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00:00:24>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WELCOME TO "AMERICA VOTES."
00:00:27TONIGHT WE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:00:31SO THE POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED IN
00:00:3348 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C..
00:00:35THE ONLY STATES LEFT ARE HAWAII AND ALASKA.
00:00:39PLENTY OF RESULTS TO CATCH YOU UP ON. BUT FIRST UP, A QUICK
00:00:43INTRODUCTION TO THE TEAM AND JOINING US THEY ARE LOCKED TO
00:00:45THE TABLES AND WILL BE UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, MAYBE.
00:00:49PAUL HUNTER IS HERE WITH US ALL NIGHT AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
00:00:51THE DESK IS THE PANEL, FORMER CANADIAN A AMBASSADOR TO THE
00:00:55UNITED STATES KIRSTEN HILLMAN
00:00:57AND BESIDE HER IS ASHLEY
00:01:02ÉTIENNE, DIRECTOR FOR VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
00:01:06AND MAURA GILLESPIE, CONNECTED
00:01:09TO HOUSE SPEAK JOHN BOEHNER. I LOVE HOW BUSY YOUR DESKS ARE
00:01:13AND THERE'S PAPER EVERYWHERE AND THERE'S PHONES BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INTEL FROM THE
00:01:16FIELD AND THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES THAT YOU CONNECT WITH.
00:01:20AND THEN THERE'S DAVID COCHRANE WHO WE HAVE PUT OVER HERE
00:01:23BECAUSE HE NEEDS A LOT OF SPACE TO DEAL WITH THE RESULTS.
00:01:26THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND A LOT OF GREY DOTS STILL, BUT
00:01:29YOU'RE GETTING SOME ANSWERS? >> David: I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE STAGE THAT WE'LL
00:01:33FILL IN A LOT OF THE COLOURS ON THIS LEFTOVER MAP.
00:01:36LET'S START WITH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE IS CALLED FOR THE
00:01:40DEMOCRATS AND THE SENATE HAS A WIDE PATH TO TAKE CONTROL OF THAT AS WELL.
00:01:43AND LET'S START WITH NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH WAS THE FIRST SEAT TO FLIP, ROY COOPER HAS WON
00:01:47THAT AND THE FORMER GOVERNOR HAS DEFEATED THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE
00:01:50OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BY A WIDE MARGIN WITH 97% OF THE
00:01:53VOTES COUNTED. AND A SIMILAR STORY IN SOUTH
00:01:55CAROLINA, THOUGH THE MARGIN IS
00:01:58SMALLER, 51% OF THE VOTE FOR
00:02:00ANNIE ANDREWS AND 48.8% WITH
00:02:03DARLINE GRAHAM AND 90% OF VOTE COUNTED THERE.
00:02:06AND LET'S LOOK AT OHIO WHICH IS GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
00:02:10AND 86% OF THE VOTES COUNTED AND
00:02:12SHERROD BROWN, 48.5% TO 46.6%
00:02:17OVER JON HUSTED AND THIS IS J.D. VANCE'S OLD SEAT UP FOR SPECIAL
00:02:21ELECTION. AND ANOTHER INTERESTING RESULT IN OHIO.
00:02:23THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, VIVEK
00:02:25RAMASWAMY HAS LOST TO AMY ACTON
00:02:27SO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE
00:02:32GOVERGOVERNORSHIP THERE.
00:02:34AND THEY NEEDED TO FLIP THREE SEATS TO GET THE CONTROL OF THE
00:02:38HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A NET LEAD
00:02:41OF PLUS 50 SO WELL ON THE WAY.
00:02:43THIS IS THE PENNSYLVANIA SEVEN,
00:02:45AND BOB BROOKS, 55% TO 45% OVER
00:02:48RYAN MacKENZIE FOR THE REPUBLICANS WITH 94 PERCENT IN
00:02:52REPUBLICAN, IN A STATE THAT THE DEMOCRATS TARGETED QUITE
00:02:55AGGRESSIVELY FOR CONTROL. WE GO FROM PENNSYLVANIA SEVEN TO
00:02:58PEFN PENNSYLVANIA EI EIGHT, ANDY
00:03:05HAVE WON PENNSYLVANIA 10, AND IF
00:03:07WE GO NOT TOO FAR BUT TO NEW JERSEY.
00:03:10IF NEW JERSEY 7 YOU CAN SEE
00:03:12REBECCA BEN WET A MASSIVE LEAD
00:03:15OVER THOMAS KEAN, AND THOMAS KEAN WON THAT SEAT BY FIVE
00:03:18POINTS TWO YEARS AGO. DOWN 18 WITH 86% OF THE VOTES
00:03:22IN. AND NORTH CAROLINA 11, IT WAS
00:03:24THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO FLIP.
00:03:27JAMIE AGER WITH A 16-POINT LEAD
00:03:31OVER JENNIFER BALCOM, AND THE
00:03:33LAST ONE THAT IS KENTUCKY 6,
00:03:36WHERE ZACH DEMMO, A FORMER
00:03:39PROSECUTOR HAS FLICHED THE SEAT THAT THE REPUBLICANS WON BY 27
00:03:43POINTS JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
00:03:45AND THAT IS A 36-POINT FLIP IN
00:03:50THE KENTUCKY DISTRICT THAT CONTAINS BOURBON COUNTY AND SO
00:03:54THE LIQUOR BAN AND THE TARIFFS THAT HAVE COME TO PLAY IN THE
00:03:56DAILY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER ARE HAVING AN AFFECT
00:04:00ON THAT SIDE OF THE BORDER AT
00:04:02THE BALLOT BOX. >> Adrienne: CANADIANS WONDERED
00:04:05IF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TARIFFS HURTING AMERICANS WOULD
00:04:08ACTUALLY CONNECT AND FOR A LONG TIME THERE WAS A SENSE THAT MAYBE IT WASN'T CONNECTING AND
00:04:12THEY WEREN'T FEELING IT. BUT THEY WENT ON AND ON AND ON
00:04:16AND SOME EVIDENCE TONIGHT CLEARLY THEY HAVE CONNECTED.
00:04:18WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- PAUL HUNTER
00:04:22SUGGESTED -- INTEREST HAVING
00:04:23SEEN A LOT OF SHENANIGANS AND
00:04:27ANY CONVERSATION WHETHER DONALD TRUMP WOULD ACCEPT THESE RESULTS
00:04:30AND HE'S DONE AN INTERVIEW WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND HE
00:04:33SAID, QUOTE "HE WAS ABSOLUTELY
00:04:36WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS." AND OF THE DEMOCRATS HE ALSO
00:04:40SAID, "WE'LL, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND
00:04:44WE'LL PROBABLY WORK SOMETHING OUT."
00:04:46SO THAT'S INTERESTING. WE'RE GOING TO CHEW ON THAT
00:04:50FOREVER A MOMENT AND HEAD TO AUSTIN, TEXAS. TEXAS IS SUCH A BIG STORY
00:04:54TONIGHT AND KATIE ICATE SIMPSONT
00:04:58THE JAMES TALARICO WATCH PARTY AND A LOT GOING ON NOT JUST WITH
00:05:02TALARICO BUT THE WHOLE STATE.
00:05:04KATIE? >> Reporter: ADRIENNE, SO
00:05:08THERE'S BEEN A WILD SEQUENCE OF
00:05:10EVENTS THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE AT THIS PARTY. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS
00:05:14WHERE THE WATCH IS TAKING PLACE. WE'RE IN ONE SECTION AND THERE'S
00:05:18A GLASS WALL BEHIND US AND TVS
00:05:20ARE SHOWING DIFFERENT NETWORKS THE OTHER WAY.
00:05:23NOT IN THIS SPACE, JUST FROM WHERE I CAN SEE IT HERE, ANOTHER
00:05:27AMERICAN NEWS OUTLET CALLED FOR
00:05:30TALARICO AND ALL I SAW WAS PEOPLE RUNNING AND JUMPING AND
00:05:34CHEERING AND SCREAMING AND RUNNING. BUT IN HERE, THERE'S SO MANY
00:05:37PEOPLE IN HERE, THAT THE TVs
00:05:43HAVE BEEN FREEZING AND SO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
00:05:46SO THE WORD IS SPREADING THAT A NUMBER OF AMERICAN OUTLETS HAVE
00:05:50CALLED THIS RACE FOR JAMES TALARICO.
00:05:52AND SO WHEN WE SEE THESE MOMENT-
00:05:56[Cheers and Applause]
00:06:01-- OH, HOLD ON.
00:06:03THE TV IS SHOWING A PROJECTION ALERT. SO HERE WE GO.
00:06:06ONE SECOND.
00:06:09[Cheers and Applause]
00:06:30THEY DID IT, GUYS. THE DEMOCRATS PULLED OFF
00:06:34SOMETHING THAT TOOK NEARLY 40
00:06:36YEARS TO DO.
00:06:40[Cheers and Applause]
00:06:48JAMES TALARICO, FOR THE TV THAT
00:06:52KEPT FREEZING, AND DELAYING THE
00:06:55RESPONSE -- FINALLY PROTECTED AS A WINNER ON THE NETWORK THAT
00:06:57THEY'RE WATCHING IN THIS ROOM.
00:07:00HAVE A LISTEN.
00:07:06[CHANTING] >> Reporter: GOOD TIMING THAT WE
00:07:09HAPPENED TO BE HERE WHEN THAT CAME CAME INTO THIS ROOM.
00:07:12BUT IT WAS HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT NETWORKS CALLING IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
00:07:16SO WE SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS COMING ANYTIME SOON. AND NOW IT'S HERE.
00:07:19WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE ROOM HERE, PEOPLE ARE CRYING.
00:07:23PEOPLE ARE HUGGING. THEY ARE SO EXCITED.
00:07:27THEY ARE IN DISBELIEF. THIS WAS AN UNDERDOG CAMPAIGN
00:07:31FROM THE START THAT SLOWLY
00:07:33CONTINUED TO BUILD MOMENTUM.
