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00:00:05[SPEAKING SPANISH]
00:00:07RAISE YOUR SIGNS VERY HIGH ABOVE
00:00:12US. I WANT TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS.
00:00:17>> MONDAY, AMERICA'S LEADING
00:00:23CALL-IN PROGRAM COMES TO PRIME TIME. LIVE.
00:00:24>> THE MOST LEVELHEADED COVERAGE.
00:00:28>> I TRUST YOU GUYS COMPLETELY.
00:00:30>> WE HAVE BEEN TAKING AMERICA'S
00:00:34CALLS. NOW THAT CONVERSATION WILL ALSO COME TO PRIME TIME.
00:00:38>> YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED
00:00:42STATION OUT THERE.
00:00:44>> IN A DIVIDED MEDIA WORLD, ONE
00:00:49PLACE BRINGS AMERICANS TOGETHER. ACCORDING TO A NEW RESEARCH
00:00:54REPORT, NEARLY 90 MILLION AMERICANS TURNED TO C-SPAN AND
00:00:56THEY ARE ALMOST PERFECTLY BALANCED.
00:00:5928% CONSERVATIVE, 27% LIBERAL, 41% MODERATE.
00:01:05REPUBLICANS WATCHING DEMOCRATS,
00:01:07DEMOCRATS WATCHING REPUBLICANS, MODERATES WATCHING ALL SIDES.
00:01:12C-SPAN VIEWERS WANT THE FACTS RIGHT FROM THE SOURCE.
00:01:15NO COMMENTARY, NO AGENDA, JUST DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED EVERY DAY
00:01:19ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS.
00:01:20>> SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER
00:01:23CHUCK SCHUMER TALKED ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS TODAY
00:01:26AFTER DEMOCRATS REGAINED CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
00:01:30HE TALKED ABOUT HIS PARTY'S
00:01:31PLANS ON AFFORDABILITY AND
00:01:35POTENTIALLY ENDING THE WAR IN IRAN. THIS IS JUST OVER 10 MINUTES.
00:02:12>> WE HAVE FIVE WORDS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. RELIEF IS ON THE WAY.
00:02:19PEOPLE ROLL THEIR EYES.
00:02:23BUT WE NEVER WAVERED. AND NOW WE HAVE ONE THE SENATE.
00:02:28WHAT CHANGED?
00:02:35FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR COALITION MOVED AS ONE BODY.
00:02:43WE SAID WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND?
00:02:49OF COURSE NUMBER ONE WAS THE COST. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
00:02:55HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO RAISE A FAMILY AND DO THE THINGS HE WANTED TO DO.
00:03:00TO MAKE SURE YOU WOULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE AND YOUR KIDS WOULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
00:03:05SECOND THEY TALKED ABOUT CORRUPTION.
00:03:07WE KNOW HE WAS THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT EVER BY A LOT.
00:03:11PEOPLE HATED IT.
00:03:17WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNEW THEY
00:03:21WERE ON THEIR SIDE.
00:03:26WE RECRUITED GREAT CANDIDATES.
00:03:30WHO KNEW HOW TO TAILOR THEIR MESSAGE TO THE STATES. EVERY ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT
00:03:33WE RECRUITED, WHENEVER I TALKED
00:03:36TO THEM, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT MOTIVATED THEM WAS
00:03:40PATRIOTISM. EACH ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE GOTTEN A DIFFERENT JOB.
00:03:47IT PROBABLY PAID MORE. THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN LESS TIME.
00:03:51BUT THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR STATES AND THE COUNTRY.
00:03:55AS THEY CAMPAIGNED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAW THAT.
00:03:59THESE WERE GOOD PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARED.
00:04:04WE HAVE AN AMAZING CROP OF NEW SENATORS. THAT IS GREAT.
00:04:14WE HAVE SEEN A GENERATIONAL REMAKE OF THE SENATE MAP.
00:04:19IT WILL CHANGE IN AMERICA NOT
00:04:22ONLY NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE.
00:04:41THIS WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
00:04:54IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY, IT IS
00:05:01NOW 54. IT COULD GO UP TO 56.
