grassley, ranking member leahy and senate colleagues, thanks for being here on a cold, wet monday morning to allow me to voice my support for louisiana native james contain who has been nominated to be united states district judge for the western district of louisiana. he has the callifications and qualifications required and joined by his wife angie who he'll be celebrating 25 years of marriage. has two daughters, mr. cain attended mcneese state university on a full basketball scholarship and i think is the most interesting thing about mr. cain, he was roommates with future nba star joe dumars. after getting his degree in economics and finance from mcneese he went on to attend lieu cool in baton rouge where he graduated cum laude. mr. cain has had an outstanding legal career. he clerked for the honorable judge henry in the louisiana third circuit court of appeals and received valuable experience in the d.a.'s office of the beauregard parish and admitted to the fifth circuit court of appeals as well as the eastern, middle and western federal district courts of louisiana. mr. cain

. senator, jeff flake. he talks about his views on president trump and the direction of the republican party. this is 30 minutes. steve: what led to your decision to step down after one term? senator flake: the political outlook. it is a tough time to be here. i never did warm to the president in the campaign or as he governed. and these days you not only have to embrace the president, you have to embrace all of his politics and his behavior in order to get through a republican primary, and that was never in the cards for me. i just could not do it. i would have liked to stayed another term. that would have been it, but not in this environment, not given the costs i would have had to pay. steve: we will come back to that in a moment, but let's go back to 2000 when you first stepped , foot here in washington as a freshman never of the house. what do you remember? sen. flake: it was heavy times. i just saw another member of my class the other day. mike pence was a member of my class. we were full of vim and vigor, and we felt like we were in control of the house in the senate and the whi

: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i'm here today to give thanks. just a few days ago americans across the country celebrated our national day of thanksgiving. we celebrated food, fellowship and freedom with family and friends. by any measure, we're a people endowed with an abundance of blessings. as americans, we have every reason to be grateful to share the prosperity of economic freedom, religious liberty, and self-government. today i come to the floor to extend my gratitude for one of the most distinguished public servants ever to serve in the united states senate. it's my distinct privilege to stand here today to pay tribute to my good friend and colleague from utah, orrin hatch. he is a man widely known for his integrity, character, and temperament. he's devoted to his family, his constituents, and his country. with overwhelming support from the good people of utah, he has served his state and all of america in the united states senate for 42 years. in those four decades of service, he has brought honor, humility, humor, and heart to this institution of the united states s

>> senate republicans also elected their leadership returning mitch mcconnell as majority leader. majority leader mcconnell and majority leader mcconnell and the rest of the newly elected republican leadership spoke to reporters after the election. senator mcconnell: well, hello, everyone. we just had our leadership elections and i have behind me our new leadership team for next congress. and we're excited about maintaining our majority and growing our majority. we're confident we're going to have 53 republican senators to set the agenda next year. to continue with our top priority which is the confirmation of lifetime appointments to the judiciary. and, you know, we have divided government often in this country. we've had divided government more than not since world war ii. so i'll be talking to speaker pelosi and house democrats about what we can do together. there are a lot of things we do together already that i know are not terribly news worthy to most of you but we think it's important for the country and will be looking for ways now we have divided government again to make

virginia broadcasters association u.s. senatorial between democratic senator joe manchin, and his challenger, attorney general, patrick marcy. the rock is association comprised of stations across the state is proud to bring this debate to all of west virginia tonight. we thank at&t for sponsoring the event. we will do our best to explore issues related to west virginia when providing you with a clear picture of where each candidate and's. my questions are designed to elicit answers. here is the format. senator manchin will have the first question and have 92nd to respond. patrick morrissey will have 30 seconds for rebuttal, then we will debate for the next 30 minutes. close hishave statements, with the attorney general closing last. to in sometitude instances, allow a very limited response to a rebuttal. have lost someone our and a lot of ground to cover, so i will really try to move things along tonight. welcome to you both. mr. morrisey: thank you. mr. manchin: thank you. >> senator manchin, we had a horrible tragedy last week and in pittsburgh. the week before, a man sent pipe