00:07:35WITH THE DEMOCRATS HAMMERING A
00:07:37MESSAGE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, AND
00:07:40ACCUSING KEN PAXTON, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THIS
00:07:44ELECTION RACE OF BEING CORRUPT, OF BEING TOO CLOSE TO DONALD
00:07:47TRUMP. AND REALLY OFFERING A DIFFERENT
00:07:51MESSAGE FROM WHAT EXISTED HERE IN TEXAS.
00:07:53SO THE CROWD IS CLEARLY EXTREMELY EXCITED.
00:07:57IF I MAY -- WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
00:08:01CRYING. I'M GOING TO PULL OVER SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CRYING.
00:08:05JUST A SECOND. MA'AM, MAY WE ASK YOU HOW YOU'RE
00:08:09FEELING IN THIS MOMENT? >> HOW AM I FEELING? THE STATE
00:08:12OF TEXAS HAS A NEW SENATOR THAT
00:08:15IS A DEMOCRAT FOR THE FIRST TIME
00:08:18THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE EVEN BEEN ALIVE.
00:08:20HAM I FEELING!
00:08:23IT'S SO EXCITING. >> Reporter: CAN YOU BELIEVE
00:08:26THIS FINALLY HAPPENED? >> YES. I CAN BELIEVE IT BECAUSE A LOT
00:08:29OF US HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES
00:08:32AND DOING THE GRASS ROOT WORK TO MAKE HAPPEN AND TONIGHT IS THE
00:08:36EVIDENCE.
00:08:38IT'S A VICTORY! >> Reporter: WHAT DOES IT SAY
00:08:42THAT TEXAS FLIPPED BLUE? >> WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE HAVE
00:08:45A VOICE AND WE HAVE A VOTE AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AND WE
00:08:49UNIFY AND THINK WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL HUMANITY AND NOT JUST THOSE
00:08:53WHO ARE KIND OF SUPER RICH AND A
00:08:54LITTLE BIT OF SUPER RICH BUT
00:08:57LOOK LOOK AT ALL HUMANS TOGETHER AND TBHEFT INTEREST OF HUMANITY,
00:09:01THESE RESULTS WAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU PREDICT
00:09:04FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT? >> I PREDICT A TSUNAMI.
00:09:07IT'S ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING, SO MANY RED STATES HAVE FLIPPED
00:09:11BLUE AND THEY KEEP FLIPPING AND
00:09:13FLIPPING AND WE'RE SEEING A
00:09:19CHECK BACK IN AND THEY'LL MAKE THEIR LEADER ACCOUNTABLE ONCE
00:09:22THEY ARE SWORN IN IN JANUARY. >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
00:09:26>> I'M LATONYA, AND I LIVE HERE
00:09:29IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. >> Reporter: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
00:09:33WE HAVE BEEN CHATTING WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS HANGING OUT WHERE
00:09:36WE ARE CAMPED OUT AND WHEN WE IDENTIFY AS A CANADIAN NETWORK,
00:09:39WE OFTEN GET APOLOGIES FOR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRADE
00:09:42WAR AND THE RHETORIC AROUND THE 51ST STATE.
00:09:45THIS WOMAN HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME HERE, DON'T FEEL
00:09:49UPSET BY THE RHETORIC THAT YOU HEAR FROM DIFFERENT POLITICIANS
00:09:53WHEN IT COMES TO THE CANADA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP. [Cheers and Applause]
00:09:57BUT THIS -- THIS IS A CROWD THAT
00:10:00IS READY TO CELEBRATE, GUYS.
00:10:05THERE'S A WOMAN OVER HERE CRYING
00:10:06AND IF WE HAVE TIME, GUYS, CAN
00:10:09WE SNAG THE WOMAN -- RIGHT HERE. HI.
00:10:12WE'RE LIVE ON TV IN CANADA. COME ON, IT'S OKAY.
00:10:16CAN I GET YOUR NAME?
00:10:19>> MARGARET MARTIN. >> Reporter: TELL ME WHY YOU ARE
00:10:22CRYING?
00:10:24>> IT'S LIKE -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:10:27I FEEL JOY AND IT'S JUST
00:10:31AMAZING. >> Reporter: AS A DEMOCRAT IN TEXAS, DID YOU EVER THINK THAT
00:10:35THIS DAY WOULD COME? >> NO.
00:10:37IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY DRY
00:10:40SPELL FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
00:10:43AND IT FELT LIKE, UM, THAT THE
00:10:49CONTROL OF THE MONEY AND THE
00:10:51CORRUPTION HAS JUST BEEN, LIKE,
00:10:53SEEMED LIKE THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE.
00:10:56IT DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE.
00:11:00I -- THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
00:11:03THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. >> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK
00:11:06THAT THIS HAPPENED NOW?
00:11:11>> I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MANY REASONS BUT I THINK THAT IN
00:11:15PART, YOU KNOW, WHEN -- THE
00:11:21CURRENT PRESIDENT SAID PRETEND
00:11:24LIKE I'M ON THE BALLOT AND THE
00:11:27PEOPLE SAID, OKAY.
00:11:29THAT'S IT.
00:11:32LIKE, IT'S -- LIKE IT'S -- IT'S
00:11:37GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN.
00:11:40>> Reporter: TELL ME, ARE YOU
00:11:42GOING TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE TONIGHT?
00:11:45>> I'M GOING TO GO HOME AND
00:11:47SLEEP REALLY WELL I THINK.
00:11:50THIS IS MY CELEBRATION. LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING!
00:11:53THIS IS AMAZING BEING HERE. WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
00:11:57AND I AM GOING TO GO HOME AND
00:11:59HAVE A REALLY GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
00:12:02FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE. >> Reporter: I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.
00:12:05WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> MARGARET MARTIN.
00:12:08>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARGARET. SO YOU'VE GOT CHEERS AND SCREAMS
00:12:12OF JOY AND YOU'VE GOT TEARS OF
00:12:15JOY F MARGARET THERE BECAUSE THS
00:12:18IS GENERATIONAL CHANGE. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
00:12:21TO WIN A SENATE ELECTION IN THIS
00:12:24STATE SINCE 1988. JAMES TALARICO OF COURSE WAS
00:12:28BORN IN 1989.
00:12:29AND SO THIS IS A GENERATIONAL
00:12:32SHIFT, A GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
00:12:34AND THE PEOPLE HERE ARE CELEBRATING.
00:12:37>> Adrienne: KATIE SIMPSON I WAS SAYING EARLIER TO THE PANEL THAT
00:12:40YOU'RE AN IMMOVABLE FORCE AND ONLY YOU WOULD BE THERE AND BE
00:12:44ABLE TO PLUCK THESE POOR CRYING
00:12:46PEOPLE OUT OF THE CROWD IN THIS MOMENT.
00:12:48BUT I FEEL THAT WE ALL JUST GOT
00:12:51A POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS FROM THEM JUST NOW.
00:12:54BUT THE STORY OF THE EXHAUSTION
00:12:56IN TEXAS, AND WHAT THIS MOMENT
00:12:59REPRESENTS TO PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT THEIR VOICES WOULD NEVER BE
00:13:02HEARD. KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS,
00:13:05AND THAT WAS REMARKABLE, AS YOU ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
00:13:09NUMBERS AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS CHANGING BECAUSE A
00:13:12LOT IS CHANGING, DAVID?
00:13:15>> David: YES, A LOT IS HAPPENING SINCE PEOPLE WERE
00:13:17CRYING WITH JOY TO KATIE SIMPSON. TEXAS HAS BEEN CALLED AND THE
00:13:21ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS SEEN ENOUGH AND REALLY THIS HAS BEEN
00:13:25INEVITABLE SINCE THE FIRST RESULTS CAME IN AND IT'S STILL A
00:13:2920-POINT LEAD WITH TALARICO OVER PAXTON, WITH 67% OF THE VOTES
00:13:33COUNTED. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE SENATE IN
00:13:36TEXAS SINCE 1988, AND WHEN LLOYD
00:13:39BENSON WON THAT SEAT AND HE LATER VACATED THAT TO BE THE
00:13:43TREASURY SECRETARY FOR BILL CLINTON. SO IT'S BEEN THAT LONG.
00:13:45THEY WON THE SENATE IN 1988 AND
00:13:48JAMES TALARICO WAS BORN IN MAY
00:13:50OF 1989. THE BERLIN WALL FELL IN NOVEMBER
00:13:54OF 1989. IT'S BEEN THAT LONG. SO TALARICO DEFEATED DONALD
00:13:58TRUMP'S PICK AND ELON MUSK'S MONEY.
00:14:02MUSK PUT MORE THAN $200 MILLION INTO THAT RACE IN TEXAS.
00:14:06AND WE HAVE ONE MORE PROJECTION FOR YOU AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
00:14:09HAS SEEN ENOUGH, THE DEMOCRATS WIN OHIO.
00:14:12J.D. VANCE'S SEAT THAT HE LEFT TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AS
00:14:15VICE-PRESIDENT, SHERROD BROWN IS GOING BACK TO THE SENATE WITH 87% OF THE VOTE IN.
00:14:19AND HE HAS MORE THAN TWO
00:14:22PERCENTAGE POINT OVER JON HUSTED WHO DONALD TRUMP HAS PRAISED FOR
00:14:26HIS ASSETS, IS A PHRASE THAT I
00:14:28WILL USE THIS, BUT IT WAS NOT
00:14:32ENOUGH TO GET HUSTED OFF THE TOP. AND WITH SOUTH CAROLINA AND
00:14:35NORTH CAROLINA AND TEXAS AND OHIO THAT'S THE FOUR FLIPS THAT
00:14:38THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE AND
00:14:40THEY'RE AT 49 TO 37 RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL
00:14:44RESULTS TO COME IN, BUT TO GIVE YOU A TALLY WHERE THE THINGS
00:14:48STAND -- THEY ARE CURRENTLY PLUS FIVE IN U.S. SENATE SEATS.
