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00:00:26>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, AND IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US WELCOME TO "AMERICA VOTES,"
00:00:29TONIGHT WE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:00:33POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED IN 41 STATES AS WELL AS WASHINGTON,
00:00:37D.C.. AMONG THOSE THAT JUST CLOSED,
00:00:39THE REMAINDER OF MICHIGAN AND
00:00:42TEXAS AND MINNESOTA, ALL KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES TO SHAPE
00:00:46CONGRESS. FIRST AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE.
00:00:48PAUL HUNTER IS HERE ALL NIGHT, PROBABLY INTO THE MORNING, WITH
00:00:51ALL OF THE ANALYSIS. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
00:00:55DESK, THE FORMER AMBASSADOR OF
00:00:56CANADA TO THE UNITED STATES,
00:00:59KIRSTEN HILLMAN ASHLEY AYTIEN,
00:01:06AND MURRAH GILLESPIE, WORKED
00:01:09WITH THE HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN
00:01:12BOEHNER AND THEY HAVE WORKED THE PHONES AND WE'RE THE
00:01:15BENEFICIARIES OF THEIR INTEL AND THERE'S MORE TO COME. AND THEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE
00:01:18NUMBERS AND THAT'S WHERE DAVID COCHRANE IS SLIDING IN WITH ALL
00:01:21OF THE WORDS AND ALL OF THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER.
00:01:23AND YOU HAVE SOME MORE? >> David: YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE
00:01:27OUR FIRST PROJECTED FLIP IN THE
00:01:30HOHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND LIKE WHEN ROY COOPER WON NORTH
00:01:34CAROLINA, THIS TOO IS A NORTH CAROLINA SEAT.
00:01:36WE HAVE JAMIE -- OH, THAT IS
00:01:41NORTH CAROLINA 1, WHICH IS ALSO A DEMOCRAT SEAT RIGHT NOW WITH
00:01:4558% AT 57.7% FOR DON DAVIS. THIS IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE
00:01:48THIS IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT THEY GERRYMANDERED IT AND
00:01:52THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REDISTRICTING AND ENTHUSIASM AND EMBRACE OF IT IN THE UNITED
00:01:56STATES TO TRY TO STOP DON DAVIS
00:01:58FROM GETTING IN BUT NOW HE HAS AN EARLY LEAD. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST FLIP OF
00:02:02THE NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:02:04A FARMER THAT IS FAMOUS FOR HIS
00:02:08GRASS-FED BEEF WILL ALSO BE FAMOUS FOR THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO
00:02:10FLIP A SEAT WITH 85% IN.
00:02:12AND HE HAS A 21 PERCENTAGE POINT LEAD.
00:02:16THAT IS ONE TO THE MAGIC NUMBER OF THREE THAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO
00:02:19FLIP THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ALL RIGHT WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT
00:02:22THE SENATE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE TOLD YOU THAT THE MAGIC NUMBER IS FOUR.
00:02:25NORTH CAROLINA IS ALREADY IN THE DEMOCRAT COLUMN AND HERE'S
00:02:28MICHIGAN, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP IN THE DEMOCRAT COLUMN WITH 13% OF THE VOTE IN.
00:02:32AND ABDUL El-SAYED HAS A 12-POINT LEAD OVER CHALLENGER MIKE ROGERS.
00:02:36FROM MICHIGAN, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MAINE AND ANOTHER BORDER STATE AFFECTED BY TARIFFS AND
00:02:40LOOK AT THIS, NOW ONLY 4% OF THE
00:02:43VOTES, AND SO EVERYONE SETTLE
00:02:45DOWN, THIS IS NO WAY DONE BUT TROY JACKSON WITH A 15-POINT
00:02:48LEAD OVER SUSAN COLLINS IN EARLY VOTING. AND OFF TO OHIO WE GO.
00:02:52WHERE SHERROD BROWN'S LEAD IS
00:02:55TIGHTENING AS MORE RESULT COMES IN.
00:02:57HE HAD A 25-POINT LEAD AND NOW A
00:03:009-POINT LEAD OVER JON HUSTED WITH HALF OF THE VOTES IN AT
00:03:0445%. AND SUCCESS IS ONE TO WATCH AND
00:03:07THIS IS LINDSEY GRAHAM'S OLD
00:03:09SEAT BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY PASSING.
00:03:12AND ANNIE EDWARDS, A PAEDIATRICIAN HAS A LEAD OVER
00:03:15LINDSEY GRAHAM'S SISTER APPOINTED TO SEAT AND DECIDED TO
00:03:19RUN AGAIN. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING IF THAT FLIPS AND SO WATCH THAT.
00:03:23AND FINALLY WE'LL CHECK IN ON
00:03:25TEXAS WITH 40% THE VOTE COUNTED AND JAMES TALARICO'S LEAD IS
00:03:28HOLDING. NOT JUST BY A LITTLE BIT BUT BY A LOT. 20 POINTS.
00:03:32AND AS KATIE SIMPSON HAS BEEN TELLING US THAT THE DEMOCRATS
00:03:36HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THE MARGIN SHRINKS DOWN UNTIL IT
00:03:39FLIPS. AND ADRIENNE, WE SAID THAT THE
00:03:42DEMOCRATS NEED TO BE PLUS THREE
00:03:43AND THEY HAVE ONE LOCKED IN AND
00:03:46LEADING WITH PLUS 57 IN THE COUNTING RIGHT NOW -- PLUS 8 IN THE SENATE.
00:03:50THEY ONLY NEED FOUR. SO THEY'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
00:03:52WITH LOTS OF A PASS TO VICTORY
00:03:57AS 9:00 ROLLS AROUND.
00:03:59>> Adrienne: AND SO MANY EYES ON TEXAS AND MICHIGAN AND SOUTH
00:04:02CAROLINA AND THOSE WILL MATTER A LOT.
00:04:04WE HAVE TEAMS IN OF THE MOST OF THE CONSEQUENTIAL RACES THAT WE
00:04:08HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
00:04:10CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ROSEMARY BARTON IS ALSO IN OTTAWA.
00:04:14SHE IS SORT OF TACKLING THE STAKES IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:04:17AND DAVID COMMON, HE'S IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AT THIS WATCH
00:04:21PARTY FOR ABDUL El-SAYED, TALK
00:04:25TO ME, DAVID, ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
00:04:27TELL YOU AS THESE NUMBERS COME?
00:04:30>> David: WELL, PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED COMING INTO THIS ROOM
00:04:32AND WE HAD PETE BUTIEG SPEAKING
00:04:41AND WE SAW IN THE CAROLINAS THAT FLIP OF A SEAT, THE FIRST OF
00:04:45FOUR TO CONTROL THE SENATE. AND SEEING THAT MOMENTUM AND
00:04:48IT'S ENCOURAGING. BUT AS DAVID COCHRANE CAUTIONS
00:04:52US, THESE ARE VERY EARLY NUMBERS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT MICHIGAN IN
00:04:55PARTICULAR, JUST TWO YEARS AGO BY MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME THEY HAD
00:04:59ONLY COUNTED 46% OF THE VOTE. NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE A PROJECTION
00:05:02AT THAT POINT. AND COULD IT BE SOMETHING
00:05:05SIMILAR AND MIGHT WE LOOK AT TOMORROW MORNING OR BEYOND TO GET A MICHIGAN RESULT?
00:05:09QUITE POSSIBLY. IT DEPENDS ON HOW TIGHT THINGS
00:05:12ARE AND THE MOST RECENT POLLING
00:05:14SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS SOME
00:05:16DISTANCE BETWEEN ABDUL
00:05:20El-SAYED AND SOME OF THE DISTANCE WAS STARTING TO GROW.
00:05:24BUT UP TO THAT POINT IT WAS VERY, VERY TIGHT AND THIS WAS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER SURPRISE AND
00:05:27THAT ENDORSEMENT BY HALEY STEVENS, THE DEMOCRATIC
00:05:31CONGRESSWOMAN WHO WENT COMPLETELY AGAINST HER OWN PARTY
00:05:35IS NOW -- IN FACT, A PERSONNA
00:05:40NON GRATA AFTER ENDORSING MIKE ROGERS.
00:05:43SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THIS ROOM, NO QUESTION. AND IT'S CURIOUS BECAUSE
00:05:47NORMALLY A GOVERNOR RACE WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF A TICKET. IT WOULD BE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE
00:05:51ARE WATCHING. BECAUSE OF ABDUL El-SAYED AND BECAUSE OF THE CONTROVERSY AND
00:05:54THE EXCITEMENT, ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU STAND POLITICALLY, HOW
00:05:58YOU LOOK AT THESE CANDIDATES,
00:06:00BECAUSE OF HIM THE SENATE RACE
00:06:03REALLY IS, ADRIENNE, THE ONE
00:06:05THAT IS TAKING TOP PROMINENCE
00:06:08HERE. SO WHAT ARE ON THE BUTTONS HERE?
00:06:11THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT ABDUL El-SAYED AND EVERY TIME THAT
00:06:14HIS NAME IS MENTIONED THE CHEERING GOES UP IN THIS ROOM.
00:06:18>> Adrienne: THAT MAKES SENSE GIVEN WHERE YOU ARE. DAVID COMMON, THANK YOU VERY
00:06:20MUCH IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
00:06:22>>> SO KATIE NICHOLSON IS IN
00:06:26COLUMBUS, OHIO. SUCH AN IMPORTANT STATE RIGHT
00:06:28NOW AND YOU'RE WITH VIVEK
00:06:33RAMASWAMY HEADQUARTERS AND WHAT IS THE FEELING THERE, BECAUSE OHIO IS SUCH A BIG DEAL RIGHT
00:06:37NOW. >> Reporter: IT IS. YOU KNOW, ADRIENNE, THEY HAVE
00:06:40BEEN BLASTING THE MUSIC HERE AND TRYING TO KEEP A PARTY ATMOSPHERE.