. eastern, on american history tv on c-span3. >> earlier today, florida democratic senator bill nelson spoke about the ongoing recount in his campaign, and why he thinks it's necessary. he was joined by senate minority leader chuck schumer. this runs 10 minutes. senator nelson: good afternoon. senator schumer and i just had a meeting to discuss the florida recount and we will be making a statement here as the legal proceedings are ongoing. this process is about one thing, making sure that every legal ballot is counted and protecting the right of every floridian to participate in our democracy. and that is to have their ballot counted and to count as they intended it. sadly it's become clear that my opponent isn't interested in making sure that every lawful vote is counted. instead, he's been using his power as governor to undermine the voting process. he's thrown around words like voter fraud with no proof. he's tried to get the florida department of law enforcement to intimidate local supervisors of election. both the florida department of law enforcement, which governor scott oversees and

mr. coons: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: madam president, i am proud to join the senator from new jersey and delaware in calling for a bill crafted to protect our institutions and the rule of law in our country and not just right now but for future congresses and dpims as well. -- administrations as well. today we will be asking our colleagues to give the special counsel independence and integrity act the consideration on the floor it deserves. this bill will do something powerful. it would codify department of justice regulations that prevent the removal of a special counsel without good cause. independence is required to ensure a special counsel can do his or her job and find the facts. our bipartisan bill would put this restriction in statute and give the special counsel a clear legal remedy. if removed without cause, the special counsel would have a ten-day period to take the case to a three-judge panel for expedited consideration. if the special counsel doesn't wish to contest his removal, it would proceed without interferenc

persona long dashing in arizona senator will give the keynote address. until then let's look at senator flake on the floor to consider the special counsel from being fired into the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. mitch mcconnell objected to the motion. >> mister president, ask unanimous consent the senate proceed calendar number 323644 and re- the agreement be agreed to the bill as amended is considered red a third time passed and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. >> mister president. rice today to speak independent of special counsel robertci mueller and to defend that role he has played since may of last year with another active service to his country with a lifetime of distinguished service. for his trouble he has been accused repeatedly and without basis or fact of conducting a witchhunt with that current investigation of none other than the president of the unitedou l states. so i would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about what special counsel mueller and his team have been investigating and why. that is

which we have a number in the senate. may have some attendance problems from time to time. it will be interesting to watch. >> do you plan on running for reelection yourself? are you confident president trump will support your reelection? sen. mcconnell: i would not be surprised. anyone else? thanks a lot, everybody. [crowd talking] sen. schumer: ok, good afternoon everybody. i scheduled this little event for two reasons. first, i missed you. i have not been in this gallery for four weeks. it's sort of cold turkey. when i heard the president a few hours ago, i could not believe my ears. i thought it needed a little bit of rebutting. what about last night? look, last night was a really good night for democrats. what happened last night doesn't bode well for president trump and republicans in 2020 and beyond. obviously, we took back the house. that is far and away the most significant change. there is now a check on donald trump. that is great news for america. i want to praise all of the candidates, particularly the many women who did a great job. i want to praise leader pelosi . sh

. >> yesterday the senate judiciary committee had nominees and the third circuit court of appeals and four federal district courts and just over two hours and ten minutes. >>> i'll give my opening statement. ? thank you, mr. chair. >> chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and senate colleague, thanks for being here on a cold, wet monday americaning american morning to voice my support for james cane who was nominated to be the united states district judge of the western district of louisiana. >> he has the qualifications and experience required and he's joined today by his wife angie with whom he'll be celebrating 25 years of marriage. mr. cane has two daughter, juliana, a junior at the university of texas and a freshman at smu. mr. cane attended lake charles on a full basketball scholarship, where and i think this is the most interesting thing about mr. cane. he was roommates with future nba star joe dumorris. after getting his degree in economics and finance for mcnice he went on to attend law school at southern university law school? baton rouge where he graduated cum laude. mr. cane

>> we break away from this record a program and taking live to the floor of the u.s. senate. today they were gone )-right-parenthesis policy, a final passage on a bill for policy and programs in about 15 or 20 minutes we are told. after that they move on to a nomination for the federal reserve board of governors. also we have heard word that senators jeff flake and chris coons might seek a floor vote this afternoon on their legislation that would protect the special counsel heading the russian investigation from being fired. live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, thank you for the gift of fruitful labor. forgive us for the help we might have given someone in need and did not give. use our lawmakers for your glory. may they not thoughtlessly think, speak or act in ways that wound or harm. grant that they will do nothing that would bring shame to themselves, grief to their families, or sorrow to you. thank you for the st