00:14:51AND SO THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY. THEY JUST NEED TO BRING HOME
00:14:54MICHIGAN AND SOME OTHER STATES THEY'RE LEADING IN AND THEY'LL
00:14:57HAVE A MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES
00:14:59OF CONGRESS.
00:15:02>> Adrienne: AH, NOT -- NOT A DONE DEAL YET.
00:15:05INTERESTING, BUT THE TEXAN OVER
00:15:07HERE -- OUR TEXAN -- ASHLEY
00:15:11ÉTIENNE, YOUR FLOWN HAS BLOWN THROUGH A FIRST CHARGE AND YOU'RE ON THE SECOND.
00:15:15>> I JUST GOT MY LORD, TEXAS!
00:15:17THIS IS -- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
00:15:20EXCITED I AM ABOUT THIS MOMENT.
00:15:24I REMEMBER -- TO DATE MYSELF I
00:15:26REMEMBER ANN RICHARDS BEING OUR
00:15:29GOVERNOR -- FEARLESS, YOU KNOW, A PRACTICAL DEMOCRAT.
00:15:32AND WE'RE SEEING NOW -- WE WILL SEND SOMEONE TO THE STATE HOUSE,
00:15:36TO THE U.S. SENATE, AND I'VE
00:15:39SAID REPEATEDLY THAT THE ROAD TO
00:15:41BLUE RUNS THROUGH TEXAS.
00:15:43AND THAT WHERE TEXAS GOES THE
00:15:46NATION GOES AND WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN TONIGHT. AND, AGAIN, I CANNOT BE MORE
00:15:49EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY STATE. AND, YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S THE
00:15:53OTHER POINT -- IS THAT THE -- IT'S THE REALLY -- THE DEPTH OF
00:15:57AND HOW DEEP THIS WIN IS, AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
00:16:01WE POTENTIALLY HAVE FLIPPED THE STATE HOUSE IS NOW RUN BY THE DEMOCRATS.
00:16:05THAT IS OVERWHELMINGLY AN
00:16:08INDICTMENT -- NOT OF TRUMP, BUT OF ABBOTT AND PAXTON.
00:16:11THE REPUBLICANS IN THAT STATE THAT HAVE JUST TRASHED MY HOME STATE.
00:16:15>> Adrienne: SO WHAT DOES THAT ALLOW? WINNING THE STATE HOUSE, WHAT
00:16:18DOES THAT ALLOW THE DEMOCRATS TO CHANGE IN TEXAS?
00:16:21>> WELL, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. YOU'VE GOT THE GOVERNOR'S
00:16:24MANSION AND YOU HAVE THE STATE HOUSE -- I'M NOT SURE WHO WON
00:16:27THE STATE SENATE, BUT THAT PUTS
00:16:29US IN A POWER POSITION TO
00:16:32TRANSFORM A LOT OF POLICIES.
00:16:35YOU HAVE TEXAS AT THE BOTTOM WITH EDUCATION AND EQUALITY OF
00:16:39AIR AND SO MANY THINGS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND YOU HAVE THE DATA CENTRES
00:16:43AND ALL OF THESE -- YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN TAKING
00:16:45OVER SCHOOLS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. SO IT REALLY PROVIDES US AN
00:16:49OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TO TRANSFORM THAT STATE IN THE
00:16:53DIRECTION OF THE STATE. >> Adrienne: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT
00:16:55YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OHIO AND LOOKING AT TEXAS,
00:16:59AND THESE ARE SOME HARD THINGS FOR REPUBLICANS TO ACCEPT.
00:17:03AND WHAT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S STATEMENT TONIGHT, THAT WE ARE
00:17:06WILLING TO ACCEPT -- AND I AM WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
00:17:10WITH THEM. WE WILL PROBABLY WORK SOMETHING OUT.
00:17:14DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT DONALD TRUMP? >> WHAT IS INTERESTING IN THE
00:17:17WEEKS HEADING UP TO THE MIDTERMS DONALD TRUMP WAS OUT WITH
00:17:20MAMDANI AND SAYING HOW GREAT IT IS AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
00:17:24AND HE SAID THAT RECENT INTERVIEWS AS RECENTLY AS A FEW
00:17:27WEEKS AGO, THAT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME MUCH.
00:17:31AND THERE'S AN AVENUE WHERE DONALD TRUMP JUST LIKES TO BE LIKED SO HE MAY DO SOMETHING
00:17:35WHERE HE SEES, ONE, AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIMSELF AND, TWO, HE'LL WORK
00:17:39WITH WHOEVER HE NEEDS TO GET WHAT IS BEST FOR HIM.
00:17:42I GO BACK TO A SENSE OF WHAT
00:17:44PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PUT FORWARD
00:17:47IS NOT IN LINE WITH CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.
00:17:50HE'S VIOLATED THE STATE
00:17:54POLICIES, AND SO I JUST THINK
00:17:55THAT HE IS A PARTY OF ONE MAN,
00:17:58SELF-SERVING POLICIES THAT BENEFIT HIM. AND I THINK THAT HE WILL WORK
00:18:01ACROSS THE AISLE, BUT SOLELY
00:18:04THROUGH HIS -- AND TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE EXECUTIVE POWER AND HE'LL USE THAT TOO.
00:18:08I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S DETERRED BY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TONIGHT
00:18:12AND HE'LL CONTINUE TO RUN AND TELL US THAT IT'S NOT A LOSS FOR HIM.
00:18:15>> HE HAS TO CONSIDER HIS LEGACY. >> Adrienne: DOES IT MATTER TO
00:18:19HIM THAT MUCH? >> I DEFINITELY THINK -- HE'S AN EGO-DRIVEN PERSON.
00:18:23I THINK THAT HE'S GOT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF HOW HE'S GOING TO
00:18:26GO DOWN IN HISTORY AND THIS LOSS
00:18:27IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT
00:18:31IN TERMS OF HOW HE DEFINING HAD LEGACY.
00:18:35>> I DON'T THINK THAT HE CARES WHAT THE HISTORY BOOKS WILL SAY
00:18:37WITH THIS LOSS AND HE PUTS HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE HE
00:18:40THINKS THAT IS HIS LEGACY. HE THINKS THAT THERE ARE THINGS
00:18:43THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE.
00:18:45>> BUT IF YOU LOSE BOTH CHAMBERS YOUR ABILITY TO DO THAT IS
00:18:49LIMITED NOW. >> I MEAN, HOPEFULLY. >> YOU CAN TAKE A NAME OFF OF
00:18:53THE BUILDING, THAT'S THE EASIEST THING TO DO. >> Adrienne: KNOWING HIS
00:18:57INTEREST IN BEING LIKED -- THAT IS USEFUL FOR CANADA.
00:19:01>> I THINK SO. AND THIS COMMENT OF WANTING TO
00:19:04WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS IS ALSO INTERESTING. WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY?
00:19:07IS IT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
00:19:11REVEALED SOME POPULAR POSITIONS
00:19:14AND POLICIES THAT ARE REALLY OBVIOUSLY RESONATING ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
00:19:18AND DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT TO
00:19:20BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE? IS IT A LEGACY QUESTION OR IS IT
00:19:24A QUESTION OF SIMPLY I WANT TO
00:19:26BE THE PERSON WHO IS WORKING ON
00:19:29THE THINGS THAT ARE RESONATING WITH AMERICANS.
00:19:32I MEAN, THAT'S NOT BAD NEWS,
00:19:34THAT'S NOT BAD NEWS IF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SPEAKING FROM
00:19:38THE EFFECT OF THIS ON CANADA,
00:19:39FROM CANADA'S PERSPECTIVE. >> Adrienne: DAVID COCHRANE
00:19:43SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE NUMBERS THAT NEED TO COME
00:19:47IN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DEMOCRATS
00:19:50CAN DO, PARTICULARLY IN THE SENATE.
00:19:52ONE OF THOSE STATES THAT WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON IS
00:19:55MICHIGAN AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO COUNT IN MICHIGAN
00:19:59AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHY. BUT DAVID COMMON IS IN DETROIT
00:20:03AT THAT WATCH PARTY FOR ABDUL El-SAYED.
00:20:06THE REACTION THERE, DAVID, WHEN PEOPLE HEARD ABOUT TEXAS?
00:20:08BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THE OTHER RACES
00:20:12TOO. >> Reporter: YEAH. BOOM IS THE SHORT ANSWER.
00:20:15YOU KNOW, IN EVERY ELECTION THERE'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTUM
00:20:17MOMENTS AND I THINK THAT WE ARE
00:20:19IN IT RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE
00:20:22RESULTS AFTER RESULT AFTER RESULT ON PROJECTION AFTER PROJECTION AND AFTER
00:20:26PROJECTION -- 25 MINUTES AGO IN THIS ROOM PEOPLE WERE JUST DANCING DOWN HERE.
00:20:29THEY HAD THEIR DRINKS AND THEY WERE HAVING SOME FUN.
00:20:31AND THEN ON THE BIG SCREENS THE
00:20:34RESULTS STARTED TO POUR IN. TEXAS GOVERNOR -- PEOPLE SHOCKED
00:20:37AND CHEERING. TEXAS SENATE -- I SAW SOMEBODY
00:20:40DO ONE OF THESE MIND BLOWN.
00:20:44AND OHIO GOVERNOR FLIPPING AS WELL.
00:20:46AND MORE IN OHIO. THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
00:20:50TRENDING IN THIS STATE OF STATES THAT WERE TOSS-UPS AND STARTING
00:20:53TO SEE SOME OF THAT TRENDING AND EVEN ONLY 30% OF THE VOTE
00:20:57COUNTED HERE AND SEEING THINGS
00:21:00GOING IN THE DIRECTION THEY WANTED AND IT'S BEEN A FASCINATION OF SO MANY IN THIS
00:21:04STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE SENATE RACE.
00:21:07ABDUL El-SAYED, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AGAINST MIKE ROGERS.
