME
[00:14:54] THAT HE'S HAD HOPE IN OUR DEMOCRACY. AND HE'S PROUD FOR HIMSELF AND
[00:14:57] THE TEAM. AND THAT'S THE FEELING FOR ANYONE WHO IS WINNING A CAMPAIGN.
[00:15:01] BUT I WOULD SAY WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR THE THEN SPEAKER OF
[00:15:05] THE HOUSE JOHN BOEHNER WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WON THE HOUSE AND I
[00:15:08] WAS ON THE GROUND AT THE PARTY AND WAITING FOR THOSE CALLS TO BE MADE.
[00:15:12] AND IT'S A VERY EXCITING MOMENT. I KNOW THAT WE SAW SOME OF THE
[00:15:15] AUSTIN PEOPLE BEING VERY JUBILANT AND EXCITED.
[00:15:19] BUT IT WAS REALLY THIS HOPE -- I THINK IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
[00:15:23] ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW IS A
[00:15:25] HOPEFULNESS THAT THERE CAN BE A COURSE DIRECTION.
[00:15:28] AND WHAT I HOPE FOR THE REPUBLICANS IS TO TAKE STOCK OF WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT AND COURSE
[00:15:32] CORRECT. >> Adrienne: INDEED.
[00:15:34] I WENT AHEAD TO OTTAWA AND ROSEMARY BARTON IS STANDING BY
[00:15:37] WITH THE PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR CANADA.
[00:15:41] ROSIE? >> Rosemary: YEAH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
[00:15:43] I MEAN, ALREADY POINTING TO --
[00:15:47] WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY GOING TO REACT.
[00:15:50] LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GO BACK
[00:15:51] AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HE'S SAID IN THE PAST
[00:15:55] COUPLE OF MINUTES. HE TOLD POLITICO ON A PHONE CALL
[00:15:58] BECAUSE HE LIKES TO TAKE THE PHONE CALLS FROM JOURNALISTS,
[00:16:02] THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO SIT THERE FOR TWO YEARS VETOING EVERYTHING BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
[00:16:05] AS YOU GUYS POINTED OUT, THAT HE
[00:16:08] ALSO POSTED A RED BALLCAP THAT
[00:16:11] SAID "VETO." AND SO HARD TO GET A SENSE OF
[00:16:15] WHERE HIS HEAD IS AT RIGHT NOW. IS HE REALLY WILLING TO
[00:16:19] COOPERATE WITH THE DEMOCRATS? OR IS HE GOING TO MAKE THINGS
[00:16:22] VERY, VERY DIFFICULT? AND THE OTHER POINT THAT I
[00:16:25] WANTED TO RAISE AGAIN WAS WHAT THIS CHANGES FOR THE TIMING OF
[00:16:28] THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF MAKING A DEAL.
[00:16:32] JAMES MOORE, THE FORMER CONSERVATIVE CABINET MINISTER
[00:16:35] POSTED ON X, DON'T MAKE A DEAL WITH THE REPUDIATED AND THE
[00:16:39] DEPARTING PRESIDENT THAT NORMALIZES TARIFFS THAT
[00:16:42] AMERICANS AND CANADIANS DON'T WANT.
[00:16:44] SO WILL THERE NOW BE QUESTIONS
[00:16:47] ABOUT WHY YOU WOULD EVEN BOTHER
[00:16:50] STRIKING A DEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT HAS ANY TARIFFS AT ALL?
[00:16:53] LIKE, WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS MOMENT?
[00:16:57] NOW THAT COULD BE THE CONSERVATIVE POSTURING AND
[00:17:00] POSITIONING FOR FUTURE CRITICISM OF THE PRIME MINISTER, COMPLETELY.
[00:17:04] BUT I THINK THAT IT DOES RAISE AN IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT THE
[00:17:07] TIMELINES NOW AROUND THIS, OR THE PRESSURE AROUND TRYING TO
[00:17:10] REACH A DEAL.
[00:17:13] OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
[00:17:16] GO AHEAD AND TO PUT THIS 50%
[00:17:19] TARIFFS ON AUTOS IN JANUARY.
[00:17:21] IN THIS -- IN THIS WORLD, RIGHT, WHEN HE IS JUST ALL OF THESE
[00:17:25] THINGS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN CLEARLY REJECTED BY AMERICANS.
[00:17:29] AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUT I THINK IT DRAMATICALLY
[00:17:33] CHANGES THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S THINKING AND
[00:17:36] STRATEGY GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
[00:17:39] THE PRESIDENT. >> Adrienne: ROSIE, THANK YOU.
[00:17:43] AND AMBASSADOR HILLMAN, DOES
[00:17:45] THAT LAND WHERE YOUR HEAD IS AT RIGHT NOW?
[00:17:48] >> YEAH, I THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO TAKE TIME.
[00:17:52] I THINK THIS IS NOT A MOMENT TO MOVE QUICKLY.
[00:17:55] I THINK THIS IS A TIME TO
[00:17:58] OBSERVE, ONE, WHAT THE NEW CONGRESS IS SAYING. WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
[00:18:02] ARE THEY TABLING LEGISLATION WITHIN A HUNDRED HOUR? WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
[00:18:06] WHAT IS THIS TARIFF LEGISLATION?
[00:18:08] LIKE, THERE WILL BE THE DEVIL IN
[00:18:12] THE DETAILS, BUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, WILL BE THERE INVESTIGATIONS ON TARIFFS?
[00:18:16] THAT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
[00:18:18] AND SEE HOW THAT PERCOLATES FOR A WHILE.
[00:18:21] THAT BEING SAID, AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO OR EARLIER, IF
[00:18:24] THEY'RE HAVING CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HEADING
[00:18:28] TOWARDS SOME KIND OF ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD WORK FOR CANADA, WE
[00:18:31] WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO STOP THAT.