00:06:43AND THEY HAVE STOPPED WATCHING
00:06:46THE FOX NEWS FEED ABOUT AN HOUR
00:06:47AGO AND HAVE JUST BEEN PLAYING TRUMP'S FAVOURITE SONGS.
00:06:51A LOT OF COUNTRY. AND THE WINE AND THE BEER HAVE BEEN FLOWING.
00:06:54AND FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY BEEN
00:06:58CONGREGATED AND A LOT OF FURROWED BROWS AS OF LATE AND
00:07:01PEOPLE STARING AT THEIR PHONES AND LOOKING CONCERNED.
00:07:04BUT, AGAIN, THE PLACE IS
00:07:06CONTINUING TO FILL UP, WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN TO ENOUGH OF THESE
00:07:10THINGS AND THAT IS A SIGN THAT THERE'S SOME CONFIDENCE HERE.
00:07:12OF COURSE, THE EARLY NUMBERS AND
00:07:14PUT THE DEMOCRATS WAY OUT AHEAD,
00:07:16INCLUDING S SHERROD BROWN AND AY
00:07:21ACTON AND THAT WAS EXPECTED.
00:07:26AND 1.7 BILLION OHIOANS CAME OUT
00:07:29EARLY OR VOTED EARLY FOR THESE MIDTERMS.
00:07:32IT WAS WELL KNOWN THAT IS HOW IT
00:07:34IS IN THE MODERN ERA -- EARLY
00:07:39VOTES SKEW AS THE RESULT COMES OUT.
00:07:42AND WE'RE SEEING A TIGHTENING IN THE RACE THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF
00:07:45THE POLLS THAT WE SAW. NOT QUITE AS TIGHT YET BUT AS
00:07:48MORE AND MORE OF THE REPUBLICANS
00:07:50WHO TEND TO BE THE DAY OF VOTERS AND THOSE VOTES START TO BE
00:07:54REFLECTED IN THE COUNTS, WE ARE
00:07:56SEEING A TIGHTENING OF THOSE RACES.
00:07:59BUT ONE THING TO NOTE, IF AMY
00:08:03ACTON WERE TO HOLD ON TO THIS
00:08:06SEAT SHE'D BE THE FIRST FEMALE
00:08:08GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
00:08:10AND IN NO SMALL PART, PERHAPS,
00:08:13TO A MASSIVE MISFIRE BY THE RAMASWAMY CAMPAIGN.
00:08:16IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT HERE ON THE GROUND
00:08:19IN OHIO. PEOPLE, VOTERS REALLY TURNED OFF
00:08:22BY THE NEGATIVITY IN THE ADS
00:08:25THEY HEARD IN PARTICULAR, THE ATTACK AD THAT THE RAMASWAMY
00:08:28CAMPAIGN DID PUT OUT IN WHICH
00:08:30THEY FOUND AMY ACTON'S MOTHER
00:08:32AND HAD HER BASICALLY SAY THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS A LIAR.
00:08:36AND OF COURSE, IT ALL EMERGED
00:08:38AND AMY ACTON'S STORY THAT SHE
00:08:41WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER
00:08:43STEP-FATHER AND HADN'T SPOKEN TO HER MOTHER SINCE 1978.
00:08:47THAT HAD WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM THE GOP AS WELL, AND SO
00:08:51THAT'S REALLY SORT OF BEEN
00:08:54REFLECTED IN WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE HERE THAT REALLY
00:08:57TURNED THEM OFF VOTING FOR A
00:09:00RAMASWAMY TICKET. SO FASCINATING TO SEE THAT PLAY OUT.
00:09:03AND ALSO TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THIS RED WALL THAT HAS BEEN HERE
00:09:07IN OHIO FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS STARTS TO SHOW SIGNS OF FATIGUE.
00:09:11WE HAVE HEARD A LOT TODAY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAVING CHANGE,
00:09:15WANTING A BLUE WAVE. SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY
00:09:19MATERIALIZES. >> Adrienne: OKAY, LISTEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATIE.
00:09:22YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT TURNOUT AND I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS GOING TO
00:09:26BE A HUGE STORY WITH THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
00:09:29SPEAKING OF NUMBERS, KEEP AN EYE -- AGAIN, I WANT TO KEEP
00:09:33DRAWING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE AND IT'S LIKE A DASHBOARD IF YOU
00:09:36WILL AND IT WILL SHOW YOU THE STATE OF PLAY RIGHT NOW IN BOTH
00:09:39THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
00:09:41IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHERE THE AMERICANS ARE AT, THAT BAR WILL
00:09:44ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU. AND SO WE KNOW THIS BATTLE
00:09:48TONIGHT IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL OF THE U.S. CONGRESS.
00:09:51AGAIN, MADE UP BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE.
00:09:54SO WHY DON'T WE ZOOM IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT IS AT
00:09:57STAKE. (♪)
00:10:00CONGRESS HOUSED HERE ON CAPITOL
00:10:02HILL IS MADE UP OF TWO CHAMBERS -- THE HOUSE OF
00:10:05REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE. THEY HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
00:10:08OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, BOTH REQUIRED TO SIGN OFF ON A BILL
00:10:11FOR IT TO BECOME LAW. CONTROL THEM -- AND YOU HAVE
00:10:14MUCH MORE SAY IN THE POLITICAL DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY. >> President Trump: WE'RE GOING
00:10:18TO WIN THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE AND WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE
00:10:21REPUBLICAN SENATE IN RECORD NUMBERS.
00:10:24>> THIS ELECTION CAN BE AN INFLECTION POINT.
00:10:27THIS ELECTION CAN BE A COURSE CORRECTION.
00:10:30>> Adrienne: THERE ARE 435 SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND EVERY ONE OF
00:10:33THEM IS UP FOR GRABS TONIGHT.
00:10:36GOING INTO THIS ELECTION THE REPUBLICANS HELD A MAJORITY.
00:10:40220 SEATS, ONE IN 2024, AND
00:10:44COMPARED TO 214 FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
00:10:47TO WIN TONIGHT THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO KEEP WHAT THEY WON THEN
00:10:51AND GAIN AT LEAST THREE ADDITIONAL SEATS. SO LET'S SWITCH OVER TO THE
00:10:54SENATE NOW. AND ALSO HELD BY THE REPUBLICANS HEADING INTO THIS VOTE.
00:10:58AND THERE ARE 100 SEATS IN
00:11:00THERE, BUT SENATORS SERVE LONGER
00:11:03TERM, SO ONLY 35 ARE UP FOR ELECTION TONIGHT.
00:11:06OF THOSE, 22 WERE HELD BY REPUBLICANS.
00:11:09AND THE RACE FOR BOTH PARTIES
00:11:11HAS BEEN INTERESTING.
00:11:14>> IT'S MY FIRST TIME RALLY. >> Adrienne: REPUBLICANS HAVE
00:11:17FOUND THEMSELVES FIGHTING FOR EVERY LAST VOTE IN SOME TRADITIONALLY RED-LEANING
00:11:21STATES. >> President Trump: THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS ARE GOING TO RE-ELECT
00:11:24A GREAT -- A TRULY GREAT PERSON.
00:11:27>> Adrienne: LIKE KANSAS AND MAINE, WHILE THE DEMOCRATS WERE
00:11:30RALLYING TO TROY TO KEEP SOME OF THE STATES THEY HELD LIKE MINNESOTA.
00:11:33AND MICHIGAN.
00:11:36>> SHOULDN'T BE THIS HARD TO AFFORD A BAG OF GROCERIES AND
00:11:40NOT BE THIS HARD TO FILL UP YOUR TANK. >> Adrienne: SO, PAUL, WE KNOW
00:11:43FROM THE WHITE HOUSE POOL REPORT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN THE
00:11:47EAST ROOM WITH SOME OF HIS CABINET MINISTERS.
00:11:51CABINET MEMBERS. AND ADVISORS.
00:11:54PROBABLY A LOT OF DIET COKE RIGHT NOW.
00:11:56WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE? >> Paul: I THINK THAT THEY'RE
00:12:00NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISED. I THINK THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN
00:12:03HINTING FOR A FEW DAYS NOW, THOUGH WE ALWAYS THINK THAT
00:12:06TRUMP IS ALL ABOUT WINNING, THERE'S WENT HINTS COMING FROM
00:12:10THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY WERE EXPECTING THIS, EVEN FROM TRUMP
00:12:13HIMSELF AND CALLING HIMSELF THE VETO KING AND ANTICIPATING WHAT
00:12:16WOULD HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT IN FRONT OF THE
00:12:20REFLECTING POOL THE OTHER DAY
00:12:21AND TALKING ABOUT ALGAE AND
00:12:25GRANITE, INSTEAD OF MAKING A
00:12:28PITCH TO VOTE FOR HIM. >> Adrienne: SAYING THAT WE GAVE IT A SHOT.
00:12:31>> Paul: EXACTLY. AND PRESIDENTIAL PARTIES, THEY TEND TO LOSE DURING THE MIDTERMS.
00:12:35BUT I WAS THINKING THAT THERE
00:12:37WAS A WORLD IN WHICH TRUMP 1.0
00:12:41WAS RE-ELECTED.
00:12:43BUT THEN CAME COVID, RIGHT, AND STUFF HAPPENS SOMETIMES AND
00:12:47WE'VE SEEN IT A VARIETY OF TIMES. WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE PAYS THE
00:12:50PRICE FOR THAT. BUT THIS TIME AROUND, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER THAT
00:12:54ALL OF THESE SELF-INFLICTED THINGS. THAT TRUMP HAS BROUGHT THIS ON
00:12:57HIMSELF AND WE TALKED ABOUT TARIFFS AND WE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND WE TALKED
00:13:00ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAN AND THE IMPACT AND ALL OF THAT.