00:05:07WITH THIS MAJORITY, AMERICANS
00:05:14HAVE GIVEN DEMOCRATS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OURSELVES WORTHY OF THE TRUST.
00:05:25WE ARE LISTENING. WE WILL DO THINGS TO MAKE YOUR LIVES BETTER.
00:05:38THESE PHOTOS DID NOT GIVE US THE MAJORITY SO WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
00:05:49REPUBLICANS HAD THAT TWO YEARS AGO. THEY COMPLETELY RESPONDED.
00:06:02HE SPENT HALF HIS TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE IRRELEVANT TO THEIR LIVES.
00:06:10THE REFLECTING POOL, THE NEW
00:06:15WALL, BUT MOST OF THE TIMES HE
00:06:20DID THINGS THAT HURT THEM.
00:06:23HE RACED THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS. THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS.
00:06:27THEIR GASOLINE AND DIESEL CAUSE.
00:06:41AMERICANS HATE THE DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:06:46SO NOW REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO KEEP
00:06:50LISTENING TO THE NONSENSE THAT
00:06:54IS COMING AT A 1600 PENNSYLVANIA
00:06:54AVENUE OR START ACTING IN THE
00:06:58INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:07:08IT WILL GET EVEN WORSE FOR THEM.
00:07:13AMERICANS WANT WASHINGTON TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING.
00:07:40AMERICANS WANT US TO CLEAN UP
00:07:42CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT. NO AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE
00:07:45TRADE-OFFS AT THE SUPERMARKET WHILE TRUMP IS MAKING INSIDER TRADES ON THE STOCK MARKET.
00:07:59WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY AMERICANS DIE ON OUR STREETS.
00:08:03AND IN UNIFORM OVERSEAS.
00:08:09THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR IN IRAN.
00:08:14HE CHANGES HIS MIND DAY TODAY AND A MINUTE TO MINUTE.
00:08:18THIS WAR MUST END.
00:08:19MAKE NO MISTAKE, WHENEVER TRUMP
00:08:25DEFIES THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE WILL LAUNCH
00:08:29INVESTIGATIONS, TAKE HIM TO COURT, AND ENTANGLE HIM IN A RAZOR WIRE.
00:08:38I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY IN THE
00:08:40COMING DAYS ON HOW DEMOCRATS
00:08:44PULLED OFF THIS VICTORY.
00:08:49IF THERE IS ONE HOPEFUL THING I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE ON IT IS THIS.
00:09:00OUR DEMOCRACY RUNS DEEP. VERY DEEP.
00:09:04OUR FOUNDERS CREATED THIS AMAZING DOCUMENT, THE CONSTITUTION.
00:09:10THEY ENVISION COEQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
00:09:21THERE IS ONLY ONE LAST FIREWALL.
00:09:25THEY THOUGHT THE LEGISLATURE
00:09:25WOULD CHECK A KING LIKE
00:09:30PRESIDENT.
00:09:34THERE WAS ONE LAST FIREWALL.
00:09:42ELECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE STRONGEST LEVER THAT AMERICANS HAVE.
00:09:48TO COUNTER IT WOULD BE KING.
00:09:52SO LONG AS AMERICANS ARE ABLE TO USE IT. YESTERDAY, AMERICA DATED.
00:10:02AMERICANS HAVE NEVER LOST FAITH.
00:10:11THE ONUS IS NOW ON IS TO PROVE THEM WRONG.
00:10:25>> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE PRESIDENT YET? SEN. SCHUMER: NOT YET.
00:10:29>> ARE YOU GOING TO USE DEFENSE
00:10:33FUNDING AS LEVERAGE?
00:10:35SEN. SCHUMER: WE ARE GOING TO THE END THE WAR.
00:10:51>> WAS THIS A VINDICATION FOR
00:10:56YOU AND YOUR VISION FOR THE SENATE? >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
00:11:03THIS IS ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:11:05AND WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM.
00:11:11PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
00:11:14>> ARE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS OF
00:11:17MANDATE FOR REPUBLICAN --
00:11:20DEMOCRATS TO IMPEACH PETE HEGSETH?
00:11:22SEN. SCHUMER: WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DETERMINATION.