00:21:11AND AS WE LOOK AT THAT RIGHT
00:21:13NOW, AND IT'S STILL EARLY, BUT
00:21:16THEY ARE SEEING THE TRENDING THEY WANT.
00:21:19AND SO, I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT
00:21:21THE DANCING IS BACK ON RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE WAITING
00:21:25FOR MORE RESULTS TO COME IN. BUT THIS IS A NIGHT -- WHEN YOU
00:21:28THINK OF THE VARIOUS ELECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN ON BOTH
00:21:32SIDES OF THE BORDER THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE PARTIES THAT SEEM
00:21:34TO GET THE OXYGEN SUCKED OUT OF
00:21:38THEM WHEN THEY HAVE A DARK NIGHT. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
00:21:41APPEARS. PARTIES
00:21:44AND THEY ARE EXPECTING GREAT THINGS IN MICHIGAN AND SEEING
00:21:47GREAT THINGS FOR THEIR PARTY IN OTHER PLACES.
00:21:49AND FOR MANY, ON THE A
00:21:52REPUDIATION OF DONALD TRUMP, WHICH IS A CORE THING THEY
00:21:55WANTED TO SEE, ADRIENNE. >> Adrienne: ABSOLUTELY, IT'S
00:21:58INTERESTING, EH, THE WAVES DO TEND TO SORT OF HAPPEN AND NOT
00:22:02SPSPORADICALLY AND SO
00:22:06UNDERSTANDABLE WHY THEY'RE EXCITED THERE AND ANXIOUS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT DONE,
00:22:10PARTICULARLY IN MICHIGAN.
00:22:11THAT IS DAVID COMMON IN DETROIT,
00:22:16MICHIGAN, AT THE El-SAYED PARTY. A GOOD MOMENT TO GO TO OTTAWA,
00:22:20ROSIE, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CANADA AND TALKING
00:22:24ABOUT THE UTILITY OF KNOWING THAT DONALD TRUMP JUST REALLY WANTS TO BE LIKED.
00:22:28AND HOW CANADA WORKS WITH THAT. HOW DOES CANADA WORK WITH THIS
00:22:32NEW HOUSE AND POTENTIALLY NEW DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED SENATE,
00:22:36ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT KNOW THAT YET? >> Rosemary: NO, BUT I MEAN,
00:22:39WHEN THE WAVES START AS WE ALL KNOW, AS PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW
00:22:43POLITICS -- THEY DON'T USUALLY BREAK. THEY USUALLY JUST GROW.
00:22:46SO IF THAT IS INDEED WHERE WE'RE
00:22:49HEADED, UM, YOU KNOW -- I THINK
00:22:51THAT THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS TOMORROW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE.
00:22:55I MEAN, YES, HE'S TOLD "THE NEW YORK TIMES" THAT HE'LL WORK WITH
00:22:59DEMOCRATS BUT HE'S ALSO POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT IF HE HAD
00:23:02BEEN ON THE BALLOT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT
00:23:06OUTCOME. THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE RESULTS AND
00:23:10WHAT THE MESSAGE IS FOR HIM TONIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALSO
00:23:14TELL THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO
00:23:17CANADA PETE HOEKSTRA THAT CANADA DIDN'T CAUSE THIS LOSS.
00:23:21THAT THIS LOSS IS OWNED BY DONALD TRUMP ENTIRELY.
00:23:25AND THAT IT IS -- IT IS WIDESPREAD.
00:23:27I MEAN, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TARIFFS, RIGHT.
00:23:31AND IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT CANADA AND IT IS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC
00:23:34PAIN SO MANY AMERICANS ARE FEELING.
00:23:36AND SO I GUESS THAT MY NEXT
00:23:39QUESTION WOULD BE -- WHAT KIND OF LEVERAGE THEN DOES CANADA
00:23:42HAVE MOVING FORWARD?
00:23:45OR -- AND HOW ERRATIC A RESPONSE
00:23:47WILL THERE BE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE?
00:23:51AND, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO
00:23:54LEAD TO A NEGOTIATION.
00:23:55I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
00:23:58AND CERTAINLY I THINK THAT IT DOES GIVE US SOME LEVERAGE.
00:24:01I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE
00:24:04ANY CONCEPT OF HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO RESPOND IN
00:24:07THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS EVEN.
00:24:11AND I WONDER ABOUT THE
00:24:13OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
00:24:15IT'S A BIG -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG SHIFT THOUGH. THIS IS A BIG SHIFT.
00:24:19AND IF THERE'S ANY SENSE THAT
00:24:21DONALD TRUMP IS WILLING TO BACK
00:24:24DOWN, OBVIOUSLY, CANADA WILL TAKE IT. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT HE IS
00:24:27GOING TO CONCEDE SO QUICKLY ON
00:24:30THE IDEA OF TARIFFS.
00:24:32WHICH HE IS SO COMMITTED TO. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE AMERICAN
00:24:35ELECTORATE IS TELLING HIM HERE TONIGHT. >> Adrienne: AND IT'S ALSO SO
00:24:39INTERESTING, ROSIE, THAT YOU ARE
00:24:40RIGHT -- I MEAN, HE HAS
00:24:44EXTRAORDINARY AFFECTION FOR TARIFFS.
00:24:46AND YET EVEN TODAY HE WAS
00:24:49TALKING ABOUT MAKING A DEAL WITH CANADA. I MEAN, IN A WAY THAT YOU WOULD
00:24:52HAVE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD HAVE
00:24:54SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT MORE
00:25:04FORCEFULLY. BUT HE SEEMS COMMITTED TO THAT NOW. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE?
00:25:08>> Rosemary: THE PROBLEM WITH SAYING IT NOW IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE AMERICANS
00:25:11ALREADY FEEL ALL OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S THE PRICE OF OIL OR
00:25:15THE COST OF TARIFFS TO THEM, TO BUSINESSES AND TO LAYOFFS.
00:25:19SO IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HE SAID IN THE DAYS AHEAD. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT
00:25:23MATTERED THAT HE CALLED THE PRIME MINISTER AND THEY HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
00:25:26AND IT MATTERED PERHAPS TO US BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT MATTERED TO AMERICANS.
00:25:30SO I JUST DON'T KNOW -- IF HE
00:25:33DOESN'T BACK DOWN ENTIRELY OFF OF THE TARIFFS I'M NOT SURE WHAT
00:25:36CANADA HAS TO GAIN HERE. PERHAPS THERE IS SOMETHING BUT I
00:25:39THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE FACT
00:25:42THAT JAMIESON GREER, THE TRADE
00:25:43REPRESENTATIVE, HAS BEEN TRYING
00:25:46IN RECENT DAYS AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET SOMETHING GOING.
00:25:50AND THAT MAY BE BECAUSE PEOPLE AROUND HIM AND HIS CABINET FELT
00:25:54LIKE THE WINDOW WAS CLOSING FOR
00:25:56ANY DEAL AT ALL.
00:25:59AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
00:26:02FASCINATING NEXT FEW DAYS, JUST
00:26:04TO SEE HOW THEY -- HOW HE
00:26:07POSITIONS HIMSELF AND REALLY CRITICALLY HOW THE PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO THAT AS
00:26:11WELL. >> Adrienne: YEAH, NO KIDDING AND WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
00:26:15THE PRIME MINISTER OF COURSE IN THE CARIBBEAN TONIGHT.
00:26:18NO DOUBT -- NO DOUBT WATCHING ON
00:26:21YouTube MAYBE. ROSEMARY BARTON IN OTTAWA, THANK YOU.
00:26:24WE NEED TO HEAD TO DAVID COCHRANE AND WE HAVE BREAKING
00:26:28NEWS. >> David: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS PROJECTED THAT KANSAS WILL
00:26:32FLIP TO THE DEMOCRATS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THERE
00:26:34ARE NOW 50 BLUE DOTS ON OUR WALL
00:26:37WHICH MEANS THAT 50 DEMOCRATS
00:26:39ELECTED AND ADAM HAMILTON WHO
00:26:42HAS NEVER HAD AN ELECTED OFFICE
00:26:44BEFORE AND LEADS THE LARGEST METHODIST CHURCH IN KANSAS HAS
00:26:47WON KANSAS FOR THE DEMOCRATS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1932.
00:26:51A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON
00:26:53ON WHAT THIS MEANS IN KANSAS.
00:26:551932 -- AND 1930 -- DEMOCRATS
00:26:57WERE ELECTED THERE BECAUSE
00:27:00CHARLES CURTIS LEFT TO BECOME HERBERT HOOVER'S VICE-PRESIDENT.
00:27:03AND HERBERT HOOVER, A PRO-TARIFF PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS WHEN
00:27:07HE WAS THERE BROUGHT IN THE
00:27:09SMOOT HOLLY ACT THAT LED TO THE
00:27:16DEPRESSION AND WERE FEATURED IN
00:27:20"FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF" AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH "POWER &
00:27:24POLITICS," PAUL, WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL OF THE TIME. BUT THE LAST TIME THAT THERE WAS
00:27:28A BIG PRO-TARIFF PRESIDENT AND
00:27:30IT WAS BLUE AND NOW GOING BLUE AGAIN. AND THEY HAVE BEEN HAMMERING
00:27:34THEIR ECONOMY THERE AND THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE GREAT
00:27:37DEPRESSION -- THE LONGEST STREAK, 1932 -- I THINK THAT YOU
00:27:41COVERED THAT ONE, PAUL?
00:27:43EXACTLY, THAT WAS YEURG YOUR YOO
00:27:48DAYS. AND THEY'RE LEADING IN A BUNCH OF OTHERS AND THEY HAVE A WIDE PATH TO GET THERE.
00:27:51>> Adrienne: TALK TO US, DAVID, ABOUT THE STATES THAT WE ARE
00:27:54LEFT TO LOOK AT HERE THAT COULD
00:27:56MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THAT
00:28:00NUMBER? >> David: AND NEBRASKA WHERE THE
00:28:04INDEPENDENT WAS LEADING DAN
00:28:05OSBORNE AND MAINE WHICH IS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEMOCRAT
00:28:10AND THE REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS. AND MICHIGAN WHERE ABDUL
00:28:13El-SAYED HAS A NARROW LEAD
00:28:15RIGHT NOW.