i have long admired, united states senator fred harris is with us today. senator harris is twice elected from the great state of oklahoma we now stipulated is it that from the united dates. a little inside joke. like the namesake of the school, but -- of president lyndon johnson's national visor commission came to be known as the kerner commission. partly appointed at center -- senator harris's urging. and in the 1970's, he caused -- he really made it happen to make a democratic and fully representative of women and minorities. we have him to thank for a lot of change initiated during that time. influential 1976 populist democratic candidate for president of the united states and here i stop to tell you note show, i told the senator i was a freshman in high school and the charge was to write an honors social studies paper on a topic of my choice on a political sort and i wrote my paper on the candidacy of senator fred harris. somewhere in my piles of paper from high school is the report where i carefully true the outline of oklahoma in the middle of the page. i remember that, in

discuss leadership in the new congress. republicans keep the senate, mcconnell stays leader, thune of south dakota becomes whip, barrasso of wyoming is of rence chair, blunt missouri is policy children, anderness of iowa is conference vice chair. met. mocrats also chuck schumer of new york stays as leader, durbin of illinois takes over at whip, murray of washington is the assistant leader, and stabenow of michigan is the policy chair. onight, the annual correspondents dinner take place, senate jeff flake of arizona will host. next, senator jeff flake and jim une talk about their plan to prevent interference in the election. senator flake: bring the special counsel act to the floor. this vote, april 26 in a 14-7 it's rare there's such bipartisan legislation in the committee but it passed. it's languished here ever since. in the intervening time, we have , district inations and circuit court judges to the senate familiar for a -- floor for a vote. 50 have received a vote. it's not that everything from the judiciary committee has been waiting here for action. we've done a lot. these h

senate will take up legislation on coast guard programs, also a nomination for the federal reserve board. see it live on c-span and c-span2. >>> late last month, the senate judiciary committee held a confirmation hearing to consider four of president trump's judicial nominees. because the senate was in recess ahead of the midterm elections, only two senators attended the hearing. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order. this morning we will receive testimony from two panels of judicial nominees, and welcome to the nominees and their families. first i will submit statements for the record from senator flake of introductions for the record from senators kyl and flake in support of judge bade. so, i didn't go right. there's going to be a statement from judge kyl and a statement from judge -- and from -- excuse me, from senator flake and from senator kyl in support of judge bade. return those for the record. bridget bade, could ms. bade and mr. miller please come forward and take your seats? you will comprise our first panel. bridget bade received her ba in 1987 and her jd in

. in the runoff election for mississippi's u.s. senate seat, cindy hyde-smith faces mike sb in their only scheduled debate. neither candidate received 50% of the vote, prompting the runoff. hide smith was appointed to the seat went steps down to do health reasons. mr. sb is a former clinton administration agriculture secretary. debate is about 50 minutes. >> good evening, and welcome to the u.s. senate debates 2018 with cindy hyde-smith and mike sb. we begin with secretary. >> thank you. to our panelists, to our timekeeper, to senator highsmith, thank you for agreeing to the debate. thank you for the audience listening in, and thank you for participating in this debate. i appreciate you. have a thanksgiving to enjoy the lord's bounty. tonight, we are here to discuss our approach to the issues. i will just tell you my approach. my approach is mississippi first. that means mississippi over party, over person. i don't care how powerful that person might be. it means i will not let anybody run over you. , it'st gets to the issues when you think your social security and medicaid might be

key races and issues and we will talk with two senators on the political front lines. chris van hollen, chair of the democrat senate campaign committee, and thom tillis, vice chair of the republican senate effort as they try to get their supporters to vote. then. >> we are stopping people at the border. >> chris: we will ask our panel if the continued focus on the caravan is the right strategy for republicans. plus, as the world watches tuesday's results, secretary of state mike pompeo joins us to discuss crippling new sanctions on iran and whether we can keep doing business with saudi arabi saudi arabia. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again today from fox news headquarters in new york. the 2018 midterm campaign has finally reached the end game. at stake, whether republicans will hold onto control of congress should one or both chambers flip, democrats will be able to block much of president trump's agenda and launch investigations into his administration. but if the g.o.p. keeps its majorities in the house and the senate, that would buck traditional losses for the presi

-span3 as we explore america. ♪ ♪ >> senate democrats held a closed our meeting to choose their leaders reelecting chuck schumer as minority leader, dick durbin minority whip, patty murray as the assistant leader and they spoke to capitol hill reporters. -- and debbie stab and now as position of party chair. and they spoke to capitol hill reporters. senator schumer: ok. i'm joined by our leadership team and dirk durbin and mike warner is part of it. here is dick durbin. mike warner will be here -- mark warner will be here shortly. first, i want to thank all of my colleagues for the support they have shown me, the confidence they have shown me. but we're really a team. we have worked together as a team for the last two years, and we'll continue to do that. i love every member of my caucus. i truly do. they're all great people, different views, different backgrounds, but everyone works hard to see other people's points of view and that's why we have been able to come together, because of the unity. the unity in our caucus has been our strength, and it will continue stronger than ever in t