[00:18:34] >> Adrienne: DON'T MESS WITH IT.
[00:18:36] >> I MEAN -- LOOK, IN DIPLOMACY
[00:18:40] AS IN NEGOTIATION, YOU NEVER STOP TALKING.
[00:18:42] IF YOU CAN BE TALKING YOU'RE
[00:18:44] DOING BETTER THAN NOT TALKING. SO IF THERE'S OPEN LINES OF
[00:18:47] COMMUNICATION THAT IS HELPING TO US GET CLOSER AND CLOSER THAT IS
[00:18:51] A GOOD THING. >> Adrienne: WE HAVE A BIT MORE
[00:18:54] NEWS FROM DAVID COCHRANE. THINGS ARE HAPPENING?
[00:18:58] >> David: I WANTED TO JUMP IN ON THE TARIFF CONVERSATION,
[00:19:00] ADRIENNE, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT HAS BEEN THAT THERE'S
[00:19:03] GOING TO BE SOME BASELINE OF TARIFFS, WHATEVER THE
[00:19:07] ARRANGEMENT IS, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THINGS GO AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.
[00:19:10] HOW DO YOU SELL AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA A BASELINE
[00:19:13] TARIFF TO CANADIANS WITH
[00:19:16] AMERICANS HAVE REJECTED THE TARIFF AGENDA?
[00:19:19] HOW DO YOU LOOK CANADIANS IN THE EYE AND SAY, AMERICA DID THIS TO
[00:19:23] DONALD TRUMP TONIGHT, AND REJECTED -- THEY TOOK AWAY THE
[00:19:26] SENATE AND THEY TOOK AWAY CONGRESS AND THE HOUSES THAT CAN
[00:19:29] NOW SEIZE BACK CONTROL OF THE TRADE AGENDA, BECAUSE THE
[00:19:32] TARIFFS ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY THE AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.
[00:19:35] AND THIS IS DONALD TRUMP'S TRADE DEAL FROM HIS FIRST PRESIDENCY
[00:19:39] THAT HAS BEEN A MANIFEST BREACH FROM DAY ONE.
[00:19:42] HOW DO YOU NOW LOOK AT CANADIANS
[00:19:44] AND SAY THIS IS A GOOD DEAL, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S TARIFFS AND
[00:19:47] IT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME,
[00:19:49] EVEN THOUGH NOTHING STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, WHEN AMERICANS
[00:19:53] DON'T THINK THAT IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE COUNTRY?
[00:19:55] IT POLITICALLY BECOMES FAR MORE DIFFICULT TO SAY TO DOUG FORD
[00:19:58] WHO DECIDES WHETHER THE BOOZE GOES BACK ON THE SHELVES IN
[00:20:02] ONTARIO, YOU GOTTA TAKE THIS. WHEN AMERICANS HAVE DECIDED THEY
[00:20:05] >> Adrienne: IT.
[00:20:09] >> IT REMINDS ME WHERE WE
[00:20:11] STARTED WITH LEVERAGE, YOU GOT THE LEVERAGE TONIGHT.
[00:20:14] >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAD OVER TO BANGOR, MAINE, AND
[00:20:18] MIKE CRAWLEY IS THERE AT SUSAN
[00:20:21] COLLINS' HEADQUARTERS, WHAT KIND
[00:20:22] OF NIGHT IS SHE HAVING, MIKE?
[00:20:26] >> Reporter: WELL, ADRIENNE, EARLIER IN THE NIGHT IT WAS
[00:20:28] LOOKING LIKE THIS RACE WAS SUPER EVEN, THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE
[00:20:32] I LOOKED AT AND THERE WERE FEWER
[00:20:35] THAN 200 VOTES SEPARATING THEM AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND
[00:20:39] HAD BEEN COUNTED. AND TROY JACKSON IS PUTTING A
[00:20:41] BIT OF DISTANCE AHEAD -- BETWEEN HIM AND SUSAN COLLINS AND HE'S
[00:20:45] NOW GOT A LEAD OF OVER 40,000
[00:20:49] VOTES WITH A LITTLE OVER 500,000
[00:20:52] VOTES COUNTED. SO THERE'S SOME SENSE HERE THAT
[00:20:55] SUSAN COLLINS HAS IN A WAY
[00:20:59] DEFIED THE BLUE WAVE THAT KIND
[00:21:01] OF SWEPT OVER SO MANY OTHER --
[00:21:04] SO MANY OTHER STATES AND JUST BY
[00:21:09] MAKING THE TRADES COMPETITIVE. AND THAT WAS IN SOME WAYS
[00:21:12] BECAUSE SHE PITCHED HERSELF AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF REPUBLICAN
[00:21:16] SENATOR. NOT PARTICULARLY TIED TO DONALD TRUMP.
[00:21:19] AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SEEN THESE EXAMPLES OF THE TRUMP
[00:21:23] ENDORSED SENATE CANDIDATES LOSING IN TEXAS, AND LOSING IN
[00:21:27] OHIO, AND LOSING IN SOUTH
[00:21:30] CAROLINA. AND WE'RE GETTING REPORTS NOW
[00:21:34] THAT THE U.S. NETWORKS -- CNN,
[00:21:38] AND NBC AND MS NOW SAID THAT
[00:21:42] SUSAN COLLINS HAS CALLED TROY JACKSON TO CONCEDE.
[00:21:46] NOW I'VE GOTTA SAY THAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NOT CALLED
[00:21:49] THIS RACE IN TERMS OF A PROJECTION, BUT THAT THOSE
[00:21:53] AMERICAN NETWORKS ARE SAYING THAT SUSAN COLLINS HAS CONCEDED.
[00:21:56] SO THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT SHE
[00:21:57] HAS READ THE WRITING ON THE WALL
[00:22:00] AND WOULD BE IN A POSITION THAT
[00:22:02] SHE IS LOSING HER SENATE SEAT
[00:22:05] AFTER HOLDING IT FOR 30 YEARS. ADRIENNE?