00:13:03BUT THE I.C.E. RAIDS, I THINK
00:13:06THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN SOUTH
00:13:08TEXAS A WEEK OR SO AGO WHERE THE
00:13:12LATINO VOTE IS VERY STRONG. AND I CHATTED WITH A GUY WHO IS
00:13:15A CONSTRUCTION BUILDER, VOTED
00:13:18FOR TRUMP IN 2016 AND VOTED FOR TRUMP IN 2020 AND VOTED FOR
00:13:22TRUMP IN 2024 AND VOTING DEMOCRAT THIS TIME. WHY?
00:13:26BECAUSE HIS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
00:13:29HISPANIC DOCUMENTED AND LEGAL
00:13:31WERE PICKED UP BY I.C.E. AGENTS
00:13:33ON THE WAY TO WORK AND NOW THEY
00:13:35STAY HOME SO NOW HE IS VOTING DEMOCRAT AND HE'S NOT ALONE IN
00:13:39SOUTH TEXAS. >> Adrienne: IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD ONCE
00:13:43VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR TRUMP DID THAT OR JUST SAID I'M OUT, I'M
00:13:46JUST NOT VOTING.
00:13:47>> Paul: SORE STAYEDOR STAYED H.
00:13:53>> AND WE WIN NO MATTER WHAT. THAT'S WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO
00:13:56IS SO MUCH BETRAYAL, SO MANY --
00:13:58SO MANY VOTERS FEELING BETRAYAL. NO MATTER YOUR POLITICAL STRIPE,
00:14:02WHAT STATE YOU'RE IN, AND SO I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO
00:14:05DRIVE THE TURNOUT AND THAT'S THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT
00:14:08NOW. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE SIDE HURT
00:14:12BY THESE POLICIES. MANY REPUBLICANS AS YOU POINT
00:14:15OUT AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:14:18VOTED DEMOCRAT OR STAYING HOME
00:14:20OR NOT CHOOSING ON THE BALLOT. I KNOW IN TEXAS SEVERAL PEOPLE
00:14:23WHEN ARE VOTING BUT THEY'RE OPTING TO NOT VOTE IN THE
00:14:26TALARICO VERSUS KEN PAXTON. SO I THINK THAT TO TASHA'S POINT
00:14:30THAT IS A BENEFIT TO TALARICO. BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF REPUBLICANS WHO WILL VOTE FOR
00:14:34HIM TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THE
00:14:37POLICIES OF THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAVE HURT THEM,
00:14:40AND I DO THINK THIS IS WHERE
00:14:42IT'S -- THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
00:14:44ENTIRELY IN TERMS WHAT THEY PUT FORWARD AND THE FAILURE OF MANY
00:14:48IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON THE PARTY THAT I BELONG TO THAT HAVE
00:14:52NOT STOPPED OR STEPPED IN TO COUNTER IT.
00:14:54SOME HAVE CAME OUT AND SAID THINGS TO TRY TO DIAL BACK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT
00:14:58HAS DONE, BUT NOT ENOUGH. >> CAN I ADD ONE LAYER THOUGH IN TEXAS?
00:15:02I'M A TEXAN AND THAT'S MY HOME STATE. AND I NEVER IN MY LIFETIME HAVE
00:15:06SEEN A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ANDA
00:15:10REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT UNDERWATER IN THAT STATE SO THERE'S A LOT
00:15:12OF PEOPLE PISSED OFF IN THAT STATE, HOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
00:15:16NOT JUST GOVERNED THE COUNTRY BUT GOVERNING THAT STATE.
00:15:20>> Adrienne: AND YOU SAY NOT VOTING AT THE SENATE LEVEL BUT
00:15:23VOTING DOWN BALLOT. THE DOWN BALLOT RACES MATTER AND
00:15:26THEY MATTER TO THIS COUNTRY IN PARTICULAR?
00:15:29>> SO GOVERNORS MATTER A LOT TO
00:15:32US.
00:15:34WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY -- GOVERNORS
00:15:37ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING IN PLACE THE REGULATIONS IN THE
00:15:40STATES AND IN THE CITIES AND IN THE REGIONS WHERE CANADIANS ARE
00:15:44DOING BUSINESS. BUT ALSO GOVERNORS REALLY MATTER
00:15:47BECAUSE MANY OF THEM TEND TO BE QUITE CONNECTED TO THE LEADER, TO THE PRESIDENT.
00:15:50SO WE OFTEN GO TO GOVERNORS WHO
00:15:54WE KNOW THAT ARE CLOSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN OR CLOSE TO
00:15:58PRESIDENT OBAMA OR CLOSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GET A FEEL FOR THINGS.
00:16:01WHAT ARE THEY SAYING TO YOU? AND WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
00:16:04TO US AND IF THEY'RE ALLIES BECAUSE THEY VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA AND
00:16:07BECAUSE WE HAVE A MILITARY BASE THERE AND WE HAVE CANADIANS
00:16:11STATIONED IN THEIR STATE OR BUSINESS OR -- YOU KNOW,
00:16:15WHATEVER THE RELATIONSHIP MIGHT BE. AND THEN YOU BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
00:16:18YOU BUILD THAT TRUST. AND YOU GET INFORMATION AND
00:16:21ADVICE AND THEN ALSO, QUITE
00:16:23FRANKLY, YOU CAN HELP TO GET
00:16:25YOUR MESSAGE INTO THE
00:16:28ADMINISTRATION VIA THESE TRUSTED ADVISORS.
00:16:30AND IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
00:16:34GETTING THEM TO SAY SOMETHING THEY DON'T BELIEVE. THEY BELIEVE AND THEY SHARE THE
00:16:38SAME VIEWS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME POLICIES AS WE DO AND THEY
00:16:41WANT THE SAME THINGS, BUT THE MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE STRONGER, OBVIOUSLY, COMING FROM AN
00:16:44AMERICAN TO AN AMERICAN LEADER. AND IT WILL BE STRONGER COMING
00:16:47FROM A TRUSTED ALLY WHO COULD
00:16:49SAY, LISTEN, BOSS, YOU KNOW, I
00:16:51UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING
00:16:53FROM BUT THIS IS HOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR STATE.
00:16:57>> Adrienne: THE NEXT TWO STATES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS
00:17:00HAPPENING IN GEORGIA RIGHT NOW. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND I DON'T
00:17:03KNOW IF WE'RE CALLING IT YET BUT THE PREDICTIONS IS THAT KEISHA
00:17:06LANCE-BOTTOM IS NOW GOING TO BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA,
00:17:09MAKING HISTORY AS FIRST WOMAN, FIRST BLACK WOMAN, TO MANAGE THAT STATE.
00:17:13SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> AND LOOKING AT OHIO AND I'M
00:17:16CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENS WITH VIVEK
00:17:20RAMASWAMY AND AMY ACTON AND HOW
00:17:24POORLY HE DOES. AND I'M HEARING THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL AND I HEAR FROM
00:17:28FOLKS ON THE GROUND WHO HAVE BEEN PRETTY -- SAID THAT THE
00:17:31WORD THAT I GOT IS NOT GOOD.
00:17:34>> Paul: TIME FOR A QUICKIE AND
00:17:36BACK TO TEXAS FOR A SECOND, I
00:17:38WAS TALKING TO THOSE RUNNING FOR
00:17:42TEXAS, AND POLITICS 101.
00:17:45VOTERS DON'T LIKE TO BE LLOYD TO
00:17:47AND THAT'S NOT JUST LATINOS OR
00:17:50BLACK AMERICANS AND IT'S EVERYBODY. >> WE SAW THAT -- I WOULD SAY
00:17:53THAT IT DIDN'T WORK WHEN BIDEN-HARRIS TICKET TOLD US THAT
00:17:56THE ECONOMY WAS DOING BETTER AND PEOPLE FELT THEY WERE BEING
00:18:00GASLIT. AND TRUMP CALLED HIM OUT FOR THAT AND THEN IS DOING THE VERY
00:18:03SAME THING, AND GASLIGHTING IN
00:18:06THIS YEAR AND SHORT-TERM PAINS FOR LONG-TERM GAINS AND PEOPLE
00:18:09HAVE NOT SEEN THEM. AND PEOPLE ARE FED UP.
00:18:12AND RANCHERS IN OKLAHOMA ARE FED
00:18:15UP AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD LIFE. AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HIS
00:18:18BREAD AND BUTTER --
00:18:21>> Paul: A BEDROCK. >> THEY ARE FURIOUS AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND FOR IT.
00:18:25THEY HAVE HIT A BREAKING POINT AND THEY CAN'T HOLD ON TO HIM
00:18:28ANY LONGER. >> Adrienne: THIS IS INTERESTING, PARTICULARLY COMING
00:18:31FROM A REPUBLICAN, THIS IS FASCINATING.
00:18:33AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WHAT HAPPENS IN MAINE.
00:18:37SO MIKE CRAWLEY IS IN BANGOR, MAINE.
00:18:39AND SUSAN COLLINS' HEADQUARTERS, HI, MIKE?
00:18:43>> Reporter: HI, ADRIENNE. LOOK, IT SEEMS THAT THIS ELECTION IS REALLY GOING TO COME
00:18:47DOWN TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
00:18:49THE VOTERS OF MAINE REWARD THE
00:18:52REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SUSAN COLLINS FOR THE TIMES THAT SHE
00:18:55HAS STOOD UP TO DONALD TRUMP, OR PUNISH HER FOR NOT DOING THAT
00:18:59OFTEN ENOUGH.
00:19:01THIS RACE ON PAPER OUGHT TO BE
00:19:04ONE OF THE EASIEST STATES FOR
00:19:07THE DEMOCRATS TO FLIP.
00:19:09IT'S THE ONLY STATE IN WHICH
00:19:12THERE'S A REPUBLICAN SENATOR,
00:19:15INCUMBENT IS UP FOR ELECTION THIS CYCLE, IN WHICH KAMALA
00:19:18HARRIS ACTUALLY WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2024.