>> members of congress are back on capitol hill this week after the midterm. the senate judiciary committee met to consider nominations for the third circuit court of appeals in district court vacancies in georgia, louisiana, indiana and pennsylvania. the confirmation hearing was chaired by iowa senator grassley and it's just over two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and colleagues thanks for being here on a cold wet morning to allow me to voice my support for the louisiana native james came who's been nominated to be united states district judge for the western district of louisiana. a junior at the university of texas and a freshman at smu. he attended the state university in lakstate universityin lake cl scholarship where i think this is the most interesting thing he was roommates with future star james dumars. after getting his degree in finance he went on to attend law school at baton rouge where he graduated. he's had an outstanding week in career and clerked for the judge in the third circuit court of appeals and received valuable

the senate, and look like they will expand their edge depending on some hot senate battles, it could be called during this broadcast. so a split decision, which is my president trump is claiming at the tremendous success tonight, since the so-called blue wave may have been just a rebel. hello, i'm ed henry. >> julie: and i'm julie banderas. good morning to you. we have been glued to our tvs. >> ed: we have been watching this. >> julie: it's been an exciting night. a lot of predictability with the fact that the house has been gained by the democrats. a lot of surprises, a lot of close races. >> ed: about sns, arizona senator. >> julie: still waiting for that. >> ed: we will be calling all of these. three hours, live coverage, bringing it right into "fox & friends." we'll be going all night. >> julie: we share well. our complete coverage of tuesday's election results continues this hour with an in-depth look at all of the races. the congressional numbers at this hour, the house has been my control of the house -- the democrats, rather, needed to pick up 23 seats, nationwide to do

debate starting with a debate in in west senate race virginia between democratic senator joe manchin and republican patrick morsi. then, from wisconsin, democratic senator tammy baldwin faces her republican challenger leo who clear. -- leah vukmir. later a debate in new york between claudia tenney and anthony brindisi, a democrat. senator joeonight, manchin and his republican challenger, patrick morrissey, met for their first and only debate. the race is listed as leans democrat. this is just under an hour. >> good evening and welcome to the west virginia broadcasters association u.s. senatorial debate between democratic senator joe manchin, and his republican challenger, attorney general, patrick morrisey. i'm your moderator for this evening. the west virginia broadcasters association is proud to bring this debate to all of west virginia tonight. we thank at&t for sponsoring the event. we will do our best to explore issues related to west virginia while providing you with a clear picture of where each candidate stands. now is the time for details and specifics, accountability for st

murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the senate has voted to hold hearings next week on whether to end u.s. support for the sandy u.a.e. led war in yemen that despite strong opposition from the trump administration which sound the secretaries of state and defense to persuade senators to vote against the measure we have a lot to discuss with our guests in a moment but first hand with force from washington. this is pretty unprecedented one after the other u.s. senators came before reporters using pretty harsh language to describe saudi arabia and its crown prince we understand that saudi arabia is an ally. of sorts and a sometime port a country a despotic dishonest dictatorship it's time to send saudi arabia a message this after the u.s. secretaries of state and defense gave a classified briefing to senators they again tried to protect the crown prince i do believe i've read every piece of intelligence in the last few hours i think i read it all there is no direct report connecting it to the worst murderers of all this should really have no smoking gun that the crown prince would inv

weight they would tell you. what the republicans were able to do in the senate cause the judgment cut some people by surprise. if you want 2.2 president obama versus president trump look no further than the state of florida where you have governor rick scott upsetting bill nelson. i'm very close to win over andrew gillam. both dylan. both presidents had campaigned heavily in that state. and those were two big ones. texas was really close as well. that was also a nail biter to the end. it was proof that celebrity endorsements. do not matter. $70million. an endorsement from willie nelson to beyoncÉ. marsha blackburn pulls it off in the senate. if you're mitch mcconnell you have got to be thrilled. i believe deep --dash mike dean heller has actually come pleaded that race. she is so close to pulling off arizona. you can be problematic. but the margin is a razor thin. any and every bill even procedural bills are going to be up a jump ball. when you only had one, two or three seats in your party. you get three or four people who decide to go another direction and you can't pass anything.