[00:22:08] >> Adrienne: YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTING. SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A SURVIVOR.
[00:22:12] WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS NIGHT TAKES HER AS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A
[00:22:15] CONVERSATION HERE AND SHE'S CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF DONALD
[00:22:19] TRUMP'S CHOSEN CANDIDATES AS IT WERE. AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND
[00:22:22] WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF
[00:22:24] "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:24:40] (♪)
[00:24:46] >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE NATIONAL" "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:24:50] WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL
[00:24:52] OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE.
[00:24:55] DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE U.S. CONGRESS.
[00:24:57] LOTS OF REACTION TO THIS.
[00:25:00] IN PART FROM DONALD TRUMP WHO
[00:25:02] HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH FOX NEWS,
[00:25:04] JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT HE TOLD THEM
[00:25:06] "I CAN WORK WITH DEMOCRATS ON MANY THINGS.
[00:25:09] THE PEOPLE WHO CAST THE VOTES ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
[00:25:13] CANDIDATES. YES, I WILL ACCEPT THESE RESULTS.
[00:25:16] CONGRATS TO THE DEMS, THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND THEY'VE BEEN
[00:25:18] LOOKING FOR THIS FOR 11 YEARS."
[00:25:21] AND HE ALSO POSTED A BIG RED HAT
[00:25:25] WITH THE WORD VETO ON IT. SO IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT
[00:25:29] WILL HAPPEN TO THE LAME DUCK PRESIDENT AND HOW HE HANDLES THE
[00:25:33] NEXT TWO YEARS. WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS THAT WE NEED TO SORT OUT AND DAVID
[00:25:37] COCHRANE WILL EXPLAIN. >> David: WE KNOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF
[00:25:40] THE HOUSE AND THEY WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
[00:25:42] HERE'S SOME SEATS AND SOME RACES THAT WE'RE WATCHING THAT ARE NOT
[00:25:46] READY TO BE CALLED. NOW WE HAVE HERE TROY JACKSON
[00:25:49] WITH A FIVE-POINT LEAD OVER
[00:25:51] SUSAN COLINS WITH 67% OF THE VOTES COUNTED IN MAINE AND WE
[00:25:54] KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN REPORTS
[00:25:57] THAT THE SUSAN COLLINS DESK HAS
[00:26:01] CALLED TO CONCEDE AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET IN TERMS OF THE
[00:26:04] PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
[00:26:06] SO THIS COULD BUMP IT UP TO 53 FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:26:09] IN MICHIGAN, A VERY TIGHT RACE AND HALF OF THE VOTES COUNTED
[00:26:13] AND ABDUL El-SAYED, 49.4% TO
[00:26:17] 48.6% FOR MIKE ROGERS. A VERY CLOSELY WATCHED STATE
[00:26:21] WHERE MIKE ROGERS WAS A CHAMPION OF THE DONALD TRUMP'S TRADE WAR
[00:26:24] AND TARIFFS AND RECANTED LATE IN THE RACE AS THE POLLS TURNED
[00:26:28] AGAIN HIM.
[00:26:29] BUT ABDUL El-SAYED IS DEALING
[00:26:32] WITH INTERNAL CONTROVERSY WITH
[00:26:34] HALEY STEVENS AND HIS CANDIDATE
[00:26:37] IS ENDORSING MIKE ROGERS AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THIS IS NOT
[00:26:40] CLOSE AND SETTLED JUST YET. THIS IS ONE THAT I DON'T THINK
[00:26:43] THAT ANYONE WAS PREPARED FOR TO BE THIS CLOSE THIS LATE IN THE
[00:26:46] NIGHT AND THIS IS MISSISSIPPI.
[00:26:48] WHERE IT IS A 1.7% GAP WITH 93%
[00:26:54] OF THE VOTES COUNTED IN RAW
[00:26:57] NUMBERS, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
[00:26:59] ABOUT 16,000 VOTES BETWEEN CINDY
[00:27:04] HYDE-SMITH AND SCOTT COLOMBE AND
[00:27:06] WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
[00:27:08] AND HERE'S NEBRASKA, PETE
[00:27:11] RICKETTS, WITH A 2.4% LEAD OVER
[00:27:16] DAN OSBORNE WITH 60% OF THE VOTE IN. AND THE DEMOCRAT IN NEBRASKA
[00:27:20] DROPPED OUT, BASICALLY, AND SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO RUN
[00:27:23] BECAUSE OSBORNE HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF BEATING PETE RICKETTS
[00:27:26] AND IT'S NOT QUITE CALLED YET BUT WE HAVE THE DEMOCRATS
[00:27:30] LEADING IN TWO AND COMPETITIVE IN A THIRD AND THE REPUBLICANS
[00:27:33] IN A LITTLE BIT OF JEOPARDY TO
[00:27:36] AN INDEPENDENT IN A FOURTH. SO YOU COULD SEE THAT DEMOCRAT
[00:27:39] NUMBER GO UP AND A POTENTIAL FOR
[00:27:41] LOSSES FOR THE REPUBLICANS AND
[00:27:44] NOT TO THE DEMOCRATS' GAIN. >> Adrienne: THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO TAKE US RIGHT NOW
[00:27:47] TO TEXAS TO HAVE A LTEN TO POTENTIALLY THE MAN OF THE
[00:27:51] EVENING, JAMES TALARICO.
[00:27:54] (♪)
[00:27:56] [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪]
[00:28:02] [Cheers and Applause] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[00:28:06] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHRIS.
[00:28:08] THANK YOU, BLANCA, AND THANK YOU
[00:28:11] ALL FOR BEING HERE.
[00:28:14] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:28:26] WE JUST TOOK BACK TEXAS.