00:19:21BUT SUSAN COLLINS, SHE IS A POLITICAL SURVIVOR.
00:19:25THE DEFINITION OF A POLITICAL SURVIVOR.
00:19:28SHE HAS WON FIVE STRAIGHT ELECTIONS IN THIS STATE.
00:19:31SHE'S BEEN THE SENATOR FOR 30
00:19:34YEARS, AND SHE'S DONE THAT BY
00:19:36ATTRACTING DEMOCRATS TO VOTE FOR HER.
00:19:39BASICALLY ON THE IDEA THAT SHE
00:19:41GETS RESULTS FOR THE STATE.
00:19:44HER OPPONENT TROY JACKSON, HE IS
00:19:47IN MANY WAYS AN OUTSIDER.
00:19:49HE IS A FORMER LOGGER WHO TURNED POLITICIAN.
00:19:52AND IF HE WINS THIS SENATE RACE
00:19:56HE'S GOING TO BECOME THE ONLY
00:19:58SITTING U.S. SENATOR WHO DOESN'T
00:20:00HAVE A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE. ADRIENNE?
00:20:04>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, MIKE CRAWLEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:20:07I JUST WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION
00:20:09OF AMBASSADOR HILLMAN MORE. SUSAN COLLINS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
00:20:13SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE WORKED WITH VERY CLOSELY.
00:20:15>> VERY CLOSELY.
00:20:17SUSAN COLLINS NEVER MISSED AN
00:20:20EVENT THAT WAS DEALING WITH THE
00:20:23CANADA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP -- HONESTLY, SHE NEVER DID.
00:20:26ONE OF OUR STAUNCHEST SUPPORTERS THROUGH MY ENTIRE TENURE IN
00:20:30WASHINGTON. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT
00:20:33OF MYSTERY TO THIS, AND MAINE
00:20:36EXPORTS MORE TO CANADA THAN THE NEXT 16 COUNTRIES THAT IT
00:20:40EXPORTS TO COMBINED. MAINE IMPORTS ENERGY AND OIL AND
00:20:43ELECTRICITY AND WOOD AND LUMBER THAT THEY TRANSFORM INTO PRODUCTS.
00:20:47THEY ARE DEEPLY INTEGRATED WITH THE NEW BRUNSWICK ECONOMY.
00:20:50BUT ALSO THERE'S A CULTURAL AND
00:20:52AN HISTORICAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
00:20:55SUSAN COLI COLLINS AND HER CANAN
00:21:00FRIENDS AND ALLIES. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO DURING THE
00:21:03FIRST NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS, WE
00:21:04WOULD CHECK IN EVERY -- I DON'T
00:21:07KNOW -- MONTH LET'S SAY. AND WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHERE
00:21:11CANADA FELT THAT THINGS WERE AT AND SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHERE
00:21:14SHE THOUGHT THAT THE THINGS WERE AT. WHERE THE REPUBLICAN WAS TELLING
00:21:17HER AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION WAS SAYING. AND WE WOULD SHARE INFORMATION
00:21:21AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
00:21:23JOINT GOALS -- WHERE WE HAD THEM
00:21:26AND WE WERE MOSTLY ALIGNED -- WERE GETTING THE BEST FOR US.
00:21:29AND SHE IS ONE OF THE FOUR REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED IN 2025,
00:21:31THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
00:21:33ON A DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTION TO
00:21:36REMOVE -- REMEMBER THOSE BORDER TARIFFS, THE FENTANYL TARIFFS
00:21:39THAT WE WERE SUFFERING? SHE'S ONE OF THE FOUR REPUBLICANS THAT VOTED WITH
00:21:43DEMOCRATS TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED IN A RESOLUTION.
00:21:46SO SHE'S -- SHE IS A REPUBLICAN,
00:21:49AND SHE IS A VERY STRONG ALLY OF CANADA.
00:21:53>> Paul: TERM LIMITS 30 YEARS AGO. [LAUGHTER]
00:21:56>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, LET'S WIGGLE OVER TO OTTAWA WHERE
00:21:59ROSEMARY BARTON IS STANDING BY LISTENING. ROSIE, YOU HAVE HEARD -- YOU
00:22:03HAVE HEARD THE AMBASSADOR AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS, YOU
00:22:06HAVE HEARD THE FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT
00:22:09RIGHT NOW? >> Rosemary: YEAH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE HERE
00:22:13WOULD OPENLY SAY IN GOVERNMENT THAT THEY'RE HOPING THAT THE
00:22:17DEMOCRATS WIN BOTH HOUSES, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE -- THAT
00:22:20WOULD BE MADNESS TO SAY THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THEY ARE HOPING
00:22:24THAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD ONE OF THE HOUSES AND
00:22:28WILL BE ABLE TO ACT AS A BIT OF A CHECK AND BALANCE ON PRESIDENT
00:22:31TRUMP. FOR SURE, HE CAN STILL PUT IN
00:22:34PLACE ALL SORTS OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES WITH
00:22:37THE TARIFFS AND HE CAN VETO LEGISLATION.
00:22:40BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHECK-AND-BALANCE.
00:22:42SO I THINK THIS ALLOWS HIM TO BE A LITTLE BIT HOPEFUL ABOUT HOW
00:22:46THE CANADA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP IMPROVES, WHERE IT GOES FROM
00:22:50HERE. I DO KNOW THOUGH THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE BEEN
00:22:53SPEAKING TO OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF DAYS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:22:57LAME DUCK CONGRESS, RIGHT? THE PRESIDENT BETWEEN TONIGHT
00:22:59AND JANUARY, WHEN THESE NEW PEOPLE ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON.
00:23:03AND WHAT DONALD TRUMP MIGHT TRY TO DO OVER THOSE NEXT COUPLE OF
00:23:07MONTHS. WHAT KIND OF ACTIONS THAT HE
00:23:09COULD TAKE TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
00:23:13FOR CANADA AND FOR OTHER COUNTRIES. AND ALSO WHETHER, YOU KNOW, HE
00:23:17BECOMES VERY DISTRACTED WITH THAT.
00:23:19WHETHER IT BE, UM, APPOINTMENTS
00:23:21OR OTHER THINGS THAT HE'S TRYING
00:23:24TO GET DONE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES THAT HE HAS IN PLACE.
00:23:27AND SO TRADE SUDDENLY BECOMES SORT OF A NON-ISSUE FOR HIM.
00:23:31I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A REAL CONCERN BECAUSE THE PRIME
00:23:34MINISTER AND THE PRESIDENT ARE SPEAKING AGAIN AND THEY'RE
00:23:37SPEAKING IN A REAL WAY ABOUT TRYING TO GET A DEAL.
00:23:41AND, CERTAINLY, CANADA IS
00:23:42INTERESTED IN AVOIDING THE
00:23:45INCREASE OF TARIFFS ON THE AUTO
00:23:47SECTOR ON JANUARY 1ST. SO THERE'S SOME MOTIVATION HERE
00:23:50FOR THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THOSE TALKS GOING.
00:23:53BUT THERE'S A LOT AT PLAY AND,
00:23:56FRANKLY, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW DONALD TRUMP WILL REACT TO WHATEVER WE SEE TONIGHT.
00:24:00IT COULD BE ANGER AND IT COULD
00:24:01BE A CHANGE IN HIS APPROACH.
00:24:05IT COULD BE CHAOS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. I THINK THAT THOSE ARE ALL
00:24:09THINGS THAT CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR ON
00:24:11ALL FRONTS. >> Adrienne: YEAH, DOES A LAME DUCK BITE?
00:24:15>> Rosemary: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Adrienne: I THINK THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:24:18WHO HAVE BEEN BITTEN BEFORE
00:24:21THINK ABOUT AND FLINCH IN ANN TESPATION, AS YOU SAY,
00:24:24REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME TONIGHT AND IT'S TOO EARLY TO
00:24:26DETERMINE THAT. ROSEMARY BARTON IN OTTAWA. THANK YOU.
00:24:30AND IT'S THAT TIME OF NIGHT AS SO MANY MORE POLLS HAVE CLOSED
00:24:33AND WE HAVE MORE NUMBERS AND DAVID COCHRANE HAS MORE RESULTS, SIR?
00:24:37>> David: WE WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SENATE.
00:24:39AND WE GOT FIRST RESULTS FROM SOME CO RACES.
00:24:42WE'LL START IN NEBRASKA WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT'S AN
00:24:46INDEPENDENT IN DAN OSBORNE WHO
00:24:48HAS A 20-POINT LEAD OVER THE
00:24:50REPUBLICANS WITH 24% OF THE VOTES BEING COUNTED.
00:24:53AND THE DEMOCRAT IN THIS STATE STOOD DOWN, BECAUSE THEY FELT
00:24:56THAT DAN OSBORNE WHO SAID THAT THEY WON'T CAUCUS WITH ANYBODY
00:25:00HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF DEFEATING THE REPUBLICAN. AND SO FAR IN EARLY VOTING THAT
00:25:03IS WHERE ON THE GOING. LET'S GO TO KANSAS THAT LAST
00:25:07VOTED DEMOCRAT IN 1932, ADAM HAM
00:25:12HAMILTON HAS 67% OF THE VOTE AND
00:25:15HAMILTON IS A METHODIST PASTOR
00:25:20AND HIS CHURCH WAS A REGULAR POLLING STATION AND THEY
00:25:24COULDN'T VOTE THERE THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S HIS FORMER PLACE OF
00:25:26WORK AND IT WOULD BE DEEMED UNFAIR.
00:25:29AND WE HAVE RESULTS FROM IOWA,
00:25:31WHERE JOSH TUREK HAS A 62% TO
00:25:3535% LEAD, FUEL AND FERTILIZER IS KILLING THE ECONOMY THERE.