midterm elections. he discussed how political trends are affecting the battle over the house and senate. this is over an hour. >> thank you very much steve for that nice introduction. i'm very honored to be here with you. i'm going to use -- i'm a little apprehensive about this i'm going to use a lot of numbers and here i am in front of a group of people that's what you do is numbers. but i was actually the other thing i was thinking is i've lost over 100 pounds in the last 17 months and i was wondering if you guys could figure out -- [applause] -- i had told my wife you know i hope you like me i'm going to be a lot longer than she had barpgened for. some of you could probably tell me what i'm more likely to be around. but anyway, thank you very much for having me here. here we go, we're about 25 million people have already voted in this election, voted early. it's a 61 -- the experts say it's a 61% increase since this point back in 2014. the last midterm election, and you know we don't know necessarily how to vault that because how much of this is intensity and enthusiasm from specific

democrats are moving closer and closer and closer. we're watching all of this unfold. the senate, there's a different story right now, but we're going to update you right now because democrats are closer to retaking the house. we've got a projection right now in the u.s. senate. mitt romney will be the next united states senator from the state of utah. he beats jenny wilson. mitt romney, the former republican presidential nominee, the former governor of massachusetts. he will be the next u.s. senator from utah. in nevada, too early to call right now. a very competitive race between jacky rosen, the democrat, dean heller. in montana, similarly, too early to call. the incumbent democrat jon tester facing a very stiff challenge from the republican matt rosendale. too early to call in montana. let's take a look at the balance of power in the senate where things stand right now with these projections. 38 democrats. they will be in the senate. 45 republicans in the senate including one pickup. 17 seats right now remain outstanding in the u.s. senate. we're watching those 17 seats. democrats must

coverage, and we are following the battle for control of the house and senate. president trump will have to deal with for the next two years. polls are closed now in all but six states in our country. the headlines of the hour, cbs news estimates the democrats are on track to take back the house for the first time in eight years. and mitt romney, the 2012 republican presidential candidate, makes a political comeback winning a senate seat in utah. so it will be interesting to see as mitt romney gets to square off against his once-rival, president trump. >> by a pretty good margin there, too. >> we'll have to get used to calling him "senator romney." >> as the polls have closed in utah she have spend some time to talk about mayor brent tailor, a major killed in afghanistan. a proud member of the army national guard, mitt romney saying after we learned of his passing, this is another immeasurable price that is paid for freedom. and i think many people referred foaft he made on facebook saying, i hope everyone-- this is before he died-- he said, "i hope everyone exercises the precious r

your cable or satellite provider. >> yesterday, senators jeff flake and chris coons talked about their bill to protect special counsel robert mueller from interference by the white house. shortly before this news conference, mitch mcconnell blocked the floor vote on the bill. this is 15 minutes. >> thank you for being here. we have asked for unanimous consent to bring special counsel act to the floor. this passed april 26 in a 14-7 vote, it's rare there's such bipartisan legislation in the committee but it passed. it's languished here ever since. in the intervening time, we have sent 49 nominations, district and circuit court judges to the senate familiar for a -- floor for a vote. 50 have received a vote. it's not that everything from the judiciary committee has been waiting here for action. we've done a lot. these have been good votes. we've needed to move these judges through. this is priority now. the justification given in april for not bringing it to a floor vote was that nobody was being fired, nothing to see here. special counsel mueller was not in any danger that clearly is no

senate race in wisconsin between tammy baldwin and her republican challenger. this final debate focus on health care, immigration, and the deficit, among other topics. this is just under one hour. tonight's, a commitments 2018 election special. debate, innate partnership with marquette university law school. and deb tammy baldwin and republican challengers meet in their final race. the race is one of the most watch in the country control of the senate at stake. tammy baldwin, wisconsin's junior senator is seeking her second term. leah, a state senator, is making her first run at statewide office. look at what we have done here in wisconsin. and now, here are schneider's moderators, wis and political analyst. >> good evening and welcome to the debate. tonight, we have the candidates for u.s. senate with us. democrat tammy baldwin and the republican challenger. this is the first -- third and final debate. the format will be straightforward. we'll have a conversation. i will be asking candidates about issues that are important, i will last them to respond directly and concisely, and if t