[00:28:30] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:28:37] WE -- WE JUST PROVED THAT ALL OF
[00:28:39] THE MONEY IN THE WORLD IS NO
[00:28:41] MATCH FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
[00:28:45] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:28:49] WE JUST SHOWED THAT A POLITICS
[00:28:52] OF DIVISION IS NO MATCH FOR A
[00:28:55] POLITICS OF LOVE.
[00:28:58] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:29:00] AND WE JUST SENT A MESSAGE TO
[00:29:05] EVERY BILLIONAIRE M.A.G.A. DONOR
[00:29:06] AND EVERY TRILLIONAIRE M.A.G.A.
[00:29:09] DONOR. [Cheers and Applause]
[00:29:12] EVERY CORRUPT DEFENDER OF THIS BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM.
[00:29:15] IN THIS STATE, IN THIS COUNTRY,
[00:29:19] POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE.
[00:29:21] [APPLAUSE]
[00:29:28] AND I'M REMINDED OF THAT STORY
[00:29:32] FROM SCRIPTURE OF A SHEPHERD BOY
[00:29:35] WHO GOES UP AGAINST A GIANT.
[00:29:37] FOR 40 DAYS, GOLIATH TEASES AND
[00:29:41] TAUNTS. ON THE DAY OF THE FIGHT HE SHOWS
[00:29:43] UP IN FULL ARMOUR AND HE'S
[00:29:47] CARRYING SO MANY WEAPONS HE
[00:29:50] NEEDS SOMEONE ELSE TO CARRY THAT SHIELD. IN THIS RACE WE WENT UP AGAINST
[00:29:54] OUR OWN GOLIATHS. [APPLAUSE]
[00:29:58] THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD, THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE
[00:30:01] WORLD, AND THE ENTIRE
[00:30:03] WASHINGTON, D.C., ESTABLISHMENT.
[00:30:08] DAVID -- DAVID WASN'T AS BIG OR
[00:30:10] AS STRONG AS GOLIATH, HE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY WEAPONS BUSINESS
[00:30:13] , BUT HE HADHOPE AND HE HAD FAID
[00:30:18] A SLINGSHOT.
[00:30:21] YOU WERE MY SLINGSHOT.
[00:30:24] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:30:27] THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS WERE MY SLINGSHOT.
[00:30:29] [APPLAUSE]
[00:30:35] AND TONIGHT -- AND TONIGHT WE
[00:30:39] DEFEATED GOLIATH.
[00:30:42] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:30:45] SCRIPTURE HAS TAUGHT ME -- MY
[00:30:48] OWN LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME -- ALWAYS
[00:30:50] BET ON THE UNDERDOG.
[00:30:53] BEFORE I WAS A POLITICIAN, I WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER.
[00:30:57] I TAUGHT LANGUAGE ARTS AT RHODES
[00:31:00] MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
[00:31:02] AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, TEACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE BEST
[00:31:06] PREPARATION FOR POLITICS.
[00:31:08] AND THE WEST SIDE IS A BEAUTIFUL
[00:31:12] HISTORIC NEIGHBOURHOOD. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE POOREST ZIP
[00:31:15] CODES IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
[00:31:18] EVERY DAY MY STUDENTS STRUGGLED
[00:31:21] HEROICALLY TO OVERCOME A RIGGED SYSTEM.
[00:31:24] MY STUDENTS WEREN'T JUST KIDS,
[00:31:26] THEY WERE SURVIVORS. DREAMERS.
[00:31:29] FIGHTERS. I SAW IT IN THEIR EYES EVERY
[00:31:32] DAY.
[00:31:33] AND THIS UNSHAKABLE RESOLVE,
[00:31:37] THIS UNCONQUERED SPIRIT.
[00:31:39] GROWING UP, I SAW THAT SAME FIGHT IN MY MOTHER.
[00:31:43] A PREACHER'S DAUGHTER FROM
[00:31:46] LAREDO WHO LEFT HOME AT 19.
[00:31:48] [APPLAUSE]
[00:31:52] SHE -- SHE MOVED OUT TO AUSTIN
[00:31:56] AND MET MY BIRTH FATHER, A
[00:31:59] 21-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT WHOSE DRINKING PROBLEM SOMETIMES
[00:32:02] LED TO VIOLENCE.
[00:32:04] ONE NIGHT HE BECAME ABUSIVE
[00:32:07] AGAIN, BUT THAT NHT -- THAT
[00:32:10] NIGHT MY MOTHER'S LOVE ROSE TO MEET THAT ABUSE.
[00:32:14] SHE PACKED ALL OF OUR STUFF INTO
[00:32:17] HER LITTLE FORD ESCORT AND SHE DROVE ME TO THE HOTEL WHERE SHE
[00:32:21] WORKED AND BEGGED THE MANAGER TO LET TO US STAY IN ONE OF THE
[00:32:24] ROOMS IN WILL UNTIL WE FOUND A E
[00:32:30] APARTMENT IN EAST AUSTIN. THERE WASN'T ROOM FOR A NURSERY.
[00:32:33] SO I SLEPT IN A CRIB IN HER CLOSET.
[00:32:36] AND SHE WAS SO PROUD OF THAT CLOSET.
[00:32:39] SHE DECORATED IT WITH PICTURES AND TOYS, AND FOE ONE WAS GOING
[00:32:43] TO TELL HER THAT IT WASN'T A NURSERY.
[00:32:45] [APPLAUSE]
[00:32:49] ALWAYS -- ALWAYS BET ON THE UNDERDOG.
[00:32:52] [APPLAUSE]
[00:32:59] WE WERE THE UNDERDOGS IN THIS RACE.