00:25:39POTENTIALLY KILLING THE REPUBLICANS' CHANCES.
00:25:42AND SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH 78% OF THE VOTE IN, ANNIE ANDREWS
00:25:46CONTINUES TO HOLD A LEAD OVER DARLENE GRAHAM, THE SISTER OF
00:25:50THE LATE LINDSEY GRAHAM, A SEVEN-POINT LEAD FOR THE
00:25:54DEMOCRATS IN WHAT WOULD BE -- I
00:25:56WOULD SAY IT'S A SURPRISING FLIP IF IT HAPPENS THAT WAY.
00:26:00AND WITH THE MATH, THE DEMOCRATS NEEDED TO BE PLUS THREE IN THE
00:26:03HOUSE AND THEY'RE NOW PLUS 58
00:26:06AND COUNTING AND THEY NEEDED TO
00:26:09BE PLUS 4 IN THE SENATE AND THEY ARE PLUS 6.
00:26:12>> Adrienne: I HEARD THE AIR GO OUT IN A BALLOON WHEN YOU LOOKED AT SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:26:16STILL EARLY. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FORMER
00:26:20ALBERTA PREMIER AND FEDERAL CABINET MINISTER JASON KENNEY
00:26:24WHO HAS BEEN WAITING TO TALK TO US IN CALGARY TONIGHT.
00:26:27MR. KENNEY, AS YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING THERE AS A CANADIAN,
00:26:29AND AS AN ALBERTAN IN
00:26:32PARTICULAR, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING?
00:26:35>> WELL, A LITTLE BIT HOPEFUL FROM A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
00:26:38BECAUSE THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE IN PART -- I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT
00:26:41OF THINGS GOING ON HERE OBVIOUSLY.
00:26:44BUT WE CAN SEE PRETTY PLAINLY AT LEAST IN THE NORTHERN BORDER
00:26:48STATES, THOSE MOST CLOSELY INTEGRATED WITH CANADA
00:26:51ECONOMICALLY AND MOST FAMILIAR WITH CANADA, THERE WAS A
00:26:54SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK, AMONGST THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND
00:26:58CANDIDATES AGAINST THE TRUMP TARIFFS.
00:27:00AND MORE BROADLY HIS BIZARRE POLITICAL WAR AGAINST CANADA.
00:27:04SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE LONG
00:27:07MAINTAINED THAT PATIENCE IS THE
00:27:09BEST STRATEGY FOR CANADA IN THIS
00:27:11CONTEXT, RATHER THAN PANICKING AND SIGNING -- YOU KNOW, AND
00:27:15MASSIVELY DOWNGRADING NAFTA OR CUSMA.
00:27:19BUT THAT AMERICAN VOTERS ULTIMATELY WOULD BE OUR SIDE.
00:27:22AT THE VERY LEAST OUT OF SELF-PRESERVATION BECAUSE
00:27:26THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE COST OF LIVING AND THE TARIFFS ARE
00:27:29INFLATIONARY, THAT'S A BIG DRIVING FACTOR HERE TONIGHT.
00:27:32AND I CAN'T SEE THAT AS ANYTHING
00:27:34BUT A POSITIVE SIGN FOR HOPEFULLY NORMALIZING THE TRADE
00:27:38RELATIONSHIP. >> Adrienne: SO REGARDLESS OF
00:27:40WHATOUT WHAT OUTCOME THAT WE SEE TONIGHT, WHAT SHOULD THE
00:27:44CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DO MOVING FORWARD TO GET A DEAL WITH THE U.S.? IS IT JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN
00:27:48TALKING ABOUT BEFORE -- PATIENCE? OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT
00:27:52THEY SHOULD DO AT THIS POINT?
00:27:54>> I THINK THEY SHOULD WAIT AND LET THE DUST SETTLE.
00:27:57I THINK THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS UNPREDICTABLE AND
00:28:00CAN BE CAPRICIOUS, AND Y I DON'T
00:28:04THINK THAT WE WANT TO BE PLAYING
00:28:08INTO THIS OR DOING A VICTORY LAP
00:28:10IF HE HAS A HUMILIATING DEFEAT
00:28:13FOR HIS PARTY TONIGHT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BATTEN DOWN
00:28:16THE HATCHES AND GET THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. THIS NEW CONGRESS WON'T BE SWORN
00:28:20IN UNTIL THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY.
00:28:21AND SO I DO THINK THAT TIME IS
00:28:24IN OUR HAND. CONGRESS HAS LIMITED POWERS TO
00:28:28IMPAIR THE PRESIDENT'S TRADE AGENDA, BUT LET'S NOT FORGET
00:28:31THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEGAL CHALLENGES BEFORE THE U.S.
00:28:34COURTS AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN WINNING ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
00:28:37BECAUSE THE BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE IS THAT TARIFFS ARE
00:28:41TAXES AND TAXES ARE AN EXCLUSIVELY CONGRESSIONAL POWER.
00:28:44SO WE CONTINUE TO LET THAT PLAY OUT.
00:28:46AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT SOME OF
00:28:48THE GROWN-UPS IN THE ROOM,
00:28:51INCLUDING JAIMESON GREER AND USTR HAVE HAD RENEWED
00:28:54CONVERSATIONS. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES. BUT I DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THE
00:28:58PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE IN A TERRIBLY GOOD MOOD IN THE NEXT
00:29:02WEEK OR SO. >> Paul: JASON, PAUL HUNTER
00:29:06HERE, LONG TIME NO TALK, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
00:29:09WOULD YOU GO BIG PICTURE ON THE CANADA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP.
00:29:12LONG TERM AND WITH PATIENCE -- WHATEVER, DO YOU SEE A RETURN TO
00:29:15THE RELATIONSHIP THAT ONCE WAS
00:29:18EVER, IF I CAN PUT IT THAT WAY?
00:29:23>> WELL, I -- I DO THINK THAT --
00:29:27WHEN DONALD TRUMP LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE WE CAN HOPEFULLY PUT
00:29:30A PERIOD BEHIND -- ALL OF THE
00:29:33STRANGE, UM, CAPRICIOUS ATTACKS ON OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND THE
00:29:36MOCKING OF OUR INDEPENDENCE. AND THE IMPLICIT -- AND
00:29:40SOMETIMES EXPLICIT POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC ATTACKS.
00:29:43AND GET BACK TO NORMAL TRADE POLICY.
00:29:45I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'LL EVER GET BACK TO AN AGREEMENT THAT IS
00:29:49GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL NAFTA OR
00:29:52THE ORIGINAL CUSMA BECAUSE THE
00:29:53DEMOCRATS THAT WE KNOW ARE AS
00:29:56PROTECTIONIST AS TRUMP ON MANY ISSUES. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE OF
00:30:00THE MESSAGES HERE TONIGHT IS THAT VOTERS DON'T LIKE THE IMPACT OF TARIFFS.
00:30:04SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS. PAUL, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME
00:30:07MAKING A KIND OF A SEPARATE
00:30:10POINT -- ABOUT OUR OWN DOMESTIC POLITICS -- I HAVE BEEN
00:30:13STRUGGLING WITH THE IMPACT OF
00:30:16M.A.G.A. IN THE UNITED STATES ON
00:30:18THE CANADIAN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
00:30:22WITH NOT A FEW PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE SO-CALLED INFLUENCER, RIGHT,
00:30:26AND SOME ELECTED PEOPLE, TRYING TO EMULATE THE STYLE AND THE
00:30:29TONE OF M.A.G.A. IN SOME RESPECTS.
00:30:32I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE ALBERTA SEPARATIST MOVEMENT WAS
00:30:35IN PART INSPIRED BY THAT, AND
00:30:38NORM BREAKING AND BURN IT DOWN
00:30:41KIND OF RIGHT-WING POPULISM. I THINK THAT TONIGHT SENDS A
00:30:44VERY STRONG MESSAGE. THERE IS NO -- THAT EVEN THE
00:30:47AMERICANS ARE TIRED OF THAT. AND THAT THOSE ON THE CANADIAN
00:30:50RIGHT WHO THINK THIS IS A POLITICAL PATH TO EMULATE
00:30:54COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG. >> Adrienne: WELL. >> Paul: WOW.
00:30:58>> Adrienne: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. KENNEY. AND IT'S INTERESTING ABOUT
00:31:01TRUST, EH, IT TAKES SO LONG TO BUILD AND A SECOND TO LOSE.
00:31:05AND DO YOU EVER REALLY GET IT BACK, YOU KNOW, IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OR A POLITICAL ONE?
00:31:09IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY. THAT IS JASON KENNEY JOINING US
00:31:12LIVE FROM CALGARY. THANK YOU. AFTER THE BREAK, IAN HANOMANSING
00:31:15IS HERE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER NEWS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING TONIGHT BECAUSE, AGAIN, OTHER
00:31:19THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
00:31:20COWAN KEEP AN EYE ON THE BOTTOME
00:31:25SCREEN FOR THAT QR CODE. IT WIL
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00:34:09>> Ian: WE WILL RETURN TO OUR U.S. MIDTERM ELECTION SPECIAL IN
00:34:12A FEW MINUTES, BUT FIRST SOME OTHER NEWS, BEGINNING WITH A
00:34:15SUSPECTED BEAR ATTACK HERE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
00:34:17A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD NEAR A TRAIL IN BELLA COOLA AND HER
00:34:21DAUGHTER IS STILL MISSING. MICHELE GASOOB SPOKE WITH THE
00:34:24FAMILY WHO FEAR THEY HAVE LOST
00:34:26THEM BOTH.
00:34:32>> THEY WERE TWO PEAS IN A POD AND WHEN JENNY HIKED SHE WAS BESIDE HER. >> Reporter: 48-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER BALCAROS AND HER
00:34:35DAUGHTER SAILOR REID WENT FOR A WALK JUST MINUTES FROM THEIR
00:34:38HOME IN BELLA COOLA ON SATURDAY.