watch at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span2. senator joe manchin faced his republican challenger patrick morrissey in their first and only debate last night. an hour.ust under >> good evening and welcome to the west virginia broadcasters association u.s. senatorial debate between democratic senator joe manchin, and his republican challenger, attorney general, patrick morrisey. i'm your moderator for this evening. the west virginia broadcasters association, comprises television and radio stations across the state is proud to , bring this debate to all of west virginia tonight. we thank at&t for sponsoring the event. we will do our best to explore issues related to west virginia while providing you with a clear picture of where each candidate stands. now is the time for details and specifics, accountability for statements made, and positions taken and not taken. my questions are designed to elicit answers. here is the format. senator manchin will have the first question and have 90 seconds to respond. candidate morrisey will have 30 seconds for rebuttal. then we will alternate for the next

ronald to head immigration and customs enforcement, known as i.c.e. the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee hearing is about 0 minutes. >> i've introduced both nominees in my opening statement so we'll just turn right to you for your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member peters, and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. as a career law enforcement officer who has served the nation for more than 30 years, i'm honored and humbled to be nominated by the president to be the director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. i also want to thank secretary nielsen for her support and confidence in me. mr. vitiello: i'm blessed to have the support of my wife and our children who have supported me and i'm grateful for their appearance here today as well as all the sacrifices that they've made over my long career. protecting children from online predators -- this is a mission i understand well. after more than three decades of experience in the border patrol. in 1985 i started as an agent pa

leadership throughout the course of the morning. shortly to start, is the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. he will talk about the results, what is going on in the senate, and i suspect he will address the senate races yet to be determined. at 11:30 a.m., president trump expected to speak. you have heard john talk about twitter. around noon today, the house minority leader, nancy pelosi will give comments as well. you can catch these events on c-span, stay close to www.c-span.org. right now we take you to senator mitch mcconnell, at his press conference. >> good morning everyone. i have one of the cable networks on this morning, they said this is a rare opportunity to see mitch mcconnell smile. it is indeed a good morning person republicans -- for senate republicans. first last night and this morning i talked to leader nancy pelosi, we discussed ways we might be able to find a way forward. have had an opportunity to work together for a number of years, when we were both on the appropriations committee. she had the foreign operations subcommittee and so did i. we are not unfamilia

states. next he's headed to indiana and missouri. republicans trying to flip senate seats in both states. democrats also bringing out big names. president obama stomping in virginia today. some house races in that battleground could give early indication how tomorrow night will end up. if democrats do take control of the house and the senate, they could derail president trump's agenda on capitol hill. they'd also have the power to investigate the president. more on that little later. republican sweep would cement their stronghold. we'll get live updates and some of the key races that could really decide it all. first to the chief white house correspondent john roberts who is live. >> good afternoon. when you look at the president's travels over the last few days, particularly today, it looks like the closing hours of the 2016 campaign. the president in cleveland, ohio. that is likely the city where the governor's race between former senator mike dewine and richard cordray will play how. all of ohio is important but cleveland in particular is very important. cordray now leads by five poin

like we were having elections in two different americas. the u.s. senate will be in one america and everything else was going to be over in a purple and with some blue mixed in. that's exactly the way things panned out. the senate races were fought redely in conservative, states. states that had substantial small-town populations. the other races had a strong component of suburbs and urbanized areas. that panned out a lot like what we thought. made a really mbc good point that if you look at the state exit polls and you look at the results that they withed up really closely where president trump's job approval rating, where his approval ratings were over 50% republicans did pretty well. real well, in fact. to the extent that they were below 50, not so well. , i know luke has already gone through this so i should skip through it quickly. it looks like republicans -- that are still some out -- republicans knocked off three incumbents. indiana, north dakota, missouri. then they lost game killer. we are still waiting to hear about arizona, florida and montana. -- i was listening, i was

scott to recuse himself immediately. >> good afternoon. senator schumer and i had a meeting to discuss the florida recount. we will be making a statement here as the legal proceedings are ongoing. this process is about one thing, making sure that every legal ballot is counted and protecting the right of every meridian to participate in democracy. that is to have their ballot counted and to count as they intended it. sadly it has become clear my opponent is not interested in making sure every lawful vote is counted. instead he's been using his power as governor to try to .ndermine the voting process he has thrown around words like .oter fraud with no proof he's tried to get the florida department of law enforcement to intimidate local supervisors of elections. the florida department of law enforcement, which governor scott overseas, and the governor scott appointed secretary of state have said there is no credible evidence of voter fraud . it has become obvious mr. scott cannot oversee the process in a fair and impartial way. he should remove himself from the recount process. confidence