[00:33:02] WE WENT UP AGAINST NEARLY 40
[00:33:04] YEARS OF DOUBT AND
[00:33:07] DISILLUSIONMENT AND WE WENT UP
[00:33:09] AGAINST MORE THAN $300 MILLION,
[00:33:12] MORE THAN ANY SENATE CAMPAIGN IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
[00:33:14] WE WENT UP AGAINST ALL OF THE
[00:33:16] NEGATIVE ADS, SMEAR CAMPAIGNS
[00:33:20] AND FOREIGN BOTS AND A.I.
[00:33:25] DEEPFAKES THAT ANYONE CAN BUY. THEY WERE THE FINAL HOWLS OF A
[00:33:29] DYING ESTABLISHMENT.
[00:33:32] [Cheers and Applause]
[00:33:38] THE DEATH RATTLE OF A STATUS QUO
[00:33:40] THAT KNOWS ITS DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
[00:33:44] THEY -- THEY PLAYED DIRTY BECAUSE THEY WERE DESPERATE.
[00:33:48] BUT WE NEVER LOST HOPE.
[00:33:51] WE NEVER LOST FAITH.
[00:33:53] AND AGAINST BIG MONEY AND LONG
[00:33:55] ODDS WE TOOK OUR POWER BACK.
[00:34:04] ALWAYS -- ALWAYS BET ON THE
[00:34:08] UNDERDOG.
[00:34:09] WE BUILT A MOVEMENT UNLIKE ANY
[00:34:12] THIS STATE HAS EVER SEEN. WE UNITED TEXANS FROM ALL
[00:34:16] BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS ON TO
[00:34:18] ONE TEAM TO TAKE ON THIS BROKEN, CORRUPT POLITICAL SYSTEM.
[00:34:22] FIRST TIME VOTERS -- THREE TIME
[00:34:25] TRUMP VOTER IS -- WORKING PEOPLE
[00:34:30] FROM FROM EVERY CORNER WHO WERE
[00:34:31] FED UP AND READY FOR CHANGE.
[00:34:34] THIS WIN ON THIS WIN IS FOR
[00:34:37] EVERY UNDERDOG WHO HAS BEEN COUNTED OUT AND LEFT BEHIND.
[00:34:41] THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY TEACHER
[00:34:43] AND EVERY NURSE, FOR EVERY
[00:34:45] FARMER, AND EVERY RANCHER, FOR
[00:34:48] EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO IS TRYING TO BUY A HOME.
[00:34:52] FOR EVERY PARENT WHOSE TRYING TO
[00:34:54] PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
[00:34:59] THIS WIN -- THIS WIN IS FOR
[00:35:03] EVERY TEXAN WHO HAS EVER WONDERED IF ANYONE IS LISTENING.
[00:35:07] I HEARD YOU. WE HEARD YOU.
[00:35:10] AND TONIGHT THE WORLD HEARS YOU.
[00:35:15] [Cheers and Applause] >> Adrienne: THAT WAS A VICTORY
[00:35:18] SPEECH, SURE FELT LIKE A STUMP SPEECH OF THE YOUNG SENATOR FROM
[00:35:22] TEXAS, JAMES TALARICO. YOU ARE LOOKING THERE AT THE
[00:35:25] NEXT GENERATION OF DEMOCRATS,
[00:35:28] SURROUNDED BY VERY YOUNG SUPPORTERS. AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ALL
[00:35:31] NIGHT ABOUT GENERATIONAL CHANGE. THIS IS A MAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT
[00:35:34] THE POLITICS OF DIVISION ARE NO MATCH FOR THE POLITICS OF LOVE.
[00:35:38] AND HE SAID THAT WE JUST PROVED ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
[00:35:42] ISN'T ENOUGH TO BUY TEXAS. WE JUST SENT A MESSAGE TO EVERY
[00:35:46] BILLIONAIRE AND M.A.G.A. DONOR
[00:35:48] AND EVERY TRILLIONAIRE M.A.G.A.
[00:35:51] DONOR AND WE WENT UP AGAINST OUR
[00:35:53] OWN GOLIATHS, YOU ARE MY SLINGSHOT AND TONIGHT WE
[00:35:57] DEFEATED GOLIATH. YOU WILL HEAR MORE IN THE WEEKS
[00:36:00] AND MONTHS AND YEARS TO AND FROM JAMES TALARICO. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO SHARE WITH
[00:36:04] YOU AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
[00:36:05] WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
[00:36:08] "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:38:47] (♪) (♪) >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO A
[00:38:51] SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE NATIONAL." "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:38:55] WE NOW KNOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[00:38:58] THIS IS A HUGE NIGHT FOR THE DEMOCRATS. INTERESTING ONE FOR PRESIDENT
[00:39:02] DONALD TRUMP AS HE CONTEMPLATES
[00:39:04] THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT WHO LOST CONTROL
[00:39:08] OF THOSE TWO CHAMBERS. ONE OF THE BIG STORIES TONIGHT
[00:39:11] IS TEXAS. A BIG STATE AND BIG STORY AND BIG RESULTS.
[00:39:15] LET'S GO TO KATIE SIMPSON RIGHT
[00:39:16] THERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. KATIE?
[00:39:20] >> Reporter: HEY, ADRIENNE, WELL, THE BIG PARTY HAS CLEARED OUT AND IT'S MOVING INTO THE
[00:39:24] STREETS AT THIS POINT AND WE'RE GETTING REPORTS THAT THERE'S A
[00:39:27] CELEBRATION OVER AT THE CAPITOL. BUT IS IT UNUSUAL FOR ME TO BE
[00:39:30] THE LAST PERSON AT A PARTY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING YOU
[00:39:34] THAT UPDATE. THIS IS A MASSIVE NIGHT FOR
[00:39:37] DEMOCRATS IN TEXAS.
[00:39:39] JAMES TALARICO DEMO DEFYING THES
[00:39:43] AND THERE'S NOT BEEN A DEMOCRAT ELECTED TO THE SENATE FROM TEXAS
[00:39:47] SINCE 1988. AND, OF COURSE, THE STATISTIC OR
[00:39:50] THE FACT THAT EVERYONE POINTS OUT IS THAT JAMES TALARICO WAS
[00:39:53] BORN IN 1989.