00:28:17AND MICHELE LATOYA, THE FORMER
00:28:20FOOTBALL BROAD BROADCASTER THERA
00:28:24LEAD, AND MAYBE 52, 54 IF IT ALL
00:28:28BREAKS RIGHT. BUT KANSAS AND TEXAS AND SOUTH
00:28:32CAROLINA -- AND OHIO -- FLIPPED FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
00:28:35LIKE J.D. VANCE'S SEAT, TEXAS. AND KANSAS WHICH HAS BEEN
00:28:38REPUBLICAN FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
00:28:40AND THIS IS TURNING INTO A WIDESPREAD REBUKE OF THE TRUMP AGENDA.
00:28:44I THINK THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU CAN SEE IT NOW. WITH THE WAY THAT THE HOUSE IS
00:28:48GOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND THIS --
00:28:50I KNOW THAT MIDTERMS ARE TOUGH ON THE INCUMBENT PARTY.
00:28:54BUT WE STARTED THIS YEAR, ADRIENNE AND THERE WAS NO HOPE OF THE DEMOCRATS TAKING THE
00:28:58SENATE. AND NOW IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW
00:29:00BIG IS THEIR SENATE WIN GOING TO
00:29:03BE, AND SO A LOT OF VOTES STILL TO BE COUNTED AND NOT PROJECTED
00:29:06YET BUT, BOY, THEY'RE BACK ON
00:29:08THE HITCH THIS TIME IN THE SENATE. >> Adrienne: AND SOME COULD TAKE
00:29:12A FEW DAYS AND MAINE -- FAMOUSLY MAINE --
00:29:15>> David: AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
00:29:16TO ALASKA AND IT COULD TAKE
00:29:20WEEKS, BUT WHO KNOWS AM. >> Adrienne: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS DEMOCRATIC
00:29:24WIN IN THE HOUSE. AND SO THAT MEANS HAKEEM
00:29:28JEFFRIES COULD BECOME THE MAJORITY LEADER AND WILL BECOME THE MAJORITY LEADER.
00:29:32HE'S BEEN MAKING A SPEECH SO WHY DON'T WE LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS
00:29:36TO SAY.
00:29:40[Cheers and Applause]
00:29:43>> WE UNDERSTAND AS HOUSE
00:29:46DEMOCRATS THAT LIFE IS WAY TOO
00:29:49EXPENSIVE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.
00:29:52THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
00:29:54WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.
00:29:59AND CERTAINLY CANNOT THRIVE HERE
00:30:02IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:30:05AND WE BELIEVE IN THIS GREAT
00:30:08COUNTRY THAT WHEN YOU WORK HARD AND YOU PLAY BY THE RULES, THAT
00:30:12YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE AN
00:30:15AFFORDABLE LIFE, A COMFORTABLE LIFE, AND A GOOD LIFE.
00:30:19AND THAT'S A GOOD-PAYING JOB. GOOD HOUSING.
00:30:23GOOD HEALTHCARE. AND A GOOD EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
00:30:26AND THEN WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND
00:30:29DONE, A GOOD RETIREMENT.
00:30:31THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM AND
00:30:33HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL WORK HARD
00:30:35TO REVIVE IT FOR EVERY SINGLE
00:30:39PERSON IN THIS LAND.
00:30:43[Cheers and Applause]
00:30:50WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR SMALL TOWN AMERICA.
00:30:53AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR URBAN AMERICA.
00:30:56AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR RURAL AMERICA. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR
00:31:00SUBURBAN AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA.
00:31:03WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
00:31:07AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO MAKE
00:31:09SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS COUNTRY
00:31:14AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.
00:31:17[Cheers and Applause]
00:31:19THIS IS A CHANGE ELECTION.
00:31:21AND WE UNDERSTAND AS HOUSE
00:31:24DEMOCRATS THAT WE NEED TO
00:31:27DELIVER DRAMATIC CHANGE. THINGS ARE BROKEN.
00:31:31AND WE NEED A CONGRESS THAT PUTS
00:31:34THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
00:31:39THE WEALTHY AND THE WELL OFF AND
00:31:40THE CONNECTED TRIED TO BUY THIS
00:31:45ELECTION. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
00:31:48RESPONDED IN A RESOUNDING WAY
00:31:50AND MADE CLEAR THAT AMERICA IS
00:31:54NOT FOR SALE.
00:31:57[Cheers and Applause]
00:32:03WE WILL DELIVER A CONGRESS THAT
00:32:07PUTS EVERYDAY AMERICANS FIRST.
00:32:10WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS FIRST. AND MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS FIRST.
00:32:14AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO
00:32:17BE PART OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO
00:32:21FIGHTING FOR AN AFFORDABLE
00:32:23AMERICA, AND WE WILL FIGHT HARD
00:32:25TO LOWER THE HIGH COST OF
00:32:29HOUSING AND GROCERIES AND GAS
00:32:31AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT HARD TO
00:32:33MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE
00:32:37THAT EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CAN
00:32:41AFFORD TO GO SEE A DOCTOR WHEN
00:32:43THEY NEED ONE.
00:32:46[Cheers and Applause]
00:32:49WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR HOSPITALS AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR
00:32:53NURSING HOMES AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH
00:32:57CLINICS. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO
00:32:59REVERSE THESE PAINFUL MEDICAID
00:33:01CUTS.
00:33:03[Cheers and Applause]
00:33:06WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IN
00:33:09ADDITION TO FIGHTING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY AFFORDABLE, THAT
00:33:14WE'RE GOING TO BRING
00:33:17ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE WHO HAVE
00:33:19VISITED UNPRECEDENTED CORRUPTION
00:33:22ON THIS COUNTRY. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN
00:33:26HIGH OFFICE WHO ARE SO FOCUSED
00:33:29ON ENRICHING THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR
00:33:32FRIENDS OR THEIR DONORS, THEN THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON MAKING
00:33:36LIFE BETTER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:33:39BUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
00:33:42WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION, A DRAMATIC CHANGE
00:33:46ELECTION, MEANS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT
00:33:50FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. WE HEAR YOU.
00:33:52WE SEE YOU. AND WE FEEL YOU.
00:33:55AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING LIFE BETTER
00:33:59FOR YOU.
00:34:02[Cheers and Applause]
00:34:04BEGINNING ON DAY ONE.
00:34:11THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
00:34:14THIS IS A PATRIOTIC ONE.
00:34:17THIS IS NOT A BLUE MOMENT, OR A
00:34:21RED MOMENT, IT'S A RED, WHITE
00:34:23AND BLUE MOMENT, BECAUSE AMERICA
00:34:26HAS WON TONIGHT.
00:34:29[Cheers and Applause]
00:34:31AND SO, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
00:34:34YOUR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS AND FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE
00:34:37AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE PLACED IN US.
00:34:39I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE
00:34:42MEMBER OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
00:34:44CAUCUS AND INCLUDING OUR
00:34:46EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS, KATHERINE CLARK, THE NEXT MAJORITY LEADER
00:34:50OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
00:34:52REPRESENTATIVES.
00:34:55[Cheers and Applause]
00:34:59AND SUSAN DELBENE, OUR AMAZING
00:35:05FIELD GENERAL WHO LED THE CHARGE TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE OF
00:35:07REPRESENTATIVES.
00:35:10[Cheers and Applause]
00:35:13I THANK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE
00:35:15PLACED IN US.
00:35:17AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO
00:35:20DELIVER ON THE DRAMATIC CHANGE
00:35:24THAT YOU DESERVE.
00:35:25AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT TRUST HAS
00:35:29BEEN BROKEN BETWEEN THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:35:32AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO RESTORE IT.
00:35:36AND YOU WILL HAVE A CONGRESS
00:35:40THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WE DON'T WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT, AND WE
00:35:43DON'T WORK FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT, AND WE DON'T
00:35:45WORK FOR THE SUPREME COURT, AND
00:35:48WE WORK FOR ALL OF YOU, THE
00:35:50AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:35:53[Cheers and Applause]
00:35:58AND THAT IS WHAT THE HOUSE
00:35:59DEMOCRATS WILL DELIVER.
00:36:02AND SO LET ME JUST SIMPLY SAY TO
00:36:07THE COMMUNITIES THAT RAISED ME
00:36:10BACK AT HOME --
00:36:13>> Adrienne: THAT WAS HAKEEM JEFFRIES BUT WE HAVE TO INTERRUPT HIM BECAUSE WE HAVE
00:36:17BREAKING NEWS. AMERICAN NETWORKS HAVE SEEN WHAT
00:36:20THEY ARE READY TO SEE AND
00:36:21THEY'RE READY TO MAKE A CALL.
00:36:24(♪)
00:36:27>>> AND THAT PROJECTION IS THAT
00:36:29THE DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL
00:36:31OF THE U.S. SENATE.
00:36:33THE POLLS SUGGESTED THAT THEY COULD DO IT, BUT IT WOULD
00:36:36REQUIRE FLIPPING SOME RUBY RED STATES AND SO THEY'VE DONE JUST
00:36:40THAT. WHAT A MESSAGE THIS WILL BE NOW
00:36:43TO THE LAME DUCK PRESIDENT OF DONALD TRUMP.
00:36:46SO HOW DID THE DEMOCRATS GET THERE? THEY GOT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
00:36:50AND HOW DID THAT HAPPEN, DAVID? >> David: WELL, WE JUST FLIPPED
00:36:53OFF TO 51 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN OUR PROJECTED AND ELECTED,
00:36:57THANKS TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
00:37:00ASSOCIATED PRESS. AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS TOOK TO WIN.