nelson and republican governor bill scott with less than 1%. earlier today on capitol hill senator nelson who is trailing by more than 12,000 votes spoke to reporters about the process and was joined by the senate minority leader chuck schumer. he good afternoon. senator schumer and i just had a meeting to discuss the florida recount. we will be making a statement as the legal proceedings are ongoing. this process is about one thing. making sure every ballot is counted and protecting the right of every floridian to participate in our democracy. and that is to have their ballots counted and to count as they intended it sadly it's become clear that my opponent isn't interested in making sure that every vote is counted. instead he's been using his power as governor to try to undermine the voting process. he's thrown around were like voter fraud with no proof. he's tried to get the florida department of law enforcement to intimidate local supervisors of election you. both the florida department of law enforcement, which governor scott oversees, and governor scott appointed secretary of

tonight. >> neither a blue wave nor a crimson tide as the house goes blue, but the senate gets redder. >>> pelosi declares victory. >> today is more than about democrats and republicans, it's about restoring the ba to the trump administration. >>> while trump sings success. overnight some races down to the wire, undecided after america's voting system is put to the test with a historic crush of midterm voters. >> i have been here an hour and a half. i think there's probably another half an hour ahead of me too. >>> this hour, the message voters on both sides of the aisle are sending to the president and the congress. the impact on statehouses coast to coast, the historic ballot questions from election reform to marijuana. >>> and a night of firsts for women, muslims and native americans as we ask what it means for the issues most important to americans. >> we are not a nation of red states or blue states. we are a nation of red, white and blue states. that's america. >> plus, expert analysis from our powerhouse political team. abc news election night coverage, your vote, your v

will be fun to watch the democratic presidential , of which we have a number in the senate. chuck may have attendance problems from time to time. it will be interesting to watch. >> do you plan on running for reelection? >> i do. >> are you confident president trump will support your reelection? >> i would not be surprised. thanks a lot, everybody. >> good afternoon, everybody. i scheduled this event for two reasons. -- missed you.ou when i heard the president a few hours ago, i could not believe my ears. i thought it needed a little bit of rebutting. what about last night? last night was a really good night for democrats. what happened last night does not bode well for president trump and republicans in 2020 and beyond. obviously, we took back the house. that is far and away the most significant change. there is now a check on donald trump. that is great news for america. i want to praise all of the candidates, particularly the men and women who did a great job. leader nancy pelosi did a wonderful job in trying and succeeding in creating a majority once again. we did very well in gov

here from arizona senator jeff flake the featured speaker today he offered a motion on the senate floor to consider a bill that would prevent special counsel robert mueller from being fired from the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. the majority voted objected and blocked the motion senator flake and senator kuhns a cosponsor spoke to reporters shortly after we will look at that now as we wait for the dinner to continue shortly after we will look at that now as we wait for the dinner to continue thank you for being here we are just asking unanimous consent to bring the special counsel independent integrity act to the floor and pass the judiciary committee april 26 it is rare there is such bipartisan legislation in the committee it is languished here ever since. in the intervening time we have sent 49 nominations district and circuit court judges to the senate floor for a vote 50 have received a vote there is one in thank you it isn't that everything has been waiting for action. we have done a lot and these are good votes and we need to move these judges

search bar. we'll leave it here to go live in the u.s. senate. senators today considering the nomination of michelle bowman to serve on the federal reserve board of governors. and vote on a r resolution from senator rand paul to block arms sales to bahrain. now to live coverage. will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, you are our help in ages past and our hope for years to come. we find consolation from the knowledge that our times are in your hands. forgive us when we doubt your power, mercy, and love. bless our lawmakers. help them to remember that you love them so much that you want what is best for them. you are so wise that you know what is best for them, and so powerful that you can bring about what is for their ultimate good. give each of our senators a fresh burst of enthusiasm for the next stage in the unfolding le your loving and powerful providence. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of americ

chris murphy senator chris murphy have got two screens in front of me here and cory booker was actually on one of the other ones speaking in the senate so a lot going on in the money let's actually just take a little pause for a moment because what we are looking at is a number of u.s. senators coming out of their meeting out of the hearing with the secretaries of state and defense they've been lining up to speak at those microphones for the waiting media there we've heard from the likes of senator bob menendez dick durbin and chris murphy they are all. strongly in their criticism of the u.s. reaction so far to the murder of jamal khashoggi and as patty calhoun was telling us a little bit earlier. very much. questioning the fact that the cia director gina haskell has not been part of these proceedings and i think it was dick durbin actually who said. pass but was not there they were told gina haskell was not there at the direction of the white house. is with us here in studio as we listen to all it's all coming about thick and fast and that's not the way think we need to just p

make gains in the senate? and what message will voters be sending to president trump? we'll have the results of our final midterm nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. joining me for insight and analysis are savannah guthrie, hugh hewitt, nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, democratic pollster cornell belcher and nbc news senior correspondent tom brokaw. welcome to sunday and a special midterm edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning from our election headquarters right here at rockefeller center in new york city where on tuesday night, we'll be reporting on the first national referendum on the trump presidency. at stake all 435 house seats, 35 senate seats this year, 36 governors races, and of course thousands of state legislative seats are on the ballot. for the democrats a great night for them would be winning back the house convincingly, somehow even gaining a senate seat even if they don't gain control, and winning nea