[00:39:56] SO THIS IS A GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN TEXAS.
[00:39:59] ALSO OF NOTE, THIS IS A MESSAGE
[00:40:02] SENT TO LEADERSHIP IN TEXAS,
[00:40:05] GREG ABBOTT, THE INCUMBENT HERE
[00:40:08] AND THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND
[00:40:10] DEFEATED BY GINA HINOJOSA AND
[00:40:13] THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER HERE. A LOT OF THE BORDER COMMUNITIES
[00:40:17] THAT HAD VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP
[00:40:18] IN 2024 TO HELP HIM TO WIN THE ELECTION, MANY COMMUNITIES THAT
[00:40:22] ARE LARGELY HISPANIC VOTERS,
[00:40:25] THEY HAVE SHIFTED BACK TO DEMOCRATS.
[00:40:27] AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE STORY HERE AS WELL AS THE STRONG
[00:40:30] TURNOUTS IN THE LARGER CITY
[00:40:32] CENTRES WHICH ARE TYPICALLY DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS MORE IN
[00:40:36] TEXAS. SO THERE IS GOING TO CERTAINLY
[00:40:39] BE -- THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CENTRE OF FOCUS FOR DEMOCRATS
[00:40:42] FOR THE SHORT TERM FUTURE. WHETHER THEY NEED TO POUR MORE
[00:40:45] RESOURCES INTO THIS STATE AS THEY LOOK FORWARD TO ELECTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
[00:40:49] AND WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A GENERATIONAL CHANGE
[00:40:52] THAT IS HERE TO STAY OR WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING UNIQUE AND PARTICULAR ABOUT THE
[00:40:56] CIRCUMSTANCES HERE. OF COURSE, THE CHANGE IS NOT JUST THE PART OF THE TEXAS
[00:41:00] STORY. IT IS THE BROADER STORY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
[00:41:03] DONALD TRUMP HAD MADE THE CASE TO VOTERS IN ALL OF THOSE
[00:41:06] RALLIES THAT HE WENT TO AND IN ALL OF THOSE STATES IN THE FINAL
[00:41:09] PUSH OF THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, THAT TELLING VOTERS TO
[00:41:13] TREAT THE BALLOT LIKE I'M ON IT. AND ONE OF THE VOTERS THAT WE
[00:41:17] SPOKE WITH HERE IN TEXAS, SHE
[00:41:18] SAYS THAT THIS RESULT, THIS BLUE
[00:41:21] WAVE, THE WAY THAT THE VOTE IS CHANGING AND THE POWER DYNAMIC
[00:41:24] IN WASHINGTON IS GOING TO CHANGE.
[00:41:26] ONE OF THOSE DEMOCRATS THAT WE
[00:41:29] SPOKE TO HERE CONTRIBUTES DONALD TRUMP'S RHETORIC AS PART OF THE
[00:41:33] BROADER REASON THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN UP IN SUCH --
[00:41:36] SUCH A WAY TO SEND SUCH A DIRECT MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON.
[00:41:40] A DIRECT MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP THAT THIS IS A CHECK ON HIS POWER.
[00:41:43] AND NOW CANADIANS WILL BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT EVEN
[00:41:46] THOUGH THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN WASHINGTON AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF
[00:41:50] HEADACHES AND HURDLES FOR THE
[00:41:53] FINAL TWO YEARS OF HIS PRESIDENCY, WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES THAT CANADIANS ARE
[00:41:57] WATCHING CLOSELY, LIKE TRADE --
[00:41:59] AND, OF COURSE, TARIFFS, DONALD TRUMP STILL HAS A LOT OF POWER
[00:42:03] IN HIS POCKET WHEN IT COMES TO EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
[00:42:05] WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTIONS OF THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AND THE
[00:42:08] ACTIONS OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE. SO WHILE THERE'S GOING TO BE A
[00:42:12] COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC IN WASHINGTON, DONALD TRUMP'S
[00:42:15] AGENDA IS GOING TO FACE
[00:42:18] SIGNIFICANT HURDLES AND MAJOR DISTRACTIONS. CANADIANS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
[00:42:22] CHANGE MAY NEED TO SORT OF HOLD ON AND TO BRACE FOR MORE OF THE
[00:42:25] SAME WHEN IT COMES TO AT LEAST
[00:42:28] DONALD TRUMP'S TRADE AGENDA AND
[00:42:31] TARIFF AGENDA AT LEAST WITH
[00:42:36] THOSE THINGS AT HIS POSITION.
[00:42:39] >> Adrienne: THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING THROUGHOUT THE LAST 14
[00:42:42] YEARS WE'VE BEEN ON THE AIR.
[00:42:43] THANK YOU, KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
[00:42:47] AND PAUL HUNTER WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TEXAS AND THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:42:50] WIN AND AN INTERESTING NUMBER TO
[00:42:52] THINK ABOUT?
[00:42:55] >> Paul: BEE HAVE BEEN ON FOR HOW LONG -- 14 HOURS.
[00:42:58] IT'S CLEAR THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS STAYED HOME AND A COMMENT ON THE LEADERSHIP OF DONALD TRUMP.
[00:43:03] AND I NOTE, KATIE MENTIONED GENERATIONAL CHANGE AND WE WERE
[00:43:06] TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER AND YOU SAW THE YOUNG PEOPLE BEHIND
[00:43:09] HIM. AND I WAS IN A LIVING ROOM RALLY
[00:43:12] WITH BETO O'ROURKE IN 2014, AND
[00:43:15] THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T VOTE, MAYBE THEY ARE NOW.