00:34:40THEY NEVER RETURNED HOME.
00:34:42AND THE PAIR ARE NOW BELIEVED TO BE THE VICTIMS OF A GRIZZLY BEAR
00:34:46ATTACK. >> THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THE REMAINS OF OUR SISTER JENNY, AND
00:34:49AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT'S NOT
00:34:58BELIEVED THAT SAILOR HAS
00:35:00SURVIVED EITHER. >> Reporter: BELLA COOLA IS A SMALL COMMUNITY ON B.C.'S CENTRAL COAST.
00:35:04ABOUT 11 HOURS FROM VANCOUVER.
00:35:05RCMP AND SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS
00:35:09LOCATED THE REMAINS ON MONDAY.
00:35:12THE SEARCH FOR REID CONTINUES.
00:35:14>> THERE WAS EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST
00:35:16A BEAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
00:35:20THE PUBLIC IS URGED TO AVOID THE AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE DANGER.
00:35:23>> Reporter: IT WAS JUST ONE YEAR AGO THAT A SIMILAR INCIDENT
00:35:26SHOOK THE COMMUNITY.
00:35:31WHEN A GRIZZLY BEAR ATTACKED AROUND 20 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS, LEAVING AN ADULT AND THREE
00:35:33CHILDREN BADLY INJURED. THE BEAR IN THAT ATTACK WAS
00:35:37NEVER FOUND.
00:35:41THIS TIME OF YEAR ACROSS B.C., EXPERTS ARE URGING EXTRA CAUTION.
00:35:44>> WELL, AS BEARS GET READY FOR
00:35:45HIBERNATION, PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS.
00:35:49AND THE BEST WAY TO BE CAUTIOUS IS TO TRAVEL IN GROUPS,
00:35:53KEEP YOUR DOG ON LEASH AND TO
00:35:56CARRY BEAR SPRAY AT THIS TIME. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY SAYS THAT THE AREA WHERE THE PAIR
00:35:59WERE HIKING WAS NOT REMOTE. MAKING THE TRAGEDY EVEN HARDER
00:36:02TO UNDERSTAND.
00:36:05>> BOTH JEN AND SELAH WERE
00:36:09VIBRANT AND FULL OF LIFE AND THEY HADN'T BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY LONG. THEY WERE LIVING -- IT'S
00:36:12UNTHINKABLE.
00:36:16>> Reporter: THE B.C. CONSERVATION OFFICER SERVICE SAYS THAT EFFORTS TO TRAP THE
00:36:19BEAR OR THE BEARS ARE ONGOING.
00:36:24MICHELE GASOOB, CBC NEWS, VANCOUVER. >> Ian: PRIME MINISTER MARK
00:36:26CARNEY SAYS THAT RUSSIA WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE AT NEXT MONTH'S WORLD JUNIORS HOCKEY
00:36:30TOURNAMENT IN ALBERTA.
00:36:32>> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney: WELL,
00:36:36RUSSIA AND BELLA RUSSIA ARE
00:36:40SUPPORTING THIS HORRIFIC WAR IN UKRAINE AND AS LONG AS THAT'S GOING ON, THERE WILL BE NONE OF THOSE ATHLETES COMPETING FOR
00:36:43THEIR COUNTRIES IN CANADA. >> Ian: CARNEY'S COMMENTS COME
00:36:46AFTER A RULING CLEARED THE WAY FOR RUSSIAN ATHLETES TO TAKE
00:36:50PART IN THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
00:36:54TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING THE WORLD SEWN YOURS. A GROWING NUMBER OF EUROPEAN
00:36:57COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SWEDEN AND NORWAY AND FINLAND, HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL NOT PLAY
00:37:01AGAINST THE RUSSIAN TEAMS.
00:37:04>>> MARK CARNEY MADE THOSE COMMENTS ON THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA WHILE ATTENDING A
00:37:08COMMONWEALTH GATHERING WHERE HE PUSHED FOR EXPANDED TRADE WITH
00:37:11THE CARIBBEAN NATIONS. BUT AS DAVID THURTON SHOWS US, DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS STILL
00:37:15LOOM LARGE.
00:37:20>> Reporter:THE UNITED STATES
00:37:21IS NOT PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
00:37:25BUT AS LEADERS GATHERED, DONALD TRUMP WAS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. >> WE GATHER AT A TIME WHEN
00:37:28GLOBAL POWER REMAINS UNEQUAL, NATIONAL INTERESTS COMPETES.
00:37:31>> Reporter: ANTIGUA AND
00:37:35BARBUDA, A TWIN ISLAND CARIBBEAN STATE PLAYED HOST TO THE
00:37:39COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING. A FORUM FOR LARGE ECONOMIES --
00:37:43SHIFTING THIS ORGINISATION TO
00:37:44MUCH MORE OF A RESULTS FOCUS. >> Reporter: AND SMALLER ONES --
00:37:48>> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney: WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. >> Reporter: ALL DEALING WITH TRUMP'S PUNISHING TARIFFS BY
00:37:51SEEKING NEW TRADING PARTNERS. >> WHY WOULDN'T YOU TURN TO THE
00:37:55GLOBAL SOUTH, WHY WOULDN'T YOU
00:37:59GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH?
00:38:02WHY WOULDN'T YOU GO TO THE CARIBBEAN? THAT'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT PLAYER.
00:38:06>> THERE'S A TRILLION DOLLARS OF TRADE. >> Reporter:BUT CALLS FOR
00:38:08CLOSER COOPERATION WERE
00:38:11OVERSHADOWED BY RENEWED DEMANDS
00:38:13FOR AN APOLOGY, AND REPARATIONS
00:38:17OVER BRITAIN'S ROLE IN THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.
00:38:20>> NO DOUBT THAT THE KING SHOULD APOLOGISE FOR THAT, THOUGH HE
00:38:24HIMSELF WAS NOT PART OF THAT. >> Reporter: KING CHARLES
00:38:27STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING SORRY. >> THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE STILL CASTS A SHADOW OVER THESE ISLANDS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR
00:38:31COMMONWEALTH.
00:38:35AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT
00:38:36SHAMEFUL CHAPTER OF HISTORY IS ONE THAT FILLS MY HEART WITH
00:38:40SORROW. >> Reporter: FOR COMMONWEALTH
00:38:44NATIONS, THERE'S HARD WORK AHEAD GRAPPLING WITH THE GLOBAL POWERS
00:38:47OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
00:38:50ON THAT FRONT, MARK CARNEY HAD AN UPDATE ON THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE U.S.
00:38:53>> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney: WE'VE MADE PROGRESS BUT WE HAVEN'T
00:38:54FINISHED.
00:38:57IF I WERE TO PARAPHRASE IT, IT'S -- THEY'RE ASKING LESS AND
00:39:00THEY'RE OFFERING MORE. >> Reporter: THE PRIME
00:39:03MINISTER'S GLOBAL AGENDA IS UP AGAINST HIS DOMESTIC ONE, WITH
00:39:07CARNEY SPENDING 24 HOURS ON THIS CARIBBEAN ISLAND BEFORE HEADING
00:39:11BACK TO OTTAWA AHEAD OF
00:39:12THURSDAY'S FEDERAL BUDGET.
00:39:16DAVID THURTON, CBC NEWS, SAINT
00:39:20JOHNS, ANTIGUA.
00:39:22>> Ian: NEW EVIDENCE IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS BEFORE THAT
00:39:25DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA ON SUNDAY. INVESTIGATORS NOW SAY THAT PARTS
00:39:29OF THE JET'S ELEVATOR THAT CONTROLS THE PLANE'S MOVEMENTS UP AND DOWN WERE FOUND MORE THAN
00:39:33SIX KILOMETRES FROM THE CRASH SITE. THIS DISCOVERY IS SUPPORTING THE
00:39:36THEORY THAT KEY PARTS OF THE
00:39:48BACK TO OUR U.S. MIDTERM ELECTION SPECIAL WITH ADRIENNE. (♪)
00:39:54>> Annou
00:43:00(♪)
00:43:03>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO "AMERICA VOTES," WELL, THE POLLS
00:43:06ARE NOW CLOSED IN 41 STATES AS WELL AS WASHINGTON, D.C..
00:43:10LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CALLING THE THERMOMETER
00:43:14FITTINGLY AND TO TAKE A TEMPERATURE CHECK OF HOW THE RACES ARE SHAPING UP.
00:43:18AND THE HOUSE, 91, AND THE
00:43:20DEMOCRATS SO FAR, AND 50 PER THE
00:43:23FOR THEREPUBLICANS.
00:43:27AND TO THE SENATE, 36 FOR REPUBLICANS AND THOSE NUMBERS
00:43:30ARE MOVING ALL OF THE TIME. DAVID COCHRANE IS CHASING THEM LIKE BUTTERFLIES.
00:43:34[LAUGHTER] >> David: THEY'RE CHANGING ALL OF THE TIME AND WE'RE AT 92 IN
00:43:38THE HOUSE AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
00:43:40WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE BUT
00:43:42WE'LL LOOK AT THE SENATE FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO GAIN CONTROL THEY
00:43:46NEEDED FOUR. AND THEY FLIPPED ONE SEAT IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY'RE LEADING IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF
00:43:49OTHERS. LET'S START IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
00:43:51WHERE WITH 82% OF VOTE ALREADY
00:43:54COUNT EXCLUDE ANNIE ANDREWS IS LEADING BY FIVE PERCENTAGE
00:43:58POINTS OVER DARLENE GRAHAM, THE SISTER OF THE LATE LINDSEY
00:44:02GRAHAM AND THIS WAS HIS SEAT, OF COURSE, AND THIS ONE A SURPRISE WIN FOR THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD
00:44:05THESE RESULTS HOLD OVER THE
00:44:07FINAL 18% OF THE VOTES TO BE COUNTED.