00:37:04AND IT STARTED IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE ROY COOPER KEPT HIS
00:37:07WINNING STREAK ALIVE AS A FORMER GOVERNOR OF THAT STATE AND NEVER
00:37:10LOST WHEN HE PUT HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT. HE FLIPPED NORTH CAROLINA WITH
00:37:1458% OF THE VOTE. AND NEXT DOOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
00:37:17SIMILAR STORY, AND A ANNIE ANDRS
00:37:22TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE SISTER OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY
00:37:25GRAHAM, WHO WAS APPOINTED TO RUN IN THAT SEAT.
00:37:29AND IT CONTINUED FROM THERE, WITH OHIO.
00:37:32AND WHERE SHERROD BROWN HAS WON
00:37:34J.D. VANCE'S OLD SEAT OVER JON HUSTED WITH 88% OF THE VOTE IN
00:37:38AND HE HAS 48.6% OF THEM AND
00:37:41THAT IS THREE SENATE FLIPS FOR THE DEMOCRATS WHO NEEDED FOUR
00:37:44COMING INTO TONIGHT. AND THE FOURTH COMES IN THIS STATE, TEXAS.
00:37:48THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1988 THAT A
00:37:51DEMOCRAT HAS WON A SENATE SEAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
00:37:54JAMES TALARICO WITH A MASSIVE
00:37:57LEAD BY TEXAS STANDARDS, OVER
00:37:59KEN PAXTON, 58.9%, AND 68% OF
00:38:05THE VOTE IN AN HISTORIC WIN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
00:38:09AND UP NEXT WE SHOW YOU KANSAS.
00:38:10THEY LOOKED AT TEXAS AND VOTING DEMOCRAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
00:38:14SAID HOLD OUR BEER, THEY VOTED
00:38:15FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1932
00:38:19WITH ADAM HAMILTON OVER
00:38:22MARSHALL, WITH 9 I 91% OF VOTES
00:38:29COUNTED. AND ANOTHER STATE THAT HAS FLIPPED IS IOWA. JOSH TUREK HAS WON THAT SEAT
00:38:33OVER THE FORMER TELEVISION
00:38:35BROADCASTER ASHLEY HINSON.
00:38:3850.9% TO 46% AND THEY NEEDED IT
00:38:42AND THEY GOT THEM AND GOT SOME SPARES AND WE'RE STILL WAITING
00:38:45ON MICHIGAN AND MAINE AND MINNESOTA AND A BUNCH OF SEATS,
00:38:48BUT, ADRIENNE, THEY WON THE HOUSE EARLY IN THE NIGHT AND WON
00:38:51THE SENATE AND GOT 51 AND ONE
00:38:55MORATOR FETTERMAN PROOF AS WE LIKE TO SAY BUT RIGHT NOW THE
00:38:58DEMOCRATS HAVE FULL CONTROL OF CONGRESS. >> Adrienne: THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY AND I CAN'T THINK
00:39:02OF A PLACE THAT I'D RATHER GO TO
00:39:05THAN TO KATIE SIMPSON IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
00:39:09BECAUSE THAT BIG STATE IS
00:39:10TELLING A BIG STORY TONIGHT.
00:39:14KATIE? >> Reporter: ADRIENNE, WE HAD TO
00:39:16MOVE SO WHEN LIVE TV IS HAPPENING AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE QUICKLY.
00:39:19BUT THERE'S A DANCE PARTY THAT HAS JUST BROKEN OUT HERE ON THE
00:39:23FLOOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC WATCH PARTY HERE IN AUSTIN.
00:39:25AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXCITED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER,
00:39:29EVER SEEN DEMOCRATIC SORT OF CHANGE LIKE THIS.
00:39:31AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED.
00:39:33AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D POP
00:39:36DOWN TO SEE -- YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
00:39:38OVER HERE -- NOT ONLY IS THIS A
00:39:40WIN FOR JAMES TALARICO AT THIS
00:39:42POINT IN TIME, BUT YOU CAN ALSO
00:39:44SEE PEOPLE WEARING GINA FOR
00:39:47TEXAS TEXAS, FOR GINA HINOJOSA
00:39:52AND THE GOVERNOR ELECT HERE IN TEXAS AS THAT WAS PROJECTED AS
00:39:55WELL.
00:39:56SO WE'VE GOT A DANCE PARTY AND
00:40:00AN IMPROMPTU DANCE PARTY HARE ON THE FLOOR AS PEOPLE ARE VERY
00:40:03EXCITED. >> I'M VERY EXCITED.
00:40:05I DON'T KNOW -- I KNEW THAT GOOD
00:40:09THINGS WERE GOING TO HAPPEN BUT THIS WAS BREATHTAKING.
00:40:12LET'S JUST SAY THAT. THIS WAS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.
00:40:15AND I COULD NOT BE ANYMORE
00:40:18HAPPIER, THIS IS SUCH A GOOD NIGHT.
00:40:22>> Reporter: I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.
00:40:23WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> NATHANIEL.
00:40:27>> Reporter: IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFETIME THAT YOU
00:40:29HAVE SEEN A DEMOCRATIC WIN? >> YEAH, I WAS BORN IN 2006.
00:40:33>> Reporter: THAT IS VERY YOUNG.
00:40:37WHAT DOES THIS WIN MEAN FOR TEXAS?
00:40:40>> IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A BRIGHTER F FUTURE.
00:40:43IT REALLY DOES. I AM SORRY, I GOT DISTRACTED.
00:40:47>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:40:50AND SO THAT'S THE VIBE HERE AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING
00:40:53AND WE'LL SEE IF THE DANCE PARTY
00:40:55VIBE CONTINUES. AND THERE'S A GUITAR PLAYER HERE
00:40:59IN THE CORNER AND I WOULD SAY, ADRIENNE, HE'S BEEN PLAYING THE
00:41:03SAME THREE SONGS ALL MIGHT, AND
00:41:05WAGON WHEEL AND FAST CAR BY TRACY CHAPMAN AND ONE OTHER
00:41:08SONG, BUT PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED. AND THE PARTY IS GOING TO SPILL
00:41:11OUT INTO THE STREETS IN AUSTIN AND THOSE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS
00:41:15OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH HERE IN THE ROOM.
00:41:18AND, YEAH, IT'S -- THAT'S THE
00:41:20VIBE AND THAT'S THE FEELING AND
00:41:23GENERATIONAL CHANGE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONLY DREAMED THIS
00:41:26HAPPENING AND JAMES TALARICO WAS
00:41:30AN UNDERDOG UP AGAINST THE TRUMP-BACKED REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
00:41:34KEN PAXTON, BUT HE IS AGAIN
00:41:37COMING WITH A LOT OF BAGGAGE.
00:41:40AND PERHAPS THAT BAGGAGE IS PART OF THE REASON THAT KEN PAXTON
00:41:43COULD NOT GET ACROSS THE LINE.
00:41:45BUT I'M SEEING A LOT OF EMPTY BOTTLES ON THE TABLES AND A LOT
00:41:49OF PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING VERY
00:41:53LOUDLY AND I EXPECT THAT WILL
00:41:56CONTINUE AS THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE ON HERE IN AUSTIN.
00:41:59>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, KATIE SIMPSON, THANK YOU AND I WROTE
00:42:02THAT DOWN, THAT IS VERY YOUNG. YOU ARE NOT WRONG THERE.
00:42:05THAT IS KATIE SIMPSON AT JAMES
00:42:08TALARICO WATCH PARTY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
00:42:11I JUST WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON
00:42:13WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING.
00:42:16WE TALKED EARLIER THAT HE HAD
00:42:18POSTED THAT WE -- HE ACCEPTS THE
00:42:20RESULTS AND WILLING TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
00:42:23HE JUST POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL A
00:42:25RED HAT WITH THE WORD "VETO" ON
00:42:29IT. >> HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING FOR?
00:42:31[LAUGHTER] >> Adrienne: HARD TO SAY.
00:42:35WHERE ARE THEY MADE?
00:42:37I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU,
00:42:40AMBASSADOR, TO START.
00:42:42AND KATIE ALLUDED TO IT,
00:42:46GENERATIONAL CHANGE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WE ARE WATCHING LEADER
00:42:49JEFFRIES SPEAKING A MOMENT AGO AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE FIRST
00:42:53TIME THAT I MET HIM AND I WAS IN HIS OFFICE AND WE WERE TALKING
00:42:56THROUGH A NUMBER OF THINGS. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CANADA.
00:42:59AND HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME -- HE WAS NEW IN HIS ROLE AS LEADER
00:43:03AND HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME SOME OF THE -- WHAT HE WAS GOING
00:43:06THROUGH IN TRYING TO BRING HIS
00:43:08PARTY -- HIS PARTY TOGETHER ON CERTAIN INITIATIVES THAT HE WAS
00:43:12IN FAVOUR OF. AND TRYING TO GUIDE AND TO COACH
00:43:16THEM ON HIS VIEWS ON WHEN TO FIGHT AND WHEN TO BACK DOWN AND
00:43:19WHEN TO COME TOGETHER.
00:43:21AND HE -- HE GAVE A REFERENCE TO
00:43:24EXPLAIN HOW HE HAD, UM, COACHED
00:43:28HIS MEMBERS IN THAT WAY.
00:43:30AND HIS REFERENCE WAS FROM RAP MUSIC.
00:43:33AND IT'S -- IT WAS A REFERENCE -- AND I'M NOT GOING
00:43:36TO GET INTO IT -- BUT IT'S A
00:43:38REFERENCE AROUND HOW, UM -- IN
00:43:49CERTAIN SONGS AND FOLKS DECIDED
00:43:52WHEN TO LEAVE THE BATTLES TO LIE AND THE BAD CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DIDN'T.
00:43:56AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO LET GO BECAUSE IF IT
00:43:59ESCALATES YOU GET NOWHERE. AND I WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED BY
00:44:02THIS AND, IN FACT, I WENT BACK
00:44:04TO MY OFFICE AND I CALLED ONE OF
00:44:08MY SONS IN HIS 20s AND I SAID
00:44:10I HAD A EXPERIENCE THAT I NEVER HAD IN THIS JOB.