[00:43:19] >> Adrienne: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND STICK WITH US, WE'LL BE
[00:43:21] RIGHT BACK WITH "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:43:24] WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT
[00:46:34] >> Adrienne:
[00:46:40] >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE
[00:46:42] NATIONAL" AND "AMERICA VOTES."
[00:46:44] WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND THE
[00:46:48] DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[00:46:51] WE HAVE SOME MORE NUMBER COMING IN AND SO FOR THAT WE'LL GO TO
[00:46:54] DAVID COCHRANE. >> David: CATCH UP ON THE SEATS THAT STILL HAVEN'T BEEN
[00:46:58] OFFICIALLY BEEN PROJECTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
[00:47:00] LET'S START WITH MAINE WHERE
[00:47:03] SUSAN COLLINS IS CONTINUING TO
[00:47:05] TRAIL, 67% OF THE VOTE IN NOW AND ABOUT A FOUR AND A HALF
[00:47:09] POINT LEAD FOR THE DEMOCRAT. BUT STILL TOO EARLY TO CALL
[00:47:12] THOUGH THERE ARE REPORTS THAT
[00:47:15] SUSAN COLLINS HAS CALLED TO CONCEDE.
[00:47:17] AND LET'S LOOK AT MICHIGAN NOW,
[00:47:19] WITH 60% OF THE VOTES IN AND
[00:47:23] ABDUL El-SAYED AND HE'S AT
[00:47:25] 57.7%, ABOUT THREE POINTS OVER THE REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS.
[00:47:29] AND A SURPRISINGLY CLOSE ONE IN MISSISSIPPI, WHERE THE NUMBERS
[00:47:32] THERE, WITH 95% OF THE VOTE IN,
[00:47:34] AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT -- IT MIGHT NOT BE
[00:47:38] ENOUGH LEFT FOR SCOTT COLOM TO
[00:47:41] TAKE THIS SEAT FROM CINDY
[00:47:45] HYDE-SMITH, AND NEBRASKA, WE'RE STILL COUNTING THE VOTES THERE.
[00:47:48] AND PETE RICKETTS WITH A THREE-POINT LEAD OVER DAN
[00:47:52] OSBORNE, THE INDEPENDENT THERE WITH 61% OF THE VOTE COUNTED.
[00:47:55] AND WE HAVE RESULTS FROM ALASKA. LOOK AT THAT.
[00:47:58] WELCOME TO THE PARTY, ALASKA.
[00:48:01] WITH 54% OF THE VOTE AND 22%
[00:48:04] COUNTED AND THE LEADING REPUBLICAN DAN SULLIVAN AND THE
[00:48:07] INDEPENDENT DAN SULLIVAN -- AND
[00:48:10] DAN SULLIVANS -- I DON'T KNOW
[00:48:12] WHAT THE PLURAL IS, ADRIENNE, BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE LEAD THERE.
[00:48:16] AND IF NO ONE HAS MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE IN ALASKA IT GOES TO
[00:48:19] A RUNOFF AND THE TABULAR COULD TAKE WEEKS TO GET SETTLED, BUT
[00:48:23] ON THE FIRST RESULTS DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE LEAD.
[00:48:25] SO THEY HAVE GOT CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THEY'RE
[00:48:29] IN A FAVOURABLE POSITION TO ADD
[00:48:31] TO THE 52 NOW.
[00:48:34] >> Adrienne: YOU ARE A REMARKABLE RESULTS WRANGLER.
[00:48:37] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND ALL RIGHT WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER
[00:48:41] QUICK BREAK AND WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL HAVE A CHAT WITH OUR
[00:48:44] PANEL HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS.
[00:48:46] WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[00:52:08] (♪) >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE
[00:52:11] NATIONAL," "AMERICA VOTES." WE HAVE HEARD THE AMERICANS
[00:52:15] TONIGHT, THEY SPOKE LOUD AND
[00:52:17] CLEAR AND IN ENORMOUS NUMBERS.
[00:52:20] THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
[00:52:23] SO NOW WHAT HAPPENED?
[00:52:26] ASHLEY ÉTIENNE, THE DEMOCRAT ON OUR PANEL HERE.
[00:52:29] HOW DOES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPEND THEIR POLITICAL CAPITAL
[00:52:33] BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WASTE IT. >> I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY SIMPLE AND VERY EASY.
[00:52:37] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
[00:52:40] LOUDLY TONIGHT OVERWHELMINGLY AND HAVE CONVEYED THEY WANT
[00:52:43] CHANGE AND THEY WANT IT
[00:52:44] PRIMARILY AROUND THEIR POCKET
[00:52:49] POCKETBOOKS SO THE FIRST ORDER IS HOW TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC
[00:52:52] CONCERNS OF THIS NATION AND GET US BACK ON TRACK.
[00:52:55] SO THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
[00:52:59] >> Adrienne:AND, MAURY, IN THE BEGINNING AS A REPUBLICAN YOU
[00:53:02] TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE URGING THE
[00:53:05] REPUBLICANS TO FIND AN OFF-RAMP FROM DONALD TRUMP.
[00:53:08] IS THAT STILL THE ADVICE NOW? HOW QUICKLY IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?
[00:53:12] LIKE ARE WE STARTING TO HEAR THE ENGINES STARTING ALREADY AND
[00:53:15] PEOPLE SKIDDING AWAY? >> I THINK THAT YOU ARE AND YOU SAW IT DURING THE CAMPAIGN WHERE
[00:53:19] THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE RUNNING STARTED TAKING DOWN PHOTOS THEY
[00:53:23] HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT.