00:44:10AND OHIO, THAT IS TIGHTENING AND
00:44:12TIGHTENING,ING SHERROD BROWN AND
00:44:16IT'S NOW 2.5 PERCENTAGE POINTS WITH 62% OF VOTE COUNTED.
00:44:20THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION TO
00:44:23REPLACE J.D. VANCE WHO LEFT THE SENATE TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AS VICE-PRESIDENT.
00:44:26IN TEXAS, IT CONTINUES TO BE A
00:44:28GOOD NIGHT FOR THE DEMOCRATS,
00:44:3153% OF VOTE IN AND JAMES
00:44:32TALARICO STILL WITH A 20-POINT
00:44:35LEAD OVER KEN PACKTON.
00:44:37AND THE GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT OF
00:44:40TEXAS IS ALSO LOSING IN THIS RACE. AND LET'S GO TO KANSAS NOW WHERE
00:44:43THE LEAD REMAINS 18 POINTS FOR
00:44:45ADAM HAMILTON OVER ROGER
00:44:48MARSHALL, WITH 53% OF THE VOTE REPORTING.
00:44:51AND NOT GONE DEMOCRAT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. AND NEBRASKA IS THE NEXT UP FOR
00:44:55BIDS AND LOOK AT THAT, THE INDEPENDENT DAN OSBORNE WITH A
00:44:58QUARTER OF THE VOTE IN WITH AN
00:45:0018-POINT LEAD OVER PETE RICKETTS
00:45:02AND THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
00:45:06STEPPED ASIDE TO HELP THE INDEPENDENT TO WIN. AND NOW IN IOWA WHERE THE
00:45:09TARIFFS AND THE WAR WITH IRAN
00:45:12ARE DRIVING UP THE FUEL AND THE VOTE SHARE.
00:45:15AND JOSH TUREK HAS 60% OF THE
00:45:19VOTE WITH 24% OF THE VOTES
00:45:21COUNTED AND LEADING ASHLEY HINSON RIGHT NOW.
00:45:24AND WE'LL LOOK AT MAINE AND TROY
00:45:28JACKSON, 11% OF THE VOTE, AND
00:45:31JACKSON, 56.2, AND COLLINS 49.8%
00:45:35AND THAT MAY TAKE WEEKS TO GET
00:45:37RESOLVED BECAUSE OF THE BALLOTING STRUCTURE IN MAINE.
00:45:40BUT RIGHT NOW, ADRIENNE, THE DEMANDS NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLICE
00:45:43THREE IN THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE PLUS 56 IN THE COUNTING THAT WE
00:45:47HAVE RIGHT NOW AND THEY NEEDED FOUR IN THE SENATE AND THEY ARE
00:45:50PLUS SIX. >> Adrienne: HOW IS THAT LANDING
00:45:52WITH YOU, ASHLEY? >> LISTEN, THIS IS MUSIC TO MY
00:45:56EARS.
00:45:57[LAUGHTER]
00:46:03AND I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF. WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE FOLKS
00:46:06ON THE GROUND IS THAT JAMES
00:46:08TALARICO IS FAR OUTPACING PAXTON
00:46:11BY MORE THAN DOUBLE DIGITS.
00:46:14AND HARRIS COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WERE
00:46:17HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR, AND IN HIDALGO COUNTY.
00:46:20>> Adrienne: WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THOSE COUNTY?
00:46:24>> HARRIS COUNTY IS OVERWHELMINGLY BLACK POPULATION.
00:46:26AND HIDALGO IS LATINO AND
00:46:28TARRANT COUNTY IS THE HOME OF JAMES TALARICO BUT REPUBLICANS
00:46:32WERE HOLDING ON TO IT AND IT'S AUSTIN AND TEXAS AND THE REALITY
00:46:36IS THAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THEY
00:46:39SAID THAT THE REPUBLICANS STAYED HOME AND THEY DID NOT COME OUT AND VOTE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY
00:46:43A BLOWOUT FOR THEM. AND SO PEOPLE ARE FEELING
00:46:47INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC ON THE GROUND IN TEXAS ABOUT PROSPECTS.
00:46:50>> THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR THE REPUBLICANS GOING INTO THIS IS
00:46:54THE POOR CANDIDATE SELECTION,
00:46:56ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS. THAT DETERRED PEOPLE FROM
00:46:59WANTING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY WERE FRUSTRATED BY POLICIES AND
00:47:02WHILE THEY STILL MAINTAIN THEY WANT TO BE REPUBLICAN, THEY
00:47:05DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF ELECTING SOMEONE LIKE KEN PAXTON.
00:47:09>> Adrienne: BUT THAT'S A MESSAGE TO THE DEMOCRATS THOUGH, RIGHT, THAT THEY'RE NOT SO
00:47:12EASILY ACQUIRED AS VOTERS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO PARK THEIR VOTE.
00:47:16WITH THE NOTION -- >> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
00:47:19OH, YEAH.
00:47:21>> THE WHOLE MOTIVATION IS NOT
00:47:23TO GO OUT AND TO VOTE AGAINST
00:47:26DEMOCRATS, AND AS WE FLUSH OUT AFTER THIS NIGHT IT WILL BE A
00:47:29BIG TALKING POINT.
00:47:31>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR JAMES TALARICO AND NOT JUST
00:47:35DONALD TRUMP BUT THAT'S DYNAMIC AND THE CONCERN FOR DEMOCRATS IS
00:47:39HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HOLD ONCE TRUMP IS GONE, YOU KNOW, GOING
00:47:42INTO 2028. WILL THESE PEOPLE SWING BACK
00:47:46REPUBLICAN AND CAN WE HOLD ON TO THEM. AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T VOTE WILL
00:47:49COME OUT GAIN AGAIN BECAUSE THE
00:47:53WILL BE A FRESH SLATE TO VOTE FOR. >> THAT'S THE HOPE FOR THE REPUBLICANS IS TO HAVE SOMEONE
00:47:57TO VOTE FOR AND THAT THEY CAN
00:47:59PUT THEIR BACKING BEHIND. >> Adrienne: AMBASSADOR, WHAT
00:48:02STRIKES YOU WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE? >> THE ISSUE OF WHO IS VOTING
00:48:06AND WHO IS STAYING HOME -- IT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THE FIRST
00:48:10EXPERIENCES I HAD WHEN I WENT TO WASHINGTON IN 2018.
00:48:12I WENT TO NEBRASKA.
00:48:17AND NEBRASKA, THE NUMBER ONE
00:48:19EXPORT IS FARM MACHINERY BY A LONG SHOT. AND THERE'S COMPANIES IN
00:48:23NEBRASKA THAT SELL 50%, 60% OF
00:48:26WHAT THEY PRODUCE TO CANADA. SO THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO GO
00:48:29AND VERY, VERY HIGH TRUMP SUPPORTER BUT THE PRESIDENT IS
00:48:33GOING TO WHIP UP NAFTA AND IT'S GOING TO BE BAD FOR BUSINESS IN NEBRASKA. SO I WENT.
00:48:37AND I SAT AROUND SORT OF THE SHOP FLOOR AND THE BOARDROOM
00:48:41TABLES WITH PEOPLE AT SOME OF THESE COMPANIES. AND THEY WERE VERY SOPHISTICATED
00:48:45PEOPLE, AND THEY KNEW THEIR BUSINESS VERY WELL. AND THEY SAID THAT WE UNDERSTAND
00:48:49THAT TRADE WITH CANADA IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR SURVIVAL.
00:48:52AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF NAFTA
00:48:54IS RIPPED UP AND PEOPLE GET UNSETTLED THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE
00:48:58JOBS OR WORSE. BUT HERE'S THE THING -- WE'RE REPUBLICANS.
00:49:01BECAUSE WHAT I SAID TO THEM IS CAN YOU VOICE YOUR CONCERN, CAN
00:49:04YOU -- CAN YOU MAYBE TALK ABOUT HOW THESE POLICIES DON'T WORK
00:49:08FOR YOU AND YOU MAY CHOOSE ANOTHER PATH?
00:49:11AND IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT LEARNING LESSON FOR ME AS A CANADIAN, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE
00:49:15I THINK THAT IN CANADA THAT'S OFTEN HOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
00:49:19PEOPLE ARE LESS TIED TO THE
00:49:21IDENTITY OF ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER OVERALL IS MY IMPRESSION.
00:49:25AND THESE FOLKS SAID TO ME WE'RE NEVER NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR
00:49:28TRUMP. WE'RE NEVER NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR TRUMP.
00:49:31SO THE FACT THAT NEBRASKA IS IN PLAY RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT IT
00:49:34IS REALLY INTERESTING. BECAUSE I LEFT THERE THINKING
00:49:38WHAT ARE WE TO DO, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? >> Adrienne: I BET YOU THAT WANT
00:49:41TO GET ON THE PHONE AND TALK TO THOSE FOLKS RIGHT NOW?
00:49:45BEFORE WE GO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. HUNTER HERE, BECAUSE I
00:49:48KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING UP WHAT
00:49:50IS HAPPENING ON TRUTH SOCIAL.
00:49:53>> Paul: YEAH, TRUMP -- I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT HE'S WATCHING
00:49:56FOX NEWS AND HE IS SAYING THEY'RE PAYING ATTACH ATTENTION
00:50:00TO THE DUMBACRATS AS HE CALLS
00:50:04THEM AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT WE STILL HAVE TWO YEARS OF
00:50:07DONALD TRUMP UNLEASHED. WILL THE LAME DUCK -- WHAT WAS
00:50:11YOUR GREAT LINE? >> Adrienne: DOES A LAME DUCK BITE.
00:50:14>> Paul: DOES A LAME DUCK BITE. TRUMP -- HE DOES THIS A LOT, OBVIOUSLY.