00:11:26>> WILL THIS BE A BLANKET HOLD
00:11:31OR IS THERE ROOM FOR BIPARTISANSHIP?
00:11:32SEN. SCHUMER: WE WANT JUDICIAL NOMINEES.
00:11:47>> SENATE REPUBLICANS RAIN ON A
00:11:54MESSAGE THAT SENATE DEMOCRATS WOULD ABOLISH THE FILIBUSTER.
00:11:58DO YOU SUPPORT THAT?
00:12:01SEN. SCHUMER: THE FIRST THING WE
00:12:09ARE GOING TO DO IS REDUCE THE COSTS.
00:12:16HE ASKED IF I CAN WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT.
00:12:19WE ARE GOING TO WORK HARD TO
00:12:23DRIVE COSTS DOWN. WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITHOUT HIM.
00:12:35[LAUGHTER]
00:12:50THE POWER OF THE MAJORITY. IF I WAS MINORITY LEADER YOU
00:12:54WOULD LET ME WALK RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. GO AHEAD.
00:12:59YOU WILL HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT
00:13:00CONFERENCE WITH SENATORS FROM
00:13:05VERY RED STATES. IS THIS A REPUDIATION OF THE LEFT?
00:13:08HOW DOES THIS CHANGE HOW YOU GOVERN MOVING FORWARD?
00:13:10SEN. SCHUMER: IF YOU LISTENS TO
00:13:14OUR CANDIDATES, WHETHER THEY WERE PROGRESSIVE OR MORE
00:13:16MODERATE, WE HAD SOME OF EACH BECAUSE WE ARE A BIG TENT PARTY.
00:13:21THEY WERE SAYING THE SAME THINGS.
00:13:23JUST THIS MORNING THEY HAD CORY
00:13:26BOOKER ON.
00:13:29WHAT THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO
00:13:32IS REMARKABLY SIMILAR. REDUCE COSTS, AND CORRUPTION.
00:13:36EACH OF OUR CANDIDATES SAID IT
00:13:41IN A WAY THAT FIT THEIR STATE. IT IS DIFFERENT HOW YOU TALK
00:13:44ABOUT IT IN MAINE AS OPPOSED TO
00:13:48KANSAS. BUT IT WAS ALL THE SAME MESSAGE.
00:13:52WE WILL BE UNITED FOCUSING ON THOSE ISSUES.
00:13:53>> WHAT ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS?
00:14:00HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO INVESTIGATE?
00:14:01SEN. SCHUMER: THERE WAS SUCH A RAMPANT CORRUPTION.
00:14:05HAS TO BE SOME INVESTIGATIONS.
00:14:10WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE BALL. REDUCING COSTS, AND ENDING CORRUPTION.
00:14:19WE HAVE A BIPARTISAN GROUP WORKING ON PERMITTING AND REFORM.
00:14:24HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
00:14:29>> HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE
00:14:33CANDIDATES WHO SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU? LIKE TROY JACKSON?
00:14:36SEN. SCHUMER: TO REPEAT THE
00:14:40ANSWER, THE ISSUE IS NOT ME. I WILL BE REELECTED AS MAJORITY
00:14:44LEADER.
00:14:46THE ISSUE IS FOCUSING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANT.
00:14:58>> THE POLLS ARE CLOSED, THE
00:15:04VOTES ARE IN, AND DEMOCRATS HAVE
00:15:06SWEPT THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
00:15:09PEER WINNING CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. AND SCORING KEY VICTORIES IN
00:15:13GOVERNOR RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT DOES IT SHIFTED POWER MEAN
00:15:17FOR WASHINGTON AND THE NATION?
00:15:19TUNE IN TO C-SPAN FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE.
00:15:27WATCH LIVE TONIGHT.
00:15:35>> FRIDAY, A BIPARTISAN
00:15:40DISCUSSION ON THE RESULTS OF THE
00:15:47MIDTERM ELECTION FEATURING A FIRM OR COUNSELOR TO JOE BIDEN A
00:15:49SPEAKER PRO TEM PATRICK MCHENRY.
00:15:53THEY ARE JOINED BY OUR HOST.