, the armed services committee and 24 years in the senate armed services committee, i haven't seen anything like this before. something frankly, most of the american people are not aware of. their bipartisan report makes it clear our nation can start choices. it says that i'm quoting from it now the united states confronts a grave crisis of national security and national defense. the primary duty of the federal government is due to defend the american people, the american territory, and the american interests abroad. it goes on to say the strategic landscape is growing steadily more threatening, combined with the fact that america's long standing military advantages have diminished. we're now in the national security crisis predicted by both the 2010 defense review panel and the 2014 panel that we remember that very well. it is straightforward and honest and timely. to address our present national security crisis, and restore america's eroding military advantage, we have to fully resource and implement the national defense strategy if we fail to do that we must be prepared to endur

. for more information go to studentcam.org. c-span's interview with senator bob corker of tennessee, who is retiring at the end of his turn. he talks about his life, his tenure, the state of politics and thoughts about trump. this is 45 minutes. >> senator bob corker, walk us through your process to retire this year? sen. corker: it was harder than i thought it would be. when i told people in the senate, i said that i could not imagine serving more than two terms, and i take the seat from the previous leader, he was the majority leader and he recorded me to serve the seed. term limits was a bit out of my campaign. what happens here, as you know, we are sitting in the foreign relations room, i am chairman of the foreign relations committee. but at the end of the day, it just felt like it was the right thing to do. i came here on a mission kind of thing, i never expected to be a career politician, i served as a businessperson most of my life, i think it allows you to serve in a different way when you are not thinking about this for life thing. >> worry under pressure from senator mcco

control of the house, republicans tighten their grip on the senate. two big story lines this morning. i'm bill hemmer welcome to three hours of analysis and news, good morning. >> sandra: good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. the balance of power shifting last night. democrats taking control of the house for the first time since 2010. meanwhile in the senate republicans expanding their majority knocking off democratic incumbents in several hotly-contested races. >> the people of missouri said we believe in america, our future and ready to fight for it. i'm ready to go to washington and fight for you. >> people of texas rendered a verdict we want a future with more jobs and more security and more freedom. >> i know you want to keep this country moving on the right track. i think the entire country has heard tennessee loud and clear. >> i want to thank all hoosiers for giving me a resounding victory putting your faith in me, and i will not let you down, i promise that. >> we didn't anticipate government incompetence in tallahassee and we won't accept it in d.c. i will not a

six of the same article adds that the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachment. when the president of the united states is tried, the chief justice shall preside. and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present. section four, states that the president, vice president, and all civil officers of the united states shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction otherason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors. philip, let's start with what might be certainly learn the most fundamental questions we could ask about the process of impeachment and removal. is it a political process or a legal process? philip: i think it is a legal process. that is the point we should insist on. -- the bodyvious that tries the senate is a political body, the senate. the body that indicts is the political body, the house. but the text you just read specifies that whatever the grounds for impeachment in the house, and those are legal in nature, specified, treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors, those are legal criteri

. indiana's incumbent donnelly, senator, j debated republican mike braun and libertarian lucy brenton. they faced off in the final scheduled debate for indiana's u.s. senate seat. this is about an hour. >> we are joined by joe donnelly, mike braun, and lucy brenton. the winner will represent the people of indiana in a six-year term in washington. i am your moderator, amna nwaz, anchor for pbs newshour. i am honored to be here to serve as your moderator of this important debate. for about the next hour, the candidates will debate a variety of issues, as with the first debate earlier this month. nearly all the questions came from you, members of the public who submitted questions about what concerns you. ask a questiono in person. none of the questions or topics have been shared in advance with any candidate. here are your candidates. donnelly, thejoe democratic incumbent who is completing his first term. he was elected to the senate in 2012. in the middle is republican mike braun, an auto parts distributor in southwest indiana and a former state representative. primary inrepublican may. also