00:44:13I NORMALLY WOULD SIT ACROSS FROM A POLITICAL LEADER, AND THEY
00:44:17WOULD WANT TO MAKE A POINT. AND IT WOULD BE A SPORTS
00:44:20REFERENCE MAYBE, BUT MORE OFTEN
00:44:22THAN NOT IT'S AN HISTORIC
00:44:25REFERENCE -- WORLD WAR II, THE
00:44:27AMERICAN REVOLUTION, RIGHT?
00:44:30AND EXCELLENT REFERENCES CAN ALSO ILLUSTRATE THAT KIND OF POINT.
00:44:33BUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS A
00:44:35REFERENCE COMING FROM MUCH MORE
00:44:38MODERN TIMES, BUT ALSO QUITE FRANKLY FROM A DIFFERENT
00:44:42COMMUNITY OF AMERICANS, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS REMARKABLE.
00:44:45AND MOVING AND INCREDIBLE.
00:44:47AND I ASKED MY SON TO EXPLAIN TO ME THE REFERENCE. [LAUGHTER]
00:44:51BUT IT WAS REALLY -- IT WAS AMAZING.
00:44:54AND SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT THIS COULD SIGNAL A
00:44:57DIFFERENCE -- AND IT'S NOT JUST A DEMOCRAT ISSUE, THERE'S A LOT
00:45:01YOUNGER GENERATION COMING INTO
00:45:02POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES N GENERAL.
00:45:05AND SO YOUNG PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THEY ARE NOT
00:45:08CARING ABOUT PAST GRIEVANCES AND THEY'RE LIKE WHAT IS IT GOING TO
00:45:11BE LIKE AND WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY
00:45:14DO WE WANT FOR OURSELVES AND OUR
00:45:16FAMILIES AND OUR YOUNG CHILDREN. AND I THINK IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH.
00:45:19I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA.
00:45:23>> Adrienne: ASHLEY, HOUSE AND
00:45:24THE SENATE TO THE DEMOCRATS --
00:45:28>> GLORIOUS. I MADE ONE PREDICTION THAT WE'D
00:45:30BE IN BED BY MIDNIGHT AND IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT AND THE NIGHT IS
00:45:34OVER. >> Adrienne: WITH GREAT REWARD
00:45:36COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
00:45:38SO I LISTENED TO HAKEEM JEFFRIES
00:45:41THERE AND TALK ABOUT IT BEING A CHANGE ELECTION AND AMERICANS
00:45:44EXPECT US TO DELIVER DRAMATIC CHANGE. HOW?
00:45:48YOU JUST HAD A PRESIDENT WHO
00:45:51POSTED A BIG HAT WITH A PICTURE OF A VETO ON IT. HOW WILL THEY DO THAT?
00:45:55>> THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BOTH
00:45:57CHAMBERS REALLY GIVES US THE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE NOW THE PERSON
00:46:00ON THE MARGINS WILL BE DONALD TRUMP.
00:46:02AND HE'S GOING TO LOOK SMALL.
00:46:06HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK SMALL. >> Adrienne: BUT THAT VETO
00:46:10SHARPIE IS BIG? >> IT IS, BUT WE HAVE THE
00:46:12ADVANTAGE IN THAT YOU WOULD --
00:46:14YOU WOULD BE -- YOU KNOW,
00:46:17CONTRASTING A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY THAT IS ACTUALLY TRYING
00:46:20TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST A PRESIDENT WHO
00:46:24IS STILL OPERATING IN HIS EGO
00:46:27AND SELF-INTEREST, ETC. THAT IS -- I'M A COMMUNICATOR
00:46:30AND I'M A STRATEGIST -- THAT IS
00:46:33THE IDEAL SCENARIO THAT YOU WANT GOING INTO 2028.
00:46:36WHICH IS TO HAVE THE OBSTRUCTION FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE
00:46:40REPUBLICAN PARTY, BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH WHATEVER HE
00:46:43DOES IN TERMS OF POSTURE.
00:46:45SO THAT IS -- THAT IS THE IDEAL
00:46:48SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE QUESTION IS THAT
00:46:51MR. JEFFRIES IS GOING TO HAVE A VERY DIVERSE CAUCUS.
00:46:54HE LOST SEVEN MEMBERS AND THERE
00:46:56WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS THAT HE LOST AND
00:46:59HE'LL HAVE NEW DSA CANDIDATES
00:47:01AND I USED TO WORK FOR SPEAKER
00:47:04PELOSI AND WE HAD THE AGENDA THE SUMMER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WON SO
00:47:07EVERYBODY WAS ONBOARD. AND NOW YOU'VE GOT TO COORDINATE
00:47:10WITH THE SENATE SIDE. SO NOW YOU'LL HAVE A HARD TIME
00:47:14GOVERNING -- WINNING IS EASY AND IT'S THE GOVERNING THAT IS VERY
00:47:17HARD. >> Adrienne: MAURA, I'M WONDERING WHO IS SAYING WHAT TO
00:47:21DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW DO YOU THINK?
00:47:23>> HIS INNER CIRCLE IS VERY INSULATED AND HE IS FED
00:47:27INFORMATION. EVEN A FEW HOURS AGO HE SAID THAT HIS APPROVAL NUMBERS WERE
00:47:30SO, SO, SO HIGH, DESPITE EVERY
00:47:33POLL THAT SHOWS HIM BELOW 40%.
00:47:35SO I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S GETTING THE MOST ACCURATE
00:47:39INFORMATION. >> Adrienne: ARE THEY LYING TO
00:47:42HIM? >> AND THAT'S WHY HE LASHES OUT
00:47:46AND SAYING THERE'S FALSE REPORTING ISSUE BUT WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT IT'S HARDER
00:47:50FOR HIM TO I GUESS SLEEP WITH THAT WHEN YOU HAVE -- WE JUST
00:47:53GOT NEWS THAT THE NRCC CHAIRMAN,
00:47:56RICHARD HUDSON, IS LOSING HIS SEAT. WHEN LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE WHO
00:48:00HAS STOOD BY YOU AND JUST GIVEN YOU THE GAVEL AS THE SPEAKER HAS
00:48:04DONE, AND THEN THIS IS WHAT YOU
00:48:06DO WITH IT, THEY ARE SUFFERING MASSIVE LOSSES.
00:48:09SO IT'S HARD TO AVOID THE REALITY THIS IS A REFLECTION
00:48:12UPON HIM AND I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -- AND I THINK THAT
00:48:15THERE'S A CHANCE TO STEER AWAY FROM WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE
00:48:18AND TAKE THIS MOMENT TO VEER OFF
00:48:21OF THIS RAMP AND RECLAIM SOME INITIATIVES THAT YOU CAN DO SEE
00:48:25BY STICKING WITH CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. WE TALKED ABOUT CORRUPTION.
00:48:28WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO SAY THEY'LL FIGHT
00:48:32CORRUPTION AND WHETHER THAT TARGETS THE MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AT LEAST THEY'LL
00:48:35SHOW CONSTITUENTS THEY HAVE THE BACKBONE AND THEY STAND WITH WHAT THEY HAVE TOUTED.
00:48:39I THINK THEY CAN REALLY FOCUS ON
00:48:42ISSUES THAT RESONATE WITH THEIR VOTERS AND TALKING ABOUT NOT
00:48:46ONLY DOES ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS
00:48:48>> Adrienne: AFFORDABILITY.
00:48:52>> BECAUSE THEY RUN THE SAME
00:48:53RISK AS DEMOCRATS DO, IF THE
00:48:56REPUBLICANS OVERINDEX ON FIGHTING DEMOCRATS IT WILL WORK
00:48:59TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE. >> Paul: YOU WILL NOT COUNSEL TO IMPEACH?
00:49:03SOMEONE IS GOING TO RAISE THAT. >> I WOULD NOT AND I THINK THAT
00:49:05THE SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN THE PRESIDENT IMMUNITY AND I THINK
00:49:09THAT IT'S TOO HARD TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE. BUT THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
00:49:12HAS TO BE THE POCKETBOOKS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT WON TONIGHT.
00:49:16THAT'S THE MESSAGE THEY SENT TO WASHINGTON.
00:49:18>> Adrienne: PAUL, CAN YOU REMIND CANADIANS -- BECAUSE IT'S
00:49:22A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM. BY HAVING THE HOUSE AND THE
00:49:24SENATE, I MEAN, IT'S STILL 51
00:49:28AND IT'S STILL NOT FETTERMAN
00:49:30PROOF, BUT WHAT CAN THE DEMOCRATS DO?
00:49:33WHAT DOES THIS GIVE THEM? >> Paul: THE POWER TO SUBPOENA
00:49:37AND THEY CAN HOLD HEARINGS AND
00:49:39DO INVESTIGATIONS AND NAMING AND SHAMING.
00:49:42THERE'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
00:49:43PART OF THE LEAD-UP TO 2028.
00:49:46WE'LL HEAR ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN I IMAGINE AGAIN BEFORE TOO, TOO
00:49:50LONG AND THEY CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:49:52AND ON THE SENATE SIDE, THEY CAN
00:49:55BLOCK JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND
00:49:57THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE NOTION THAT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER
00:50:00SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND THEY WOULD HAVE A BIG IS IN THAT NOW.
00:50:04AND THEY COULD NEGOTIATE AND FORCE THE WHITE HOUSE TO
00:50:08NEGOTIATE ON LEGISLATION ASPECTS.
00:50:11TRUMP HAS PROVEN -- AND HE HAS SHOWN IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS
00:50:14THAT HE CAN DO ALMOST -- ALMOST
00:50:17WHATEVER HE WANTS AND HE WENT TO
00:50:19VENEZUELA AND GRABBED MADURO AND
00:50:23TARIFFED THE WORLD EFFECTIVELY.
00:50:24AND EVEN WHILE HE HAD CONTROL OF
00:50:27CAPITOL HILL CAME WITH CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. AND NOW THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
00:50:31CONTROL OF CAPITOL HILL HE COULD
00:50:32STILL DO THOSE THINGS BUT THOSE OTHER HURDLES WILL BE IN FRONT
00:50:36OF HIM THAT WILL SLOW HIM DOWN. >> Adrienne: SO THIS LOOKS TO ME
00:50:39AS AN OUTSIDER LIKE A TEST FOR THE SYSTEMS OF CHECKS AND
00:50:43BALANCES. >> EXACTLY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
00:50:46ALSO REPUBLICANS COULD CHAMPION IF THEY WERE TO TAKE A STAND
00:50:49AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND TAKE WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT AS PERMISSION STRUCTURE TO DO SO.
00:50:53BUT RECLAIMING THE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLE ABOUT STATE'S RIGHTS
00:50:56AND ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING THE POWER OF THE PURSE,
00:50:59WHICH WE HAVE, AGAIN, AS WE
00:51:02MENTIONED THAT SPEAKER JOHNSON
00:51:04GAVE THE GAVEL TO TRUMP, BUT
00:51:07RECLAIM THAT SEPARATION OF POWERS AND REMIND THE CONSTITUENTS WHY OUR FOUNDERS
00:51:11STRUCTURED OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WAY THAT IT DID.
00:51:14AND MAYBE THEY'LL GET BACK IN CREDIBILITY.
00:51:18BUT I FEAR THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BUILD BACK TRUST FOR THE
00:51:22AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEE THEM AS A PARTY WORTH VOTING IN.
00:51:24AND IF THEY DON'T STEP AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP AND SEPARATE THEMSELVES.
00:51:27>> Adrienne: THIS IS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CANADA, THAT TRUST TAKES SO LONG TO BUILD AND
00:51:31YOU LOSE IT IN A SECOND AND DO YOU EVER REALLY GET IT BACK.
00:51:35I WANT TO HEAD TO OTTAWA IF I
00:51:37MAY RIGHT NOW, AND BRING IN
00:51:40ROSIE, THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING TO ROSIE AFTER WE KNOW
00:51:43THAT BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE GONE TO THE DEMOCRATS. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
00:51:46CHECKS AND BALANCES, ROSIE, WHAT
00:51:51CAN CANADA DO AT THIS MOMENT? >> Rosemary: I THINK IT CAN TAKE
00:51:55A BEAT, HONESTLY. I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT IT CAN DO.
00:51:59IT DOES NOW NOT HAVE TO RUSH ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO ANY
00:52:02SORT OF TRADE DEAL WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENT. AND IT CAN TAKE A BEAT.
00:52:06THE PRIME MINISTER IS STILL IN THE AIR FLYING BACK FROM THE
00:52:10COMMONWEALTH MEETING. HE IS SUPPOSED TO LAND HERE IN
00:52:13OTTAWA I THINK AT 3:30 A.M.. AND I IMAGINE THAT HE GOT THE
00:52:17NEWS ON THE PLANE ANYWAY.
00:52:19BUT I ALSO WOULD THINK THAT
00:52:22THERE'S NO NECESSARILY RUSH TO
00:52:24HAVE THIS RESOLVED. SOLVED AT THIS STAGE.
00:52:28AND HE EVEN SAID THAT TO
00:52:31POLITICO LAST WEEK FOLLOWING THAT E.U. SUMMIT THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO RUSH ANYTHING.
00:52:35I THINK THAT THIS GIVES HIM A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY TO DECIDE
00:52:39WHAT THE NEXT MOVE IS FOR CANADA.
00:52:41AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
00:52:45THAT MAYBE THE STRATEGY CAN CHANGE, AND THE CALCULATION CAN CHANGE.
00:52:48AND I'LL JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING -- AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH
00:52:52AN OFFICIAL, A REPRESENTATIVE, A CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE, WHO
00:52:55FELT LIKE, UM, THAT WE HAD SORT
00:52:58OF REACHED PEAK ANIMOSITY. I THINK IS THE LANGUAGE THAT
00:53:01THEY USED WITH THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT WAS BEFORE WHAT
00:53:04HAPPENED TONIGHT. THAT THINGS WERE STARTING TO
00:53:07COME DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. AND THAT THE TEMPERATURE MIGHT
00:53:10START TO AND DOWN. SO MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOO.
00:53:13BUT, AGAIN, JUST SEEING SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S POSTS ON SOCIAL
00:53:17MEDIA AND IT'S VE ERATTIC BEHAVR
00:53:22AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WILL BRING AND
00:53:26MAYBE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE SAID HERE WON'T PAN OUT BECAUSE
00:53:29WE CAN NEVER PREDICT HOW HE'LL RESPOND.
00:53:32>> Adrienne: I MEAN, THAT IS THE FLINCHING RESPONSE OF PEOPLE
00:53:35WHO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE PULLS A PUNCH AND YOU WAIT FOR IT TO
00:53:39HIT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ONE POST -- THAT ACCEPTS THE RESULTS
00:53:42AND WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND THEN YOU SEE THE VETO AND YOU WONDER
00:53:46WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY.
00:53:49ROSIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU,
00:53:53AMBASSADOR, HILLMAN, IF YOU WERE
00:53:54STILL IN YOUR POST IN D.C., IN
00:53:57THE UNITED STATES, AS AMBASSADOR FOR CANADA TO THE U.S., WHAT
00:54:00WOULD TOMORROW LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WHAT WOULD BE ON YOUR PLATE?
00:54:04>> WELL, SO FIRST OF ALL -- [LAUGHTER] I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A
00:54:07COUPLE OF ASPECTS. THERE'S A SORT OF WHAT YOU'RE
00:54:10DOING IN THE EMBASSY AND MANAGING FOR THE NETWORK AND
00:54:14THEN THERE'S HOW YOU ARE DEALING
00:54:17WITH OUR POLITICAL APPARATUS, THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS
00:54:21OFFICE BACK IF OTTAW IN OTTAWA E
00:54:25ADVICE THERE. AND STARTING WITH THE EMBASSY AND THE NETWORK.
00:54:28THEY WOULD HAVE SPENT MONTHS PREPARING INFORMATION ON EACH OF
00:54:31THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE RUNNING IN THESE ELECTIONS.
00:54:34AND LOOKING TO THEIR CONNECTIONS TO CANADA.
00:54:37WHAT IS THEIR ECONOMIC LINK TO CANADA IN THEIR REGION.
00:54:40DO THEY HAVE ANY PERSONAL LINKS? WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT MATTER
00:54:44MOST TO THEM? ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE
00:54:47COMMONALITIES? THEY HAVE PREPARED PACKAGES,
00:54:50INFORMATION PACKAGES, FOR EVERY
00:54:52SINGLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE
00:54:56SENATE AND THOSE GO OUT AND FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE
00:55:00SEEKING TO KNOW, THEY WILL SEEK
00:55:02PERSONAL MEE ME MEETINGS WITH TE
00:55:07PEOPLE.
00:55:08AND SO THE MACHINE OF GETTING
00:55:12THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN PLACE AND SOLIDIFYING THEM AS MUCH AS
00:55:15POSSIBLE WILL START FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.
00:55:19THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT. START WHEN THOSE PEOPLE TAKE
00:55:22OFFICE IN JANUARY, BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE RAMPING UP
00:55:25NOW. AND THEN IN TERMS OF ADVISING
00:55:28BACK HOME, YOU KNOW, I THINK
00:55:31THAT IT IS TIME TO LET THE DUST SETTLE.
00:55:34IT IS NOT TIME FOR CANADA TO
00:55:37BE -- UM, IF WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE,
00:55:40BY ALL MEANS THOSE SHOULD CONTINUE AND WE SHOULD NEVER
00:55:43WALK AWAY FROM PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS. BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT IS GOING
00:55:47TO SHAKE OUT IN THE UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
00:55:50THERE'S A LOT THAT WE WILL SEE AROUND WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION IS GOING TO BE.
00:55:54IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT
00:55:56MIGHT TEND TOWARDS MORE OF A
00:55:59CONCILIATORY APPROACH TO CANADA? IS IT NOT?
00:56:02HOW IS THIS CONTINUED DISCUSSION
00:56:04AROUND TARIFFS GOING TO PLAY OUT?
00:56:07BUT ALSO AROUND TONE, RIGHT?
00:56:10AND, MAURY YOU SAID EARLIER THAT YOU THINK THAT THE AMERICANS ARE
00:56:13TIRED OF THE TONE AND CANADIANS HAVE BEEN VERY AFFECTED BY THE TONE.
00:56:17WE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ACTIONS, OBVIOUSLY.
00:56:20BUT I WOULD SAY THAT BROADLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT EVERYONE
00:56:24FEELS THE TONE.
00:56:25CERTAIN SECTORS FEEL THE TARIFFE TONE.
00:56:29>> Adrienne: INDEED. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE CONTINUING
00:56:31COVERAGE OF THE U.S. MIDTERMS, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO CBC NEWS
00:56:35NETWORK OR WHEREVER YOU STREAM CBC NEWS AND STAY WITH US.
00:56:37TIME NOW FOR A BIT OF A BREAK
00:56:41AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK IN A COUPLE OF
01:00:24(♪) >> Adrienne: THANKS FOR JOINING
01:00:26US, THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE NATIONAL" AS AMERICA VOTES
01:00:29IN HISTORIC MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND SOME OF THE LAST POLLS IN
01:00:33THE UNITED STATES ARE CLOSING RIGHT NOW IN ALASKA.
01:00:36BUT AS STATE AFTER STATE FLIPPED BLUE TONIGHT, THE RESULTS IS
01:00:40ALREADY CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
01:00:44AND THEY WILL HAVE COMPLETE
01:00:46CONTROL OF U.S. CONGRESS IN A CLEAR REPUDIATION OF PRESIDENT
01:00:50DONALD TRUMP. WITH JUST TWO YEARS LEFT IN HIS
01:00:53FINAL TERM, WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE EMBATTLED PRESIDENT?
01:00:56LET'S GET INTO THAT AND HOW WE GOT HERE. BUT FIRST