00:50:18BUT YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL HIM
00:50:21SEETHING -- EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A SURPRISE TO DONALD
00:50:24TRUMP WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THEY HAVE NUMBERS ABOVE AND BEYOND
00:50:27THE POLLS THAT WE SEE AND THE HEADLINES, BUT, YEAH, HE'S NOT A
00:50:31HAPPY CAMPER RIGHT NOW. >> Adrienne: A LONG NIGHT AHEAD POTENTIALLY.
00:50:35AND LET'S STAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE'LL GO TO DEMOCRATS ABROAD
00:50:38AT A WATCH PARTY THERE IN
00:50:40MONTRÉAL WHERE SARAH LEAVITT IS.
00:50:54HERE IS WATCHING THESE MIDTERMS.
00:50:56AND AS THESE EARLY RESULTS ROLL
00:50:59IN, AND THERE'S EXCITEMENT AMONG THIS CROWD.
00:51:02A LOT OF DUAL CITIZENSHIPS HERE,
00:51:06BUT ALSO FRIENDS AND MOSTLY CANADIANS WHO HAVE COME ALONG
00:51:09AND THEY ARE WATCHING THIS WITH
00:51:11A LOT OF -- I WOULD SAY
00:51:14INTREPIDATION, BUT POTENTIAL EXCITEMENT AS WELL.
00:51:17AND I'M WITH THE CHAIR OF THE
00:51:20QUÉBEC CHAPTER, DAVE
00:51:27SCHLENBERG, AND I WILL HAVE HIM COME IN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONTEXT, AS
00:51:31A DUAL CITIZEN, WHAT -- WHAT FOR YOU HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:51:35PART OF WATCHING THESE MIDTERMS
00:51:36AND WATCHING THE RESULTS ROLL
00:51:40IN? >> FIRST OF ALL AS AN AMERICAN
00:51:43DECISION, DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES
00:51:45AFFECT US, THOUGH WE LIVE IN CANADA AND THEY AFFECT OUR
00:51:48FAMILIES AND THEY AFFECT OUR RIGHTS AND AFFECT OUR TIES WITH CANADA.
00:51:52SO OUR RIGHT TO VOTE AND OUR VOTING IN THE U.S. ELECTIONS IS
00:51:55OUR WAY OF CONTINUING TO HAVE A VOICE.
00:51:57NOW HAVING SET THIS UP AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE
00:52:00TURNOUT THAT WE'VE HAD -- WE NEVER HAD A TURNOUT AS BIG AS
00:52:04THIS IN OVER SIX YEARS.
00:52:06THIS IS A TESTIMONY TO THE
00:52:10ANGHANGSTIS LIVING AND HALF OF M
00:52:15HERE IS CANADIANS SUPPORTING AMERICANS. THAT'S WHAT I SAID IN MY SPEECH
00:52:18AT THE BEGINNING THAT WE FEEL FOR THEM AND WE KNOW WHAT IS
00:52:21GOING ON AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE BORDER IS AFFECTING THEM.
00:52:24AND THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING US AND THEY'RE BY OUR
00:52:28SIDE. SO IT MEANS A LOT TO US. >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU
00:52:32VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND, ADRIENNE, I'M IN ONE ROOM
00:52:35RIGHT NOW BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A
00:52:37DOWNTOWN BAR, A POPULAR SPOT.
00:52:39THE DEMOCRATS ABROAD HAVE TAKEN OVER THE WHOLE SECOND FLOOR.
00:52:43I DID LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WERE
00:53:16COCHRANE BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIT OF CHANGE. >> David: WE HAVE ANOTHER FLIP
00:53:19IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE NEW JERSEY 7 HAS GONE FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT.
00:53:23LOOK AT THAT LEAD THAT REBECCA
00:53:25BENNETT HAS, 68.5% OF THE VOTE
00:53:29WITH 65% OF THE POLLS OR VOTES REPORTING.
00:53:32AND THOMAS KEAN, HE MADE NEWS BY
00:53:35JUST DISAPPEARING FROM -- FROM
00:53:38CONGRESS FOR MONTHS AT A TIME AS HE WAS SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT.
00:53:42BUT THIS, ADRIENNE, COMBINED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA FLIP AND
00:53:45IN NORTH CAROLINA 11, TO USE THE BINGO TERM THAT MY GRANDMOTHER
00:53:48TAUGHT ME, THEY'RE ON THE HITCH AND ONE NUMBER AWAY FROM A WIN.
00:53:52AND THEY FLIPPED TWO OF THE THREE THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET CONTROL.
00:53:55AND SO ONE MORE FLIP, IF THEY HOLD EVERYTHING AND THEY'RE AT
00:53:59THE MAGIC 218 THAT THEY NEED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE COUNT
00:54:02IS AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, THEY'RE PLUS 55 IN THE HOUSE AND
00:54:06THEY ARE PLUS SIX IN THE SENATE.
00:54:08SO AS THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATS ARE ON COURSE TO FLIP
00:54:12BOTH HOUSES. >> Adrienne: STATUS OF FLIPPING
00:54:14IN THE SENATE IS STILL NOT THERE?
00:54:18>> David: THERE'S ONLY ONE SEAT PROJECTED, RIGHT. AND THAT IS NORTH CAROLINA.
00:54:22SO IT'S THE TAR HEELS WERE THE FIRST IN THE HOUSE AND THE FIRST
00:54:25IN THE SENATE AND NOW WE HAVE NEW JERSEY COMING IN AS WELL.
00:54:27BUT THEY'RE LEADING IN SIX AND SOME OF THE LEADS ARE TIGHTENING
00:54:31AND SOME EXPANDING BUT IT'S STILL TOO EARLY IN THE COUNT.
00:54:34BUT YOU ESSENTIALLY DO HAVE ON IT'S A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW.
00:54:37AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ON TRACK FOR A VICTORY AND IT'S
00:54:40VERY PROMISING IN THE HOUSE. AND SOME OF THESE ARE VERY FAR
00:54:43ADVANCED IN THE COUNT, BUT NOT QUITE PROJECTED YET BY THE
00:54:46ASSOCIATED PRESS. BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PLUS 54
00:54:49IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND YOU ONLY NEED TO BE PLUS
00:54:52THREE. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG MARGIN OF
00:54:55ERROR THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
00:54:57>> Adrienne: SO FAR.
00:55:00SO I'M CURIOUS, THERE'S THE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE AND THEN
00:55:04THERE'S TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU
00:55:05ARE GETTING, ASHLEY, WHAT IS THE
00:55:08STORY THAT YOU ARE GETTING ON YOUR PHONE?
00:55:10>> WELL, I JUST GOT THAT
00:55:13CONGRESSMAN FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS,
00:55:15IS CALLING TEXAS FOR TALARICO.
00:55:18AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER
00:55:20THINGS THAT MAURA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS A FEW SECONDS
00:55:24AGO -- WHAT IS ALSO CONSISTENT TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER
00:55:26THE LAST TWO CYCLES IS THE LIMITATIONS OF MONEY.
00:55:29AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT TEXAS, WHERE ABBOTT, THE GOVERNOR,
00:55:33MIGHT GO DOWN AND WAS SITTING ON
00:55:35A $90 MILLION COFFER.
00:55:37WE WERE OUTSPENT BY ELON MUSK IN
00:55:40THE STATE OF TEXAS BY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY THREW
00:55:43INTO TEXAS AT THE LAST MOMENT.
00:55:45SO IT'S, AGAIN, IT REINFORCES
00:55:47THAT PEOPLE POWER IS WHAT ACTUALLY WINS THESE ELECTIONS.
00:55:50IF YOU CAN GO OUT AND YOU CAN DRIVE PEOPLE AND TURN THEM OUT
00:55:54TO THE POLLS, THAT IS WHAT MATTERS.
00:55:56THERE ARE STILL LIMITATIONS TO MONEY. I KNOW THAT WE SORT OF LOOK AT
00:56:00THE POLLING AND LOOK AT WHO IS
00:56:03RAISING MONEY AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING WHERE AND WE THINK THAT
00:56:07IS AN INDICATION OF WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE, AND CLEARLY
00:56:10NOT IN TEXAS. >> Adrienne: MORE FROM NEW
00:56:12JERSEY? >> AND THE SEAT THAT TOM CANE IS
00:56:15PROJECTED TO HAVE LOST IS TENDING TO FLIP, DEPENDING ON
00:56:19THE POLITICAL CYCLE. SO IT'S NOT SUPER SURPRISING.
00:56:21BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK
00:56:23THAT NEW JERSEY IS A NO-NONSENSE
00:56:27STATE, AND THEY WANT PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOB. I THINK THAT ACROSS THE BOARD
00:56:30WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE ELECTORATE IS THE FRUSTRATION.
00:56:34NOT NECESSARILY JUST WITH DONALD TRUMP BUT THERE'S A FRUSTRATION
00:56:42WE'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES. KEEP Y
01:00:19(♪)
01:00:21(♪)
01:00:25>> Adrienne: WELL, GOOD EVENING, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US,
01:00:28WELCOME TO "AMERICA VOTES" AND WE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE
01:00:32UNITED STATES MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THE POLLS ARE CLOSED IN 46
01:00:35STATES AND SOME KEY RACES ARE GETTING READY TO HEAT UP.
01:00:38AN INTRODUCTION TO MY TEAM AND I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY PAUL
01:00:41HUNTER WITH HIS WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, ALL THINGS WASHINGTON, YOU WILL BE HERE
01:00:45THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. I HATE TO SAY IT MAYBE IN THE MORNING.
01:00:48AND ALSO JOINING US ON THE DESK IS THE MOST RECENT FORMER CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
01:00:51UNITED STATES, KIRSTEN HILLMAN. AND WE HAVE FORMER
01:00:55COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS,
01:00:57AND SO MANY OTHERS,SH