[00:53:24] AND THEY REMOVED HIM FROM THEIR
[00:53:27] ADS AND THEY DENOUNCED THINGS THAT IMPACTED THEIR CONSTITUENCY
[00:53:31] OR THEIR HOPEFUL CONSTITUENCY AND RECOGNISING THAT HIS
[00:53:34] POLICIES AND PERSONAL BEHAVIOURS REALLY CONFLICTED WITH EITHER
[00:53:38] THE MORALITY OF THEIR CONSTITUENCIES, BUT ALSO THEIR
[00:53:41] POCKETBOOKS AND THINGS THAT IMPACT THEM DIRECTLY. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[00:53:45] TAKE AN OFF-RAMP FROM DONALD TRUMP AND REMIND VOTERS WHAT IT
[00:53:48] IS THAT YOU STAND FOR AND REMIND VOTERS OF THE PRINCIPLES AND THE
[00:53:52] CORE VALUES THAT YOU WERE GOING
[00:53:54] TO BE THERE IN CONGRESS OR WHATEVER THE ROLE MAY BE --
[00:53:57] WHETHER IT'S DOWN BALLOT, ADVOCATING FOR.
[00:54:01] AND THE REDISTRICTING FAILURES THAT WE WATCHED, THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
[00:54:04] AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICANS EVER CONSIDERED OR WOULD BE BACKING.
[00:54:08] SO START TO RETRACT SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND RECLAIM THE
[00:54:11] POWER OF THE PURSE AND RECLAIM CONGRESS' ROLE TO BE A CHECK ON
[00:54:15] THE EXECUTIVE POWERS. AND TO REALLY TAKE A STAND AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
[00:54:19] I THINK IT WILL PROVE BETTER FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE LONG RUN.
[00:54:23] >> Adrienne: MAURA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND AMBASSADOR HILLMAN, AS YOU HAVE BEEN
[00:54:26] SITTING HERE AND WE HAVE BEEN THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT CANADA AND IF YOU WERE TO GET ON
[00:54:30] THE PHONE TO OTTAWA OR YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES,
[00:54:33] WHAT WOULD YOU BE TELLING THEM ABOUT TOMORROW? >> WELL, IT'S A BIG CHANGE.
[00:54:37] IT'S A BIG MESSAGE I THINK FOR CANADA, AND IT'S HEARTENING
[00:54:40] BECAUSE THE MESSAGE IS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT
[00:54:43] POLICIES THAT AFFECT THEIR POCKETBOOKS, INCLUDING THE
[00:54:46] TARIFF POLICIES, ARE NOT POLICIES THEY SUPPORT. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
[00:54:50] AND IT'S NOT A SILVER BULLET BECAUSE THIS CONGRESS WON'T BE
[00:54:54] ABLE TO CHANGE THROUGH LEGISLATION THE BEHAVIOURS OF
[00:54:56] THE PRESIDENT IF HE STICKS TO
[00:54:59] THOSE POLICIES.
[00:55:02] HE'S IMPLEMENTING THROUGH LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT HE HAS.
[00:55:05] SO NOT A SILVER BULLET BUT AN
[00:55:10] IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. AND GET IN THERE AND TALK TO
[00:55:12] FOLKS THAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO,
[00:55:15] TO REINFORCE THE MOMENTUM.
[00:55:17] AND I WOULD SAY TO THE CANADIAN
[00:55:20] GOVERNMENT TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE UNITED
[00:55:23] STATES OVER THE NEXT DAYS AND
[00:55:25] WEEKS AND, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THE DEBATE CHANGES.
[00:55:28] AND SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING
[00:55:32] ON THE THINGS THAT MATTER SO MUCH TO CANADIANS.
[00:55:34] >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT,
[00:55:36] AMBASSADOR HILLMAN AND ASHLEY
[00:55:40] ÉTIENNE, AND MAURA GILL PETION ,
[00:55:45] THANK YOU. PAUL?
[00:55:48] >> Paul: IS THE U.S. AT AN INFLECTION POINT AND IT DEPENDS
[00:55:51] ON WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL DO AND
[00:55:54] MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT IS DONALD TRUMP GOING TO DO.
[00:55:57] I WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2020
[00:55:59] AND HE WAS ANGRY THAT NIGHT WHEN HE WAS LOSING.
[00:56:02] WHAT WILL HE DO NOW?
[00:56:03] THAT'S THE QUESTION.
[00:56:06] >> Adrienne: POSSIBLY. AND PAUL HUNTER THANK YOU VERY
[00:56:09] MUCH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF AN HISTORIC NIGHT IN
[00:56:13] THE UNITED STATES, WITH CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL EXTEND
[00:56:16] FAR BEYOND ITS BORDERS. THE DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL
[00:56:19] OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. SENATE
[00:56:23] FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY.
[00:56:25] YOU CAN FIND MORE RESULTS ON OUR
[00:56:28] WEBSITE AND "MORNING LIVE" WILL
[00:56:30] PICK IT UP AT 5:00 A.M. EASTERN.
[00:56:33] ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM,
[00:56:35] THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
[01:00:25] >> David: GOOD WED MORNING I'M
[01:00:28] DAVID COMMON LIVE IN DETROIT DONALD TRUMP ANSWER REPUBLICANS
[01:00:30] FACE STUNNING DEFEAT IN THE MIDTERMS THEY LOST CONGRESS TO
[01:00:34] THE DEMOCRATS IN A SURGING WAVE
[01:00:36] IN VOTER ANGER OVER HIGH PRICES,
[01:00:39] TRUMP'S TRADE WAR AGAINST CANADA ONE OF THE BIG REASONS ESPECIALLY HERE IN MICHIGAN.
[01:00:43] THE LOSS IS HISTORY MAKING, IT'S NOT OVER YET.
[01:00:46] TRUMP NOW POLITICALLY WEAKER THAN HE HAS BEEN SINCE HIS
[01:00:49] RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT COULD CREATE AN OPENING FOR
[01:00:52] OTTAWA TO GET A DEAL.
[01:00:55] >> THERE IS NOW A GENERATIONAL
[01:00:59] REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP